Juss Pov It’d been one week since my scan, which also happened to be the day I asked Eggust to move in with me. The recent events that were taking place in our lives made me realize there was no point holding back. I loved Eggust and he loved me as well, so instead of living in the shadows, as I had done for the most of my life, I decided to enjoy every moment with him. He was hesitant at first, and suggested we move to his house in Manchester which was much bigger than mine. But I made him see reasons why it was better to move into my apartment. Plus we were trying to keep a low profile relationship, so moving him with him instead would jeopardize that. I was getting used to always having him around me. When I wake up, at the breakfast table, at the dinner table, bathroom, everywhere. It began to feel more like home with him around. I admit I have never been this happy in my entire life. "I think I want ice-cream." I said to Eggust, as I couldn’t hold it in any lon
Juss’ Pov I couldn't believe my eyes as I stared at Marlani. I wanted so badly to believe it was only a dream and it wasn’t Marlani that was standing right in front of me, staring into my eyes, but it wasn’t a dream and it was her. My mind drifted to Eggust, had he been so excited that he mistakenly blurted out to his mum we were together? Or did he tell her because he just wanted us to get past this stage? He just asked me to be his girlfriend, perhaps he asked for her blessings, which I was certain she hadn’t come to give. My mind buzzed with a train of thoughts as I stared at the woman in front of me. I avoided her gaze due to the shame I felt. I had committed the worst crime on earth, and I doubted Marlani would ever forgive me. All my fears had come through. The little voice that had been warning me that things wouldn't be perfect for long, had been right all along; every garden had a snake. I stared at Marlani in shock as she stood on my doorstep glowering a
Juss’ Pov While Marlani was trying to recover from the force of Eggust's announcement, I poked Eggust in his rib and tried to get his attention but he refused to look at me. The stubborn boy knew I wanted to beg him to let it go so he didn't even blink in my direction. I turned to Marlani. "Marlani, let's discuss this..." I started, trying to pacify everyone but Eggust cut in sharply. "There is nothing to discuss, Juss. Nothing is happening to my baby and that is final." "Eggust!" I chided but he ignored me. "No one is getting rid of my baby. They would have to go through me first." Marlani finally recovered from her shock. She looked at me, then at Eggust. "That decision is for the best Eggust. I wouldn't suggest anything else." "The best!" he echoed. "By whose standards? The devil's?" "Eggust!" "If that is the standard you're going to be using, then I can make decisions and choices for myself." "But what if the choices you make are wrong?" Marlani countered.
Marlani’s Pov “I know, give him a chance, he will come around, I promise.” I said to Eggust's dad who was on the phone complaining about Eggust’s attitude recently. I tried to make him calm down, but when Sylvester was upset, only Sylvester could make himself calm. After he hung up the call, I tried to reach Eggust, but I still couldn’t. It hit the voicemail as it had been doing for the last few weeks. Something was up with Eggust, I could tell. As a mother, I knew it wasn’t something trivial. If Juss was here, maybe she would have helped talk some sense into him. He always listened to her, sometimes, more than he listened to me. I tried calling her as well, but her number was not reachable. I realized she had changed her line. “Damn you both, Juss and Eggust!” I couldn’t understand why the two most important people in my life suddenly decided to go awol, leaving me to worry about them. I wasn’t worried about Eggust as much as I was Juss, be
Juss’s Pov I had a strange dream, I was floating in space. I looked different, I sounded different, and I wasn’t pregnant anymore. I scanned my environment, but I could only see darkness. It was like a dark cloud covering the sky like a blanket. I was alone where I was, but I could hear voices echoing from a distance. “Juss, Juss,” I heard someone call out to me faintly, as if they were careful not to wake me, but it was strange because I wasn’t even sleeping. Or was I… Dead? Panic surged through me as I tried to process what was going on. My breaths became unsteady, I felt the wind pull me down, while I struggled to stop myself from falling. I was so afraid to fall because I thought if I did, that would be the end, so I held still. “Eggust, Eggust?” I called his name, hoping he would appear and tell me everything was going to be fine. But the more I called his name, the more my voice echoed, and soon the wind began to spin me really fast. I tried too hard to hold
Eggust’s Pov Ezekiel and I were on our way to the store to get some supplies because Juss finally agreed to move in with me to my apartment, which lacked quite a number of things. I knew Juss wouldn’t be comfortable after my mum’s visit, and I had always wanted us to move, her apartment was too small, so I took mum’s confrontation as an opportunity to finally convince her to move out of her apartment and into mine. It was bigger, had all the things that wouldn’t make her bored, and she had tons of maids attending her to her. When I first told her we were moving, I thought she would speak against it or try to convince me otherwise, but she accepted the idea and I was glad she did. “What?” I asked, noticing Ezekiel had been staring at me through the rear mirror. He shook his head and focused on the road. “Ezekiel if you have something to say, just say it. We’ve been over this over and over again.” I clamored, after catching him staring at me again: “It’s not
Juss’s Pov I always thought that the hardest part of my relationship with Eggust was Marlani finding out about it. But the hardest part was dealing with life, now that the secret was finally out. Marlani had said some hurtful words to me, which I completely understood was coming from a place of hurt. I didn’t expect her to react the way she did, I wasn’t even sure what it was I expected from her, but it definitely wasn’t being slut shamed. I had tried calling her a couple of times since I got discharged from the hospital, but the call kept going to voicemail. I knew the best thing to do was to give her some space, but the selfish side of me didn’t want to, because I couldn’t imagine going through one of the hardest stages of my life, without having my best friend by my side. Because my selfish self doesn’t want to accept the reality that things might never be the same again between Marlani and I. I sobbed as the memories of all the things we had done together c
Eggust’s Pov "You might want to sit down before I tell you." Ezekiel said to me after hanging up. My heart skipped a beat. Ezekiel had a sadist's sense of humor sometimes but he would not scare me like this for nothing. "What is it?" I demanded, " Please tell me it's not Him again." It was funny how I kept getting into the same situations I was trying to avoid, I guess I just couldn’t help it, my subconscious is a sucker for tragedy. “Ezekiel! Spit it out!” I clamored, when he wouldn’t answer me. Of course he knew who 'Him' was. It left a bitter taste in my mouth to just say the word, let alone call him by his name. Calling him my mother's husband wasn't any better. I had just seen him a few days ago, what did he want again? But to my surprise, Ezekiel shook his head. "It's not him." It wasn't? There was no one else who could make Ezekiel so uncomfortable except Him, so why was he like this? My eyes narrowed as I stared at Ezekiel, trying to scare him into giv