Chapter 5

The next few days pass by quickly and soon enough the officers that were watching over me and Alex are relieved from doing so. At first, Alex was furious given that they were still out there god knows where doing god knows what, but after I talked some sense in him, He only slightly calmed down. They did however, said to call them if anything we think is related to Brooke or Dayton, which Alex agreed to. As promised I took an extra day off a week and today is that extra day. After all the stress I went through about what happened in the past few days, I needed a me day. I hear the bell ring and being curious and cautious as to who I silently head downstairs to the front door so I don't wake Alex, and open it.

"Surprise!" Emily shouts happily before throwing her arms around me and giving me a squeeze. "Emily, Chase! What are you guys doing here?" I ask as I notice Chase behind her. I step aside to let them both in, and I suddenly notice something different about Emily. "And you're pregnant?!" I exclaim a little too loudly which I'm sure woke Alex up. "Yeah, that's what we came to do. Share the news of me becoming a mom and Chase her actually being an uncle." She says as I notice the annoyed look on his face. "You don't look to happy about this Chase." I point out as Alex comes down the stairs yawning. "Of course I don't like it. She's having a baby before getting married!" Chase says dramatically as Emily just rolls her eyes at her brother. "Oh can it drama queen. We're gonna have the wedding before the baby is born. It's not like we planned it." She responds as Chase just throws himself down on the couch and Alex stands in the doorway laughing at his best friend.

"Glad to see somethings never change." Alex says surprising Chase has his eyes pop open and he jumps up before practically throwing himself onto my husband. "Al! I haven't seen you in forever!" He says he fakes crying while Alex rolls his eyes and pats his back before shoving him off. "Yea, yea good to see you also." He says as he sits down on the couch as me and Emily go and sit in the chairs at either side of it. "So, Em, where is you're fiancé? Didn't he want to come and share the news?" I ask her as I notice a sad smile grace her face momentarily before hiding it. "Yea, Jacob is still kind of, dealing with the news himself. I told him we'd wait to tell his family about it, but I told him I had to tell mine as soon as I found out." She answers making me glance at her worriedly. "Is he still coming to terms with being a father, does he not want it?" I ask hesitantly. I don't want Emily to think about something that cause her and the baby stress, but I think no talking about will cause more stress than bringing it up.

I see tears start to gather in her eyes before she sniffs and tries to wipe it off sneakily. Almost instantly I rush to the other side of the room and sit beside her on the big chair she was in and wrap my arms around her trying to soothe her in anyway I can. She gives me a small smile before placing her head onto my shoulder. "When I told him I was pregnant, his first reaction was just the initial shock of it, but then as a few more days went by, I was starting to worry and wonder if he really wanted kids. I told him that was what I wanted in my future and he told me he wanted it to. But the more the time passes, he would interact with me less and less. I'm starting to wonder if he lied, if having kids wasn't really what he wanted." She explains and by the end of it all she is almost full on sobbing her eyes out beside me. "Maybe he does still want kids Em, but you guys mentioned kids as in later on after you're married and ready. He could still want the baby but probably struggling with the fact that it's happening sooner than he thought." I tell her softly as she thinks over my words before nodding her head. "You're right. I shouldn't jump to conclusions." She says as I give her a smile that she returns.

"Hey Emily just know, that no matter what we're still her for you always, all of us." I hear Alex says softly making my heads turn his direction to give him a grateful smile. "Yeah, and if he even thinks of leaving you all alone, I will be with you always Emmi and I'll make sure he knows he is being a jerk." Chase pipes in with making Emily laugh at her twin. "Thanks Chase, I love you guys." Em says as she smiles at all of us. I look over briefly and notice Alex already looking in my direction with a silent question is in eyes, Do we tell them? I subtly shake my head no. I would tell them, especially Emily, but I don't want them to worry. Emily has enough to worry about with whether or not her fiancé is going to leave her and what her to be stress free, so telling her that Dayton and Brooke are still out there would definitely would cause her more unnecessary stress.

"So I have a question for you two." I her Emily say breaking me out of my thoughts. I look at her curiously as I notice Alex do the same out of the corner of my eye. "When are you two gonna start having kids?" She asks making me look at her stunned for her bold question. I've always wanted kids, but I never brought it up to Alex because I didn't think he would be thinking about that now. Being curious to see, I look over at Alex to see his reaction, but what I see makes me want to run away from it. He just sits there with hard eyes and won't look at anyone. "Alex?" I say so quietly I didn't think he would hear, but my voice seems to get his attention as he looks at me with an unreadable expression before getting up suddenly. "I can't right now. I have to go." He says quickly before rushing out of the house and slamming the door. I lean back next to Emily as I feel tears start to roll down my face before I hide it and offer Chase and Emily a smile. Does he not want kids? Ever?