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Chapter 2: Changes

"Mom!" Marie sprinted down the stairs yelling.

"Whoa, Baby," Dean stopped her walking in the door, "Hello Dad maybe?"

"Hi Dad," She stopped and hugged him, "Mom!" She shouted and ran into the kitchen, "So, do you think Kitty would help me get a prom dress?"

"Prom?" Dean walked in, "What prom? You're a sophomore."

"Deanie's prom," Marie shrugged, "I mean, you do think that she would get one of her friends to make it, like she did for Deena's wedding dress."

"Whoa," Dean said, "Pull back for a second, your going to the prom with Deanie?"

"Dean, sh," Julie said, "Baby, of course, we'll call Kitty in the morning." Marie smiled, "Now I am really hungry and I've been craving your lasagna all day."

"If you want to wait three more hours we can have lasagna," Marie shrugged. Julie laughed. "Or I could use the left over sauce from last week and make regular pasta."

"You have a deal," Julie smiled. Marie squeaked and skipped into the kitchen.

"She's dating Deanie Reed now?" Dean said.

"No," Julie laughed, "It's complicated. They can't really date because they're so far away."

"Theresa manages," Dean mumbled.

"Do you want her to live like Theresa does day to day?" Julie looked at him, "Moping until six o'clock when the phone rings and then disappearing for three hours to her bedroom?"

"I guess not," He said, "But she's going to the prom with him?"

"Yes," Julie nodded, she left out the detail that she had discovered earlier in the day.

"I guess it could be worse," He shrugged, "She could be sleeping with him."

"Very true," Julie sighed.

"So," Danny said as he and Lexi waited for the pregnancy test, "No matter what, we love each other, and we're in this together, right?"

"Right," She nodded, "And we're not going to get married right away."

"Right," He said, "I love you."

"I love you too," She nodded gripping the test. "I can't look, you look."

"OK," He said taking it, "What am I looking for?"

"Two lines for positive," She whispered. He nodded. "So?"

"Positive," He said, "We're having a baby Lexi."

"Oh my God," She smiled, "Oh my God!" She hugged him. "I can't believe," She kissed him. "I love you, so much."

"I love you too," He said, "So, um, what do we do now?"

"I'm not sure," She whispered. "We could go to Kitty and Julian's."

"Yes," Danny said, "I'll get the coats." He stood up and then stopped. "We should break it to them gently. Kitty's a little edgy about all things baby lately."

"So where's Dom this weekend?" Lilly said as she walked into Taylor and Dom's apartment.

"He and Theresa went up to Boston to visit the other happy couple," He shrugged and kissed her.

"Mm," She nodded. "Taylor, why are you with me?"

"Really Lil?" He sighed, "Are we going to do this?"

"I just, don't understand," She said.

"You're gorgeous, and funny," He said, "And completely hot for me, which a guy likes." She smiled. "I believe a better question is why are you with me? Because last I checked you thought I was a loser."

"You are a loser," She nodded, "But, I think I'm in love with you."

"Whoa," He said and looked down, "Lilly, look, I know, that this is all new to you,"

"In what way?" She looked at him. He gave her an eye, "Oh! You mean the sex? Hardly! Ask Theresa I'm a total slut,"

"Yeah, no," He sighed, "I mean, being with someone, just that person, but what you're feeling might not be love."

"Look, I don't expect you to love me back or anything Taylor," She rolled her eyes, "I just thought you deserved to know." She kissed him. "Now, what do you want to do?"

Deena and Theresa stood washing dishes in the Boston apartment. The guys had gone out to get desert after the takeout dinner they had shared on the floor.

"So this place is," Theresa started.

"A dump," Deena laughed, "You can say it, we know."

"Please," Theresa rolled her eyes, "It's Buckingham palace compared to Dom's." Deena smiled. "Are you two OK?"

"Yeah, I mean, relationship wise, we're better than ever," Deena shrugged, "It's just we have no money. I mean, we live off Ryan's tips day to day. Our parents are only paying for tuition anymore."

"I hate to bring it up," Theresa sighed, "But our brother and sister are millionaires Dee."

"They already lent us 150 grand," Deena shook her head.

"You guys blew through $150,000 in a year!" Theresa gasped. "No wonder you're poverty stricken."

"No," Deena sighed, "We put it away so we can buy a house after graduation." Theresa nodded. "God, I envy you Re. I wish I could just move back in with my parents."

"Please," Theresa sighed, "I envy you. Everything I have hinges on my father. Home, my job, some kind of independence would make me so happy."

"The grass is always greener, huh?" Deena smiled. "I miss you."

"I miss you too," Theresa squeezed her.

"Ice cream," Ryan said as he and Dom walked in, "And now we're eating Easy Mac for a week, but you know, we have guests."

"I appreciate you guys starving for our benefit," Dom laughed.

Marie trotted down the stairs, ready for the evening.

"Hey baby," Dean stopped her, "Where you headed?"

"Um, dinner shift," She said, "Just catching my bus."

"I'll drive you," He stood up.

"Dad, it's a five minute bus ride," She said, "I'm fine. I'll see you later, I'll be in by midnight."

"Alright, bye kid," He said, she nodded and walked off. She sat giggly on the bus and when she arrived at the apartment building she stepped out and almost right into Deanie's arms. He kissed her and then pulled back.

"God I missed you," He whispered.

"I missed you too," She smiled. "Come on," She said and pulled him into the building and then the apartment. As they kissed and started to take off each other's clothes she paused, "Deanie," She whispered,

"Yeah," He said.

"Do we have to do this?" She asked with a swallow. He looked down at her.

"I thought you wanted to," He said, "I mean, we don't have to, but I thought,"

"I know," She said, "It's just, I'm not sure that I'm ready." He sat up and nodded. "It's just, after talking to my mom about it, and Danny and Lexi getting pregnant,"

"I love you," He said, "You know that right?"

"I know," She said, "I do, and I love you too, it's just, I'm only 15 Deanie." He kissed her.

"Yeah," He said, "I know. We don't have to, we can just hang out. We haven't done that in a while."

"OK," She smiled, "So, um, what should we do?"

"Watch TV?" He shrugged. She nodded and turned it on, they flipped around for a few minutes. "Nothing on."

"Yeah," She said, they looked at each other, "Screw it," She whispered. They lunged at each other. They were almost violently pawing at each other. "Deanie," She groaned, "You know this is just because there's nothing on TV, right?"

"Oh yeah," He nodded, "Totally." She giggled as his hands rode up her thighs.

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