#daddyhill

“Your sorry doesn’t mean much to me these days. You don’t keep your word which makes me wonder  if I can believe you. I’m sorry to have burdened you with my problems. You won’t have to worry about them going forward.”

“So you got the test results back?”

“No, we’re still waiting. But, no matter the results,  it’s too much responsibility for you. I’ll manage on my own. I really do wish you the best..I expect you'll transfer the lease into your own name, or move out when the lease is up.”

“Wait, you aren’t going to let me leave it in your name?”

“ Are you kidding me?” She shook her head in disbelief. “No Logan, I am no longer responsible for you. My obligation is to my child. I won’t have time to take care of you, too. Maybe Kira will put it in her name.”

“Bree, that was a mistake. That girl is crazy.”

“So I’ve heard. I really should be going. It was nice to see you.”

Bree turned and walked away, leaving Logan stunned.

I ain't a quitter I just ain't the type I tried to see you through I tried to make it to the finishing line Oh you thought it was meant to be yeah I admit so did I Every once in a while you think you figured it out Sometimes your not right

3 Days later

“Skip you, draw two, draw four, the color is blue, UNO and out.”

“I swear you’re cheating! Did you hide cards under the place mat?”

“I wouldn’t.”

“I think you would and you did.”

Her phone ringing interrupted their friendly debate. She held her finger to her lips.

“Shh, it’s the doctor’s office. I’m nervous.”

“Don't be, just answer it before it goes to voicemail.”

She swiped the screen and put the phone to her ear.

“Hello?” her voice trembled. 

Emmett moved around the table, taking her free hand.

“May I speak with Aubree Hill?”

“Speaking.” 

 “Hi, this is Donna from DNA diagnostics. Will you please confirm your date of birth and the last four of your social?”

“4/4/2002 and 7554”

“I have the results of your test.”

“Wait, I’d like to put you on speaker if that’s ok?”

“Sure.”

She looked at Emmett with tears threatening to spill from her brown eyes. He gave her hand a reassuring squeeze. She took a deep breath.

“Ok, I’m ready.”

“We drew your blood, and extracted DNA  from the sample given by Mr. Perry. The probability of paternity for Mr. Perry is 99.98 %. You may come into the office if you need a legal copy of the results and let us know if you have any further questions or concerns.”

When she ended the call, her eyes fell upon Emmett’s face, filled with unending tears. Unsure of what to say, or how to feel, she lifted her soft hands to his face to wipe his tears. He’d been her rock through all of this. If she were being honest, she was convinced that Logan was the father. But she would be lying if she didn’t acknowledge her relief that the one time that she and Emmett had been most irresponsible, they had accidentally created something beautiful. 

Someone beautiful 

“You know, you don’t have to be with me because I’m pregnant. We can just remain friends.”

“Babygirl, I have never wanted to be just friends with you.”

“I’m sorry, I just don’t know how to take all the tears. Do you regret--”

“Shhhh ...I regret nothing,” he said as he pulled her into a tight embrace.

“I should probably let Logan know that he’s off the hook.”

Yes I love you but I really got to loose you Free is where I want to be Yes I'll probably always love you But I'm moving I got to do this for me

You can say whatever you like As long as we just say goodbye Blame it on me Say its my fault Say that I left you outside in the cold with a broken heart I really don't care I ain't crying no more Say I'm a liar a cheater Say anything that you want As long as it's over

“Logan is a damn fool. You are the best thing that has ever happened to him and he still couldn’t treat you the way you deserve to be treated.” 

“Thank you,” she said in a quiet voice. 

“I can’t lie, he broke my heart. I thought he was my person. But if I’m honest, he’s been lying since the first time we met. Maybe this is what it took for me to see him for who he really was. I suppose I should call my Daddy and tell him the news.”

“Make sure you ask when he will be visiting. I will give you some privacy.” Emmett grabbed his keys and exited into the garage.

The phone rang once before he answered. She could hear the police radio in the background with the dispatch rambling away in police language. 

[Hey Babygirl. How are you feeling?]

[I’m ok, Daddy. Are you at work?]

[Yeah, but I have time, what’s up?]

[The DNA results came back. Emmett is the father.]

The line went quiet for a moment. 

[Daddy? Are you there?]

[Yeah Babygirl, what did he have to say about it?]

[He’s happy, I think. I never meant for any of this to happen.]

[What’s done is done. We have to focus on what we can control now.]

[I told Logan that he is not the father and he hasn’t even responded.]

[And how do you feel about it?]

[Honestly, a little relieved.]

[I swear, I hate to say I told you so.]

[I know, but you did. When can you come see me?]

[Give me some dates and I will make it work. I gotta run now. I can call you tonight.] 

[Ok, Daddy be careful. I love you.]

[I love you more Babygirl.]

They end the call before Bree headed out to the deck to get some fresh air.

Logan’s POV 

I guess it’s true what they say, “It’s a thin line between love and hate.” I mean, what did I expect? “The sweetest woman in the world can be the meanest woman in the world, if you make her that way.”

I guess we were doomed from the beginning. The whole relationship was built on a foundation of lies. I never expected to fall for her. I never expected for her to forgive me, especially once Colt told her the truth. But she forgave me. Good girl Bree.  My trouble maker. Forgave me. 

I lied to her one too many times. I think after a while, I felt entitled to her forgiveness. Then when I laid on the floor of that garage bleeding out, hoping no one would find me, hoping that the mess that I made of my life would be over … 

Then I woke up in that hospital looking up at her angelic face. She stayed right by my side and took care of me when I couldn’t take care of myself. She nursed me back to health only for me to run back to the streets, after she begged me not to go. I couldn’t even look her in the eye.

She deserves so much better than me. I couldn’t even be mad at her for stepping out on me. I pushed her into his arms. Then she tells me she’s pregnant. I have never been one to lose my cool, but I panicked. I should have been the one to hold her down, but what did I do? I ran again. Another promise broken. I told her I would be there for her, another lie. 

Just when I was coming around to the idea of being a daddy, she texted me to say it’s not mine. 

My heart is breaking. But I know she has had enough. I will probably never get her back. Never hold her, never kiss her, never taste her, never make love to her, never watch her sleep, and I only have myself to blame.

Emmett’s POV

Wow! When the year started, I expected a lot of things; becoming a father was not one of them. I really stepped in it. Bree just got to college and I have possibly ruined her entire experience because I wasn’t mature enough to strap up. 

I have to say, I’m happy the baby is mine. If I was going to have a kid with anyone, I guess I hit the jackpot. My parents are not going to be so understanding. But they will come around. My tour guide job isn’t going to cut it this summer. I have a mouth to feed. Perhaps, I could get a paid internship at my Pop’s firm. It doesn’t even matter, I'll do what I have to do so that she doesn't have to work.

I would love to ask her to move in with me, but I know she will think it’s because she is pregnant. They won’t let her stay in the dorm when they find out she’s pregnant. Her Daddy wants her to come home to have the baby, and leave the baby in Cali, while she is here in school. I wouldn’t be able to sleep at night with my kid on the other side of the country. Maybe we can schedule our classes opposite of one another and keep the baby here with us. Yes, it will be hard but I can’t see it happening any other way. 

This girl is an angel. I would be insane to let her go. I blurted out that I was falling for her the other day. She didn’t say anything in return, but I know she is afraid. She loves Logan, but he hurts her over and over again. She is afraid to love anyone else. I will wait. I will protect her heart. Hopefully, one day she will feel the same way and we can be a family. 

But until then I’ll hold her down.  

Later that evening

  “There you are. Are you feeling alright?” His silky baritone jolts her back into reality.

“Yep, just thinking.”

“About?”

“Everything. School, getting a place off campus, finding a job. I know my Daddy said he would keep the baby, but I wouldn’t feel right not contributing. Diapers and formula are expensive.”

“Whoa B, slow down.”

“What? You asked me what I was thinking about.”

“Touche’, but I wanna be your person. Talk to me. We talked about how I felt. I know we didn’t plan this but, how do you feel about me being the father?”

“Honestly? I’m relieved. I never wanted to be a teenage mother, and I’m so sorry. I know that this wasn’t in your plans either, but I swear I wasn’t trying to trap you. You don’t have to assume any financial responsibility.”

“B. Wait, stop talking. You didn’t make this baby alone. So don’t apologize. I’m the one who should apologize. Your life, your college career, will never be the same because I didn’t wear a condom. My parents raised me better than that. I couldn’t sleep at night or look at myself in the mirror if I didn’t step up to take care of my baby. If I didn’t take care of you. You don’t need to look for a place. Move in with me.”

“Whoa, Em, that’s a huge step. You don’t have to--”

“I want you to. I have plenty of space here. You don’t need to find a job. I will work. I went to Target and looked at diapers and formula the day you told me that you were pregnant. However, I hoped you would consider nursing. I’ve been doing some research and the studies show that babies who get their mother’s milk are smarter and healthier.”

“You have? They are?”

“Yep,” he nodded.

“Well, it would be hard for me to ship breast milk to LA.”

“I’m sorry. It’s a really generous offer but you can’t send my baby across the country 4 months at  a time.”

“How do you expect to go to class, work, study and take care of a baby?” 

“No one said it would be easy. But I can’t send my baby away.”

Just then the doorbell rang. 

“I wonder who that could be?”

Bree pulled Emmett’s Langston t-shirt over her head and moved to follow Emmett to the front door. When he opened the door, there stood two very attractive people who she didn’t recognize. 

“Mom, Pops, what are you doing here?”

“Oh, we just thought we’d pop in and surprise you.”

The couple walked in, the woman stopping when she saw Bree. 

“Oh, hello dear. You must be Bree. Mrs. Ella Perry, It’s a pleasure to finally meet you.”

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Bree had been spending most nights at Emmett’s. She usually rolled out of bed shortly after 7am. It was just enough time for her to get dressed and make it to her 8 am classes on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Today was different. She had been having some cramping, making it difficult to sleep. Shortly before sunrise, with all the stealth she could muster she rolled out of bed in a failed attempt not to wake Emmett. He didn’t have class today, but he had been picking up more and more events to build his savings. 

She went out to his deck, which had become her place of peace. With her pink yoga mat tucked under her arm, she drank some cucumber mint water, before rolling out her mat and starting some stretching. Emmett had gifted her a book containing safe yoga poses for pregnant women. She had taken it to her last doctor’s appointment and gotten the ok to use it. A short time later a shirtless Emmett emerged from the house with a concerned look on his face.

“You’re up early.”

“Good morning babe, I couldn’t sleep,” she said in a quiet voice.

“Are you ok?”

“Yeah, just uncomfortable.” She continued to stretch. 

“What does that mean?”

“I have been cramping a bit and just couldn’t get comfortable enough to sleep. I didn’t want to disturb you.”

“Don’t worry about me. Bree, why didn’t you wake me up? I read that cramping this early could be a bad sign. Are you bleeding?”

“No, I’m fine. We have a doctor’s appointment today, so I didn’t think much of it.”

“I’m calling Dr. Dillard. We need to just make sure.”

“If you insist,” she whispered. If she was being honest, it turned her on when he got into protective papa bear mode.

After a quick call to the doctor, class was canceled for Bree for the morning and though it was the last thing she wanted to do, she called Kira to have her send her the assignment and counted on her to take notes. 

Dr. Dillard instructed her to stay in bed and drink plenty of water until it was time for their appointment. 

When they arrived at the doctor’s office, they had to check in with the front desk, who asked to see her id and insurance card. She presented her California driver’s license and the Blue Cross Blue shield card that her Daddy gave her when he last visited. Emmett pulled out his wallet and presented his insurance card.

“She is covered on this plan, you can use it as her primary and make the other secondary.”

Bree turned to look at Emmett confused, he shrugged his shoulders and flashed her a smile.

After they were checked in, they sat filling out paperwork. When she got to the emergency contact portion she paused, bit her lip, and turned to Emmett.   

“What’s wrong?”

“Can I put you down for an emergency contact?”

“Of course you can.”

She looked up at him again.

“What?”

“What’s your relationship to me?”

“Significant other.”

“Is that right? All this time I thought I was your “special lady friend,” she giggled.

“What are you talking about?”

“We have never talked about this. You have never asked me to be your-- significant other.”

“I thought it was just assumed. I mean, I’m not seeing anyone else, you practically live with me, you drive my car more than I do, and my parents put you on my medical insurance.”

She was stunned to silence. She turned to finish filling out the form.

“May I ask you a serious question Em? I expect an honest answer.”

He shrugged his shoulders, “shoot.”

“Would I be your significant other if I weren’t pregnant?”

“Are you kidding me? I would certainly hope so. Look, Bree, I’ll admit that the baby changes things. But the baby could never change the way I feel about you,” he said as he stared at her incredulously. 

“Well, I guess. You still never asked me to be your girlfriend.”

“Hill.”

He sighed, relieved to see the nurse calling her back. She stood, then stopped looking over her shoulder, “what are you doing? Come on.”

“My name is Kelly, and I will get you prepared to see Dr. Dillard today.”

“Hi Kelly, I’m Bree and this is my significant other, Emmett.”

She led them back to an exam room where she took Bree’s vitals and had her sit upon a table, while Emmett sat in a chair beside her. The nurse excused herself and an awkward silence fell over the room. After a few minutes Bree finally asked, “so, when were you going to tell me that your parents put me on your insurance?”

 “I meant to tell you weeks ago, but it slipped my mind until the lady asked for insurance.”

“Do they think that my Daddy can’t afford insurance?”

“No babe, they just want to do their part.” 

Just then the doctor knocked on the door and came inside.

“Hi Aubree, I’m Dr. Dillard.”

“Hi, this is Emmett. He’s my significant other.”

“Emmett smiled as the doctor reached out to shake his hand.”

 “So, I’m just going to go over a few things with you. We are 16 weeks along today and you have been having some cramping without bleeding, correct?”

“Yes.”

“Tell me about your habits. Tell me anything that sticks out to you.”   

“I take my vitamin every morning. I eat when I’m hungry, lots of water. I usually don’t have any aches or pains. The cramping is new. Just since last night. It hasn’t been as bad today.”

“It’s probably nothing but, to be sure, we will take a look at baby to make sure everything is on track.”

She pulled a sono machine on wheels over to the side of the exam table and tucked a towel into Bree’s pants. She squeezed a warmed clear gel onto her abdomen and hit the lights. 

After swiveling a wand around in the gel, an image appeared on the large television screen on the wall. 

“Is that my baby?” Emmett asked with teary eyes.

“It is!” Dr. Dillard said as she took some measurements. 

“Would you like to hear the heartbeat?”

“Yes, please!” The couple said in unison. 

For about 30 seconds, Emmett held her hand, and together, they heard a sound that made this whole pregnancy very real for them.

“Baby looks great, measuring a little big, around 17 weeks 3 days. It looks like we can tell the sex today if you’d like to know.”

“I want to know, do you want to know?” 

“Yes, but your Mom wants to have a gender reveal party.”

“She mentioned that, is that what you want? Those are stupid.”

“I thought it would be kind of fun. My Daddy will be here in two weeks. Can you wait that long?”

Emmett looked at the Dr. and rolled his eyes. “Whatever she wants, doc.”

“Smart man. I’ll seal the results for you and if you don’t have any more questions, I’ll see you in 4 weeks.”

Later that day Emmett reached out to Bree’s Dad to ask him something that had been on his mind for weeks.

Before they knew it, the time had passed and Emmett was picking Alvin up from the airport.

“Where’s my Babygirl?”

“She’s at home.”

“Home?”

“Well, sir at my place. I know that she told you that she would have to find alternative housing for the spring. But since she spends so much time at my place anyway, I was thinking of asking her to move in with me.” 

“Say what?”

“I just figured it would make more sense for her to move in with me.”

“No way would she agree to that, Bree likes her independence,” he laughed.

“I’ll tell you what, if you can get her to agree, I won’t protest,” Alvin said with a smirk.

When they made it to his place for the party, Bree was in the Master bedroom getting dressed. It turned out to be perfect timing. Just then a cab pulled up and Riya and Darius came inside. 

“Whoa, what are you two doing here? Is Bree expecting you?” Alvin asked as he pulled Riya into a hug and shook Darius’ hand.

“No, when Emmett contacted me and sent the tickets I told Bree we couldn’t make it.”

“Wait, so this was Emmett’s doing?” 

“I’m afraid so Sir,” Emmett quipped.

“Nice touch, son.”

Just then the doorbell rang, it was Alvin’s sister Rhyan and her fiance’ Ethan. They were both doctors at Edenbrook, a hospital in Boston. When the doorbell rang for the last time it was Ian, Emmett’s brother along with his grandparents, his aunt’s, and his baby sisters.

Well, the gang’s all here we can get things started. Emmett knocked on the door to find Bree struggling to zip her dress. 

“Let me get that for you,” he said, rushing over to her. She was a vision in white and he couldn’t stop smiling. 

“What are you so happy about?”

“What’s there not to be happy about? You’re here, the baby is healthy and I am about to find out if I need to learn to braid hair,” they both laughed. 

“Come on,” he kissed her on the forehead. “Our guests are waiting.”

Bree entered the dining area and was shocked to tears to see all of their family and friends gathered. Emmett proudly introduced her to his family and she did the same. When she laid eyes on Riya and Darius she started to cry again. She held Emmett in a long embrace, knowing that he and his mother planned this day together to make her happy.  

It was finally time for the big reveal. Emmett stood behind Bree with his hand over hers as they popped a balloon together. Blue confetti exploded into the air as the family cheered, it’s a BOY!!! 

Bree turned to hug Emmett, but he raised his hand to get the attention of the crowd. He cleared his throat and began to speak.

“First I want to thank everyone for traveling here to help us celebrate. Now, allow me to tell you all a quick story. At our last doctor’s appointment, Bree was filling out a form and it asked my relation to her. She looked at me and asked. Well, I foolishly told her to check significant other, and since then I have been introduced to no less than 80 people as such. That same day she mentioned that I had never asked her to be my girlfriend. She was right. I just assumed that she wanted to be my girlfriend,” he gestured at her baby bump and she smiled, swatting him on the arm. 

“Because I am deeply in love with this woman and because her Daddy said I could,” he turned to Bree. 

“Aubree, in front of all our loved ones and my Grannies, please don’t embarrass me. Will you be the lady in my life?”

She instantly started to sob as she nodded, yes. They shared a sweet kiss and he slid a promise ring on her finger, before Nathaniel yelled, “GIFT TIME!”

“Pops, there aren’t gifts at a gender reveal.”

“There is when I put my foot down my throat and Bree still won’t talk to me.”

“Let’s see it!”

He walked her to the opened door, handed her a key fob, and said SURPRISE!!!

“Dad, you bought us a G Wagon?” 

“Correction son, I bought Bree a G Wagon.”