“I won’t,” he says.
We end up staying and talking about the good ol’ days for about two hours before we all decide to head home. I say goodbye to Kenzie and Brody before they head back to the hotel. I won’t see them again until Christmas break.
Chapter Fourteen
The next few weeks fly by and before I know it, it’s time to head home for holiday break. Liam and I have decided to ride home together, because he doesn’t have to be back to school for a game until after the holiday.
“Do you think you have the flu?” Quinn asks as I throw up for the second time.
“Ugh, I think so,” I say as I brush my teeth again.
“Do you feel sick?” she asks.
“I feel like shit.” I say as I pack the rest of my clothes.
“How are you going to sit in a car for ten hours?”
“No idea, but I’m going home today.”
“What time is Liam coming to get you?”
“Anytime now,” I say feeling like crap.
Just then Liam comes upstairs, “Hey, ready to go?”
“Yeah,” I say as I grab my bag.
“Are you okay?” he asks with a worried look.
“I’m just not feeling the best.”
“Do you want to wait to go home?”
“No, but if I say pull over, please do,” I say as I head down the stairs.
“Okay,” he says with a look.
I say goodbye to Quinn and the girls before heading out with Liam.
“Why don’t you try to get some sleep?” Liam suggests.
“I may try that,” I say as I get comfortable in the passenger seat. I grab my pillow and lay it on the console, trying to get comfortable as best I can.
“Lay your seat the whole way back,” Liam suggests. I do as he says and he repositions my pillow to where I have more room and can sleep more comfortably. It doesn’t take long for me to fall asleep.
A few hours later I wake up to Liam arguing on the phone. I have no idea who he’s arguing with, but it doesn’t sound pretty.
I pull my seat up and start to feel nauseous. “I need you to pull over,” I say quickly.
“Shit,” he blurts out as he pulls over. He barely has the car stopped before I’m out the passenger side door throwing up. “Are you okay?” he asks as he walks towards me, no longer on the phone.
“Stop, don’t come closer,” I shout, not wanting him to see me like this.
“Its fine, Hails. Do you think you’re getting the flu or something?”
“Probably,” I say as he hands me a bottle of water. I rinse my mouth out before getting back into the car.
“We’ll stop and get you some crackers.”
“Thanks,” I say as I lean back in the seat.
Liam pulls onto the next exit to get us to a store; he runs in and gets the crackers and a few snacks and drink for himself.
“Here you go,” he says handing me the crackers. I open them and eat a couple, which hopefully settles my stomach. He gets us back on the road to home.
“Who were you arguing with?” I ask being nosey.
“Bree.”
“Why?”
“She’s pissed for numerous reasons.”
“Oh, well if you want to talk about it you can. I’ll listen.”
“Nah, its fine,” he says as he continues to drive.
“I miss hanging out with you,” I say honestly. He looks over at me, looking like he wants to say something, but is unsure of what to say.
“I miss that too,” he finally says.
“Bree doesn’t like me, does she?”
“She doesn’t really like anyone.”
“Why do you like her then?” I ask confused.
“I don’t.”
“Then why are you dating her?”
“I’m not. I ended things with her the other day. She’s obnoxious and annoying.”
“Oh, well I could have told you that,” I say with a smirk.
“You know we would never work out,” Liam says surprising me.
“What?” I ask shocked.
“You and me dating, it would never work,” he repeats.
“Why not?”
“Because we’re at two different points in our lives. It wouldn’t work.”
“Oh okay,” I say as I look out the window.
“I’m sorry, I don’t mean to sound rude or blunt or anything, but I want you to understand,” he says apologetically.
“I got it Liam, you don’t have to say anything else,” I say rudely. I adjust my pillow and watch out the window for a little while. For the next few hours, neither of us says anything. Liam turns the radio station to some country music and continues to drive us home.
“I need you to pull over,” I say urgently. He does as I ask and as soon as the car’s stopped, I’m out the passenger side door, throwing up again. This time it’s nonstop. No matter what I do, I can’t stop throwing up. I never hear Liam get out of the car or hear him approach, but I do feel when he starts rubbing my back telling me it’s going to be okay.
When I’m finally done puking, he hands me a bottle of water, which I use to rinse with again before crawling back inside the car.
“Feel better?” he asks softly.
“No, not at all,” I say as I buckle in.
“We have about an hour to go.”
“Okay, good,” I say thankful, wanting to get out of this car and lie down.
“Do you want to try to get some sleep?”
“Yeah, I’ll probably try that,” I say as I adjust myself and my pillow. It takes a little while, but eventually I’m able to fall asleep.
“Hey Haley,” I hear slightly as I’m being tapped, “We’re home.” It takes me a few minutes, but I finally sit up feeling happy to be home.
“Thank you,” I say as I get out of the car.
“Anytime,” he says with a sexy perfect smile.
“Finally! Damn you two took forever,” Kenzie yells as she rushes over to me. I give my sister a hug before making her help me carry my stuff inside.
“I’m so glad to be home,” I say as I fall onto my bed.
Kenzie and I end up hanging out the rest of the night with Mom and Dad. We put a few decorations up that they left for us to do, but other than that, the house is completely decorated.
Three days later and I’m still throwing up. Around 2:00 p.m., I get a really bad stomach ache. It doesn’t stop for about an hour and I notice that Mom’s not home yet. I decide to send Kenzie a text since she’s at Brody’s house, “Hey, do you know if we have anything for a stomach ache?”
She calls me immediately, “What’s wrong?” she asks worriedly.
“Just a stomach ache, AHHH,” I screech.
“How bad does it hurt?”
“Pretty bad,” I say, as I turn into the fetal position holding my stomach.
“I’ll be right there,” she says before disconnecting the call.
It takes about three minutes before she comes rushing into the bedroom, “What’s going on?”
“You didn’t have to leave,” I say as I try to rock myself.
“Umm Haley, you’re bleeding,” she says nervously.
“What?” I ask as I look down and see blood on the blanket.
“Do you think its cramps?”
“Maybe, I don’t know.”
“I think I should take you to the hospital Hails.”
“Let me change and go to the bathroom. Hopefully it is just cramps,” I say as I try to get up, “AHHH.”
“Are you okay?” she says as she rushes to my side.
“Something’s wrong,” I say almost in tears.
“Stay here,” she says as she rushes to grab underwear and a pair of sweats for me, “Change into these and we will go.”
It takes much longer to change and make it down the stairs to the car, but eventually I get there.
“You can slow down,” I say still clutching my stomach.
“No I can’t,” she argues as she drives like a s
peed demon to the hospital.
We get to the hospital and make it into the ER. Thankfully, it doesn’t take long for them to take me to a room for a doctor to come and examine me.
“Let’s figure out what’s going on with you,” the doctor says. He asks multiple questions and does an exam.
“Can you text Quinn and let her know what’s going on?” I ask Kenzie.
“Sure,” she says as she grabs my phone to shoot her a text. It takes only seconds before my phone is blowing up.
“Hey,” I say still in pain.
“What’s wrong?” she says worriedly.
“I don’t know. The doctor is running tests now.”
“Do you want me to come?”
“No, I just figured I’d keep you informed.”
“Keep me posted, as soon as the doctor tells you what’s going on. I’m going to be waiting by my phone.”
“Okay,” I say before disconnecting the call.
It’s a little while longer until the doctor comes back into the room.
“What’s wrong with her?” Kenzie asks urgently.
“You’re having a miscarriage,” he says shocking me.
“What?” I shout.
“I’d say your about eight or nine weeks along, but you’re having a miscarriage, which is why you are having the abdominal pain.”
“Pregnant?” Kenzie asks, sounding just as shocked as I am.
“Yes ma’am.”
“Holy shit,” Kenzie says once the doctor leaves the room.
“How the hell did this happen?” I ask feeling lost.
“You were pregnant?”
“I didn’t know.”
“Are you late on your period?”
“I don’t know, I wasn’t really paying attention,” I say truthfully.
“Are you going to tell Liam?”
“What?” I shout, “No, why?”
“Because, I’m assuming it was his baby.”
“Oh my God, what have I done?” I ask as I feel the first tear fall.
“It’s going to be okay,” Kenzie says as she gives me a hug. Just then there’s a knock at the door and Brody and Liam enter.
“Hey, what’s going on?” Brody asks worriedly.
“How did you know I was here?” I ask as more tears fall.
“I called Brody,” Kenzie says. I should have known.
“What’s wrong Hails?” Liam asks sounding more worried.
“We’re going to let you two talk,” Kenzie says pulling Brody towards the door.
“Wait Haley, what happened?” Brody asks confused.
“I’ll fill you in, let them talk,” Kenz says pushing him towards the door. He finally walks out with her.
“Hails, what’s going on?” Liam asks.
“I’m having a miscarriage,” I say nervously.
“A miscarriage?” he asks, confusion written all over his face.
“I didn’t know, I just found out when I got here.”
“What? How? Shit,” he says as he runs his hands through his hair.
“I’m sorry, I didn’t know,” I say as the tears continue to fall.
He pulls me into a hug, “Don’t apologize, it’s not your fault baby. So the throwing up the last few days was part of it?” he asks.
“No, I guess throwing up is healthy, but the cramping and stuff isn’t,” I tell him through the tears.
“Baby, I’m so sorry,” he says hugging me tighter.
“I’m sorry,” I repeat through harder tears.
“Shhh, you don’t have anything to apologize for,” he says as he kisses the top of my head, consoling me. Just then Brody busts through the door looking beyond pissed.
“Are you fucking kidding me, you knocked her up?” he yells as he lunges toward Liam.
“Would you knock it off,” Liam yells.
“I told you to stay away from her. I thought we had a deal,” Brody yells.
“A deal?” I ask confused, but they all ignore me. Brody and Liam continue to yell at one another. “What deal?” I yell, causing everyone in the room to turn and look at me.
“Nothing,” Brody says quickly.
“No, you said deal. What fucking deal?” I snap.
“It wasn’t really a deal,” Liam says, “It was best if I stayed away from you.”
“Why?”
“Because of how you feel about me. I’m leaving soon; it wouldn’t be fair to you.”
“Shouldn’t I get to make that decision?” I ask angrily.
“Yes, you should have,” Liam admits.
“I told you to stay away from her. If you would have listened, none of this would have happened,” Brody scolds.
“But it did happen. I did get pregnant and I did lose the baby. It did happen Brody,” I snap.
“Shit,” Brody curses.
“Fuck,” Liam seethes running his hands through his sexy blonde locks, “She’s right. She should have had a choice, then maybe things would be different right now.”
“What?” Brody screeches.
“I agreed with you that I should stay away, because I’m leaving and she’s going to be in Michigan for two more years, but I love her, I’m willing to try to make it work,” he admits to all of us. I can’t help the way my mouth drops open.
“You love her?” Brody asks, sounding irritated.
“Shit,” Liam curses again, “Can you two leave and give Haley and me a few minutes to talk?”
“No, I want to hear what the fuck you have to say,” Brody yells.
“Stop, let them have a few minutes, then we can come back in and figure things out,” Kenzie says.
“Fine,” Brody says before he storms out of the room with Kenzie right behind him. Once she closes the door, Liam turns to look at me.
“I’m sorry, that didn’t come out right or go as planned,” he says sweetly with sparkling blue eyes.
“Did you mean it?”
“Hails, God, yes I mean it. When you told me you loved me when you were falling asleep, I wanted to tell you, but I freaked out. Then I talked to Brody and he made me see the bigger picture.”
“What bigger picture?”
“I’m probably leaving after this year for football. It’s not fair to you. I won’t be here for you like I should be.”
“Is that what you want?” I ask nervously.
“No, I’d like to take you with me wherever I go, but that’s not realistic.”
“Then I guess you have it all figured out,” I say, though it’s breaking my heart.
“Look at me,” he says as he comes and sits on the bed beside me, “Haley Lawrence, I love you and I’m very much in love with you. I’d love nothing more than to give us a shot. If you’re willing to give me a chance, we’ll make it work.”
“What about Bree?”
“Baby, I only tried to date her to let you move on from me. It takes all I can to stand her for a few hours.”
“Are you sure this is what you want?”
“I’m positive. What do you want Hails?”
“You, I’ve always wanted you,” I say looking at the blanket.
“So, we can give us a shot?”
“I’d like that,” I say softly.
“Baby, look at me,” he says as he lifts my chin, so I have no choice but to look into his beautiful blue eyes. “I love you.”
I can’t help the tears that start to roll down my cheeks, “I love you too,” I say before he leans in and kisses me.
“I’m sorry that we lost our baby,” he says softly.
“Me too. I didn’t know, I swear I didn’t know.”
“I know baby, it’s not your fault,” he says as he pulls me in for a hug, “How are you feeling now?”
“The pain isn’t as bad right now,” I admit.
“Okay, well let me get Brody and Kenzie before he has an aneurysm,” he says as he gets up to head to the door. He opens the door and tells them to come back in.
“Now, what the hell’s going on?” Brody bitches. Liam come
s over and sits on the edge of the bed and takes my hand in his.
“Okay, yes, Hails and I have been sleeping together, yes we got pregnant, and yes, she miscarried. I tried to walk away because of our talk Brody, but it’s not what I want and it’s not what she wants. So we are going to give us a chance.”
“I think that’s great,” Kenzie says excitedly.
“I don’t,” Brody complains.
“Why not?” Liam asks.
“Because you’re going to be leaving, how’s that fair to her?” he asks angrily.
“That’s my choice, that’s not up to you,” I say harshly.
“Are you going to be committed to her, because you are going to have women throwing themselves at you constantly?”
“Like he doesn’t have that already,” Kenzie points out.
“I know what I want and I am committed to her,” he says angrily.
“You better be,” Brody states.
“Okay, enough you two. Kenzie, can you get the doctor,” I say before feeling a severe amount of pain rip through me. AHHHH.”
“Shit, what’s wrong? Are you alright?” Liam asks worriedly.
“What can we do?” Brody asks, worried as well. Kenzie rushes out to grab the doctor.
The nurse comes in and advised it is normal until the fetus completely miscarries. She advises the doctor will be in shortly. It’s only minutes later before the doctor comes in and asks for everyone to leave the room. They all comply accept for Liam.
“I’m not leaving,” he says standing firm. Kenzie and Brody walk out while Liam comes over and takes a hold of my hand.
The doctor informs me that it’s normal for the cramping and the bleeding to continue. He also informs me that I’m going to be admitted so he can perform a D&C and will have to stay overnight at the hospital.
I have the procedure later that evening and Liam stays by my side the entire time. Kenzie told our parents that I stayed at Ashley’s house last night, because I’m not ready for them to know I was pregnant. Thankfully, I’m able to go home the next day.
Kenzie wheels me out of the hospital to Liam waiting at the car. I get inside and wave goodbye to Kenzie and Brody.
“Do you mind if I come in with you?” Liam asks sweetly as he gets closer to our street.
“Sure,” I say as we drive home. It doesn’t take long for him to pull into his driveway.
“Do you want your bed or mine?” he asks.
“My bed sounds good.”
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