Annie was barely walking into her next class when she was told to go meet with . She was extremely confused as to why she was getting called to the office. As far as Annie was concerned, she hadn't beat anyone up lately. Unless Connie decided he wanted to get payback for her kicking him. Although Annie highly doubted that he would have, he was too scared to even look in her direction. So the odds she was getting called in for that were very unlikely. She wasn't worried or anything, just very confused.
'Maybe one of the teachers saw you sleeping in your car and reported it… Maybe it isn't about that but you should start planning what to say. I'll say that I stayed at school late and was too tired to drive home, that's believable enough.'
She walked into the office with a neutral face, not trying to garner any attention to herself. Which was hard to do considering the majority of her nose area was severely bruised. Annie felt the receptionist's stairs as she passed by. The Omega didn't dwell on it too much, however. She had Mr. Smith to deal with first before she was allowed to worry about anything else. Annie finally arrived at his office and turned the knob to open it.
Nothing prepared her to see Mikasa sitting there in front of 's desk, along with her parents nearby. Annie immediately knew this was probably because of Hitch. Although, Annie didn't understand why she had to be there. She didn't attack Hitch or even tell Mikasa to beat her up. This was entirely Mikasa's own choices and actions. As Annie's eyes examined the environment, Mikasa turned around and her eyes grew wide. She shot up from her seat immediately and tried to walk over. However, yanked her daughter back down while giving her a serious look. The older woman already knew what Mikasa wanted to do but this wasn't the time to do so.
"Annie, thank you for joining us. Please take a seat next to Mikasa for a short conversation. It won't take long, I just need you to confirm something. Afterward, you can return to class if you please."
gestured to the empty seat next to Mikasa that she cautiously took. She took a deep breath and side glanced at Mikasa, sensing the woman staring at her face. Annie pretended there was nothing wrong, trying to act calmly in this obscure situation. But seeing how much worry was written all over Mikasa's face just reminded her everything was wrong. There were so many issues in their life right now and Annie was trying her best to sweep them under the rug. She sighed and pulled away from her eyes, returning her attention to before them.
"Um… Yeah no problem, what is it that you need me to confirm? I'm sorry if I seem a bit hesitant to answer your questions. I have no idea why I'm here right now or what I did wrong."
"I understand your speculations but I'm here to assure you that you're not in trouble. I just need you to confirm some information so I can go through and make some decisions for Mikasa."
Erwin paused, wondering if he should mention what Mikasa had done but decided against it. He concluded that Annie would most likely lie for her girlfriend to get her Alpha out of trouble if she knew. So he picked his next words carefully.
"Annie Leonhardt, I need your honest answer right now. No lying, this is a serious situation. I assure you that any answer you give me in this office will stay here. No teachers or any other students will learn of this information. It stays between all of us and us only… Now, I hate to be blunt but are you pregnant with Mikasa's child?"
Annie felt ice run throughout her veins and froze right then and there, this was the LAST thing she expected to get called into the Principal's office for. She should've KNOWN something was up when she saw Mikasa and her parents. It makes sense now, of course, it had to be about her pregnancy. Mikasa's parents probably were contacted by her father or something and wanted to confirm it themselves.
'Wait but why would they arrange a meeting with the principal to have it confirmed for themselves….and how would my father know Mikasa was the sire… None of this made sense and everything isn't adding up, how and why did her pregnancy determine what happens to Mikasa?'
Annie wanted to groan, why couldn't she get only one issue a day to deal with? She already had a broken nose today to deal with, now she had to confirm her pregnancy to a bunch of adults?
Part of her wanted to dig Mikasa deeper into a hole by lying and telling she wasn't pregnant. The other part yearned for her to come clean since her secret had already got out if they're questioning her already. Annie was sure nothing worse could happen if she were to come clean at this moment, she had already got the bad end of the stick from her father. What worse could happen if she confirmed her pregnancy with ? She wasn't even worried anymore about her coach finding out. Annie wouldn't be able to play anyway, she had a broken nose and injured hand. She was sure right when the coach laid eyes on her she would be banned to a bench for their last games. Still, she was angry that her business was brought up for someone else's issues. There was no reason for someone to do this and that way of thinking spurred Annie's other idea to lie about her pregnancy to get back at Mikasa.
But then Mikasa reached over and set her larger hand on top of Annie's, not looking her way but still trying to comfort her. Annie internally cursed, hating how this Alpha always seemed to change her mind on certain things. She already felt bad about what she did yesterday and couldn't find it in herself to continue giving Mikasa a hard time. So Annie sucked up her pride and nodded while replying to .
"I'm indeed pregnant, I found out a few weeks ago and I'm about to turn three months soon. If you need some evidence then I'd gladly take a pregnancy test to prove it to you. Or better yet you can see my protruding belly if you please."
A few moments of silence passed by before Erwin shook his head at Annie's offering of evidence. He was already aware this was a private matter, he wouldn't push any further and invade more into this couple's relationship.
"No need to show evidence Annie, you confirming your pregnancy despite not knowing why you're doing so is proof enough. It just proves that you didn't lie just for Mikasa's gain. Thank you, Annie, you're welcome to leave if you please. But you're also welcome to stay, I know you probably want to know what's going on with your girlfriend."
Annie caught herself preparing to say she wasn't Mikasa's girlfriend because she technically wasn't. She stopped the transaction though and just allowed Erwin to refer to her as Mikasa's girlfriend. Even more so now because she wanted to know what was up with Mikasa. She nodded to and sat back in her chair, watching the rest of this all play out.
"Well Mikasa, a promise is a promise and you've held up your end of this situation with honesty and it's time for me to do the same. Starting this upcoming Monday, you'll be suspended for three weeks. So with these few days left of the week, speak with your teachers to prepare assignments for when you're gone. Despite you being suspended, you will be able to continue the rest of your football season. I won't speak to your coach but you should just tell them about your situation. On top of that, your graduation ceremony will be revoked. You'll pick up your diploma a week before school ends instead. Now, once you return from your suspension, I would like you to come to visit me and turn in all your work. I'll make sure your teachers grade them and that you don't fail your classes. Now, you can return to your classes or leave with your parents. Same for you Annie. Neither of you will be punished for going home early today, I'll make sure it says you were present the whole day on your attendance record."
With that, the meeting concluded and they all exited. However, not even a second later while stepping outside, Mikasa grabbed Annie and started examining her face. A million questions drowning the poor Alpha's mind before she could get one vocally out. She wanted to explain to Annie what had happened but also wanted to question the Omega. Mikasa didn't understand how or where Annie had got this injury and it was driving her crazy. Her mouth opened, trying to vocalize what she was feeling yet nothing spilled out. There were so many things she wanted to address yet Mikasa couldn't even utter a noise. Annie watched as the Alpha struggled to speak and decided to speak before Mikasa got her courage to speak.
"Hold your questions Ackerman after I ask my own."Annie tugged Mikasa to the side, away from her parents so they could speak privately. "Now, care to tell me why I had to be pulled out of class to come bail you out with confirming my pregnancy to a bunch of adults? Especially when I wanted to keep it a secret until both of us were in the clear. Why was I USED to determine your punishment in this matter? You're lucky I didn't lie and say I wasn't pregnant, you do not KNOW how glad you should be that I told the truth!"
"Listen, I wasn't planning on using you as my bargaining tool! Okay? I was going to take whatever punishment gave but my father wanted me to tell my side of the story. So I told the truth about why I beat Hitch."
'Of course, it was about the Hitch situation, UGH I knew I should've fucking watch what I said.'
"What was the truth? You beat her up because she was holding information above my head? I'm sorry Mikasa but I didn't tell you to go beat her! You took this issue upon yourself when it was mine! You didn't have to fucking do this! It had nothing to do with you!"
"I know you didn't tell me to go attack Hitch! That was my choice and I was willing to take the original punishments! Even if you flat out told me not to do it and that you'd break up with me if I did, I would've still done what I did. Hitch needed to be put in her place, she deserved it. I tried to talk to her about it but all she did was laugh in my face and asked me what I would do. Guess what? I showed her and now she won't say shit anymore. Also, what do you mean this wasn't my issue to help deal with? Someone was blackmailing the woman I'm having a child with and that I care for, she was potentially putting your future at stake! I was just doing what I needed to do! I don't care if you get angry about this! I'm not going to apologize for something that I'm not even sorry for, Annie. If you don't want anything to do with me after this then so be it but I did this so you didn't have to stress about her anymore."
Annie took a deep breath as she heard Mikasa get rather angry with her response. She may have been irritated with Mikasa doing this without her permission but Annie wouldn't lie, she was happy Hitch got beat. Still, she didn't want Mikasa getting involved with this just like Mikasa didn't want her involved. So her mind was clashing with what to say in response to Mikasa. Yes, she was angry that Mikasa did what she did but she also wanted to praise her. It was a confusing feeling, especially when she combined it with her newfound vow to allow people to help her more. This situation was technically just Mikasa helping her to better Annie's situation. She still didn't want Mikasa to think it was alright to beat someone up who's messing with the Omega. Annie released her deep breath and made her choice on how to deal with this situation.
"Okay. You're right, Hitch deserved it and you had every right to do what you did. But I did not tell you to do this Mikasa, I would never want you to do something that would get you in trouble because of me. Thank you for looking out but can you PLEASE speak with me first before doing something like this again. If you want to help then we can talk about it and decide what to do. You don't have to apologize for what you did, though, like I said you had every right to do it. I'm also not going to drop you, Mikasa. Despite disliking what you did I can't help but appreciate it. As I said though, don't go around punching people that are causing issues for me. I understand you care but I don't want you potentially risking everything or even getting jail time, we have a baby on the way and you have to be there for them… How would that be possible if you end up going to jail for punching someone?
Mikasa crossed her arms and looked away, acting rather stubborn as Annie asked her that last question. Even if there was potential jail time, Mikasa would gladly still defend Annie. But the Omega had a point, she shouldn't have acted in such a way without speaking to Annie first. Even if her inner Alpha was trying to counter and say Annie had no reason to be angry, that she did her job and she should be praised. But Mikasa won against her stubborn Alpha brain and returned to looking at Annie, giving a small nod in reply.
"Okay, I understand. I won't do what I did again unless it's necessary and we talk about it beforehand. If someone is threatening you with physical harm though, I'm sorry but I'll end up killing them."
Annie snorted at this and rolled her eyes, despite Mikasa being so calm she was still an Alpha.
"Well duh, I wouldn't expect any less. If anything I'd end up helping you hide the body and be your alibi."
A small chuckle managed to escape Mikasa, the heated conversation they just had now simmering away. They were back to normal, for the most part, however, Mikasa still had her questions to ask. Thankfully, she was calm now and probably wouldn't lash out in reaction to what was happening with Annie's situation. Which was great because she didn't need both Mikasa and Reiner threatening to kill her father. Annie closed her eyes as Mikasa gently reached up and cautiously held her face, her eyes examining the woman's injury. She gently touched Annie's bruises then looked into her icy blue eyes once they opened again, trying to read into them for any extra information before asking.
"How did this happen? I saw you just yesterday and you were fine. Did someone attack you while walking home? I knew I shouldn't have let you leave, this is all my fault, I could've avoided this by not arguing with you."
"No, don't blame yourself for this. It's not your fault Mikasa…It's not even mine…" Annie sighed and brought her hand up to set atop Mikasa's. "I got home safely, so don't think it was because you let me walk alone. When I got home though… That's when this happened, I wasn't going to tell you because I thought it was my problem to deal with but I've realized it's not now. My father found out I was pregnant through some letters that were sent to our house. He was angry and broke my nose, don't worry, he didn't hit my stomach or anything. I managed to land a hit on him and he backed off, although it only angered him more. So I ended up getting kicked out and spent the night in my car… I'm fine now though, Ymir's going to let me stay with her and I'm figuring out what to do with my dad."
Annie could feel the anger radiating around Mikasa as she spilled out what had happened. She reached her own hands up and held Mikasa's face, pumping out calming pheromones to help her Alpha not explode. It worked because Mikasa returned the calming pheromones and pressed them into Annie's hands.
"You should've called me Annie, I would've picked you up and dealt with your father but I understand why you didn't. I would've killed him at that moment for hurting you. I'm still holding back the feeling to do so right now even if I'm coming off as calm. But I already got in trouble for beating someone up this week, your father will have to happen on another day." She said while looking down at Annie.
"I want you to move in with me, I appreciate Ymir letting you stay with her but you're my…erm… You're someone special to me and we have a child on the way, I think it'll be good for me to be around everything during your pregnancy. After I explain what happened to my parents, hopefully, they'll understand and be willing to help us out… If not, don't worry, I'm going to make sure you'll be taken care of… no matter what."
Mikasa leaned down and pressed their lips together despite Annie not giving her reply yet. Annie knew that she would agree though, it was probably a good idea to have her around during the pregnancy. Yet she couldn't help but feel as if she would be a burden now to Mikasa's parents. Annie ignored those thoughts, knowing she was only acting in such a way because she wasn't used to being helped. She pressed back into the kiss and once they pulled away, Annie answered.
"I'll move in with you Mikasa, thank you."
Mikasa was delighted to hear Annie agree, knowing that this would probably help their relationship grow further. She didn't get her hopes up, of course, nothing good comes with trying to force something to happen. The Alpha pressed one last kiss to her Omega's lips before parting.
"I'm going to speak with them now, just sit tight and I'll be back as soon as possible."
"How did we let this happen? We've told Mikasa ever since puberty that she needed to be extra careful when it came to sex since she's an Alpha. Now, here she is with a girlfriend that I wasn't even aware of who's also pregnant. Ugh! I should've known something was going on with her, ever since she started speaking to Annie, Mikasa had changed. She used to come home after work and stay in her room but after meeting Annie she never stayed home! I should've never allowed Mikasa to meet Annie, that whore ended up trapping our daughter with her!" was agitated, not caring if whatever he said was unnecessarily rude.
"Don't say that, Annie didn't do anything to be called a whore and I don't like how you're pushing the idea that she trapped Mikasa. We don't know the extent of their relationship but remember that it takes two to produce a child, Mikasa is at fault just as much as Annie. Also, we may have warned her but in the end, mistakes can still happen. We should prepare for what's next instead of dwelling on how we got here. It's obvious that Annie's not going to abort their child either, it sounds like they've known for a while and already came to a decision."
wouldn't say she was thrilled about this entire situation but she did expect it to end up here. She had her suspicions about Annie when they met yesterday, the older woman noticing right after that her Omega aura wasn't the same as when they first met. The way Annie acted in response to her knowing stares further proved to that something was up. So she came to terms that Annie may be pregnant but didn't speak to Mikasa about it. Not knowing if Mikasa knew yet and not wanting to overstep any of Annie's boundaries with her daughter. She was going to let them work this out on their own first and hoped it resolved the issue, instead, now all of them managed to get involved.
"Why are you so calm about this? Our daughter got her girlfriend pregnant and hasn't even graduated yet! She set herself up for failure! You've heard how hard it's for teen parents to provide for themselves and a child! Not to mention the majority of teen parent couples don't even stay together, so how do we know Annie will up and leave Mikasa? God and don't even get me started on school, how is she going to attend when she has a baby to take care of? She's going to need to work to help support Annie, how will she fit school in the mix?"
sighed at her husband's panicked state despite him making good points. This wasn't the time to worry about all of that though, they'll get there when the time comes. They needed to deal with things one at a time and right now they need to deal with Annie's pregnancy first.
"I'm being calm about this because you're not and nothing good comes from trying to figure out things in that state of mind. We don't know if any of those things will happen or not, that's for another day though. Right now we need to see Annie's pregnancy through and speak with her father to figure out everything."
"No speaking with her father will happen, she's not on good terms with him at this moment."
Mikasa walked into her parent's conversation at the perfect time, just missing out on her father calling Annie a whore. This was good because wasn't sure how her daughter would react to hearing her father say such things.
"And why's that? Shouldn't her father know what's going on with her? Especially when it's something important like being pregnant?" Her mother asked.
"When Annie left our house yesterday she got in an argument with her father because he found out about her being pregnant. He didn't take the information well and even hit Annie, that's why her nose is broken. On top of that, he kicked her out too because she ended up hitting him back to defend herself. I know it's probably too much to ask of you guys right now but I want Annie to move in with us. I'll pick up extra hours with dad to take care of her, I don't care what it takes. If you guys won't allow it then I'll leave and somehow provide for her on my own. I'm going to be there for her no matter what, I don't care what it takes."
It was quiet and stayed that way while everything sunk into their heads. A mixture of feelings rushed to Mikasa's parents from the information they learned. They both didn't know how to feel after hearing such things. was now angry at Annie's father instead of Annie, thinking it was uncalled for, for him to do that. Especially when he knew she was pregnant and could've put the baby at risk. didn't expect this sudden want to defend Annie now but knew it wasn't right what did. He might've been angry that Mikasa had knocked Annie up, however, wouldn't lay his hands on his child because of it. Especially if said child was pregnant.
"I'm going over to his job and beating his ass, I'm not happy about this situation either but he had no reason to hit Annie the way he did! She looks like someone beat her! That motherfucker is going to get what he did to Annie but ten times as worse. You're coming along while I do it too, he put your child at risk and you should have a hand in beating his ass."
stayed quiet throughout all of this, she personally supported him in what he wanted to do. She of course wouldn't vocally agree but part of her wouldn't lie, she was glad her husband planned to do such things. Who in their right mind would put their hands on someone that's pregnant? Knowing damn well that they wouldn't even be able to defend themselves fully. Both she and were equally as angry about the situation but what did was too far.
"Trust me, dad, I would be on board to go along with you. But Annie doesn't want that, she said she'll speak with him eventually. She's already on edge about what I did today because it put our future at risk. Annie wants me there for our child and I do too. I can't be there for her if I'm in jail for beating up her father. So we'll deal with him when Annie decides it's time. Right now I need your permission to let Annie move in, I know it's sudden but she's sleeping in her car and I don't feel comfortable with her doing that."
Mikasa may have left out the part that Ymir had allowed Annie to stay with her, but she wasn't technically lying about her sleeping in a car. It did happen even if it was for a night, Mikasa would still use it to her advantage to guilt her parents into saying yes. Thankfully, seeing the way her father reacted, Mikasa was sure he would agree and if he did then her mom would too. Mikasa's parents stared at her then at each other, almost like they were communicating telepathically.
"Okay, Annie can stay with us but you're going to provide everything that she needs. I'm not going to let you off of the hook because of Annie's situation, I'm still angry with you. Therefore your punishment is having to provide for yourself and Annie now. I'm not going to charge you rent but you will have to buy your own food and other necessities. Along with all the expenses of your child. You made an adult mistake and you'll take care of it like one. If you don't like that punishment then you can leave."
"I'm fine with the punishment and I'll tell Annie the terms of it too, thank you. I appreciate you allowing Annie to stay with us, I know you didn't have to."
"We didn't have to but Annie has already been through too much from what you've told us. The last thing I'd want to happen is someone harming her or our grandchild. Now, since you're suspended these upcoming three weeks you'll go work with your dad so you can start providing for Annie asap. Then coming back for football practice after working. I don't know your plans for school but I still want you to have that chance for a scholarship. Once football ends though, your after-school hours will be spent working with your father and coming home to do your homework. Do we make ourselves clear?"
Mikasa had been a little worried about her mother being so quiet during her and her father's conversation. But hearing her finally speak put the teen at ease, her mother's tone being rather neutral helped with it. The young Alpha nodded in reply to her mother's room and let out a tired sigh.
"Thank you, again. I'm sorry for getting myself in such a situation. I'll promise to do better and abide by the new rules you've set for me. I'm going to go back to Annie and tell her the news. I'll see you guys back at home, I'm going to take her to get something to eat and get her settled in."
The teen was about to leave until grabbed her wrist, yanking Mikasa back for a moment.
"I know I just said you'll be providing for Annie on your own but here's some money. She's gone through a lot and deserves to be treated to something nice right now. Buy her some new clothing or whatever, just make her feel comfortable. We'll see you two later."
Mikasa hadn't expected her father to do this, especially not after exposing the terms of her punishment. He opened his wallet and pulled out a good amount of cash before handing it over. She took it cautiously but was still grateful for it regardless. Mikasa thanked her father and hugged him before doing the same with her mother. She was glad it turned out this way since it could've been worse. Mikasa parted from her parents and bid them both goodbye before returning to Annie. A happy smile on her face as the blonde came back into view.
"We're in the clear, you're allowed to stay and we already discussed my punishment. I'll tell you about it while we get something to eat and walk around the mall. I want to buy you some things to feel comfortable moving in with me, you deserve it and I'm not taking no for an answer."
Annie wasn't going to decline food but was a little skeptical about Mikasa buying her anything else. She'd allow it this once though because she wasn't in the mood to argue anymore. The Omega grabbed Mikasa's hand and intertwined it with her own before nodding.
"You're lucky you already drained me of my power to argue for today or else I would've declined your offer."
"I mean even if you did have the power I'm sure I would've tired you out and beat you eventually. Also, you're pregnant, I doubt you're going to pass up free food."
"Oh shut up."
"Make me."