| That afternoon, Kevin and Venus were cleaning up the mess at Kevin�s from the Halloween party. They walked around the house and picked up the cups, plates, plastic ware, and whatever else was left lying around. They stopped in the parlor and looked around. There was a bigger mess and they just stood there looking. They looked at each other and made disgusted faces. �It was your idea,� Venus stated. �Not mine.� �But it was good party,� Kevin said. �Minus Sunn and Jo fighting the whole night.� �At least Howie made up his mind about who he wants to be with.� �He got engaged to Josephine and Sunshine and Nickolas got re-engaged. Maybe Jo will stop with the jealous act now.� �Maybe.� �Maybe you�ll stop with the jealous act yourself.� Venus only looked at him. �And don�t lie to me. You�re jealous of Sunn for some reason. You have nothing to be jealous of. Sunshine and I are just friends.� �I�m not jealous of Sunn.� �Then what was the whole deal with the zipper last night?� �I told you why.� Kevin raised an eyebrow. �I�m not lying.� �Whatever, Venus. I don�t want Sunn and she doesn�t want me. We�re in the past. It�s been four years. If I really wanted to be with her I would�ve tried my best in keeping her.� �But she would�ve broke it off to be with Nick.� �And I realized that. I knew how they felt about each other. I didn�t want Sunn in a relationship and be unhappy. It was clear to me how much she wanted Nick even though she didn�t say anything.� Venus didn�t say anything, as he walked over to her. He put his arms around her while saying, �My future�s with you. I hope you feel the same way.� �I do.� �I�m glad.� They kissed. �No more jealous behavior.� �No more.� �You�re going to be in Sunn and Nick�s wedding for crying out loud. I don�t think Sunn wants a jealous bridesmaid.� �I agree. I�ll be on my best behavior.� �Perfect.� They kissed again. �Let�s get this place cleaned up.� �It can wait.� Venus kissed him not letting him speak. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Danielle walked into the kitchen at her apartment where Brian was waiting patiently for her. He watched her sit down and noticed she was pale. Danielle put her head in her arms and Brian sat beside her; putting his arm around her. �Are you feeling all right, Baby?� Brian asked. �You�re looking really pale.� �I�ll be fine,� Danielle replied. �It�ll go away soon. I�ve been sick like every morning for the past few weeks.� �Did you go to the doctor?� �I�m going to go tomorrow.� �Do you have any idea of what could be causing your morning sickness?� Danielle just looked at him. �What?� �Think about it, Brian.� She got up and Brian continued looking at her. �We�ve been having unprotected sex for the past two months, I�m not on the pill, and I have morning sickness. There�s only one possibility�I�m pregnant.� �Ya might be.� �I�m pretty sure, Baby. It�s the only thing I could come up with besides the stomach flu and I�m only sick in the morning.� He only looked at her. �Plus I�m late.� �Wow!� They just looked at each other. �We might be parents.� �I know. We�ve been picking on Alex and Des for having a baby so early and we might be having one. What am I going to tell my parents if I am pregnant?� �We�ll think of something.� He got up and walked over to her and embraced her. �You�ll be twenty-five so there�s not much they can do to you.� �You�re right, but I�m not even married.� They looked at each other. �Does this mean we have to get married?� �No�unless you want to.� �I don�t know. It�s been my dream to get married and have a family, but now that it might be happening it�s scary.� �We don�t need to think about that right now. We�ll just worry about if you�re pregnant or not.� Danielle didn�t say anything. �Everything�s going to be all right. I�ll take care of you and everything else.� They hugged again. �I�m just so young yet. I didn�t plan on this right now.� �Neither did I.� Danielle started crying and Brian just continued hugging her. BACK CHAPTER 10 HOME |