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Chapter 2

"Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body."-Elizabeth Stone

Seto was sitting on the couch in the exact spot where he had sat when found out he was going to be a father. He stared off into space as his mind raced with different options and different results to different options that he had. Mokuba's head peeked out from the stairway and looked over at his brother. "Nii-sama…?" he said in a quiet voice. Seto didn't move he was too deep in thought to hear his younger brother. "Nii-sama, can I stay with you now?" Seto snapped out of his world and looked over at his brother.

"What? Oh, yes, of course." Seto coaxed his little brother to come and sit down next to him. "Mokuba, I need to tell you something." Mokuba quickly obeyed and sat beside his brother.

"What is it, Nii-sama?" Seto took a deep breath and placed his hand on Mokuba's knee. Mokuba stopped him before he could speak.

"Are you and Serenity going out or something? Because if you are, don't build me, up just tell me now so I won't laugh as much." And without real thought, Seto's body just spat out the actual truth.

"Serenity's pregnant." And there it was, the ever-lovely silence that seemed to follow Seto wherever he went. Mokuba stared at him. More silence.

"Are you playing a joke on me?"

"Mokuba, I have never been more serious in my life." Mokuba's eyes widened and he scratched his head.

"Woah… how the hell did that happen, Nii-sama!?"

"Remember that graduation party I couldn't remember? Yeah, apparently she and I were drunk. Although I must've been VERY drunk."

"I didn't even know you knew how to have sex!" Seto whacked Mokuba over the head.

"Ow! What was that for?!"

"Mokuba, do you not understand how serious this is?"

"Fine. I'm sorry, I'm sorry…" Mokuba said angrily as he rubbed his head. "So what exactly are you going to do about it?"

"I have no clue…"

"Have you guys already discussed the… well, options?"

"Yes, but we didn't come to a conclusion. We both agreed that we would think about it and get back to one another when we were ready." Mokuba nodded and thought about the situation for a moment.

"Wow… you're going to be a father."

"We're not sure if that's going to happen." Mokuba looked at him with a confused face and with a somewhat underlying fear in his eyes.

"What… do you mean?" Seto sighed once more.

"Serenity doesn't want to keep it." Mokuba gasped.

"You mean… she's going to kill it?!"

"I don't know Mokuba-"

"But she CAN'T! I mean, that's your child! Why would she wanna kill it?! Nii-sama, you're not going to let her kill my niece or nephew are you?!" Seto placed his hands on Mokuba shoulders and started to try and calm him down.

"Mokuba, Mokuba, it's going to be okay. We don't know what we're going to do but we do know that abortion isn't our only option."

"You don't want to kill the baby, do you??"

"Of course not! I told her I was against it…" Mokuba looked relieved at that fact.

"What else did you guys discuss?"

"Well… she also wanted to give it up for adoption."

"Oh…" Mokuba looked at the ground. He remembered life, as it was in the lonely place he was forced to call home for a period in his life. They weren't exactly the happiest of memories. "Well, I suppose it is better than killing the baby…"

"I don't want to put it up for adoption either."

"Well that's good, but that means there's only one option left and that's having the baby. Are you guys planning on getting married?"

"Marriage?! Since when are we jumping from babies to marriage?"

"You usually marry someone before you have babies with them. And besides, you got her pregnant. The honorable thing to do is marry her." Seto frowned.

"But I thought marriage was about love. I certainly don't love her."

"You're also suppose to have sex with someone if you love them. I don't think you loved her at that point either."

"But we were drunk!" Mokuba crossed his arms. Seto sighed. "Fine… I suppose you're right." Seto groaned and scratched his head. "I only wish I knew how I got myself into this mess."

Serenity took a deep breath. Her hand was still gripped onto the knob of the door. She had been standing there for almost 5 minutes now and the cold air was beginning to numb her fingers. Serenity had to turn the knob and walk in at some point. She wished things didn't have to be this way. But she knew she had to move forward in life to get to where she wanted to go. So without another agonizing thought of what would happen, she turned the knob and walked into the house.

Joey was right where he was when she had first left the house, sitting and watching TV. He bellowed a loud burp before taking another sip of his 5th soda that day. Serenity placed her purse down in the hallway and quietly walked into the living room. "Oh hey Sis, I didn't hear you come in," Joey said, not moving his eyes from the TV.

"Um… Joey… I need to talk to you," Serenity said in a quiet voice. Joey's eyes were still unmoving.

"How about after this one show?"

"No Joey, it has to be now."

"Okay, okay… what is it?" Joey said, still not looking at Serenity, as he took up his can for another drink of his soda.

"Well…" Serenity paused for a moment, "I'm pregnant." Joey's soda sprayed out of his mouth.

"You're what?!" Serenity nodded. Joey sprang to his feet. "You have to be kidding me… you're really pregnant??" Serenity nodded once again. Joey slammed his soda can down on the coffee table. "Okay Sis, tell me who did it to you and I'll have them killed." Serenity's eyes widened.

"Joey, wait…"

"Was it Duke? Or Tristan? If it was Tristan, I swear to God…" Joey started pacing back and forth.

"It wasn't Duke or Tristan!"

"Was it Yug? Oh man, if it was Yugi I'm going to…"

"Joey, it wasn't Yugi."

"Okay, I didn't think it was him either," Joey rubbed his chin, "Was it-"

"It was Kaiba." And that was the last word that floated in the air for just a moment before the ticking time bomb that lay deep within Joey practically exploded in that one moment of anger.

"WHAT?"

"It's… true." Joey ran out of the room and disappeared before coming back with a shotgun in his hand.

"I didn't want you to have to see this, Serenity, but this is the only exception I have." Joey started towards the door and clicked the gun. "I am going to make that dirty Kaiba pay for what he's done in ways he may never forget!" Serenity sprinted towards the door and stood in front of it.

"Joey! You're being unreasonable!"

"Serenity, big brother needs to kill someone right now. Please let me do my job."

"Joey… please…" Joey looked into Serenity eyes and the anger vanished just enough to make him put the gun down. Joey shrugged and walked back into the living room. Joey sat back down on the couch and Serenity did the same while looking at the ground in shame.

"Serenity, how could this have happened?"

"Kaiba and I were drunk at the graduation party. I don't even remember us doing… anything together that whole night, but I guess that's where alcohol explains things." Joey shook his head and let it hang loose for a while.

"Have you decided what you both are going to do?"

"Well, we sort of did… but we came to the conclusion that we still needed more time to think about it." Serenity knelt down in front of Joey and placed her hand on his knee, "But whatever conclusion I come down to, will you support it?" Joey looked up and into his little sister's eyes.

"I'll… I'll try my best, Sis." Serenity smiled and kissed Joey on the head.

"Thank you…"

"So how are we going to do this?"

"I'm not sure… I mean, I kind of know what I want to do… but Kaiba feels very passionately about what he wants to do."

"Do you want my opinion?"

"Of course!"

"Well…" Joey started, "I know how these kind of things usually end up. The people think maybe they can make it work and decide to get married and have a family, and it all just goes terribly wrong." Serenity looked horrified.

"Not that it would happen to you! Just that… that's how these things go, you know? I mean, having a baby with someone is a big step and you and Kaiba don't even know each other." Although Serenity had known Seto for a couple years now, it was true that she didn't actually know the gamer that Yugi and the others use to associate with a lot in the past. "Plus, you have to think, do you really want to spend the rest of your life with this guy? I mean, sure, you guys don't technically have to get married, but if you guys have a kid together, you'll have to spend a lot more time with him than any sane human being would like to spend with Seto Kaiba."

"You don't have to tell me twice," stated Serenity, "But… well, I agree with you completely, it's just that Kaiba is the one that wants to keep the baby."

"Well screw him! It's your body, you should be able to decide what you should do with it."

"I know that, but… he seemed so passionate about the idea. I mean, Kaiba has really been through a lot and he didn't exactly have the happiest childhood."

"What does that have anything to do with you being pregnant?"

"It's because he knows what it's like to be dumped in an orphanage! Or to lose something he barely knew!" Serenity yelled. "His parents died on him when he was just a little kid and then he was dumped in an orphanage where he would live until that monster adopted him!" Joey rolled his eyes.

"I still don't see how that has anything to do with your child…"

"He has scars that he can't remove because of his relationships with his parents, their deaths, and the torture his step father put him through."

"As much as I love playing the 'Let's Pity Kaiba' game, we have bigger issues. This isn't about his past or his problems, this is about you. You know why? Because it's your body and you're the one going to be giving birth, not him!" Serenity fell silent and began to cry. Joey now felt absolutely terrible for what he had done. "Aw… Serenity…" Joey tried to hug his sister, but she pushed him away and walked to the other side of the room. "I didn't mean to be hard on you… I just want what's best for you… and your future. How can you do all the things you want to do if you have a child? Besides, you can always have a real child, with a real man, a man you want to marry."

Serenity sniffled and looked up at her older brother. She knew he meant to calm her, but his words only confused her. He talked as if children were just toys that you go buy or throw away as you pleased. At the same time, Serenity wanted to agree with him. She did want to have children, but not now. She wasn't ready. How could she make any sort of decision like this at the age of 18?

"Look… this is my decision, and my decision alone," Serenity rose to her feet and started up the stairs to her room. "I just need some time to myself to figure out what I'm going to do." She slammed the door shut and cried into her pillow. For the next couple hours, that is where she stayed. Curled up on her bed, with a box of tissues and glass of water by her side. For a split second, she would forget that she was pregnant and pretend her life was as it always had been before she had messed it up. But the harsh reality would return and she was in the same spot as she had when she first discovered the mistake she had made.

She knew what she had to do.

A/N: I'm sorry this chapter was somewhat short and I'm also sorry that it had so much dialogue in it! I promise the next chapters won't be so talkative. I'm trying my hardest to get my chapters in earlier and what not, so you can all look forward to the newest chapter, hopefully, soon enough for your pleasure. Thanks again for reading up!

P.S: Sorry the chapter came out a bit messed up. I have no idea how it happened and it appears as though I can't change it. Forgive me!