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I ran outside to catch my brother before he could get to Mom. I grabbed the back of his shirt and pulled him back.

"Clayton, wait! Please!" I begged.

"But you're —"

"Please! Don't tell her yet!"

"What's in it for me?" he asked, crossing his arms over his chest.

I just shook my head. "Clay, I didn't mean for this to happen, I had no control —"

Clay's eyes widened. "No controll? You were raped?!"

"Shh!" I hissed.

"Who raped you?" He damanded, in a whisper now.

"Please, I'm not even one hundred percent sure I'm pregnant, and this is really stressing me out, and just... Don't tell Mom." My voice broke and I felt tears well up and fall over.

Clay faltured. "Hey, no. Don't cry, Syd."

I sniffed. "Please, don't tell her yet."

My brother reached over and pulled me into a hug. "Okay. I won't tell her yet. Sorry, please don't cry anymore, Sis."

I nodded and tried to control myself. "Stupid hormones..." I muttered.

I felt Clay chuckle and he started headed my off into my room.

"I won't tell her, but if you are...pregnant, you're gonna have to tell her soon."

"I know. Just not now."

We sat on my bed for a while, talking. We never mentioned the rape or the pregnancy. We just talked about school and his soccer and my band. It was wierd how much we never talked about this stuff. I even got the nerve to ask about Dad.

"Is Dad still with Janice?"

He nodded. "She's nice. I don't see why you won't give her a chance."

"I know how she is. I just don't trust her." I told him.

"She's like forty. What could she do?"

"Put Dad in jail again."

He was silent for a minute. "He was drunk, it wasn't her fault."

I jerked back. "Okay, sence when don't you defend our dad? Now you're in love with her?"

"No, I'm just saying. He was drunk."

I dropped it. The Dad subject never ended good for us.

"I love Mom, you know I do. But, I love Dad, too. He needs love just as much as us and Mom." he said.

"I know, I'm just not as close to him as his little soccer star is."

He laughed. "Dad can't really help that much with soccer anymore. He's too old."

I laughed too. "Haven't you noticed I've been aloud to do my homework in my room and not at the dining room table? Mom can't read without glasses anymore and she refuses to believe that."

"Yeah, but at least she still drives me to practice, she's not blind yet."

"Jeez, you need a car. You can drive anyway. I think you should just get a licence and get over with it. Give Mom a break from all that driving."

He frowned. "I don't mean to cause her trouble..."

"Clay, it's not trouble. I just think she needs a break. How about I drive you for a few weeks? Or, I could pick you up from school, you can take me home, and you can drive yourself."

"What about Marching Band?" he asked.

"Season's over, remember? I hardly use the car anymore."

He grinned and nodded happily. "Thanks."

I nodded.

"So," he started. "are you, you know, keeping it?"

"The baby? Yes. Of course."

"It's alot of responsibility, Syd." he warned. His eyes looked worried.

"I know, but there's no way I'm giving my child up. No matter the way he was conseved. He deserves a chance at life." I defended.

"You're already talking like it's alive. And a he. What if it's a girl?"

"Then so be it. I feel like it's a boy though."

"And you've been prego for how long? There's no chance the DNA is even formed enough for that yet."

He was probably right, but I didn't care. My baby was mine, no matter if he was a he or a she. It was mine and I loved it already.

I wasn't giving it up for anything. Even the rathe of my mother.

Clay shook his head and stood. "I'm going outside to practice. Think about telling Mom soon, okay?"

I nodded and he walked out. I sighed and walked over to my laptop. I played a playlist I had set up for every night and pressed play.

Relived from my music, I lied back in bed and thought things over, my baby, my mom, school. I had gotten myself in some deep shit...


AN: Brother/Sister Bonding :3 How cute. Lol.

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