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...
