Chapter #18

When I woke up the next morning, Theo wasn't with me. His side of the bed was cold which meant he was away for a long time. I stood up and brushed my teeth before I went down to the living room. "Andy's finally awake," I heard a very familiar person say. The only one who ever called me Andy was Xavier. I quickly turned around and I was shocked, "X-xavier." He was standing beside Theodore with a smile on his face. His arms were stretched out expecting a hug from me and I run into his arms with happy tears streaming out of my eyes. "God Andy! You're ruining my shirt," he said playfully. "Let me ruin it. You just disappeared from my life and you expect me not to worry? Of course I'm going to cry, what did you expect?" I said playfully with a chuckle.

"So does this mean you are okay with your brother and I being... together?" I asked pulling away from the hug. I glanced at Theodore and he gave me a reassuring smile. "It's a little weird but I'll get used to it," Xavier said with a little smile on his face. "Okay," Theodore said pulling me away from his brother, " that's enough touching for today." Xavier glared at him, "Bro she was my bestie before she became your girl." Theodore's face changed from playful to angry in seconds.

I stood between them and grabbed the bag of chips sitting on the table. I opened it and started chewing. They both looked down at me with disbelief shining in their eyes. "What?" I asked with my mouth full of chips. "Really?" They both said in unison. I shrugged and kept chewing and they both chuckled. I just didn't want them both to fight again because of me. "We'll be teaching you how to fight because as you probably know your life is in danger and we can't always be there to protect you," Theodore said wrapping his hands around my waist.

I nodded in understanding. Theodore buried his face in my neck and deeply inhaled. "You smell like strawberries," he whispered and I blushed. "Eww no... I'mma leave now," Xavier said as he walked back to his room pretending to be disgusted. Theodore and I laughed as he went to his room.

For the next week both Theo and Xavier have been training me. They even behaved civil for once without their usual sibling bantering. But lately, I've been feeling very dizzy and nauseous. I've been trying to hide it from Theo because I didn't want him to worry about me. He already had too much work to do and I didn't want him to stress more. "Time for breakfast," he mumbled as we both walked into the kitchen. He loved food as much as I did too which was a plus. I shook my head with a smile, "So childish." "Only for you," he replied with a wink. I chuckled.

"I-" I suddenly felt dizzy and held onto the counter for support. "Are you okay?" Theodore asked. I was just about to tell him I was fine when another wave of dizziness hit me but this time I wasn't able to stay conscious. Before I lost my consciousness, I felt myself fall into Theodore's arms.

♥FEW MINUTES LATER♥

I slowly opened my eyes letting them adjust to the lighting of the room. I realized I was in Theodore's room and he was sitting by the bed and holding my hand. Xavier was leaning against the wall with a serious expression on his face. Theodore saw that I was awake and sighed in relief, "God you scared us." "How do you feel now?" Xavier asked. "I still feel a bit nauseous but I think I'll be fine," I responded. Theodore stared at me for sometime and then asked his brother to leave us alone.

"Have you had your period yet?" He asked. I thought about it for a second, "No." "You feel nauseous, dizzy, you look pale, you've missed your period..." He trailed off. My eyes widened. Am I pregnant? "Oh my god," I said in shock. "Calm down," he said rubbing my palm comfortingly. "I'm going to get you some pregnancy tests for you to make sure," he said kissing the back of my hands. "Can I come with?" I asked. "Sure but you'll be staying in the car,"he said standing up. He knew I didn't like staying in the car. I frowned, "Nope. If it's going to be like that then I'll stay here."  I pouted a little and he kissed me, "I'll be back in ten, I love you." "I love you too," I said and he reluctantly left me alone.

He came back later with a small bag of two pregnancy tests. I sighed and took them into the bathroom. Please don't be true, please don't be... I peed on them and waited for five minutes. I looked at the tests in shock. I wasn't sure so I took the second one just in case. Two lines meaning that... I was pregnant. I dropped the tests in shock. "No," I whispered shaking my head. Suddenly the door opened and a worried Theodore walked into the bathroom. "What-" he paused looking at the tests on the ground. He picked them up and stared at it. His face was blank so I couldn't tell whether he's happy or not. I didn't know what to say either.

"I'm going to be a dad," he mumbled to himself. His eyes moved from the pregnancy tests to me and he hugged me tight. "I know it's too early for this but it has happened and I just want to thank you for this," he said as I cried into his chest. I didn't know what to feel at that moment. I didn't know whether to be happy or sad that I'm going to be having a baby at 18.