A/N: Thought I'd update before I went on the trip to hell. In other words,
to NY to see my grandmother. Lol Oh and I think I may be getting sick.
My throat is so sore. Um, just a quick note to say I'm an idiot. Lol
Yes, you're very observant. I did say that Jeff knocked on the door to
room 12 instead of 13. But I called it room 13 before. The thing was, I
was gonna call it room 12 cause of my obsession with the number 2. But I
decided since 13 is supposed to be an unlucky number and shit I'd use that.
Okay, so I'm plugging a story for my good friend. GoddessInBondage has a
new story and it's starting out really good. I can't wait for her to
update..........hint hint. It's called Resurrected Halo. The first
chapter, well it's a prologue, is rather sad. But it's really good. I see
good things coming for this story. So go check it out! Here's the BIG
kicker of a chapter. So be prepared! And yes, I am fully aware of how
short this chapter was. If I didn't make it short like this it would be
the last chapter. I realized I didn't have much more to write. So I
thought I'd make two shorter chapters. Ya'll will get the next one when I
come back from NY on Sunday, well, you'll probably get it Monday. But
yeah, anyways.
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Cinder looked at herself in her mirror. Her eyes were red and puffy. Her cheeks were tear stained. She didn't know what she was going to do. She was confused and scared. She wanted to go to Adam, but she figured he'd just turn her away. She couldn't go to Jeff, after that nite they hadn't even spoken to each other. Shannon was just, well, he was Shannon and she didn't honestly think he'd understand. There was only one other alternative, Lizzie. She took a deep breath, grabbed her coat, car keys, and some money, and walked into Lizzie's room.
"Lizzie, could you come to the store with me?" Cinder asked, her chin quivering and her eyes watering again.
"C, what's wrong?" Lizzie asked getting off the bed.
"I'm late," Cinder cried.
"Late?" Lizzie questioned.
"Late," Cinder said with more emphasis.
"Oh my God. Do you think you're," she paused and finished in a whisper, "pregnant?" Cinder just nodded and Lizzie wrapped her arms around her cousin, allowing her to cry on her shoulder. "Come on, let's go to a store."
Lizzie grabbed her coat off the desk chair and followed Cinder to the car. The ride into the city was quiet. No one knew what to really say. Cinder pulled into the pharmacy parking lot and breathed in deeply.
"Do you want me to get it for you?" Lizzie asked. Cinder shook her head no and climbed out of the car.
"Lizzie, please don't say anything to anyone about any of this," Cinder said as the walked into the store.
"Of course I won't," Lizzie replied as they grabbed whatever pregnancy test they thought would be best and headed back home. The second they got in the house, they ran upstairs and Cinder took the test. "Are you scared?" Lizzie wondered as they waited for the results.
"To death," Cinder cried.
"I'm sure it's nothing. Ya know, just worrying over nothing," Lizzie said rubbing Cinder back comfortingly. Cinder shook her head as she walked into the bathroom. She walked back out crying hysterically with the test in her hand, which was shaking violently. Lizzie rushed to her as Cinder started to collapse. They fell to the floor and Lizzie held her cousin tightly.
"God, what am I gonna do?" Cinder asked tearfully long after she found out she was pregnant.
"You gotta tell Charlie," Lizzie replied.
"Charlie?" Cinder asked.
"Well, yeah. It is his!" Lizzie chuckled lightly.
"Yeah, but I don't think he's gonna take the news very well."
"It doesn't matter. He still has to know."
"Mom's gonna kill me. Adam's gonna kill me AND him."
"Cinder, they love you. We love you girl. We'll stand by your side."
"I'm gonna get some sleep, okay? And think about everything," Cinder said as tears slipped down her cheeks.
"Okay, good nite CC," Lizzie smiled with a hug.
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They had entered into March and Cinder was starting to feel the affects of her pregnancy. The hell with morning sickness, it was nite and afternoon sickness as well. No one but Lizzie knew about her predicament and she wanted to keep it that way for as long as possible. She figured people were starting to get some idea because pretty much every class she would run out. She was still very confused and had no clue what she was going to do.
The first month in her pregnancy had finished and she was in the middle of the second month, the end of April. There was two more months left of school and the prom would be in another month. She was walking down the hall of the school, going to the exit when Charlie stepped in front of her.
"Why have you been avoiding me?" he asked harshly.
"I'm sorry, I didn't realize I was," she answered tiredly.
"Well, you have. You can make it up to me tonite though," he smiled.
"No, Charlie, I can't," she smiled back. "Maybe some other time." She tried to walk by him but he pulled her back.
"Why can't you? It's not like you're doing anything!" he laughed. "I mean you're not going to the gym or running or playing softball this year, which I'm still confused about, but anyways. You could come over."
"No, Charlie, I can't. I'm not playing softball this year because," she paused, trying to think of a reason. "Because I've got to pass geometry this year."
"Nice try, but I can tell when you're lying. Listen, we haven't had sex is SO long. I'm dying here!" he exclaimed.
"Charlie, I have to go. I'll talk to you later," she said kissing him softly before walking away.
"Hey, Cin," Jeff spoke softly behind her as she unlocked her car. She stood up straight, almost frightened.
"Jeff, hi," she said turning around slowly.
"We should talk about that nite, shouldn't we?" he asked nervously.
"Nite? What nite?" she asked with a smile as she threw her stuff in the backseat of the car.
"You know the nite. Valentine's Day," he replied.
"I know what nite!" she snapped. "I don't think we need to talk at all. It was a mistake. We move on." She got in the car quickly and started to drive away.
"But I don't think it was!" he yelled after her.
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"Would you care to leave the table?" joked Shannon as he watched Cinder shove food into her mouth.
"Sorry, just hungry," she said.
"Obviously," he laughed. Cinder looked up from her plate suddenly and practically jumped over her seat to run up to the bathroom. "Is she okay?"
"Yeah, fine," Lizzie covered.
"Now, why is it I don't believe you?" he asked.
"Shannon, I don't like lying to you, so don't ask me questions you know I'm gonna answer with lies," she gave him a sarcastic smirk and continued to eat as Cinder returned to the table.
"More potatoes?" Shannon asked shoving a bowl of mashed potatoes towards Cinder. She gagged and covered her mouth.
"God no," she mumbled pushing them back. "I'm gonna be sick!"
"Again?" Shannon laughed watching her run right back upstairs.
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"What the hell is wrong with you lately?!" Charlie yelled.
"Nothing," Cinder said, her voice shaky.
"You disgust me!"
"I disgust you?!"
"Yeah, you disgust me! You've gained so much weight! What are you at now? Like 200 pounds?!" he laughed.
"I'm no where's near that!" she screamed at him defensively.
"Are you yelling at me?"
"Just stop putting me down all the damn time! Stop being your father!"
"I'm nothing like my father bitch!" he screamed grabbing her arm tightly in his hand.
"You are too! I saw the bruise on your mother's face! He beats her like you beat me!"
"I fuckin don't! You don't know anything!"
"I know that you learned something horrible from that bastard of a father of yours!"
"Fuckin bitch!" he pushed her into the lockers roughly and stared down at her. Challenging her to speak or get up. She immediately put her hand on her stomach, her nostrils flaring, and her eyes were red with anger.
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Cinder looked at herself in her mirror. Her eyes were red and puffy. Her cheeks were tear stained. She didn't know what she was going to do. She was confused and scared. She wanted to go to Adam, but she figured he'd just turn her away. She couldn't go to Jeff, after that nite they hadn't even spoken to each other. Shannon was just, well, he was Shannon and she didn't honestly think he'd understand. There was only one other alternative, Lizzie. She took a deep breath, grabbed her coat, car keys, and some money, and walked into Lizzie's room.
"Lizzie, could you come to the store with me?" Cinder asked, her chin quivering and her eyes watering again.
"C, what's wrong?" Lizzie asked getting off the bed.
"I'm late," Cinder cried.
"Late?" Lizzie questioned.
"Late," Cinder said with more emphasis.
"Oh my God. Do you think you're," she paused and finished in a whisper, "pregnant?" Cinder just nodded and Lizzie wrapped her arms around her cousin, allowing her to cry on her shoulder. "Come on, let's go to a store."
Lizzie grabbed her coat off the desk chair and followed Cinder to the car. The ride into the city was quiet. No one knew what to really say. Cinder pulled into the pharmacy parking lot and breathed in deeply.
"Do you want me to get it for you?" Lizzie asked. Cinder shook her head no and climbed out of the car.
"Lizzie, please don't say anything to anyone about any of this," Cinder said as the walked into the store.
"Of course I won't," Lizzie replied as they grabbed whatever pregnancy test they thought would be best and headed back home. The second they got in the house, they ran upstairs and Cinder took the test. "Are you scared?" Lizzie wondered as they waited for the results.
"To death," Cinder cried.
"I'm sure it's nothing. Ya know, just worrying over nothing," Lizzie said rubbing Cinder back comfortingly. Cinder shook her head as she walked into the bathroom. She walked back out crying hysterically with the test in her hand, which was shaking violently. Lizzie rushed to her as Cinder started to collapse. They fell to the floor and Lizzie held her cousin tightly.
"God, what am I gonna do?" Cinder asked tearfully long after she found out she was pregnant.
"You gotta tell Charlie," Lizzie replied.
"Charlie?" Cinder asked.
"Well, yeah. It is his!" Lizzie chuckled lightly.
"Yeah, but I don't think he's gonna take the news very well."
"It doesn't matter. He still has to know."
"Mom's gonna kill me. Adam's gonna kill me AND him."
"Cinder, they love you. We love you girl. We'll stand by your side."
"I'm gonna get some sleep, okay? And think about everything," Cinder said as tears slipped down her cheeks.
"Okay, good nite CC," Lizzie smiled with a hug.
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They had entered into March and Cinder was starting to feel the affects of her pregnancy. The hell with morning sickness, it was nite and afternoon sickness as well. No one but Lizzie knew about her predicament and she wanted to keep it that way for as long as possible. She figured people were starting to get some idea because pretty much every class she would run out. She was still very confused and had no clue what she was going to do.
The first month in her pregnancy had finished and she was in the middle of the second month, the end of April. There was two more months left of school and the prom would be in another month. She was walking down the hall of the school, going to the exit when Charlie stepped in front of her.
"Why have you been avoiding me?" he asked harshly.
"I'm sorry, I didn't realize I was," she answered tiredly.
"Well, you have. You can make it up to me tonite though," he smiled.
"No, Charlie, I can't," she smiled back. "Maybe some other time." She tried to walk by him but he pulled her back.
"Why can't you? It's not like you're doing anything!" he laughed. "I mean you're not going to the gym or running or playing softball this year, which I'm still confused about, but anyways. You could come over."
"No, Charlie, I can't. I'm not playing softball this year because," she paused, trying to think of a reason. "Because I've got to pass geometry this year."
"Nice try, but I can tell when you're lying. Listen, we haven't had sex is SO long. I'm dying here!" he exclaimed.
"Charlie, I have to go. I'll talk to you later," she said kissing him softly before walking away.
"Hey, Cin," Jeff spoke softly behind her as she unlocked her car. She stood up straight, almost frightened.
"Jeff, hi," she said turning around slowly.
"We should talk about that nite, shouldn't we?" he asked nervously.
"Nite? What nite?" she asked with a smile as she threw her stuff in the backseat of the car.
"You know the nite. Valentine's Day," he replied.
"I know what nite!" she snapped. "I don't think we need to talk at all. It was a mistake. We move on." She got in the car quickly and started to drive away.
"But I don't think it was!" he yelled after her.
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"Would you care to leave the table?" joked Shannon as he watched Cinder shove food into her mouth.
"Sorry, just hungry," she said.
"Obviously," he laughed. Cinder looked up from her plate suddenly and practically jumped over her seat to run up to the bathroom. "Is she okay?"
"Yeah, fine," Lizzie covered.
"Now, why is it I don't believe you?" he asked.
"Shannon, I don't like lying to you, so don't ask me questions you know I'm gonna answer with lies," she gave him a sarcastic smirk and continued to eat as Cinder returned to the table.
"More potatoes?" Shannon asked shoving a bowl of mashed potatoes towards Cinder. She gagged and covered her mouth.
"God no," she mumbled pushing them back. "I'm gonna be sick!"
"Again?" Shannon laughed watching her run right back upstairs.
*************
"What the hell is wrong with you lately?!" Charlie yelled.
"Nothing," Cinder said, her voice shaky.
"You disgust me!"
"I disgust you?!"
"Yeah, you disgust me! You've gained so much weight! What are you at now? Like 200 pounds?!" he laughed.
"I'm no where's near that!" she screamed at him defensively.
"Are you yelling at me?"
"Just stop putting me down all the damn time! Stop being your father!"
"I'm nothing like my father bitch!" he screamed grabbing her arm tightly in his hand.
"You are too! I saw the bruise on your mother's face! He beats her like you beat me!"
"I fuckin don't! You don't know anything!"
"I know that you learned something horrible from that bastard of a father of yours!"
"Fuckin bitch!" he pushed her into the lockers roughly and stared down at her. Challenging her to speak or get up. She immediately put her hand on her stomach, her nostrils flaring, and her eyes were red with anger.