The end of the holidays were drawing to a close and which no-one was particularly pleased about, all except from Emily who was so excited about starting at her new school in a few days. It seemed so much more grown up than her other one and she couldn't wait to get started.

Finn was still grounded and Rachel was sticking to it pretty well. The only thing she was allowing him to do was have Abbie over, as she did feel a bit mean making him stick with their company only as she knew this would put him in an awful mood all the time.

Abbie was sat on the end of Finn's bed and Finn had noticed that Abbie was exacting a bit strange, come to think of it she'd been acting really strange ever since the day of his party. She was really quiet, distant and was definitely lacking her usual spark.

"Are you sure you're okay Abs?" Finn asked sitting down next to his girlfriend and putting his arm around her

"Yep"

"Are you still upset about how I was acting at my party?" Finn asked to which Abbie shook her head

Abbie thought for a moment before realising that this really was something that she needed to tell Finn. After all it couldn't be any harder than telling her Mum.

"There's something I need to tell you"

"Okay what is it?" Finn asked trying to sound as supportive as possible

"The thing is… urmm, oh Finn I really don't know how to say this" Abbie said tears starting to form in her eyes, this was another thing Finn had noticed about Abbie at the moment how emotional she seemed to be.

"Just tell me, you're really worrying me now"

"I'm pregnant" Abbie said before looking away from Finn unable to look him in the eye

Finn just froze. He was shocked for words so just sat there in silence for a few moments.

He felt so betrayed. Him and Abbie had pretty much been going out since year 7 so he couldn't believe she'd cheated on him.

"Say something then"

"What do you want me to say? Congratulations, this is fantastic news?"

"No but maybe you could sort of make it seem like we're in this together"

"But we're not are we? You've slept with someone else"

"No I haven't what the hell makes you think that?"

"We're always careful, we use protection so it clearly can't be mine"

"Of course it's yours, god I can't believe you thought I'd cheated on you I'm glad to see that you clearly trust me" Abbie said sarcastically "has it not crossed your mind that maybe the contraception just didn't work, you know these things do happen sometimes"

"Okay I'm sorry for doubting you"

"Is that all you have to say? Are you not going to say anything about the baby?"

"I need time to think" Finn said. He'd now moved off the bed and was looking out of his bedroom window.

Abbie had honestly thought that once she'd told Finn he would have been there for her, given her a cuddle.

"Fine" Abbie said before standing up off the bed and picking her bag up. The tears were rolling down her cheeks but this wasn't what she wanted Finn to see right now so she quickly stormed out of the bedroom

"Thanks for nothing" she shouted and Finn didn't even bother to go after her

Rachel was in the kitchen helping Emily with a bit of her holiday homework that she needed to do when she decided to go and find out if Finn, Emily and Lola wanted some lunch.

She walked out of the kitchen and into the hallway where she saw Abbie putting her shoes on.

"Are you off now love?" Rachel asked

"Yeah, bye Rachel" Abbie said as she stood up to walk out the door. Rachel immediately noticed her tearstained face when she did this so started to get concerned

"What's happened, are you okay?"

"Yeah I'm fine, sorry Rachel but I really need to go"

Abbie then walked out of the door leaving Rachel with no explanation, she thought that maybe she'd had an argument with Finn or something.

She went into Finn's bedroom to ask him if he was ready for lunch, but decided not to bring Abbie up knowing Finn was probably feeling quite angry now if they had had an argument.

"Do you want a sandwich or something for lunch Finn?" Rachel asked

"No"

"No thank you"

"What are you talking about?"

"I'm talking about your manners, just come down when you're ready for lunch then"

Rachel then left again figuring her son needed some space. She went into the kitchen and made lunch for the three of them before sitting down to eat it with Emily and Lola.

"Where's Finn? Is he eating his room because that's not fair because I'm never allowed to eat in my room" Lola asked

"Before you start winging about something Finn isn't even doing, he's not hungry yet"

"Oh. Are we doing anything today?"

"Yeah we're going to meet Ruby and her Mum at the lake for an hour or so" Rachel said knowing Lola would like this. Ruby was a couple of years older than Lola but the two of them had always got on really well.

"Yay, please can I take my bike?"

"I would say so, I'll text Fiona to tell her to bring Ruby's bike too"

Once they'd finished eating Rachel stacked their plates in the dishwasher before getting ready to go out. She decided to get changed as it had actually turned into quite a nice day and the sun was shining now.

After she'd got changed she went to tell Finn they were going out

"Finn we're going to the lake, we're leaving in five minutes"

"I'm not coming"

"Yes you are, you didn't go out all day yesterday or the day before you need some fresh air"

"I don't feel like it"

"Tough, it will do you good to get out of the house for a bit rather than staying in cooped up playing on that xbox all day"

"I'm not even on my xbox" Finn said, which was true it was only then that Rachel thought anything of what Finn was actually doing, he was just lying there on his bed staring up at the ceiling

"You can argue all you like Finn but it's not going to change my mind" Rachel said before walking downstairs to pick up some snacks and drinks.

"Kids, we're leaving" Rachel shouted up the stairs

Emily and Lola were quick to materialise however there was no movement from Finn

"Finn come on, we're going"

Finn heard his Mum shouting and knew he had no choice but to come with them so slowly made his way downstairs

They got into the car and drove the 10 minute drive to the lake. They were a bit late getting there so Ruby were already there when they arrived.

Ruby came straight over to Lola where the two girls started chatting. Emily walked with her Mum and Fiona and Finn was walking behind them all.

"He doesn't seem too happy" Fiona commented

"Think he's had a bit of a fight with Abbie, the fact I dragged him along probably isn't helping either"

They were walking out of the car park when Lola said "Mum please can I get my bike out now?"

"Could you not have said that when we were actually at the car?"

"I forgot"

Rachel rolled her eyes before going to the boot and getting Lola's bike out. Fiona got Ruby's bike too so then they started to walk around the lake.

They only got to the little bridge when Lola and Ruby said their legs were starting to ache so they decided to turn around as it was actually quite a big lake so walking the whole way around it did take quite a while.

"Please can me and Lola go and play in the park?" Ruby asked

"Yeah, we'll go and sit in the café so just come back if you need anything" Fiona replied

"I'm going over there" Finn said before walking off

"Emily do you want to go and play with them?" Rachel asked wanting to chat with Fiona without any kids around. Fiona had really been there for her since she and Chris split up but she couldn't really talk about Chris if Emily was there

"No I'll stay with you" Emily replied, she always did like to listen to what her Mum talked about with her friends

Rachel sighed but it wasn't exactly like she could force Emily to go and play in the park if she didn't want to.

Rachel and Fiona both ordered a coffee and Emily had some apple juice.

They'd been in there for quite a while when Rachel spotted Lola and Ruby running down the bank towards them.

"Mummy we both really need a wee" Lola told her

"Come on then let's go" Rachel said getting up immediately realising they were both really desperate from the way they were standing awkwardly

They all quickly went into the toilets and luckily Lola and Ruby both got there in time.

"Honestly you girls mustn't leave it so late" Rachel said once they were washing their hands

"Sorry Mummy but we were having loads of fun"

"Well that's good then"

"I don't think Finn's having fun though"

"Don't you? Why's that?"

"We went to see if he wanted to play with us because he looked really lonely but he just shouted at us and told us to go away. And then he threw a stone into the water and he made a really funny noise"

"That doesn't sound like he's having very much fun does it? I'll go and talk to him in a minute but don't worry about him"

When they got back to the table Rachel asked if either of them wanted a drink but they decided that they wanted to play for longer so went back to the little park.

After what Lola had said about Finn, Rachel was starting to feel a bit worried about her son. He never usually seemed this down after having a bit of an argument with Abbie, so she wondered if maybe they'd broken up or something.

"I'm just going to go and check on Finn a second, I won't be long" Rachel said to Fiona

She then went down to the water where Finn was sat on the bank throwing stones in the water.

"You going to tell me what's up" Rachel said sitting down next to him "you can push me away if you like but you know I'm only going to keep coming back until I know what's bothering you"

"You wouldn't understand"

"Wouldn't I? Because I've never been a teenager"

"Trust me Mum I can't tell you"

"Have you and Abbie broken up or something?"

"What? No of course we haven't"

"Tell me what has happened then, because something's clearly happened between the two of you"

"Mum if I tell you you'll be so mad with you"

"I'd still rather know"

Finn took a few moments thinking about it. Obviously he was going to have to tell his Mum about it at some point so it may as well be now he thought to himself.

"You know Abbie was over earlier?"

"Yeah"

"Well she told me something, she urmm told me that she's pregnant"

"Are you the Dad?" was Rachel's immediate response

"Yeah"

Rachel couldn't believe what she had just heard. She knew Finn and Abbie had been together for a good few years now but she honestly didn't think that the two of them were having sex, Finn had only just turned fourteen the other day.

"Please tell me this is some kind of wind up?"

"Don't think so unless Abbie is lying"

"How could you be so bloody irresponsible Finn? Surely you know what unprotected sex can lead to" Rachel shouted

"It wasn't unprotected, we used contraception but I guess it just didn't work"

"Well this is just great isn't it my fourteen year old son goes and gets his girlfriend pregnant, how do you think this is going to make me look? Huh?"

"Oh yeah Mum just make this all about you, never mind how I'm feeling about the fact I'm going to be a Dad at fourteen"

"So she's keeping it then?"

"Oh, I don't know actually" Finn said, for some reason this hadn't even crossed his mind Abbie not wanting to keep their baby

"Has she not decided yet?"

"I'm not sure?"

"What do you mean you're not sure?"

"Well we didn't really talk about it"

"Why not?"

"I just needed time to think"

"No wonder she was so upset when I saw her then. You got into this mess together Finn, do you not think that you could maybe have supported her a bit better?" Rachel said still feeling extremely angry with her son

"It was quite a shock for me you know"

"I'm sure it was quite a shock for her too"

"What am I going to do Mum? I can't possibly be a Dad at fourteen, well not a good Dad anyway"

Rachel took a deep breath trying to calm down a bit as she knew her being all het up about it wasn't helping the situation

"You need to go and talk to Abbie, I think she deserves that don't you?"

"Yeah, I feel awful for the way I treated her now"

"I should think so, come on I'll drop you round now"

Rachel and Finn walked back up to the café and Rachel told Fiona that they needed to rush off.

Sensing Rachel seemed a bit stressed Fiona offered to look after Emily and Lola for a bit and drop them around later

"Are you sure you don't mind?"

"Of course not, honestly Rach it's fine"

"Thanks I owe you one"

Rachel said bye to Emily before quickly going up to the park to explain to Lola what was going on and then her and Finn got into the car.

"Mum do you think Abbie hates me now?"

"No love, I think you've got a lot of apologising to do but I'm sure she'll understand why you reacted the way you did once she's calmed down a bit"

Finn was feeling really nervous about talking to Abbie. He didn't really know what he was going to say but what he did know was that he needed to show her that he was there for her.

They soon pulled up on the drive. There was no car there so Rachel waited in the car while Finn went up to the front door to check that Abbie was in.

Finn knocked on the door hoping that it would maybe just be Abbie home, but it was Abbie's Dad that answered the door

"Hi, is Abbie in?" Finn asked

"No she went out with her Mum a little while ago. Have you two had a bit of a falling out have you? She was quite upset when she got back from yours earlier" Abbie's Dad said, he didn't sound angry though because he'd known Finn for ages now and trusted him a lot

"Something like that yeah, I was coming over to apologise. Will you get her to call me when she gets home then?"

"Yeah of course, thanks Finn"

"Bye" Finn said before walking back down to the car where Rachel was still waiting for him

"Not home?" Rachel asked once Finn was back in the car

"No only her Dad was home, he said he'd get Abbie to ring me when she get's home though. Apparently Abbie's gone out with her Mum"

"Has Abbie told her Mum?"

"I don't know" Finn sighed now really regretting not talking to Abbie about it when she was over earlier

"I hope so, it's an awful thing for a girl that age to be going through on her own. When did you get so grown up Finn?"

"What do you mean? I don't really feel grown up"

"I'm talking about you and Abbie sleeping together, why did you never talk to me about it?"

"Yeah because that wouldn't have been at all awkward would it?"

"I don't care, I would still rather know"

"Sex isn't as big a deal for boys as what it is for girls you know Mum?"

"You're still far too young, but it's all a bit late for saying that now isn't it?"

"Yep"

The two of them spent the rest of the car journey in silence both just thinking things through in their head.

When they got back Finn went straight up to his room and Rachel went into the kitchen to make herself a cup of coffee.

She then went and sat down at the kitchen table to drink it. She couldn't believe her son could be having a baby. In her opinion she thought it would probably be best if Abbie got rid of it, as she knew a baby would stop them both doing so many things. However she also knew that getting rid of a baby was easier said than done.

Rachel's thoughts were broken by her mobile ringing. When she looked at the screen she saw it was Abbie's Mum, Gill.

"Hi Gill, is everything okay?"

"It's been better. Has urmm Finn told you about Abbie?"

"Yeah he told me just now, I'm really sorry for how he treated Abbie"

"It was bound to be a shock for him, I just can't believe the two of them have got themselves into this mess I mean Abbie hadn't even told me they were you know… sleeping together"

"No I didn't know either, how's Abbie?"

"She's feeling terrible, I just took her to the clinic to get an abortion"

"She didn't want to keep it then?"

"No, I think it's for the best though, don't you?"

"Yeah I would say"

Anyway I'd better go, I just thought you should know"

"Yeah, thanks Gill. Are you home now?"

"We just got back, Abbie's gone straight up to bed"

"Can I bring Finn over to see her? He feels terrible"

"Yeah she won't call him but I'm sure she'd love to see him really"

"Okay we won't be long then"

Rachel went upstairs to explain to Finn what was going on. Rachel was shocked when she saw her tears starting to form in her son's eyes but of course he was quick to brush them away.

"Can we just go?"

"Yeah come on"

They drove around to Abbie's and Gill let them in once they'd arrived.

"Do you want to go up Finn?" Gill said so Finn went straight up the stairs.

He waited for a bit outside of Abbie's room before knocking.

"Come in"

When Finn walked in he saw his girlfriend in bed and it was obvious from her red, puffy eyes how much she'd been crying.

"I'm so sorry Abs"

"It's okay"

"No it's not. I should have handled it so much better, I would have come with you for the appointment, you know been there for you"

"It's not just you who should be apologising"

"What do you mean?" Finn asked perching on Abbie's bed

"I mean I should have talked to you before I… before I got rid of our baby" Abbie said her eyes welling up

"It's okay, I would have supported your decision either way"

"That's the thing Finn, if I'd talked to you first I don't know if I'd have had an abortion. Whenever I talk about it with the girls or whatever I always say if I was in that position I'd get an abortion but you don't think it's going to be you do you? But when I found out I was pregnant I didn't think I was going to be able to actually have it done"

"So what made you change your mind then?"

"I was just angry, I thought you hated me now and that you would never stick around if I kept the baby. So Mum rang the clinic as soon as I got home and they had an appointment for me right away"

By now Abbie was lying in Finn's arms as he stroked her hair

"It's probably for the best" Finn said trying to be make Abbie feel better "I mean we're really not ready for a baby are we? We're only fourteen"

"I know, people our age do it though"

"It would have stopped us doing so much though. Don't feel bad Abs, you made the right decision honestly you did"

"I know, it just doesn't feel like it now. I feel so awful, I killed our baby" Abbie said starting to cry quite hysterically now

Finn didn't know what to say to make her feel better so just laid there cuddling her.

Abbie was calming down a bit now but still crying quite a bit when there was a knock on the door.

"Shall I say they can come in?" Finn asked and Abbie nodded

"Come in" Finn called

When the door opened they both saw Abbie's Mum stood there and behind her was Rachel.

Both women were pleased to see that Finn and Emily had made up, however they were also quite worried when they saw Abbie's tearstained face.

"Hey Abbie how you doing?" Rachel asked

"I've been better" Abbie replied giving a weak smile

"I can only imagine how you must be feeling at the minute love but you must make sure you talk about it, whether it's your Mum or Finn and you know you can always speak to me. Just don't bottle it up hmm" Rachel said her motherly instincts kicking in, she'd known Abbie for so long now and she really did care deeply for the girl

"I will, thanks Rachel"

"I'm going to get going now, are you coming back with me Finn or are you staying here for a bit longer?"

Finn was about to stay he'd come home later but Abbie got there first

"Could Finn maybe stay the night? I just really want him with me at the minute"

"I don't see why not darling" Gill said going and sitting the other side of her daughter "if it's okay with Rachel that is"

"That's fine by me, I'll see you tomorrow then"

Rachel said goodbye before making her way home again. She knew it was going to be a difficult time for both Finn and Abbie but she couldn't pretend she wasn't glad about the decision Abbie had made. There was no way either of them were ready to become parents.

Rachel hadn't been at home for long when there was a knock at the door. When she answered it she saw Fiona stood there with the girls.

"Hiya, is Finn alright now?" Fiona asked

"He's not doing too bad, I think it's all sorted now luckily"

"What was wrong with him?"

"I'll urmm tell you about it another day. Do you want to come in for a coffee?"

"No we'd better get back, we're at Mum and Dad's house for tea tonight"

"Alright well thanks ever so much for looking after the girls"

"It was no problem, they really are no trouble"

Once Fiona had left Rachel followed the girls into the kitchen

"Mummy what was wrong with Finn?" Lola asked

"Nothing for you to be worried about my love"

"But you said you'd tell Fiona so why can't you tell us?"

"Because Fiona's older than you are, it's just grown up stuff"

"That's not fair I wish I was older so then I could know"

"Where's Finn now?" Emily asked

"He's staying at Abbie's tonight" Rachel replied

"Really? Are you letting him stay there?"

"Yeah, the two of them have been going out for ages now you know"

"I guess are they going to sleep in the same bed and everything?" Emily asked nosily

"I think so yeah, not that it's got anything to do with you young lady"

"Why would they not be allowed to sleep in the same bed? I've slept in the same bed as Finn before"

"Well things change a bit when you're older"

"Why?"

"I don't know, it just does. We'll talk more about it when you're older love"

"Is it more grown up stuff?"

"Yeah I suppose it is"

"See it would be better if I was older then you would actually tell me things" Lola said and Emily and Rachel couldn't help but laugh.

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