The Wide Receiver's Baby by Jessica Evans Page A

attending or going to my college either had babies or were expectant mothers. They had a nursery and, if I decided to keep the baby, then I could go back to college next year and finish my degree. Everything felt so simple. It was as if the decision had been made for me from the start.
Abortion was never an option, something that hadn’t even crossed my mind. From the moment I found out, the only thing I wanted to do was find out how my life would change. I knew that it wouldn’t stop my career, but only slow it down.
“I want to tell Logan about the baby. I need him to hear it from me.” I had finally started to get things right in my mind. This was the most important decision of my life and I had to do it right.
“Okay, so you’ll call him?” Richard asked.
I shook my head.
“Come with me to see him?”
I shook my head again.
“I have counseling sessions, and it seems I have a lot of healing to do. I need to do that alone,” I held both their hands as we stood in the kitchen, and Brian and Olivia were sitting down at the dining table in the other room.
“Please respect my wishes,” I had tears in my eyes. My heart was on my sleeve and it was out there for them to either tread on it or kiss it gently.
“I’ll respect your wishes,” Marie said and Richard just nodded. I could tell he wasn’t comfortable with the idea, especially seeing as he was flying to see Logan next week. There was a game on and Logan had asked for both of us to attend. I couldn’t, not yet, not until I knew that no matter happened Logan would respect my decision and stand by me. Just like his parents had done.
Or so I hoped.

 
    Chapter Twenty Six
    Logan
 
    I was in my room. The one that had been my home for the last few months, and I felt sad at the idea of leaving it.
“You leaving today or tomorrow?” Reg asked as he popped his head in.
“Today,” I sighed as I thought about seeing Alexa again. To say that this whole semester had turned out differently to what I expected was a complete understatement.
“Looks like you’ve got a guest, catch up later. I’m leaving tomorrow.”
I swung my chair round to see Trinity standing there. She wasn’t who I’d expected to see today, but it was nice to see a smiling face. I wondered if Alexa would look at me the same way when she saw me. I wondered if she would feel the same way to see my face. I couldn’t understand how two people could be so close, so connected, and in a matter of weeks feel completely  disconnected. As if they were no longer the same. Shit, I had spent nearly every night either messengering or speaking to Todd, who seemed to be having a whale of a time in California. But my own girlfriend had turned into a complete stranger  to all intents and purposes. I just couldn’t figure out why. She hadn’t been to a game, not that I had played, but I thought she would show up at least once to show her support.
“The room seems quiet already and you haven’t even gone yet.”
I nodded looking at my suitcase. It was a bit dramatic, but I kind of knew what she meant.
“You going to see family?”
She shook her head, “No, just hanging out here.” She bit her lip as if she wanted to say more, but she didn’t offer any more then that.
I knew that she had an issue with her mom, but I had thought that she was close to her dad. She often talked about him, so this whole thing was news to me.
“Dad’s going to Bahamas with his new girlfriend,” she said as she shot the ball in the basket on top of my bed. “He didn’t invite you?”
She laughed, “I’m not exactly a beach girl.”
She had a point about that.
I could have invited her, and part of me wanted to, but I knew that as soon as Alexa saw her she would get jealous or think that something was going on between us two - and I wondered if maybe she was right.
There was something about Trinity that I craved; maybe it was her silky blond hair which just seemed to flow when she walked. Or the fact that she was a