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I quickly glanced up at Tori again. She stared glumly at herself in the mirror. She was shaking.
"Tori?" I moved slightly toward her. She kept on staring at herself. "Are you okay?" I looked at her with concern. She shook harder. "I…I'm p-pregnant Chloe." She whispered it, not tearing her gaze away from the mirror. I swallowed again. "It'll be okay." I awkwardly rubbed her back. She let out a deep shuddering breath. "No," She whispered, finally looking away from the mirror to me. "It won't."
The look on her face made my gut fill with dread. I tried to find words. "You…you are going to keep them, aren't you?" She looked like she was going to throw up. She looked away, took a deep breath, then with a confused expression on her face she looked back up to me.
"Them?" She stared at me. Then she softened her gaze. "Derek…Derek told you. Didn't he?" She sadly shook her head. I opened my mouth to speak, but finding no words to say, I shut it. "And…and I don't know, Chloe." She was whispering again.
"No." The word flew out of my mouth before I could stop it. "You can't have an abortion, Tori. It's…" I shook my head. She glared at me. "You think I want to, Chloe?" Hurt clouded her eyes. I sighed.
"I don't know how to take care of kids…Let alone supernatrual ones." Her voice broke on the last word. Her eyes filled with tears. I reached out to her, my heart filling with sympothy. But before I could touch her, she ordered in a husky voice, "Don't touch me." A tear rolled down her cheek.
I felt horrible. In truth, there was nothing I could do. I couldn't fix it. All I could do was offer my comfort, which she didn't want. I could only imagine how lonely she must've felt. She quickly wiped her eyes.
"I don't know." She froze, her body stiffening. Another tear ran down her cheek. She didn't wipe it this time. I bit my lower lip. "Everything will be alright." I tried to say it reassuringly, but a hint of worry slipped in. She shook her head, and the tear rolled off her face. She sucked in a deep, shuddering breath.
"I don't know." her voice broke this time, and tears spilled down her face. Her shoulder started heaving, and her hands flew to cover her eyes. I stepped forward, and put my hands on her shoulders.
"Tori, everything will be alright. Everything happens for a reason. We'll get through this together." This time my words came out strong. She nodded, and sucked in another jagged breath. I wrapped my arms around her in a hug.
She didn't pull away, which surprised me. But it seemed as if the tears wouldn't stop. After a few minutes, I pulled away. She had dark circles under her eyes, and red streaks on her face in place of the tears. She turned back to the mirror.
"I look like hell." she let out a nervous laugh that gave me goose bumps. She sighed.
"Well, Rae's waiting…" She said, looking drained. I nodded. The door flew open, making Tori and I turn. A middle aged lady with glasses and stringy blond hair to her shoulders walked in, briefly smiled at us, and walked into a stall. Tori turned back to me. "Let's go." She whispered, wiping her eyes again. I nodded, and held the door open for an on-edge Tori as we walked out.
* * * *
When we got in the car, Rae was silent. For a minute, I couldn't for the life of me figure out why. Then I remembered how weird she had been acting earlier. I buckled my seat belt, glad to be the only person in the back. Tori slid into the driver's seat. Her phone rang.
"Shoot." She muttered, slamming the car door. She dug in her jean pocket and pulled out her razor. She flipped it open. "Hello?" She said roughly, running her hand through her hair. Rae stared blankly out the window. Tori sighed. "Yeah, yeah sure. It's fine." She glanced back at me, then away. "'Kay. Bye." She snapped the phone shut, and slipped it back in her pocket.
"That was Kit." Tori started, glancing at Rae who was still staring out the window. "He needs the car. Is it okay if we cut the shopping short today?" She didn't really sound disappointed. I didn't blame her.
"It's fine." Rae said, turning away from the window and toward Tori. Rae looked back at me, studied my face, then turned back to the window. Tori started up the car and off we were.
* * * *
Tori fumbled with her keys, pressed the key into the lock, and pushed open the door, and rushed in. Rae followed, leaving me alone with my bags outside the door. I sighed, and
walked in, shutting the door with my back when I was inside. I heard footsteps, and assumed Tori and Rae went to their rooms. Well, for Rae, a temporary room till her Mom came for her in a few days.
I looked up to see Derek and Simon sitting on the couch, staring at me with confused expressions. Derek's eyes flashed to my bag, then back to me, and he rose his eyebrows.
On any other day, I would've blushed. But I just shrugged, set the bags down, and walked over the where the guys sat. I sat next to Derek who put his arms around my shoulder. Simon looked at me, questioningly.
"What's up with them?" He jabbed a thumb toward the hall. I sighed. "Drama." was all I replied. Derek played with a strand of my hair. Simon rolled his eyes and smiled.
"So…" I relaxed against Derek's chest. "Why are you here?" I asked Derek, looking up at him. He frowned. "If you want me to leave…" She suggest, his body flexing as if he were to get up. "No." I protested. He smiled. "Good. 'Cause I would've said too bad." He bent down and pecked me on the lips. Simon made a gagging noise. I weakly laughed. Derek's face scrunched in suspicion down at me.
"I'll be right back." Simon eyed Derek and I, then jogged out of the living room, down the hallway. Once the footsteps stopped, Derek shifted in his seat. "What happened?" He asked his face turning serious. I sighed. I could never keep anything from Derek.
"She found out." I whispered. His expression didn't change. "How?' He asked, talking low. I swallowed. "She took a test." I said softly. Derek's eyes studied my face, then he let out a big breath. He looked away from me. I cleared my throat. walked into the living room, stopped, looked at me, and said, "You know?" I nodded. He looked at Derek. Derek's green eyes glared at Mr. Bae with a meaning I couldn't figure out. Mr. Bae quickly looked back to me, and sadly smiled. Derek picked up a set of keys-To Mr. Bae's car-and threw them at him. He caught them, nodded a thanks, the opened the door and walked out. When he shut it, I turned back to Derek.
Something about the way his cheeks were set, something in his eyes told me he was keeping something from me. Something important. I furrowed my brows. "Anything wrong?" I asked. Derek looked back down to me. He opened his mouth, then shut it. He swallowed.
"Nothing Chloe."
* * * *
An hour later, I was standing in front of Tori's door, knocking and calling out her name. When the door finally flew open, It revealed a worn Tori, her dark hair pulled up in a messy bun, dark circles still taking residence under her eyes. She eyed me.
"Hey. Are you…okay?" I said softly. Simon popped out of the bathroom door, glanced at us, then quickly continued down the hall. She nodded. "Just a little…on edge." She wrapped her arms around herself. I silently nodded, finding no reply, and kept my gaze down.
There was a second of silence.
"Chloe?" Tori chimed in a soft, low, almost scared voice. I looked up. Her expression sounded as worried as her voice.
"I…I want to talk to someone. Can you and I….?" She trailed off, fidgeting with her hands.
Tori needed me. I thought back to when we hated each other in Lyle House. When she and I had escaped from the Edison Group. Little did I know back then that we would become closer, that three years later, I would be comforting a pregnant Tori.
I needed to find out a lot. I needed to figure out why my gut kept on telling me, this isn't right. I needed to find out who the dad was.
But more importantly, I needed to be there for Tori.
"Of course." I answered, and walked into the room.
So very very very sorry it took me a week to update. I agree, this isn't a chapter that takes a week to write, but I had a lot of tests and stuff.
Anyhow, comments?? Guesses on Tori's baby-daddy? R&R!
