"So much for Daddy's Little Princess," Carl blurted out, as he saw it all…unfortunately. "More like Daddy's Little Whore!"

"What did you say about my girlfriend eh," Jay shouted, as he charged over to Carl. "Wanna say it again?!"

"Jay!" Dad and I chorused at him. I started to get scared. I didn't want Jay to get hurt, even though I love how protective he is. However, Carl's been giving our family hell, well especially my dad! I really don't want my lovely boyfriend to get involved with Carl. Dad charged over to Carl.

"If I were you Jay," Dad began. "I'd save yourself from your own skin!" With that, Dad grabbed Carl by the scruff of the neck, punching him round the jaw and on his eye as Jay took a step back. I rushed over to Jay, wrapping my arms around him and hiding my face in his neck. He held me tightly, protecting me. I could hear Kirsty shout: "Max! Max!", then Lauren ran out of our house trying to stop the fight.

Everything was happening so fast, I looked up and before I know it, dad is being handcuffed by police and being dragged into a police car. I watched the police car drive away, noticing Carl smirk as he watched the car drive away. I looked over at Lauren to find her picking up the baby clothes which were scattered on the ground. "Come on Abs," she told me. "Let's get inside!"

I turned to Jay as I was close to tears. "Come in with me?" I choked. Jay kissed my forehead and led me inside.

"Abi," said a soft voice from behind me. Jay and I turned around to find Nan walking towards us. "You're not, are you?" She stuttered, it sounded like she really didn't want to believe that I was pregnant, but I am. I nodded tearfully.

She sighed, "Oh darling!" She rushed over to me and wrapped her arms around me. I just let myself sob in her arms.

"Come on Abi," Kirsty called. "Let's go inside and talk!"

Nan pulled away, looking over at Kirsty. "You aint no mother," Nan informed her, sternly. "I will talk to my granddaughter." Nan then turned to me, "Come on sweetheart. Jay, I'd like you to come in too, to look after the mother of your child and I also want to talk to you." Jay nodded in understanding as he took me by the hand, leading me into the house.

Everything seemed quiet within the household. I took a deep breath before entering the living room with Jay. Lauren was sitting in the armchair shaken whilst Kirsty was standing by the television, her eyes blood shot. I watched Nan as she parked herself down on the sofa. I looked down at the coffee table to find the cute baby outfits sitting there, helplessly. I led Jay onto the sofa as we silently sat down together. I was sitting inbetween Nan and Jay. Jay squeezed my hand and I held his hand back as I turned to him, watching him smile reassuringly at me.

"So you're pregnant then?" Kirsty interrupted.

I turned to Kirsty and nodded, "Almost five weeks gone."

"How long have you known?"

"Nearly three weeks."

"And you didn't think to tell us!"

"Oi, don't go having a go at her!" Nan defended me. Nan then turned to me, "Who knew sweetheart?"

"Jay obviously, Lola, Dexter, Peter, Cindy, Mum and Lauren…" I stuttered.

"All these people knew and you didn't think to tell us!" Kirsty yelled, before turning to Lauren, "You knew and you didn't think to tell me Lauren!"

"Well, you're not exactly our mother are you Kirsty," Lauren answered back.

Kirsty sighed heavily, "So I take it you want this baby?" She gestured the baby outfits.

I nodded, "Yes, me and Jay are going to have this baby whether you like it or not."

Kirsty raised her eyebrow, "You can't be serious? Abi, you're sooo much better than that. You have your whole life ahead of you, university, having a fantastic career! You're just throwing it all away!" She gulped, "Believe me I know, I've screwed my life up cos of silly little mistakes."

"I can still go far in life; I can put everything on hold! I know what I'm doing!" I told her, sternly.

"You don't know what you're doing, you're 17 years old! You will regret this. It's okay to make mistakes; I've made hundreds of them. This baby is a mistake!"

"How dare you!" I screamed, standing up to face her. "You have no right to tell me this! My baby is not a mistake, it's unplanned I agree but it's no way a mistake you got that?! I can't see how you think you have the right to talk to me like you're a parent!"

"I'm your step mother Abi! I'm just filling in for Max cos he would be telling you exactly the same if he was here right now!"

"Still, you have no right! You don't have some sort of power over me. Truth be told, I don't really see you as my stepmother, I just see you as some scrubber who my dad pulled when he was in his downhill moments!"

"Abs…" Jay tried to calm me down.

"No! I'm sick of it! I'm sick of you Kirsty! We were so happy as a family until you came knocking on our door on Christmas Day. My parents were about to get married! Dad told you to leave and that he didn't want you but you wouldn't take no for an answer, you just kept ruining things, making our family life hell!"

"It wasn't like that at all! I didn't want to make your lives hell and I definitely don't want to hurt you. I just want to feel like a mum to you!"

"Well I have a mum!"

"I'm just trying to look out for you. I don't want you making the same mistakes as I did."

"You're just jealous that I'm pregnant aren't you when Dad doesn't even want a baby with you at the moment! So you act like this so you could try and play 'mummy' to the man of your dreams' children. Well you'll never be my mum!"

"Why do you have to be a spoilt brat all the time Abi!? Look, please don't do this. Tomorrow, we can go to a clinic so you can get it aborted. It's for the best."

I couldn't believe it myself. Without any feeling or hesitation, I just slapped Kirsty round the face.

"Now, get out!" Nan ordered Kirsty, yelling at her. "I'll deal with this, after all this is my family!"

"Fine," Kirsty answered. "I'll just go and see Carl, sort all this business out!" With that, Kirsty left the house. I felt shaken. "I'm going to get a glass of water," I muttered as I rushed off into the kitchen, switching on the light before grabbing myself a glass of water. I felt my hands tremble as I breathed heavily.

"Abs," I jolted as I put the glass onto the worktop to find Jay standing behind me. I burst into tears. I didn't have to explain myself, Jay just pulled me closer to him and wrapped his arms tightly and just held me for what felt like ages.

"Oh, Abi," Lauren entered the room rubbing my back. "Don't listen to Kirsty. She deserved what she got."

We spent a good half an hour trying to calm me down before entering the living room to join Nan. Lauren sat down in the armchair whilst me and Jay sat back down on the sofa. Jay wrapped his arm around my shoulder. Nan looked at me, "You feeling better?" I nodded.

"I'm not going to force you into abortion," Nan warned me, before continuing. "However, why did you keep it from us?"

I shrugged, "I was scared. I just wanted to enjoy being pregnant without having any lectures about abortion or anything like that."

Nan nodded, "How did your mum react?"

"She was fine with it; she said she'll be there for me."

"No matter what you girls do, your mother will always be there for you! You can always rely on her."

Lauren and I nodded in agreement.

"Lola is a good influence with Lexi," Nan pointed out. "She's your age Abs and she's a fantastic mum, the way she is with little Lexi is beautiful! She has a great career, a career she's always dreamt of. I'll be there for you both. Are you sure it's what you want?"

"Positive," Jay and I chorused.

"Oh and Jay," Nan began. "Don't take this offensively but how will you manage taking care of my granddaughter and your baby?"

"I'm saving up to buy Abi and I a flat before the baby's born. I earn good money and I'll be able to look after all three of them. I promise I won't walk out on her, I love her so much Cora, I really do. She's the one for me, I've known that ages ago and in the future, I will get engaged to her properly. Hopefully, soon in the future." Jay promised. I snuggled up to Jay closer, I love him so much.

"I knew you always had a good heart Jay," Cora smiled. "You have to face up to your responsibilities now son!"

Jay nodded, "I know, and I'm ready!" Jay kissed my forehead as I smiled.

"Nan," I started to wonder. "Does Grandma Dot have a spare double room?"

"Yes, why?"

"Can I stay the night round there cos I don't want to stop here with Kirsty around. Plus, I want Jay to stay with me." I cuddled Jay round the waist tightly.

"Yeah, I can't see why not! You can stay for as long as you like," Nan offered. "The pair of you!"

Jay and I thanked her before I went upstairs to pack my stuff. Jay went back over to the B&B to pack his things. I went with Nan after saying goodbye to Lauren as we headed over to Dot's.

Dot was so welcoming. She made me a nice, sweet, hot cup of tea after I settled into mine and Jay's bedroom. She also made a Victoria Sponge Cake. The taste was mouth-watering.

"Oh, it's so exciting to find out they'll be another addition to the family," Dot was overjoyed. "Your grandfather will be so proud!"

I smiled at the thought as I looked down at my cup of tea. All of a sudden, there was a knock at the door.

"That's probably Jay!" I told Nan and Dot.

"I'll go and get it," Nan got up from the armchair and answered the door, welcoming Jay inside. He was carrying his black rucksack over his back.

"Hello Jay," Dot greeted. "I was just telling Abi how lovely it is that you and her are starting a family."

Jay smiled, looking at me. I returned his smile. Even with the drama tonight, right now I couldn't be any less happy.

"I'll show you to your room," Dot offered as she led Jay out of the living room and up the staircase.

For one moment, I put all of tonight's drama with Kirsty and the whole pregnancy to one side and just thought about my dad. I started to think whether he's alright in that prison cell. Truth be told, it shouldn't be my dad in that prison cell, it should be Carl. Dad was only defending me. His pregnant daughter.

All of a sudden, I heard the front door open as Poppy and Fatboy came hurdling into the living room.

"You alright you two," Nan checked up on them.

"Yeah, thanks," Poppy said joyfully, as she hooked arms with her DJ boyfriend. "We got bored of the Vic so we decided to come home!"

Nan nodded just as Poppy noticed that I was sitting down on the sofa, enjoying the 10 'o' clock news.

"Abi," Poppy smiled as she came and sat down beside me. "It's so nice to see you! What brings you here?"

"Jay and I are staying here for a while," I told her, smiling politely. Poppy nodded, smiling. I assumed that Poppy would find it nice to have a young woman in the house for a bit. She must get bored having only elderly females in the house that she can socialise and have girly discussions with.

Fatboy came and sat beside Poppy, wrapping his arm around her shoulders, leaning forward towards me, saying quietly, "Is it true that Jay knocked you up?"

"I'd rather you use the term 'pregnant' or 'with child' that 'knocked up' Arthur!" Nan spat. Fatboy sat back innocently running his fingers through his hair, "Yes of course, that's what I meant!"

"Yes, Fatboy told me Abs," Poppy said to me in a hushed tone. "He saw this from outside that Max split the carrier bag you had when you were having a row and baby clothes were everywhere!"

"I'm sure Abi doesn't want to talk about it Poppy," Dot announced as she came back into the lounge, not long followed by Jay. Dot sat back down in her armchair as Jay kissed me on the lips before sitting on the other side of me, wrapping his arm around me.

"Jay, my man!" Fatboy chanted as him and Jay did some sort of handshake.

"Yes I am pregnant," I told Poppy and Fatboy. I squeezed Jay's knee, "Jay and I are having a baby." I said proudly.

Jay kissed my cheek and Poppy was like "Awe!"

"That is sooo cute!" Poppy complimented, "Oh, I really want a baby, they're adorable!"

I smiled just as Fatboy said, "No, there's no time for a baby just yet sweetheart. It won't fit in with my DJing and my clubbing, y'know…"

Poppy just rolled her eyes whereas Jay and I just burst out laughing.

"Well it will be nice to have a baby around the house," Poppy considered.

Jay started scratching his neck, "Actually Pops, Abs and I are hoping to be getting a place of our own before the little one's born."

Nan and Dot went to bed about an hour later; however Jay, Poppy, Fatboy and I didn't consider going to bed until about an hour later when it was like midnight. Fatboy brought beers for him and Jay at the off licence.

When it came to midnight, all four of us were sitting in the living room. I was getting tired and I started to yawn loads!

"I feel the same Abi," Poppy yawned.

"Why don't you ladies head to bed," Fatboy suggested.

I clung onto Jay, "And leave you with my boyfriend?"

"I'll look after him," Fatboy promised. "We won't be long!"

Jay kissed my forehead, "I'll be up in a bit, go keep the bed warm!"

"Night babe," Poppy bid Fatboy as she kissed his cheek and heading upstairs. I watched Poppy leave the room, walking up the stairs. I turned to Jay as he kissed me passionately, I responded to the kiss. "See you up there BranningFlakes!"

I smiled as I got up from the sofa, bidding Fatboy goodnight before heading upstairs into mine and Jay's bedroom. I went through my suitcase, pulling out my pink onesie. I faced the mirror as I removed my makeup before slipping on the onesie. I switched off the light as I climbed into mine and Jay's bed. The sheets were cold. I got comfy in the middle of the bed, snuggling up under the duvet. Unexpectedly, my mobile went off on the bedside table. I looked up to view the caller ID; therefore it told me that a block number was trying to get through to me. I raised my eyebrow as I took the call, sitting up in the bed, "Hello?"

"Abi?" I recognised the voice, he was heavily breathing.

I gulped, "Dad…"

"Abs, are you alright?"

"I'm fine; I'm staying at Dot's with Jay for a bit. I can't be in the house with Kirsty, Kirsty tried to get me into having an abortion saying I'm making a huge mistake." Dad tried to cut in. "No dad, I know you're gonna tell me to have an abortion as you think better of me and that I can go far, but I'm having this baby with or without your consent. Jay and I are gonna bring up the baby together. He's really committed to this responsibility." I explained to him sternly.

For a few moments, all I could hear was Dad's heavy breathing. "I have to go," he told me. "I'll talk to you soon. Goodbye!" Without another word, he hanged up just as I heard Jay and Fatboy creep up onto the landing, saying goodnight to each other. I kept my phone in hand, just staring at it, even when Jay entered, closing the door behind him. "Everything alright?" He asked me, concerned.

I looked up at him and nodded as he walked round to the bed. I sighed as I put my mobile back down on the bedside table again, getting comfy under the duvet. I watched Jay as he stripped down to his boxers. He looked at me raising an eyebrow, "Budge up then," he smirked. I grinned as I moved closer to my side of the bed whilst Jay climbed into bed with me. I moved closer to him, lying down on his chest. He kissed the top of my head stroking my hair, "You sure you're alright babe?"

I sighed, "My dad just phoned me from prison. He didn't say much, I just explained to him about the baby and then he had to go, he didn't say anything." I shrugged.

"He probably will want to have a chat with you," he warned me. "But don't worry, everything will be alright. I promise."

I looked up at him as he smiled warmly at me. "I love you so much my BranningFlakes!"

"I love you too," I smiled teary at him. My hormones have erupted but Jay didn't say anything. He leant in to kiss me and we just kissed for a few seconds before Jay held me tightly for ages. I couldn't remember much else considering that I fell asleep in Jay's arms pretty quickly.