Baby for My Stepbrother

BOOK 2 Chapter 1

I stared at the test stick in my hand with my jaw hanging to the floor. Tears streamed down my cheeks and I wondered if the sudden illness I was feeling in my stomach was due to the shock of finding out I was pregnant, or from the pregnancy itself.

Carly’s hand rubbed up and down my back in soft circles, her lips sealed, at first, because there was nothing she could say that would make the situation any better.

“How long have you been sleeping with Dane?” She finally asked, her voice barely a whisper as she reminded me of the added complication to this problem.

Not only was I pregnant – I was pregnant with my stepbrother’s baby.

“For a month, maybe less. I’m not sure,” I admitted, speaking around the lump of emotion clogging my throat.

She was silent for another beat, but broke that silence when she asked, “Do you want to tell me how it happened? Is that why you broke up with Jack?”

I let the test drop from my hand to the floor and I kicked it away, no longer capable of staring at the word Pregnant that was beaming up at me like a bastard who would ruin my life.

I had too much riding on my shoulders. I’d fought to maintain a straight A average at school just to receive a scholarship that I wouldn’t be able to use if I had a child to care for.

“It started with the nightmares,” I said, breathing in and out slowly in an attempt to calm the tremor in my voice. “Every time I woke up screaming, he would come into my room and wake me up.”

Carly remained silent and I knew she was waiting patiently for me to gather the strength to tell her the entire story. Thankfully, I didn’t have to explain the nightmares. Carly had known me long enough to understand that they were about the car crash that killed my mother when I was young.

“About a month ago, Dane came into my room because I was screaming again. He was pissed because I’d woken him up But then he brought up the fact that he knew I was attracted to him…”

“He is such an arrogant jerk,” Carly interrupted.

I barked out a humorless laugh. “Yeah. You can say that again.”

She chuckled, but kept rubbing her hand sympathetically over my back. “ So, how did it go from him being an asshole to him sticking his dick in you? Because, I love you babe, but the leap doesn’t make sense tome.”

Shaking my head in disbelief at my stupidity, I said, “You know me. I like assholes.” I breathed out heavily before admitting, “He offered to fuck me to see if it would make me sleep better, so I took him up on it. You know that I’ve had a thing for him since the day I met him.”

“Yeah, I know,” she agreed. “I think every girl who meets him has a thing for him, which is exactly why he’s the type of guy you should avoid.”

“Well, I didn’t avoid him, and he came through on his promise to help me sleep better. The sex was fucking incredible and the nightmares went away. I didn’t see the point in stopping. I knew he was using me for sex, but in a sense, I was using him too.”

“But, is he the reason you left Jack?” She asked again.

I shook my head. “No. It wasn’t all because of Dane. Jack and I have been on the outs for a while now, but neither of us could admit it. The fact that I was sleeping with Dane was simply the last straw. It pushed me to finally say what both Jack and I already knew.”

“Judging by Jack’s recent behavior, you were the only one that knew, but if it wasn’t right for you, and you knew you wanted out of the relationship, then you did the right thing.”

I laughed. “Yeah, especially after the new development that I’m pregnant.” Carly grew quiet. “Are you sure there’s no possibility that it’s Jack’s baby?”

Nodding my head, I sighed. “I’m sure. I haven’t had sex with Jack in three months. It just wasn’t worth it. There was a good five minutes of pounding that got him off, but then I was left there unsatisfied and depressed. I remember after the first time, I thought it was just a first time thing, you know? But then after months of it being the same thing over and over again, I realized that it would never improve.” Sighing again, I added, “I care about Jack as a friend, but that’s where it ended with me. Hell, a dildo would have been a better boyfriend.”