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Chapter 10

"My heart hurts, Rach," Jacob said as he picked at a hangnail that sat on his thumb.

I smiled sympathetically, rubbing his back. "It's okay, Jake. You'll find the right girl, I promise."

Jacob scoffed and rested his head on the table. "Easy for you to say, you found Paul. You're set for life with an okay guy who loves you. The one girl I love is probably on some private yacht taking in her last breaths as a human being." I swear that I heard a low growl escape from my brother's throat.

"He has a yacht?" I asked as I got up from my seat next to my brother and moved to the stove, stirring the pot of ground beef that sat on it, adding in seasoning as I moved the spoon.

"Probably, they are loaded. You should have seen what they did to their house for that wedding. Alice, Edward's sister, probably spent more money on that wedding than Dad did when he bought this house," my brother said, banging his head lightly on the table. "It was semi-ridiculous."

"Hey, cheer up and quit moping, that wedding was a week ago. Now I know you're hungry and I made your favorite." I said as I pulled out taco shells, cheese, lettuce, and sour cream.

Jake's head popped up. "You're the best sister, ever," he got up from the table and kissed me brotherly on the forehead. "I'll go let Dad know that dinner is ready." My brother was back moments later, my dad wheeling in behind him.

I set up a plate for my dad and sat it in front of him. "Rachel, I appreciate that you come over and make food for us, but I think I can handle dishing it out for myself," he said rolling his eyes.

I shrugged my shoulders and bit into my taco. Jake finished off his first and was quickly onto his second, sloppily shoving the food into his mouth. "Where's Paul tonight?" my dad asked quietly.

"Work," Jake and I replied at the same time.

I grinned to myself. "He's coming over here tonight to watch the Mariner's game. I think Nikki is coming too."

Jacob looked up at me knowingly. "His sister Nikki?" I nodded silently. "That's cool, I guess. She's a cute kid, Dad. You will love her."

He nodded, and I agreed silently with Jake, my dad would love her. "Have you talked to your sister lately?" my dad asked as he finished his plate and moved to get more food.

I nodded. "I talked to her before I got here. Her- uh, she and Rick are fighting again." My sister opted to not go to college after high school and decided to move in with her boyfriend, who had promised to marry her. We have yet to see this happen.

"What do you mean fighting? Like not getting along?" Jacob asked, wanting to know more information. I shrugged. Rebecca told me not to tell them anything and I had already blown that. If Jake and my dad knew the truth, Rick would be dead.

"Rachel, if something is wrong, we should know about it," my dad said firmly.

My eyes fell to my food as I pushed it around my plate. "I think she will be fine. They have fought before and everything turns out okay. This is probably the same deal." Silence took over the table as we ate our food.

I looked up as the phone rang, "that's her." I said quietly. My mom always said we were each other's six sense. We always knew when something was wrong or right with the other. Or when we were calling or visiting. Rebecca probably had a feeling I was here and probably didn't even try calling my apartment.

"Hello?" Jacob asked. He then looked at me and rolled his eyes, indicating that I was right. "Yeah, here she is." I hopped up from my seat and grabbed the phone.

"What's up?" I felt my stomach fall the way it usually does when my sister was about to tell me something bad happened.

"I'm pregnant," she said quietly.

My jaw dropped and I looked at my dad and brother who were staring at me. I grabbed the cord of the phone and stretched it into the living room. "Why is this a bad thing?"

"How did you know it was a bad thing?" Rebecca questioned.

"I am having that feeling. And why didn't you tell me anything when we talked earlier? I knew something was going on," I said, thinking back to our conversation before.

I heard her sob and my heart broke. "I needed to make sure before I told you. Oh Rach, Rick is going to be so pissed! He always said that he didn't want any kids."

"Have you told him yet?" I asked, turning on the television to try to distract Dad and Jacob from hearing me.

"No! You know what will happen if I tell him, Rach. I can't do that." My mind flashed back to Nikki's bruises on her body and I inhaled sharply when I thought of that happening to my sister, my best friend. "He's home, I have to go," she whispered into the phone.

"You have to promise me that you will call me if anything happens. Good or bad? Got it?" I demanded.

"Yeah, I got it."

"Promise me, Rebecca," I said firmly.

"Okay, I promise. I love you, Rachel. Tell Dad and Jake that I love them too... and, uh, let them know about the news, I guess," she said quietly. I heard Rick yelling in the background.

"I love you too, Becks-" she hung up the phone before I could said bye and I sighed. Running my hands though my hair, I placed a fake smile on my face and walked into the kitchen.

"What was that about?" Jacob asked rudely.

I put the phone back on the hook and turned to them, still smiling. Truthfully, I was happy for my sister. I knew she always wanted kids when we were younger and only changed her opinion because of her asshole boyfriend. Plus, I was excited to be an aunt.

"I have some awesome news," I announced, grinning. They looked at me eagerly. "Rebecca is going to have a baby."

My dad's eyes sparkled in the dim light of the kitchen. "Really?" He smiled as the information sunk in. "I'm going to be a grandpa?"

I nodded and Jake grinned at us. "Sweet! I'm going to be the coolest uncle." His eyes darkened after a second. "What did Retard Rick have to say about it? I thought he didn't want to have babies."

"Jacob, don't call him that," my dad scolded, still in high spirits about being a future grandfather.

Looking back at Jacob, I tried to answer his question without sounding as nervous as I was. "Uh, nothing yet. He walked in the door right as she was getting off the phone with me," I said quietly. "But I'm sure he will be thrilled, I mean, who wouldn't?" I quickly added.

"He's a tool," Jake said simply and my dad shook his head at him. "What? He is." I smirked in agreement with him.

"You should be happy for your sister and trust in the choices she makes with her life," my dad said as he moved into the living room to turn on the game. My heart jumped in excitement, knowing Paul would be here soon. Even with everything with my sister, I knew I could rely on Paul to put a smiled on my face. "She was fully accepting of you leaving town a few weeks ago, Jacob," my dad pointed out from the other room.

"He's still a tool," Jake said as he took all the plates off the table and placed them in the sink. "Paul's here," he said as he nodded his head out the window, seeing Paul's truck turn into the driveway.

My smile grew and I quickly walked to the front porch. Nikki hopped out of the large vehicle and leapt into my arms.

"Rachel! I missed you!" she said as she hugged me tightly. "I have something to show you!"

"Really? What is it?" I said looking down at her. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a very tired looking Paul walking towards the porch.

The little girl opened her mouth and pointed at one of her bottom teeth. She gently touched it and it wiggled in its place. "I'm gonna lose my second tooth!"

"That is really cool, sweetheart. You should go show Jacob, he is right inside." I said putting her down onto the porch and she ran into the house to show my brother her loose tooth. My eyes fell on Paul, who was slouching against the house with a small smile on his face.

"Hey, there," I said quietly, walking towards him. Paul stepped towards me and wrapped his arms around my waist, hugging me almost as tightly as his sister had been. "You okay?"

He took a deep breath and pulled back, lightly pressing his warm lips onto mine. "I feel better now." Paul traced his fingers under my eyes. "What about you?"

I shrugged lightly. "My sister is pregnant."

"Isn't that a good thing?" Paul asked skeptically.

"We'll see, I guess." I pulled him back to my body, breathing in his scent deeply. "Her boyfriend..."

"Oh yeah, I remember Jacob saying something about him," Paul said as he kissed the top of my head repeatedly. "She will be okay though, right?"

"I hope so. She is going to call if anything happens. I have a bad feeling about all of this, and that is never a good thing when it comes to her," I said into his hard chest. "I'm worried about her."

"If anything happens, we will all be here to help you guys with it, okay?" He said, his dark eyes looking into mine.

"Okay," I said nodding slightly. Breathing in once more, I pulled out of his warm embrace. "Thank you, Paul."

He grinned down at me, "for what?"

"Just being here," I said softly as I took his hand and led him into the house.

Paul raised my chin with his pointer finger. "We're in this together. You help me with my family, and I help you with yours. I should be thanking you," he said kissing me lightly before leading me into the house.

We walked into the living room where Nikki was sitting on Jacob's lap showing him her loose tooth and my dad was watching the game intently.

"I don't know why I watch this team. They are god awful," my dad said to no one in particular. I wasn't watching the television, my brain was focused on the telephone. Rebecca would call back tonight and I was worried as to what she would be saying.

I sat as they watched the game, staring at the phone. Paul nudged me and draped his arm over my shoulders. "Everything will be okay," he kissed my temple soothingly. Nodding, I leaned into his warm embrace, ignoring the looks from my family around me.

The phone rang and I leapt out of my seat. I felt almost... happy? This happiness threw me off, I was so terrified that Rick would hurt her when he found out. "What happened?" I asked into the speaker, anxiously wondering if she told her boyfriend.

"I'm coming home, Rach," my sister said nervously, as if she was out of breath.

I smiled selfishly, I missed my sister everyday, and having her back would be awesome. "Is everything okay with Rick?"

A soft sniffle escaped from her. "Not particularly. He left."

My heart hurt for her and I looked up for the first time to see that I had a crowd around me. "Do you need any help moving?"

"No I'm not bringing much, I'm already half done with packing," she said quietly. "I just want to get home."

"Well we can't wait to see you, honey," I said honestly. We hung up shortly after and my dad was smiling brightly.

"All my babies are coming home to me," he said, his eyes glistening with tears. We all smiled at him, feeling his happiness.

"Ahh! Paulie!" Nikki yelled from the living room and Paul sprinted to her.

"What's wrong, Nick?" he said, checking her over. I almost felt his heart drop as a small amount blood covered her lips and hands.

The little girl opened her mouth, and there was a little gab between her teeth. "Does the tooth fairy still come if you swallow the tooth?" she asked, a small lisp was heard in the voice.

We laughed and Paul pulled her into his long arms. "Sure, sweetheart, sure."

I'm so sorry. I had a test last week and I was sort of depressed. lol. I am extremely homesick right now and I found the story getting depressing and I didn't want to add anything else to this already drama-filled story.

And Penn State lost to effing Iowa last weekend. boo boo boo. They won yesterday so that's good I guess lol.

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