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This chapter really goes into the world of teen pregnancy. If any of you have faced this problem, I hope you can relate.

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Chapter 8

"Bas, so now that we know about the baby and everything..." Mickey pauses thinking about how to bring this conversation up without overstepping. This was going to be a challenge. The last few days WERE challenging. Mickey asked anyway.

A lot of things weighed heavily on his mind these days and this wasn't even his kid! But this was his friend. And he would do anything for him

They were currently at Mickey's house in his room. It was a beautiful afternoon and both just got home from school. They were exhausted from Glee practice but too slap happy to relax. The Warblers always were like this, especially after practice.

It was exciting. So now here the best friends are goofing off when they should be doing homework. The pair didn't care about that. They just enjoyed being away from the shackles that was Dalton Academy.

"Go on...Ask away my doe eyed bestie!" Sebastian giggles behind his hands. Mickey stares at his friend like he lost all reason. Mickey couldn't help but smile softly at Sebastian's silly behavior. They needed this. To be silly and free. It has been a rough last few days since Mickey found out his male friend is with child. And the father is the guy he can't stand most in this world. Mickey's head would start spinning again if he tried to make sense of all this information, so for now he chose not to think about Dave or how his friend got knocked up, instead he chose to focus on Sebastian. Just him. That brought a huge smile to the young man's face.

"Your .'doe eyed bestie'?" Mickey suddenly asked confused, he again couldn't help but smile at Sebastian's awesomely adorable behavior. THIS was the way Mickey loved seeing Sebastian, grinning and carefree. Not stressed or sad. Only if the world were that simple.

Mickey briefly frowned.

He turned his attention back to Sebastian who still was smiling as bright as the sun.

"Yes! You look so Doe eyed – like a reindeer, in fact that's what I'm gonna call you from now on... 'Mickey the red nosed Reindeer'! Because you are so damn cute like that reindeer, who I suspect is gay..." Sebastian exclaimed. Mickey pinched Sebastian playfully as he spoke.

"You know Seb... You aren't making any sense, Rudolph is a cartoon first of all, And second of all I don't think he's gay... Third of all, I'm not cute... I'm adorable!" Mickey flashes Sebastian a cheesy grin which makes the other teen grin with glee.

"I think pregnancy is making you hysterical!" Mickey laughed as he received a few more playful pinches to his stomach. The boys laughed and laughed in their own little world.

After a few more pinch fests and tickle fights, the boys try to calm their laughing down, struggling to breathe as they topple each other on Mickey's mattress.

After a while, once there breathing was back to normal and they were laying side-by-side, head to head by each other, Sebastian spoke first.

"You know why else I wanna call you 'Mickey the Red Nosed Reindeer'?" Sebastian ornily asked, suddenly with a huge grin on his face.

"No why?" Mickey asked, almost afraid of his friends answer.

"Because..." Sebastian paused. Mickey held his breath.

"Out with it man!" Mickey practically yelled getting impatient when Sebastian took forever to answer.

Sebastian's smile grew wider not deterred by his friend.

"Because, when you laugh really hard your nose glows really bright red! See? Get it? So you're 'Mickey The Red Nosed Reindeer'!" Sebastian doubles over in laughter as Mickey tackles him suddenly tickling him all over.

"Hey! My nose doesn't do that! Take it back!" Mickey laughs uncontrollably.

"Never!" Sebastian yells back laughing and giggling just as hard.

"What?!" Mickey pretends to be mad as he pins Sebastian's arms underneath him. He was careful not to lie on Sebastian's growing belly.

It was such a sweet sight. Two friends hanging out without a care in the world at that moment. No one could take that away even if they tried.

Despite his recent troubles, Sebastian was in good mood – no, make that a GREAT mood! Mickey always brought out the silly side to Sebastian and Sebastian loved Mickey for making him forget about his life, even if it was just for a while.

As always with life all good things must come to an end eventually and Mickey had to focus so he can ask what he wanted to.

"Sebastian?" Mickey asks suddenly serious which caused the pregnant teen to sit up and pay close attention to his friend. The smiles were gone. Seriousness took its place.

"Huh? What is it Mickey?" Sebastian grabs Mickey's hand and Mickey noticed how perfect those two hands seem to fit together. Mickey shook his head from that thought and continued.

"Well now that we know you're pregnant..." Mickey focused on their conjoined hands and then looked into Sebastian eyes, which held nothing but worry. Mickey wanted to take that away, if only he knew how. He returned his focus back on his conversation. Why was this so hard?

"Are you gonna...you know? K-Keep…it?" Mickey asks almost bluntly which threw off Sebastian. He didn't know how to answer that. He really hadn't thought this through much. In all honesty he was trying so hard to process the unplanned pregnancy that he didn't think very much about his options. He has thought about it some though. In short, Sebastian was stuck and he really needed someone to talk to about it. So why not talk to the one who has been there from the beginning?

"Um...I thought about it..." Sebastian begins nervously, biting his lower lip.

"Have you? Really?" Mickey questions, raising one eyebrow in the air not taking his eyes off his friend.

"Yeah... Mickey! I can't think with you looking at me like that!" Sebastian all but screams looking away disconnecting their hands.

Mickey for a brief moment was sad that his fingers were suddenly cold without Sebastian's fingers around him, safe and warm.

"Looking at you like what?!" Mickey asks and before he knew what he was doing he puts his hand underneath Sebastian's jaw, gently forcing the other boy to look at him.

Soon eyes connected, no one spoke. None were needed in that moment.

Mickey could get lost in those eyes. And all Sebastian could think about was that how much he wished Mickey's eyes were Dave's... Oh, how Sebastian wished! How they both wished for things they couldn't have... OR let themselves have.

There was a comfortable silence as Mickey leaned in close to Sebastian's face and he could smell his friend's soap. He liked that smell because it was Sebastian. All Sebastian.

For a moment Mickey thought (or hoped) he saw Sebastian lean in closer to his lips. He swore it.

That was wishful thinking on his part.

Sebastian pulled away, breaking their little cocoon and this forced Mickey's face and feelings to go back to neutral.

Sebastian sighed.

Mickey sighed slightly louder. Both boys glanced at each other and smiled.

Mickey spoke first.

"You know Sebastian... There's always adoption if you decide you can't keep the kid..." Mickey breathed out and continued.

"It can go to a good home where someone can love the kid and take care of it right? And someone won't screw it up". Mickey didn't hear his words before he spoke. He didn't realize his mistake until it was too late.

Sebastian exploded.

"What?! Are you saying that I won't be able to provide a loving home if I kept MY kid?! Sebastian angrily gets up and stands in front of Mickey, glaring him down.

Mickey at that moment wished he could take his words back and eat the rug on the floor instead.

"Come on Bas, THAT'S NOT what I'm saying-"

"OH I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING!" Sebastian roars. He couldn't be stopped. "That I'll be a terrible parent! That somehow I'll screw him up! That I'll go off and whore around as soon as this kid pops out!" Sebastian goes on and on his tirade until Mickey had enough.

"I won't do that! I'll show you Mickey! I'm NOT some horrible whor-"

"Enough!" Mickey screams on top of Sebastian's tirade.

This immediately quiets down the hysterical boy.

Mickey NEVER yelled at him like this and Sebastian was taken aback. He knew he was in the wrong but still...

After Sebastian and Mickey calm their nerves, Mickey begins again but takes a much softer approach.

"Bas..." He gently nudges his hurt friend who refused to look at him at first but after a few more playful nudges Sebastian gave in, even smiling at the huge dork in front of him.

"I'm sorry". Mickey takes Sebastian's hand in his again, feeling that familiar safe warmth he lov- needed so much. He gently leaned his head on Sebastian's small shoulder and the other boy let him.

"I forgive you…you dork." Sebastian softly whispers while Mickey quietly chuckled. Both boys knew they were going to be OK. Both boys could never stay mad at each other very long. Their friendship was stronger than that. Nothing could break them.

Mickey smiled.

Sebastian smiled even wider. The world seemed to turn again.

"You will be a great parent. I mean it." Mickey whispered and Sebastian's heart warmed for his friend.

This next part was hard for Mickey. They were good but now he still had to explain what he meant by his comments earlier.

He couldn't let it go. He had to explain.

"Bas, don't take this the wrong way…". Sebastian eyes narrowed but he let his friend talk. "You are really young... And you have your whole life ahead of you. You got dreams. I know you do. You want to get out of Lima. Hell, I WANT you to get the hell out of here and follow your dreams! Whatever you choose. You need to be there!" Sebastian wanted to sob at that moment but he forced himself to stay calm. Mickey continued.

"Having a kid is a BIG respons-"

"I know! Mickey you don't need to lecture-"

"Let me finish! Please!" Mickey asks passionately and Sebastian chose this time to keep his mouth shut until Mickey was done.

"As I was saying..." Mickey clears his throat, holding the young teen's hand tighter showing his support.

"All I want is for you to be happy... That's all. I want what's best for you and your child. You BOTH deserve…the world." Mickey stares at Sebastian's lips but quickly refocuses and stares into his fellow Warbler's eyes. He could get lost in them for hours.

"So do I... I want the best for my…baby." Sebastian's voice tremors slightly as he speaks with tears forming in his eyes. Mickey has to force himself not to reach out and wipe away those tears.

This was the most honest Sebastian has ever been in his life. He was letting his heart be vulnerable.

He wants to be like this with Dave. Those circumstances wouldn't allow him. Dave wasn't ready. Neither is Sebastian.

Sebastian had to get his mind off the football player.

"I know this girl…" Sebastian began, "Well I don't know her personally... Hummel told me about her." Mickey sits up and pays attention to this important story.

"Her name is Quinn Fabray."

"Hey! Yeah I know of her!" Mickey exclaimed excitedly. "Wasn't that the head Christian Cheerio at McKinley that got preggers?" Mickey asked. Sebastian nodded.

"I knew it! That story was all over the newspapers... What about her?" Mickey asks curiously as Sebastian sits up straighter.

"Well... Kurt told me that she gave her kid up for adoption and well that's all good for her and I admire her for that... But..." Sebastian stops and puts his head down.

It took a second but FINALLY Mickey got it. He understood what his friend was struggling to say.

"You want to keep it, don't you?" Mickey whispers. Sebastian subtly nodded.

Mickey was slightly alarmed.

"Sebastian, what about your future? You are going to be with a baby and let's face it – you can barely keep your life together! Why do you wanna do this?"

"Because... I love him." Sebastian firmly stated then looks up with tears in his eyes and a wet smile caressing his growing belly.

Mickey was astonished and maybe even a little jealous. He wanted to argue further and tell Sebastian how delusional and naive he was acting but that smile... It made him weak. He couldn't tell him anything because of that damn smile!

"You mean the baby? You love the baby?" Mickey asks.

"Y-Yes...". Sebastian slightly fibbed but he couldn't tell Mickey who else he meant. They were over. Dave was gone.

"I know it will be hard... And my parents are going to freak out when I explain all this..."Sebastian looks deeply in the boys eyes and spoke again so honestly. His heart was filled with so much love.

"He's mine... Don't you get it, Mick? I'll have something that is ALL MINE. I can't let him go..." Sebastian wasn't sure if he was talking about the baby or Dave. Or both.

Mickey wanted to be sure that is what Sebastian wanted. He was afraid but he put his feelings aside and decided not to discuss this any further. Sebastian had apparently made up his mind.

Mickey was hurt. He chose not to say anything.

"OK, well if this what you want... I still think we should discuss it further. But it's up to you and I'll support you..." Mickey chooses this moment to hug Sebastian. He hugged him tightly.

All Sebastian could do was sob tears of joy and hug back.

"Thank you so much! You are such a GOOD friend! I don't know what I'd do without you!" Sebastian said through tears, muffled by Mickey's shoulder.

OK, THAT statement hurt Mickey more than anything else in the entire world. He kept his game face on not letting Bas see how much that made him ache.

Those words stung. A lot. The huge pain in his heart wouldn't go away but there wasn't anything Mickey could do. He liked being there with and for Sebastian, as a shoulder to cry on so to speak. There was no doubt about that. He HATED that's all his friend will see him as... A friend. He wanted more... From the very beginning of their friendship he wished for more. But Sebastian didn't see him that way. Mickey was afraid he never would and that he would be doomed to be a best friend forever. At the very same time though there was no place he would rather be than by said friend's side. Especially in Sebastian's time of need. Mickey surmised that he would rather have a friendship than NOT be a part of this amazingly complicated boy's life. He could stick it out, if that's what Sebastian wanted. Mickey would do it. Over time he hoped he could accept it. Hope was a dangerous thing.

Mickey turns his thoughts back to Sebastian and brought up the one person he didn't want to.

If Sebastian was serious about the baby, he HAD to bring up the other father. It was in the best interest of the baby.

Mickey frowned.

Sebastian didn't catch that look on his friend's face.

"Bas... What about Dave?"

"What about him?" Sebastian plays dumb and Mickey wants to get mad but he's so exhausted he couldn't. This was a very emotional day.

"Bas, don't... Don't do that." Mickey scolds Sebastian as if he were three years old.

"So? What about him?!" Sebastian tensed up – he could feel his anger bubbling. Dave was a sensitive subject and Mickey of ALL people should've understood that.

"He's the dad! He deserves to know-"

"No! I want nothing to do with him! THAT BASTARD WILL NEVER KNOW THIS BABY! AND YOU WONT TELL HIM EITHER! GOT IT?! " Sebastian goes ballistic pointing his finger at Mickey. He can't deal with this. Sebastian can't think about him. He broke his heart. There was no going back. Ever.

It's too goddamn painful.

Before Mickey had a chance to stop him or even answer him, Sebastian was already gone out his room and out in the world.

Mickey didn't go after him like he wanted. He chose to give the pregnant teen some time to think and cool down on his own. Sebastian had a LOT to think about. The Italian singer understood that. Mickey gave him some space.

Mickey sighed.

This was going to be a LONG pregnancy journey. Mickey had no choice but to strap himself in for the roller coaster ride.

AN: Thank you for reading! More to come... If you have questions, let me know. Have a great day!- ILOVESMESOMEGLEEX3