"How did it go?" Nora asked as Loren sat her bag down besides her chair.
"I cried. And it did set in." Loren said. She sat down. "Is my make up messed up?"
"No. You look fine." Amy said.
"How long have you been waiting?" Loren said.
"We sat down just before you came in and sat down." Amy said.
"Okay. So where are Ricky, Max, Eddie, Alex, and John?"
"They went out to do whatever was interesting. Maybe Max and Eddie are showing them around." Amy said.
"We should show you around. You don't know where anything is."
"Let's see how long I'll stay. Ricky's moms might want him back home."
"Well, the detective called."
"What did she say?'
"That the first court date is set for next week. It's for both rapes. So, Lucas needs to testify."
"Why?" Amy asked.
"I never told anyone this but...he w as there to watch. He wasn't forced, but he wasn't happy about it. As soon as Dylan left and I passed out, he took me to the hospital. Then they called you." Loren said. "Then, Amy had just left Loren. for Ricky's when it happened and maybe I could get ahold of the cleaning lady. She could testify for finding me like I was."
"I can. Probably get talk to her about it." Amy said. "But wait, he watched the entire thing?"
"Yeah. But then he suddenly moved, and when he came back, he married-." Loren was cut off by a voice behind her.
"Loren?" She turned around and saw a woman looking at her.
"Um, yes? Who are you?"
"Don't you remember? Amanda Clearwater, well, now it's Amanda Dunn." She smirked and Loren looked at her.
"Oh, hello, Amanda." Loren said through gritted teeth.
"It's been to long. I read that you got your baby back. Do you feel any guilt?" She smirked and Loren stood up.
"Amanda, why don't you just go where ever you are supposed to go?"
"Oh, did I hit a nerve?" She smirked. "I read what happened. I would suspect Eddie to file for divorce. I wouldn't want to be with someone who isn't faithful."
"You think that I wanted to do that?" Loren said, her voice near a growl.
"Why of course. I mean, no one hardly ever gets raped twice, by the same man." Amanda said.
"Amanda, I suggest you leave. Right now. I'm not in the right state of mind and I might just be crazy enough to hit you."
"Loren." Nora said, getting up, along with Amy.
"Well, Loren, I heard you started therapy but I didn't think you were that crazy. No wonder Lucas moved away, far, far away from you."
"You knew he loved me!" Loren yelled at her.
"Maybe. But he loves me. I mean, he did get married to ME and is having a baby with ME." Amanda smirked at her. Loren's eyes went to her stomach and back to her face. "Yes, Loren, I am pregnant, and Lucas knows. We are going to have a baby. I'm not pregnant with another man's baby during my marriage. So I am not a whore."
"I would think it was, since, at only fourteen, you had sex with nearly everyone at our middle school. So maybe that is another man's baby." Loren said.
"But I didn't get pregnant. I didn't get an STD." Amy and Nora's eyes widened.
"I didn't get an STD." Loren said.
"You think no one saw you at that clinic. "Amanda chuckled. "No, we saw you. We heard what the doctor said. You are nothing but a dirty, slutty, whore." Amanda emphasised the last words.
"Amanda, I am not afraid to attack you, baby or not."
"I don't think Lucas would be very happy if I miscarried."
"He would be. I know it isn't his baby!" Loren yelled at her.
"What is going on?" A voice said and their heads snapped to see Lucas.
"Lucas, I was speaking to Loren and she says that this baby isn't yours." Amanda said.
"Loren, is that true?" He asked and Loren looked at him opened mouthed.
"I cannot believe you." She said.
"Tha's my wife and child you are talking about!" He exclaimed.
"Are you sure it's even your child?!" Loren exclaimed. She sighed. "You don't understand. You missed way to much when you left." Loren said.
"I told you why I left!"
"Whatever. Let's just go." Loren said, grabbing her purse and she started to walk by them. Lucas grabbed her arm.
"Why are you making such a big deal out of this?"
"Let me go." Loren growled.
"Not until you tell me what."
"You left me when I need some one the most." She snatched her arm away. "And by the way, the trial begins next week. You have to tesify." She stormed to her car and Nora and Amy ran over.
Lucas looked at Amanda, then back to Loren and her mom and sister. She watched Loren explain angrily and then started to cry. He turned towards Amanda.
"What happened?"
"I was just talking to her." Amanda said innocently.
Loren was crying as she explained.
"I feel like a dirty whore now." She cried.
"You aren't. It wasn't your fault."
"She's the whore! She did sleep around! Until I don't know hold she was, she slept around!" Loren cried. "I don't want to be pregnant! I didn't want to be pregnant the first time!" Loren cried. She tried to wipe her tears. "Let's just go home." Loren said. "I'll meet you at home." She got in her car and started to pull out. She saw Amanda smirking at her while Lucas was turned the other way and Loren did something she never did, not even when she was pregnant.
She gave her the middle finger and watched her jaw drop. She din't care that anyone could of taken a picture of that. She watched Lucas turn around and then Amanda pretend to cry to him what she had done. She smirked at him when he looked at her, anger written all over his face.
Loren walked in the house, throwing her purse on the couch and she flopped on the couch. As soon as she got comfortable, her phone rang and saw it was a blocked number.
"Hello?" Loren said.
"Hey, Loren, it's Tyler. I saw what you did."
"When?"
"Giving someone the finger at that restaurant. Amanda Clearwater, correct?"
"How do you know who she is?"
"You're right. She is cheating. And that baby is mine, not Lucas'."
"Really?" Loren said.
"Really. And seeing Lucas' face, I would think he would be at your house right now." There was a knock at the door, right on cue.
"You're right. Can you come over? I'll make sure Lucas doesn't pound in your face, but I'll need proof."
"I'll be right over." He hung up and Loren chuckled as she got up and went to the door. She opened and found Amanda and Lucas.
"Hello, can I help you?" She said, feigning sweetness.
"Yes, you can, Loren." He moved past her and Amanda bumped her as she followed and Loren shut the door.
"So, what do you want help with?"
"What was that at the restaurant?" Lucas asked.
"Something I've been waiting to do for years."
"I'm not going to let you do that to my wife and child."
"Oh, Lucas." Loren chuckled. "She won't be your wife for long, and that's not your child."
"Yes it is!" Amanda yelled.
"Oh, Amanda, i almost forgot you were here. By the way, do you know some one named Tyler Rorke?"
"Of course, he is famous."
"No, you know him a little to well." There was a knock at the door. "And that should be him right now." Loren smirked and she opened the door. "Tyler, come on in. let me introduce you to someone." She let him in and he saw Lucas and Amanda. Loren shut the door and they stood in front of them.
"Why is he here?"
"That's not your baby. It's Tyler." Loren stood between them.
"I didn't know she was married. She wasn't wearing her ring. I have proof." Tyler said quickly and pulled some photos out of his pocket. "She never told me she was married." Lucas took the photos and started looking and Amanda looked nervous.
"Is this true?" Lucas asked Amanda.
"No! He's lying! Loren's lying! She still loves you and she can't let it go that we're in love, married, and having a baby." She grabbed his arm but he snatched away. Suddenly, the front door opened and Eddie, Max, Ricky, Nora, Amy, Alex,and John came in.
"What's going on?"
"Just let me go. I'm getting my lawyer and filing for divorce!" Lucas exclaimed and walked out, as everyone cleared his path.
"Look what you!" Amanda yelled. "You ruined my marriage!"
"No, you ruined it." Loren said to her and she smirked."Besides, this is my revenge for every time you called me a whore, a slut, or nearly beat me to miscarry."Loren exclaimed and Amanda ran out, calling Lucas' name and Loren smiled.
"What happened?"
"I just saved Lucas a few years of raising someone else's baby." Loren said and Loren turned to Tyler. "I would some how convince her to let you be involved."
"I'm going to try. Bye, Loren."
"Bye." Loren said as Tyler left.
"Okay, can you start from what you did at the restaurant? It's all over the internet." Eddie said and Loren's smile faded when she saw tears in Alex's eyes.
"Alex, what's wrong?" Loren asked.
"You regret me? You think I'm a mistake?" She asked, her voice cracking.
"No, I-."
"No! You do! You regret me, and everything that came along with me! Why else would you have given me up for adoption!?" She yelled and then ran up to her room, bawling.
"Alex, wait!" Loren yelled. She took off and ran up the stairs, and she could nearly fell but she ran to her room, just in time for it to slam hard in her face. "Alex, let me in!" She heard Amber start to cry.
"No! Why don't you go take care of the daughter you actually want!? Or is she a mistake too because she put you in a coma for four months!?" Alex yelled. Eddie ran up and went to get Amber for Loren.
"No, let me in!" Loren yelled. "I didn't say whatever you think I said! How do you even know what happened at the restaurant!?"
"Don't you remember? You're famous!" Loren check her phone and saw that Lily Park had twisted all of her words.
Has Loren Duran Gone Crazy?
Loren was seen at Jeff's, arguing with a woman who must have been an old enemy because they started to fight quickly, with Loren threatening the other woman, even though the woman told Loren she was pregnant. Maybe Loren has gotten off her rocker, because then she continually told the woman it wasn't her husbands baby. Then the woman's husband, Loren's old friend, came in and then Loren and the man began to argue. Loren then ran out the lot, followed by her sister and mother, and she was crying and exclaimed, "I don't want to be pregnant! I didn't want to be pregnant the first time!" So she thinks the first child is a mistake? Maybe instead of therapy, she should just go to rehab. Because she is going crazy.
Loren looked up.
"I thought I told you to ignore anything Lily Park wrote!"
"Did you say that or didn't you say that!?" Alex yelled.
"I said it but I don't regret you! I wish I had kept you! Every time I think about it, I feel guilty! You don't understand what I did it for!" Loren stormed away from the door and ran down the stairs. She found everyone, but Alex and Eddie downstairs and Loren started for the door.
"Where are you going?" Max asked.
"I'm going for a drive. No one follow me." She said and she slammed the door and she walked down the path to her car. She looked up and saw Alex looking down at her from her window with a frown. Loren just turned and got in her car. She turned her music all the way up and pulled off. She started down an old country road. She smiled as her and Lucas' favorite song came on, Don't Stop Believing, Glee Version. She passed by, looking at all the flowers, feeling a bit happy. She felt as if she was getting away from everything, until she saw a house coming in the distance, with Lucas sitting on the porch, glass of wine in his hand. Loren honked and she saw him look up and she slowed down, and pulled in his driveway. She smiled, shutting her car door as she got out.
"Hey." She called.
"Hey." He set the glass down. "What are you doing out here?"
"Lily park got everything about what happened at the resturant earlier and Alex read it. I said that I didn't want to be pregnant the first time and she took it the wrong way." Loren said, sitting in the chair next him. "And a peice of advice, don't drink. You could do some really stupid things." Loren said and Lucas reliazed what Loren meant when she said that.
"I'm sorry again, Loren. I feel bad for leaving, marrying Amanda, and taking her side when you were obviously right."
"It doesn't bother me that yous stood up for her. You thought she was faithful and she is your wife."
"I already contacted my lawyer. She's working on the papers as we speak."
"That's good."
"So the trial begins next week?"
"Yeah. Hopefully, you'll testify. Amy got the maid who found me to testify, Amy's going to speak, Alex is, and my mom is."
"I'll speak. It's for both accounts?"
"Yes. I want him and Chloe in jail for a long time." Loren said.
"They deserve it." Loren got a text and saw it was from Eddie.
Coming home? It's starting to get late.
"I've got to go."
"Bye." Lucas said and hugged Loren. Loren walked back to her car and drove back home. By the time she got home, it was dark. She saw all of the lights off and she walked inside, slowly closing the door quietly.
"Hello." A voice said and Loren screamed a bit.
"Jesus Christ, who is trying to get hit right now?" Loren said and the person turned the lamp on and it was Alex. "Jesus, Alex, I swear if you had been right behind me, I was have swung at you?"
"Sorry, but I want to talk." Alex said and Loren sat on the couch. "You said I didn't know why you did it. Why?" Alex and Loren sighed.
"After Dylan raped me, after I got pregnant, I felt exactly like what people were calling me. A whore. A slut. Dirty and used. I felt like I deserved every hit someone gave me. A pregnant seventh grader isn't fun. It was seventh grade because I had been put in school a year after everyone. They were just as cruel. I didn't want you growing up in the environment Who says they wouldn't have hit you. I regret having to bring a life into this world that wouldn't be treated with care. That's what I meant. Like if I did have anything baby, and it happened to be Dylan's, I would love him or her, but I'd feel allt he more guilty and horrible. It's not a good enviroment." Loren said.
"I'm sorry.I feel like everyday, you are happy, having fun, but by the end, you just are crashing and burning."
"It feels that way."
"I'm sorry, mom." Alex said and she ran over and hugged Loren tightly. "I love you."
"I love you, too."
Six Days Later
Loren straightened out her skirt and top as she was readying for court. Eddie was in his uit and Nora was in a skirt and top like Loren's, along with Amy. Max and Ricky had suits like Eddies and Alex had a smaleld skirt and top on and Johnwas also wearing a suit. Loren grabbed her purse and walked down the stairs.
"Ready?" Eddie asked.
"As much as I'll ever be."


The start of the trial is next chapter! And this story may be ending soon! But with a sequel in sight!

And by the way, I don't know why I didn't say anything the 27th, but, I became an aunt! My niece was born Wednesday, March 27th, 2013 at 4:31pm!