Oh My God, Daisy! You have a child.

Aaron's pov

Recap:

Okay, Aaron! I'm doing this just for you." She says breaking me out of my thoughts but before I can comprehend anything, she jumped...

My heart clenches in my chest, already knowing the outcome of this. And the next thing I do is even more irrational.

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Present:

Next thing I know, I jump. I know, as crazy as it sounds but I jump because I know the aftermath of her jump is not going to be pleasant.

When I'm falling down the cliff, all the air seems to be knocked out of me. My heart is beating wildly against my chest and when my body finally hits the water, the coldness of the water causes a shiver to run down my body.

When I'm completely in the water, I stay there for a few seconds trying to find her. The lack of oxygen was getting to me and I surfaced on the top, gasping for air. My insides grip with fear when I couldn't find her anywhere. Then out of nowhere, I notice the slightest movement that grabs my attention and I start swimming towards it. That is when I see a hand and someone struggling and I know very well who that is.

It feels as if I'm losing some part of me. I've been in the same situation before and I very well know how to handle this. But whenever I see her in this situation, it feels as if someone is ripping my heart off my chest.

Her fear for water is something that we all know and we are always careful to not let her do something like this.

But today, she jumped in. By herself. For me. I should've acted sooner and stopped her from jumping in. I can be angry at her but not to the extent that I let her do something like this.

Once I find her, I pull her out of the water towards the shore. And when we are safe outside the water, I lay her flat on the ground and try to get the water out of her system.

After a few minutes, she coughs up water and sits up. I pull her against my chest, tightly wrapping my arms around her and placing my chin above her head. Pulling back, I placed a kiss on her forehead.

"Are you okay?" I ask holding her face between my palms.

Her face has turned pale and she is shivering from the cold.

"Come here." I pull her close to me, wrapping my arms around her tightly.

"You didn't have to do this, Daisy. Jump. I mean. You knew you cannot swim and still, you jumped in. For a minute I thought that I lost you. Do you even know, how I felt? This is ----" She stopped me mid-sentence by clamping my mouth shut.

"I wanted to prove how much you matter to me. I wanted your forgiveness. I know what I did was wrong and totally unacceptable, hiding such a huge thing from you but I really feel bad about it now."

"What if something happened to you? What if you got drowned? What were you thinking, Daisy? Fuck, you don't know how to swim and you just jumped! I can't even imagine the outcome. You could've lost your life." As I keep speaking, I realized the depth of the situation. She really could've lost her life

"I know I could've drowned and died but I knew you would never let that happen. I knew you would save me. It's my trust, Ron and it's you. I know you can never let anything happen to me." There is confidence in her voice which shows how truthful her words are.

"Anyways, drop the matter now. Let's get you home before you get hypothermia." I say, helping her stand up. Her body is trembling with cold and just before her knees buckled up I caught her by her waist.

"Hold me and walk," I order her in a stern voice, wrapping her arms around me and leading her through the swarm of trees towards the exit.

Helping her sit in her car, I get into the driver's seat and pull the car out of the parking lot. Halfway through our journey, I notice her shift uncomfortably in her seat. She is playing with her fingers which is her habit when she's tensed about something.

Keeping one hand on the steering wheel, I take her hand in my other one and intertwine our fingers together. Squeezing her hand, I ask

"What's on your mind? Spill!"

"Uh - nothing." She says nervously glancing at me.

"Just now, you confessed that you trust me. So, just speak. I promise this time I won't get mad." I give her a reassuring nod to continue.

"Ron! There's another thing I hid from you." She says looking down at her lap with a frown on her face.

"Oh My God, Daisy! You have a child." I exclaim loudly with, slamming the brakes suddenly.

She jerked forward in her seat and turned towards me with a flabbergasted look "Who the hell has a child?"

"You!"

"Who told you I have a child?" She asks with a frown on her face.

"You were about to say that right."

"God! Aaron, I don't have a child. Why would I have a child? Are you serious?" I start laughing hysterically, clutching my stomach, she ignores me and continues her rant "You think so lowly of me. You are laughing! I'm freaking out here and you find it a joke." she turns towards me with a hard glare.

"Dai---" She cuts me off immediately

"Wait! You were joking. You find my nervousness a joke? Do you take me for an idiot? You! You! I HATE YOU!" She gets out of the car, stomping her feet like a child. She makes her way towards my side of the car and opens the door with a large force.

"Get out of my car right now!" She huffs.

"What? Daisy, I was just trying to ease your nervousness."

"I said, out. of. my. car. right. now. I'm going to leave your laughing ass here. Go, find your own ride." She yells making every word clear.

Without getting out of the car, I climbed from the driver's seat into the passenger seat.

"Get in, now. Will you?" I ask with a smirk on my face.

"Aargh! I hate you." She says while getting into her seat with a disapproving look on her face.

"Get out!" She yells as she pulls into my driveway.

"Calm down, Daisy."

"Don't fucking ask me to calm down, Aaron! I was already stressed so much and I felt bad about hiding it from you. Do you know how much I had to prepare myself to confess the truth? But why will you care? You just make a joke out of everything." She groans frustatedly at the end of her rant.

"Ok let's do something. Go home, relax. We'll talk later. You need some time to cool off. So just relax." I say squeezing her shoulder before leaving the car.

Once I'm in my room, I peek through the window and see that she's still in the driveway, her forehead resting on the steering wheel. I pull out my phone to notice it ruined because of water. Quickly, I rush towards Ash's room and take her old phone. Switching my sim card, I quickly send a text to Daisy

Me: Don't worry. Everything will be alright.

She replies two minutes later.

Lazy Dazy: Lizz knew all of this before you.

My mind went numb and I wasn't able to think properly. Did she trust Lizz more than me? She confided in her and not me. Am I that incapable of being her best friend?

My phone beeped with another text.

Lazy Dazy: I swear I didn't want to tell her. She accidentally discovered it.

Lazy Dazy: This was never meant to happen, Ron! You were the first one I wanted to say this to.

Lazy Dazy: I know sorry doesn't suffice. Forgive me, Ron!

Me: Go home, Daisy. You'll fall ill in those wet clothes.

Me: let's talk abt it later.

Rolling the windows down, she glances at my window with glossy eyes and gives me a sad smile. I just nod my head in response, which was actually irrelevant and she drives out of the driveway without another glance.

Why, Daisy? Why?