Page 86 of Family Bonds: Coy & Angel

“Always,” Spencer said.

“The best is Coy,” Barb said.

He was even more humbled by that statement.

“Thank you,” he said.

Angel looked at her brother. “Spencer?”

“Yeah,” he said. “Like I said, I need time to process him going from my best friend to the dude dating my sister.”

“He’s still going to be your best friend,” Todd said. “Or do you think that is going to change?”

“I hadn’t until you said that, Dad,” Spencer said. “I don’t want to know any details like we used to share.”

“We never shared much like what your sister is thinking,” he said. That was the last thing he was going to do and it was not something he’d done in the past.

The things they shared were more along the lines of not wanting to be accused of something they didn’t do. Not to be wanted for what they had rather than who they were.

Angel never looked at him as anything other than the guy she fell in love with.

Maybe her having a crush on him so young let her see the person and not what he represented when people became adults and got greedy.

“You better not,” she said, nudging his arm.

He leaned down and kissed her on the forehead. Spencer frowned, but he wasn’t going to watch his every little move because his best friend was uncomfortable.

“So you’re fine now, Spencer?” Barb asked. “We can get on with our weekend and just visit now that we are all here?”

Spencer was staying with him as he always did. He’d told Angel to have her parents stay here too rather than her place and they would have the time together.

They were playing it by ear, but he was sure when the next piece of news came out, decisions would be made.

“It is what it is,” Spencer said. “I’ll be getting a beer soon, that is all I’ve got to say.”

He supposed he was glad Spencer got held up at work and didn’t come in last night. That would have been hard to spendthe time with him and not say everything at once, but they were holding out for Barb and Todd to get here.

“Don’t crack it open just yet,” Angel said. “There is one more thing.”

“What’s that?” Spencer asked. “Not much more can surprise me.”

Angel looked at Coy and shrugged. He saw the tears start to gather in her eyes and he ran his hand down her arm. “Smile,” he mouthed to her.

She’d been much happier about the pregnancy until her doctor’s appointment. He kept telling her it’d be fine and he believed it one hundred percent. He had to.

“I’m pregnant,” she blurted out.

There was dead silence and shocked looks around the room.

“Fuck that!” Spencer shouted and stormed out to the deck.

He stood up to follow his best friend but was stopped. “Give him a minute,” Barb said, “and talk to us. Are you sure?”

“I am,” she said. “I went to see a doctor on Thursday. I’m not far along. I’m just as stunned as you. I took a home pregnancy test last weekend. We’ve barely had a week to absorb this too. No one else knows.”

They would tell his parents after this weekend.

“I’m not sure what to say,” Barb said. “It’s not what we expected to hear.”

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