My Rockstar Baby Daddy

Chapter 16 Pregnant

POV: Hayden

It's been a while since I've been in town. I generally stick to the city now. The cafe, Sapphire wants to meet at is here, in Kingston Hollows. I grew up in this town but now it all seems so foreign to me. It's hard to believe how much can change in just eight years.

I've just arrived at the Lucy Lee's cafe. I'm feeling a little nervous to meet Sapphire again. This time it will be with a clear head. I walk in and a bell rings signaling a customer has entered. Crap. I'm trying to be very careful here. I really hope no one recognizes me.

A lot of things have gone through my head as to why Sapphire suddenly wanted to meet me. Is she blackmailing me? Does she just want money? Maybe she's a reporter trying to get her big break. It strikes me as odd that a girl so young would want anything to do with a man over ten years older than her.

I look around the cafe for the girl but I don't see her. Maybe she's running late. "Sir, how may I help you?" A short lady asks me. "Oh, um can I get an Iced macha latte?" I order. "Coming right up. What is your name?" The woman asks. "Hayden." I answer.

"Oh, are you Hayden? You're here to meet Sapphire?" The lady asks. "I am. Is she here?" I ask. "Sapphire! Saf, he is here!" The lady yells out. "I'll be there in a minute!" I here a girl's voice yell out. The voice sounds familiar. Could it really be her?

"You can take a seat over there." The lady says looking me up and down as if she's sizing me up. She points over to a table in the corner in the back. That's honestly, perfect. It helps my risk of being noticed. The cafe is empty though. I go over to the table and sit down.

Soon a familiar girl I recognize as Sapphire emerges from the restroom. "Here take these. This one is for you. Eat these crackers, they will help." The lady hands two cups and a pack of crackers to Sapphire. "Thank you, Lucy. Where is he?" Sapphire asks the lady who I'm now guessing is named Lucy. She points over to me and Sapphire's eyes meet with mine.

Sapphire makes her way over to me and sits in the chair across from me. "I guess this is yours." Sapphire sets my coffee on the table for me. "Thanks," I say awkwardly. "Yeah, um. I'm Sapphire but most people call me Saf." She says awkwardly.

"I know, I remember you. How have you been?" I ask. "U-uh f-fine." She stutters. "Good, so why did you want to meet me?" I ask cutting the small talk short. She looks down at the table taking a few breaths. "I'm p-pregnant." She says.

I freeze for a moment at her words. Here I was hoping she was different. This isn't the first time some girl has come to me claiming to be pregnant with my child. A simple DNA test always clears it up right away. Other times they aren't even pregnant.

"Right, and how stupid do you think I am? You're not the first girl to pull this on me." I tell her. She looks at me in shock. Yeah, they always get surprised when I don't fall for it. "Excuse me? Look I really am pregnant with your child. What kind of girl do you think I am? You are the ONLY person I have EVER had s*x with." She snaps.

A part of me wants to believe her. Another part of me says it's all another trick. Fans will go to any length. "I want to believe you but I have no proof of that. I know I'm a big star and you fans have these fantasies but those fantasies need to stay in dreamland." I tell her. I know I sound harsh but I need to be sure. I've been burned before.

A tear falls down her cheek and it takes everything in me not to wipe it away. "And who the hell exactly are you? If you're such a big star then why haven't I ever heard of you? This is your child I promise you that. I know what it's like not to have parents. My own father signed all of his rights away from me. I thought even if you wanted nothing to do with this child you might want to know you have one out there somewhere." Sapphire vents out.

She really doesn't know who I am? It's happened before but those people are generally older than her. "You've never heard of me, Hayden Onyx or Hayden Wilder? Never heard of the band Glass Tears?" I ask to be sure. "Never. Look I'm sorry but I'm not really a modern rock type of girl. I'm assuming that's the genre you do judging by how you look." She says almost challengingly. I'm intrigued. This girl went from hurt and mad to daring.

"By the way, since you need proof, I have the doctor's report right here. I know how you men can be." She pulls out some paper and slams them down on the table for me to see. I pick them up only to read she is indeed pregnant.

"Is it sinking in now, because it really is yours? I'm not that type of girl and I would think knowing that was my first time you'd know that. The worst part is I'm 18 and you're what like 27 and I'm the one owning up to this and being the adult instead of denying it." Sapphire says.

I let a breath of relief leave me. I was so scared she wasn't of age. "Wait were you of age then?" I ask. "Yeah, that was my birthday. Some birthday. How could I be so stupid? Stupid Josh." I'm not sure what that last bit was about but I think I believe her. She doesn't look like the type of girl to just sleep around.

"So September 12 is your birthday?" I ask. "Yeah." She says in a duh tone. "Wow, we have the same birthday. I just turned 30. Damn, I'm 30 and just knocked up an 18-year-old. Not one of my finer moments." I say more to myself. "30! You're 30! What the hell is wrong with me?" She sounds very shocked at hearing my age. I can't really blame her.

Sapphire takes a few deep breaths. "Look, I'm sorry if I snapped at you. I really just thought you should know. I don't want to expect anything from you. I fully plan on taking care of this baby all on my own." She tells me looking me right in the eyes.

I know one thing for sure I want to be a part of this child's life. My father abandoned me and my mother. I would never do that to my child. I want to be a part of its life. "It's fine. I know I was a little harsh. Let's take a few days to process this and we can meet up again and talk about what we're going to do." I tell her.

"OK." She nods looking down again. "Sapphire, I'm sorry this happened. I know this isn't easy for you being so young. I'm not going to abandon this baby. I want to be there. I just need some time to think. It's a lot to take in." I apologize. I feel bad for her and I put her in this position.

Sapphire looks up at me in surprise. "If this is some kind of image thing don't make any promises you can't keep." She says. She's right my public image will be affected by this but I don't care. Grace is going to kill me but I can handle her. I just need to find a way to tell Grace gently without her getting angry.

"Yes, being a celebrity, everything affects my image but I don't care. I want to be there." I admit. I know my words won't mean anything to her right now but they will. I'll prove to her I want to be this child's father. I'll just have to secretly pine for Sapphire for the rest of my life. She's still as beautiful as I remember her to be.

Sapphire only nods to my words but doesn't respond. "I have to get back to work, thanks for listening to me." She finally says. "Ok, where do you work?" I ask. "Um, here and The Drunk Grease Monkey on weekends." She answers. She works at the Drunk Grease Monkey? Man, I used to hang out there all the time. Grace was supposed to set us up to start performing there again soon. We're trying to get back to our roots, you know.

"Alright, I guess I'll see you around." I get up going over to the register to pay for my coffee. "No, it's on the house. You go. Sapphire, Grace has called ahead today with another order." Lucy says refusing to let me pay. I'm curious if she's talking about my Grace. Grace does live in town and loves coffee so it wouldn't be a stretch. "Just her or the group?" Sapphire asks. "Group," Lucy answers rattling off the order. The order sounds very familiar.

"I'll see you later," I say and leave a hundred-dollar bill in the tip jar. As I walk out of the cafe my phone buzzes alerting me I have a text message so I check it on my way to the car. There was a reason that coffee order sounded familiar. Grace just called a band meeting.