A/N: I've been listening to your comments and suggestions in the reviews, and I promise that Eddie will make an appearance very soon! And thank you guys very much for the compliments!
When Joy walked into her and Patricia's room last night, she wasn't at all surprised this time to see Fabian there too. In fact, she smiled at the sight of the two of them together like that. It was precious, she thought. The girl climbed into her own bed after that and quickly fell asleep. She woke up early the next day to make sure no one went looking for either of them. Luckily no one else was up yet at that time.
Fabian stirred in his sleep, on the verge of waking up completely. His eyes fluttered open slowly, taking in the brightness of the room at a steady pace. Sleepily, he made a fist with one hand and rubbed his eyes. When his eyes finally adjusted, Fabian looked down at the girl sleeping beside him. Her face was buried in his shirt, and her arm was still wrapped around him. A smile played on his lips as his fingers weaved through her velvet red hair.
Patricia stirred gently, picking her head up a bit. The boy took it upon himself to think of a way to wake her up. An idea came to him as he leaned into to the girl, kissing he forehead. The girl stirred yet again, and even sat up this time. She was sitting up enough for Fabian to be able to kiss her awake, this time on the lips. Her eyes twitched, and slowly started to open. She smiled faintly at sight of her boyfriend, and kissed him back, still half asleep. "Good morning," he whispered to her.
"Good morning. What time is it?" The brunette glanced at the clock. It was almost 7:30am. Patricia sat up, a bit surprised. "Fabian shouldn't you be getting downstairs for breakfast? School starts at 8, you know and I don't want you to be late. Even if I can't go to school you should." Fabian kissed her again, to calm her down.
"It's alright, Patricia I promise. How about I'll go get dressed, and you do the same, and then we can both go down for breakfast together, yeah?" Patricia nodded, accepting his kiss. Kisses were all they had gotten and all they would get for a while, with Patricia having the baby and whatnot. Still, the kisses were pleasant, and enjoyable. Fabian smiled, and went to leave; but not before Patricia snuck in another kiss. The boy left, and Patricia fled to her wardrobe opening it and examining her clothing choices.
Since Patricia didn't have to go to school anymore, she no longer had to wear her school uniform. Although her clothing choices were still kind of limited since she was having the baby. For example, she couldn't wear tight clothes anymore, and would have to start wearing loose fitting things like sweatpants and such. No more miniskirts and fishnet tights, or heels. Granted, because Patricia wasn't showing much yet, she could probably get away with her usual dress style for a week more, but the girl decided not to risk it. She pulled out a loose pair of black jeans and a red T-shirt, stripping down to get changed.
Once she was done, she headed downstairs to walk to breakfast with Fabian. They greeted each other with no more than a smile. Alone, or with Joy and Mick, they were a couple. But with everyone else, they were just friends. At least, that's how it was now-Mara being an exception- but soon it would be clear to everyone that they were a couple. The two walked on into the kitchen and took their seats at the table, quietly beginning to eat. Jerome waltzed into the room, smug like. "Patricia, Fabian, so nice of you to finally join us." Patricia glared at him evilly. "Oh please now, Patricia hold your looks. So, where were you two then? Sleeping in I suppose? I mean, sure I expected this from the pregnant sixteen year old, but not you, Rutter."
Fabian could tell Jerome was making Patricia angry. It was ticking him off as well. "That's enough, Jerome," Fabian warned. Jerome laughed, sitting down at the table.
"I'm sorry, am I offending you? Well Rutter if I didn't know better I'd say that the baby was yours." Patricia's heart stopped, in fear that he knew. But of course, he didn't really know.
"Jerome!" Fabian yelled from across the table. Mara jumped into the argument, trying to get Jerome to back off.
"Really Jerome, knock it off. You're being childish!" Jerome waved the black haired girl away like she was a fly buzzing around his head. He stood up from his seat, leaning his hands on the table.
"Dear God, correct me if I'm wrong," he starts. "It is yours, isn't it? The baby's yours, isn't it, Rutter?" Fabian clenched his fists, trying to stay calm. It wasn't working at all. "Wow Fabian, for a nerd like yourself, I never thought you'd get a girlfriend let alone have a child. Oh isn't that just interesting? We've got the typical bad girl paired up with a super nerd. Well, that's a new one I'll say." This pushed Fabian over the edge. He got up from the table, beyond furious.
"Shut up, Jerome! Just shut the hell up for a little while, yeah? You're all talk! You want an answer to that question? Fine! Yes, the baby's mine. I don't need any of your crap right now and neither does Patricia, so just leave us both alone!" Several of the Anubis kids gasped, surprised. Jerome just laughed at the fact that he was right.
"Wow, good going Rutter. You knocked up a sixteen year old girl." Fabian started to go after him until Mick jumped up and held him back. "See ya round, Fabian," the smug blonde said, heading out of the house and off to school. Mick led Fabian out of the kitchen and back to their room. Joy grabbed Patricia and followed the boys, getting both of them away from the drama. After the girls got there, Joy closed the door so no one would hear them.
"Fabes, calm down. Jerome's just trying to raise your temper. You played right into his hands, and he got exactly what he wanted. He's knows you're the father now," Mick said. Fabian pushed the thought away.
"Yeah well now everyone knows, so it doesn't matter. They were gonna find out sooner or later, so in a way it's better they know now." Patricia walked up to the boy and hugged him, giving him a kiss on the cheek.
"Thank you, by the way, for defending me." Fabian held her head with one hand and rested the other on her back. He kissed her back, and they held their hug for a little while longer.
"Always," he answered. "I have to go to school though… I promise I'll come back and check on you during free period, okay?" The redhead nodded, pulling back to look him in the eyes. Neither of them said anything really, but they shared a look. Finally, Fabian had to let go so that the rest of them could go to school. Patricia send goodbye as her friends parted, and headed back into the living room where she found Trudy cleaning.
"Oh, hello Patricia dear, what brings you down here? I thought you'd be all comfy cozy in your room." Patricia smiled slightly and sighed.
"I dunno, I thought I'd just come out here for a visit." Patricia paced around for a few seconds, not knowing what to do. "Trudy," she started.
"Yes dear?" Patricia looked at her house mother. She had been wanting to ask this question for a while, but never did.
"I was just wondering… what happens after I have this baby? They won't send me home, will they?" Trudy stopped her cleaning and went over to Patricia.
"Oh honey of course not. You're still going to graduate with your classmates. We'll work it out, sweetie, I promise. I'll look after the little darling for you when you're at school. I've talked to Victor about it, and he's agreed to let me clean out the attic so that we can build a nursery up there for you, dear. Isn't that sweet?" Patricia looked at the woman and smiled a bit more.
"Thanks a bunch, Trudy. I really owe you one, and I'm glad you're our house mother." Patricia gave her a hug that Trudy gladly accepted with a wide smile.
"Not a problem, dear. Now, you go rest. Do whatever you'd like dear and I'll check on you in a bit." Patricia nodded, heading back upstairs. It was so sweet of Trudy to do this for her; for them. The girl was also thrilled to know that she would still be able to go to school here. She would hate to leave her friends, and Fabian. Sure, it would be nice to get out of school but with her luck her parents would send her to private school. Suddenly, Patricia remembered something. Her parents didn't even know about the baby!
The redhead darted upstairs and pulled out her phone to call her parents. It began ringing, and Patricia could hear her heart beating faster and faster. Suddenly she felt like this was a bad idea. Her vision turned blurry, and out of focus. Sweat dripped from her brow, nervously. Her hands were shaking like rattles. She would've hung up right then and there if her hands would cooperate. The next thing she knew, her mother's voice was talking through the phone. Patricia's heart sunk down to her stomach.
"Hello? Patricia? Hello?" Her mother's voice was the same as always. Patricia's mother was extremely young, compared to other mothers with kids her age. Her mom was only thirty-two years old, and she had Patricia when she was seventeen. Patricia got the courage to answer her mom finally.
"Oh, hi Mum, yeah it's me. Listen, there's something I have to tell you…" her mom interrupted her.
"Patricia, I heard you're not going to school anymore. What's going on? Did you drop out?" Patricia sighed into the phone, and ran a hand through her hair.
"No, Mum I didn't drop out. I can't go to school anymore, for a while. There's a good reason, but I'm not sure how you're going to react." After minute her mom responded.
"Did you get suspended? Was there a fight? Patricia I need to know what happened." The redhead bit down hard on her lip. Was she really going to tell her mom now, like this? She had to; it's been four months.
"No. Mum, I had to leave school because I got pregnant…" Five whole minutes of complete silence passed between the two of them. It was almost like you could actually feel the awkward in the atmosphere.
"How far along are you?" she finally asked. When Patricia answered, her mother continued. "I can't believe you waited this long to tell me, Patricia! Now granted I don't have much room for criticism, but I expected more from you! Who's the father, if you even know?"
"It's Fabian Mum. He's the only one I've slept with, and before you go chew him out or something it was my own fault. I wasn't careful enough, and I'm sorry." More silence came around. "Mum?" Patricia continued. "It's gonna be a girl. Annabel Scarlett." She could hear her mom breathing into the phone.
"Let her have his last name. Trust me on this one. Oh and Patricia, you finally found a good guy. Keep him around for a while, will ya?" Patricia smiled to herself at this comment.
"Of course, thanks Mum." Patricia hung up the phone, and collapsed onto her bed. That was easier than she thought it would be; a lot easier, actually. The redhead must've dozed off at one point. Not that she minded, because she could use the extra sleep.
Patricia started to stir when she felt a hand on her body, running up and down her side. Her neck was kissed twice, gently coaxing her awake. Fabian was standing beside her bed, waiting for her to wake. He kissed her once more on the cheek as the blue eye girl finally awoke to look at him. "Welcome back," he teased, greeting her. Patricia wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him onto the bed with her as he knelt over the girl. She crashed her lips onto his, passionately kissing him. The brunette kissed back, trying to deepen the kiss which Patricia eagerly allowed him to do. Her fingers tangled in his hair as he kissed down her jawline and her neck.
This was probably the furthest they've went in a long time, and that's as far as they would get. Even after the baby comes it will still be a few months until they can go any farther than what they were doing right then. The boy pulled away from her and looked into her beautiful eyes. "When I came up to check on you Trudy said you were sleeping, but let me in."
"I'm glad she did," Patricia whispered, kissing him as he kissed back. "I told my parents… about the baby." The brunette wore a look of concern on his face.
"And?" The redhead smiled into another kiss of theirs.
"Everything's fine, she wasn't even that mad." Fabian smiled back, kissing her once more.
"I have to go back to school," he whispered. Patricia kissed him one last time before letting him go. "We should do this more often," he whispered. She smirked, and watched him walk out before falling back onto her bed and looking up at the ceiling. Five months was a long way away. What if she couldn't wait that long? What if people started talking about her, about Fabian? Nasty rumors could spread and within days, the whole school could know.
That was the last thing that they wanted to happen. It was sweet though, how Trudy was going to turn the attic into a nursery for them. She was kind of excited to see how that would turn out. Maybe being a parent wasn't going to be as hard as she feared. She would have Fabian and Joy to help her, and Trudy said she would babysit. With enough help, Patricia was sure that she could do this. There was nothing to be afraid of.
