Jeff sits in a chair at his son's bedside. He watches the sleeping teen and pulls out his notebook. He begins writing a poem when he hears a noise. He looks up from his writings to check on the teen.
Jeff fights to keep his emotions in check as he watches the teen sleep looking so fragile and weak. The boy wheezes a little in his sleep.
Jeff sighs and wipes his tears. "How could something like that slip past me? How could I just let this happen to him?" he whispers to himself.
He closes his eyes and starts to remember when he found out that he was pregnant with his son.
~Flashback~
"Jeff hurry up in there!… Your dinner is getting cold." Matt calls up the hallway. Jeff sits in the bathroom holding the box in his hand. He takes a deep breath and opens it, taking the test.
Anxiously, he watches the tester for the results. Time feels as if it stands still as the color of the line begins to change. His heart sinks when the line on the tester turns pink and reads the word he had been dreading. He freezes and looks down at his stomach in shock. He places his hand over his stomach as tears roll down his face. "What am I going to do? I can't be… pregnant…" he whispers to himself.
It has been months since Seth had moved back to California.. Jeff didn't even have a clue where in California he had moved to.
He sighs. "What do I do now?" he asks himself as he cleans everything up, making sure their father wouldn't find anything.
Jeff quietly goes into his sister Jessica's room. He stands in the doorway watching her hold his nephew Jeremy. "Jess… I've made a horrible mistake." he says, trying not to cry.
She looks up at him concerned. "What kind of mistake?" she asks calmly. He walks over and sits on the bed beside her and sighs. "Do you remember how Seth and I had snuck away from prom?"
She nods.
"Well, we snuck up to our hotel room and slept together, and now I'm pregnant…" he says. Jessica stays quiet and looks at him, measuring what she should say in her head.
"When did you find this out?" She finally asks. Jeff looks back down. "Today, I lied to dad and told him that I needed money for something at school." He says.
Jessica smiles comfortingly and pulls him into a hug. "You've come to the right person.. I'll help you tell Dad." she whispers.
Jeff smiles sadly. "Thank you so much Jessica, I love you." he says.