A/N: Revelations! Stay tuned!

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Closing the front door, Haven hesitantly dropped her bag beside the hall table as Henry hung up his jacket and placed his keys in the dish.

"What took you so long?" came their mother's voice as she approached them. Moments later, she appeared before them in the hallway, her eyes filled with concern.

"I took a wrong turn. Haven tried to direct me home, and she's not very good with directions," Henry replied so smoothly that Haven almost believed it.

JJ smirked. "Henry, you would forget your head if it wasn't screwed on"

Henry grinned, nodding in agreement as JJ turned her attention to her daughter.

"How was your day?" she asked gently. Haven shrugged.

"Ok, I guess," she replied, shuffling her feet awkwardly.

JJ frowned, watching her daughter anxiously. "Haven-"

"Uh, can...can I talk to you and Dad about something?" Haven cut in, finally meeting her mother's eyes. "Like, right now?"

JJ hesitated for a moment, before nodding, her expression softening. "Of course, is something wrong?"

Haven swallowed thickly, avoiding her mother's questions as she walked into the lounge room with Henry right behind her. Choosing not push it further, JJ went to get Will from the dining room. Just a minute later, they were eventually joining them in the lounge room, wondering what on earth was going on.

"I think you should sit," Henry suggested softly.

"Do you know what this is about?" JJ questioned. Henry nodded, taking a step closer to his sister. He let a supporting hand linger at the small of Haven's back. Even from there, he could feel her shaking.

Haven took a deep breath as her parents sat on the couch before her. Her dad was watching curiously and she quickly found she couldn't bring herself to meet his gaze. She could barely lock eyes with her mother either.

"I...you're probably going to be...pretty upset with me," she choked out, managing to level her gaze in a medium space near her parents' eyes. "I...ugh," she groaned, struggling to find the words.

"Just say it, Haven. Over and done with. Quick and easy," Henry offered up gently, squeezing his sister's hand.

Looking up at her parents, Haven sucked in the deepest breath she thought she had ever taken.

"I'm pregnant"

She saw her mother's jaw drop slightly as she stared at her daughter incredulously. The room fell into a tense silence. Haven's hands began to shake rather violently as she waited desperately for someone to speak.

"You're what?" came her father's voice after what felt like an eternity of uncomfortable silence. He looked at JJ with a look Haven had never seen before. She wasn't sure what to think.

"Pregnant," she repeated softly.

"How...wait...what?" JJ stammered, unable to process what her child had just said to her.

"Haven," Will started softly. His voice was calm, but Haven could see his carotid pulsating, his fists fighting the urge to clench. "You are sixteen. You shouldn't even be having sex. You shouldn't even be dating...and now you're...you're telling us you're PREGNANT?!"

Haven winced as her dad's voice rose sharply.

"You always harp on about how you're so responsible, and we don't trust you, and now you've gone back on your own word!" Will added, rising from his seat despite JJ's efforts to tug him back down.

"Will-" JJ began, looking up at her husband.

"It was an accident-" Haven began, her cheeks reddening.

"I bet it was! I can't BELIEVE you, Haven LaMontagne, you are so incredibly irresponsible!" Will yelled, his voice rising even more. He was practically bellowing now. Even JJ, his wife, was scared. And that never came easy.

"You will have an abortion, you understand me?"

"WILLIAM!" JJ yelled, shooting up from the sofa, "Haven, you don't have to have an abortion, it's not your father's choice to make!"

"I won't do that Dad," she said, her voice remaining calm. This was it. This was her chance to not totally lose it, and prove to her parents that she could raise a child. "There's no way in hell I'm going to do that!"

Will moved quickly towards his daughter, his hand rising. Henry was quick to step between them, shielding his sister with his body.

"Haven, I think we need to leave," he said out of the corner of his mouth. He could feel Haven shaking beneath him, and whether it was fear or tears, he wasn't sure, but it was scaring him.

"You need to calm down," the older boy stated to the whole room, wrapping his arm around his younger sister. The look he gave his father was unlike no other. "I'm taking Haven elsewhere. We'll be back before curfew. She's told you what she needs to say, and you guys need to let that process"

"You won't be leaving this house!" Will exclaimed angrily.

"Will, let them go," JJ replied, her voice much calmer as she grabbed her husband's arm. "Henry will make sure they're back before nine, right Henry?" she said, looking pointedly at her son.

Henry nodded, swallowing thickly. His mom was much calmer than their dad, but he could hear the lingering anger and disappointment in her voice.

Without another word, he steered his sister out of the house.


Slamming the door behind her, JJ turned to face her husband, who was now sitting on the edge of their bed, his head in his hands.

"What was that?" she spat angrily.

Will lifted his head, staring at his wife incredulously. "What? You wanted me to congratulate her? Ask her when she's due? JJ-"

"I'm not saying you don't have the right to be mad, Will, but telling her she has to have an abortion?"

"I-" he began.

"Who says something like that?!" JJ cried, tears of frustration springing to her eyes. "What is wrong with you?"

Will swallowed thickly. "I just thought-"

"You just thought that telling her what to do with her own body, telling her to kill the child is ok? After what we've been through? God Will, I get that you're upset, I am too...but you didn't even give her a chance to explain!"

"I don't need her to explain!" Will exclaimed, jumping up. "Our sixteen year old daughter is pregnant! She could be applying for university, making friends, puttin' together her life, but she went and got pregnant!"

Silence flooded the room as both adults stood within feet of each other. Anger was quite obviously fuming off of both of them. They were equally as hurt and angry and scared, yet they couldn't communicate that.

"We can't reverse it now," JJ said softly, leaning on the dresser. "It's happened...there's no going back"

"So I can't mourn the little girl I thought I had?" Will asked quietly.

JJ swallowed thickly, looking into his anger-filled eyes. "What the hell is that supposed to mean? She's not dead for God's sake. She's still our little girl!"

"Our little girl that is having a child, JJ. Don't you see that she's grown up? She doesn't need us anymore. Look at her. If she can go out and get pregnant without us knowing, then what else can she do? Huh?"

"Will," JJ started. "She's still young. She's scared"

"Not scared of sex, not scared of our rules," Will muttered. "Not scared of the consequences."

JJ's eyes widened. "She's pregnant, Will, not superwoman. She's scared-"

"No, JJ, she's irresponsible, can't you see that? I don't even agree with her having sex, but shouldn't she have been smart enough to talk to you about going on the pill? I mean-"

"Will, I know you're angry, I am too. But when you strip away the irresponsible actions and everything else that came with them, what we have on our hands is our sixteen year old daughter who is scared and alone. What do you think it says about us that the first person she went to with this was Henry? That she's scared of us?"

"Irresponsible," Will said flatly. "She's irresponsible"

"We still have to be there for her"

"You can be there for her. I can't just accept this overnight"