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Brian stared at her in silence. No, no, no I must have misheard her... Yeah cuz there are so many things that sound like the word "pregnant"...He looked down at his hands frowning. But she can't be pregnant... He could feel Lauren's eyes on him. Shit... no this is a joke... it has to be. He looked at Lauren hoping to see her smiling like she usually does when they joke around, but she was staring at him with a confused, desperate and scared look on her face. Brian opened his mouth to speak but no sound came out.

"Bri... Please say something..." Lauren said in almost a whisper.

"...um..." He managed to make a sound, but he didn't know what to say. How exactly was he supposed to respond? They'd been a couple for less than a month in secret, almost a week since their group found out. They'd only slept together once. Apparently once was all it took. "Mine?" He asked looking at her, not sure which of the possible answers he preferred.

"Of course yours..." She said looking relieved that he was finally saying something.

Brian nodded and looked back at his hands, deciding that out of the answers available that was the best one.

"Bri... it's okay...I was scared too..."

"Uh...um...when, ah... how did you find out?" He stammered.

"I honestly had a feeling for the past few days... Actually I started getting symptoms the day we told the Joes and Julia. I bought the tests yesterday...but I was going to wait a few more days, until I got home earlier and threw up again." Brian was still looking at his hands but nodded every so often so she knew he was listening. "Bri... I want to keep it." She said staring at him.

Brian looked up at this point and into her eyes. He knew that she meant it; there was that familiar glow in her eye that she always got when she had her heart set on something.

"Lo...I...I'm not ready to be a father... there are so many things I wanted to do before having kids... we can't be...parent's... we're too immature..." He said bringing his hands to his face and running them through his hair, staring at the floor.

"I think I can do it..." Lauren said softly, not sure she fully understood what he meant by "we're too immature"

"Lauren, this is a baby... Another human life to take care of! We can barely take care of ourselves!"

Again with the "we"! "I can to take care of myself!" she exclaimed indignantly "and I have thought about it! The thought of aborting or giving it up isn't even an option for me, I'm sorry I just couldn't do that." Brian didn't say anything and she added "It's not like I'm irresponsible".

"Look at the circumstance that got us in this mess in the first place!" Brian said starting to panic now, breathing heavily. "None of this would have happened if we hadn't gone out with the group and had a few too many drinks..."

Lauren stared at him. What was he saying? "None of it? None of it would have happened?!" She could feel her temper rising and before she knew it she was screaming at him. "So let me get this straight Brian, just so I'm positive that I understand what you're saying here... You're saying that you wouldn't have come over that night, you wouldn't have told me you loved me, and you wouldn't have slept with me if you weren't so pissed off your head?! Is that it?"

"Wait Lo of course that's not wh-"

"This mess doesn't affect you. This mess affects ME! I'm the one carrying this child okay," Her eyes started to tear up. "I'm the one who has to deal with my parents, and I'm the one who has to put up with the questions and the looks and the judgement! Pregnant? Not married? Why not? I am the one who has to pay for this! Weather you stay or go. I still have to give birth to YOUR child! YOU did this to me okay?!" Lauren screamed, at him tears now streaming down her face.

Brian made to touch her arm "Lo, I-"

"Don't Touch Me!" She yelled pushing his hand away and standing up. "DON'T touch me because THIS is the mess that comes from it." She continued signalling to her stomach and storming out of the room.

Brian jumped up immediately and raced after her. "Lauren Please wait! That's not what I meant!"

He caught up to her and grabbed her arm just before she escaped into her bedroom. She turned to glare at him, shaking her arm out from his grip. "Don't come in here Brian. Don't come anywhere near me; too many bad memories for you." She yelled, still crying.

"Lauren you can't possibly think that! I told you that night was the best night of my life! You have to believe me! There isn't a thing that happened that night that I regret." He said desperately. "It's the first time it's ever felt so right Lo, the first time it's been so perfect"

Lauren closed her eyes shaking her head. "Too bad it's the last time..."

"Lo please listen to me! I was just shocked! Confused-"

"It doesn't matter what circumstance this baby was created in. It's alive right now, inside me and deserves a loving and caring family, and I'm going to give it that. I don't need you to tell me that I can't raise this baby! I don't need you to complain how hard it's going to be on you. I don't need to hear any more about how much you don't want this baby. I don't need you! I'll do it myself!" Brian stepped forward towards her but she pushed him backwards and turned into her room, slamming the door behind her. Locking it, she walked over to her double bed and collapsed amongst the blankets, crying into her pillow.

Brian stood staring at the door, frozen to that spot. So that's it? That was his relationship with Lauren, the girl he had loved for six long years, over? He felt his heart shattering into a thousand pieces. His eyes were stinging severely and started to water. No, no it's not over... He started to bang on the door of her bedroom. "Lauren, please! Lauren...Lauren!" Lauren didn't answer, but cried harder into her pillow. She really thought that he was the one; that he was going to be the one she would spend the rest of her life with. She was so sure he would understand.