A few days passed by, Mia heard her phone buzz. She quickly shut the laptop lid and opened up the text message.

Zig: Hey. Meet me by fountain on campus. I wanna talk about the other night with Manny…ASAP

Mia shrugged. She jumped down from the dining room table and grabbed her coat from the old coat rack. As she headed for the front door Chris walked through.

"Hey, where are you off too?" He asked as he dropped his gym bag onto the floor next to the door.

"Zig wants to talk about something. It's nothing major. I'll be back in time for the inspection" Mia smiled

Chris planted a kiss on her forehead "Ah okay. Listen after the inspection, I'm going to head out and meet Darren and Logan for a few drinks. Make sure a key is left under the door mat so I can get back in"

Mia nodded "Sure thing" before heading out of the door.

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The walk felt longer than normal. The cold air burnt her face as she made her way to the campus. It was crazy to think that in less than a year's time she could be doing this walk whilst pushing along a pram. She went into a day dream as she walked thinking about the possibilities of her unborn child. Would she have a boy or a girl? What would they look like?
Even though she was petrified by the prospect of becoming a young mother she couldn't help but be a little excited.

Her thoughts were abruptly interrupted by a tap on her shoulder. Mia turned around to find herself face to face with James.

She smiled "Hi, how are you?"

"I'm good, how are you doing with, you know…everything?" He asked

Mia scratched her head "Well, the inspector is coming out this afternoon to evaluate the house so fingers crossed"

James rolled his eyes "Have you told Chris yet?"

Her face dropped as she sighed "No…not yet"

James raised an eye brow and folded his arms "You have to tell him, Mia. It's not fair."

Mia sighed "Fine…I'll talk to him after the inspection later…"

James smiled at her softly "It will be one less thing on your chest… He loves you Mia, he'll stick by you."

Mia smiled weakly back "Thanks James…I'll let you know how it goes."

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Mia approached Zig who was patiently sat waiting near the fountain.

"Hey, so what's up?" She asked

Zig shrugged "I'm still not comfortable with what happened with Manny at the party."

Mia took a seat next to him "I don't blame you… I'm still not happy about what he did either."

"It's a difficult situation..." Zig paused before continuing "I now get why he is so angry and over-masculine because I was the same whilst I was getting to know who I was… He's trying to fight it."

Mia sighed "But it's not an excuse for what he did… He might be trying to fight his sexuality but he still has his self control."

Zig stood up and lit a cigarette "I know and I get that there is no excuse for what he did but I do sympathise with him a little. He's going through a hard time…part of me wants to try and talk to him"

"I've got a bit of time…Why don't we try and find him?" She suggested.

Zig took one last drag on his cigarette before tossing it onto the floor "Fuck it…let's go find him"

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Zig and Mia both walked into the changing rooms for the football team. The surrounding smell of sweat was potent. Mia scrunched her nose up as the smell hit her. As they walked around to the lockers they found Manny sat alone on one of the benches.

As Manny heard the approaching foot steps he quickly turned around. Becoming defensive as soon as he saw who was approaching. "What do you want, Twig? Can't you see I'm busy?"

Zig rolled his eyes "You don't look particularly busy…sat in the locker room although training finished over an hour ago…"

Manny stayed quite until he noticed Mia stood behind Zig. He snorted and balled his fists "Why's Chris's bitch here? You going to gang up on me?"

Mia restrained from biting back at Manny's derogative comment. She took a deep breath "No, we just want to have a talk…hopefully a friendly, helpful one"

Zig continued to try and calm Manny down and attempt to talk to him about what he may be going through. Although, it only seemed to agitate him more.

"You know what I really think? I think that I should stop listening to your droning bull-shit! I don't need a pep talk especially from you! I am not bi or gay or anything else! You're just a creep"

Zig shook his head "I'm trying to help?"

Manny stood up and squared up to Zig "Piss off!"

Mia finally snapped, grabbing Manny's shoulder and pulling him back "What the hell is the matter with you? You're such a jerk! You apologise to Zig now!"

Manny smirked "Why, what are you going to do?"

She folded her arms and raised an eyebrow whilst calming her voice "It would be a shame if you had to be kicked of the football team wouldn't it?"

Manny gritted his teeth and shot a look towards Zig "Fine. I'm sorry"

He then span back round to Mia, looking down at her. "As for you… you're just another football slag. The way you flaunt around in your dresses looking for attention. The only reason your attitude is so bad towards me is because you want to sleep with me and I'm not interested. "

Mia just stared at him gob smacked. With that Manny turned his back and began to walk away.

She looked over at Zig "I always knew he was a jerk but this guy is god damn delusional?! Like I'd never ever want to sleep with him, even if he was the last guy on this planet and the survival of the human race depended on it"

Zig laughed "Don't let it get to you."

Mia shook her head in disbelief "Well…we tried."

Zig looked down at his watch "Shit… My dance try out starts in ten minutes"

"Oh yeah I forgot that you were going to give dance ago. Well good luck! I've gotta shoot anyway for the inspection."

Mia gave Zig a quick hug before quickly exiting the football changing room.

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Chris sat in the living room, whilst he waited for the inspector to arrive. It was a worrying time. Today was the make or break. He could help but wonder if there was anything more he could do. With that he went into the dining room and opened up the laptop to search up on how to quickly fix the loose front step. Of course, as he opened the laptop the webpage that came up was the official site of laws and regulations on pregnancy.

Chris looked at the page confused "Huh?" he shook his head and mumbled to himself "Bound to be Becca…"

With that Mia came through the front door. She saw Chris on the laptop and panicked slightly. Oh no…this wasn't how he was supposed to find out…Maybe he didn't read it? "Uhh, what are you looking at?"

Chris looked up and gave a small smile "I'm going to try and fix the front step before the inspector arrives. It'll be one less thing on the list."

Mia walked up to him and wrapped her arms around his shoulders. She smiled and planted a soft kiss on his cheek. "I love you"

Chris paused and turned to face her. He smiled back at her as he gazed into her eyes and pulled her into a tender kiss "I love you too."

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Two hours later the inspector had completed his inspection and handed Zack the list of problems.

"There are a lot of issues here but I don't believe it quite warrants for you all to be evicted. I will be coming back in a month's time to inspect the house again. By then all the issue's on that list must be fixed" The inspector stated.

Kaitlyn sighed "That's great and all but we're students… there's no way we can afford to fix all these issues in a month?"

The inspector scratched his head "Look, you all seem like great kids… If you can fix what you can yourselves, I can try and get you a discount on the remaining issues that need looking at"

Zack smiled "Wow thanks…I'll get working on it right away. It was nice to meet you"

After everyone said there goodbyes to the inspector a breeze of relief flowed through the house.

"Oh thank goodness for that. I thought for a moment I was going to have to move back into a dorm" Becca sighed with relief.

Chris put his arm around Mia and kissed her forehead "I'm going to start getting ready to meet Darren and Logan."

As Chris jogged up the stares, Mia's phone buzzed. She opened the message

James: Have you told him yet? How did it go?

Mia rolled her eyes. She still didn't feel ready to tell Chris but she knew James would only keep giving her pep talks on how it was unfair. For now, the best solution seemed for her to lie to James.

Hi James, yes, I've told him. All is good J

She put her phone back into her pocket and went upstairs to lie down.

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Later that night Chris walked into one of the bars along side Darren and Logan. The mood lighting and strong smell of alcohol set the mood perfectly. The trio bought there drinks and sat down in a nearby booth.

"It's been too long, man" Darren stated as he sipped his beer

"How are things going back here at Hartfeld?" He later asked

Chris downed that last part of his beer before answering "Yeah things are going well. The football teams going good."

Logan laughed "Dude, we know the football's doing well. What about on the girl front? You know, how's Mia? How is it living with your Ex and your current girlfriend? What about the sex?"

Darren nodded his head in agreement.

Chris scratched his head "Mia's good. Living with Becca hasn't been an issue… without sounding harsh I never really had feelings for her so it wasn't a big deal…"

Logan put his hand on Chris's shoulder "I believe you are avoiding the last question"

Chris smirked taking a sip from his bottle "It's good. The sex is good but that's all you're getting out of me. I don't kiss and tell."

Logan elbowed him playfully and winked "So no Becca/Mia threesomes then?"

Chris almost spat out his drink "No, definitely not. I'm a one gal guy"

Logan laughed "Coming from the same guy who was hooking up with Mia, whilst dating Becca?"

Chris directed the conversation towards Darren instead of responding "So how's Amara?"

Logan began to laugh which started the other two off.

Darren composed himself "Yeah she's good, we're thinking of getting our own place together next year when she's finished college."

"Fair play, mate" Chris said as he raised his bottle.

The three of them clinked bottles and slumped back into there seats as they took a sip. Chris suddenly felt a tap on his shoulder.

He looked around slightly startled "Oh, hey James?"

James held his hand out "I'm with a few of my work colleagues and saw you over here. I thought, I'd come over to congratulate you."

Chris shook his hand loosely with a confused expression on his face. "Uhh thanks?"

James tilted his head slightly "You look a little perplexed?"

Chris furrowed his brow as he took another sip of his beer "I'm not going to lie, I am a little confused… then again it could just be the beer hitting me"

James smiled "It's fine, Mia's told me. You're going to make a great Dad"

This time Chris did spit his drink out. He looked at James wide eyed "I'm sorry, what?"

Logan and Darren exchanged a look but remained silent.

James face dropped immediately as he realised what he had just done "She told me that you knew?"

Chris remained wide eyed with his mouth ajar "Mia's pregnant!?"

James scratched his head "Well, this has got awkward…I see you and Mia have a lot to catch up on. I'll leave you too it. I'm sorry you had to find out this way"

James quickly hurried away to rejoin his work colleagues on the other side of the bar.

Logan kissed his teeth "Shit dude, I take it the sex was a bit more than just good"

Chris and Darren both shot him a sharp look which soon shut him up.

"Fuck man, this is big. Really big" Chris sighed and put his face in his hands.

Darren put his beer on the table "Okay, so you had no idea?"

Chris lifted his head from his hands but remained to stare at the table "No, nothing… why didn't she tell me?"

Neither Darren nor Logan responded.

Chris rubbed his temples, "I mean, I wanted to have kids eventually… but not now"

Darren caught Chris's eye contact "Do you love her?"

"I mean, I'm really mad with her right now but yes, of course I do."

Darren smiled "As long as you truly love her, you'll be fine."

Chris slammed his beer on the table and grabbed his coat, his face filling with anger "I need to go and speak to her. She should have told me before telling anyone"

Darren eye's widened "Mate, you've been drinking. You're a little drunk, confused and angry. I don't think you should talk to her about it now. Just sit back down and we'll get you some water. Discuss it with her tomorrow"

Chris refused to even acknowledge Darren's voice and continued to put on his coat. He stormed out of the bar and into the night…