Life is Strange 2: Secrets

Chapter 14 of my Life is Strange 2 story, enjoy.

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Disclaimer: I don't own Life is Strange 2 or its characters.

Chapter 14

Esteban sighed, worried. It was another school day and Daniel was still in his bedroom. Not all that unusual as Daniel usually struggled with getting up for school in the morning. But something was off this time. Knocking on his younger sons bedroom door, Esteban entered.

"Mijo, it's past time to get up, you're gonna be late." He said.

Daniel was still in bed and did not turn around to look at him. "I...I don't feel so good, dad, I think I'm sick."

Esteban paused, eyebrow raised, this was sudden.

"Are you sure, what's wrong with you?" He asked.

"I-I'm uh..." Daniel stammered.

Esteban narrowed his eyes, before reaching out and checking Daniel's forehead.

"No temperature. You hesitated...again, Daniel, you've done this before." Esteban replied softly.

Daniel's shoulders slumped, confirming Esteban's suspicions. Daniel wasn't sick at all, he was just trying to avoid going to school.

Esteban sighed and sat down on the bed. "What is going on Daniel? Why are you so desperate to avoid going to school, not only that, you've been acting strange for so long now. I'm worried about you, Sean is worried-"

"No he's not!" Daniel snapped back hotly.

"He is, you just don't seem to want to see it." Esteban replied. "Now please, at least talk to me, tell me what's going on?"

Daniel sighed and shook his head. "I...I need to get ready for school."

With that, Daniel shut out any further conversation, quickly getting ready and headed for school. Esteban watched him go, worried about his youngest son, unsure what to do.

Cassidy groaned as she straightened up, wiping her mouth. She dusted off her dark jeans, worn with a white tank-top, a denim jacket and ratty sneakers and shook her head.

'Urgh, again, this is just...how many times now?' She wondered.

Trying hard not to draw attention to herself, she had slipped outside the warehouse she and the group were staying at in order to throw up, yet again. Shaking her head, Cassidy made her way back into the warehouse, thinking carefully about her throwing up, plus a few other things she had been feeling.

That was when it struck her. 'Oh fuck, surely not, it can't be...'

"Cassidy!"

She flinched and turned to face Marcus, Finn stood there too, looking worried.

"You skipped out once again when we had an important job to do...a job that failed!" Marcus spat. "How do you think that looks?"

Cassidy shook her head. "I've told you before, I'm not doing shit like that. Fencing the goods, yeah, but not stealing."

Marcus grunted. "Huh, that was part of the deal yeah...but still, where the fuck what you been disappearing you."

Cassidy stepped back. "Nowhere, just, just going out for a walk, passing time, that's all."

"Funny, that's Finn's excuse too for his disappearances." Marcus scoffed.

He glared at both of them, clearly making a silent threat before leaving. Cassidy however shook her head when Finn turned to her. She had somewhere else she needed to be, after all, she needed to find the truth.

With another day of work at the school done, Charlotte made her way to a nearby pharmacy, needing to pick up some medicine. She had felt a cold coming on and wanted to make sure she was ready for it. She made her way over to the aisle that she needed to be in, browsing the shelves and looking for what she came in for. As she looked around she paused as she noted someone, standing in the feminine hygiene section, shifting from foot to foot. She could only see them from the back, but they seemed to be awkward and maybe anxious, she recognized the purple hair however.

'That's...Cassidy, what's she doing here, especially there?' Charlotte wondered.

Taking a closer look, while currently out of view, Charlotte could see that it was indeed the girl from Daniel's picture. The one she had met busking on the street corner. Curious about the expression on Cassidy's face, she watched closer. She noted the girl was sweating and looked pale, a frantic look in her eyes as she scanned the shelves, picking things up from the shelf, looking at them and putting them back. Charlotte felt concern for the girl, and almost wondered if she should go over there. She watched further to see what she was looking for.

Finally the girl sighed and shook her head, looking lost, Charlotte just caught what she was saying.

"Thought they'd be in this aisle...where have they hidden the damn things?" Cassidy was muttering to herself.

'What could she be looking for? Maybe I should help but I don't want to embarrass her...' Charlotte thought to herself, a curious look coming over her.

Making up her mind however she approached

"Hey...can I help you?" She greeted her, friendly.

Cassidy still jumped however.

"Huh, oh, um...hey." She replied, before recognizing her. "Didn't, expect to see you."

Charlotte nodded. "I've been feeling under the weather the past few days, needed some medicine. I...couldn't help but hear you needing some help."

Cassidy bit her lip. "Oh, um, yeah...I...I've been feeling pretty...weird these last few days, so, I wanted to be sure..."

Realization slowly dawned on Charlotte but she kept a neutral, calm face.

Charlotte nodded. "Of course, they should be over here."

With that she led Cassidy to another shelf, realizing what she needed. Cassidy nodded, blushing as she looked over the pregnancy tests.

"Ah, here we go...thanks." Cassidy replied.

Charlotte smiled softly. "You're welcome."

With that Charlotte turned away to look for the medicine she was looking for, therefore she didn't see Cassidy pocket a test and quickly leave, rather than going to pay for it, instead she pondered on what she had just discovered and what it could mean, especially for Sean and Daniel. With a heavy sigh, she grabbed her medicine and made her way to the cashier. Her mind swirling with all kinds of thoughts. She just hoped whatever happens didn't affect Daniel and Sean too badly.

Cassidy let out a slow breath as she waited. She had managed to sneak away with the test and found somewhere private to take it. Now she was waiting for the result and every one of her nerves were on edge. Finally, having read the instructions and set a timer on her watch, she picked up the test after the timer indicated time was up. With a shaky breath she looked at the test and sank back, dropping it in horror, the pink plus sign seared into her mind however. Filling her with terror as she faced another problem too, she could not say with any certainty if Marcus or Sean was the father.

End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.