Chapter 56: I'm pregnant
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"Dakota where you at?", I called loudly.
Her moans continued to echo, and now I knew they were coming from the guest room bathroom. Her bedroom was only lit by the small lamp on the bedside table when I entered but most of light in the the room was coming from half open bathroom door.
I shoved open the door and found Dakota sitting on the floor hugging the toilet. She had been throwing and her face was drenched with sweat. The dark rings around her eyes only told me one thing. She was having withdrawals from whatever she was coming down off of..
"Shit, Dakota", I went to her and pulled her hair from her face, tying it behind with a hair binder on her waist. "You okay?", I asked.
She moaned again and shook her head.
"It hurts so bad, D", She whispered.
"What hurts so bad", I asked grabbing, a fresh washcloth from the cabinet above the toilet before I ran it under cold water, rung it out, and pressed the cold fabric to her forehead.
Letting out a sigh of relief, she replaced my hand and held her cloth herself.
"My body, my head, my soul", She whispered.
"What are you coming down off Dakota", I asked.
She mumbled something beneath her breath and then let her head drop onto her palm, closing her eyes.
"Hey talk to me",. I demanded slightly tapping her shoulder as I bent down to look in her eyes.
"What are you coming down off of", I repeated.
"My love for Lex", She sighed before her bottom lip trembled.
I knew then she was too out of it to have a normal conversation with me and she needed rest. This wasn't the first time I have ever been through this with her and knowing her, it wouldn't be the last. I tucked my hands beneath her delicate body and lifted her up from the floor as she cried in pain. She just needed to rest and then we will talk in the morning.
Placing her into bed, I repositioned the cold rag on her forehead and pulled the sheet up over her body. Her eyes were closed but her brow was still furrowed in pain. I hated to see her go through this again and I swear if I get my hands on that prick's throat , he won't be breathing enough to see what else I wanted to do to him.
I went to turn and leave but Dakota grabbed onto my wrist and stopped me.
"Don't go", She whispered. "I don't want to be alone", She added in her croaky voice.
What she didn't know that, I didn't want to be alone either. It's been a rough night and I knew if I went in bed alone, I would never get any sleep because I would dwell on thoughts of Lynn and what I wanted to tell her.
Kicking off my shoes, I rounded to the other side of the bed and crawled on top of the covers. There was a throw blanket at the end of the bed that i grabbed and haphazardly pulled over my chest, staring up at the ceiling. Dakota moved closer to me and rested her hot head against my arm.
"Thank you for always being here for me, D. I know it hasn't been easy for you", She states in a low voice.
My heart squeezed at her words and even though her choices irritated me beyond relief, I knew I will always be there for her. She is my baby sister and if I wasn't here for her, no body will ever be.
"I'm not going anywhere, now get some rest", I murmured.
Silencer stretched between us as I tried to close my eyes and get some rest but when Dakota spoke again, my entire body tensed up.
"I'm pregnant, D",
Fucking hell.
If was already going to be a chore to get her fucking leave Lex for now but now that she is pregnant, I knew it was only a matter of time before she crawled before she crawled back to him. This was a fucking disaster. How could she have been fucking stupid.
"We will figure that out too", I replied through gritted teeth tried to sound as gentle as I could.
"I really like Lynn", She whispered and I knew she was trying to change the subject.
My eyes tore open and i stared at the ceiling again.
"Yeah, me too", I responded.
That's literally what I could say because I didn't exactly want to discuss this with my sister right now. The feelings running in my mind and body when it came to Lynn was foreign and honestly scared the hell out of me. Knowing that when I tell her the truth about my life, I may lose her and if I didn't say how I truly felt loud then perhaps it won't hurt as bad when she walks away.
"Get some rest Dakota", And that was the end of that. No more words were spoken between the us and eventually her light snores filled up the room. Sleep wasn't coming for me though and when I remembered the text sent to Lynn, I got off Dakota's bed and walked back to mine.
I might be a little hopeful that Lynn joins me in the morning but I won't let myself get upset if she doesn't come. Either way I wanted her to find me in my bed just in case she comes. I just wanted to have close next to me. No sex, just cuddles. Though I had this feeling that she might not come. She was probably going to stay with her best friend Luis.
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