A/N: Hello to my completely awesome and faithful readers! I am sooo sorry for the long wait! I got grounded and I'm not allowed to use my laptop, though I find my ways to sneak around my parents ;) I worked so much on this chapter, especially the fact since I was on the freaking line of severe punishment and was half-scared to death every time I heard my parents walking near my room. They'd kill me if they ever caught me on my laptop. Anyways, I want to thank you guys for all of the support! You rock!
By the way, this chapter is based on the two amazing songs, I'm Yours and Fall For You
Chapter Nine: I'm Yours So Let Me Fall For You
Alex stared around her surroundings. She was laid on the cold tiles of her bathroom floor and breathed deeply. She's been barfing into the toilet for ten straight minutes. Alex felt like she was going to vomit out her whole entire insides out. She groaned as she felt her stomach uneasy again. Soon enough, she hung her head over the toilet seat and barfed the remaining contents of her pervious large snack. Alex groaned again as she stopped barfing and flushed the toilet. She hugged the toilet seat and rested her head on top of her arms.
Alex stared back at her garbage cans. Her birth control pills were at the very top, just sitting there collecting dust. She squinted her eyes, realizing that she stopped taking them a week before she and Nate had sex. Alex widened her eyes and she felt tears dropping. Then another remembrance came into her mind. Nate didn't use a condom. Teardrops instantly fell straight into the clean water of her toilet. She didn't want to believe it, but what other possible explanation is there?
Alex ran to the back of her closet and pulled out five pregnancy tests. She always prayed that she wouldn't even think of looking for this, but today was her dreadful day. Alex walked back into her bathroom and used the pregnancy tests to see if she was actually…pregnant. As she did so, she squeezed her eyes shut, hoping to God that they were all negatives. She was seventeen years old and still had a lot in life. She didn't have the time to be a mother this young.
Once Alex used all pregnancy tests, she came out of her bathroom, tears running faster down her eyes. She stared at the five of them. Four were positive, one was negative. Alex jumped on her bed and hid under her covers, crying her eyes out. She didn't want this to be happening. She can't be a soon-to-be mother. She can't even handle the fact that another life was being carried in her stomach right now. Alex hugged her stomach, wishing, yearning, to be a virgin.
She buried her face into a pillow and let her teardrops stain it. She held onto the soft pillow tightly, practically suffocating it. Alex took deep breaths, trying to find the possible good side of this terrible outcome. First, she could use abortion, but Alex could never feel normal again if a life was sucked out of her. She'll feel guilty for the rest of her life. Then there's the other option - have the baby. Alex thought about her second option closely. She can't let anyone know about this…mishap. Her whore status will return and more people will talk about harsh things about her since she's pregnant. Though…it's Nate's baby too. Nate's responsibility as well.
Alex looked up at her ceiling. She was keeping the baby and that was her final decision. Alex gently rubbed the top of her stomach. She didn't want to keep the baby, but she had a reason. This child, growing inside of her, is the sign of her undying love to Nate, that she'll never give up on him. Alex knew that she wouldn't tell Nate about their child though. Nate wouldn't believe her. Just the way he doesn't believe that Alex actually loves him.
Alex sighed and closed her eyes. My life is fucked up. My life is fucked up. My life is fucked up. Nate Gold, you hot and perfect god, you totally fucked up my life and I love you for that. Alex thought. She let out a long breath before she ran back to her bathroom and started barfing again.
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"Guys, David and I are just going out for tonight. You'll be alright staying home alone, right?" Connie said, smiling at Shane and Mitchie. The two stepsiblings glanced at each other then looked straight back at Connie.
"Mom…can I go with you or something?" Mitchie asked, nervously. Connie laughed.
"Why would you want to see a play with us? It's not something you'll find interesting. Plus, I would hate to haul you back to the car because you were sleeping through the entire thing. No, Mitchie, you're staying at home with Shane." Connie said. Mitchie folded her arms and sighed.
"Shane, be good to Mitchie. Don't bother and her, and for the love of God, don't bring a girl home today." David said, sternly to Shane. Shane rolled his eyes and scoffed. He hasn't brought a girl home in a while.
"Yeah, whatever." he mumbled.
"Bye guys. We'll be back by 1:00." Connie said, kissing the top of the two teenager's heads. Then the two left their mansion.
Shane and Mitchie stared at each other, glaring each other down. Mitchie winced as Shane stared at her with cold eyes. She's never seen him so mad. She got up from the couch and began to walk upstairs to her room. A shiver run down her spine as she felt Shane's eyes still glaring at her. Mitchie slightly turned and saw Shane continuingly staring at her.
"What?" Mitchie demanded.
"What?" Shane asked, in a softer and nicer tone. He smirked and raised an eyebrow. His eyes softened and he looked so…desirable. "You think I'm gonna do something to you? You think I'm gonna try and fuck you?" Mitchie wanted to say yes, but she'll know how that would end. She just stood there at the middle of the stairway, still staring at Shane. "Jesus Christ, Mitchie, I'm not an idiot. You know that I'm not actually going to try and attempt to have sex with you."
"You never know." Mitchie muttered.
"Ouch, how insulting." Shane said, sarcastically.
He walked up the stairs and stood in front of Mitchie. He kissed her cheek softly, making her flinch. "Well I'll be in my room." he whispered, patting her shoulder. Mitchie bit her lip and gripped onto the railing as Shane walked past her. She took a deep breath before running back into her room.
Shane has been acting like that to her for the past several days. A kiss on the head or cheek, a little flirting over here, a genuine gesture over there. Mitchie was confused. Isn't this her horny and perverted sex god of a stepbrother? Why is he acting so sweet and innocent all of the sudden? Yes, Shane barely acknowledges Mitchie once again, but when they're all alone, it's like he's transformed into this mysterious romantic man. Then that memory came into her mind. That Shane loves her.
Mitchie rubbed her temples, still confused. She still loves Nate…right? She knows she loves Nate, or at least she believes that she loves Nate. She gets the feeling like she wants to be at his side all the time, that she wants to kiss him forever, that she wants him to be all hers. Or does she? Mitchie sighed. She knew that Shane wants to be at her side all the time, he wants to kiss her forever (and more), and he wants her to be his.
Mitchie bit her lip as she felt her stomach doing flip flops. Could she be falling for the impossible? Could she actually learn to love her stepbrother more than she should? Mitchie knew that Shane would do anything for her, that he would give up his life for her. Mitchie felt her skin crawl as she continued thinking about it. She knew that this wasn't right. She doesn't love Shane and if she did, they couldn't be together.
Mitchie took another deep breath and walked up to Shane's room. She closed her eyes and counted to ten before she knocked on his door. Shane quickly opened the door, wondering if something was wrong with Mitchie. He thought that Mitchie would never even think of knocking on his door unless something wrong was going on. To his surprise, Mitchie looked completely normal - minus the nervous look on her face.
"Do you want anything?" Shane asked, sweetly but flirtatiously. Mitchie felt a warm feeling inside of her stomach as Shane looked at her seductively. Shane smirked at her, enjoying the intimidated look she's giving him. "I know you didn't come to knock on my door to just stare at me. Though, I am completely hot." he joked.
"Umm…err…" Mitchie stuttered. She looked down, avoiding eye contact with him. "You know, I don't even know why I bothered you. Sorry, I'm just going to go-" Mitchie was about to turn away, but Shane quickly reached out for her and grabbed her arm. Mitchie froze, wondering if Shane was going to do anything to her.
Mitchie slowly turned and looked at Shane with her heart racing. Shane looked at her softly, smiling genuinely. "You know that you wanted to say something, so spill." he said, gently. Mitchie felt like she was going to give in, like she was going to pour her own soul out to him.
"I…I really don't know what to say." Mitchie whispered. Shane ran his fingers through Mitchie's brown hair and kissed her forehead. "Umm…" she stuttered. She felt a complete loss for words as Shane's lips touched her. Shane kissed her cheek, then her neck, sending pleasuring shrills up her body. He began to suck and bite on her exposed skin, giving bruises and hickies. Mitchie whimpered as Shane rubbed her breasts gently. "Shane…" she moaned, trying to turn away from her temptation. Mitchie shut her eyes tightly as something impossible just occurred to her.
She didn't want Shane to stop.
"Yeah?" Shane muffled, continuing to kiss her neck. He continued to rubbed her legs until his hands made their way down below and began to massage her clitoris. His hands were roaming everywhere around her lower half, causing Mitchie to let out unwilling moans and whimpers. Shane pressed his body closer to Mitchie, making a moan escape her lips once again. Mitchie finally snapped out of her trance and quickly pushed him away.
"You perv!" Mitchie yelled, wiping away the places Shane kissed her and touched her. She felt violated and not clean…but great? Mitchie kept that feeling far away from her mind though. "I hate you! Why would you even do that?!" Shane folded his arms and raised an eyebrow at Mitchie.
"Mitchie, I'm a perverted and horny teenager who happens to be in love with you! What the fuck do you expect?!" Shane said. He held onto Mitchie's hands, holding them tightly. He brought them up to his lips and kissed the top of her palms. "And you still have to tell me that thing you wanted to say." he whispered, seductively. Mitchie felt like she was going to fall for him all over again. She tried her best to stay focused and not think about her urge to have sex with her stepbrother.
"O…yeah…"Mitchie whispered, backing away from Shane. "Never mind about it. It doesn't matter anyways." Mitchie murmured, walking away. She rubbed her shoulders as she felt Shane staring at her again. She slightly turned around to meet her eyes with his. "Good night." she said. Shane almost didn't hear her.
"Good night, Mitchie. I love you." Shane winked then closed the door. Mitchie took a shaky breath before walking into her room.
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"Nate, I don't understand this. You were doing so well in school and now you're grades are going down the drain again. This is unacceptable. And your behavior in school in intolerable. I can't believe that you would start a fight with another boy! Nate, your mother and I did not raise you this way." Donavon said, disappointed. "Nate, what happened?"
Nate scratched the back of his neck, sighing. "Dad, you don't understand. I'm just going through something. It's just a part of…err…puberty. Dad, this will just rub off. Don't worry, it's just something I'm going through. I'll get my grades up." Nate muttered, wanting to get out of this conversation. Donavon still looked unhappy though.
"Nate, didn't you say that you were getting a free tutor? What's wrong with this tutor of yours? Though this person may be helping you for free, I expect he or she to actually teach you something. Who is this person anyways?"
"Umm…yeah my tutor doesn't tutor me anymore. We kind of got into a fight and…well she's not tutoring me anymore." Nate said, bracing himself for his father's earful.
"What on earth did you do, Nathaniel?! She was helping you so much for free and you were doing so well! You actually began receiving A's! I've never seen that many A's from you since you were in elementary school and now you're throwing it all away just because you've gotten into a fight with your tutor?!" Nate nodded his head. "Well apologize to whatever the problem is! I will not tolerate failing. Do you understand, Nathaniel?" Donovan asked.
"Yeah, Dad." Nate murmured.
After a while, Donovan sent Nate upstairs into his room with a punishment. Nate laid on his bed, thinking about Alex. Ever since the big split up between him, Mitchie and Alex and Shane, Nate hasn't really been talking to Alex. Though he catches her looking at him from time to time, he pretty much ignores her at all costs. That doesn't mean that he hasn't been thinking about her. Alex is the only thing that's been in his mind. Every breath, every blink of an eye, everything, Alex was the only thing in his mind.
Alex. Alex. Alex.
The woman who he lost his virginity to. The girl who helped him pass a couple of his grades. The person who is the love of his life, but just doesn't want to love.
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Alex managed to keep her secret for two weeks. It was hard because of the constant mood swings, severe headaches, and the sudden urges to hurl, but she managed to keep it all a secret. She knew that Shane was onto her case though. He had enough common sense in him to know that something wasn't right with Alex. He never really showed much acknowledgment to it at first, but as the days passed by, Alex got even worse.
Shane stared weirdly at the girls' bathroom. He leaned on the wall, waiting for Alex to come out. They've been having a normal boring-filled morning at school until Alex randomly rushed into the girls' bathroom. Shane listened behind the door as he heard Alex barfing and groaning of disgust. He raised an eyebrow as confusion ran through his mind. He knocked on the door, softly.
"Alex? Are you okay?" he asked, concerned.
Alex wiped her mouth with the toilet paper and flushed the toilet, watching the green and brown waste swirl down the pipes. She cringed as the smell reached her nose and she felt like gagging. "I'm fine. I think I just ate something really weird." Alex lied. She walked up to the sink and washed her face. She grabbed the paper towel and dried her face carefully, getting rid of every hint of unusualness.
Alex looked into the mirror and put on a fake smile before exiting the girls' bathroom. She looked up at Shane, her smile was believable enough. Shane still didn't buy it though. He returned Alex's smile with an eyebrow raised and his arms crossed. He gave her a stern 'what the hell are you hiding from me?' look. Alex tried her best to ignore it. She just continued smiling.
"Come on, Shane. We got classes to get to. Crap to learn." Alex said, turning on her heel and walking quickly towards her next class. She sighed and frowned as Shane traveled on behind her. She knew that she will have to eventually tell someone, and if she did, why not Shane? He was like her best friend. Then again, Shane wouldn't understand. First of all, he was a guy and it would be completely awkward. The only guy Alex wouldn't mind revealing this unwanted truth was…well the father.
"Alex, seriously, how much of an idiot do you think I am? I know there's something wrong with you and you know that you can tell me. What, you don't trust me?" Shane said, overdramatically pretending that his feelings were hurt. Alex pursed her lips and kept them in a straight line. She kept her dark eyes fixed onto her shoes. She let out another small sigh. Shane frowned, knowing that Alex's problem must be really serious. He turned to face her and placed his hands gently on her shoulders. "Is it really that bad?" he asked in a low voice.
Alex gulped back the tears as she felt them nearing her eyes. "Y-yes." she stuttered. Shane scratched the back of his neck, hoping Alex wouldn't start crying. He always hated it when girls cried, it was his complete weakness. "It's terrible and I w-wish it didn't h-happen." Alex said, her voice cracking. She took a big shaky gulp of air and thought that she was fine. Then from the corner of her eye, she saw Nate and Mitchie walking and laughing. They looked…perfect for each other. Alex covered her mouth and buried her face into Shane's chest. She started bawling her eyes out as Shane awkwardly rubbed her back.
Alex could care less that the whole hallway grew quiet and that every pair of eyes in the room was staring at her. She wouldn't give a shit that everyone will start making rumors about her and they'll pervade through the school in a second. She doesn't even care that she's humiliating herself by crying like a baby in front of everyone. Hell, she was already pregnant. What else could be worse?
Nate and Mitchie stared at her, surprised. They looked at each other, confused, then their eyes made their way back onto Alex and Shane. Nate felt his stomach drop as he watched Alex cry. He felt his blood pressure rising as he watched Shane comfort her. His hands twitched a little as he saw that another boy was touching her, caring for Alex as she cried. Nate folded his arms and tried his best to keep a straight face on.
"O my gosh…wow." Mitchie scoffed then rolled her eyes. "What a drama queen. She thinks that people should give her some sympathy just because she's crying. So what? Water is pouring down her eyes. Big whoop." Mitchie shook her head and glared at Alex. Deep down though, she was feeling a bit of sympathy. Way deep down.
Nate shook his head and brushed passed Mitchie, trying to ignore Alex as he walked passed them. He took a little glimpse and regretted it. Seeing her that sad…Nate didn't think he could take it. He knew that something huge had to make Alex cry in public. Not a simple feeling of melancholy could do that to her. Nate cringed and made fists. He told himself that he doesn't care. Alex is a nobody and should just be left alone.
But Nate couldn't leave Alex alone. He stood there, just two yards away from her, staring like the rest of everyone else. He stared at her with sad eyes, yearning to be the one who was rubbing her back and holding her tightly. Nate bit the inside of his cheek as he didn't move.
Mitchie stared at Nate with shock. She thought that he finally got over Alex! That the two had another chance to be together! Anger rose inside of Mitchie as she watched the look on Nate's face. Her eyes flickered at Alex then at Shane. Her eyes softened as she looked at Shane. He was acting so gentle and caring…it was extremely abnormal. Mitchie bit her lip as she had the sudden urge to hug Shane, to be the one he was comforting. Her eyes moved back down to Alex and her gaze became a glare again.
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Alex heard whispers all around her once again. She hated herself for making such a big scene like that. An hour barely passed by and everyone at the whole entire school knew that she was recently crying her eyes out. She groaned, mentally smacking herself for crying in public. Because of her 'sudden burst of tears', the whole entire school is gossiping about how she's being abused, or is under depression, or other crap like that.
"What the heck is your deal?" a voice said, behind her. Alex turned around to see that it was Mitchie talking to her. Mitchie looked like she was fuming. Alex raised an eyebrow and folded her arms.
"Well someone is in a really good mood at the moment." Alex said, sarcastically. Mitchie marched up to her.
"Seriously, what the heck is your problem? Do you really think that you'll get Nate to notice you by crying in front of the student body?" Mitchie said. Alex's mouth dropped open in shock. "Really, Alex, it's very pathetic." Alex took a big step in front of Mitchie and pointed her index finger onto her chest.
"Listen, I did not try to get Nate to notice me so go fuck off and obsess about your ex-boyfriend somewhere else! I don't need your crap right now!" Alex yelled. Mitchie's eyes widened at Alex's outburst. "And don't you dare call me pathetic! I am not pathetic, you bitch!" Mitchie narrowed her eyes and she stared Alex down.
"At least I'm not a slut." she said, darkly.
Alex couldn't take it anymore. She slapped Mitchie across the face. Mitchie yelped out and touched her cheek as she stumbled back. Her cheek felt hot as it was burning red. "Don't you dare call me a slut!" Alex screamed at her. "I'm sick and tired of people thinking that I'm a slut! FYI, I haven't had sex in a couple of weeks! I'm not a slut!" Mitchie managed to scoff. Alex marched right back up to her. "But you, yeah, you're definitely a bitch."
"You take that back!" Mitchie demanded.
"Make me." Alex dared.
Mitchie pushed Alex onto the lockers. Alex screamed a little, but got back on foot. She grabbed Mitchie's hair, trying to yank it out. Mitchie sent out a repeating yell of ouches, but she didn't give up. She pushed Alex again, causing both to fall on the ground. The two girls rolled on the marble floor, kneeing and elbowing each other.
"Bitch!"
"Slut!"
Mitchie finally got the energy to get up and she rammed Alex onto the metal garbage cans. Alex yelled out a loud cry of pain that sent echoes throughout the whole school. Mitchie slowly backed away as she watched Alex sink down on the floor, clutching her stomach. Mitchie looked at Alex, confused, wondering why she started crying. They did worse to each other before. All she did was ram her into simple but hard garbage cans. Mitchie's eyes widened as she found blood trickling down Alex's legs. Alex started screaming and she clutched her stomach even tighter.
"Help!" she screamed.
"O my God!" Mitchie said. For that moment, she completely forgot her hatred towards Alex. "Are you okay?!" she asked, frantically. Alex shook her head quickly as tears continued rolling down her eyes. She screamed again and the blood increased. "Help! She's hurt! Somebody call 911 or something!" Mitchie yelled.
Shane and Nate heard Mitchie's yell and quickly ran to where she was. They stopped dead in their tracks as they watched Mitchie yelling for help with tears beginning to form in her eyes and Alex screaming and blood running down her legs. They ran closer up to Mitchie, surrounding the two girls.
"What the hell happened?!" Nate and Shane yelled at the same time.
"I-I d-don't know." Mitchie wailed. She stared at Alex, feeling guilt.
"I'm calling 911." Shane said. He quickly dialed the number and demanded the paramedics to come as fast as they could.
"My baby." Alex muttered. Things around them were going on too quickly and too loudly for anyone to hear. She blinked her eyes open as she felt tears pouring down in public for the second time today and the blood running down her legs. "My baby…" Alex repeated, a little louder. This time Nate noticed her speaking.
"What did you say?" he asked, gently, not hearing correctly what she stated.
"My…" Alex blinked but saw that her vision was getting blurry. She continued blinking until it was completely pitch black dark. Everyone around her grew even more worried. Mitchie stood up and covered her mouth, trying not to scream. She prayed to God that she didn't kill Alex. Shane walked back with tears almost in his eyes. He looked at Mitchie who was continuingly bawling her eyes out. He sighed and wrapped his arm around her shoulders. This time, Mitchie didn't even mind. She buried her face in the nook of his neck and wrapped her arms around his waist, crying and crying.
Nate sat there, in front of Alex. He started shedding tears as he stroked her hair. "You're going to be okay, baby." he whispered, hoping what he said was true. He looked up at Shane. His eyes were red and watery, but he didn't shed a tear yet. "Did you call 911?" Nate asked, hoarsely. Shane nodded.
"Yeah, they said that they'll be here as fast as they could." Shane looked around. "Where the fuck are the teachers when you need them? Fuck, we pay a bunch of cold cash for this dump and the damn teachers aren't even here to help." Shane complained. Apparently, he was trying to change the subject. Mitchie held onto him tighter and her cries started becoming squeals of sadness.
"I didn't mean to! I didn't know that it would happen!" Mitchie let out as she continued to cry. Nate ignored her as Shane rubbed her back, trying to comfort her. "It's all my fault! I shouldn't have started it! I think I killed her!" Nate looked up at Mitchie, alarmed.
"Mitchie, don't you dare say that. You didn't kill her." Nate said, his voice shaky.
"But it's still my fault!" Mitchie wailed. Her grasp on Shane was even tighter. Nate fought the urge to agree with her. He looked back down at Alex and placed her onto his lap. He rubbed her arm as she laid there, her body cold and her complexion pale. His tears dropped onto her hair as he silently cried. They all cried.
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Alex was rushed to the hospital with Shane, Nate, and Mitchie in the ambulance. They watched the heart meter as it weakly went up and down. Mitchie was covering her mouth with tears stinging her eyes. She watched Alex as she let out muffled cries. All she could think about was how sorry she was and how it was all her fault. Nothing else. Shane stood next to Mitchie. His eyes were bloodshot and he was feeling as miserable as Mitchie was. Nate stood on the other side of the stretcher. He just stood there, simply crying.
As they finally reached their destination, Alex was immediately taken to the emergency room section and Nate, Mitchie, and Shane had to wait in the waiting room. The three stared at the ground as a couple of hours passed by. They watched as ill people walked in and out, back and forth. The two swinging doors to the emergency room was less than a yard away from them. Though, they still couldn't step foot there.
Mitchie hugged her legs and rested her head on her knees. She closed her eyes as tears continued to fall down her eyes. She looked at the boys whom were sitting right across from her. Nate was also crying, but he was acting as if he was the only one there. It even seemed like her forgot that he was in a stinky hospital. Shane was finally shedding tears. He would quickly wipe them away, but they would still fall down. Mitchie let out a shaky breath.
"Alex Russo?" a woman holding a clipboard and wearing a white coat said. In an instant breath, Mitchie, Nate, and Shane were standing right in front of her with so much hope and wonder in their eyes. The woman sighed and read over her clipboard. "Well she's safe. She fainted momentarily, but she's fine. Her heartbeat and blood pressure is returning to its normal state. So Alex is completely fine." the doctor said, emphasizing Alex. The three teenagers smiled and sighed of relief. "Though there is some bad news." The smiles quickly wore off and they became worried again.
"What? What's wrong?" Nate demanded. The woman sighed.
"Her baby didn't make it."
Mitchie widened her eyes, Shane stopped breathing, and Nate just stood there, speechless. "Baby?" he chocked out. The woman nodded her head.
"Yes. She was about a little over a month pregnant but she loss too much blood and had a miscarriage. I am so sorry. Do you wish to see Alex?" the doctor asked. Nate nodded his head as thoughts raced through his mind. A little over a month? Just the way a little over a month ago, he lost his virginity to Alex.
Is it…mine? Nate wondered.
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Alex woke up, her head throbbing and by the sound of Mitchie crying. Alex sat straight up and peeked her eyes opened. She noticed the unfamiliar place she was in. She raised an eyebrow, confused. She was in a hospital, sitting on a hospital bed, wearing a those white dresses. Alex was under the smelly and old blankets and even smelled like smelly old people. She cringed. Alex completely opened her eyes. Though she could see, everything around were was a blur. she felt her stomach drop as she had the feeling that something wasn't right.
"I'm so sorry!" Mitchie wailed as she ran up to Alex and hugged her tightly. "I'm so, so, terribly sorry!" Mitchie said. Alex looked at her weirdly and awkwardly returned the hug. "I didn't know! I didn't mean to end up like that! I'm so sorry! I don't think that I could ever live with myself ever again!"
"What's going on?" Alex asked. Mitchie hugged her tighter and her cries increased. "Mitchie? What happened?" Alex asked, her voice cracking. Mitchie sighed and rubbed Alex's back.
"I'm sorry." she whispered. Alex looked at Shane.
"Shane, what's going on?" she repeated, more worried. Shane frowned and looked at his feet. "What is going on?!" Alex yelled, her voice cracking even more. She felt Mitchie jump a little at her sudden rise of tone. Tears were once again welling up in Alex's eyes. She held them back, thinking that she couldn't take another crying fest. Mitchie pulled away and wiped her tears. Alex stared at Shane and Mitchie.
"I think you and Nate should talk." Shane said. Alex turned to see Nate was leaning on the wall the whole time. She turned back towards Shane's direction, giving him a confused look. "Mitchie and I are gonna leave you guys for some privacy." Shane murmured. He took Mitchie's wrist and led her out of the room.
It was just her and Nate, all alone in that one room. Alex could still hear Mitchie crying and saying how sorry she was over and over. She started feeling the tears roll down her eyes as Nate stared at her disappointedly. He looked like he was going to cry soon. As Nate leaned on the hospital wall, his hands were in his pockets, and he just kept on looking at Alex, wondering why she didn't tell him.
"So when were you going to tell me that you were pregnant?" Nate asked. Alex covered her mouth and cried. Tears poured down as fast as they could and the bed sheets were practically soaked up. Alex felt the need of air was useless. She wanted to die right there at that second. Nate's words roamed through her head. So when were you going to tell me that you were pregnant? Alex looked at Nate, teary eyed. Her vision was blurry since her tears kept on coming into the way. She felt like she was fading away.
Her secret was out.
"I-" Alex started, but Nate held a hand up to stop her.
"Is it mine?" Nate asked. Alex sighed and cried again. Nate walked up to the bed and held onto Alex's hands tightly. His eyes were watery and he looked so hopeless. "Alex, tell me the truth. Is this baby mine?" he asked, his voice shaking. Alex closed her eyes tightly and nodded her head. "O, God." Nate wailed. "Why didn't you tell me?" he asked in a low whisper.
"Because…you didn't want to see me. You wanted nothing to do with you. You hate me." Alex murmured. Nate hugged Alex tightly as the two cried. "And I love you so much, but here you are, still hating me!" Alex randomly burst out. Nate held onto her even tighter.
Then there was a knock on the door. The same woman that Nate, Mitchie, and Shane encountered with entered the room. She stared at the two with a sad expression. She walked up to the edge of Alex's bed and gave her a weak and sympathetic smile. From there, Alex knew that she was going to receive bad news. "How are you, sweetie?" the woman asked.
"Terrible." Alex croaked. The doctor sighed.
"Well…I have some…bad news for you." she said. Alex closed her eyes again, grasping Nate. She embraced herself what was to come. "I'm sorry, honey, but you're baby didn't make it." Alex's tears increased and Nate tried his best to comfort her. "I'm so sorry, sweetie." the doctor said. She sighed and placed Alex's medical report on the small table in front of the bed and left the room.
Nate got on the bed and laid him and Alex down. He wrapped his arms around Alex's waist and held onto her tightly as she laid there, crying. She kept her face hidden in Nate's arms, crying endlessly. "And you know the worse of it all?" Alex said. "You still don't love me. My baby died and the father of him or her still doesn't love me."
"Alex…" Nate said. Alex looked up at him. He took a deep sigh. "I…I do love you. I just…didn't know if I could. Hear me out, I love you with all my heart and would never exchange you for even for all of the money in the world. Don't ever say that I hate you because it's the exact opposite. The only reason why I never said that I love you at the start was because I thought that you were lying when you said that you love me. But after today…I know that you're telling the truth. I love you, please, don't ever make me want to change my mind about that." Nate confessed.
Alex smiled as she cried. Nate kissed her forehead and the two closed their eyes. They room was silent except for the noises of cries and the music playing all around the hospital. Nate and Alex listened to the song on the radio as their cries lessoned.
But hold your breath
Because tonight will be the night
That I will fall for you over again
Don't make me change my mind
Or I won't live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you's impossible to findY
ou're impossible to find
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Mitchie hiccupped as her tears started to stop. Shane was right in front of her as his tears ended as well. He handed her a water bottle and Mitchie accepted it. She jugged it down before handing it back to Shane. The two stepsiblings stared at each other for the longest time. "Do you think that she'll forgive me?" Mitchie asked. Shane shrugged. He walked up to her and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, completely worried about Alex and concerned about Mitchie. Mitchie slapped Shane's hand away, getting angry again. "Do you always have to touch me?" she asked in between her hiccups.
"No, I'm just here for you." Shane said, sincerely. Mitchie folded her arms and looked towards another direction. Shane sighed and stood next to her, leaning on the cold wall just inches away from her. Mitchie stiffened and felt herself tense. She was close to Shane. Too close. Mitchie felt like she was going to blow up as she felt Shane's presence near her. She felt awkward but…love struck?
"I'm going out for air." Mitchie announced. She couldn't take the mix feelings anymore. Guilt about Alex was enough for her.
"Do you want me to come with you?" Shane asked.
"No." Mitchie snapped, walking quickly away. Both Shane and her knew well enough that they shouldn't be arguing each other at a time like this. Being close wasn't making it any better either.
Shane sighed. He walked into the waiting room and looked out the window and looked around at the winter sky. To his surprise, it was already dark, even at around six o'clock. Shane frowned and began to worry about Alex. He wondered what she and Nate were talking about, if she was crying, if Nate was making her cry. Shane knew that he would knock the lights out of Nate if he hurt Alex again.
Then a figure caught Shane's eye. He squinted closely, trying to make out the shape. There were two shapes, one was standing still while the other was moving around frantically. Shane walked up to the window and looked at the two as best as he could. He widened his eyes as he saw Mitchie trying to get away from a stranger.
"Let go of me, you creep!" Mitchie shrieked, trying to get away from this man. The man chuckled and continued to keep his grip on her. Mitchie felt the tears seeping back into her eyes. "Help!" she screamed.
With that yell for help, Shane raced out of the hospital and ran as fast as he could towards Mitchie. He felt his heart sink as he saw the man kissing Mitchie's neck and pinning her onto the wall. Mitchie tried kicking and pushing him away, but the man was just too strong. Shane reacted quickly and pried the man off of Mitchie.
"Fuck off!" Shane yelled. The man glared at Shane, looking ready to kill him. "You better back off or else I'll murder you." Shane warned, his voice sounded serious as ever and his face was even angrier. The look Shane gave the man was even scarier and more believable.
"You're a kid. You couldn't beat me." the man scoffed. Shane narrowed his eyes at the man. Without even thinking a second thought, Shane kicked the man in the stomach and punched him in the nose. Then he threw even more painful punches, kicks, and other harmful things. The man immediately began to bleed and he fell flat-faced onto the cement.
"You might want to rephrase that sentence again." Shane muttered. He shook his head as the man got enough energy to get up and run away. His train of thought stopped once he realized that Mitchie was crying. He swiftly turned around and ran up to her. Mitchie jumped into Shane's arms, holding him tightly. "O God, Mitchie, are you okay?" he asked.
"I…I…" Mitchie stuttered, but ending up crying hysterically again. Shane rubbed her back once again and let her cry on his shoulder.
"I'll always be there for you, Mitchie. Just call my name and I'll be here. I can't stand this anymore. I can't stand being not with you. I'm not waiting anymore, Mitchie. I love you…I'm all yours." Shane whispered into her ear.
"You really do love me. Don't you, Shane?" Mitchie whispered into his ear. Shane nodded his head. "I…I believe you and…I…I love you too." Shane smiled and held onto Mitchie tighter. She cried even more. "I can't believe it took this long to figure it all out. You love me. You really do love me." she said, a little of happiness in her voice.
"Mitchie, I love you so much." Shane said, sitting her onto his lap. Mitchie wiped her tears and smiled at him.
"I love you too." Shane sighed and stroked her hair.
"I've been waiting for what seemed like forever to hear those words."
Mitchie leaned down and planted a sweet kiss on Shane's lips. Shane smiled into the kiss and wrapped his arms around Mitchie's waist. She pulled away and kissed his forehead, his nose, his cheek, then another peck on his lips. Shane laughed a little and stroked her hair again. Mitchie smiled and hugged him once more. Both feeling relieved and, finally, happiness.
So I won't hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait I'm sure
There's no need to complicate
Our time is short
This is our fate, I'm yours
But to every confession and to every truth truth, more secrets await.
A/N: I want to thank USCFAN for giving me a couple of ideas for this chapter! You are awesome!
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Mitchie giggled as Shane kissed her neck, absolutely making sure to leave his mark on her. His fingers made their way under her skirt and were playing with the strands on her underwear. "Shane! Stop it!" Mitchie giggle-yelled as Shane's cold hand touched her skin. Shane smirked and didn't stop. Mitchie didn't mind either. She simply continued laughing as Shane kissed her.
"Mitchie! Shane! We're home!" Connie yelled. Shane quickly got off of Mitchie and the two fixed their appearance as fast as possible. Connie and David walked into the living room, looking curiously at their two children. "Well you two definitely look cozy." she said with an eyebrow raised.
"I have no idea what you're talking about, Connie." Shane said.
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"Nate, who's this?" Donovan asked. Nate immediately pushed Alex off of him and the two teenagers stared at a very confused and somewhat angry Mr. Gold.