Another six weeks had passed. Sophie's leg had finally healed. Everything was back to normal- or so Lorna and Nicky thought. The 3 of them were just relaxing on a Sunday, when Sophie walked up to Lorna looking incredibly nervous.

"Hey, mom, I really need to ask you something. You're not gonna like it but I just need to."

"Okay?" Lorna says hesitantly, suddenly so nervous.

"Can I start taking birth control pills?" Sophie said quietly as she looked away.

"Um. What? Why?" Lorna asked in shock

"Ya know just in case. I don't want there to be a chance I'll get pregnant."

"Are you having sex?" Lorna couldn't believe it.

"No, no, no! I just want to be prepared in case we ever do" Sophie answered quickly, still unable to look her mother in the eye.

Lorna just stood there in silence, completely at a loss for words.

"I'm gonna talk to your mom, okay? I can't make this kind of decision without talking to her first."

"No don't tell her! Please? She's gonna be so mad."

"She's not gonna be mad at you, hon. She's not gonna love it, but she won't be mad at you."

"What? No fucking way! We're not getting her birth control pills so she can run off and fuck her boyfriend! That guy is a creep. He's gross, I mean just look at him! I knew he was gonna be trouble."

"Nicky I thought you liked him now."

"Well not anymore"

"Nick, she would eventually have sex with a boyfriend no matter who the boyfriend is. That's what happens. I don't think you should take this all out on Kevin. He's a sweet guy- he's really nice to her! Listen, I'm not excited about this happening either, but at least she's trying to be smart about it! And besides, they haven't even done anything yet. The pills are just for the future."

"Yeah right, you believe that? Kids don't ask to go on birth control pills before anything happens."

"She said nothing happened."

"mhm"

"She did you can ask her!"

"Okay, fine." Nicky knew how she could find out the truth. "Hey, Soph, can you come in here for a sec?" she called out.

"Yeah, what's up?"

"Listen, I'm not comfortable with getting you birth control pills before you need them. I feel like it'll push you to do something before your ready. Once something happens, you let us know and we'll get you the pills, okay?"

"Um, okay." Sophie hesitated.

Damn I really need those pills! Do I just tell them? They seem to be acting kinda cool about the whole thing, maybe they won't flip out. She thought.

"Is there a problem?" Nicky asked sensing that Sophie wasn't ready to drop the subject

"Um no. No problem. It's just-" Sophie stopped

"It's just what Sophie?"

"I kinda do need the pills"

"Kinda? What does that mean?"

"We… already….ya know?"

Nicky immediately looked at Lorna. "See, I told you!"

"Sophie, hon, why did you lie to me?" Lorna asked

"I thought you'd be mad. I was really scared to tell you. I just want everything to be safe, but I was too scared to tell you so I figured I had to come up with something."

"Are you being safe? I don't want you going on pills so you don't have to use condoms. You always have to use condoms no matter what!" Lorna insisted.

"I know mom, we have been. We still will I promise! I just want to make extra sure nothing happens."

"Well if that's true then that's very smart of you."

Nicky who had been completely silent ever since her daughter's admission finally chimed in.

"Is this guy pressuring you? Cause I swear to God I will kill him!"

"No, mom! No! He's not doing anything. He would never do that. You know him! He's not like that"

"Yeah, I know him. He seems just like any other horny teenage boy. But whatever, as long as you and your mom seem so fine with him I guess I have to drop it." Nicky huffs as she leaves the room, totally infuriated with the conversation.

"I told you she'd be mad at me." Sophie said with her head down.

Lorna gave her a hug. "She's not mad at you, she's mad at the situation. You are actually handling this very maturely. I'm proud of you." Lorna continued to hold onto her daughter to make her feel better. "Your mom will come around. I promise."

"Nicky, you're making Sophie feel terrible!"

"No I'm not. She's so fucking happy with everything. All she wants is her boyfriend to come over and make her feel good and for her not to have to worry about anything."

"Nicky, she cares what we think, though! No matter how great she thinks this guy is, she still wants us to like him. That means something! Some teenage girls don't even care what their parents think. And now she thinks you're mad at her. She's all upset! You can't be mad at her for this, you knew it was gonna happen sooner or later and she's actually being very smart and careful about everything. We could not ask for her to be handling this any more maturely than she is. I'm not exactly thrilled with this new development either, but I am thrilled with how she's handling it. It's very commendable."

"She's gonna get hurt" Nicky said so quietly Lorna could barely even hear her.

"What?"

"She's gonna get hurt. She's obsessed with this guy, she's all googly eyed over him. She's having sex with him, but the relationship wont last, she's only 15. She's gonna get hurt."

"Nick, everyone goes through break ups. I'm not looking forward to seeing her upset either, but you can't stop it from happening. This guy treats her really well. That's all you can ask for."

Nicky let out a big sigh. "Okay, I'll go talk her." She absolutely hated this situation.

"Hey, kid, can I come in?" Nicky said knocking on Sophie's door.

"Yeah"

"I'm sorry if I made you feel bad. I'm just worried about you. I didn't mean to make you upset."

"Mom, I'm not gonna get pregnant, I promise."

"That's not what I'm worried about. You're handling that whole thing really well, actually. I have all the faith in the world that you're gonne be safe about it. I just don't wanna see you get hurt."

"What do you mean?"

"You're just so obsessed with this guy. If anything were to happen, and I'm not saying that it will so don't get mad at me, but if anything happened and you broke up, you would be devastated. You like him so much at this point that, however it ends, you'll be so upset. I just don't want you to go through that."

This made Sophie smile.

"So anyway, I'm sorry if I handled it badly. I just would hate to see you get hurt."

"Thanks mom." She says truly appreciative.

"No problem, kid. Oh and Soph?"

"Yeah?"

"If he ever does make you upset or if he tries something that you're not comfortable with, you let me know, and I will kick him in the nuts immediately."

Sophie laughed. "Will do, mom"

Later that night, Kevin came over.

"Hey guys", he waved as Sophie pulled him through the living room to her room.

"Hi, Kevin." They called out. Nicky tried her best to sound happy to see him.

They heard Sophie's door immediately shut closed.

"Um, Sophie?" Nicky called out.

"What?"

"Your door needs to stay open! I mean it."

"ughhhh" she heard her daughter groan. But nevertheless, the door opened.

Lorna laughed and gave Nicky a kiss.

"What? Do you think I'm being ridiculous?"

"No not at all. If you hadn't just said that I definitely would have. I was just thinking how glad I am that you didn't strangle him on his way in."

Nicky laughs "Yeah I'm practicing self restraint."