A Beautiful Mess
Chapter 38
Gabi looks down again too afraid to make eye contact with her dad. She had no clue if he was going to believe her on this. She could only hope so.
"Gab, please tell me you are trying to get attention again like that time back in fifth grade when you pretended to have the flu," Mr. McCoy says to his daughter "because you wanted attention because Dante just skipped a grade that year and we were always talking about that,"
"You don't know how much I wish I was making this all up," Gabi tells him as she looks up. "I would love to be making all this up, I would be so happy if I was making all this up"
There is another moment of silence between them.
"Gab, look at me," Mr. McCoy tells her calmly.
Gabi looks up at her dad.
"I know what you are thinking right now, and I want you to know that what happened was not a good thing," Mr. McCoy tells her. "But I need you to know that you are a strong person. You will get through this, but you need to make a decision on what you are going to do with your preg…"
"Abortion is not an option," Gabi interrupts him. "It isn't, there is no way I am going to kill this baby,"
Mr. McCoy looks at his daughter for a moment and then smiles.
"I am so proud of you," he tells her "anyone would have decided on that already because it's the easiest way out of this, you are being strong,"
"Anyone can get the abortion," she replies to her dad. "But not everyone can have the baby,"
"Do you know what you are going to do then?" Mr. McCoy asks her.
"No, not yet," Gabi replies. "I am going to do what's best for her though, whether I can give her a good life or not,"
"I know I say this all the time, but I am so proud of you," he tells her. "What you are doing, it takes someone really mature, and you are making a great decision,"
"I can't just choose to kill someone who has a future," Gabi tells him. "Anyone can choose to kill, but I'm not going to,"
"Gosh, I am so proud of you, and so will your mom," Mr. McCoy says. "I am going to call her so you can tell her…"
"Dad, don't," Gabi interrupts him. "Don't, please, do not call mom,"
Mr. McCoy looks at her confused.
"Why, your mom needs to know," Mr. McCoy tells her. "You can not keep this from her,"
"She already knows," Gabi tells him nervous.
"She does?" Mr. McCoy asks.
"Yeah, that's why she called you," Gabi says. "She called to tell you,"
"How is she reacting to this?" Mr. McCoy asks her "Is she supporting your decision to have the baby and not getting an abortion,"
"Before I tell you, I need to know that you believe everything that I have told you," Gabi tells him.
"Of course I believe you Gab," Mr. McCoy says. "You're my daughter, you wouldn't lie about this, you said it yourself, and you hate that this is true,"
"Ok, last night I couldn't sleep, so, I did what I always do when I cant sleep," Gabi tells him.
"Sit on the window seat in the hall and usually listen to the rain if it is raining out," Mr. McCoy says.
"Yeah," Gabi replies. "Kendall, who is just a friend couldn't sleep either, so we just sat there talking for a while, to pass the time"
She remembered to put the emphasis on Just A Friend. It may not be true, that was really confusing to her right now. But, it would really help her case right now if she told him that.
"He is the first person I told," Gabi says to her dad.
Again, that wasn't true, she first told Dante, or his ghost, or spirit or whatever. That was still very confusing to her also.
"And he is really being a good friend right now," Gabi continues. "He said he would be there for me during my pregnancy, then today, mom said she wanted to talk to me,"
"What did she want to talk to you about?" Mr. McCoy asks her.
"She called me out on this," Gabi tells him "she thinks that I wanted to…"
She did not want to say the word. She never talked to her dad about that stuff. Way to awkward.
"And that I was making up everything that I told you, that I was covering for someone that I wanted to…with, which I didn't," Gabi says "she said a bunch of mean things, and to sum it up, she disowned me,"
Mr. McCoy looks at her for a moment.
"Gab, did you just say that your mother, disowned you, she thinks that you wanted to and you made up this abuse story up?" Mr. McCoy asks her nervous.
"Yeah," Gabi says "pretty much,"
"Let me guess, she thinks that Kendall is the father?" Mr. McCoy asks her.
"Yes, she thinks that but he isn't," Gabi tells him. "I am too far along for that to be true, I even told mom that, but she wouldn't believe me, then she said she believed me, and she said that if it was rape, I was going to get an abortion, but I refused to, so she stopped believing me,"
"I can always tell when my kids are lying," Mr. McCoy tells her. "I believe you, Gab, but for the arguments sake with your mother, look me in the eye and say that you are not lying,"
Gabi leans forward. This is something that had always been something her dad did. When he wanted to make sure she was telling the truth or trying to figure out if she was lying, he would have her look him in the eye and tell him what he was trying to figure out was true or a lie. He said that when she was lying, her pupils always dilated.
"I am telling the truth about what Justin did to me," Gabi tells him.
Her dad looks at her pupils and they didn't dilate, they stayed the same.
"Just like I thought," Mr. McCoy says. "The truth, I will discuss this with your mother later, I cant believe she didn't believe you,"
He pauses for a moment.
"I just can't stop thinking that I am so proud of you," he tells her. "You are really standing in the rain,"
"Yeah," Gabi replies. "I learned to stand in the rain and stand my ground,"
"Just like the old McCoy saying," Mr. McCoy replies. "Stand In The Rain, Stand Your Ground,"
"Yeah," Gabi says. "I am actually turning that into a song,"
"I bet it's amazing already," her dad tells her.
"Yeah, stand in the rain, stand your ground, stand up when its all crashing down, stand through the pain, you wont drown, and one day one's loss can be found so stand in the rain," Gabi tells him. "Thanks for believing me dad, it's got your name for a middle name if it's a boy,"
"What would the first name be?" he asks her.
"Dante," Gabi tells him. "After my amazing older brother,"
"So, Dante James," Mr. McCoy says. "Or, you could just go with Dante Jim, since I go by that,"
"Dante James sounds better," Gabi tells him.
"What about if it's a girl?" Mr. McCoy asks his daughter.
"I don't know," Gabi replies "I was going to have the middle name be Nicole, after mom, but, no way after what she did and not believe me, for a name, I am leaning towards Hailie, Sabrina, or Kassidy, don't know what a middle name would be,"
"Well, you have a while," he tells her "nine months,"
"Yeah," Gabi replies.
She sits there for a moment in silence.
"Um… I got to get going now," Gabi says as she stands up.
"You aren't staying for the memorial service?" Mr. McCoy asks as he stands up.
"Mom made it clear that I was unwelcome," Gabi says. "Besides, I should probably get back to LA anyway, Gustavo was mad I ran off to come here, we are in the middle of choosing which songs to be on my first CD,"
"You sure you want to leave?" Mr. McCoy asks. "You just told me that you are pregnant,"
"Yeah, I can handle everything when I get to LA," Gabi replies. "I will call you when I get there,"
"Ok," Mr. McCoy says.
He walks over to the other side of her table and hugs his daughter goodbye.
"Bye dad," Gabi replies before walking out of the diner.
A/N: you know the drill, two reviews before i update.