I hope you are all well, I have been sick since last Thursday =( no fun. I hope you all know I truly love all the stories I write and that is why some times it takes a while because I get stuck to the point I can't get it just how I like it or envisioned it. So instead of posting something I am not happy with I keep reworking it. I so appreciate all the wonderful reviews, ideas, and your thoughts so please keep them coming! =D and thank you for you patience and understanding!

Chapter 26

Monday October 18 – 2010

"Em?!" Alison says for the third time as she sees the brunette not moving and the color is draining from her face. "Baby, what's wrong? Is it A?"

Emily shakes her head no, "its worse…"she sputters out, "it's my mom, she is coming home for a few days…" She says as she swallows nervously. "She wants you and Jake to come to dinner…"

"Ok..." Alison says thinking for a moment. "What all does she know about what is going on and everything?"

"She knows I am gay…" Emily tells her nervously, "She might think that you and Jake are together still… I'm not sure…"

"Why would she think that?" Alison asks with a confused expression.

"After your birthday… I was kind of upset… and I might have told her that you and Jake were a thing." Emily says not meeting Alison's eyes.

"Are you going to tell her about us?" The blonde asks softly.

"Of course… I just don't know how she will take it…" The brunette says as she starts to pace nervously.

Alison gently grabs Emily's arm to pull her to a stop in front of her. "We will be fine as long as we have each other." She says as she gently kisses Emily.

The Fields House – Tuesday October 19, 2010

Emily walks into her house after school to the sounds of pots and pans clanging from the kitchen. She sets her backpack down in the living room before making her way into the kitchen.

"Emmy!" Her mother says as she makes her way towards her. "I've missed you so much!" She tells her as she pulls her into a tight hug.

"I've missed you too!" She says as she hugs her mom back just as tightly.

"Your dad sends his love and misses you so much." The older brunette says with a bright smile as she pulls back from the hug to look at the brunette.

"Where are Ali and Jake?" She asks curiously.

"Ali had a few things to take care of at home and then Jake was going to pick her up on the way over." She says with a weak smile.

"Great," she says with a smile, "you can help me with dinner then."

"Alright… by the way Jake and Alison aren't together… anymore…" She says as her mom hands her some veggies to cut.

"Really? What happened?" Pam asks in concern as she gets back to breading some more chicken.

"She... She was kind of in love with someone… else…" Emily says anxiously.

"Is he someone I know?" She asks curiously.

"Not exactly…." She says in almost a whisper before taking a deep breath, "it's… it's me…"

"You and Ali?" Pam asks in surprise.

"Yes…" The brunette says apprehensively.

"What happened to Maya?" She asks confused. "I thought you two were pretty serious?"

"Ma… Maya died… in an accident…" Emily says with tears in her eyes.

"Oh honey…" Pam says as she stops what she's doing to hug her daughter comfortingly. "Why didn't you call me?"

"I… didn't want you to miss spending time with dad…" She says with a shaking breath.

"Em, you shouldn't have to go through something like that alone." Pam says regretfully.

"I wasn't alone," she says with a little smile, "I had Ali."

"Alright", Pam says with a smile, "We should get back to it, this chicken isn't going to cook itself." She says with a giggle.

As it gets closer to 6pm, Pam and Emily just finished the last touches on dinner when the doorbell rings.

"I'll get it!" Emily yells as she is half way to the door.

She opens it to see Alison standing there in a black dress that accentuates her cleavage nicely with a light blue sweater over it. Emily can't help but stare at her breasts which have started to grow a bit larger with the pregnancy.

"My eyes are up here…" Alison says with a teasing edge to her voice.

The brunette shakes her head to clear it. "Sorry…" She says her cheeks burning as she blushes.

Alison grabs Emily's chin and pulls it up to meet her lips in a gentle kiss. "I'm just teasing you mermaid." She tells her as Jake makes his way up the steps.

"Good evenin'." He says with a wide smile as he hands Emily some flowers. "For you, gorgeous." He smiles kindly at her as he holds another bouquet of roses. "These are for your ma."

"Thanks Jake, they are beautiful." She returns his kind smile as she smells the flowers. "Come in, dinner is just about finished." She says as they follow her into the dining room.

Mrs. Fields makes her way in from the kitchen with a pan of fried chicken and sets it on the table with the rest of the food. She looks over to Jake with a warm smile, "Welcome, I am Emily's mom." She says to Jake as he shakes her hand. "Pam Fields. It is nice to finally meet you."

"The pleasure is all mine ma'am." He says as he hands her the roses. "For you."

"Well aren't you just a perfect gentleman." Mrs. Fields says teasing a bit.

"I can put those in water for you." Emily says taking the flowers and adding them to hers.

"Thanks Emmy. " She says as Emily heads into the kitchen and she spots Alison.

"Ali," She says as she pulls the blonde into a hug, "it's so good to see you." She says with a giant smile on her face.

"You to Mrs. Fields." Alison says with a warm smile.

Dinner seems to be going well, Jake tells a few stories about growing up on the farm and how he and Ali meet in Cape May that summer that now seems so long ago. They all share a few laughs as Jake talks about his pig named Pork Chop.

"So what made you name him that?" Mrs. Fields asks curiously.

"Well, when we were younger and had animals on the farm we would name them. If they were going to be used for food or we weren't going to keep them then we had to give them food names so we wouldn't get too attached to them. Unfortunately in this case my sister fell in love with the little scamp so my papa let us keep him!" He says with a chuckle.

As they are finishing up dinner Pam receives a text message. "I bet it's your father." She says apologetically as she looks at her phone. As she starts to read the message all the color drains from her face before she starts to look angry.

"Is dad alright?!" Emily asks terror in her voice.

"Do either of you care to explain this?" She asks holding up her phone with a message and a picture.

Will she call Em mama or mommy?

~A

The picture was of the ultrasound Alison just had with "congratulations it's a girl!" written a cross it in bold letters.

"Mom… it's not what-"

"Emily, I was not asking you." She says with a pointed look as the brunette swallows fearfully.

"It… it happened over the summer… it was a drunken mistake…" Alison says panic filling her usually calm demeanor.

"I think that you and Jake need to give being together another try." She says looking between the two with a motherly stare.

"I hate to disagree, ma'am but Alison and you're daughter care for each other." Jake says kindly not wanting to upset the older brunette further.

"Well now there is a baby involved and she needs her mom and her dad. Sometimes hard choices and decisions have to be made." She says as she looks over at Emily at the end of her statement.

Emily's mind swirls with doubt as she sits there dumbfounded. She feels Alison try to comfort her but it just feels wrong so she shies away from her touch.

Alison can't believe this is happening, she can feel Emily pulling away from her and it is killing her. She fights back the tears she can feel stinging the back of her eyes. "This baby will have plenty of love and Jake can still be a part of her life, just not with us being together." She says sounding more resigned then she feels.

"Making adult decisions and acting on them leads you to live with adult consequences." Mrs. Fields says in a no arguments tone.

"But I love your daughter… very much." Alison says her voice breaking.

"You all are only 17, give it some time. If it is meant to be then it will be. But for now I think you should try to make it work with Jake for you and for the sake of the baby." She says as she grabs some plates, "Thank you both for coming to dinner, I hope you both give what I said some thought." And with those parting words she makes her way into the kitchen.

Alison and Emily both sit in complete shock from the whole conversation. Things had been goings so well and with one A text everything blew up in their faces again.

"I need to get going little lady, I have to head out early tomorrow to make in time for my treatment." Jake says sadly, feeling bad for interrupting.

"You should go… with Jake…" Emily says sounding hollow.

"What?! But Em…" Alison tries to say fighting tears that threaten to fall any minute.

"Maybe…" Emily starts as a tear falls down her cheek, "maybe my mom was right… it is not fair…"

"No… Em… please… don't…" The blonde says barely keeping it together.

"I-I… can't be with you Ali… I'm truly… sorry…" She says with a sob.

"Em… please…" Alison says in a barely audible whisper.

Emily looks at Jake imploringly. "Please Jake… take care of her…" She says as she walks away her heart breaking into a million little pieces.

Alison looks at Jake lost. "J-ake… please…" She whimpers.

"Come on little lady, let Emily have some time." He says as he gently helps Alison up and she clings on to him for dear life as the tears pour down now that dam has broken.

* * * Please just remember that teens act purely on emotions in the moment and sometimes they do what feels right at that time.