I Fell in Love With my Best Friend

Lilah POV 6

Jackson was true to his word and came over that night. He stayed the whole night and held me while I cried my eyes out. I had finally found a place that felt like home after everything I had gone through and now I had to go back. Now, Emily was in danger. I could do nothing to help her.

Jackson pulled me close and whispered in my ear, "Do you want me to come with you?"

I shook my head and looked back at him laying naked behind me on the bed. "You just got back."

He brushed my hair out of my face and wiped a tear away. "Lilah, I can afford to miss school. I don't need to be there. I have all of my credits. I want to be there for you, Kitten."

I caressed his face as I said, "I know you want to. You can't miss school because of me. I'll be back soon."

He kissed the back of my head and said, "Let me see you off at least?"

I shook my head. "Jason will kill you if he finds you here."

He kissed me gently and whispered, "Then let me make love to you one last time. Please?"

I nodded and kissed him back, savoring every second of our love making. We laid there for awhile, cuddling and just basking in each other when I noticed the scars on him again. Every time I noticed them and tried to ask him about them, he would move my hand or deflect the question and just make me forget I had ever asked. His entire torso was covered in the raised marks, almost like he had accumulated them from a young age. I gently reached out traced a small one on his shoulder, pausing when he flinched.

I murmured, "Jax, these don't stop me from caring about you."

He closed his eyes and nodded, burying his face in the crook of my neck and breathing deep as I continued to trace the scars. I counted 20 on his front alone and I could feel it every time I traced one of the nasty scars. I could feel the tension and stress. I gently kissed the nearest scar before whispering next to his ear, "I know this is hard, Jax. Where did you get these?"

He looked up at me, tears slowly trickling down his face, and whispered an apology before kissing me hard and making me forget I had ever asked. He breathed against my lips, "They came from some very dangerous people. The same ones that makes this relationship difficult."

I nodded, not really understanding but wanting to make the tears stop, and kissed him, pulling him back against me and relishing the feeling of his hands on my waist.

~February~

I was sitting in the bathroom staring at the pee stick. I couldn't comprehend what was happening. There were two lines. The pee stick had two lines. I missed my period. I mean, they were always irregular so it wasn't abnormal to miss a period, but I was pregnant. What was I going to do? How was I supposed to move forward?

Jacks? We need to talk. Call me.

He texted back, I'm in class, Kitten. Can it wait at all?

it's important.

Kitten, they won't let me out of class. If it's really important, I'll walk out right now.

No. Just wait. I'll be back at 5.

Em?

Recovered for now

That's good. I'll be waiting in the airport in the evening.

I chewed on my thumb nail. How was I going to tell him? I wanted to do it face to face, that much was certain. I didn't even know if I wanted this. I wasn't ready to handle a baby! How were we going to survive? Abortion was out of the question. I was going to give birth, but I didn't know what was going to happen from there. I worried anxiously until my flight was boarding. Thankfully, almost as soon as I sat down on the plane I fell asleep and didn't wake up until we landed. It was about 12 straight hours. It was 5 pm in when I landed and Jackson was waiting right there.

He grinned when he saw me and I raced into his arms. Jason and Lilly decided to stay home longer so I was the only one that arrived. Home was no longer there. It was in Russia with Jackson. I wonder when that happened? I took a deep breath. This was going to be hard.

He said, "Kitten? What's wrong? What happened?"

I shook my head. "Jackson, I'm late." He looked confused. "I'm not bleeding. It's been months. I took a test. In the airport. I mean, my periods have always been sporadic, but not like this."

"What are you saying, Lilah?"

I pulled away and looked into his eyes, watching as realization hit him. A myriad of emotions crossed his face. The biggest two were fear and excitement. He broke out into a huge grin and kissed me more tenderly than ever before. I broke down sobbing and he gently guided me to the car so I could go home.