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Some more about Kevin/Alyssa for this chapter.

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Chapter 19.

Mwah.
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Rain soaked socks and ruined hair was the worse way for Mitch to arrive that morning.

At least Mitch was early so he and Avi wouldn't have anymore 'moments' together before the bell rang.

"Mr.Grassi!"

Jesus. This kid comes out of nowhere.

Mitch throws his bag to the floor and brushes off his damp clothes.

"Hey, Brad." He says as he shifts his eyes towards the door.

"I fixed it. Ain't got to worry no more."

Brandon wore a smile bigger than his face. Mitch was pleased he'd get some more gossip on the whole Samuel and Brandon relationship thing.

"With Samuel?" Mitch asked as he tried to flatten down his hair.

"Yep." Brandon smiled.

"Spill." He ushered for Brandon to take a seat as he got his swivel chair.

"Our group's making us do the duet together, me as the man obviously. And so I was like 'we need to practise'."

Aw, thats cute. Mitch liked they're group's thinking.

"And I thought he was gonna so no but he didn't. I really thought he hated me after the whole cat thing. But I was wrong. He said yes. Yes! And guess what."

That was a little too much excitement for the morning for Mitch to deal with.

The fact that Brandon actually went up to Samuel and asked him showed how much more guts he had than Mitch ever would.

"He invited me to his house." Brandon almost shouted.

"His house?" Mitch was gobsmacked.

When Mitch was his age he could barely get boys to talk to him let alone be asked to their houses.

"Yeah. He was like 'you already know where I live' and then I got all embarrassed. But isn't that great? I'm going to his house to 'practise'."

Imagining Brandon embarrassed was funny. He probably smacked himself in the face when he felt himself blushing.

"When are you going?" Mitch asked wondering how much time Brandon was going to get to prepare mentally.

"After school." Brandon said biting the skin around his nails.

"Today?" Mitch asked.

"Yeah."

That was no time at all. Mitch could see the fear in Brandon's eyes.

He would be petrified if he had to go around his crush's house after coming out no less than a few weeks before.

"You nervous?" Mitch chuckled as he saw Brandon chewing on his lower lower lip.

"No." He said defensively.

A moments passed and the boy looked down at his lap. He answered truthfully then.

"Yeah."

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Alyssa was led across the sofa with a hot water bottle balanced perfectly on her slightly swollen stomach.

She heard the door open but was concentrating too hard on not dropping the heat source to even attempt to look.

"Al?" Kevin asked closing the door.

"Yeah!" She shouted from the living room.

He hung his umbrella up and took off his shoes.

The rain had stopped on his drive home but as soon as he stepped out of the car it started again. Typical.

"How was your day?" Kevin shouted to Alyssa taking off his jacket.

"Fine. Haven't done much."

She owned her own company so she was taking some time off.

The company centred around helping artists find recording contacts and studios. This was how Kevin first found out about her all those years ago.

He didn't like to brag but back in the day Kevin was a very talented beatboxer and musician. Alyssa had offered him a studio in LA to work in and a label to sign to but he refused. They got talking and bam here they are.

They were doing great financially so she could afford the whole pregnancy off. She hadn't planned for the full nine months to be off but with the pains she was definitely going to do so.

She turned for one second to see Kevin walk into the room. In that one second the water bottle fell off.

Alyssa sighed and pushed herself to sit up.

"How was work?" She asked, screaming internally at the movement that caused her to have some extra horrible stomach pains.

"It was good, nothing new. How was your day?"

"Boring. There's nothing to do around here."

"You have the laptop."

He walked over to the desk. Alyssa suddenly remembered that she hadn't cleared the history from when she was looking up pregnancy pains.

"Wait!"

Kevin stopped mid step only a few inches from the laptop.

"What's wrong?"

She had to make an excuse. She couldn't say it was a pain otherwise Kevin would freak out. She couldn't tell the truth because he would know she was still suffering.

"I missed you." She said in a small voice.

"Aw, Lys. It's ok."

She was crying. Why was she crying?

Kevin joined her on the sofa and wrapped his arms around her. He knew her sudden mood change was just because of her hormones.

She sniffled and pushed her face into Kevin's chest.

"I love you." She whispered.

Before his reply Kevin's hand brushed her stomach. He tensed up and pulled back.

"What?" Alyssa asked saddened that he didn't reply.

Kevin lifted her top to reveal her stomach.

It was slightly raised and harder than normal.

That's where it was. It was in there. The baby he would have to care of for 18 years. Maybe even longer.

Alyssa watched as Kevin stared at her stomach. He breathed quicker and quicker until he felt like there was no oxygen left in the room.

He couldn't do this.