7

The following morning, I went outside to get some fresh air and think on the balcony of my room, I stayed home from school for a few days. Devon came out and stood with me

"Since when do you enjoy coming outside?"

I scoffed

"Since I discovered everyone around me are liars."

He sighed

"I never meant to lie to you Kayla. I was just protecting you from this happening."

I faked a laugh

"Yeah apparently so did a lot of other people but the point is you guys didn't and lied to my face."

I went back outside and headed down the stairs to the front door, I started walking toward the gate and got stopped by the guard

"Your father doesn't want you leaving dear."

I continued walking and ignored him, he made an effort to stop me but I managed to run away from him. I ran across the street to the wooded area and went to the park where Connor and I would hang out. I laid in the meadow and stared up at the clouds trying to make pictures out of them. Then someone started talking to me, it startled me; when I sat up, it was Connor

"What are you doing here? It's dangerous."

I jumped up rapidly and pulled out my pocket knife I so happened to have on me

"Stay away from me!"

He walked slowly closer

"I didn't set you up Kayla but I couldn't fight them off around my dad, I would be killed."

I backed away

"I don't know if I can trust you now, I can't believe any of you."

He gazed at me with a worried expression

"I love you Kayla, you know that."

I snapped

"Get back! I'm not warning you again! And No! I knew the thought of you loving me, it was faked and acted to set me up."

He moved forward not caring if he got stabbed and I stepped back

"I'm in love with you, why would I set you up?"

As I stepped back from him into the trees, I fell into Tyler, he covered my mouth from screaming. I turned around pointing the knife at him now

"Touch me again and I swear I won't hesitate to stab you too."

Tyler took his hands off me

"Settle down, I'm not Derek."

Connor came up to me and slowly removed the knife from my hand

"He came to watch for my dad or the gang."

He moved in for a hug and I allowed him; I absolutely needed one after everything happening. He calmly rubbed my back as he hugged me

"I have another house just outside of the state, only Tyler and I know about it."

I pulled away from his hold

"Every time I run away with you, I get abducted and thrown in a chamber like a prisoner."

He grasped my hand to comfort me

"Not this time, you have to trust me."

I scoffed

"I honestly don't after yesterday."

Someone approached us and said

"I figured I'd bump into you here and you guys brought me a surprise."

We turned around to see where the voice came from and it was Derek smirking. He walked closer

"Just can't get enough of her huh Connor?"

Connor snapped at him

"Don't you f*cking dare touch her, she hasn't done anything to you."

He grinned maliciously

"She did, she split my tongue the night she shouldered me in my jaw."

I smirked as I crossed my arms

"Perhaps you should've kept your lips on your face and teeth in your mouth."

He chuckled

"Almost forgot how sassy you are."

He grabbed me quickly and held me my back up against his abdomen and chest by my hair and body, Connor yelled getting ready to fight him

"Leave her alone, don't you think you've traumatized her enough?"

Derek was paying attention to Connor while running his hand down my side to hips

"No little bro, this is how business is dealt with."

Thank god my father and Devon taught me to fight; when Derek was concentrated on Connor, I kicked my leg back into him in the junk before punching him with my elbow. I grabbed the knife from Connor and held it out at him

"Don't even think of getting up."

I looked at Derek laying on the ground in pain unable to speak

"Don't be foolish, they did teach me one thing in this dreadful world, self-defense."

Tyler let go of Connor, Connor hugged me and kissed me he said

"Let's get out of here before more show up."

I snatched the keys from Derek's pocket so he couldn't follow us and we ran as fast we could. We drove for a long time, I was terrified and trembling but I thought it went well. After about 8 hours of driving, we finally reached a lake house in the woods. He put the car in park and looked at me

"Kayla are you okay?"

I couldn't answer I was still in shocked, he got out and opened my door. He kneeled down by me

"You did really awesome, better then I could've done."

I quickly grabbed him and kissed him

"I love you."

He pulled me up out of the car into his arms and carried me inside, he laid me on the couch and asked

"Are you okay?"

I threw my arms around his neck pulling him down and kissed him

"I want you."

He kissed me and said

"I've wanted you."

I looked into his hazel eyes with a look of lust

"Then have me."

He kissed my cheek

"You're sure?"

I nodded my head

"I love you."

He smiled as he pulled his shirt over his head

"I love you too."

Around 5 months of staying there, we found out that our families had started a massive riot over our disappearance. We drove as fast as we could back home to stop it, we managed to jump in front of our father's before guns went off. I hollered at him

"Dad I'm fine, don't do this!"

Connor yelled at his dad

"Don't hurt them!"

My dad ordered me to move out from in front of him

"Kayla move, you do not need to be involved!"

I exhaled

"I already am dad..."

My dad said

"Please love move, I don't want you to get hurt!"

Connor's father yelled

"Connor move out of the way! I'm ending this now!"

He shook his head

"I love her dad, don't hurt her or her family. Just end it!"

Tears began to fall from my face

"Dad please put the gun down, do it for me."

He frowned

"Kayla I love you but you can't be with this boy, you have to be with Devon."

I sobbed even more

"Dad it's too late."

He looked at me with concern

"No honey, don't make your mom's mistake."

I glanced around at everyone around us with guns up ready to pull the trigger, it was risky but I took it. I sighed with fear of saying it but I did anyway

"Dad... I'm carrying his child."

Connor turned to look at me

"What?"

Connor's dad shot my dad right in the chest. I fell to his side

"Daddy stay with me please!"

He choked up a lot of blood

"I... love.. you babyg.."

Connor came to assist me with him, I cried and screamed at him

"Get away from him!"

When I looked back at him he was gone, Connor attempted to hug me but I shoved him away

"This is your fault!"

I ran into my house, crying, Devon was there and followed me. Connor's dad approached him

"You can't see her anymore Connor, I don't care if she's carrying your child, she's one of them."

He looked down frowning and obeyed his dad's final words. Devon caught up in near tears

"Kayla, you're pregnant?"

I continued to cry

"I'm sorry Devon but he's the one I love."

He looked at me in disappointment

"Why'd you let him get you pregnant? He'll always be one of them."

I scoffed

"He's not! He's different, we are going to get married one day."

He yelled

"He's going to leave you now finding this out Kayla! He just got your father killed! Where is he at right now?! He doesn't want a fucking child being an upcoming leader! And he definitely doesn't plan on marrying you!"

I yelled and pushed him toward the front door

"Get out Devon! I don't need this right now!"

He left and I went upstairs, I ran into Patricia who got our nurse to check me. She took care of me, I got to look at my baby and listen to his or her heart beat. I wished Connor could see but Devon was probably right, he wouldn't want this being next in line to take his father's place. A few days had passed since I've seen him, the doorbell chimed and Patricia got it, I was feeling nauseous and kept throwing up. Connor ran into my room

"Kayla!"

I came out of the bathroom, he ran and hugged me

"I can't believe you're pregnant, I love you so much."

I smirked

"You can't be here."

He held me and didn't let go

"I don't care; I'm not giving up on you now; I'm so sorry about your dad love."

I pulled away and started packing a bag

"Can we leave please? I can't take this now."

He smiled

"Of course our baby doesn't need stress."

I fell down on the bed and began breaking down, he ran to my side and comforted me while rubbing my back

"It's okay, he can't take me away from you."

He kissed my forehead

"Babe they can't hurt me now, I left my dad's gang, I'm having a baby with you and that is just like marriage. Everyone knows you're pregnant, you kind of announced it pretty loud the other day."

Patricia came in

"Kayla sweetie, here's your food."

I looked up and gave her a half smile

"Thank you."

She nodded her head

"Call if you need anything else."

Connor asked

"Who's that?"

I exhaled

"Patricia, our maid."

Andria our nurse came in

"Hey dear, just coming to check baby, is everything okay?"

I looked up at her with a smile

"Yeah I think so."

She nodded her head

"Let's have a look."

I laid on the bed, pulled up my shirt so she can do an ultrasound. She listened to the heart beat first, Connor glanced at me with a smile. I began to feel nauseous again, she did the ultrasound next and showed us. I sat up and climbed off the bed

"I'm going to be sick."

I rushed to the bathroom and threw up, the smell of the gel made me sick. Connor asked Andria

"How far is she?"

She smiled

"Almost 2 months, 7 weeks dear."

He asked with concern

"When does morning sickness end?"

She cleaned the ultrasound and printed pictures

"After the first trimester usually but can go the full pregnancy."

We decided to live at my dad's house, Connor started becoming part of our gang, when I was around 4 months, I had began showing; he proposed and we planned on getting married after our baby was born.