"Hey Steph, can I have a sip of your frap? I wanna take some Advil, my head is killing me." I asked while she drove us to the beach.

"Sure go ahead. Headaches on Huntington are the worst." she laughed.

I popped the pill into my mouth and to a sip of her drink. Not even a full minute after, I felt bile rising in my throat.

"Steph pull over." I demanded and covered my mouth with my hand.

She took one look at me then pulled to the side of the road. I opened the door and leaned out, spilling my lunch all over the asphalt of the highway. Stephanie leaned over me and pulled my red hair away from my face.

"Shhh. It's okay." she cooed.

~

"Its too hot." I groaned and rolled onto my stomach.

"Ni you're at the beach." Stephanie laughed at me.

"And these fucking kids keep getting sand in my face. I swear to god the next child who comes near me is losing a limb and-"

"Hey! Chill the fuck out!" she yelled. "What's your problem witchy pants?" she laughed again.

"I don't know!" I groaned again. "Everything and everyone has just been so annoying lately and some new cologne Tony's been using smells horrible and I just want ice cream all the fucking time."

"Tony smells the same as he always does Ni, like sweat and laundry detergent. God, you are so weird."

"Oh my god." I whispered.

"What?" Stephanie looked around trying to find what I was gawking at.

"Steph we have to go to cvs!" I shouted.

"Huh? What do you need from-" Her eyes went wide and she stopped talking. "Do you really think you're..."

"I hope so!" I squealed like she used to do.

"Oh my god! Antonia!" She laughed and threw her arms around me.

~

I was scared and happy at the same time. Tony and I had been trying at having a baby for six monthsnow. Was this finally it?

"Tony?" I called from the bathroom.

"Yeah baby?" he answered over the tv.

"Can you come here real quick?" I said while I stared down at the pink stick I held in my hand.

"Coming!" I heard his footsteps as he walked from the living room to where I sat on the bathroom counter. "What's up?"

I didn't say anything. I didn't know how. It's like I forgot how to speak in the thirty seconds it took for Tony to get to the bathroom. I held out what was in my hands for him to see.

"So that pink plus sign means..."

I nodded.

"So I'm gonna be..."

I nodded again.

"Holy shit Ni we're gonna be parents." he covered his mouth with his tattooed hands and his eyes went wide.

"Tony we're having a baby!" I screamed and threw my arms around his shoulders.

"I'm gonna be a dad!" he laughed and spun me around. "I can't wait to tell the guys and Jaxin and Levi and-"

"No!" I shouted quickly. He stared at me with a confused look. "I mean, aren't you worried about how they're going to react after last time?"

"Yeah but this time's different. We want it this now." He shook his headand backed away from me slowly.

"But Tony-"

"So when are we gonna tell them huh? In six months when you're as big as a house?!" He yelled at me.

"Oh thanks Tone! I can't fucking wait! I was really looking forward to being massive!" I screamed after him and wiped the tears from my eyes. I turned on my heels and stormed off to the bedroom after him.

"That was not the point of what I said Antonia and you know it!" He yelled as he pointed his index finger at me.

"Whatever Tony!" I screamed and grabbed some clothes and shoved them into an overnight bag.

"Where do you think you're going huh?" He said blocking the door as I tried to make my way around it.

"I'm going to Stephanie's apartment. Now move." I said dropping my hip.

"No, you're not leaving." He shook his head and put his arms across his chest.

"MOVE Tony." I yelled and pushed him aside.

I slipped my shoes on and grabbed my keys for when he went out and locked the door on me before making my way across the patch of grass to Stephanie's apartment. My knuckles hit the wood of Stephanie's apartment door before she swung it open with wide eyes.

"What's wrong?" She said in a panicked tone.

"He called me fat!" I cried. I could practically hear her eyes rolling in their sockets.

"Come on preggers get in here." She laughed and led me over to the couch.

"He's so dumb!" I let out a frustrated yell.

"How did he take the news?" She said while she played with my curly red hair.

"Oh, that was fine. He was happy. Then he called me fat."

"Antonia I'm sure he didn't just call you-" She was interrupted by the doorbell going off. Stephanie bit her lip and looked at me with guilt filled eyes.

"What? Go answer the door!" I laughed at her.

"Nia I have a date..." I looked at her outfit and laughed loudly.

"I'm sorry Steph I'll go back-"

"No no no!" She laughed as she got up and went to answer the door. "You can stay, I'll be back late though so don't wait up for me. Hi John!" She grinned at the man she opened the door to. They both stepped into the apartment. "John this is my best friend Antonia, Antonia this is my friend John."

"Hi John." I smiled and gave an awkward wave from the couch.

"Now eat anything you and my little neice want, order pizza or chinese or whatever, there's money in my leather jacket on the chair."

"Hey Steph!" I called before she walked out the door. She stopped and turned to look at me, waiting forme to ask her my question. "Can I invite a friend over?"

"Who?"

"My friend Austin," I left out the part where he was the one who pulled me off of her at Warped Tour.

"Yeah sure," She answered.

"Have a nice time you two!" I called out as she slammed the door shut. I felt like the awkward parent. I took my phone from my pocket and my fingers went across the screen of my iPhone. It rang three times before he answered.

"Hey Antonia!" Austin's voice boomed through the earpiece of my cell phone.

"Hi. Are you doing anything right now?" I questioned and twirled a pierce of hair around my finger.

"Nothing actually, what's up?"

"I was wondering if you'd like to come over and hang out with me at my friends apartment."

"Sure! Just text me the address and I'll be on my way!" He laughed.

"Alright, see you in a bit!"

"See you in a bit Nia!" he said before hanging up.

I got up and wandered to the bathroom to make myself look like a normal person rather then someone who'd been crying over their boyfriend calling them fat. I fixed my makeup and threw my hair into a braided pony tail before I heard a knock at the door.

"Coming!" I shouted before tugging my jeans
on. I pulled the door open to see Austin's smiling face staring down at me.

"Hey beautiful!" He smiled and bent down to kiss my cheek. This was going to be an interesting night.