Andy's POV
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I got to the park where I was meeting Ricky and Topanga at.
Ricky was sitting on a bench while Topanga ran around the playground.
"Hey Ricky" I said as I sat next to him.
"Hey Andy, how are you?" Ricky asked.
"Stressed the fuck out, you?" I asked.
"I'm good, why are you stressed out?" He asked.
"So Matt and I constantly fight, and it's been worse since I've gotten pregnant, and we made up last night but then he came back from the bar with hickies on his neck, and he told me that some bitch at the bar kissed him but it's no biggie, and I went the fuck off on him" I said.
"If he's stressing you out and you guys argue and he cheated on you, why don't you get a divorce?" He asked.
"Because Matt claims that we can work things out, he wants us to try to work out, he said that if we don't work out by the time the baby's born, then he'll agree to a divorce" I said.
"That's bullshit. It's clear that you're unhappy with the marriage, if Matt really cared about you, he'd want to see you happy" he said.
"I know, but I think he doesn't want to put eight or ten years of a relationship down the drain" I said.
"It's still not an excuse to make you miserable Andy. Him stressing you out is not good for the baby, you need to leave him" he said.
"Ricky, I know this, I want to leave but I'd have nowhere to go since the first places he'd look are Matt Nicholls', Jordan's, Lee's, both of my brothers' and parents' house" I said.
"I don't care, I want you to get divorce papers and get your shit out of there" he said.
"Okay, but where am I gonna go?" I asked.
"Well, the band and I leave again for tour tonight, so come with us, and we'll figure what will happen after tour" he said.
"I don't know Ricky" I said.
"You need to leave his ass, I don't care if you're in love with him. He treats you horribly, now tell me, has he tried to hurt you?" He asked.
"No, he's just an ass, he wouldn't intentionally hurt me" I said.
"Just making sure or else Motionless in White would be needing a new rhythm guitarist and BMTH would be needing a new bassist" he said.
"Fine, but you're going with me to get divorce papers" I said.
"I will. You wanna get lunch before we go down and get the papers?" He asked. I nodded.
"Panga! Come on! Let's go get lunch!" He yelled as he walked onto the playground. She came down the slide and jumped into his arms.
"Where do you wanna go for lunch?" He asked.
"I don't know, anything I guess" I said.
"McDonald's it is because I can see it from the park" he said. I nodded as we walked across the street to McDonald's.
We got to McDonalds and ordered our food.
As soon as we got our food, we sat down and ate.
"Daddy told me that you're my mommy. How come you and daddy aren't married and how come you've been in England?" She asked.
"Your daddy and I were being mean to each other and I'm in England because that's where my husband is and my brothers are" I said. I had to sugar coat it because she's barely five.
"Oh" she said as she dipped her chicken nugget into the barbeque sauce.
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We finished eating and now we're heading down to the courthouse or whatever to get divorce papers.
"What will happen if he refuses to sign them?" I asked.
"We pay him to sign it or we forge his signature" Ricky said as we walked into the court house.
"How may I help you?" The secretary asked.
"Uh, I'd like to get divorce papers please?" I asked.
"Reason for divorce?" She asked.
"My husband and I don't get along, he cheated on me and it's best not to raise our baby that's on the way in that environment" I told her.
"Have the two of you considered marriage couciling?" She asked.
"We did it whenever he was home, every couple days last year and we just got worse whenever we found out that I was having a baby" I said.
"Have you considered spending time apart?" She asked.
"He's in a touring band, he tours for a good part of the year" I said.
"Alright, here's your papers, bring them back in as soon as they're signed" she said.
I nodded and we walked out.
We went out to my car and began to drive to my house.
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We got to my house. I walked inside, and turned off the TV.
Matt gave me the 'what the fuck' face.
I handed the divorce papers to him.
He raised an eyebrow at me.
"Matthew, before you say anything just know that I absolutely can't do this anymore, you stress me out so bad that I stomach ulcers. Our constant fighting stresses me out, and me stressing constantly isn't good for the baby. I'm doing this for Ryan's sake, so please sign it" I said.
"Baby, we- we can make this work" He said, his voice starting to crack.
"No Matthew. We can't make this work, we've already tried. Counseling didn't help us, time apart didn't help us, we've tried" I said.
"We can tr- try again!" He said. His eyes were welling up with tears and he was biting his lip to prevent himself from crying.
"Matthew, you love me and our baby right?" I asked. He nodded.
"If you love us, you'd do the right thing and sign the divorce papers" I said. He then started to violently cry.
I handed him the pen and he hesitantly signed it.
"C-can I have one last kiss?" He asked. I nodded and sat down in his lap and kissed him.
He didn't want to let go of me but he did. I got off of his lap.
I went to our- well now his room and gathered my things.
Time for a new beginning.