Chapter 9: Breakdowns of the worst kind

In the morning Jez woke up with Danny awake and kissing his head
"Mornin' sleeping beauty!" Danny laughed "Was your pillow satisfying enough?"
"Yes, Danny," Jez smiled, giving him a puppy-dog look "We'd better go to Mrs Troy's now, I need to speak to Lauren, and you need to go home!"

At Mrs Troy's Jez and Danny were greeted by hugs and kisses on the cheek by the girls who'd been worried they'd broken up.
"I'm glad you two are still together." Claudine said kindly
"I'm glad you told me, thanks," Danny said, hugging her lightly, and then kissing Jez, "Who'd ditch this sexy beast!?" Danny grinned, slapping Jezs' arse, making his boyfriend giggle and squeak.

"What's that mark on your neck Danny?" Lola asked after a few minutes of joking around, genuinely confused. Lauren and Claudine couldn't stop laughing, but Jez and Danny went bright red, looking like two naughty little boys who'd been caught throwing slugs at girls or something like that
"Lola, that's a love bite!" Claudine explained, in between giggles
"Well, well, well Jez! No-one ever guessed you'd do a sexy thing like that! Especially not to Danny Miller!" Lauren laughed, and then continued "Can we talk now, in my room please Jez?" At that Jez and Danny both got up "Not you Danny, sorry."

Up in Lauren's room Jez had a grin on his face, "I love your room!" he laughed.
"Jez this is serious, but you have to understand... I'm pregnant" Jezs' smile went away, he wasn't so happy to hear that.
"How far along are you?" Jez whispered, about to hyperventilate
"About three months... so it has to be Danny's. I'm so, so sorry! I need help, support and comfort. I don't know anymore!"
"Oh, Lozza! I'm not mad... just a little upset," Jez said, hugging her and then he burst into tears "I... Are... Are you gonna keep it?"
"No, unless you and Danny would consider... surrogate?"
"Lauren, it's a little early for that! Besides, I highly doubt he loves me enough to want to have a responsibility like that, which would keep us together forever, don't get me wrong, I'd be with him beyond forever, I love him so much! But..."
"Jez? Lauren? Where are you!?" Danny's voice flowed through the hallway, "There you are!" he said, coming in, smiling, "What!? Why have you both been crying?" Danny said, with a puzzled look on his face
"Oh, Danny, I wish I could undo it! I'll let Jez tell you." Lauren ran out of the room, sobbing
"Danny, say... you were gonna be a Dad. Would you leave me?"
"No! I want to be with you forever!" Danny was shocked
"Well... Lauren... she's pregnant," Jez gulped and held back tears, "It's yours." Jez was sobbing and leaning on Danny
"Is... Is she gonna keep it?"
"No, she asked me if we wanted it, because we can't have children. Obviously."
"What did you say?"
"Oh... That it was a bit early."
"Oh... I'd like children with you." Danny sighed
"Really!?" Jez grinned "We should tell her!"
"We'll wait a while, Okay?" Danny then kissed him passionately fiddling with the ring in his pocket.

Whilst Jez was walking he saw a gang of men wearing balaclavas outside his house
"There he is!"
"Get 'im!"
"Get off me! Why!?"

Jez had been knocked out and stuffed into the back of a van, being taken
"Why are you taking me!?" Jez cried
"Look, we're a little low on cash and our dad was murdered and your dad could have stopped it. We decided to hurt him the way he hurt us, but we'll keep you safe and well 'til he pays up."
"Thanks, I guess. Now wasn't a good time though... My boyfriend had just suggested a surrogate child..." Jez smiled to himself
"I'm sorry. We had to... We'll get you back to your family soon!"
"You're too nice to be a kidnapper!" Jez laughed, then cried, missing Danny and fearing for his life, not knowing if this was an act or something...