A/N: Hey there guys! I just wanted to say, thank you so much to all who reviewed, and thanks to those who wished me luck for my surgery I hope you like this chapter"
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Jake was pacing endlessly in the hallways of Logan Manor. Summer was sitting by the staircase that led to their rooms, eating heart-shaped chocolate as she watched her brother's every move.
"I take it you'll tell mom and dad tonight that you're a soon-to-be dad," Summer said while taking a bite of her chocolate "AND that you won't be going back to the program..."
Jake stopped his pacing and looked at her strangely.
"How did you know that?" he asked her.
"Your face," Summer said, then rolling her eyes said "What do you think?" and she pointed to her head.
"Oh that's right- telepathy." Jake said, realization hitting him.
"No, duh!" Summer replied, taking yet another bite of chocolate. Finishing it.
"How can I tell them? Gosh! How can I?" Jake said looking very troubled.
"What's so hard about it?" Summer asked "You just have to say 'mom, dad, Ravenie's pregnant' and then they'll probably choke and say 'what!' and then you'll repeat what you said again and then they'll look at you with fear and ask you a question they already know the answer of 'is it yours?' and then you'll confirm their fears and that's that."
"Easy for YOU to say," Jake muttered "What if they throw me out?"
"You mean like Kid Flash? You know they wouldn't. They disapproved of what he did to Lise, they woudn't do the same to you. Besides, it would be hypocrite of their part, I mean, you were born when mom and dad were sixteen- at least you'll be two years older and of age by the time that kid's born." Summer said. "Besides," she added "They'd not only be thinking about you, they'd also keep in mind their grandchild- oh my God!" Sumemr gasped.
"What?" Jake asked her, startled by her change of tone.
"I hadn't thought about that!" Summer exclaimed "Mom and dad'll be grandparents! And I'll be an aunt! God! I feel so OLD!"
Jake rolled his eyes.
"You WOULD think about that "he said.
"Imagine how hard it must be for Bruce." Summer whispered.
It then hit Jake that Batman was about to become a great-grandfather- at 48.
He burst out laughing.
"Yeah, poor him!" he gasped between laughter and both teens rolled around, laughing.
"What are you two laughing about in there?" Raven came from the kitchen and eyed her two teenage children curiously.
"Mom!" both teens exclaimed.
"I-I-we-we-we weren't- I-it-it is nothing." Jake stammered.
"Ahaa. I see." Raven said, arching an eyebrow at her eldest children and in a tone which indicated she didn't believe them in one bit "Come on, you little liars, dinner's ready.
Once their father and siblings had joined them, they began to eat.
The meal was like any normal meal. They talked about anything, told jokes, laughed. The only difference was that Jake was more quiet than usual. Raven noticed the change in her son and asked worriedly
"Jake, are you alright dear?"
"Yes mom," Jake said "I'm fine."
"You've hardly touched your food." Changeling observed "Are you feeling ill, son?"
"No dad, it's alright it's just- I have something to tell you." Jake said then grimmaced at what he'd just done. He wasn't ready for this. He wasn't.
"Well then, what is it?" Changeling asked him.
Jake swallowed hard- he suddenly felt like he couldn't talk. He looked at Summer who nodded encouragingly for him to go on.
It took a couple of moments but finally, he regained the use of his voice.
"R-Ravenie's pregnant." he whispered.
"What?" his mother asked him "Sorry, I didn't catch that, Jake, you'll have to speak louder..."
"Ravenie's pregnant." Jake said loudly.
Silence fell over the whole table.
"Does that mean she's having a baby?" Scott asked, breaking the umcomfortable silence.
"No- she's obviously having a kitten!" Summer said, rolling her eyes.
"Summer- don't talk to him like that." Raven said, in a monotone while still staring wide-eyed at Jake, as though unable to believe what her ears had heard.
"No, what I meant is that- will you be a- a dad?" Scott asked Jake.
Jake nodded then smiled weakly.
"Yeah," he said "Yes, I guess I will."
"We'll talk more about this after dinner alright?" Changeling said, finally breaking the tension.
"Okay," Jake agreed.
Dinner went on normally...
After Dinner...In the living room...
"How could you be so irresponsible, Jake?" Changeling exclaimed while pacing in front of the sofa where Jake was sitting. "If you felt like you had to have sex you know, protection helps a lot!"
"I know dad," Jake mumbled "And we did always take precautions! It was just this one time!"
"Well- one time is all it takes and now look at where we are Jake!" Changeling said.
"I'm sorry dad," Jake said "That time- I hadn't even planned on it happening- it just did- we were so angry- so frustrated- we didn't think."
"No and that's just the thing Jake," his mother replied severely "You did NOT think..."
"Now look at where we are Jake- you think it's going to be easy to be a dad, man? Do you even consider yourself a man kiddo?"
"No," Jake said "And I'm scared, I really am, but what more can I do? I can't leave her, she's my life and that's my child she's carrying- but I can't do it alone dad, and I'm not going to pretend I can, I'm not even going to defend my actions- I know I messed up-big time. Please don't throw me out." he begged trying to make them understand him a bit more so they wouldn't get REALLY mad and throw him out.
His parents's expressions softened at this.
"Of course we won't, Jake," Raven said "You're our son- we'd never do that to you."
"Dad?" Jake looked fearfully at his father, he knew he'd let him down.
"It's alright Jake, your mother's right. We love you. And we love Ravenie as well. And we'll get to love our-our-grandchild as well." he shuddered at the word and Jake couldn't help laughing.
"You know, Summer did the same face when she figured out she'd be an aunt." Jake said.
His parents smiled.
"So she knew, huh?" Changeling said.
"She's the first one I told." Jake said.
"How long have you known this, Jake?" his mother asked him.
"For about a week." Jake said "I told Summer 2 days ago..."
"Why didn't you tell us sooner?" Changeling asked.
"I was scared." Jake said.
"Of what?" Changeling asked.
"That you'd be- disappointed- in me. That you wouldn't love me anymore. That you'd throw me out."
Changeling sighed.
"Look Jake," he began "Your mother and I are very, VERY disappointed in you. We thought you knew better, however, how could you even think we'd stop loving you? Throw you out? That's madness!"
"Well, I'm pretty sure Lise thought the same until Kid Flash actually DID kick her out..." Jake said.
"Yes and look where that got him. We won't make the same mistakes he did, Jake. We love you and you can stay here for as long as you need. This is your home and you know that." Raven said.
"Yeah," Jake said, relieved.
"However," Changeling said "That kid's entirely YOUR responsability- we can help you look after him Jake- but the majority of the work is going to be yours."
"I know that dad." Jake said.
Summer, who had stayed quiet all this time (and the only one of Jake's siblings who'd been allowed to stay after dinner) spoke up now
"I'll help look after it too- can I dad?"
"Of course honey, Jake's going to need all the help he can get and so will Ravenie- but still- they have to be warned...raising a kid- it's no easy task."
"Is that what you two were laughing about when I went to get you for dinner?" Raven asked "Something related to this?"
Summer and Jake looked at each other and broke down in laughter again.
Jake was the first to recover and he said between laughs.
"Yeah, something like that..."
"Okay...what's the joke? So your mom and I can laugh too..." Changeling said, looking at his son strangely.
"We were talking about Batman." Jake finally said.
"What about him?" Raven asked.
"You DO know how old is he?" Summer asked.
"48, why?" Changeling asked.
"Well...he's going to be a great-grandfather now!" Jake said and began laughing as well.
Changeling and Raven smiled.
"Kiddo...don't say that. After all, WE'RE not that far behind- your mother and I are barely 34! And we're already going to be be grandparents!" Changeling said.
"You're right dad, sorry." Jake said, regaining composure.
"Has any of you two told Nightwing yet?" Summer asked.
"Not really, Summer," Jake said, looking scared again.
His parents looked at him, troubled again.
"That might be a problem..." Changeling said.
"Why?" Summer exclaimed "Haven't you or Ravenie told him? No wait- Ravenie has to tell him and you go after because if you're in front of him while you say it he could strangle you."
"Exactly." Jake said "I wouldn't put it past Nightwing to murder me for leaving his daughter pregnant and neither would Ravenie- we're scared of telling him"
"Well you shouldn't be." Raven said "After all, you're not leaving her or anything, your sticking up for her and your child- what more can he ask?"
"He could want Ravenie to get rid of it." Jake mumbled miserably "Just as he would've had ME aborted if you guys had let him."
His parents looked at one another and then back at Jake.
"Does Ravenie want to abort?" Raven asked him quietly.
"Well, we talked about it...but she said she couldn't do it and honestly I don't like the idea much, either."
"Has any of you considered adoption?" Changeling asked.
"No," Jake said, shaking his head "I don't want that and neither does Ravenie. Imagine how hard it would be for us in the future- to grow up knowing we have a kid somewhere in the world and not knowing where he is or whether he's happy, safe...no, we BOTH couldn't live with that."
Changeling sighed.
"So I guess that leaves us with only one option...keep the baby and raise him or her as well as we can." Changeling said.
"Look dad, I love Ravenie, and I was planning to propose to her anyways as soon as she turned 18- we've talked before about getting married and starting a family, well, I guess it just happened sooner than planned." Jake said.
"MUCH sooner kid," Changeling said.
"I know," Jake said.
"Well...we'll get through this." Raven said finally "For today, we all need our rest, we've recieved some pretty shocking news today and it would do us all good to rest for a little while, let's go to bed you guys..."
"May we come in now?" The younger kids asked.
Changeling chuckled.
"Yes, of course." he said.
"Jake, will you be a father now?" Jade asked him.
"Yes, I will." Jake said, his voice shook a little.
"Aren't you nervous?" Scott asked.
"Yeah, hell yeah, a lot!" Jake admitted.
"Okay guys, leave Jake alone," Changeling said, impatiently "Yes, he's going to be a dad, yes, he's nervous. No, he hasn't told Nightwing, yes, he'll still be staying with us, yes, you can help with the child once it's here. Any more questions?"
His children were silent.
"How did you guess dad?" Jade wanted to know.
Changeling and Raven laughed.
"I know my kids," Changeling said, embracing them all.
"Dad! You're choking us!" Summer complained.
The kids and parents alike laughed.
"C'mon, you guys, bedtime." Raven said "We've all recieved a real news bomb tonight, we need our sleep."
"'Kay mom!" the kids agreed.
That's when the bomb, the REAL bom, went off.
BOOM!
The last thing Jake remembered before slipping into uncounsciousness was worrying about whether his family was alright and thinking as the darkness claimed him once more
'my kid'll be an orphan now...'
A/N: And that's it! That's the end of the chapter, I hope you liked it!
My surgery went well, thanks to all who cheered me up,
My eyes are sore though so I can't be in the computer for too long. This fact might slow my updates for this month, I'm sorry.
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Cheers,
Franshes
