Chapter 8

You Can't Handle the Truth

A few minutes after their surprising talk, Ms. Baker went back up to bed, leaving Daken alone with the cookies.

Daken tried so hard to fall asleep again, but couldn't. Whenever he closed his eyes he saw the man. His black eyes glaring at him.

So, he spent the rest of the night watching South Park reruns.

At around 8:00 AM Danny and Mindy came downstairs and took a seat in front of him on the floor and made him watch SpongeBob. A few minutes later Div and Ms. Baker came downstairs.

Div took a seat next to Daken on the couch while Ms. Baker got ready for work.

Daken yawned, wishing he could sleep.

"Morning, sunshine." Daken looked to his left to see Gabriel sitting next to him.

"Piss off." Daken said, still grouchy from not sleeping.

"What's your problem, baggy eyes?" Gabriel asked.

"Couldn't sleep…" he said, rubbing his eyes.

"Sucks for you." Gabriel said and turned to the TV. "Yes! SpongeBob!"

Daken rolled his eyes. Gabriel could be such a child. He couldn't believe that there was going to be another one of him running around.

"Oh yeah, Megan's coming over. I have to do something today." Gabriel said, eating one of the cookies from last night that were still on the couch.

Div frowned but Daken couldn't help but smile.

"Breakfast!" Ms. Baker called from the kitchen. They all shot off the couch and headed into the kitchen. They took their seats at the breakfast bar while Gabriel stood at the end of the bar.

They were all waiting for breakfast when they heard, "Morning guys."

Daken looked over to see Megan standing next to Gabriel.

"Hey Megan." Gabriel, Danny, and Mindy said at the same time. They were really good at that.

Div ignored her, letting out a huff of anger.

Megan walked over and took the empty seat next to Daken.

"Hey." He said, smiling.

"Hey." She greeted back.

"Aw, look at the lovebirds!" Gabriel teased.

Daken saw Megan's face go bright red. Daken shot a glare at Gabriel.

"Here ya go guys." Ms. Baker said and put a box of Pop tarts on the breakfast bar. They all stared at her. Ms. Baker always cooked them breakfast.

"What? I didn't feel like cooking today. Plus I cooked like five trays of cookies last night." She explained.

"More cookies?" Gabriel said and snapped his fingers, making one of the trays of cookies appear in front of him.

Daken gave Ms. Baker a look, hoping she would understand what he was trying to tell her. She had to tell them.

Ms. Baker sighed, putting her purse down on the floor next to her. "I, uh, have to tell you guys something." She said nervously.

They all looked at her, but she remained silent.

"What is it?" Gabriel asked while taking a bite out of a cookie. Ms. Baker didn't even look at him.

She took a deep breath then said, "I-I'm pregnant."

Gabriel nearly choked on his cookie. He coughed then but the cookie down. Everyone stared at her wide eyed.

"Holy crap…is it true?" Div asked.

Ms. Baker nodded.

Then Gabriel asked the question that everyone had on their mind. "Is-is it mine?"

"Yes…" Ms. Baker said, her eyes started to water.

Daken looked over a Gabriel, who was clearly extremely surprised and out of words, which was a first.

Daken then saw a furious looking Danny turn to his father. "I can't believe you knocked up my Mom!" he yelled then vanished.

Mindy sighed and said, "I'll go talk to him." Then she vanished.

Gabriel was still at a loss for words.

But Div, she had a huge smile on her face. "Oh, this is gold!" she said.

Everyone stared at her.

"What?" When there was no answer she sighed then vanished.

Daken looked over a Megan, who was still wide eyed.

"We need to talk." Gabriel finally said. He took Ms. Baker's hand and led her outside on to the porch.

"Holy crap." Megan said. "Gabriel needs to be put on a leash or something!"

Daken smiled and laughed. "You got that right." He said then looked through the sliding glass door at Gabriel and Ms. Baker.

"We should give them some space." Daken said.

Megan nodded then put a hand on his shoulder. Then they vanished.