I woke to my phone buzzing relentlessly under my pillow. Someone was calling me as I felt the vibrations underneath the padded pillow and the muffled melody of Me, Myself, and I by G- Eazy. I groaned louder then required and slipped my hand under the old under part of the pillow till I felt my phone in reach, grabbing and pulling out from under my pillow I heard the chorus of the song more clearly now that the speakers were covered over by all the padding of the pillow.

Swiping right to answer the phone with my eyes still closed I answered in a rasped out voice as my eyebrows furrowed. "Hello?"

"Did I wake you up?" Her voice was soft as she responded to my tired groggy voice.

"No, I was just getting up." I lied not wanting Eleanor to feel bad about her interrupting my few hours of sleep I had received. Readjusting my head onto my pillow I pulled with my free hand, my comforter up towards my face to burry myself into the bed.

"I'm sorry Haz, I just have been thinking about you and want to you if you and Asher are okay?" Eleanor was concerned about me and Asher and since I had canceled our date on such short notice she deserved somewhat of an explanation.

"We are fine, I think the antibiotics the Doctor gave us are helping him sleep and feel at least decent, we were at the ER for a good half of the day yesterday." I explained to Eleanor giving her a basic run dow of how yesterday went concerning Asher and the reason why I had canceled our date.

"Aw poor baby, do you need me to come over and help out? You sound exhausted." Eleanor picked up as I sat on the line beginning to fall asleep once again. My eyes were droopy and my lids threatened to fall when I yawned out loud.

"No, it's alright... I have a few things going on today." I reassured her, I wasn't ready to tell her that Keira was here in the city again. The less she knew bayou this issue the better, when I knew what the situation was I would bring it up to her. For now I didn't see how she needed to know quite yet.

"Okay... Well text me if you need anything or want to have a night in tonight." She sounded as though she was let down by my answer. I wished that things weren't complicated with my life at the moment. What I would give to have a night in with Len while we watched movies and cuddled on the couch.

"I will, I'll text you later okay?" I told her not wanting to disappoint her completely. I could tell she wanted to spend time with me and I wanted the same, unfortunately I had some things to sort out and it all was bad timing.

"Okay." She concluded as we both said our goodbyes, a beep signaling a dead line played in my ear for a slept second letting me know she had hung up. I sighed deeply and cuddled into my blanket before I heard a knock on my door. This was all expected, it seemed like every time I became comfortable someone would interrupt me and ask something of me.

"Damn it." I groaned rasping out quietly as I heard Louis whisper yell my name, being conscience of the sleeping baby that was only a few feet away from the door. "What is it?"

"It's 10:30AM mate, I wanted to make sure you weren't dead." Louis spoke in a loud whisper.

"I wish I were dead." I muffled into my pillow loud enough for Louis to hear.

"Liam told me that Madison came over late last night, what was that about?" Louis questioned as I groaned and sat up in my bed, rolling to my side before sitting up completely. Rubbing my eyes of the sleep that crusted over the corners I stretched out my limbs.

"She said she needed to talk to me." I told him vaguely as I touched my feet to the floor and stood up on my morning legs. Watching Louis give me a disapproving look, I leaned over to see Asher was still dead in a sleep; clutching onto one of his blankets.

Shooing Louis out of the bedroom I shut the door and blinked rapidly to the lighting change. Liam was already dressed and eating a bowl of cereal in the kitchen as I came out still in my clothing from yesterday. I hadn't cared to change into my sweats, my Rolling Stones t-shirt looked ragged with the holes and wrinkles that creased it. My black skinny jeans feeling a little more  loose from sleeping in them I ran a hand though my hair before Louis asked again what Madison wanted. Gaining Liam's attention from the question he turned in his stool to face me while I shook my head feeling that familiar stress weigh back onto my shoulders.

"Keira is back." I stated simply watching as both Louis and Liam's mouth dropped at the mere mention of Keira's name. Unable to reply for a few seconds, the information sunk in as Louis then gained the ability to ask another follow up question to my revelation.

"Damn... Why? Where is she?" Louis was having a hard time gathering words from the bomb I had just dropped on everyone.

The woman who I thought had ruined my life at one time had come back. Although now I saw her in a different light, I had grown a certain hate for her due to how she had handled things. Leaving not only our baby but also leaving me with no answers or explanation whatsoever. Keira hadn't given me a clue to what had happened to her or why she had just up and left without any contact information whatsoever. Why had she done all that? I had so many unanswered questions I was hoping to get answered.

"She's at Madison's, they should be coming over any minute now." The nerves pricked at my skin just thinking about the moment Keira and I will make eye contact. I hadn't seen her since that night, that one night that changed everything from then on.

"Shit!" Louis cursed putting a hand over his forehead as if he couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"No way!" Liam's mouth formed in an "O' shape as him and Louis both made eye contact with each other.

"This is like some Days of our Lives type shit!" Louis commented with his wide eyes as if he were watching some daytime soap opera.

"Like sands through the hourglass so are the days of our lives." Liam played along with Louis as I tried to mentally prepare myself to meet Keira once again. What they were conversing about blurred in the background of my mind as I went deep into my own thoughts. I was ready but yet at the same time, not ready to meet Keira agin. She was the key in all of this and I needed what she could unlock and in this case it was explanations and answers as to what has been going on these last few months she has been absent. Not only these last few months but also why she didn't tell me she was pregnant in the first place.

All of this was running through my head as I paced around the living room, doing what I could to gather myself. The anxiety and stress was clearly visible since Liam had asked me if I was okay shortly after my breathing became slightly quicker then normal.

My body froze as I heard a knock at our front door. It was as if time had frozen, all of us looking a teach other, but none of us able to move. Our bodies are paralyzed and no one moves a single muscle until another knock is heard against the door. Breathing escalating I finally find it in me to move my legs as I get myself to the door, closing my eyes and blowing out a breath before I slowly twist the gold knob of the door. My movements are slow as I take the next couple of seconds to fully prepare myself for who I am about to see after so long.

Opening my eyes, the door is swung open to reveal two girls standing next to each other. Madison with her golden blonde hair still up in a ponytail and clad in her shorts and tank top she wore last night. Everything about her looked the same as it did last night, her eyes moving to gaze into mine once I looked over to see her.

Eyes a clear blue that were all too familiar stared back at me nervously. Messy black bangs fell over her forehead while the rest of her hair fell into messy waves over her shoulders. She was a black beauty with skin as white as snow, making her raven black hair highly contrast against her skin. Blue eyes standing out I forgot how to speak after taking her in.

"Here we are again." Keira spoke, being the first to say anything among the group of people observing us.

"Why don't you come in." I said opening up the door further as I let Madison and Keira in.

Keira's familiar sweet scent brushing against my nose when she walked by. Little flashbacks of the night traced back into my mind as she walked past me, catching me off guard as little flashes came back to me. I was having a hard time getting a grip of myself as I saw her again in front of me, talking to me. There hadn't been much of a conversation that night due to our other activities but I hadn't mind.

Taking seats in the living room Liam and Louis stayed in the kitchen where they both found seats on the bar stools that stood against the bar counter. The air was thicker with the tension being created between us all.

"You probably have a lot of questions for me." Keira spoke as she took a seat a few inches away from Madison. Her grey sweater was baggy and caused it to slid off her right shoulder revealing her bare shoulder. She figured with her hands and sleeves that covered over her fingers, nervous to begin.

"I wouldn't even know where to begin asking." I told her sighing as I saw her look down at her hands while again she nervously fidgeted with her sleeves and fingers.

"Then I'll start where I left you that morning." She began taking in a breath to look up at me once again. Her eyes were the same shade of blue Asher's where and her staring at me now, made me realize that.

"After that night, I left in the morning and realized what I had done. I realized how irresponsible I had been and went home. At the time I was living with my parents and they aren't the forgiving type. When they saw me come home in the state that I was, my father.... he ummm..." She stumbled on her words and held back what she didn't want to tell the entire room of people. I kept a neutral expression, letting her continue with her story while I would then ask questions if they somehow weren't answered at some point during the story about to unfold.

"He made sure I would never be late or miss curfew again. I few weeks later I found out I was pregnant and I wasn't sure what to do. I couldn't tell my parents about it, I had no support from anyone. I was alone in all of this with no one to turn to... so I moved in with my boyfriend at the time. Anything would have been better then living with my parents, I needed a way out and I was going to use whoever I could. I knew my parents were going to find out sooner or later and when they did I did everything I could to hide from them. I couldn't let them find Asher and I. Thats when I asked for Madison's help. I knew that they didn't know who the father was and from there I knew that Asher would be safe with you, because at least if they found me, they wouldn't have found him." Tears welled into Keira's eyes as she told her story with less detail then I had thought.

Still I wondered why she was running from her parents and felt the need to constantly hide from them. She still also never gave a reason as to why she never came to me about any of it.

"Why didn't you come to me when you found out you were pregnant?" I asked her, another tear dripping from her eyes as she let it fall without touching it.

"I was embarrassed. You were so popular and I was just another girl you happened to get in bed with." Keira told me as her eyes wedded from the tears that steamed down her face gracefully. She sniffled to regain her voice that was slowly beginning to falter as she went on. "I was afraid you wouldn't believe me, why would you? I had a history of lying to people before."

"God..." I trailed trying to let the reality of this all sink into my head. I couldn't believe still that I was face to face with the girl who had run away a few months ago, leaving me with our baby. Her life was so jam packed with issues I couldn't even begin to understand them all.

"I'm sorry about all of this. I should have explained this all to you sooner, I should have told you about the pregnancy when I found out but I was afraid to come forward with it all. I hardly wanted to admit it to myself at first, I tried to deny it for months but as time went on I got bigger and bigger." Keira rambled getting everything off her chest as she rubbed her hand up and down her right arm that was covered over with her oversized sweater.

"Why are you so afraid of your parents? Madison said they are coming after me, what do they want?" I puzzled hoping she could shed some light on the sudden situation. I was caught off guard by Madison's entrance last night.

I didn't understand what all this was about, everything had come so suddenly and unexpected. I watched Keira move her gaze downwards once again as if to shy away from the question. Putting a spotlight on her I realized how uncomfortable she became when she realized this was something she couldn't hide from. Keira had gotten so used to hiding and running away from things because thats what she has been doing her whole life, running and hiding.

"Asher."

note// Uh oh.... can you see the shit storm rolling in? Thoughts, predictions?