Love for the Librarian

DYLAN’S P. O. V.

“What do you want Brittney? I don’t know how I could make it any more clear to you that I don’t want you.” I cross my arms over my chest. Thus closing myself off to her. I do not want her getting any ideas about where we stand.

“Once you hear what I have to say you may change your mind.” She gives me a cocky look, like she already has me beat.

“Nothing that you have to say could change my mind.” I am not accepting her bait.

“I am pregnant.” Ok, maybe that will make me falter a bit.

“How do you know it is mine?” I got to try to focus. Right now my mind is spinning. I think I am going to pass out. She just dropped a bomb on me. It is a possibility. God please let me not have a child in common with this viper. Please let it be a mistake. I was so careful with her. I did not want this at any point.

“I know. So let me tell you how this is going to work. You are going to leave little miss perfect or else you will not see your child. You are going to be with me. You are going to be the doting husband and father to this child or you will not have it in your life. You will be the deadbeat dad that you always hated.” She is not even feeling any remorse for the situation that she is putting me in. She wants it this way. She could care less about how I feel about her. She will just have the status of being with me. That is all she cares about is saving face. She is right though I do not want to be that dad. How the fuck am I going to deal with this?

“Can I have some time to think about it?” I don’t really know what the fuck I am going to do. I need time to think. I love Riley, I can’t just leave her for this viper. This conniving bitch does not deserve to have me in her life. But the child has no choice over who it’s parents are.

“I will give you till the party on Saturday. I want an answer then. Take your time.” She gives me a damn smile that makes me cringe. She just walks away leaving me in a blind storm. I don’t even process anything else that is going on.

I vaguely hear Mr. Harman dismiss the students. I have to think. I can’t do this to Riley right now. I just got her back. The only thought that is going through my mind is that I can not lose her. How do I tell her about this?

RILEY’S P. O. V.

When I get to Dylan’s truck I lean on the hood to wait for him. First I get Kevin and Katelyn. They are ready to get going. “How long is it going to take with your aunt?” Katelyn asks.

“Not that long. I am sure she won’t need me with mom there.”

Kevin gets a huge smile on his face. “Good then we are going to meet you at the theater, we can get some snacks and stuff.”

He starts pulling Katelyn away. Obviously he is trying to have alone time with her. Does he not realize that she is going to insist that he takes his own car? Of course she is going to keep as much distance as she can from him. He broke her heart, even if she somewhat forgives him enough to be friends. I am not so sure she is ready to jump into that pit.

After a few minutes I am starting to wonder what the hell happened to Dylan, but then he comes out and he has a new look on his face. Like anguish. I have never seen this before on Dylan and I don’t like it. “What happened?” I don’t even wait for him to speak before I ask.

He shrugs, “Well, nothing that big. My dad just called, he needs me. That just means that I can’t go with you guys to the movies.” He doesn’t look directly at me. At first I think he is lying, but then he looks at me and gives me a half smile. “I am just upset that I don’t get to spend time with you. Don’t read too much into it.”Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.

How did he know how much I was reading into it? Then he kisses my forehead. “I’ll get you home so you can pick up your car.”

Something feels off, but I try to push it back. I mean he has said he is disappointed, that has to be it, right? “If your dad needs you I can just walk home. It really isn’t that far.”

“No, no, no. I want to drive you home.” He shakes his head and guides me to the truck with his hand on the small of my back. I still can’t shake the feeling that something is wrong. Something in me is screaming that it is wrong. He is quiet the whole way back to my house. This is not the same guy that I talked to a little while ago. He even seems like he is distancing himself from me. Instead of putting his hand on my leg like usual, he has both on the steering wheel. He almost looks white knuckled.

“Are you sure that there isn’t something wrong?” I finally asked him. It is my street and if I don’t ask now I will never know.

“I have some family stuff to deal with. It kind of has me on edge is all. There is nothing wrong with us. Do not even for a second think that there is something wrong with us, do you hear me?” He is giving me a stern look that says he is one hundred percent serious.

“You know you can talk to me about it. I wont judge or anything. Hell you know the crap going on with my family. Maybe I can help. At least make you feel better.” I try to give him a comforting look as he pulls into my driveway.

As soon as he puts the truck in park he turns to look at me. “I will be telling you everything. I just need a little time to wrap my own brain around it. As soon as I can really deal I will tell you everything. Can you do that for me?”

I nod my head. I wish he could confide in me, but at least he is letting me know that it is bothering him. Besides I am not some clingy girl if he needs time and space he can have it. “I will see you tomorrow.” I open the truck door. Usually he opens it for me. As soon as I hop down I look back at him. He is already lost, I can tell that even though his eyes are looking at me they are lost in his thoughts.

I give him a weak smile and close the door. As soon as I reach the front steps I hear his truck pull out. Silently I debate if I should even go to the movies, but then I realize that Katelyn and Kevin are waiting for me. They wont know that anything is wrong. Then the thought occurs to me that maybe Kevin might know what is going on because he was with Dylan. So I hurriedly grabbed my keys and got in my car. I head to the library first and tell Polly that I want to hang out with my friends today and she obliged.