The Ladies Man

A little over a week had passed and I was finally getting a chance to see Madison. We had both been crazy busy this week so I haven’t told her about Las Vegas yet. I walked up to the apartment door and knocked.
“Belle!” Madison yelled as she opened the door.
“Madison!” I pulled her into a hug.
“Come in, tell me all about it. I’ve been dying of curiosity.” She pulled to the couch and sat down next to me.
“It was amazing.” I smiled. “He took me to Las Vegas and we went and saw Meat Loaf perform live!” I couldn’t contain my excitement.
“Remind me who he is again?” She asked.
“Eddie from Rocky Horror, guy who sings Bat Out of Hell.” I said.
“Right, Eddie.” She nodded.
I laughed. “Anyway, we also did some shopping in the mall at the hotel. Madison, there was a mall inside the freakin’ hotel! It was huge!”
“So what did you get?” She asked.
“A few shirts, simple stuff, you know me.” I shrugged. “I also got this.” I pulled up my sleeve and showed her my tattoo.
“Oh my God! That is so cool!” She looked at it closer. “That’s one of Black Veil Brides songs right?”
“Yup, it’s the one Ashley sang to me at that concert in January.” I replied.
“That is so sweet.”
“Well, I wanted something that would actually mean something to me, not just a random butterfly or flower because I thought it looked pretty.”
“Can I talk about the ‘M’ word now?” She asked.
“No! That’s still not something that’s going to happen.” At least I didn’t think it was. Marriage wasn’t Ashley’s thing. He would never ask me to marry him.
“Fine, but I’m not dropping this. Someday I want to be able to say I told you so.” She said, crossing her arms defiantly.
“Do what you want, I still don’t think it’ll happen.”

A few days later I went over to Andy’s place. “Andy!” I shouted as I walked through his front door. I was here to show him some new designs I had finished up. Ashley was busy today, so it would just be the two of us.
“I’m in the studio.” He shouted back.
I followed the sound of his voice and found him sitting bent over a notebook. I smiled; it reminded me of when I was drawing designs.
“So, ready to see what I’ve been working on?” I asked.
“Definitely.” He said, gesturing for me to join him on the couch.
I pulled out my sketchbook and opened it to the right page. “So I came up with these ideas for shirts, hoodies and jackets based off of your characters in Legion of the Black. Each one would have the mask on the back or front and have one of your titles above it. It would be like the wild ones choosing a specific leader for themselves. You know, fighting as one, but choosing their personal mentor.”
“Like choosing a teacher. As if we each had a certain skill or ideal to teach.” Andy said, nodding.
“Yeah, the idea came from watching Jinxx create fire and watching CC cause a mini earthquake.” I said.
“Cool, I like the sound of that.” He flipped through some more pictures before giving me a smile. “Can I make copies to send in?”
“Sure.”
“I’ll be right back.” He got up and left me in the studio.
“Andy, have you seen- Oh, Belle, I didn’t know you were dropping by.” Juliet was standing in the doorway looking very tired.
“Yeah, I was just showing Andy some new designs I came up with.”
“Cool.” She leaned against the wall.
“You okay?” I got up and walked her over to the couch.
“Yeah, PMS is a bitch. I was looking for my heating pad and couldn’t find it.” She leaned back into the couch and closed her eyes.
“I’ve got some pills for that, do you want one?” I asked.
“What do they do?”
“They help with the back pain and cramps.” I replied.
“Sure, anything that can help.”
I went over to my purse and dug through it until I found the small bottle. I handed it to her. “You need a drink, I’ll be right back.” I went to the kitchen to get her something to take them with. I came back with a glass of water.
“Thanks.” She quickly swallowed a pill. “You always carry these around?”
“Not always, just the weeks leading up to and right after a period.” I froze. I started counting in my head.
“Belle, are you all right?”
Twenty-seven, twenty-eight. Oh my God! I was seven days late! I was always regular. Maybe a day or two off every once in a while, but not a whole week!
“Fuck.” I whispered.
“Belle, what’s wrong?”
“I think I’m pregnant.” I whispered. I started to cry. How was I going to tell Ashley? This would end our relationship. There was no way Ashley was going to want to be a parent. I was screwed. I cried even harder. Juliet pulled me into her arms and just held me.

Notes

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