Family Ties

Chapter 3

"Is This Really Happening?"

Jane walked towards Mia and Anya, calling out to them, as she got closer. Mia's heart was pounding in her chest. How could she tell Jane? Her best friend, one of her only close friends? She couldn't, she would wait, she had a while before she had to say anything. "Jane, hey...sorry we missed you." Anya said as Mia gathered her thoughts. "Yeah Jane, we're so sorry." Mia said as she re-clipped her bag. "Where did you guys go? Mia, why where you crying?" Jane said as she placed a hand on Mia's arm. "Oh, that...oh I just had a problem with my mom..." Mia thought about her words. "Oh, did she text you or something?" Jane asked. "Yeah...she called actually." Mia said. "Was she mad you are staying over all the time?" Jane asked. "Yeah, actually." Mia laughed slightly, about to start crying again. "Hey, uh Jane? Would you save me and Mia a seat in lunch?" Anya said as she saw Mia about to burst tears again. "Oh, yeah sure." Jane said as she started to walk away. "Wait, what about you guys? Where are you two going?" Jane asked. "Oh, we were just going to go to Mia's locker." Anya said. "Oh, alright then, see you guys at lunch." Jane said heading towards the cafeteria. When the girls turned to head to Mia's locker, they bumped into Lucas. "Lucas." Mia said as she touched her chest. "You scared us, what are you doing here?" Mia said as she looked into the nurses station, Mrs. Peeves was putting away the scanning equipment. "Going to see Mrs. Peeves." Lucas said raising an eyebrow at Mia. "Why are you here?" He said tilting his head down to see her closer. "Oh, uh...u-upset stomach." Mia said as Anya just smiled nervously. "Oh...okay. So, where are you going now?" He said, completely ignoring Anya trying to tell him. "I asked Mia." Lucas said glancing at Anya quickly and back to Mia. Anya got quiet, as Lucas stared deep into Mia's eyes, searching for the truth. "Oh," She coughed, "m-my locker, I have to get some books out of it." Mia said as she adjusted her bag. "That too heavy? I could carry it for you?" Lucas suggested reaching for Mia's bag. Mia quickly jerked backwards, "no that's okay!" Mia slightly shouted. Lucas just glared slightly, as he stepped closer to Mia. "You're hiding something, Mia. And I wanna know what it is. Now." He said as Mia looked down, she hated it when he talked serious. "Well...I.." Mia began but the lunch bell rang, Anya started pulling Mia towards her locker. "Oh look, there's the bell, we better get headed to Mia's locker if we want to make lunch." Anya said quickly pulling Mia past Lucas, as she did, Lucas grabbed a hold of the strap of Mia's bag, and pulled back. Mia fell backwards slightly, and turned to see Lucas. "Lucas! What are you doing?" Mia said as she pulled her bag. "Let go." Mia said. "Not until you tell me what's wrong." Lucas said pulling more towards his way. "Lucas." Mia said, as Lucas pulled harder, her bag was pulled off her shoulder and dumped out onto the floor. Silence rang through as the First Response Pregnancy Test box fell to the floor. This time, it wasn't just Anya who saw...Lucas' face started turning red. He didn't say a word, as he picked up the box, the test itself fell out onto his hand. The blue lines were as bright as they could be, Lucas' lip shook slightly, in anger. His hand gripped the test so hard his knuckles turned white. Both mouths of Mia and Anya hung open, and Mia felt the hot burning of the tears welling up in her eyes again. Mia turned to run, and Lucas' hand was tightly gripped onto her arm. "Lucas, let go!" Mia said as she started to cry. "Why didn't you tell me?" He shouted as Mia winced slightly at his anger. "B-because I was going to wait and tell you later." Mia said through hiccups now. "What the hell Mia?" Lucas said holding the test tightly in his hand shaking it. "How long have you known?" He shouted again. "N-not that long." Mia said. "So that's why you were crying, and at the nurses." Lucas said calming down just slightly. He shook his head and threw the first response test box onto the floor of the hallway with all of Mia's other things. He let her go and pushed past her and started walking towards the front main doors. "Lucas, where are you going?" Mia called out to him starting to follow him. Anya stopped her, shaking her head, "he just needs to be alone right now." Anya said. Mia stopped and watched Lucas walk right out of the front doors of Lakehurst High, and her life. Mia collapsed to her knees as she started to cry hard, knowing that he wasn't coming back. Anya bent down and put her arms around Mia, as people started surrounding the noise. "What happened?" Where all people where asking. Suddenly, Mia felt another set of hands on her shoulders, as she turned to see Jane. "Jane!" Mia said, wiping her eyes turning towards Jane. "Mia, what the hell happened?" Jane asked looking at Mia's bag, as she suddenly saw it, the empty box. "M-Mia?" Jane said turning her head back towards Mia. "W-why do you...oh my god...Mia, you're pregnant?" Jane said standing up fully now. "Wait Jane I-" Mia was stopped mid-sentence. "Mia, are...you...pregnant?" Jane asked. "Yes." Mia said as Jane backed up. "J-Jane where are you going?" Mia said pulling herself up. "H-how could you do this?" Jane said as she stepped on the box. "W-what?" Mia shouted. "I didn't do anything, Lucas and Me, did this together, it wasn't just me Jane..I-" Jane slapped Mia. Mia got quiet. "You, I can't believe you Mia!" Jane shouted as she turned and walked away. "J-Jane you can't go!" Mia shouted. Jane just walked away, down the hall and back into the cafeteria. Mia sighed, Anya ran up behind Mia, "I'm sorry Mia..." Anya said as she started picking Mia's stuff up. Mia bent down and started throwing stuff into her bag. "No, Anya I got it, it's okay..." Mia said as she grabbed the box and threw it into the trash can next to the lockers. She should have done that in the first place. She looked around for the test, but she couldn't find it. "Hey, Anya...did you- do you know who took the test? It's gone!" Mia said looking around. "No..where did it...wait Mia..." Anya said as Mia looked at her. "Lucas had it...he took it." Anya said. Holly J rushed past the crowd. "Move it!" She said shoving younger classes out of the way. "Shouldn't you all be some where? Shows over, move it!" She said as the group mumbled and walked away. "Wow, what happened? Mia, you get beat up or something?" Holly J said kneeling down. "N-no..." Mia said shoving the rest of her stuff back into her bag. "Then...what happened?" Holly J asked looking at Anya. "I got into a fight with Lucas...and Jane." Mia said putting the bag back around her shoulder. "Why?" Holly J asked confused. "No reason...really. I-I gotta go." Mia said turning towards the principals office. "Thanks Anya, for everything." Mia said hugging Anya as she walked to the office. Anya smiled back as Mia opened the office doors and sat down waiting to see Mr. Sheppard. "OK, Anya...spill." Holly J said as Anya saddened. "Mia's...pregnant." Anya said as she shrugged. "No...way!" Holly J said in shock as she had a smile across her face. Anya nodded, "so...Lucas found out, and now he's majorly pissed?" Holly J asked. "Yeah." Anya said. Holly J pulled Anya towards the cafeteria. "Tell me everything that happened." Holly J said as they walked into the cafe.

Mia tapped her foot as Mrs. Mink the secretary motioned for Mia to go into Mr. Sheppard's office. Mia shut the door behind her and sat down in a chair across from Mr. Sheppard's desk. "So, Mia...what can I do for you?" Mr. Sheppard asked. Mia leaned forward, began to speak as Mrs. Mink opened the door. "Sorry to interrupt, but Mr. Sheppard, a fight is happening in front of the school. "Stay here Mia." Mr. Sheppard said as he ran out of his office. Mia opened the window blind to see out front of the building. She saw Lucas on top of another student, beating him up, punching him in the face. When Mr. Sheppard got out there, him and another teacher pulled Lucas off of the student. It was one of Mia's ex-boyfriends, Nick. He didn't look much now, though. Lucas got out of their grips and walked over to Nick quickly and kicked him one last time before walking away off of school grounds. "Lucas Valieri, get back here!" Mr. Sheppard called out. Lucas kept walking, so Mr. Sheppard tended to Nick, who laid bleeding horribly on the ground. Kids whispered, as Mia overheard, "Nick was talking about Mia." One kid said. "Yeah, I heard him, he called Mia a slut, the next thing we see is Lucas behind Nick, pushes him to the ground and he starts wailing on him." Another kid said. Mia heard Mr. Sheppard coming and quickly got back into her seat. The door opened, "sorry about that Miss Jones." Mr. Sheppard said with a grin as he sat in his chair. "Now...how can I help you?" He asked again. "I need to go home. Could I call my mom?" She asked with a smile. "Sure, Mia...is everything alright?" He asked as he slid the phone towards her. Mia picked it up and dialed the number, and sighed when she heard her mothers voice. "Hello?" Her mom asked. "Hey, mom it's me." Mia said as she sighed. "Mia, what's the matter?" Her mom asked, concerned as usual. "I need you to come pick me up." Mia said. "Has there been a problem, or accident?" Her mom asked. "No, but I just need to come home." Mia said she started to choke up. "Oh, of course honey, I'll be there in a few minutes." She said as she hung up. Mia hung her end up too, and stood. "Mia, I can tell there's something wrong, please, talk to me?" He said as he put his phone back. "It's nothing Mr. Sheppard, honest." Mia smiled. "Alright, Mia...but if you need to talk." Mr. Sheppard began. "I know where you are." Mia smiled. "Alright, see you hopefully tomorrow Mia." He said as Mia shut the door behind her. Mia went out the front doors and sat on them, waiting for her mother to pull up. She heard footsteps behind her, as she turned to see who it was, her mother pulled up. "Hey Mia, words flying around school, that you're a slut, is that true? And are you really pregnant?" Jhonny DiMarco asked her as she stepped down the stairs. Mia walked to the car, and suddenly she was pulled back slightly words whispered in her ears. "Is Lucas really the father, or are you making that up?" He whispered in her ear. She turned around and slapped him in the face, he backed up holding his cheek. "Go away Jhonny." Mia said as she took one step closer to him. "I am not making anything up." She said angrily as she turned and got into the car and her mother drove away. "What was that all about?" She asked. "Him being a jerk, as usual." Mia said as she chewed on her nail. "Hey, mom, could you stop by Lucas and Jane's house? I forgot some stuff, and just wanted to grab it." Mia asked, her mom smiled and turned down their road. "Sure, honey...wait does that mean you're gonna spend some time at home?" Her mom asked with a glowing smile on her face. "Yeah." Mia smiled as she pulled up in front of their house. She got out of the car, and opened the door, and looked around. No one was home. So Mia ran up the stairs and grabbed all of her things. She walked out of Jane's room and set the stuff down, she opened Lucas' door and walked in. She started looking for some of her things, and she got what she found and shut the door behind her, and walked out of the house, for what she imagined to be the very last time. When she got to the car, she found the door, and opened it, throwing all of her clothes and stuff into the backseat. She shut the door and turned to see her mom talking to Lucas and Jane's mom. "Mrs. Vaughn! W-what are you doing home?" She asked. "Got off work early, got lucky." She said laughing with Mia's mom. "What are you doing here, so early Mia? School's not out yet, or is it...am I going crazy?" She laughed, as Mia's mom shook her head. "No, schools not out yet, Mia called, she had an emergency...so I picked her up. "She's coming home for a while she says." Mia's mom smiled. "Oh Yeah? When can we expect you back then, Mia?" She smiled, Mia's gut hurt, when she said 'we' as if Jane and Lucas were expecting her back. "I...I don't know yet." Mia said as she looked at her mom. "Well, we'd better head home. I'll talk to you later Lori." Mia's mom said as they waved off to each other. "So Mia, what was your big emergency?" Her mom asked turning the car on, and driving home. "When we get home mom." Mia said looking out her window. Her mom pulled over, and Mia started to freak. "W-what is it mom?" Mia said looking at her. "Tell me now Mia, I really want to know." Her mother pushed, and faced Mia. "Mom..I..I'm, p-pregnant." Mia said looking down at her feet. "Mia?" Her mom said looking at her. "Mom...I'm so sorry!" Mia said starting to cry. "Oh no...baby...baby, my baby..." Her mom said pulling Mia to her putting her arms around her holding her close. "Mia, ...what are you going to do...about this?" She said looking at Mia. "I'm not getting an abortion...if that's what you think. "Of course not Mia." Her mom said, looking like five years have been taken away so suddenly. Mia knew she was stressing her mom out. "Mom...I'm not giving the baby up for adoption...I'm keeping it." Mia said as she looked at her mom. Her mother sighed, and started the car, it started to rain. And Mia couldn't help but let her mind wander to Lucas, she wondered what he was doing, where he was. As they drove down different roads, Mia saw him, walking down this alley way, a cheat, faster way to get him home. "Stop the car!" Her mom spiked the brakes, and Mia jumped out of the car, as it was pouring rain. Mia ran right up behind Lucas, as he turned to see her. "Lucas! Lucas I'm so sorry! I never meant for it to happen like this!" Mia shouted over the thunder, and the pounding of the rain on the metal roofs of the buildings. Lucas faced her now, his expression showed anger, and rage. His jaw tensed, as he didn't know what to say. "Lucas...I'm sorry...I didn't mean for this to happen...it just did!" Mia said throwing her hands in the air. She took a step closer, and touched his shoulder. "Come on...Lucas...we are having a baby." He grabbed her wrist and pushed her hand away. "No...you, are having a baby. Not me." He said as he turned around and started walking towards his road. "No..no don't leave...Lucas!" Mia shouted, but Lucas ignored her and kept walking. Mia sighed, and looked down at the water drops, dripping in the puddles. She sighed, as she looked up, tears running down her cheeks, mixing with the rain, as she walked Lucas walk away. Watched him walk away from everything; her, their relationship, the baby. She waited until he was out of seeing range and headed back to the car and got in the car shutting the door as her mom re-started the car. "Can you tell me what you were doing?" Her mother asked. "Lucas..." Was all Mia could say, her mother just nodded, and sighed. "I'm sorry honey." She said as they finally made it to their house. "Hurry up on inside, get out of those wet clothes before you catch a cold." Her mom said as she ran up the stairs to her room. She opened the door, everything was the same, very childish. Mia realized she would have to changed everything. Her dresser would have to be moved, her bed moved, to make room for the crib. Mia was imagining the rearranging in her mind. Then her mothers hand on her shoulder startled her. "Mom!" She gasped as she turned around. She wrapped her arms around her mom and started to cry more. "Oh baby...I'm so sorry you have to go through this." She said running her hand on her hair. "Mom?" Mia said hugging her mom tighter. "Yes sweety?" She answered. "I'm scared." Mia put her head in her moms shirt, as if she could hide from this mess she's stuck with. "Oh honey." Her mother said. "Is this really happening?" Mia whispered to herself. As she kept thinking of the image where Lucas walked away, leaving her standing there, alone, in the rain.

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