Lennox decided she was going to be brave and face her aunt right away but when she sees Mel she gets scared and runs to her room.
"I wonder what that was all about," Mel says to herself. "I guess I should go see what makes her terrified of me.
"Honey is something wrong you looked like I was going to kill you down there," Mel asks knocking on Lennox's door.
"You probably will kill me when you find out what happened," Lennox replies.
"It can't be that bad. Can I come in? I promise we can work through it whatever it is."
"I guess but just so you know I know you are going to be mad and disappointed in me."
Mel walks In and sits on Lennox's bed.
"You can tell me now or later but if you decide to wait till later I don't want you to be petrified of me the entire time. That would just make you upset about how you think I'm going to act even more. I Promise I won't be mad if you decide to wait till later though unless it is something urgent. It's your choice." Mel says worried about Lennox.
In the past few months Mel had gone from crazy but fun aunt Mel to loving and motherly aunt Mel. Sure she still had her crazy side and loved to have a good time but he kids came first. She had never had any kids of her own but Lennox and Ryder had become like her own kids. She didn't think she would ever love anyone and be as protective over anyone as much as she is of them.
"I guess I will try to go ahead and tell you now," said Lennox. "Well you remember the guy I met about two weeks ago? Chad? Well we had sex and I think I'm pregnant," Lennox can barely get out.
Right at that moment Lennox burst into sobs. Mel just sat there in shock for a few minutes. She wasn't mad that Lennox had sex but she was disappointed that she forgot to use protection. She never thought that her niece would get pregnant before she did. Hell a fifteen year old that had sex once was pregnant before a thirty-five year old who has had sex dozens of times.
"Baby I'm not mad that you had sex," Mel says. "I am disappointed that you forgot to use condoms though. You aren't much younger than I was when I did it for the first time. You are very smart but you made a poor choice. Now I don't want you to have an abortion. I want you to go ahead with the pregnancy but it is your choice what you do. Not mine and it never will be. You are the one carrying it not me. I will however be here anytime you need me and you never need to be afraid to Ask or tell me something.
"I can't believe you aren't mad. I knew you would be disappointed though. It is my own stupid mistake. Wait I take that back the baby is an accident not a mistake and it never will be. I already love it. I am going to keep this baby aunt Mel and I won't be afraid to ask you questions. If anyone could answer them it would be you. I thought when you moved in you would never be with us but when you were you would be crazy aunt Mel. That is how it was at first but you have changed since then. You took me and Ryder in when we had nowhere to go. You are like a second mother to me. I will never take advantage of that and I am so sorry I disappointed you," Lennox said sincerely to her aunt.
"Lennox I love you like you were my own daughter. I never want you to think you won't be a good mother to your kid. Now you do know we have to tell Joe and Ryder don't you? And have you told Chad this yet?
"Yes I have told him and he said that he was going to stay with me that he was a father now and if he left he would still be a father but he would be a bad father."
"I thought I loved that guy. It's going to be hard but I know you can do it Lennox. I have no doubt about that. You are going to get frustrated and upset sometimes but you can work through it. You just have to remember that you have so many people that love you and will be there with you every step of the way. Don't you ever forget that. We all love you."
The next day Mel calls and gets an appointment at the clinic to see if Lennox really was pregnant. The appointment was that day at 2 pm and it was already noon.
Lennox was getting scared. Maybe she really wasn't pregnant and the test was wrong. She already loved the baby and didn't want anything to happen to it. She new that she was ready to be a mom and face the real world. She had always had someone watching her every step making sure she didn't mess up but now it was time for her to step up to the plate and be the one watching after a human being. She decides to go talk to Mel about it.
"Aunt Mel can we talk," Lennox asks knocking on her aunts door.
"Sure honey come in," Mel replies. "Are you getting scared of what you are going to find out in a little while?
"Yeah I guess I am but not for the reason you think I am though."
"What do you mean Lennox?"
"What I mean is that I am scared but not those doctor jitters scared though. I am scared that I might not be pregnant after all. I already love my child and I want to have if. I thought at first that this baby was going to ruin my life but now I understand what mothers talk about when they say that they would hurt more than their kid would if they got hurt and my baby hasn't even been born yet. I want this baby. I love this baby.
"Lennox I'm proud of you for understanding all this and wanting to have this baby. I just wish you could have waited till you were a little older though but I know you can do it. I will always love you no matter what happens."
"Thank you aunt Mel I don't think I will be able to do this without you. I am really glad that you have be Have become a mother to me. I don't know how you feel about it but I feel like you have been more of. Mother to me in the past few months than my own mother had been to me in the past fifteen years.
"I love you and I know you mother does too. She tried her best but she just couldn't do it anymore and not just because she's in jail. I think of you and Ryder as my own kids and I'm damn proud of you guys even when you mess up like this."
"Thank you aunt Mel that really means a lot I don't think you have said anything like that to either of us before. I was wondering if you would mind Chad coming since he is the father of my baby."
"Sure that will be fine. If I was having a baby I would want the father to be there at the doctor appointments too."
"Thanks I'll go call him now."
Lennox walked to her room and enters Chad's phone number into her cell phone.
"Hello," answers Chad into the phone.
"Hey baby sorry I didn't call yesterday but I was tired and went to bed early. I was wondering if you wanted to go the clinic with me I would really like it if you could," Lennox says to him.
"Sure I would love to be there with you. By the way how did it go last night. Your aunt won't kill me will she?"
"No she won't I promise. She actually wasn't mad at me. Disappointed yes but not mad and she will not kill you. I'm not going to tel Joe for awhile and he probably will want to kill you though."
"Thank God. I was scared she would be pretty mad. My parents are. They are saying I should leave you and the baby so it won't get in the way of my life. I promise that I will be there for you and the baby and will love you through it."
"Thank you we are leaving at 1:40 so be here by then. Love you."
"Love you too. See you later"
It was already 12:45 so Lennox had less than an hour to get ready. She decided to take a shower since she hadn't taken one the day before.
Thirty five minutes later Lennox was dressed and walking down the stairs. She turned on the tv and flipped it to some channel. She wasn't even sure what was on but at that moment the doorbell rang.
"Hey baby," she says as she answers the door.
"Hey sweetie are you guys almost ready to go," Chad asks walking inside.
"I am but I'm just waiting for aunt Mel. She can take forever to get ready. She cares way to much about how she looks.
"I heard that," Mel yells walking down the stairs. "And as a mater of fact I have been ready for the past fifteen minutes. I have been on the phone.
"Oh yea that explains it. You can be on the phone for even longer than it takes you to get ready."
"Ok are you ready to go," Mel asked.
She still couldn't believe that she was taking Lennox to see if she was pregnant. For God's sake the kid was only fifteen.