Dragon's Queen

Chapter Eight

(FIVE WEEKS LATER)

A week, a whole freaking week I had been feeling like absolute s**t. I hadn't gone to any of my classes, I wasn't feeling well enough to endure something like that. I had cramps, I was tired, bloated and nauseous all the time. I truly felt like complete and utter s**t. Garrett brought me chicken noodle soup to try and make me feel better but nothing would stay down. I figured it was a virus that I just couldn't get rid of; it wasn't until I missed my period that I considered other possibilities. I was scheduled to get my period a week ago and when it didn't come I figured it was just stress from school but when I still hadn't got it after a week and I was still feeling like crap I decided maybe I needed to consider that I might not have the flu. I hadn't talked to Garrett about my fears but I confided in Carly; she suggested I take a home pregnancy test, which is what I'm doing now. I've peed on the stick thingy and now I'm waiting for the result and silently praying for a big ole negative.

"Stop pacing!" Carly is sitting on her bed chewing on her nails while I pace the room; I think I've actually worn the carpet out.

"I can't" I was freaking the f**k out, when the timer we had set went off I nearly jumped through the roof I was wound so tight. I crept over to the desk where I had placed the test, took a deep breath and looked. Time froze. Two lines. Pregnant. f**k!

"What does it say?" Carly said leaping from the bed and rushing over. She had a look at the test and drew in an audible breath.

"Oh Hun," she whispered, pulling me in for a hug. I was so numb, I didn't know how I should feel. I was terrified, completely and utterly terrified. I knew straight away though that I would be keeping this baby, no matter what happened when I told Garrett, I wasn't getting rid of it.

"Okay, it's okay. We need to make you a doctor's appointment. I'll ring them now and see if I can get you one soonish." I'm glad Carly was here, there was no doubt in my mind that I need her in this moment.

She pulled me in for another huge hug, "it'll be okay Hun."

Carly got off the phone after getting me an appointment for two o'clock today, she got the afternoon off work so she could come with me. I was going to confirm my pregnancy and then tell Garrett. I was scared to tell him, I just found this amazing guy and now I was going to drop a huge f*****g bombshell on him. These past five weeks I have spent most of my time with him, either at his house or at the clubhouse which he took me too and introduced me to all the brothers and his father. I loved them all, they're a true family, something I had never really had, at least not after Brittney's death. I had confided in Garrett about Britt's death and everything that went down with my parents, he was so supportive and it made me fall in love with him. I haven't told him how I felt because I didn't want to scare him off, guess it's a bit late for that. Even though he said he was going to make me his old lady, he hasn't yet and I get the feeling it's because he thinks I have feelings for Jackson still. Truth is that I don't, I mean I haven't really seen Jackson but there is something about Garrett that is so refreshing and, I'm definitely not into boys anymore, not after having a real man. Jackson was definitely a crush for me when I got here but crushes come and go, what I have with Garrett is real. I just hope my news doesn't scare him off.

We get to the doctor's and who should be walking out, none other than Verity. Perfect, just what I needed, to see her on today of all days. She sees me and Carly walking towards her and gets a nasty grin on her face.

"Well well, what have we here," she sneers at us, or well me.

"f**k off Verity," I huff, I'm so sick of her s**t, she gives me crap every time she sees me.

"Little biker slut has found her backbone, reow!" she laughs, I go to lunge at her when she calls me a biker slut, but Carly grabs me by the waist and holds me back.

"Verity! Enough!" I know that voice alright, her knight in shining armour, Mr Jackson Rowe. I look up and see that he hasn't changed at all, he is still just as handsome, but the butterflies I felt when I first saw him are no longer there. It sounds weird but something feels off about him and I get an uneasy feeling. Verity reigns herself in and proceeds to wrap herself around Jackson; good for her because if she didn't I was going to knock her on her arse.

"Fine! Let's go hunny," she winks at me and drags him away, not before I catch his whispered apology to me and Carly. So much bloody drama, glad I didn't get involved with that, what a cluster f**k.

"Wow! Her level of bitchiness just keeps evolving," Carly laughs, gives me a one-armed hug and then drags me into the doctor's office for my life altering appointment.

" Well Evelyn, you are definitely pregnant. Congratulations!" the doctor has the biggest smile on her face, while I'm officially terrified again. Now all I can think about is how exactly I plan on telling Garrett. I take a deep breath and let myself smile and enjoy the moment. Even though a lot is uncertain at the moment, I'm a little thrilled at the prospect of being a mum, even if it is a lot earlier than planned.

"Here are a few pamphlets and a prescription for your prenatal vitamins. Make sure you take them regularly and I'll have my assistant set up another appointment for you."

I leave the doctor's in a daze, I'm not even listening to what Carly has to say. I just ask her if she can drop me off at Garrett's house. I was meant to be going there in an hour or two anyway; hopefully he was there.  Carly pulls up out the front of Garrett's place and I see a few of the brother's bikes are parked out the front.

"Thanks for the lift Carls and everything else," I smile at her and open my door, I turn back around when I feel her hand on my arm stopping me.

"I'm here whenever you need Ev, you know that?" She was a truly great friend.

"I know, that means a lot," I couldn't have gotten through today without her and her talks, she has given me the strength to tell Garrett about the baby.

"Let me know how it goes," I nod at her and hop out of the car, waving to her as I make my way to the front door. I stop in front of it and take a few deep breaths and let them out; knocking on the door I pray he is as happy about this as I now am. The door opens revealing an unhappy looking Garrett. He looks surprised to see me and a little annoyed. I smile at him but he doesn't return it, oh boy.

"Evelyn, what you doin' here?"  he seems slightly pissed that I just showed up; maybe I should have waited the couple of hours and waited for him to come pick me up.

"Sorry, I know you were coming to get me in a few hours but I have something I really need to tell you," I smiled despite myself, I felt sick to my stomach waiting to see what he'd do.

"Not a good time babe, go home, I'll call you later," wow what an asshole.

"This can't wait Garrett!" I winced at my tone of voice and forced myself to take a few deep breaths and calm myself down.

"What the f**k is it then? I'm fuckin' busy, not got time for this s**t!" he yelled, startling me. Then I started to get really f*****g angry, how dare he talk to me like that! What had I done to deserve him treating me like this.

"I came to tell you that I'm pregnant you f*****g asshole!" I screamed, getting really f*****g angry, thank god nobody actually heard but him, didn't need everyone knowing just yet. I was shocked at myself for just screaming it out and felt like slapping myself in the face. I looked him in the eye only to find he gave nothing away, his eyes darkened slightly but that was it.

"I really don't have time for this fuckin' bullshit. Go the f**k home Evelyn. Don't care how you get there just go," his words were like a knife straight to my heart. I think I could actually feel it break into a million pieces. Well f**k him, I was done, D.O.N.E! I let the hurt show on my face, turned around and proceeded to walk back to my dorm.

The walk back to the dorm was long, an hour actually and it consisted mostly of me crying and screaming and crying some more. I couldn't call Carly, she was at work and she already took time off today to come to my doctor's appointment with me so I certainly wasn't going to asked her to do that again. Besides I just really wanted to be alone. When I got back to the dorm I was sweating and puffing, it felt like I had run a marathon. Trust the f**k head biker to make the pregnant girl walk back to her dorm. I got inside my room, locked the door, changed into my PJ’s and hoped into bed. I turned my phone on silent in case anyone tried to call, I wasn't in the mood for talking. As soon as my head hit the pillow I was out like a light. I woke up in the early hours of the morning to banging on my door, I started to panic because I knew Carly was at the club house with Stix tonight. I picked my phone up and as soon as I did I saw I had a bunch of texts and missed calls. 2 from Carly as well as 5 missed calls and 4 texts from Garrett and 12 missed calls. Well s**t! I opened the first text from Carly.

Hey girl, where are you?

That was closely followed by her next one.

Evelyn! We're getting worried now, call me back!

Guilt started to set in, I shouldn't have left my phone on silent, she was obviously worried. Just before I could open the first text from Garrett my door came flying open and crashed against the wall. Garrett stood in the door way, fuming.

"Evelyn! The f**k you think you're doing not answering your phone!" he marched across the room and pulled me roughly from the bed.

"Garrett what are you doing here?" I was so confused and hurt, he treated me like I was a piece of garbage stuck to him shoe and now he comes storming into my dorm room demanding answers.

"You didn't answer your phone I was worried," he tried to pull me in for a hug but I pushed him away.

"I was ignoring your inconsiderate ass!!" I suddenly realised that my PJ's happened to be quite skimpy.

"I know, I was a fuckin' asshole darlin'. I just got some bad news and I took it out on you." I deserve so much better than that.

"I'm sorry darlin', it didn't take me long to realise I f****d up bad; can you forgive me baby?" he looked so desperate and truly sorry, I chose to forgive him call me crazy but whatever, I love him, didn't mean I couldn't play with him a little.

"You made me walk an hour back to my dorm Garrett, after I'd just told you I was pregnant!"

"I'm so fuckin' sorry beauty" he grabbed me and pulled me into a tight hug and stroked my hair.

"I forgive you but you ever speak to me the way you did I will be gone and you'll never see me again." I needed to warn him so that he knew I was serious.

"So are you happy" I needed to know he was one hundred percent on board with this pregnancy because I couldn't do it on my own.

"You have no idea baby best feeling ever knowing my kid is growing in your belly." He beamed at me and leaned down to give me one hell of a kiss.

"You're moving in with me, no more dorm, you can finish school but I need you where I can look after you" he looked more serious than I've ever seen him before.

"Garrett, that's completely unnecessary," it wasn't that I didn't want to move in with him but I was terrified to. I know it sounded silly because I was in love with him and already pregnant; eventually of course I'd have to live with him but we'd only been dating for 3 months.

"Yeah it kind of is; no way am I letting you live away from me when you're carrying my kid" he was so deadly serious right now. I knew he was right but I was still scared of such a commitment. The last person I truly loved, was taken from me. I was terrified of it happening again.

"I guess you're right." I sighed, how the hell was I going to tell my dad about this.

"You know it baby," he winked at me and leaned down to claim my mouth in a searing kiss. Before we could get too much further my phone started blasting the song I'd set as Carly's ringtone.

"Hold that thought" I pushed Garrett away and grabbed my phone.

"Hey Carly" I said into the phone.

"Hey? That's all I get after you went missing for hours!" she screamed into the phone, I pulled it away from my head a fraction before she deafened me.

"I'm sorry okay, I had my phone on silent and fell asleep at the dorm" I felt really bad for not letting Carly know I was okay, it was s**t thing to do, I can only imagine how worried she was.

"My God Ev! You scared the hell out of me and Dragon. I thought you were dead in a ditch somewhere!" she sighed into the phone before continuing.

"You can't do that, the club has enemy’s chick and you being Dragon's old lady makes you a bigger target than most, especially now." Now I really felt like s**t; I felt like crying, tears threatened to spill over. I hadn't cried since burying Brittney. I was just going to choke it up to hormones.

"I-I'm s-s-sorry" I blubbered into the phone; nice Evelyn. Garrett snatched the phone from me when he saw me crying, obviously assuming Carly said something to upset me.

"Carly" he spat into the phone.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" he questioned my best friend. I couldn't hear what she was saying to him but he seemed to get angrier by the second.

"ENOUGH! You made my woman cry; she said she was sorry." He was obviously cut off before he could finish what he was going to say because his face was now in an angry snarl.

"You're testing my f*****g patience. Move on," he hung up the phone, threw it on the bed and ran his hands through his hair several times.

"Alright babe, grab some stuff and let's get out of here. I'll send a couple of prospects to pack the rest of your s**t tomorrow." I could tell her was trying to calm himself down after his conversation with Carly and everything else that happened today. While he did I busied myself with packing a small bag. When I finished, I walked over to Garrett and placed my hands on his shoulders and gently rubbed.

"You okay?" I was anxious about moving in with him and I was still insecure about our relationship. I saw some of the other brothers with old ladies leave with the sweet butts on a regular basis. I trust Garrett but I still have my doubts.

"Yeah beauty I'm okay, just working through some things" he was always so honest and never game me a reason not to trust him. I guess I has diving head first into this one.

"Anything in particular?" I knew if it was club business he wouldn't talk to me about it, sometimes it bothered the hell out of me, but I knew that he was just trying to protect me.

"Club business baby. You ready to go?" he stood up and glanced around the room and then back to me.

I sighed knowing I would never know what's going through his head because most of it was to do with the club. I completely understood why old ladies were kept out of the loop; if the police started asking questions we weren't accessories, not only that, but it gave the club's enemies less of a reason to target us. If they didn't think we knew anything we were more of less pretty useless."Yeah, let's go."