Dirty Little Secret

*POV Switch*

“Nice ringtone,” she mumbles with a small smirk on her face.

“Lil’ Wayne’s the shit and you know it,” I reply with a smirk of my own, knowing very well that she is a closet hip-hop fan.

She sticks her tongue out at me and I grin widely at her.

I flip open my phone without bothering to look at the caller ID.

“Hello?”

“Hey, baby, it’s me. I’m just calling to let you know that my last few appointments cancelled.”

My smile fades and my heart falls at the sound of Gena’s voice.

“Oh… Okay.”

“So I’m heading over to your house right now--”

“I’m not home.”

“Okay, then I’ll be over at Brian’s in a--”

“I’m not at Brian’s either.”

“Okay, then I’ll be over at Matt--”

“None of us are home. We’re all at the hospital.”

“Why? Is everyone okay?”

“Yeah, everything’s fine… Angel had her baby today.”

She's quiet. I would think that I lost the call, but I can still hear faint noises in the background.

I glance at Angel. She looks disappointed, as if she already knows what’s going to happen. I hate the fact that she's probably right...

I let out a heavy sigh. “I’ll be home in a little while. I’ll see you there.”

“Okay. I love you.”

“Yeah. Bye.”

I quickly hang up the phone, not bothering to wait for her to say good-bye. My eyes fall on Angel again and she gives me a small smile.

“So you’ve gotta leave?” she asks softly.

“I’m afraid so.”

She bites her lip and nods her head. “Tell Gena I said ‘Hi’.”

“Yeah. I will…”

She takes my hand in hers. “Hey, don’t feel bad. I understand. You have to be with your girlfriend. The important thing is that you showed up and you got hold your daughter.”

I kiss her forehead. “I’ll be back, I promise.”

“It’s okay, Zacky. You don’t have too--”

“I want to.”

She gives a small smile. “Okay, then I guess I’ll see you later.” She lets go of my hand.

“Any idea when they’re letting you out?”

“I guess sometime tomorrow.”

“Okay, then I'll be here first thing in the morning. If anything changes let one of the guys know so they can call me.”

She nods.

“Bye.”

“Bye, Zacky. I’m really glad you came.”

“I am too.”

I get up and walk to the door, giving Angel one last smile before I leave. She gives one in return and I exit the room, gently closing the door behind me.

I walk down the hallway and into the waiting room. I give Chuck a small wave as I walk past him, trying my best to be nice to him. Just because he's being an ass to me doesn't mean that I have to be one back, right? I'll just show him that I'm the bigger man.

He stands up and walks over to me. Please don't try to start anything, Comeau. I will put you in the ground if I have to...

“Not now, Chuck. I’m in a hurry.”

“I’ll be quick, I swear.”

I exhale sharply. “Fine. What is it?”

“I’m sorry.” He sighs. “You mean a lot to Angel, you’re one of her best friends, and you are this baby’s father... I shouldn’t have been so rude to you.”

He’s fucking messing with me, right? He has to be.

“Are you serious?”

“Yeah. I’m sorry for being such a dick. I want us to get along for Angel’s sake and for the baby. We're both going to be big parts of their lives, we can't be at each other's throats all the time. So are we cool?”

“Yeah, we’re cool.”

He smiles. “Alright, I’ll let you go then.”

“Okay, I’ll see you later.”

“Bye.”

I head out to my car, the events that just happened running through my head. Did he really just apologize for being such an asshole?

I wonder why he decided it was so important to apologize. I know he said that it was for Angel’s sake and the baby's, but for some reason I feel like there’s more to it... Like there’s some sort of ulterior motive.

I do my best to shake off the feeling as I pull out of the parking lot.