APRIL 24TH 2024.

Elsie Brydon was certain the baby inside her was Paul Mescal's.

How could she be so certain? She had only been sleeping with girls since breaking up with her ex Will.

And unless sperm could live for five four and a half months (she had missed him, and they had promised it was a one off during them swapping the dog to the others flat) then it certainly wasn't his.

That left her with one of the most up and coming actors in the world as the father of her child.

She had been staring at positive test for almost two days, unsure of what exactly she should do.

Having someone else's baby would probably eradicate any chance she had of getting back with Will, and she wasn't even certain she wanted a baby.

But she wondered what if this was her only chance, she had never tested her fertility, perhaps this was a once in a lifetime opportunity.

She couldn't exactly tell Paul either, that would mean tracking him down, or messaging their mutual friends to ask mutual friends to pass on his number, which he could refuse to.

She huffed in annoyance and threw the the test mindlessly, it hit the floor and her dog immediately ran over to it as if it was a treat or a toy, she let out a groan and got up, snatching it from the dogs mouth. "No." She chastised the dog, who glared up at her. "You're minging." She mumbled, she knew it was her fault for throwing it on the floor, but still, the idea of her dog chewing a pregnancy test made her want to gag.

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madiacid in my milf era (im freaking the fuck out)

phiasaban diva how are we feeling about this?
    madiacid i dont really know actually, excited yet shitting myself

mattyacid dads gonna be pissed this is how u tell family
    madiacid im too nervous to face time him idfk what to do edward

mia_mbruce call me angel 🫶
madiacid RUNNING TO WHATSAPP

faithlouisak AHH oh my god, message me
   madiacid on my way

After a successful conversation with Mia, and a glimpse at Mia's son Leo, Elsie had calmed herself down, Mia had a baby and won a BAFTA, Elsie would be fine. Yeah, she didn't exactly know what she was doing on the baby dad front yet, but she had decided she was keeping the baby.

JUNE 23RD 2024

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elsie bump(ing that) 💚

calfreezy we got an elsie brydon baby before gta6 🤯
      elsie i hate you callum
          calfreezy love u too pal

mia_mbruce so happy for you my darling!
      elsie love u meems 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩

livkatecooke will be buying this baby so much brat stuff

rachel_redford so happy for u babygirl!

brydonselsie men after getting a woman pregnant at the height of her career 🙂‍↔️😎

username you're gonna have the most gorgeous little baby 🤍

username slut. bet she can't even remember who the father is 🙄

username  bet she cheated on will
username theyve not been together for like 9 months
username still

alisonwilliams so happy for u babygirl!!

rachelzegler so excited for you!

user this wasn't on my 2024 bingo card

user this baby's gonna be richer than i'll ever be

user adopt me, don't make the kid lonely

user I FUCKING CALLED IT

user 👀 who's the dad @deuxmoi
     deuxmoi im as in the dark as u

theburntchip dog mum era over?
    elsie never, ur still my son
       sabinablair 😭😭

wroetoshaw congrats mate

behzinga happy for u else

abbiehern gonna be the most spoiled baby ever w all these cunty aunties
   edwardbrydon and uncles

missyalbarn dad is v excited, told me to lyk

juliabrown so happy for u duckie!
   elsie love u

gallagher_anais so chuffed for u
   elsie cal's been teaching u the lingo 😭
         gallagher_anais yup 😭

elizabutterworth AHH

faithlouisak so so happy for u

rubyheartley this baby's gonna be so cute 

charlixcx 💚💚💚

flushedawaystan76 baby BRYDON 💚

willne sent you a dm!

willne
i know it's not mine
but are you okay?

elsie
im good, have no way
of telling the dad tho lmao so

willne
you know it's definitely
one guy?

elsie
yeah 😭 was sleeping w girls
a lot, shagged u and one other man
that's it.

willne
shit, is he famous or like
just some guy you met out?

elsie
he's an actor, but his ig
is private so id have to request
him and he'd probably be weirded out
by a ons requesting him

willne
ah right
well lmk if you need any help
or anything, will be nice to see
the dog again soon.

Paul Mescal is sat in his trailer, anxiously bouncing his knee as he stares at articles about Elsie Brydon revealing she's pregnant via a fucking Charli XCX themed Brat summer post that contained a thinly veiled cocaine joke.

Perhaps a jab at him after the photos of him doing a bump at Glastonbury? No, he was just being insecure.

He hasn't even seen any of her new things, it's like his phone is taunting him, reminding him that he slept with her, and never tried contacting her again, It wasn't like he was in contact with most of his hook-ups, but something had made him want to keep in contact.

Perhaps it was the universe trying to give him a sign, one that he blatantly ignored.

He feels like an arsehole. He knew the timelines matched up, she didn't seem more than five months gone.

He decided to wait to see if she messaged him.

JUNE 30TH 2024.

elsie posted to stories!

Elsie Brydon was fucking fuming, did she have any right to be angry that the father of her child, who didn't even know she was having his baby was dating? Probably not, but logic didn't exactly factor into her mind.

Abbie Hern was sat next to her in Elsie's back garden. "You should tell him."  She told Elsie as Abbie's fingers rubbed the chin of Elsie's dog Zorro.

"Well, he's not going to believe me now, Is he? He'll Probably just assume I'm trying to split them up for some personal vendetta against her." Elsie shook her head.

"You've never even met the girl." Annie scoffed.  "Woman, she looks about seventeen but she's a year younger than me." Elsie quipped, she didn't know why she was taking it out on Gracie, but she was.

"Okay, woman. Listen maybe it's just for PR, she's got that album out." Abbie said, she had seen the twitter discourse about the cover art. "Spotify keeps shoving it into those stupid playlist they make for me." Elsie huffed, she fucking hated those curated playlists.

"Else, you need to tell him soon, you keep saying you don't want the kid having the trauma you've got from not knowing your dad and suddenly being shoved into the limelight." Abbie told her sternly.

"What if he wants fuck all to do with it? I mean, less successful men have done that." Elsie questioned.

"Then you take his arse to court for child support, Living in London isn't cheap, especially with a kid, he can fork out 11 percent of that Gladiator money he's making." Abbie replied.

"This is what i mean, he'll probably think that's all I'm trying to do, purposefully get myself pregnant with his kid so i can cash in on the movie." Elsie huffed.

"That's stupid, you said you had unprotected sex, if he was that worried about shit like that he would've worn a condom." Abbie retorted.

"What if he doesn't want to be a dad? I can't force this on someone who doesn't want it." Elsie looked down at her feet as she spoke, she felt so nauseous.

"You're panicking, speak to your dad about it, he's always very logical." Abbie told her, her words were maternal, exactly what Elsie needed, though Abbie hadn't been witness to how Rob acted in a panic.

"He's overprotective, he'll probably hunt him down and force him to take a DNA test, I don't need that." Elsie sighed.

"Does Ed know it's Paul's, I know they know a few people who know eachother." Abbie questioned, Edward, Elsie's twin brother, had been in a project with Andrew Scott, who had worked with Paul, he could speak to him probably.

"He does, but he said it's up to me what I want to do, he knows I'd batter him if he told him for me I think." Elsie answered, she had spent the first twelve years of her life fighting like cats and dogs with Edward. 

"What does your mam think?" Abbie questioned, Manon was a lovely woman, but she was very opinionated, which was good for a music producer, but not so much when you're a sensitive teenager and trying to admit you're bisexual while your mother is working on a concert movie.

"She's happy for me, doesn't know who the dad is, it's easier that way, she's happy where she is in life, she was so miserable for so long, I want to protect her peace, you know what she's like, she'd worry herself sick. I think she think's it's Will's baby." Elsie explained, her mother had struggled ever since Elsie and Edward had moved full time to London, she felt as though they were favouring Rob.

"Would that be so bad?" Abbie asked meekly, worried that Elsie would scoff.

"I dunno, he's great with the dog, and with Olive, but it's not his, so i feel like id be forcing him into an awkward position if I tried to initiate anything." Elsie thought as she spoke

"Let him come onto you, he's not subtle about still having at least an erection for you." Abbie suggested. Elsie nodded, if Will wanted her back, baby and all, she wouldn't refuse him.

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