Everyone should read Christlove88's latest one shot "Kissing as the Fireworks Fly" it's a great read and happy flirty fluff.
Ch. 29 Say Hello to Goodbye
(ZIG)
The bus pulls up to DeGrassi and I get off with Damian, I see Maya standing on the steps. She's talking to Tris and his new boyfriend and that Miles guy who has his arm her.
"Dude she dumped you get over it," Damian teases hitting my stomach lightly with the back of his hand.
"I can't, we kissed, we had a thing and then she goes to Paris for the summer coming back with a boyfriend and pregnant with his child!" I gripe as we approach the stairs.
"Dude forget it, be glad you aren't a teen father and tied down to that slut," Damian snickers as we walk past their group on the steps.
"You want to say that again?!" Miles growls at us.
"You heard me," Damian laughs.
"Yeah I did," Miles says and then pops Damian in the nose.
Damian clenches his fist and lets a punch fly onto Miles' face making Maya scream.
"Damian stop let's go," I say pulling him to the door.
"Why the hell did you stop me, I could have beaten him easily," Damian complains as we go inside.
"Because fighting him in front of Maya won't get her back for me, but I probably just earned myself some points by stopping you," I point out.
"You're not as dumb as you look," Damian grins. We walk to our lockers and get out our books, then we start walking to the foyer to hang out before class. Passing Clare who's sitting with Dallas, Drew, Adam, Luke and Becky, she's pretty big now and her boobs, which were already big are very large now. I'm not actually sure how she stands upright but I have the tact not to say this out loud unlike Damian. "Shit she's got some ginormous boobs now, too bad her stomachs so fucking big!"
"Damian!" I growl smacking him upside the head. "Don't say that shit out loud, it's rude plus Dallas, Drew, Adam, Luke, and Owen when he hears about it, will kill you."
Thankfully Damian didn't say it loud enough that they heard. We sit on the stairs to the auditorium waiting for class to start. When the bell rings we walk to civics class and sit at our desks. Class goes by pretty quickly and Maya sneaks a look at me and a smile when no one else is looking. After class I walk with Maya and Tris to music class.
"Thanks for stopping Damian this morning Zig," Maya grins.
"No problem," I smile back while thinking, "I would have let Damian kill him if you hadn't been watching." We walk into the room and sit in our chairs and I look at Maya. "So how are you feeling?" I ask Maya.
"Good, I've got lots of energy and in a few weeks we'll know if we're having a boy or girl," she smiles.
"Cool," I smile back.
The bell rings and Miss Cosnell starts class but all I can think of is how to get Maya away from Miles. I don't really want to be a teen dad but I don't want Maya to be with Miles either. After class I meet up with Damian and his friends in the ravine to have lunch.
"I have to get her back Damian, get her away from that stuck up rich boy," I tell him as we eat a little and drink beer for lunch.
"Man I can't believe you're still not over that skinny toe-head," Damian laughs, "but if you want her back then I'll help you do it. I bet we can get Miles away from her if he gets suspended."
"How are we going to do that?" I inquire.
"Hey Mitch," Damian calls and the boy looks over, "you still got that switchblade?"
"Yeah why?"
"Zig needs it but it might get taken we'll swipe you another one," Damian says.
"Here but if it gets taken I better get a nicer one," Mitch tells me handing me the knife.
"We can't get a knife into school, there are metal detectors at school," I point out.
"Yeah we can the casing is plastic and it's small you can put it in your wallet to hide it and then pop out the blade before putting it in Hollingsworth's locker," Damian tells me.
"Great but I don't know his locker combo," I point out.
"Don't sweat it those little locks are easy to pick," Damian assures me.
We head back into school a little early; I know where Miles locker is I just don't know what the combo is. Damian doesn't even try the combo; he just takes out his lock picking kit and pops the lock. I slip the knife in with the blade open and now the only thing to do is leave an anonymous tip with Principal Simpson. After doing that I start walking to English class and see Miles dropping off Maya. He kisses her, she goes into class and I walk up behind him.
"She won't be yours for long rich boy," I whisper in his ear and he glares at me.
I just walk past him and grin at Maya as I sit at my desk.
(MILES)
I want to know what Zig's talking about, I don't trust him, haven't liked him since the first time I saw him. I have to get to class though and I convince myself he's just jealous and trying to annoy me so I let it go. When I get to class though I'm told to go to Simpson's office, my first thought is that something happened with Clare and I'm being informed. Simpson knows that if anything happens to Clare or Maya during school that both Dallas and I should be told. But when I walk past the student council office I see Clare in there with Drew so that's not it.
"You wanted to see me Sir," I venture from Simpson's doorway.
"Yes please have a seat Miles," he says so I close the door and sit down. "We received a tip about a weapon in your locker," Simpson tells me.
"I don't have any weapons Sir, why would I? I have a baby on the way," I say quickly.
"I know Miles and from what I've seen you're a good kid but I have to follow up on all tips of this nature. Please accompany me to your locker and open it for me," Simpson insists standing up.
I shrug and get up; I'm not worried because I have no weapons in my locker. I take Simpson to my locker and open the lock, then my locker door. My heart starts pounding and sinks all at once when I see a knife in my locker.
"That's not mine, honestly Sir I have no idea how it got in there," I speak quickly and nervously.
"Does anyone else have your locker combo?" Simpson asks.
"Yeah Maya, Tris, Chewy, Dallas and Clare all have it but none of them would put a knife in my locker. Maya is my girlfriend and carrying my child, Clare and Dallas are family, Tris and Chewy are my best friends, they're like family too. None of them would do something that could get me expelled," I tell him.
"Yes I agree, and I don't really believe this is yours but we still don't know who put it there or how it got in your locker," Simpson says looking at the lock closely. "I see evidence that this lock has been tampered with. Miles are you sure there isn't anyone who would have a reason to get you expelled?"
"N…wait Zig, when I took Maya to class Zig made a sort of threat, he said that Maya wouldn't be mine for long. I really don't know him but I don't think he likes me," I tell Simpson.
"I'll have a talk with Mr. Novak; I've kept this between us because I was sure that you wouldn't risk bringing a knife into school. However I'm still going to have to find out whom the knife belongs to and how it ended up in your locker. If I find out you lied to me I will have no choice but to expel you," Mr. Simpson tells me.
"I understand Sir but I'm not lying," I reply.
"Okay thank you Miles, please return to class," Simpson says and I nod.
I walk to class and the teacher tells me to sit down, Chewy looks at me wondering what happened and Damian smirks. I know Damian is Zig's friend and I'm sure he must be in on it.
"Why weren't you in class?" Chewy asks when the bell rings and we walk out of class.
"Someone put a knife in my locker and told Simpson," I reply.
"Who would do something like that?" Chewy questions.
"Shouldn't you be expelled Hollingsworth?" Damian snickers as he walks past us by pushing between us.
"It was you! You and Zig!" I growl grabbing Damian by the collar and shove him into the wall. "What the hell is your problem?"
"I just don't like you rich boy," Damian shrugs and then sucker punches me in the eye and I stumble back.
I recover and make a fist but I'm not much of a fighter and Damian blocks it so I kick his shin and he lets go of my fist, I shove him away and he makes a fist to strike me again but his fist is caught by someone and I look up to see Dallas. He squeezes Damian's fist hard enough that his hand makes a cracking sound and Damian goes down on his knees.
"Are you okay Miles?" Clare asks looking at my face closely with concern in her eyes.
"Yeah, I'm okay," I smile at her reassuringly, both because I am okay and because I don't want her to stress, it's bad for the twins.
"What the hell is going on? Why are you fighting with Miles? It's a stupid move he's like a brother to me and under my protection," Dallas informs Damian letting go of his hand.
"Mr. Dallas what is going on?" Mr. Perino questions.
"Just breaking up a fight Sir," Dallas replies giving Damian a warning look. "And now I'm going to walk my wife to class," Dallas says putting his arm around Clare's shoulders, he grins at me and they walk off.
"The rest of you get to class too," Mr. Perino tells us shaking his head and walking away.
"Come on let's get to science," Chewy says pulling at my sleeve.
"Miles what happened to your eye?!" Maya exclaims when she sees me.
"I got in a fight with that Damian kid," I tell her.
"Why?" She questions.
"Someone put a knife in my locker and I think it was Damian and Zig," I inform her.
"Zig isn't a criminal why would he have a knife and why would he put it your locker?" Maya asks in a tone that says she doesn't believe Zig would ever do such a thing.
"Because he doesn't like me Maya, because I'm with you and he wants to be," I respond.
"Miles don't be silly, Zig and I were never together, we had one date and one kiss. I'm with you, I live with you, we're having a baby together. Even Zig isn't so stupid to think I'd just leave you for getting expelled," Maya laughs it off but I just get angrier.
We sit in class and Miss Dawes starts teaching and the subject is dropped for now. When school gets out we walk to our lockers, Maya, Tris, Chewy and I are all going to The Dot to do homework while Clare and Dallas are in student council. We start putting books in our lockers and then Zig and Damian walk to their lockers.
"Simpson thinks I put the knife in your locker," Zig smirks.
"You did put the knife in my locker; you're trying to get me expelled so you can be with Maya!" I growl.
"Miles," Maya scolds.
"Prove it," Zig laughs at almost the same time.
I can't think of a clever response so I just attack him, making a fist and landing a punch on his face which then hurts my hand. I shake it and Zig takes a swing at me, I try to duck but he still gets me with part of his fist.
"Miles! Zig! Knock it off!" Maya cries.
"Guys stop!" Tris tries, not actually sure when he got here.
It doesn't matter though I'm too involved in my fight with Zig and then Damian jumps in. Maya is yelling for us to stop while Tris and Chewy try and pull us apart.
"ALRIGHT ENOUGH!" Armstrong yells and pulls us apart. "Miles go to the nurse and you two go to Simpson's office," Armstrong commands holding Zig and Damian by their shirts.
Maya takes my hand and pulls me to the nurse's office; the nurse tells me to sit down and gives me an ice pack for my eye. Then she starts cleaning the blood from my nose and checks me over. Simpson comes in while nurse is still cleaning me up, he says neither Zig nor Damian admits to the knife but they've both been given a three day suspension for fighting. And I get to spend the next two hours in detention for fighting.
"I guess we'll see you after detention," Maya sighs, she gives me a soft kiss and I get taken to detention.
I spend the two hours doing homework anyway only without the company of my girlfriend and two best friends.
"Miles what on earth happened?" Clare questions when they leave the student council office and see me.
"I'm okay, just got in a fight with Zig and Damian," I reply.
"What's going on? Why were you fighting with Damian earlier?" Dallas inquires. We walk out to the car and I tell them everything as we drive home, after picking up Maya, Tris and Chewy of course. "Drew and I can have a little talk with them when they get back to school. I'm sure Owen will want to chat too," Dallas says after we drop Chewy at home.
"Don't you guys get yourselves in trouble for fighting, Zig and Damian are younger than you," Clare points out.
"We'll be careful," Dallas assures her.
When we get home for dinner I have to re-tell the story to my mom and Owen, Mom is upset and Owen agrees that they'll be "chatting" with Zig and Damian when they return to school on Monday. After dinner we hang out for a bit with Dallas, Owen and Clare then we go upstairs to get ready for bed.
"Why did you fight with Zig and Damian today, you could have been seriously hurt," Maya admonishes when she gets into bed with me.
"He pissed me off, Zig wants you back or he wants revenge on me for having you," I reply.
"Miles, he won't get me back and he only gets revenge on you if you let him get to you. For the last time Miles Hollingsworth the third I am in love with you. I live with you and we are going to have a child together. Nothing anyone can do will take me from you, nothing will make me leave you but when you get hurt I get upset and if I'm upset so is the baby," Maya reminds me putting my hand on her stomach.
"I know, I'm sorry. I'm okay it's just a few bruises and a black eye, I won't let Zig get to me again," I assure her kissing her gently.
"Something tells me after Owen, Dallas and Drew get to Zig and Damian they won't be brave enough to get new you again," Maya laughs.
I laugh too, brushing some hair from her face and locking lips with girl I love.
(CLARE)
"Don't worry we'll bring her home after dinner," Becky assures Owen and Mike.
It's late Saturday afternoon, I'd just left my OB/GYN appointment which my husbands came to of course. Halloween was in two weeks and the Torres brothers were going to have a Halloween party. I had yet to get a costume because my growing belly prevented me from getting anything even remotely attractive, at least in my opinion. However Becky had insisted I get a costume and she would help, so I had arranged to meet her after my appointment today. My very paranoid but loving husbands did not feel right about me being out with Becky alone, they were worried that if anything happened Becky wouldn't be able to get me to the hospital on her own. So Becky had dragged poor Luke to come shopping with us, but Mike and Owen did feel better about letting me go knowing Luke would be with us.
"I'll watch her," Luke promises them.
"Call us if anything happens," Mike requests.
"You know we will," I smile.
"I love you," Mike grins kissing me softly, "all three of you," he says and kisses my belly.
"I love you Babycakes," Owen smiles before taking me in his arms to kiss me, "and I love my girls," Owen says kissing my belly like Mike did.
"And I love you both, I'll see you in a few hours," I smile waving to them and getting into Luke's car.
"How was your appointment?" Becky asks as Luke starts driving.
"Good, she said everything looked good and we got a new sonogram picture, we put it on the fridge every time we get a new one," I tell them and Luke rolls his eyes just a bit, getting bored with the baby talk. "Are you as excited to get back to hockey practice as Mike is?" I ask Luke.
"Yeah definitely, can't wait to get back to the games and impressing the puck bunnies," Luke grins.
"Luke!" Becky reprimands smacking him from the backseat. "Have you thought about names yet Clare? Now that you know you're having girls?" Becky questions.
"Well we still don't know who the father is biologically or if they're each the father of one. Not that it matters too much but I want the girls to have the last name of the biological father. We don't want the girls to having rhyming names or be named after anyone. However I was thinking it would be nice if their first names at least had a theme, like flowers, gemstones, colors or something like that. Haven't talked about it yet with the husbands though, we haven't had much time together with just the three of us this week," I reply as Luke pulls up to a costume store.
"I'm assuming the guys want you to have something sexy," Luke comments as we walk in.
"I don't think that's possible," I reply.
"Sure it is we just have to show of your chest," Luke replies.
"Luke!" Becky scolds him again.
"What? It's true, anyway Owen and Dallas will think she's sexy in just about anything and theirs should be the only opinions that matter right?" Luke states.
"Yes of course but I'd prefer not to be in a bunny suit or something ridiculous," I respond.
"That would be too hot anyway and my understanding is we're supposed to keep you from getting too hot. We'll find you something good, really we just need something that will go around your belly or expose your belly," Becky remarks.
"Err let's avoid exposing my belly and showing everyone how fat I am," I reply.
"Oh Clare you aren't fat, you're pregnant with twins, besides everyone who will be at this party is your friend and we're all going to want to feel you belly and say hi to the twins anyway," Becky points out.
"Yeah fine, exposing my belly is okay I guess, I'll probably feel fat in anything," I sigh.
After about an hour of looking through the store and trying a few things on I still haven't found anything I'm happy with.
"I think we should just go with hot and sexy, your husbands will like it and everyone else will be too preoccupied on trying to feel the twins move or talking to them," Luke remarks pulling down a black Cleopatra wig from the shelf and I wrinkle my forehead at him.
"You want me to be Cleopatra?"
"No not Cleopatra, just generic Egyptian harem girl," Luke responds grabbing a white Egyptian style skirt.
"Oh yes Owen and Dallas will love it," Becky exclaims clapping her hands.
She finds me an Egyptian style beaded belt; Luke finds me a turquoise bra top that matches the belt. Then we get a few accessories, arm bracelets and a head piece that consists of a little band with beads to go around my head. They even have Egyptian style sandals at this store. I take everything to the counter to pay for it, including some fake eyelashes.
"Success, we have your costume now let's go to dinner," Becky grins when the guy behind the counter hands me my bag.
"What do you feel like eating Clare?" Luke asks.
"Anything I'm starving," I reply.
"There's a Mexican place down the street or Italian a couple blocks away," Luke says when we get in the car.
"Italian definitely, pasta and garlic bread sounds so good right now," I comment.
Luke starts driving, pulling into the restaurant parking lot a few minutes later. I leave my bag in the car and we get out, but don't even get out of the parking lot when we're confronted by mother and Glen coming from around the corner.
"Clare?!" Glen exclaims, his eyes popping out at the sight of my belly. "What? When? Who? How?" Glen stammers still staring at my belly and then looks at my mother. "Did you know about this?"
"Of course I did I tried to send her away to have the twins but she ran and I kicked her out," Mom replies flippantly.
"Twins?!" Glen exclaims.
"Girls, twin girls actually and it happened on prom night or at the grad party, with either Mike or Owen, possibly both. Jake knows everything he spent Thanksgiving with us," I inform Glen.
"Jake was here at Thanksgiving?" Glen questions, I think he's still processing the fact that I'm pregnant with twins.
"I can't believe you're keeping them, they'll be born out of wedlock and how can both Owen and Dallas be the dads?" Mom inquires.
"It's rare but it happens look it up mother and actually we got married, I am now Clare Milligan-Dallas," I enlighten my mother and show her my wedding rings.
"Clare you've committed bigamy! You're going to hell," Mom spits at me.
"No mother I am in love and we got married in a civil ceremony," I respond gritting my teeth.
"You really are a little slut; do you sleep with them both every night?" Mom seethes with venom in her voice.
"That's none of your fucking business," Luke growls back at her.
"You're committing a sin, I have nothing but shame and distaste for you now. Come Glen let's go, I don't want to look at her anymore or I'm going to lose my dinner," Helen says grabbing Glen's arm and pulling him to the car.
"You stupid fucking bitch, she's your daughter how can you just turn your back on her?! If anyone is committing a sin it's you!" Luke snarls after them.
I remain tense and angry until I hear them walking away a few steps and then the tears start coming. My body sinks and I wipe the tears as they continue flooding from my eyes. Becky hugs me tightly and then Luke puts an arm around me.
"Should we take you home Clare?" Becky asks.
"No I'm still hungry and they're gone now," I reply with a deep shuddering breath as I try to stop crying.
"Your mom is a bitch, you've got lots of other family though, including us," Luke assures me putting his arm around me.
We walk into the restaurant and get seated although the hostess does give me a look, because I'm young and very pregnant or because I was crying I'm not sure. Over dinner I give the Baker sibs a brief history of my family life and they don't like my mother at all by the time I'm done. By the time we're done with dinner I've calmed down and stopped crying, Luke and Becky drive me home and come in with me.
"Looks like you found something," Owen grins when we come into the living room. He wraps his arms around me and I cling to him.
"Yeah it was but we ran into her mega-bitch mom and her stepdad when we went to get dinner," Luke tells him and Owen tenses up as I'm sure Mike does as well.
"What did she say? What did they do to you?" Mike asks putting his arm around me and kissing my temple.
"Glen was just in shock because he didn't know I was even pregnant but my mom…" I sigh and my sentence drifts off as I don't even know how to repeat it all.
"She said some really nasty stuff and made Clare cry," Becky informs them.
"I'm going to kill her," Owen growls.
"Not without me," Mike nods.
"Guys you can't beat up my mother, she's gone now, I don't talk to her anymore and I don't see her but as long as we all live in Toronto I'm likely to run into her again," I respond holding onto both of them.
"I hope we're with you next time you do," Mike says.
"Luke yelled at her mom, poor Glen was just astounded," Becky tells them.
The husbands thank the Bakers for taking me out and standing up to my mom and everything else. We say goodnight to them and we'll see them Monday and they leave.
"I'm sorry you saw your mom today, we should start your bath I bet you really need one tonight," Owen comments after locking the door.
"Yes very much and then will you both lie with me in bed for a while?" I request.
"Of course Sugar," Mike grins and kisses me gently.
I take my bath and get rubbed by my husbands; Owen spends extra time rubbing my feet and legs while Mike rubs my shoulders, neck and upper back. I do love how they spoil me, I would say if my mom could see how well they take care of me and how much they really do love me that she would change her mind about us. I would say that but I don't think it matters to her at all. I think her mind has been made up and she won't change her mind for a very long time if ever. I don't think she cares about me any longer, she only cares that I broke my chastity vow, got pregnant out of wedlock and married two men, all of which in her eyes is sinful and shameful.
After I get out of the bath I get into my silky nightie and grabbing each of my husbands by the hand pull them into the bedroom with me. I get on the bed, moving to the middle and they get on either side of me, I link my arms with both of them and lay my head on Owen's shoulder. Mike kisses my cheek and puts a hand on my belly as the girls begin kicking; it feels like they're fighting each other. Owen puts his hand on my belly too, they smile feeling their girls move.
"Your mother is a bitch and stupid to just disregard you," Own says in a comforting voice.
"There's still a chance that your parents and mine will stop being stupid. Maybe they just need more time, or maybe they will need to see their granddaughters but they still might come around," Mike tells me.
"Glen wasn't angry just shocked, he looked like he might just have a heart attack. I'd say that he might support us but he's married to my mother and he'll do whatever she wants I'm sure. I hope your parents do change their minds about us I really do but I'm not sure that I want my mom to come around. I honestly think it might be better if she never becomes a part of the girls lives," I tell them lamenting the fact that I'm even related to that woman.
"You'll always have us beautiful wife," Owen assures me.
"Always and Drew, Adam and at least a dozen others, we have a big family even if your parents and mine never come to their senses," Mike reminds me.
"Yes I know, our girls will be very loved and that's all that matters," I smile then to my head to first kiss Owen, then Mike. "I love you both, more than anything, you and our girls are the most important things in this world to me."
"And you and the girls are the most important things to us," Owen says.
"And we love the three of you more than anything in this universe," Mike comments.
"And we'd kill to protect you," Owen adds.
Then at the same time they let go of me just a little, move down, lift my nightie and both kiss my belly.
"We love our girls," they say at the same time in the same tone and just when they say it the twins move! They each do a summersault as if to say, "We love you too daddies."
Update next Monday most likely starting with Owen, Mike and Drew "chatting" with Damian and Zig.
