Trying Not to Love You
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"Yeah, I'm just going to unpack and then I'll be over."
"Ok see you later."
"Thanks again Dom." Hailey said.
"Sure no problem."
We got into the car but pulled over right up the street from Hailey's house.
I looked over at Dominic, "What are you doing?"
"I need to talk to you and if I have you in my car, it's a lot easier. Besides, now there isn't anyone else around."
"Dominic, please just take me home. I can't do this with you right now ok."
"Just listen to me ok."
I crossed my arms over my chest and stared straight ahead.
He cleared his throat. "I know this isn't any of my business but did you sleep with Hunter?"
Groaning, I dropped my head to the back on the seat. "I'm not talking to you about this Dominic. It's none of your business. I don't ask what's going on with you and Brittany; don't ask about me and Hunter."
"I know but just answer the question, it's important."
"It's not important and it's none of your business." I spat back at him.
"Damn it Kenzie, just answer the question!" He raised his voice to me.
I was fuming but I knew him well enough to know if I didn't answer him, I would be here all night and I really just wanted to go home. Huffing I said, "Yes."
He ran his left hand through his hair and then reached in the center console with his right, grabbed the drug store bag and handed it to me. "You need to take this."
I opened the bag that he handed to me and I shot my eyes up to him, "Are you f**king kidding me? I'm not pregnant ass**le. You know how I am when I get upset over shit." I closed the bag back up and stuck it back in the console then crossed my arms over my chest again. Was he crazy?
"I can't be pregnant, I'm on the pill and you know this." I told him after a few minutes.
He looked over at me and said, "Please just take it when you get home, just to make sure. I know how you get when you get upset over something but this, what you have, is different. You're different."
"Fine, I'll take the damn test but I already know the answer. Now can you please take me home?" I huffed still looking straight ahead.
Dominic put the car in drive and took me home. I got out of the car and went to grab my bags. He came around his side with the drug store bag and handed it to me. I took it and shoved it in my purse.
"Thanks for the ride; I'll see you back at school I guess."
"Yeah sure, let me know if you need a ride back."
I nodded and grabbed my last bag that he had in his hand and went into the house. "Kenzie," Dominic called out.
"Yeah?"
"If you need to talk or anything, call me." He didn't wait for me to answer; he got back in his car and backed out of the driveway.
My mom was pacing the floor when I walked in; I knew something was wrong when I saw her. "Mom? What's wrong?"
"Oh thank God." She ran towards me and squeezed me.
"Mom?"
"Hunter has been calling nonstop looking for you. He said your phone is turned off and he couldn't get a hold of you."
Nice, why is he calling now? "Well Hunter shouldn't worry about me; he hasn't for the last two weeks. Hailey and I got a ride home from Dominic."
"What do you mean he hasn't worried for the last two weeks? Are you guys fighting?"
"Yeah, because of Mason's bullshit."
"Oh baby girl, I'm so sorry." She started rocking me back and forth slowly as she did every time she comforted me. The swaying was doing nothing for my stomach.
"Look, I'm really tired and I just want to go to sleep. We'll catch up later." I kissed her cheek and started for the stairs.
"What do you want me to tell Hunter when he calls back?" she asked.
"Tell him whatever you want." I don't care if he gets pissed off because I took off again or because Dominic took us home.
"Alright."
I went upstairs, dropped my bags, slipped off my shoes and curled up in bed. I fell asleep for a little while but that drug store bag was taunting me. It was after three in the morning when I finally had enough and got up to take the test just to prove to Dominic that I was not pregnant. Ok, maybe to myself too.
I grabbed the bag and walked towards the bathroom. Hailey was standing in the hallway talking to Mason. What the hell was Mason doing here this late at night with Hailey?
I tried to walk past them, but Mason grabbed my arm stopping me. He pulled me into his chest and hugged me. "I'm sorry I've been such an ass**le lately."
I pushed off him a little. "If you don't mean it, then don't apologize to me Mase. I know you're only saying it because I'm not with Hunter anymore."
Taken back a little by my remark, he frowned and said, "I am sorry. I just don't want to see you hurt and from what Hailey's told me you are hurting." He pulled me back to his chest and kissed my forehead. "I'm sorry. I'll talk to Hunter tomorrow."
Shaking my head and trying to hold in the tears, I said, "Don't worry about it. It's over between us."
"I'll fix it; it's my fault. I just don't think he's good enough for my little sister, but I don't want to see you like this every day."
Tears were streaming down my face and soaking his shirt, "Please don't; just let it be, for me."
Sighing he said, "Ok," he grabbed my face and wiped the tears away. "Just because you asked I won't say anything."
"Thanks Mase." I turned towards Hailey and said, "Can I talk to you for a minute."
"Yeah, sure."
I grabbed her hand and pulled her into the bathroom with me. I turned on the faucet so Mason couldn't hear us. I pulled out the test from the bag, and her eyes flew open wide. "You have to be shitting me!"
"Shh, Hailey." I flipped the box over and read the directions, then opened the box and set the test on the sink. "Turn around. When I'm done, I need you to look at this and tell me its negative, ok?"
She turned around and nodded. I pulled my pants down, sat on the toilet, peed on the stick and quickly put the cap on. I cleaned myself up, all the while not looking at the godforsaken test.
"Ok, look at the test and tell me it's negative."
Hailey slowly turned around, gasped and put her hand over her mouth. That was not the reaction I wanted. "Hailey, it's negative right?"
She just looked at me but didn't say anything.
Fine, I guess I had to do this on my own. "Fuck!" I yelled and then put my hand over my mouth. Five, ten, twenty minutes went by and we both just stared at the test both in disbelief.
"Ok see you later."
"Thanks again Dom." Hailey said.
"Sure no problem."
We got into the car but pulled over right up the street from Hailey's house.
I looked over at Dominic, "What are you doing?"
"I need to talk to you and if I have you in my car, it's a lot easier. Besides, now there isn't anyone else around."
"Dominic, please just take me home. I can't do this with you right now ok."
"Just listen to me ok."
I crossed my arms over my chest and stared straight ahead.
He cleared his throat. "I know this isn't any of my business but did you sleep with Hunter?"
Groaning, I dropped my head to the back on the seat. "I'm not talking to you about this Dominic. It's none of your business. I don't ask what's going on with you and Brittany; don't ask about me and Hunter."
"I know but just answer the question, it's important."
"It's not important and it's none of your business." I spat back at him.
"Damn it Kenzie, just answer the question!" He raised his voice to me.
I was fuming but I knew him well enough to know if I didn't answer him, I would be here all night and I really just wanted to go home. Huffing I said, "Yes."
He ran his left hand through his hair and then reached in the center console with his right, grabbed the drug store bag and handed it to me. "You need to take this."
I opened the bag that he handed to me and I shot my eyes up to him, "Are you f**king kidding me? I'm not pregnant ass**le. You know how I am when I get upset over shit." I closed the bag back up and stuck it back in the console then crossed my arms over my chest again. Was he crazy?
"I can't be pregnant, I'm on the pill and you know this." I told him after a few minutes.
He looked over at me and said, "Please just take it when you get home, just to make sure. I know how you get when you get upset over something but this, what you have, is different. You're different."
"Fine, I'll take the damn test but I already know the answer. Now can you please take me home?" I huffed still looking straight ahead.
Dominic put the car in drive and took me home. I got out of the car and went to grab my bags. He came around his side with the drug store bag and handed it to me. I took it and shoved it in my purse.
"Thanks for the ride; I'll see you back at school I guess."
"Yeah sure, let me know if you need a ride back."
I nodded and grabbed my last bag that he had in his hand and went into the house. "Kenzie," Dominic called out.
"Yeah?"
"If you need to talk or anything, call me." He didn't wait for me to answer; he got back in his car and backed out of the driveway.
My mom was pacing the floor when I walked in; I knew something was wrong when I saw her. "Mom? What's wrong?"
"Oh thank God." She ran towards me and squeezed me.
"Mom?"
"Hunter has been calling nonstop looking for you. He said your phone is turned off and he couldn't get a hold of you."
Nice, why is he calling now? "Well Hunter shouldn't worry about me; he hasn't for the last two weeks. Hailey and I got a ride home from Dominic."
"What do you mean he hasn't worried for the last two weeks? Are you guys fighting?"
"Yeah, because of Mason's bullshit."
"Oh baby girl, I'm so sorry." She started rocking me back and forth slowly as she did every time she comforted me. The swaying was doing nothing for my stomach.
"Look, I'm really tired and I just want to go to sleep. We'll catch up later." I kissed her cheek and started for the stairs.
"What do you want me to tell Hunter when he calls back?" she asked.
"Tell him whatever you want." I don't care if he gets pissed off because I took off again or because Dominic took us home.
"Alright."
I went upstairs, dropped my bags, slipped off my shoes and curled up in bed. I fell asleep for a little while but that drug store bag was taunting me. It was after three in the morning when I finally had enough and got up to take the test just to prove to Dominic that I was not pregnant. Ok, maybe to myself too.
I grabbed the bag and walked towards the bathroom. Hailey was standing in the hallway talking to Mason. What the hell was Mason doing here this late at night with Hailey?
I tried to walk past them, but Mason grabbed my arm stopping me. He pulled me into his chest and hugged me. "I'm sorry I've been such an ass**le lately."
I pushed off him a little. "If you don't mean it, then don't apologize to me Mase. I know you're only saying it because I'm not with Hunter anymore."
Taken back a little by my remark, he frowned and said, "I am sorry. I just don't want to see you hurt and from what Hailey's told me you are hurting." He pulled me back to his chest and kissed my forehead. "I'm sorry. I'll talk to Hunter tomorrow."
Shaking my head and trying to hold in the tears, I said, "Don't worry about it. It's over between us."
"I'll fix it; it's my fault. I just don't think he's good enough for my little sister, but I don't want to see you like this every day."
Tears were streaming down my face and soaking his shirt, "Please don't; just let it be, for me."
Sighing he said, "Ok," he grabbed my face and wiped the tears away. "Just because you asked I won't say anything."
"Thanks Mase." I turned towards Hailey and said, "Can I talk to you for a minute."
"Yeah, sure."
I grabbed her hand and pulled her into the bathroom with me. I turned on the faucet so Mason couldn't hear us. I pulled out the test from the bag, and her eyes flew open wide. "You have to be shitting me!"
"Shh, Hailey." I flipped the box over and read the directions, then opened the box and set the test on the sink. "Turn around. When I'm done, I need you to look at this and tell me its negative, ok?"
She turned around and nodded. I pulled my pants down, sat on the toilet, peed on the stick and quickly put the cap on. I cleaned myself up, all the while not looking at the godforsaken test.
"Ok, look at the test and tell me it's negative."
Hailey slowly turned around, gasped and put her hand over her mouth. That was not the reaction I wanted. "Hailey, it's negative right?"
She just looked at me but didn't say anything.
Fine, I guess I had to do this on my own. "Fuck!" I yelled and then put my hand over my mouth. Five, ten, twenty minutes went by and we both just stared at the test both in disbelief.
