Chapter 7

Hanna snuck in the back door as she had done many times in the past. Normally her mother was in bed by now. Hoping to avoid the, 'Where have you been' lecture, she kicked off her boots and carefully shut the door. The light suddenly clicked on in the kitchen.

Shit

Ashley Marin was sitting at the table with a long white satin robe hands gripped around the edge of a wine glass. "Hanna sit down." The frightened girl obeyed her mother's request. "What the hell is this?" she states bluntly as she slides over a greeting card covered in pink and blue balloons. Hanna's eyes buldge out of her head reading the precise words inside of the card. 'Heard you are going to be a Grandma, you must be thrilled –A.' Hanna looks up at her mothers harsh accusing eyes. "Mom, I was planning on telling you"….suddenly cut off by the fiery red head. "Wait, are you telling me this is true?" she quickly responded. "Yeah, trust me, it wasn't something I was planning on happening." Hanna quivered over tear stained eyes. "Are you kidding me Hanna, we have had like eight million talks about this. I've told you multiple times the consequences that come along with sex!" Ashley stands up from the table pacing around the room. "You think you are ready to be a mother? Hanna, I still wake you up for school every morning! And Caleb? Where the hell has he even been these past few months. He up and leaves, crumbles your heart to pieces, comes back and has my daughter out all night, drunker than a damn skunk." Ashley's tone kept rising and rising. She knew she would say something she'd regret so she ordered her daughter to go up to her room. Before quickly retreating Hanna reached in her bag and pulled out the ultrasound photo again. She slapped it on the table and bolted for her room. Ashley watched her daughter run up the stairs with a slew of tears. She went back into the kitchen and poured herself the remaining contents of the bottle. She then picked up the little black and white photo carefully looking at it as she murmured "Oh, Hanna. What have you gotten yourself into?"

A few hours pass and Ashley slowly makes her way up the stairs. She gently knocks on the door letting herself in. Hanna is sitting up in her bed with her bedspread tightly wrapped around her. Her eyes are swollen and red and a trail of tissues covers the teen's mattress. Hanna hated disappointing her mom more than anything. She was terrified and all she wanted was her love and support. Ashley snuggled in close to her daughter wrapping her arm around the teen and resting her head on her shoulder. Hanna instinctively pulls her mom in and the mother and daughter hold each other for a few moments. "Ok Hanna, have you thought about any of your choices." The red head states softly. "No mom, I don't want to do any of that. I know this is a huge responsibility and I have a lot of growing up to do, but I love it." Hanna said weakly. "I got the results back from the standardized testing and I have a couple schools that I am applying to. I won't get to do the 'normal college thing' but I don't even know what normal is anymore. Caleb knows and he has been really supportive. I made a doctor's appointment for next week and so far I'm doing ok." Hanna assured her mother. Ashley sat in shock at the wise words coming out of her seventeen year old daughter's mouth. "I guess we are having a baby then." Ashley sighed taking her daughter in a tight hug again.

Authors Note: Thank you for all the reviews again. I'm flattered! Tuesday's episode was crazy! I have decided to scrap some of the story I was developing and include some of the events from the Fatal Finally in there. They are still a work in progress but here is Mrs. Marins reaction. I know it was harsh, but I feel like it was accurate.