Hey! Sorry I haven't updated in a little while but I have a lot of stuff on at the moment and haven't got a lot of time to write :-( but I really wanted to so here you go! It's a bit shorter than the others but I still hope you enjoy. Just to let you know that the story has moved on so it is now a month later (I was having writers block and I didn't know how to move on with the story so sorry if some of your questions have been left unanswered as to how things happened etc). So please, read on and enjoy! Don't forget to review!

Disclaimer: Not sure if you're meant to do one of these every chapter but as you all know... I don't own Noughts and Crosses, I'm not Malorie Blackman etc :P

One month later...

Callum

I'm sat in this home, if you could call it that. It's more like a hovel. They put me on trial, but had to release me on bail as they had no evidence against me. Bet they were cursing themselves over that one. I smiled to myself. But ever since they released me I've had to keep my head down, to be careful not to draw attention to myself. I'm still a wanted man, although I wasn't found guilty there's a lot of people who want me dead. But I will go back. I owe Sephy that much. The news says she still hasn't been found – which is a good thing I suppose... in a way. I've not heard anything from Jude though, that makes me worried – what is something's happened to Sephy. I couldn't bear it. I need her to believe me when I say I care about her.

Pulling out my cell phone, I scrolled down the list until I found the contact number I was looking for. I dialled it and waited patiently.

Sephy

I don't know what to do. I'm so scared. So bloody terrified, it makes my body shake every time I think about it. It. The thing growing inside me now. My baby. His baby. Our baby. How did I let this happen? He used you Sephy and you let him.
I was just beginning to adjust to this new 'life' if you could call it that and then this... this thing happened and I can't do anything to stop it. I'm powerless. I told them, Jude and Morgan, but they just sneered at me and told me to stop coming up with 'silly fantasy's' but they're not. I know they're not. I have a baby growing inside of me and I don't have a choice. Because all of this isn't even about me anymore, I've brought another little person into it as well.

"Please Jude." I begged quietly again as Jude came into the room to give me my dinner. "Please," I held back my tears, determined not to cry again. "Let me go to a clinic, I'll be quiet... I'll wear a disguise, and then come straight back here. Whatever you want, but please." Jude stopped, facing away from me.
"This wasn't supposed to happen. Shit." He ran his fingers through his hair, a motion I'd come to recognise as a McGregor family trait. For a moment I thought he'd agreed, finally seen it my way. But then I saw the recognisable smile spread across his face, triumph.
"No." He told me grinning "You're going to have this baby, whether you like it or not." He crossed the tiny room towards me "You're going to have this dagger child and then..." he trailed off, still holding my gaze. Very slowly he drew a finger across his throat.

Minerva

Nearly two months without my little sister. Two long months. Sephy and I have never been particularly close but I should have been there for her. I should have stopped her from going. She was so young and naive. I was meant to protect her, but I let her slip through my fingers. We all did. The past couple of weeks everything's quietened down a lot. After that McGregor boy got off, everyone seemed to lose interest. But I'll never stop looking. As I walked steadily through the streets of Meadowview towards school with my bodyguard, who mother now insisted on - though it's a little bit late now, the weathered posters catch my eye. Sephy's smiling face grins back at me as I stare at it. I stop. It's all crumpled and ripped apart. I don't know why but I suddenly grab it and fold it carefully, trying to smooth out the creases. But it's no use.
"Minerva?" my bodyguard questions from behind me. I look up a try to smile as I carry on walking. Oh Sephy..

Callum

I wait, not thinking about what I'm about to do. I'm afraid that if I do I'll regret it and stop. The line crackles and I take a deep breath.

"Hello this is Meadowview Police Station here. Please state your emergency." The woman's voice speaks quickly. When I don't reply she speaks again "Hello caller? Hello caller are you there?" I open my mouth but nothing will come out "Caller can you hear me? I'm going to hang up if you don't answer. Caller?" Then suddenly the line beeps.

Still holding the phone in my hand, I redial the number. My fingers hesitate on the call button. Either way I'm betraying someone. But who? My brother, my own blood brother – a nought, a fellow McGregor. Or Sephy, my best friend who now hates me – a cross, the daughter of one of the most hated men. My brother or my best friend...

Callum

"Hello, Meadowview Police Station, this is Matt speaking. Please state your emergency." A different officer answers. This time I don't hesitate.
"Uh hello I have some information, about Sephy Hadley." I can't make out the muttering on the end of the line but I can hear some other officers gathering round, listening in.
"Can I take your name please sir?" I'd thought about this. I couldn't tell them who I was, I'd be standing over that trap door quicker than I could blink
"It's Alex. Alex Copper."
"And where is your current residence Alex?" Oh crap. I hadn't thought about that one.
"What? Why?" I asked, trying to bide myself time.
"We need it in case we ever need to contact you." I mentally cursed and then replied easily
"It's 43 Brooking Lane, Meadowview." I gave the address of a random house in meadowview, no doubt they'd be getting a surprise visit from the police later.
"And what's your information Alex. I just need to let you know that whatever you say is being recorded as evidence but we'll hold it in the upmost confidentiality." This was it. I was choosing her. Her over him. I hated having to choose, but I'd always known who it'd be. It always had been her... it always would be.

That's it for this chapter! Hope it was alright :) I want to keep updating as soon as I can so hopefully I'll have another chapter (if you all stil want one) up within the next week. Izzie xx