"Muuuuuuum!" Danielle screamed as she ran into her parent's bedroom. "Mum Mikey stole all the cereal again!" She continued loudly in attempt to wake up her sleepy mum and dad.
"Just eat toast instead then Elle, I'm sure Mikey has a perfectly good explanation. Now leave your mum and I in peace." Will replied shooing her from the room.
"IT'S NOT FAIR!" Elle shrieked at the top of her voice. "YOU ALWAYS TAKE HIS SIDE!" She yelled slamming the door behind her.
Emma rolled over and raised her eyebrows at Will who was not looking amused. Still they should have been used to it by now, this kind of argument happened almost every morning in their house. The twins Mikey and Elle were forever at each other's throats, it took all Emma's energy just to keep them from killing each other. She actually found herself wishing the time before school away so there would finally be some peace before both she and Will had to leave for work.
Having two teenagers would never have been easy but considering that both Emma and Will worked full time it was even harder as they hardly even saw their children. When they were younger Emma had taken time off frequently so they wouldn't be stuck with a child minder the whole time but now…they were happier with their friends and that was the way it stayed.
It seemed like nothing could bring their family back together, back to the way they used to be. Tears rolled down Emma's cheeks and dropped onto the pillow before Will noticed the sudden mood change and pulled her in closer to him. "Hey, what wrong baby? Is it Elle? Is she getting to you again?" He asked worried.
"N…no it's nothing I'm just being silly. I thought having a family would be perfect, I thought that they'd always need us and we'd be happy together. We hardly even see them and when they're here we're trying to avoid them because they take so much work to keep under control!" Emma continued almost hysterically.
"DADDY!" Elle sang as she ran back into their bedroom. "Hey wait…what's up with Mum?" She continued as she stopped and watched her mother crying. It made her nervous that the woman who had always been so strong in front of her was now crumbling openly in the arms of her dad. She'd never seen this side to her mum before and it really scared her.
"Dad…what happened?" She asked timidly.
"YOU! You and Mikey you're always arguing. Do you know how hard it is for your mother? Do you even care about her feelings?" He shouted back angrily. Elle turned on her heel and ran from the room, also in tears.
"Oh great another person I've managed to upset now." He muttered under his breath, instantly regretting being so hard on his daughter. He walked across the corridor to her room and knocked gently on the door but she wouldn't let him in. He sighed in defeat and walked downstairs to find his son polishing off Elle's toast and peanut butter.
"Ewww gross that stuff is horrible." He said passing Mikey who offered him the last bite. "Shouldn't you be getting off to school?" He asked hearing the front door slam. "I think by the sound of it, that Elle's just left."
The week continued the way it had started with Elle still in a major strop and Emma trying to pretend like nothing was wrong. Will had frequently apologised to Elle but she just didn't seem to listen and accept his mistake. He hadn't meant to lay all of the blame on her, he was just angry and wanted to vent his frustrations on someone; unfortunately that had been his 15 year old daughter.
It was Saturday; one of the few days a week that the family ever spent time together. Will was sitting downstairs watching the athletics on telly and Elle was somewhere upstairs probably talking on the phone. He frowned and turned the volume up as he heard noises coming from upstairs. Eventually he hit the mute button and just sat and listened; it sounded like someone sobbing upstairs.
He climbed slowly up the stairs and came to a halt outside the bathroom door which was locked. "Elle? Elle is that you?" He said to the sound of silence. "Elle are you okay?" He asked again but still got no reply. "Baby I've got to make sure you're okay. I'll break the door down if you don't come unlock it. Elle I'm gonna break the lock in 10 if you don't hurry up." He stepped back from the door and was about to throw his weight against it when his daughter appeared at the door.
She had obviously tried to disguise the fact that she had been crying but her red-rimmed eyes were a very obvious giveaway. Elle ducked down and tried to get past her dad but he put out his arm and held her back. "Elle what's wrong?" He asked looking concerned.
"Nothing, I'm fine honest." She replied still trying to make a getaway.
"What's that under your jumper then?" Will asked pointing at the small bulge under her clothes. Elle's shoulders slumped and she drew out a long white stick which she threw at her surprised father before running off to her bedroom and slamming the door behind her.
He leaned down and picked it up. He recognised the piece of 'equipment' all too well. After all, he'd had to read the results to Emma one too many times when they were trying for a baby the first time. He looked down at the pregnancy test in his hand. The single blue line stared back up at him making him feel sick to his stomach. His little girl was pregnant. It seemed like five minutes ago that he was sitting watching his excited five-year-old rip open the paper on her birthday presents. He knew that Elle was a handful but he'd always thought that it was just a show and that she really was a good girl at heart. How had she grown up so quickly?
Okay so I wasn't even gonna finish this but I let Emz read it and she said it was good so I did finish it...in like 15 minutes lol anyhoo there is definetly gonna be another chapter...not sure maybe ill tack a sequel onto the end of this...or create another story with the same characters...the only way im going to continue is if you REVIEW though lol! xxpip
