JJ's POV:

So that really happened with Kie... We spent three weeks pretending like nothing happened. She didn't text me for any more hookups and I didn't text her. Maybe she was waiting for me to text her. It was late one night and I decided to text her.

JJ: Hey, I know it's been a few weeks and idk what we're even doing but I'm laying here in bed wanting someone to hook up with and the only person that comes to mind is you... So wanna come over?

Kie: I'll be there soon. Shack or Chateau?

JJ: Shack, he isn't home so just come in the front door

Kie: Got it

Sure enough, Kie showed up and we got right to it. There was no talking or emotional shit. Luckily, I had condoms with me this time and let's just say when we both came down form our highs, it wasn't the same as the first time without the condom.

We didn't say anything, but we both knew... I didn't even know Kie's birth control situation. If this is going to become a regular thing, I think it's important I know what it is. That was something we could discuss later.

Kie asked if she could spend the night I told her yes. I didn't want her to go. We were pretty busy with finals and graduation. However, it's been a week since we've seen Kie. None of us had seen or heard from her and we were all worried. I drove my bike over to her house and her mom answered the door.

"Hi, Mrs. Carrera, is Kiara home?" I asked politely

"Yeah, she isn't feeling well"

"Can I see her?"

"JJ, you know we don't like you hanging out with our daughter or being at our house. We especially don't like the idea of you being in our daughter's bedroom" Mike said joining the conversation

I mean, I've been in her room many times before and we've done something in that bedroom that Mike and Anna would murder me if they knew about them. Hell, I've been inside their daughter before.

"Well, we're worried about her and I'd really like to see her" I said not taking no for an answer

"Fine, make it fast"

I headed upstairs to her room and realized that I probably wasn't supposed to know where her room was, oh well. I opened the door and Kie was laying in bed.

"Hey" I said softly

"JJ, what are you doing here?"

"I came to check on you. Dude, you totally ghosted us and we're worried"

"Sorry, haven't been feeling well... I'll stop by tomorrow"

Anna appeared and I took it as my cue to leave. I headed home and the next day, Kie showed up at my house and asked if I was alone, which I was. I was expecting her to kiss me or ask to hook up but instead, she said, "I'm pregnant..."

She immediately started crying and I was furious... The one time I don't use a condom and the girl gets pregnant. Fuck!

"I thought you took the morning-after pill"

"I did, you watched me take it" She said defensively

"Maybe you didn't you actually swallow it... Was this your plan to get pregnant all along?"

"You think I want to be pregnant? Are you fucking kidding me? Unbelievable" She yelled

We got into a huge fight where we screamed back and forth.

"Why weren't you on birth control?"

"I was, I just wasn't great at remembering to take the pills every day because I had no reason to. I wasn't sleeping with anyone"

"Why didn't the pill work?"

"I read online it doesn't work it I've already ovulated and looking at a calendar it lined up perfectly with my ovulation"

"You're getting an abortion and you aren't going to tell a soul about this... Fuck being a dad.. I hate kids and I never want them"

Kie broke down sobbing and I realized how harsh that sounded even though it was true. I couldn't take it back. She looked at me and said, "I'm not having an abortion, I don't believe in it. I just thought you might wanna know it's your baby I'm carrying. I thought you might care, but I was wrong. Don't worry, no one will ever know you're the sperm donor, especially not my baby. If you think I planned this, you wouldn't ever be the guy I'd chose to have a baby with! Fuck you!!"

Kie left and she didn't just go home, she left the state. Apparently, she said goodbye to the pogues. That was six months ago and no one has heard from her since. Mike and Anna were still here and they definitely knew where their daughter ventured off to, but they weren't telling anyone.

I had a feeling Sarah might know but even Pope tried to get it out of her and she wouldn't say a word. They all knew that Kie was pregnant, she told them it was a hookup from graduation night with some random guy. She blocked me on all social media accounts. John B was scrolling through Instagram and Kie had just posted a picture.

She was in a sundress and her hand rested under the baby bump. She looked so fucking gorgeous.. Truth is, I've had a huge crush on her for years and I was in love with her... I just couldn't be a dad. I let it go and tried not to think about her. Everyone knew not to talk about Kie in front of me. They thought I was just pissed because I'd never get my chance with her. They had no idea...

Sarah came over and she just said, "Congrats"

"For what?" I asked

"You're officially a dad" She said which meant she knew the truth

"Who told you?"

"No one told me, I figured it out and asked Kie about it and she told me everything.. You're an asshole by the way"

"Tell me something I don't know, princess"

"I know you never wanted kids and I don't blame you. I don't know everything that happened with your dad, but I know enough to know that's the reason why you don't want to be a dad, but guess what? You are a dad to a beautiful little girl. Who is going to protect her? To teach her about love and how a man should treat her?"

"Kie can do that just fine"

"I know she can, but she should also see the way you love her mom. You guys are the best example of true love"

Sarah and I talked for almost two hours and then she left. I told her I wasn't ready yet and she understood. I blocked it out for a few weeks before I was forced to deal with it. I was walking to work when I saw Kie holding an infant.

Her eyes met mine and I kept walking. The baby was so small and Kie looked so comfortable holding her. That night, Kie showed up to the shack. She was alone and she looked the same. I never would've known she had a baby.

"Hey" I said quietly

"Hey" She said

"What are you doing here?" I asked confused

"Giving you a second chance"

"Really? The way we left things I thought we'd never speak again"

"I thought about that but then I realized someday our daughter is going to ask questions about you and you'll eventually meet her when I come hang out with the pogues and she'll know you as Uncle JJ. I'm fine with that, if that's all you ever wanna be is Uncle JJ, I get it... But I want you to know that if you want to be her dad, I'd love that"

"Kie, I'm so fucked up... I can't fuck her up too. I already fucked things up with her mom, and missed the whole pregnancy, birth, and first few weeks or her life. I'm not dad material"

"Okay, that's fine... But I just want you to know, what said the last time I was here... I didn't mean it" She said getting up to leave

She left and I was lost in my thoughts. A few days passed by and I found myself driving to the Carrea's beach house in Florida where Kie was living. I knocked on the door and she opened it, holding the baby, our baby.

"You're here?" She asked surprised

"I'm here, I fucked up, and I'm never leaving my girls again" I said trying not to cry thinking about how awful I'd been towards Kie

She hugged me and we went inside where she introduced me to our little girl, Sophia Anna Maybank.

"Maybank? Like her legal last name is Maybank?"

"Yeah, she's your daughter and I know you... I know those nights we spent together weren't just hookups, they shouldn't be. We were in love and while you might not have been ready to be a dad then, I knew that someday you would be"

I broke down crying because Kie was amazing and my love for her has only grown.

"Kie... Sophia isn't a mistake... She's a miracle and I love you"

"I love you too, JJ" She said as we shared a kiss

She handed me our daughter and my heart melted. She had me wrapped around her tiny little finger. I put my arm around Kie and kissed the top of her head. Now that I had my girls, life didn't seem so scary anymore. Things felt complete.