Categories > Celebrities > Backstreet Boys > Jersey Girls and Jamestown Boys
For a long time Pepper and Nick sat there, staring at each other, their eyes searching for answers in their eyes. Pepper wanted him to bust out laughing, admit it was a joke and carry on about something else that was bothering him and Nick just wanted her to say something, anything. When the silence became too much for him, he took a long sip of the tea and set the cup down, turning in his spot to face her better. “Pepper?”
Pepper blinked a couple of quick times before she shook her head, clearing the haze that had filled her head. “I’m sorry, what did you say?”
“I…I said I’m… I’m pregnant,” he answered.
“You mean you got someone pregnant.” There was no way a man could be pregnant, it wasn’t humanly possible. Nick was a male born a male, not a female to male transgender after surgery. He was very much male, she should know. When Nick slowly shook his head, she picked up her tea and took a much needed, calming sip and set the cup back down. “Nick, men can’t have babies unless they knock up a women, and then it’s the woman that’s pregnant… How could you be pregnant?”
Nick frowned and looked at his hands. “I don’t know. All I know is that I am. I thought I had a stomach flu, or something, but you know how AJ is, he saw it as a chance to keep teasing me. He brought me a bag of meds, something to ease the sickness, but the dick threw a pregnancy test in.”
“And, naturally, you used it?” Pepper questioned with a hint of sarcasm as she lifted her brow.
Nick flushed a bright red and toyed with the hem of his shirt as he found it hard to look up at her. “I did it to shut him up and show him I wasn’t… But the thing said I was.”
“Must have been defective then, Nick, you just got upset over-”
“Six,” he cut in softly, stopping her words in her throat.
“Six what?”
“After it said I was pregnant, I called up one of the security guys at the hotel and told him a recent ex called me and told me she was pregnant. I told them I didn’t believe her so she was coming over to prove it to me, and I wanted five of the tests just to make sure… Pepper, they all came up positive. The original test and the five I sent Max to get. Six tests, all positive.”
“Oh… Oh wow, Nick, um…” Pepper cleared her throat and finished off her tea, licking her lips of the last drops. “I honestly don’t know what to say on this, one. I mean, if you had come to me, a female to male trans-gender, minus the bottom surgery, I would have known what to say. Hell, you wouldn’t even be coming to me, you’d be running to the guys.” She ran her fingers through her hair and when he produced a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, she snatched them away and shot him a look.
“What?” He questioned, confused. “I need something to calm down.”
“And you think smoking tar and nicotine is healthy for a baby?” She questioned, shaking her head. “Nick, if you are somehow pregnant, then smoking a cigarette is the last thing you need to be doing.”
“But I’m still wound up,” he pouted before he paused and said nothing for a moment before he got up and bolted out the sliding glass doors that led outside that he could see from the couch.
Pepper frowned as she got up and followed after him, wincing when she heard the retching before she walked out and saw him leaning against the railing of her porch, puking on the ground below. She stood behind him and rubbed his back, wincing every time he retched again, but she stayed until he was done and was making soft whimpers from time to time. She sighed softly as he wiped his mouth and looked over his shoulder at her with apologetic, embarrassed eyes.
“Sorry about that,” he said quietly as tears filled his eyes once more.
“Oh Nick, don’t cry,” she said as she rubbed his side. “Stay here in case you get sick again, I’m going to make you some more tea, and then we’re going to take care of that nausea, okay?”
“Okay,” he croaked as his voice broke, the strain of puking too much on his vocal chords.
Pepper left his side and went in, using the rest of the water from the kettle to make two more cups of tea. As she mixed in some cream and a little sugar, along with her secret ingredient, she stared out the window by the sink at the man that broke her heart and how much of a wreck he was as he cried into his hands. She felt so bad for Nick, but she didn’t know what to do. If he went to a doctor and it was something else making him sick, the doctors could fix him. If it were something else though, who the Hell would miss out on the chance to turn this into a media circus.
She knew how Bob and Jane would be, and she couldn’t put poor Nick through anything more than what he was going through. She walked outside and handed him his tea, taking a sip of her own as she reached up and ran her fingers through his hair, knowing the action could help calm him down.
Nick sniffled as he used his free hand to wipe his eyes and took a long sip of the tea, using it to rinse his mouth before spitting it out and taking a sip he intended to ingest.
“Have you had sex with any men?” She questioned, trying to think of something that could lead to this.
“Pepper, I’m straight,” he said, feeling like he had to remind her of said fact. “Even if I did, how could that get me pregnant?”
“You’re not even supposed to be pregnant, I was just trying to offer up something,” she said with a reigning sigh as she sat on her porch swing, looking out at the land behind her home, at the small area sectioned off for her fruits and vegetables. Some more of her crops would be coming in soon and that meant she could make a little more money. “Nick, we have to get you to someone.”
Nick looked at her with wide eyes. “Who the Hell could I could to Pepper!?”
“Hey,” she cut him off before he could go any further. “Lower your voice, Nick, I won’t have you yelling at me for trying to help you. You yell loud enough, my neighbors will hear, is that what you want? Calm down and sit with me,” she ordered softly.
Nick’s features smoothed out some as he moved and sat next to her, drinking down more of the tea. “Sorry Pepper…”
“It’s okay, just don’t do it again… I know someone who might be able to help us,” she said as she looked at him.
Nick looked at her, his eyebrows rising slightly from his surprise. “Us?”
“Nick, you came to me,” Pepper replied, a small smile gracing her lips. “You came to me, I’m involved with this now, and there is no way I’m letting you go through this alone. So yes, us.” The smile that lit up his face brought a bigger smile to his, as it had always done. She giggled when he finished his tea and set the cup on the ground before he wrapped his arms tightly around her.
“Thank you so much Pepper, this means so much to me.” Nick let go of her, his smile faltering slightly. “Wait… Who would know what to do about this?”
[Author's Note: Okay, so this is it for the night. I've got a lot of my mind, but I just needed to get this out. I MIGHT get back on and post later, we'll see if I pass out or not... But I definitely would like reviews to get an opinion.]
Pepper blinked a couple of quick times before she shook her head, clearing the haze that had filled her head. “I’m sorry, what did you say?”
“I…I said I’m… I’m pregnant,” he answered.
“You mean you got someone pregnant.” There was no way a man could be pregnant, it wasn’t humanly possible. Nick was a male born a male, not a female to male transgender after surgery. He was very much male, she should know. When Nick slowly shook his head, she picked up her tea and took a much needed, calming sip and set the cup back down. “Nick, men can’t have babies unless they knock up a women, and then it’s the woman that’s pregnant… How could you be pregnant?”
Nick frowned and looked at his hands. “I don’t know. All I know is that I am. I thought I had a stomach flu, or something, but you know how AJ is, he saw it as a chance to keep teasing me. He brought me a bag of meds, something to ease the sickness, but the dick threw a pregnancy test in.”
“And, naturally, you used it?” Pepper questioned with a hint of sarcasm as she lifted her brow.
Nick flushed a bright red and toyed with the hem of his shirt as he found it hard to look up at her. “I did it to shut him up and show him I wasn’t… But the thing said I was.”
“Must have been defective then, Nick, you just got upset over-”
“Six,” he cut in softly, stopping her words in her throat.
“Six what?”
“After it said I was pregnant, I called up one of the security guys at the hotel and told him a recent ex called me and told me she was pregnant. I told them I didn’t believe her so she was coming over to prove it to me, and I wanted five of the tests just to make sure… Pepper, they all came up positive. The original test and the five I sent Max to get. Six tests, all positive.”
“Oh… Oh wow, Nick, um…” Pepper cleared her throat and finished off her tea, licking her lips of the last drops. “I honestly don’t know what to say on this, one. I mean, if you had come to me, a female to male trans-gender, minus the bottom surgery, I would have known what to say. Hell, you wouldn’t even be coming to me, you’d be running to the guys.” She ran her fingers through her hair and when he produced a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, she snatched them away and shot him a look.
“What?” He questioned, confused. “I need something to calm down.”
“And you think smoking tar and nicotine is healthy for a baby?” She questioned, shaking her head. “Nick, if you are somehow pregnant, then smoking a cigarette is the last thing you need to be doing.”
“But I’m still wound up,” he pouted before he paused and said nothing for a moment before he got up and bolted out the sliding glass doors that led outside that he could see from the couch.
Pepper frowned as she got up and followed after him, wincing when she heard the retching before she walked out and saw him leaning against the railing of her porch, puking on the ground below. She stood behind him and rubbed his back, wincing every time he retched again, but she stayed until he was done and was making soft whimpers from time to time. She sighed softly as he wiped his mouth and looked over his shoulder at her with apologetic, embarrassed eyes.
“Sorry about that,” he said quietly as tears filled his eyes once more.
“Oh Nick, don’t cry,” she said as she rubbed his side. “Stay here in case you get sick again, I’m going to make you some more tea, and then we’re going to take care of that nausea, okay?”
“Okay,” he croaked as his voice broke, the strain of puking too much on his vocal chords.
Pepper left his side and went in, using the rest of the water from the kettle to make two more cups of tea. As she mixed in some cream and a little sugar, along with her secret ingredient, she stared out the window by the sink at the man that broke her heart and how much of a wreck he was as he cried into his hands. She felt so bad for Nick, but she didn’t know what to do. If he went to a doctor and it was something else making him sick, the doctors could fix him. If it were something else though, who the Hell would miss out on the chance to turn this into a media circus.
She knew how Bob and Jane would be, and she couldn’t put poor Nick through anything more than what he was going through. She walked outside and handed him his tea, taking a sip of her own as she reached up and ran her fingers through his hair, knowing the action could help calm him down.
Nick sniffled as he used his free hand to wipe his eyes and took a long sip of the tea, using it to rinse his mouth before spitting it out and taking a sip he intended to ingest.
“Have you had sex with any men?” She questioned, trying to think of something that could lead to this.
“Pepper, I’m straight,” he said, feeling like he had to remind her of said fact. “Even if I did, how could that get me pregnant?”
“You’re not even supposed to be pregnant, I was just trying to offer up something,” she said with a reigning sigh as she sat on her porch swing, looking out at the land behind her home, at the small area sectioned off for her fruits and vegetables. Some more of her crops would be coming in soon and that meant she could make a little more money. “Nick, we have to get you to someone.”
Nick looked at her with wide eyes. “Who the Hell could I could to Pepper!?”
“Hey,” she cut him off before he could go any further. “Lower your voice, Nick, I won’t have you yelling at me for trying to help you. You yell loud enough, my neighbors will hear, is that what you want? Calm down and sit with me,” she ordered softly.
Nick’s features smoothed out some as he moved and sat next to her, drinking down more of the tea. “Sorry Pepper…”
“It’s okay, just don’t do it again… I know someone who might be able to help us,” she said as she looked at him.
Nick looked at her, his eyebrows rising slightly from his surprise. “Us?”
“Nick, you came to me,” Pepper replied, a small smile gracing her lips. “You came to me, I’m involved with this now, and there is no way I’m letting you go through this alone. So yes, us.” The smile that lit up his face brought a bigger smile to his, as it had always done. She giggled when he finished his tea and set the cup on the ground before he wrapped his arms tightly around her.
“Thank you so much Pepper, this means so much to me.” Nick let go of her, his smile faltering slightly. “Wait… Who would know what to do about this?”
[Author's Note: Okay, so this is it for the night. I've got a lot of my mind, but I just needed to get this out. I MIGHT get back on and post later, we'll see if I pass out or not... But I definitely would like reviews to get an opinion.]
Sign up to rate and review this story