Jess stood there in shock, her mouth hanging half open. "What! Your pregnant?" She shouted. "Keep your voice down!" Karen shouted. Karen closed her eyes and when she opened them, they had cooled, like the anger had evaporated from them. Karen walked over to the couch, signalling for jess to follow. Jess followed her mum, and sat down next to her. "Does aiden know?" She said calmly. Jess shook her head. "No.. Does rob?" Jess questioned. "No..." She looked down at the office floor. "Jess, I know I flipped before, but I want you to know ill be there for you through all this, no matter what you chose to do. We can go through this together, but first we need to tell them" karen said looking in Jess' scared eyes. Jess hesitated before nodding her head slowly. "Can we do it together?" Jess asked, she sounded scared. Karen nodded. "Ill tell aiden with you if you want, but I think I need to tell rob this news one to one" she explained. Jess nodded her head and stood up. "I better get to English, budgen will kill me" jess managed a little giggle, as did Karen. "Ill come here at dinner, yeah?" Jess questioned. Karen smiled, and nodded. Jess left the office, feeling as if a weight had been lifted off of her shoulders. She sighed, and made her way to her english class feeling like she was finally able to concentrate. She walked up to her class, and burst into fits of laughter as she saw grantly dancing to LMFAO part rock anthem. She walked in the classroom, and sang; 'I've got them moves like budgen I've got them moves like budgen, I've got them moooooooves like budgen!' "Yes, alright little miss fisher" grantly said grumpily as he sat back down in his swivel chair and turned to the racing page of his newspaper.
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Karen walked out of her office once again. "Janeece, can you hold all calls for the hour again" she asked.
"Erm, yeah sure. Are y'alright miss fisher?" janeece asked noticing how pale she was.
"Just fine, thanks janeece" karen lied, as she walked out of the door, and down the long corridor. She reached rob's classroom, and saw him sat at his desk, marking books. He looked so happy. 'He's gonna hate you! He won't want anything to do with you! It'll be him or the baby!' Her subconscious was screaming at her, She took a deep breath, she placed her hand on the metal handle to open the one thing that was keeping her from blurting it out. She pressed down and opened the door, slowly, making it squeak. He looked up from the pile of books on his desk, to her and smiled. "And what do I owe the pleasure?" He smiled again as he got up from behind his desk and lent against it. Karen walked in, so she was standing in front of him. He put his arms around her waist and pulled her into a much needed loving hug. He heard her sniffling back tears, and teardrop's soaking theough his shirt. "What's wrong love?" Rob asked, as he stroked her hair, soothingly. She pulled away, wiping her eyes. "I've got to talk to you..." She said softly, a hint of fear in her words. He nodded, and moved over to onr of the desks, sitting down in the chair. Karen stood next to him. "What is it? Your scaring me now karen.." He said, remembering her feeling a little ill. "The first thing Is um.. Jess..." She started, before looking to the ground. "She's... She's... She's pregnant" karen started crying again, and he picked up her hand, stroking it gently with his hand. "And.. And Aiden..." She muttered out. On hearing his son's name, he feared he knew what was coming. "He's the dad" she added. Rob stood up, outraged, "ill kill him!" He shouted. "No! Sit down, aiden doesn't even know yet.. And.. And..that's not all..." She muttered out between sobs. He sat back down on the chair, "why, what else has he done?" He asked, furious. Karen started to cry again. Rob took both her hands in his. "I'm sorry, I just can't believe it, after him promising he'd-" rob got cut of by karen. "I'm pregnant" she blurted out, just wanting to get it over with. Rob's mouth dropped. "You? Wha.. How? When? Pregnant?" Rob stuttered, confused. Karen smiled a little at his confusion, "well, I think its a little too late to learn how babies are made rob" so said jokingly. "And yes.. I'm pregnant" she added seriously. "Am I..?" He replied, trailing off his sentence. She nodded. "Of course you are! I don't go round sleeping with different men!" She said, quite offended. Oh god, her hormones were already going wild. "Listen, I understand if you want nothing to do with me, or the baby. I don't expect anything off you.. I just thought you should know" she said, shakily. Tears threatening to fall from her eyes, as he just sat there in silence. She turned on her heels and walked towards the door, rob reached his hand out, grabbing her wrist, stopping her in her tracks. She looked round at him. "You mean.. Were having a... Baby?" He said softly. "I..I..I guess we are.." She said in reply as he pulled her into a hug, before smothering her lips with his. When they broke away, he whispered into her ear; rob style. "I love you" it sent pleasant shivers down her spine. She looked him in the eyes. "I love you too" he pulled her into a hug, wrapping one arm around her, and putting his spare hand on her flat stomach. "I thought you'd hate me..." She told him, her voice muffled in his shirt. "I could never hate you" he said as he kissed her hair.
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Karen sat in her office, her hands on her flat stomach, smiling to herself. She shook her head in disbelief, she never for one moment imagined she'd ever be going through the whole pregnancy thing. There was a knock on the door, and jess and aiden and Rob walked in. She smiled motioned for them to sit down. Rob scowled at his son, aiden looked confused, as he didn't know. They all sat down, and karen looked at Jess. "Rob knows" she said. Jess' eyes filled with tears, and she got up. "I can't" she said, as she ran out of her mum's office. Aiden looked at Karen confused. She closed her eyes and sighed. "She's pregnant aiden" she said. "And before you ask, yes. Its yours" she said coldly. Aiden's mouth opened in shock. "Aiden, you promised me you'd keep your head down! Not get another girl pregnant! And then what do you do? Go and get my girlfriends daughter pregnant! I don't believe you!" Rob ranted. "This is different, dad.. I... I love her..." He said as he got up, and followed jess. Karen looked to Rob, "I've never heard him so serious..." Rob said, honestly. "I think that's because he meant every word.."