Beneath Our Faults (27 page)

"Cut the shit," he warned, giving me a sharp look. “We are out of the parking lot so fucking spill.”

"Okay," I said cautiously, "congratulations, you are going to be a daddy." His eyes widened in confusion and he cut the steering wheel swiftly to the right. I held onto the console while we swerved across the road.

"I'm sorry but what the fuck did you just say?" He screamed. "It sounded like you just told me you were pregnant when we haven't even had sex. I'm not sure if you know this or not, but you can't get pregnant from me eating your pussy."

Oh hell. He thought I was telling him I was pregnant.

I groaned, slapping my forehead with the palm of my hand. "I know that, idiot. I'm not saying I'm pregnant."

His glare focused on me. "I'm confused," he said, blinking. "If you're not pregnant, then what the hell are you talking about?"

"Piper is," I answered him automatically.

"Okay," he drawled out, furrowing his brows together. "And that pisses you off why?"

I snapped. "Because she is one hundred percent positive that you are the father," I screamed out, throwing my hands up and sounding like a bad Maury episode. "Oh,” I added, trying my best to sound disinterested, "she is positive that the baby is yours because you just had sex with her at Lane's Christmas party." My voice went hard. "You lied to me and made me fall for your bullshit lies."

"I never lied to you. I didn't touch her or any other fucking girl at that party." He ran his hands through his damp hair and snatched his phone beside him hitting buttons. "Meet me at my house in ten minutes," he seethed through the speaker before throwing it against the dashboard of his car.

Without saying another word, he cranked the wheel and turned back onto the street. I could see the outline of his knuckles starting to turn white. The rain started to subside except for a few random sprinkles that hit the windshield. We sped through the heavy traffic and he turned the wheel, pulling into the parking lot in front of a drug store.

"What are we doing here?" I asked when he shut the car off.

"I'll be right back," is the only answer I got.

He sat back down in his seat holding a large, dark colored plastic bag and threw in the backseat. The car was silent when he pulled back into traffic and stayed that way until we reached his driveway.

A cherry red convertible was parked in front of his house and the driver's side door immediately opened as soon as Keegan put the car in park. A high-heeled boot popped out of the car before I saw the rest of the driver's body. Her slender body emerged and I rolled my eyes. Piper was clearly dressed to impress because it was raining outside and she was wearing a cocktail dress. She definitely didn't look the part of a teenage girl who just found out she was knocked up.

My eyes moved to him as Piper got closer. "Call me later," I told him, leaning for my bag. I wasn't going to be a witness to their upcoming conversation.

"Daisy," he breathed out, reaching for me. My eyes hit his. His hair was rustled from his hands being run through them and tiny droplets of water were still around his hairline. "Please stay," he asked, with sad eyes. "You need to stay. I don't want her to lie about whatever is about to happen in there. She will and then you will get mad at me again for something I didn't even fucking do. You need to stay," he finished with sadness in his voice.

"Okay," I nodded, leaning forward to wipe away any rain left on his face. "I'll stay."

He gave me a forced smile when Piper's overly-made up face popped up in front of his and her bony fingers knocked on the window softly to get his attention. The window squeaked as Keegan rolled it down and looked at her. "I'm not having his conversation in front of her," she insisted, with a dismissive wave of her hand towards me.

I watched his face turn to granite and his deep green eyes turned dark. "A little too late for that. You already brought her into this bullshit by feeding her lies so shut it."

"I haven't lied about anything!" Piper agued back, sounding sure of herself.

"Right Piper," he snarled in a voice to chill the bone marrow. "Let's just get this over with. Move," he demanded and Piper scurried back away from the door. Keegan swore under his breath, throwing open his door and grabbing the bag he threw in the backseat from the store. I followed his lead, opening my door and walking to the front door with Piper hot on my trail. He didn't stop his rapid step until all three of us reached his kitchen.

He tossed the bag on the counter and pulled out a small rectangular box. It made a small thump when he tossed it onto the counter where Piper was standing. Her face went blank as her eyes took in the pregnancy test lying in front of her.

"You know where the bathroom is," he informed her, pointing down the hallway. "Go.”

"I don't need to use the restroom," she answered, crossing her arms in front of her and the fifty bracelets around her wrists dangled together. His body twisted around and he took the few steps to the fridge. Grabbing a water, he shut the fridge harshly and slammed the bottle down in front of her.

"Drink up," he ordered, unscrewing the cap for her.

She scrunched her bright pink lips together. "Come on, Keegan. You can't be serious.”

He leaned against the counter leveling his gaze on her. "Does it look like I am joking? Am I smiling?" He screamed, pointing to his lips. "Take the test or admit you are a lying bitch," he demanded and Piper's face dropped at the realization she wasn't going to be able to flaunt herself out of this one.

"And while you're at it," he demanded, grabbing the test and holding it out to her. "Tell Daisy the truth about the Christmas party. Tell her I didn't lay a fucking hand on your body even when you practically begged to suck my cock," he seethed, the muscles ticking in his jaw.

She gulped and both of our mouths flew open.

"And I will never touch you ever again," Keegan continued, adding more force to his already painful punches.

"Screw you," Piper said nervously, snatching the box from his hands and stomping out of the room and slamming the bathroom door shut.

Keegan cleared his throat. "Baby," he whispered softly, stopping in front of my still body. Two fingers pressed under my chin forcing my eyes up to meet his. "I swear to you on everything I didn't do shit with her that night." His eyes searched mine for reassurance.

I bit the inside of my cheek. "I honestly don't know what to believe anymore," I responded, keeping our eye contact. "What if she comes back and the test is positive?" My heart wretched at my words.

His shoulders went tense. "If that test comes back positive, it's not mine," he insisted. "I just need you to trust me, baby. Please, just trust me."

"Vomit," Piper's voice sneered and I backed away from him. Her high heels clicked across the hard floor and she stopped in front of the island and tossed the stick down in front of Keegan. "Here you go, we just need to wait until the sign shows up."

My hands ached to throw the test in the trashcan and not see the results. Keegan leaned into the stick, glanced at it then looked back at me. "Look at that," he cursed, grabbing the stuck in his hand. Gross, didn't he know that her nasty urine was all over that thing. "Negative, how surprising."

"It's just one test. It doesn't mean anything. Tests depend on how strong the hormones are in the urine and not all tests are accurate," Piper snarled, rubbing her hands over to eyes, trying to hide the redness forming.

Keegan's hand snagged the bag, dumping out the rest of the contents in front of her. A pile of pregnancy tests spilled out over the counter top. "I will sit here with you all night and have you take every one of these tests until one comes up positive or you admit you're fucking lying.” The loud boom of his hand hitting the counter violently echoed through the room. "It's your call, Piper but the longer I have to wait, the more pissed I will be."

Fresh tears began to surface when she moved her hands away from her eyes. "I'm in love with you," she sobbed, almost pleading with him. "You know we would be perfect together. Why her," her hands shot out indicating my way. "What could she possibly have that I don't?"

Keegan snarled. "For starters, she has me which is something you will never fucking have! Daisy is mine and I am hers. You belong nowhere in our lives."

Piper took a step back, staring at her feet at the verbal smack down he just delivered. Tears of defeated blinded her eyes and she picked up the pregnancy test before launching it at him. I shuddered, wishing they both would just leave the damn urine stick alone. Keegan moved to the side dodging the pee stick and it fell on the floor in front of my feet.

"Stupid bitch," Piper screeched at me, running her hand down the counter, scraping the rest of the tests on the floor before stomping out of the room and dismantling everything in her path.

"D
O YOU
believe me now," I asked Daisy, propping my face up with my elbows. When the words "you're going to be a daddy" left her mouth in the car, a million emotions started scrambling through my mind. I knew if I ever became a father, I wouldn’t be like mine. My kid would never be a bastard. I wasn’t certain I would be a great dad if that time ever came but I wouldn’t run away.

"It wasn't that I didn't believe you-" she started explaining herself, but I rudely cut her off.

"Yeah, thought we weren't going to lie to each other.”

"We aren't," she said.

"You just lied," We both twisted around, looking down at the floor at the jingling noise coming through the hallway. My eyes caught Theo strolling into the kitchen, his furry paws stopping at Daisy's feet before jumping up. His scrawny little legs only hit her ankles. Bending down at the waist, she picked him up in her arms, giving him a kiss on the top of his head.

"I was just uncertain on what to believe," she explained. “Here I was, taking my clothes off for gym and Piper starts saying she’s pregnant with your baby.”

"Are you always going to think the worst about me?" I exhaled, laying my head down on the counter between my arms before raising it back up promptly. "Wait, what did you just say you were doing when Piper approached you?"

Theo squirmed in her arms. "Changing my clothes?" She asked, looking unsure of what exactly I was asking.

"You said you were taking your clothes off," I corrected her, sliding off the stool and moving towards her.

I was inches away from reaching her when her phone started ringing and she grabbed it out of her pocket. "Shit, I gotta go," she informed me, sitting Theo back down on the floor, resulting in a whine grumbling from him.

"Nu uh," I muttered, taking the few steps and wrapping my arms around her waist. "You're not going anywhere," My lips brushed her neck softly as I ran my arms over her stomach stopping just under her chest, tracing the edges of her bra.

She stopped me, holding me back by the shoulders. "I have to babysit Sophia, remember?"

I groaned, kicking my feet against the floor. "Just great. A guy finds out he's not having a baby by a woman he despises then has to go babysit five minutes later. Fuck my life."

"You love Sophia, plus you promised dinner,” she reminded me, leading me out the front door.

"If the little monster tries to make me wear a tutu again at one of her tea parties again, I'm leaving." I muttered behind her.

"Yeah right, she has you wrapped around her tiny finger,” she laughed, whirling her finger around and cutting through my yard.