Mine

19

October 30

"Please please pleaseeee" Christian begged—no pleaded—to Brielle Mae who only stared at him with a bored expression. He looked at her with his famous puppy dog eyes making her scoff in response and continue to shake her head no.

Brielle ran a hand through her hair with a small groan. "I'm not going to come halloween party Kyree." She told him making her cousin groan loudly.

"Why not? You use to always love Halloween parties"

She only shrugged in response.

"I just want to stay home and watch some horror movies while I stuff my face with junk food and crushed ice" replies Brielle as she sits down on the couch.

Of course that was not the whole story. Brielle knew she couldn't put on a decent outfit for the party without her baby bump showing. She still hasn't told Christian and as much as she would like to, her overthinking fears is what is stopping her. She knows she should tell him and with all honest, she really wants to.

But the fear of him being angry with her is more bigger than her want to tell him.

"That's bullshit and you know it" Christian replied now looking a little angry. "You don't like horror movies and you damn sure hate being alone on halloween so you want to tell me the real reason you don't want to go."

God fucking damn it.

Should I just tell him?

Brielle sucks in a big breath and lifts her oversized sweatshirt up, revealing the secret that she has kept from her cousin for close to two months now. Please don't hate me.

The room falls silent.

Christian stares at Brielle's baby bump with a blank look upon his face. She couldn't tell what he could possibly be thinking in this moment. She is scared, afraid of what he may say or do next.

"Your pregnant?"

Brielle nods her head. "How far along?"

"Four months now"

Christian looks into her eyes as he still keeps a blank and emotionless face. "How long have you known?"

That was the question Brielle was most afraid of him asking. She knew once she told him the truth, that he would become angry for keeping it from him for so long.

"Since that day I went to the doctor's and went to see my parents"

Christian's face hardened as he looked at his cousin. "You mean to tell me that you knew this for almost two months now and you decided to keep it from me."

"I-I didn't tell anyone Kyree. I didn't know what to do or how to even bring it up"

"That's not an excuse Brielle" Her breath hitched once he said her name. He hasn't said her name in so long. He always calls her Elle or any other nickname but never Brielle. He only calls her that when he is actually really upset.

oh I fucked up

Brielle sat down on the couch with her head in her hands. "I'm sorry Kyree. I was just so overwhelmed with finding out and I didn't know how to tell you."

"I have been over your house how many times in the past two months? You could have easily brought it up the fuck. When the fuck did we start keeping shit from each other? We always tell each other everything"

"How the fuck was I suppose to tell my best friend and cousin that I'm pregnant with a baby I didn't even fucking ask for!?" Brielle snaps suddenly as she throws her hands up.

Christian paused.

"What do you mean a baby you didn't ask for?"

Brielle went silent as she looked away from him and shook her head lowly. "Nothing" she mumbled but Chris didn't give up. He put his finger under Brielle's chin and turned her head to look at him. "Brielle" He said and almost immediately her eyes welled up with tears.

"Every time I talk about it, it brings unwanted memories that I don't want to relive" She says in between her sobs.

Christian knew immediately once he saw her tears what might have happened so he just brought her into his arms and held her tightly to his chest. Her body shook as she cried against him with him comforting her by rubbing her back softly.

"Shh it's okay Elle" He tells her lowly in her ear as he whispers encouraging words to her. His heart broke hearing about Brielle going through something as traumatic as that. Growing up, Chris always made it his mission to protect his little cousin from the horrible things of the world. So to find out that it happened anyway, truly makes him want to cry at that point.

"I-I'm sorry I didn't tell y-you. I-I just—"

"Elle it's okay. I understand now why you didn't want to and I absolutely one hundred percent respect that. I'm sorry for snapping at you. I shouldn't have done that to you."

—

They sat down and ended up having a long conversation about everything. Chris made sure not to have her go into detail about what exactly happened that night. He only told her that he understood and that she didn't need to explain. Brielle kept apologizing for not telling him and she said that no matter what she still should have said something but Chris waved off her apology. He knew why she didn't tell him and that was enough for him to not care.

"Come on let's get you to sleep" He tells after almost two hours of talking. Brielle looks at him and frowns.

"Don't you want to go to that party?"

He shook his head no. "That party is not important right now" He told her and helped her off the couch before they walked to her bedroom and Brielle let out a large sigh.

She didn't realize how tired she was until she saw her bed. She laid down and got comfortable under the covers before pulling her sweatshirt off and throwing it somewhere in the room. She always prefers to sleep completely naked but just for tonight she will sleep with some underwear and her tank top on.

"Come on" She opened her arms to her cousin who laid down next to her. She got comfortable and laid her head on his chest while he brought her into his arms.

"I know everything is happening so fast but just know that we all got you. Your folks, your siblings, me and even that dude you keep mentioning; we all got you."

"Killian" Brielle laughs making Chris roll his eyes.

"Yeah him"

She smiles softly as she thinks about Killian. "I think I really like him Kyree" She tells her cousin who looks down at her.

"You do?"

"Yeah I do" She replies as thoughts of him overcome her mind and she can't stop smiling. Her body soon becomes restless and the pregnant girl finds herself falling asleep with the thoughts of Killian still on her mind.