The apartment door flies open and Sage is rushing in purse half falling off her shoulder. She sees you curled up on the floor with your arms wrapped around your knees and face buried. She drops down beside you pulling you into her arms. Sage presses a hand against the back of your head letting you cry.
There was no magic sentence or perfect advice she could give you so she just stays and comforta you silently. Eventually your crying slows and Sage pulls back enough to look at you. Your face is red, your eyes swollen, you look absolutely miserable. She cups your face wiping away tears with her thumbs, "Hey you're not doing this by yourself."
Sage gets you off the floor onto the couch wraps a blanket around your shoulders and forces you to drink water. You've always been emotional and always cried but this is different. You look hollow like somebody scooped your insides out. Sage is sitting beside you one leg tucked underneath herself still holding your hand, "Tell me what happened."
"The test was positive." Sage nods she already knows that part, "What happened after that?" You stare at your lap then the words start spilling out, "He freaked out he kept saying we had to decide. He wanted to go tomorrow to planned parenthood." A tear slides down your cheek, "He kept saying he couldn't do it and saying he couldn't have a baby. But I told him I needed time and he got mad. He kept acting like I was stupid and said we needed to be realistic."
You look down voice getting smaller, "I told him I didn't want to regret it and I called it our baby on accident. He told me not to call it that he kept saying don't call it that and then he...left." Sage takes a deep breath she has about seven hundred things she wants to say most of them involving Roman and none of them helpful so instead she asks, "Okay, can I ask you something?" Sage shifts closer still holding your hand refusing to let go, "Forget Roman, me, and everybody else. What do YOU want?"
"I don't know I really don't know." A tear slides down your face, "I keep trying to think about it and I just..." You shake your head, "I don't know. I know everything Roman said is true but...what if I regret it? What if I do it because I'm scared and then I spend the rest of my life thinking what if?" You sniff softly closing your eyes trying to not cry again, "What if I wonder who they would've been, what they would've looked like, or what if I keep thinking about birthdays that never happened?"
You wipe your face, "I don't know if I want a baby but I know I don't want to make a decision tonight. I don't want to decide because Roman is scared or because I'm scared either. I just need time I think that's what I want." Sage squeezes your hand and nods, "Okay then you'll take your time."
Roman doesn't know how long he's been driving twenty minutes maybe an hour he couldn't tell. Eventually he pulls into an empty parking lot just sits there hands gripping the steering wheel and trying to breathe, "...Fuck." His phone is sitting in the cupholder he stares at it then grabs it. His search history is already a disaster.
• planned parenthood abortion appointment
• what if girlfriend doesn't want abortion
• can pregnancy tests be wrong after positive
• false positive pregnancy test
• how expensive is a baby
• average cost of raising a child
• what happens if parents disagree about pregnancy
Roman scrolls through page after page. Reading, closing it, opening another, reading half a sentence, then closing it. Nothing helps every article says something different and every answer leads to another question. He throws his phone onto the passenger seat, "Jesus fucking Christ." He leans forward forehead hitting the steering wheel eyes squeezed shut.
He needs somebody but he doesn't want to call Hollis and the guys. His thumb hovers over his brother's contact and almost backs out Roman doesn't like to ask for help. His thumb presses the call button and Roman almost hangs up but then his brother's voice comes through the speaker, "Yo." Roman opens his mouth but nothing comes out. His brother frowns, "Roman, everything alright?"
He tries to say it, "I..." His throat closes, "Can we just talk."
Roman then decides to just get it over with and say it, "She's pregnant."
Roman lets out a dry laugh, "I watched her take the test its positive."
Roman stares through the windshield, "At the apartment."
Roman immediately gets defensive, "I couldn't stay there-"
"I didn't ask why I asked if you left her."
Roman clenches his jaw, "Yeah."
Roman rolls his eyes, "Oh, here we go."
"Don't start acting like I'm the problem."
Roman scoffs, "You don't even know what happened."
Roman pinches the bridge of his nose, We argued."
"What the fuck do you think? We argued about the pregnancy and I told her we should get rid of it. But she wanted to think about it so we fought."
Roman hesitates, "Uh bad."
Roman shrugs and answers without thinking, "I mean I wouldn't know I blocked Sage."
"Bro what on who's phone."
"Are you out of your fucking mind?!"
Roman pulls the phone away from his ear, "What?"
"What do you MEAN what? She just found out she's pregnant and you blocked the one person she'd probably call?"
"Bullshit you were thinking you just weren't thinking about HER."
Roman's face hardens, "I just wanted it to be us just be me and her."
"So you blocked her best friend?"
"So you blocked her best friend?"
Roman stays quiet but his brother doesn't let him off the hook, "Did she ask you to?"
"So whose decision was that?"
Roman rubs his forehead, "Mine."
His brother exhales a long, tired breath, "I'm done yelling me yelling at you isn't helping anybody. Talk to me are you scared?"
"I'm fucking terrified." His voice cracks for the first time on the call, "I don't know what to do she called it our baby." Roman wipes at his face angrily, "I couldn't hear her say that."
"Because then it stopped feeling like...a problem?" Roman doesn't say anything for a long time the only sound is him trying very hard to breathe normally. He rubs the heels of his palms against his eyes he can feel them burning.
He refuses to let himself cry not on the phone where his brother can hear it he swallows trying to force his voice back to normal. When he finally speaks, it comes out rough, "Dude I don't know what the fuck I'm supposed to do. She's gonna keep thinking about it you know how she is. She's gonna think about birthdays and names and all that shit. I love her but that's the fucking problem."
"Why's that the problem?" His brother asks.
"Because if she wants to keep it iI don't think I could leave her I mean realistically I couldn't. But I don't know if I could stop resenting the situation either."
"I don't have one...I think I'm gonna hit the studio."
Roman shrugs even though nobody can see him, "I don't know i just..." He rubs both hands over his face, "I can't sit here and I can't go back there."
"Bro I don't even know what I'd say."
"You don't need the perfect thing to say."
"Yeah then what? What am I supposed to do? Walk in there and say Hey, sorry I screamed at you while you found out you were pregnant?" His voice starts climbing again, "Like what the fuck am I supposed to say?"
His breathing gets uneven, "I don't even know what I'm feeling. I don't want this but I'm not leaving her I'd rather fucking die than leave her." Roman squeezes his eyes shut, "I don't know how both of those things are true."
Roman laughs bitterly, "Real helpful."
"I'm serious you can love her and not want this pregnancy. Yhey're not mutually exclusive."
Roman leans his forehead against the steering wheel, "Then what the fuck do I do?"
"Stop trying to control the outcome you don't have to pretend you're happy but stop making her carry your panic."
Roman shuts his eyes tighter, "I fucked up." He lifts his head, "I'm still gonna go to the studio. I just...I need to get out of my own head for a minute."
"No you need to go back. Your pregnant girlfriend is sitting in that apartment thinking you abandoned her and instead of going back you're telling me you're gonna go make music?"
Roman snaps, "I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE MUSIC. I'm trying not to lose my fucking mind. If I go back there right now idon't know what I'm gonna say, what she's gonna say, or if she's gonna hate me."
"Dude yon't have to have the right words you just have to show up. Go back Roman don't make her do tonight alone."
Roman's thumb slowly moves to the red button, "I gotta go."
The call ends and Roman tosses the phone onto the passenger seat. He ends driving to the studio’s expecting to be in solitude but when he gets to the building he pushes open the studio door and the room is already lit. Roman freezes seeing the three guys in there Hollis looks up first then Ryan and Nate spins around in his chair. Nate grins, "Yo! Great minds think alike. I swear, none of us could sleep so we figured might as well make something." Hollis watches Roman carefully, "Didn't expect you."
Roman shrugs, "Yeah." That's it just yeah and the room goes strangely quiet. Roman is never this quiet usually he walks in talking or complaining about something but tonight nothing. Nate exchanges a quick glance with Ryan. Nate mouths, "What's up with him?" and Ryan just shrugs. Roman walks over to the couch drops down onto it with his elbows on his knees and his eyes on the floor.
Nate breaks the silence, "Everything good?" Roman nods once, "Mhm." Ryan scratches the back of his neck, "You sure?" Roman glares at him, "Yeah." Hollis doesn't say anything something feels...wrong. Not fight-with-your-girlfriend wrong something worse. Usually after Roman and you argue Sage starts blowing up Hollis's phone with texts like "your friend is actually unbelievable" or "come get him before i do."
Or at the very least amissed call but tonight Hollis hasn't gotten a text or a call which confuses him more. If Sage is quiet either nothing happened or something happened that's so bad that's she's busy comforting you. Hollis leans back in his chair, "How's Y/n?" Roman's jaw tightens, "She's fine." The answer comes too fast and rehearsed.
Hollis notices, "You guys fight?" Roman exhales through his nose, "Yeah." Nate chuckles, "You guys always do." Ryan nods, "You two'll be alright." Roman doesn't respond and the silence stretches again. Long enough that Nate slowly lowers his smile, "Uh Roman?" Roman just keeps staring at the floor as if people are talking to him. In his head he just hears the hum of computers and Ryan absentmindedly spinning a pen between his fingers.
He hasn't said more than five words since he walked in. Roman keeps bouncing his leg faster and faster his knee won't stop. He rubs both hands over his face and lets out a long breath, "You guys got anything?" Nate shrugs, "Uh I think Ryan's got a couple White Claws in there." Ryan nods, "Yeah take one if you want." Roman shakes his head, "No, not alcohol anything stronger?" Roman hasn't asked that question in so ling ever since he met you. Ryan speaks carefully, "Bro you quit you haven't touched any of that shit in forever." Nate's smile is completely gone now, "Roman what's going on?"
Roman rubs his forehead, "I just don't wanna think I need my fucking brain to shut up." Hollis slowly stands up from his chair, "You're not getting shit." Roman scoffs, "It's not that fucking deep." Hollis lets out a short laugh, "Bullshit it is that deep." Ryan nods quietly, "You're scaring me a little, man." Roman immediately rolls his eyes, "Oh my God-" Nate cuts him off, "Don't 'oh my God' us what happened to you.
You walked in here looking like you haven't slept and now you're asking us for shit you haven't touched in forever." Hollis folds his arms, "Talk." Roman laughs bitterly, "I'm good." Hollis shakes his head, "You're really not." Roman stands up, "I'm not doing this." He starts toward the door and Hollis steps in front of him. "Roman." Hollis's voice softens just a little, "What happened?" Roman looks away and thinks about all the horrible things he has said to you and how you had begged him not to leave.
He shakes his head once, "She's pregnant."Nate's mouth slowly falls open, Ryan just stares, and Hollis doesn't move. "Holy shit." Nate is the first one to say it barely above a whisper. "Is...she okay?" Roman furrows his brows together, "I don't know." Hollis' eyes narrow, "What do you mean you don't know?" Roman looks at the floor, "Because I left." Nate is staring at Roman like he misheard him, Ryan's eyebrows slowly knit together, and Hollis stays quiet just looking at Roman.
Roman notices and his jaw tightens, "What? The fuck are y'all looking at?" Nate opens his mouth before his brain catches up. "There's no fucking way you left your pregnant girlfriend alone." The second the sentence leaves Nate's mouth Hollis closes his eyes, "Nate..." Roman explodes, "Here we fucking go you weren't there so shut the fuck up." Nate blinks, "I'm just saying-"
"I DON'T GIVE A FUCK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING." His voice echoes through the studio, "I already know I left I was there I dont meed you repeating it." Ryan's expression changes the concern starts turning into irritation, "The fuck are you getting mad at us for?" You walk in here acting antisocial as fuck, you ask us for drugs, you tell us your girlfriend's pregnant, you tell us you left her, and now you're pissed at US?"
Roman scoffs, "Oh, so now I'm the bad guy." Ryan stares at him, "Dude what?" Roman looks around the room, "You guys think I'm evil or some shit." Ryan lets out an incredulous laugh, "Bro, what the fuck are you talking about?" He shakes his head, "We're trying to figure out why you're acting like this and every time one of us opens our mouth, you bite our fucking heads off."Roman laughs bitterly, "Because you guys keep acting like you know everything."
Ryan fires back "We know what YOU told us. You literally said, 'She's pregnant' and 'I left.' What part are we misunderstanding?" Roman opens his mouth but nothing comes out. Hollis finally steps between them, "Enough." Hollis looks at Ryan first, "Give me a second." Ryan exhales sharply and takes a step back atill clearly irritated. Then Hollis looks at Roman long enough that Roman starts looking away, "What is actually going on?"
"I told her we were going to planned parenthood tomorrow and she just started getting sentimental." Roman keeps going, "She kept calling it our baby and I kept telling her to stop saying that shit but she wouldn't. Then she just kept crying and saying she didn't wanna regret it so I walked out that bitch." Ryan just stares at him, "That's it?" Roman frowns, "What?" Ryan takes a step forward, "That's the entire story you screamed at your girlfriend, you walked out on her, nd now you're standing here waiting for one of us to tell you you were right?"
Roman immediately gets defensive, "I NEVER SAID THAT." Ryan rolls his eyes, "The hell you didn't you keep getting pissed every time somebody looks at you funny. You wanna know why?" He pokes Roman's chest with his pointer finger, "Because you KNOW you fucked up." Roman's jaw tightens, "Ryan, shut the fuck-"
"No." Ryan cuts him off, "No, you shut the fuck up for once. You keep acting like we're attacking you we're not." Ryan shakes his head, "You keep talking about what YOU wanted but what about her?" Roman says nothing but Ryan doesn't stop, "She found out she was pregnant too and she was scared too but you made it about you." Roman opens his mouth but Ryan beats him to it, "You keep getting mad because you think we're making you the bad guy but right now you are."
Roman just stares at him then he laughs, "Wow, you care a whole lot." Roman takes a step closer, "You seem real invested." Hollis recognizes that tone the same jealous tone Roman had when he had accused Hollia of wanting to fuck you just because he was defending you. Roman glarws at Ryan, "What you wanna be her fucking hero now?"
Ryan is completely dumbfounded, "Excuse me?" Roman laughs again, "The way you're talking and acting it seems like you care alot. Like what you wanna fuck my girlfriend too?" Nate's eyes go wide and Hollis closes his eyes, "Jesus Christ..." Ryan doesn't even look angry at first he just looks confused, "What the fuck is wrong with you?" Ryan lets out a laugh he genuinely cannot believe what he just heard, "You've lost your fucking mind."
"HAVE I?, "Roman shouts. Ryan steps forward, "Yeah you have." Roman scoffs, "Oh yeah?" Ryan points directly at his chest, "You know what?" With how fucking possessive you are I'm actually surprised you're freaking out this much. I mean, seriously you've spent your entire relationship acting like you're scared somebody's gonna take her. You've always wanted her all to yourself so in your fucked-up head I would've thought this would've been your dream. A baby means she's tied to you forever so I don't know what kind of fucking delusion you're living in but don't stand here accusing me of wanting your girlfriend because I called you out."
Ryan continues, "You don't get to be mad every time you hear something you don't like. I'm not defending her because I wanna fuck her. I'm defending her because you're fucking crazy." Ryan points toward the studio door, "You know what get out." Roman scoffs, "What?" Ryan shakes his head, "I'm serious get the fuck out."
Nate quickly steps in, "Yo, Ryan-" Ryan doesn't even look at him, "I'm done, you came in here asking us for drugs, you screamed at everybody, you accused me of wanting your girlfriend, and somehow I'M the asshole?" He shakes his head, "Get out." Roman looks at Ryan then at Nate and Hollis but nobody says a word. Nobody backs Ryan up but nobody disagrees with him either and that pisses Roman off even more.
Roman nods to himself, "You know what fuck you." He turns toward Hollis, "And fuck you too." He looks toward Nate, "And fuck you." Nate frowns, "I didn't even say anything?!" Ryan scoffs, "Dont be lashing out on them because I disagreed with you. Mind you you literally accused me of wanting your girlfriend." Roman stands his ground refusing to be wrong, "I SAID WHAT I SAID!" Ryan shakes his head , "You're actually fucking insane."
Roman takes another step toward the door, "Yeah? Good then leave me the fuck alone." Hollis speaks one last time, "Roman come on calm down." Roman's grip tightens around the handle and he yanks the door open, "Fuck all of you." The door slams behind him and the sound echoes through the studio. Nate stares at the door, "Holy shit." He shakes his head, "I genuinely thought he was about to tell us they broke up not..that."
Nate looks over at Hollis, "His girlfriend's pregnant like I can't even picture Roman with a fucking kid." Ryan cuts in with a answer, "I can't picture him acting like a fucking adult." Hollis is still staring at the closed studio door completely still and Ryan looks over, "You good?" Hollis exhales slowly, "I don't even know what I'm supposed to do anymore." Nate looks at him, "What do you mean?" Hollis shakes his head, "I've talked to him, called him out, and told him when he's wrong. I've literally tried being patient and blunt but nothing sticks."
He sighs in disappointment, "It's like thee second he gets scared he stops hearing people." Ryan nods, "Exactly he doesn't fucking listen he just hears whatever he wants to hear." Nate quietly says, "He really thought you wanted Y/n." Ryan throws both hands into the air while he scoffs, "I've known that girl for how long now?" I've never once looked at her like that and somehow I'm the fucking problem? Like no offense he needs help or something."
Nate blinks, "Help?" Ryan nods, "Yeah actual help because that shit I don't even know what that was but somethings wrong. He genuinely convinced himself I wanted his girlfriend because I told him he fucked up." Nate looks down at the floor, "Do you think Sage knows about all of this?" Hollis slowly reaches into his pocket pulling out his phone, "If she doesn't she's about to."
The fluorescent lights buzz overhead as Roman walks in the liquor store. He grabs a shopping basket and doesn't even bother pretending to browse he goes straight to the whiskey aisle. He stands there for a second then reaches for a bottle. Then he grabs a second one and makes his way to the register. The cashier scans the first bottle then the second one. The cashier glances up, "Rough night?" Roman just stays quiet because he really isn't in the mood for small talk.
The cashier nods and doesn't pry, "Been there." After he pays Roman grabs the bag and walks back out into the parking lot. Roman ends up driving to an empty overlook. He pulls into the first parking spot throws the car into park and kills the engine. "Fuck!" His fist slams against the steering wheel and the horn blares for half a second. Roman drops his head forward forehead resting against the wheel. His breathing is uneven everything keeps replaying the positive test and you crying.
He reaches into the passenger seat and pulls out the bottle of whiskey. He twists the cap off and chugs it ignoring how the whiskey burns violently. His eyes squeeze shut his throat feels like it's on fire and he coughs. He raises it again and takes another long drink then he wipes his mouth with the back of his hand.
He reaches for his phone and sees your contact photo staring back at him. His thumb hovers over the call button but he can't do it you probably hate him. He locks the phone amd throws it into the passenger seat then reaches for the bottle again. After a while the bottle is almost halfway empty but somehow he's thinking about you even more.
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