The Unexpected: Connor Murphy x Reader (Part 9)
The Hansens arrived promptly at noon and brought along many side dishes such as mac and cheese and mashed potatoes. Heidi and Cynthia were cooking in the kitchen while Larry was making a drink although they were persuading him to help. Evan and Zoe had just sat down on the couch, watching the parade while cuddling. Y/N sat in the recliner with knees up to her chest, she was very self-conscious at the moment. Connor eventually made his way down just enough to peer over the banister, he had been waiting to see her for so long but didn’t want to make a fool of himself. The step squeaked as he put his weight down. Y/N glanced behind her but quickly looked away. An odd amount of courage went through her veins, as she stood up and went to talk to him.
“Hey stranger,” he playfully punched her arm, instantly regretting it.
“Um, I’ve really missed you.” she looked up at him with sad eyes.
He gave in, sighing, “I’ve missed you too,”
“I really need to talk to you,” she whispered.
“Okay,” waiting for a response.
“Alone,” Y/N glared towards Evan and Zoe.
“Oh,” he didn’t want her to break his heart so he did what he thought was necessary, “Wait- yeah Mom? Oh, you want me to set the table? Okay, sorry Y/N I gotta go.”
She stared at him as he walked away obviously avoiding the conversation. Dinner was at 4 so until then he tried to stick near the parents, which surprised everyone.
During dinner, Y/N tried her best to keep her food down or at least not smell dishes she knew would make her throw up. So far all was going well.
“Connor, I haven’t seen you much, what have you been up to?” chirped Heidi.
“Well,” he slightly looked over at Y/N, “I’ve just been taking my general credits online until I figure out what I wanna do.”
“You need to buckle down and pick a major, son,” Larry stated.
Connor had a disgusted look on his face.
“Ahem,” Cynthia stared them down, “How about you Y/N, how’s college going?”
As food was being passed around she put some mashed potatoes on her plate and handed them to Evan.
“Um, good. My roommates are nice,”
“Has anything exciting happened?”
“Actually, yes,” Connor was worried, “yesterday my friend and I were walking around when a couple of guys yelled at us,” he knew she moved on, “and when we turned around a soccer ball was heading right for us so I pushed her out of the way.”
“But I got hit instead and I went to the hospital so that was exciting,”
“Y/N are you okay? When were you going to tell me about this?” Heidi turned towards her daughter.
“Jesus Y/N, you’re still such a spaz,” Zoe sputtered out while laughing.
The other teens joined in as well. Larry said something on the other end of the table to which the adults started talking. Zoe tried to whisper something across the table to Evan and Connor and Y/N kept to themselves. Y/N went to get some stuffing but all of the sudden felt like she had to vomit. Before even putting it on her plate she put the serving spoon down.
“Um, what’s in the-” she put her hand over her mouth, “stuffing?”
Connor was worried about her tone, “The usual stuff, and then my grandmother's secret ingredient,”
She muffled her voice, “Is it pickles?”
“You haven’t even tried it yet, how’d you know?” he noticed her face contorting.
“Excuse me,” she tried to get to the bathroom in a calm fashion, but clearly she was sprinting.
About a minute later Connor went to check on her. He leaned against the door and heard her throwing up, then he heard the water and footsteps getting closer. He wanted to help her, but he also didn’t want to seem creepy by waiting outside the bathroom. Quickly he ran back to the table. About thirty seconds later Y/N returned. The rest of the meal was relatively normal except for Connor who kept looking back at Y/N whenever he could.
While cleaning up Connor noticed Y/N sitting on the staircase. Now was his chance.
He stood in front of her, “Are you okay?”
“Yeah, like I said during dinner, I’m fine,”
“Not that,” he crouched to her level, “I mean you threw up during dinner and have been acting super weird,”
“I’ve not been acting that weird,”
His eyebrows raised, “Y/N, you haven't been your happy self, I thought it was because of ya know, but I can tell it’s more than that,”
She put her head in her hands. When she looked back up she had tears running down her cheeks. He was taken back, not expecting this.
“I really need to talk to you,” she sniffled.
Connor had never really seen her this torn up about something before. They went outside and sat on the back porch steps. Y/N made sure they were far enough so that no one else would hear.
“Seeing you like this has really made me regret blowing you off earlier,”
“Connor, I don’t know how to tell you this,”
“You can tell me anything,” he put his hand on her shoulder.
“Okay,” she breathed, “let me start by saying you are very special to me and I don’t care if you hate me or whatever but you will always matter to me,”
“I-I don’t hate you, I never would,”
“Y/N, has something happened to you?”
“I’m um,” she looked away then into his eyes, “pregnant,”
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