Short chapter, but the confession was difficult for me to expand.

Aelita was knelt down, cleaning Odd's upper eye from Jeremie's angry assault on him. It was only a small cut but it was bleeding and noticeable. Aelita had applied the bandage and stood up to look at it.

" Good as new," she said to him. They went down stairs as both took an aspirin from Jeremie's attack. He didn't do much damage but he gave them a headache.

Odd decided to call in work to stay home and have his vice president attend his meetings for him. Him and Aelita sat on the couch together for a few hours telling each other what they been doing for their fourteen year separation. Odd told her the feelings he'd been keeping away from her to not ruin her marriage. Which they both laughed at how ironic that was at this point of time. Aelita told him a few things, but not the big thing. She'd try but it wouldn't come.

Odd noticed she wasn't telling him something. He didn't mind it but he knew it was something about him. " Aelita, what is it?" he asked her. Aelita looked at him, with a fake smile, that suddenly went into a scared looked. " What are you trying to tell me?"

" Odd fourteen years ago," she began shaky, " That night," she continued even shakier.

" Calm down. Take a breath."

Aelita took a breath and quickly said, " That night you got me pregnant." she had said it. Now it was his turn to react. Odd looked at her in confusion. ' What did she say? No that's impossible.'

" What?"

" You got me pregnant," she said crying now. Odd was shocked beyond reason. They had a child together and he hadn't known.

" What happened to the baby. I didn't see you for about a year after that. Did you miscarry?" he asked, thinking it impossible for her to have an abortion.

" No. I had an abortion," she looked up at Odd and didn't see it possible to see his current state of mind. Was he mad, shocked, surprised? All three? " Odd I'm so sorry."

" Fourteen years," he said. " Fourteen years and you tell me now. Why didn't you tell me you were pregnant?" Aelita looked at him scared now. He looked angry.

" I couldn't have the baby. I was too young. I knew you would convince me to have it."

" Of course I would. Aelita why did you abort my child without my say in it. You could of at least told me without keeping it away from me for fourteen years."

" I thought it would complicate our relationship."

" Of course it would!" he shouted at her. " Any little thing can complicate a relationship. But the point of complications is to overcome them together, not just throw it to the side and hope I wouldn't notice!" Aelita looked at him unable to speak. He was shouting. Shouting like Jeremie, except for the fact he had reason to shout.

" Odd, I'm sorry."

" Aelita, you didn't give my child a chance at life. You didn't give it a chance to open it's eyes. And you didn't give us a chance."

" What do you mean us?"

" A baby would complicate things, but it would have kept us together for fourteen years longer. Ulrich and Yumi had complications, but they beat them together. Yumi tried to do things on her own at first, but then she accepted Ulrich's help. Yumi was pregnant three years before you were and she had it. She knew she was too young, but she had it. Yuka got to open her eyes, breathe grow up, but not ours. Not mine. Yumi had her because she loved Ulrich and anything that was attached to him. But you aborted mine, because you didn't love me."

" That's not fair Odd," Aelita said to him, because she couldn't defend herself after that.

" I think it is. The only reason for last night was because of guilt toward me, and anger at Jeremie. You don't love me, but I love you. The scale tips on that one."

" Odd I do love you. How can you say I don't?"

" Because you got scared of my baby complicating your life, you killed it to prevent it from keeping us together." Aelita was looking at him, thinking desperately for a way to change his thoughts. " Aelita. Get out of my house."

" Odd." Odd stood up and walked out of the room. She heard the front door open and looked up to the door.

" Just get out."

" I aborted to keep us together." She said to him, begging for him to understand.

" No you didn't. That's what you want to think, what you want me to think. Go." Aelita looked at him, realizing their was no way to change his mind. There never was. Aelita grabbed her purse and walked to the door. Looking at Odd, she tried to kiss him but he turned his head making her kiss his cheek.

" To late for that Aelita." Aelita took a step out the door, a moment later Odd slammed it behind her.

End of chapter ten. Chapter ten is finished finally, I've been trying to workout the confession for awhile, so I hope it went for you. What happens later, you'll have to find out.