Chapter 21: What now?

"Well…I don't really know how to say this, but….your pregnant…congratulations?" she said shrugging her shoulders.

My jaw dropped. "I'm pregnant?" I whispered. I fainted on the examination table.

I awoke to see Nurse Katie standing over me. "Lillie, are you alright sweetie?" I sat up, and leaned into her as I started to cry. She held me tight as I bawled like a baby. "I know sweetie. I know. It's gonna be ok. I promise."

"What- am- I-gonna- do?" I said between my breathes. "My mom and dad are gonna kill me, Matt's parents are gonna kill him, and I'm only thirteen! I don't know how to be a parent! What am I gonna do?" I started to cry again.

"It's all gonna be ok Lillie." I turned to look at her.

"Please Nurse Katie….don't tell my aunt….I-"

"I promise on my life, I won't tell your aunt. She may be my boss, but I respect my patients more." She said, wiping a tear from my face. "Besides, I've kept a secret like this before, so I know what to do."

"You have?"

"Yep. My little sister. She's three years younger than me. When I was sixteen, right before I left for the island with your parents, she hold told me she was pregnant. She made me swear not to tell my parents or anyone else. I swore to her I wouldn't. When I got back from the island, she was bout three months pregnant, and she was starting to show. That's when she decided to tell them. You should probably tell your parents before then cause mine were mad that we didn't tell them sooner. Before you tell anyone else, you have to tell the baby's father. Is he hear on the ranch?"

"Yes." I said in a shaky voice. She was right. I had to tell Matt, and I had to tell him soon. "Thanks Nurse Katie. If you'll excuse me, I have something I need to do." I gave her a tight hug, and started to leave the office.

"Any time sweetie. I'm always here."

Mike's POV

So Matt, Dani, and I were all sitting in the dining hall, which was designed like a salon, and we were waiting on my sister to come back. "Damn it, she needs to hurry up and get back here. I'm starving." I complained.

"Chill dude," Matt said to me. "I'm sure she'll be here soon. She was looking a little pale, and I'm sure the nurse is helping her."

Just then, my sister walked up to our table. She looked a little upset, and her eyes were red. Almost like she had been crying. "Man, finally Lil. I thought you were never gonna show up. Come on, let's hit the buffet." I got up and started walking toward the buffet with Dani following right behind me. I turned around and saw that Matt and Lillie were still sitting at the table."Hey, aren't you two coming?"

"Yea. I just need to talk to Matt in private for a minute." Lillie said to me.

"Ok." I said, shrugging my shoulders. When I got up to the buffet, I got 2 pieces of ham, a cheese omelet, some toast, and a cup of OJ. "That should be a good start." I turned to look at Dani. "All you're eating is bacon and eggs?"

"It's just a start. Besides, I'm worried bout Lillie. She doesn't seem like herself."

"I'm sure she's fine. Come on, let's get back to the table, and eat." When we got back, Matt looked a just as pale as Lillie did. Whatever she told him, it really messed him up. "What the hell is wrong with you?" I asked Matt.

"Nothing. I'm going to get some food. Lillie, what do you want?" Matt asked her.

"Just a salad." She said, giving him a smile. He smiled back, and went to get their food.

"What the hell did you tell him?" I asked her.

"Nothing! You don't need to worry bout it!" she snapped back at me. Now I know something's wrong.

I looked into her eyes, and was inside her head in an instant. Ok, now either you tell me what's going on, or I'm gonna start searching, and you and I both know how much it hurts when we search each other's minds.

Mike, there's nothing for you to know! Now get out of my head!

Ok, you asked for it! I started searching through her thoughts, but found nothing out of the ordinary, or anything I didn't already know.

Mike! Stop it now!

Then tell me what you're hiding!

Fine you want to know so badly, then I'll tell you! I'm pregnant!

You're What!?

That's right! I'm pregnant! You're gonna be an uncle!

I cut the link between our thoughts. I was in utter shock. Dani sat there with a confused look on her face. "What happened?"

"Excuse me." I said, standing up, and walking over to Matt. "Matt, can I speak to you outside for a moment?" I saw the look in his eye. He knew what I was thinking.

"Sure." He put the food at our table, and followed me outside. "Ok Mike, before-" I didn't even let him finish his sentence. I punched him right in his face. He fell to the ground, and looked up at me. "What the fuck Mike!"

"You got my sister pregnant!"

"I know I did! You don't need to remind me!"

"I swear Matt, if you weren't my best friend, and I didn't see you as my brother, I would kill you! What the hell are you two gonna do? You can't be parents!"

"Well it's a little late that, now isn't it?"

I was getting really angry. "Well I hope you have a plan. So what are our parents gonna say?"

"I don't know." He said standing up and looking at the ground. "What I do know, is that I'm gonna be there for both of them. I'm gonna take care of them, and I'm gonna be the best damn father I can be!" I was looking directly in his eyes.

"Ok." I couldn't stay mad at him when I saw the honest and serious look in his eyes. "Sorry bout that whole punch thing."

"It's cool. Let's go back inside." As we walked back inside, my phone went off. I checked, and it was my mom.

I looked at Lillie who was ready to die. "Hello?" I answered as normally as I could. I could feel the stress and tension at our table.

"Hey sweetie. How's everyone?"

"Great mom. Just great." I said nervously.

"Let me talk to Lillie." She said.

"Um, ok." I handed Lillie the phone. You should tell her now. The sooner, the better. Get it over with. She nodded her head. She took a deep breathe.

"Mom, I have something to tell you"

"What is it? What's wrong?"

"I….I'm…..I'm pregnant…" she said, tears streaming down her face.

"What!?" I heard my mom shout.

I'm gonna just skip the yelling and the screaming my parents did to her over the phone. They told us that we were going to stay at the ranch, and that they would have to deal with it later.

When Lillie handed me my phone, she was upset, but she had a smile on her face. I was really confused now. "What are you so happy bout?"

"Well I feel better knowing I told them, and I have a little Matt inside me." Her smile changed to laughter as she put her hand on her stomach.

"Ok, eww. Can we not talk like that? It so weird." Dani said.

"I agree. I don't wanna think about my sister and my best friend having sex. It's gross." I added.

"So now what?" Asked Matt.

"We start getting ready to be parents. You have to call your parents, and-" she stopped for a second.

"Lillie, what's wrong?" Matt asked concerned.

"She's gonna puke." I said like it was nothing.

Matt looked at me with a confused look. "How do you know?"

"Hello, twin mind telepathy? I can hear her thoughts." And two seconds later, Lillie was barfing in another garbage can.

"This is gonna be a long nine months." I said, sitting back in my chair.

That's all for this chapter.

So now Gwen and Trent need to find out about the baby. How will the react? Wait and see. And I'm sorry to say this story is almost over. But don't be sad, for there will be a sequel! So look for that soon!

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-dt2009