Chapter Three! Yay! Let's just say, a lot of songs helped me make this, so they are mentioned in the story. And since I HATE (I hate it so much its underlined and capitalized! That's a lot of hate) most pop, hip-hop, and rap music, about 99% of the songs are going to be in one part of the rock music genre. So if you've never heard any of the songs in this story, I suggest you listen to them. They are AMAZING!

And singing is underlined.

Enjoy!


"Alli, I-I… I need you… now."

"Clare, you're voice is all shaky. Is everything okay?"

"J-Just hurry." She ended the call, trying to hold back tears. But she couldn't tell if they were happy tears or sad ones. Eli was still in class so she was all alone until Alli comes. She sat still on the couch for ten minutes until Alli came.

"Clare?" Alli called into the dorm, letting herself in. Seeing Clare, she ran over, giving her a hug. "What's wrong?"

"I…" The dam burst, the tears flowing over. "I think I may… I may be… pregnant…"

"Clare Edw- Goldsworthy!" She corrected herself, yelling. "Congratulations… Wait! May be?"

"I… I'm not sure, yet… That's why I'm not in class. I felt sick, like I was going to throw up, and I'm… late…"

"Oh, my God!" Alli exclaimed, squealing. "It's only a couples months after you guys got married! This is awesome!" She hugged Clare again. "Come on." She tugged Clare's hand. "We're getting you a test, NOW!"

"Fine…" she groaned, grabbing her purse from the table as Alli dragged her out of the dorm.


"I don't want to."

"Well, what else can for you do?" Alli asked, handing Clare the box. "Live for nine months 'not knowing' you were pregnant like the ladies on I Didn't Know I was Pregnant." She put air quotas around 'not knowing'.

"Fine!" She snapped, snatching the box from Alli's hand as she smirked.

"Good girl." Clare stuck her tongue out at her as they heard the door open.

"Oh, crap! Eli…" She threw the box behind the sink.

"Call me with the results, okay?" Alli asked, picking up her purse and heading out of the bathroom.

"You're leaving?"

"Yep." He head turned to Eli, who was walking past the bathroom. "See ya."

"YOU SUCK!" Clare yelled as the dorm room door shut.

"Whoa. What was that about?" He chuckled, hugging Clare.

"Oh, nothing much. Alli just thinks she's pregnant and I wanted to know for sure," she lied, leading him to the kitchen. "You know, be a good best friend."

"Well, that's… wow. Alli?" Eli took out a bottle of water, then took a drink. "Wow. That's all I can say." They sat down in silence for a while.

"I'll be back in minute," Clare said, running to the bathroom before Eli could reply. She pulled out the box, taking out the stick. "Peeing on a stick: fun," she thought. Done. She took out her phone, setting the timer: 3 minutes. She set the stick on the counter and waited… and waited… and waited. Maybe she should have told Eli the true before, but something told her not to, whether it was her conscience or her nervousness. Could this be Julia? She was the age Julia had told her; she had just turned 18, but maybe this was just a… false alarm? She wanted Julia, ever seen she met her, but was she ready now? Her phone dinged. "I guess it's time to find out." She stood up and leaned on the counter over the stick. "Pink plus…" she whispered. "Eli, you might want to come here!"

He ran to the closed door, flinging it open. "What's wrong?" He eyes moved to what Clare was leaning over on the counter. He saw the pink plus sign on top of the stick. "Julia?"

She smiled. "Julia!" she exclaimed, running over to Eli and jumping in his arms.

"Holy Crap!" Eli exclaimed. "It's starting: our future!"

"So are you excited?" Clare asked, nervously.

"No. I'm ecstatic!" He twirled her around before setting her on the ground. "It's so weird that you and Alli are having kids at the same time."

"Yeah, about that… I lied."

"What?" he chuckled.

"I just told you that to throw you off my case."

"Why didn't you want to tell… She is mine, right?" His eyes filled with terror.

"OF COURSE!"

"Okay, then. So why didn't you tell me?"

"I don't know!"

"Okay, we need to quit yelling." He took her hand and led her to the couch. They sat down as he handed her the phone. "I don't think it's good for the baby."

"And the phone is for…?"

"You have some people to call. Probably Alli first, seeing that she was dying to know."

"Me? You mean we," Clare giggled. "You help to make her, you're helping with the announcements."

"Fair enough," Eli sighed. "So should we tell my parents or your parents first?"

She hadn't thought of that. Her parents weren't big on her marrying Eli so young, but how will they react when she's pregnant young, too? "Um…"

"You're worried about telling your parents, aren't you?"

"Seriously, can you read minds or something?" she exclaimed.

"It's a gift," he smirked. "We tell my parents first, if you want."

"Do you think we could tell them together?"

"Well, of course we'll tell them together. I don't expect you to tell them on your own."

"N-No!" Clare sighed. "I mean, your parents and my parents at the same time."

"Kill two birds with one stone? I like it." He smiled. "I'm going to be a dad."

"And I'm going to be a mom," she sighed again, laying her head against Eli's chest. "It's just so… amazing."

He started running his fingers down her hair. "Yeah, I know…" He was interrupted by Alli, who swung the door open.

"Well?" She demanded.

Clare smirked at Eli, then went to the bathroom, took the test, wrapped it in a paper towel, then came back out, and threw the test at Alli. After fumbling to catch it, she unraveled the towel, starring at the top. "You mean…?"

Eli stood up and out his arm around Clare's waist. "Goldsworthy 1." He pointed to himself, then moved his finger to Clare. "Goldsworthy 2." His finger moved down to Clare's stomach. "Goldsworthy 3."

"Oh, my God!" Alli exclaimed, hugging Clare. "You're pregnant!"

"Why do I have to be Goldsworthy 2?" Clare asked, hugging Alli.

"Because you weren't born a Goldsworthy," he explained.

"Fine," she half-scoffed, half-giggled. She continued hugging Alli as Eli reached for the phone to call his parents. Tomorrow's dinner may be a little awkward.


Just as he thought: awkward. He picked up the glass by the rim, took a sip, then set it back down. He always did that in an awkward moment. He didn't know why, but he did. And to make things even more awkward, both of Clare's parents were here, but they weren't talking or yelling or even looking at each other. So half of the dinner was eaten in silence.

He looked over at Clare. She was shaking. He could tell she was going to break. Grabbing her hand under the table, he sent her a looking that asked, "You want to tell them now?"

She nodded, her eyes saying, "Thank you."

"Okay, what's going on?" his mom, Cece, asked before Eli could speak up. "You're doing that 'talking through your minds' thing! What's up?"

"Well, you see…" He began, gripping tighter onto Clare's sweaty hand.

"I can't take it anymore!" Clare interrupted him, jumping out of her chair. "I'm nervous about this, but if I don't tell you now, I never will! I'm pregnant!" She let out a sigh of relief. "That felt good," she sighed, sitting back down in her chair.

"Yeah…" he groaned, sliding down in his seat. "Couldn't have waited for me?"

"Sorry. It was either that or a mental breakdown."

He looked over at Clare's parents. Her dad dropped his fork. Her mom was choking on her water. He turned towards his parent, though they were smiling. "Well, at least half of them are happy."

"E-Excuse me?" her mom asked.

"You heard me," Clare said. "I'm pregnant."

"Oh, my…" She shook her head.

"Oh, baby boy, that's amazing!" His mom hugged him.

"Thanks, mom," Eli groaned, trying to breathe in his mother's death grip hug.

"And this is amazing how?" Her dad asked.

"It's a new life coming into our world! It's a miracle!" Bullfrog answered, obviously excited.

"Mom, Dad, I'm married. I think it's common for married people to have kids," Clare spat out.

"KIDS?"

"Kid! Kid! There's only one!" Eli assured them.

"How do you know?" Clare's mom asked.

"Call it a hunch." He shrugged, smirking. "I also have a hunch that she's a girl."

Her mom sighed. "God, you're too young for this."

"I don't think so, Mom. I think, it's destiny."


"'Smells like Teen Sprit' by Nirvana," Eli thought as Clare changed the radio station. "Nice choice, Clare. Too bad it's almost over."

"Figured you didn't want to listen to Rihanna," Clare giggled.

"You don't know me at all!" he sarcastically scoffed. "Rihanna is my girl!"

"You want me to change it back?" Clare leaned forward, finger almost to the 'back' button.

"Oh, crap…" he thought. "With the lights out, it's less dangerous/here we are now, entertain us," he quickly sang along.

"That's what I thought," she smirked smugly, putting her back up against the seat as the song changed. "Oh, my God! I love this song!"

He raised an eyebrow. "You like 'Broken' by Seether and Amy Lee?"

"Yeah. I really started listening to it during the divorce," she blushed. "It comforts me I guess."

"Wow. I would not have expected that."

"'Cause I'm broken, when I'm lonesome," she started to sing.

"And I don't feel like I am strong enough," he joined her. She laughed at me. "What?"

"You don't seem like the singing type," she giggled. "That'll all."

"Really? And I don't feel right when you're gone," he sang at the top of his lungs. "You've gone away/you don't fell me here, anymore."

"Wow," she tried to not burst out laughing. "You're really good."

"Is that sarcasm?" he asked, parking Morty. "Have I rubbed off on you too much?"

"No! I'm serious!" Clare got out, shutting Morty's door.

"Sure, sure. The shower head is really impressed."

"Did you just take something from High School Musical?"

He paused, opening the door to the doctor's office for her. "Um, no… You watched High School Musical?"

"Never mind!" She said quickly, obviously embarrassed. "Hi, Dr. Way!" She greeted their baby doctor.

"Hi, Clare," she said, walking over to them. "Just on time! Come with me!" She led them to her office, where she had Clare lay down on the exam table. "So how far along now?"

"Five mouths," Clare answered, smiling.

"Okay, well I'm just going to take a look at the baby." She put blue gel on Clare's stomach. Clare shivered; she always does, because it's always cold.

"Cold?" Eli asked, seeing her shiver.

"No! It's lava!"

"As long as it's not cold," he smirked.

"Oh, ha…" she sighed, giggling a little.

"Okay," Dr. Way turned on the monitor. "There's your baby. Do you want to know the sex?"

"Don't need to," Clare answered. "She's a girl."

"Yep. You guys have a healthy baby girl." She pointed to an area that appeared to have a face shape. "She's right there."

"Oh, my God! She's beautiful, Eli!"

"Yeah." He squeezed her hand tighter. "We did good."

"So any names picked out?"

"Julia Carolyn," they answered, their eyes still glued to the monitor before the nurse shut it off.

"How many pictures do you want?"

"Eight, please."

"Make that nine," Eli said before Dr. Way left.

"Nine? We only need eight: two for your parent, two for mine, I'm mailing one to Darcy, one for Alli, and two for us."

"We've forgotten someone very important."

"Who?"

Eli gulped. He couldn't believe he forgotten him. "Adam…"

She stared at him for a second until her eyes went wide. "Holy Crap! Adam! We forgot to tell Adam!"

"And he's coming back for college for the weekend tomorrow with Fiona," Eli sighed.

"Seriously? Seriously seriously? Don't lie to me, Eli! Stress is not good for Julia!"

"I'm not lying. Adam called me this morning. That's how I remembered we didn't tell him."

"Oh, crap!" she squeaked. "Oh, crap! Oh, crap! Oh, crap! How could we be so stupid?"

"Not stupid: busy, forgetful, ignorant. Those are words I would used."

"Not the time for sarcasm, Eli," she groaned as Dr. Way handed them the pictures.


"You ready?" Eli called the bathroom, putting his hair in just the right.

"Almost," she answered. She walked in, wearing a black sundress that came up to her knees. It just barely revealed her baby bump.

"Are we seeing friends again or going to a funeral?" he asked, looking her dress up and down. "Looks good, though."

"Thanks," she said, brushing her hair. "And you should think it looks good, you bought it." Setting down the brush, she turned sideways and looked in mirror. "It hides Julia pretty well."

"Well, we are telling them about Julia. Do you want to hide her?"

"No, but… okay, confession time," she sighed. "Truth is: this is the only dress I can still fit into."

He smirked, trying not to laugh. "It's worth it, isn't it?"

She smiled, looking directing into his eyes. Wrapping her arms around his neck, she kissed him. "If it wasn't worth it, would I be carrying your daughter right now?"

"I guess not." He kissed her again, before leaving her to finish doing her make-up. It didn't take long, because she never applied much. Eli hated when girl wore so much make-up, you could tell that they were. He thought that the natural look was always better.

"Ready," she announced, grabbing her purse from the table. Eli turned the TV off and caught Morty's keys as Clare threw them at him. Eli opened Clare's door for her once they got to Morty. "Thank you," she said, sitting down. Once Eli got in and started the car, Clare immediately plugged in Eli's iPod. Soon, 'Issues' by Escape the Fate blasted through the speakers.

"Not your type of music," he said. He looked down at the dock. "Not your iPod."

"Well, I figured, since future Julia said she was in love with Escape the Fate, we might as well start her love early!"

"Fine by me," he gave in. "I love Escape the Fate."

"These issues pin me to the floor!" she sang.

"These issues are my overlord!" he joined her.

"I feel so dominated!" They sang together. "These issues, they choke me like a noose!"

"Issues!"

"They choke me like a noose!"

"Issues!"

"They choke me like a noose!" Clare giggled. "I love that song now. You're good at the scream parts."

"I try," he shrugged. "I didn't even know you knew that song."

"Eli, after we met future Julia, you've played Escape the Fate almost as much as you've played Dead Hand. You learn lyrics after 500 times you heard them," she giggled.

"Well, excuse me for trying to get myself ready!" She playfully stuck her tongue out at him. "Ouch!" He chuckled, pulling up to the Torres house. Before he could put Morty in park, Fiona ran out the door with Adam following her more slowly.

"CLARE!" she shrieked, running up to Clare's door. Once she started dating Adam, she and Clare had become really good friends. Clare hugged Fiona, trying not to be squeezed by her. But she did anyway and when their faces met, Fiona wore a wondering look on her face. "She obviously felt the baby bump," she thought worried.

"Clare, are you…" Fiona drifted off.

"Shh!" Clare shushed. "Eli wants to be the one to tell Adam."

Fiona squealed quietly, trying to conceal her excitement. She hugged Clare again, lighter this time. Clare smiled when she saw Adam and Eli come to her side of Morty. Fiona let go after realizing the guys were behind them.

"Clare!" Adam smiled, hugging her lightly, not because he knew (Eli had shook his head at Clare, meaning that he didn't tell him), but because that's how he hugged. "It's been so long! How have you been?"

"We have something to tell you," Clare sighed as Eli walked behind her grabbing her hand. "You may want to sit down for this."

Adam wore a confused look. "Okay? Come inside…" Adam led them inside. Clare looked over at Fiona, who looked like she as going to explode from excitement. Clare sat next to Adam, Eli next to Fiona.

"So, we have some big news…"

"Let's me guess: Eli's pregnant!" Adam exclaimed. "I knew it!"

"Yes, I'm totally pregnant!" Eli chuckled. "Thanks for noticing!"

"Not Eli." Clare took Adam's hand, placing it on her stomach. "I'm five months pregnant."

"Seriously?" Adam asked. "Why wasn't I informed of this sooner?"

"Because you drifted apart from us," Eli said, a tint of bitterness in his tone.

"Fine," Adam admitted. "This is SO COOL! I want to be called Uncle Adam when this kid can talk!"

"Not 'this kid'," Eli corrected. "She. We're having a girl."

"A girl!" Fiona squealed. "Oh, my God! Do you know how many cute baby girl clothes are out there! This kids is going to be spoiled by her Aunt Fiona!"

"Fi, y-you don't have to spoil her…"

"Clare, you know me. I do NOT give up an opportunity to shop."

"Point taken," Clare sighed, as Eli chuckled.

"So any names?" Adam asked.

"We've decided on Julia," Eli answered.

Adam's eyes opened wide. "Julia? Seriously?"

"Yep. Clare says it's her soul coming back to me."

"I said?" she exclaimed. "Those were your words!"

"Julia?" Fiona asked, seeing as she didn't know about his ex.

"I'll explain later," Adam whispered.

"And we want you guys to be the god parents," Clare explained.

"Really? Oh, my God! Yes! I would be honor to be Julia's godfather! MOM!" He shouted into the kitchen. "I'm going to be a godfather!"

"Way to contain your excitement, Adam," Eli whispered, causing Clare to giggle.

"What?" Mrs. Torres and Drew asked, coming into the living room.

"Eli and Clare are having a baby! It's a girl and they're naming her Julia and they asked Fiona and me if we would be her godparent and we said yes and I'm really excited right now and I think I might want to stop rambling and…" Drew slapped him across the face. "I'm good. Thanks, bro."

"Anytime," Drew answered. "Congratulations, by the way, guys."

"Thanks, Drew," they answered.

"Don't you think you guys are too young to have a baby?" Mrs. Torres asked.

"Maybe, a little," Clare admitted. "But there's no going back now, as if I ever would…"

"And we always knew we were going to be young parents," Eli added.

"How?"

"Physic?" "Fortune cookie?" They both said at the same time.

"O…kay? I have some brownie that will need to be taken out of the oven soon. Let's take this conversation into the kitchen," Mrs. Torres suggested.

Once the group was heading towards the kitchen, Clare took the opportunity to slap Eli upside the head.

"OW!" He exclaimed. "What was that for?"

"Fortune cookie?" Clare asked, disgust filled her tone. She started walking towards the kitchen.

"Sorry! I panicked!" Eli admitted, following Clare.


"Don't open your eyes," Eli demanded, leading Clare down the hallway of their new house. Eli's parent's had gotten it for Julia baby shower gift.

"I won't, Eli," Clare promised, placing her hands over her eyes. She had no idea what he was doing.

"Okay, you can open your eyes."

She saw a flash of purple before everything came into view. The walls were purple and there was crib and… "This is Julia's room!" she realized. "This is what Eli was doing at night!" Each wall was a regular purple. The bed sheet on the mattress was a light purple, along with most of the stuffed animals Jenna, KC and Brookie had gotten her. The closet door was a dark purple and inside was a rainbow of different colored outfits given by Alli and Fiona, and some not so colorful (blacks and grays) Eli had gotten her. The dresser/changing table matched the closet door and next to it was a wooden rocking chair, complete with a blanket over the back and a small table next to it for bottles to be placed. "This… This is amazing!" She hugged Eli. "I love you."

"I love you, too. And Julia." He smirked, looking at his own work. "Okay, it's not complete. I still have two more things I need. Be right back." He sprinted out of the room.

Clare sat down in the rocking chair. She knew that in about three weeks, someone would be living in here. Julia was supposed to be here in three weeks to the date. "This is where she's going to learn to walk, learn to talk, sleep, play, sing rock songs (her music tastes are like her father), and cry over her first heartbreak… or just cry in general."

"Clare, are you okay?" Eli asked, taking her from her thoughts. He held his hand behind his back the other one pushing her curled bangs from her eyes. "You're crying."

"I am?" Her pushed her finger over her wet cheek. "Oh. I was just thinking about Julia. So what do you have behind your back?"

"Well, first…" He walked over to Julia's crib and attached something to the wall over it. "My own Escape the Fate 'Dying is Your Latest Fashion' poster…" He then walked back over to Clare, who could now see the poster: the girl's disheveled make-up and lip-ring. "And I found this at Hot Topic online and I had to get it." He handed her a folded piece of cloth. She unfolded it, seeing that it was an Escape the Fate onesie. She started to laugh.

"What every newborn wants," she giggled. "Well, our Julia, at least."

"Yep. She's going to want pictures of her in that," Eli smirked.

"You know what's weird? Adam brought this over while you were in school." Clare got up and went tot their room. Opening the top drawer of her bedside dresser, she pulled an article of clothing out of it. She threw it at Eli when she returned. "I opened it, but I figured I would let you see it when she's born."

He unfolded it and read the front. "Black Veil Brides," he read. He smirked and looked back at Clare. "Is her whole style going to be band shirt?"

"With you for a dad? Yes!" She answered, before kissing him. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her back, one of the few kisses left of their family being just them.


Her eyes slowly went open as she regained consciousness. "Where am I?" Clare thought. Then she remembered: Julia was born. The first thing she saw was the ceiling, until she turned her head left. The sight made her smile: Eli was holding a pink bundle, obviously Julia. She giggled, making Eli's head turn to her.

"You're awake," Eli realized, adjusting the blanket around Julia.

"Let me see her," she demanded, stretching her arms out. Eli smiled, then placed Julia in her arms. First thing Clare noticed was her chocolate brown hair. Her eyes were shut, but she knew they were green, like Eli's. Everything about her screamed, "This is Eli Goldsworthy's daughter!"

"She looks likes you," she smiled, a tear going down her cheek.

"Why are you crying?"

"I'm happy, Eli. We're a family," she answered, looking down at Julia.

He kissed the top of her head, then moved some curls from her forehead. "I love you."

"I love you, too," She replied. "Look! Her eyes opened. And she smirked when you talked!"

Eli looked at his daughter and she was smirking and hey eyes were glued to him, her green eyes He ran his finger over her hand until she grabbed onto it with her tiny little hand. "That's my girl," Eli whispered.


Okay, some of you may be asking, "Why is Escape The Fate mentioned a lot?" Well, if you look closely in Halo part 2 when Clare and Adam first see Eli's room, you can see an Escape The Fate 'Dying is Your Latest Fashion' poster. So that's why I chose Escape The Fate. I also named Dr. Way after Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance. I have weird ways of naming things. I don't own 'Smells like Teen Sprit' by Nirvana, 'Broken' by Seether featuring Amy Lee, 'Issues' by Escape the Fate, or Degrassi. And I swear Hot Topic makes an Escape the Fate onesie! I was looking at what Escape The Fate shirts Hot Topic had online and that came up! It was SO cute. I don't know about the Black Veil Brides onesie, but it would be SO cool!

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