The Truth Revealed

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Written by: Erin and Lola



Marc reads the pregnancy test and looks up at Alexis confused.

"what does blue mean?"

She shrugs her shoulders, "I don't know"

Marc looks around the room, "where's the box?"

"right here" She hands it to him and he quickly scans over the directions.

"here it is, "pink means negative and blue means positive"

"oh, Marc, we're in so much trouble, look at we've done"

"I know, Alexis, I know, what do we do now?"

"well, Marc I don't know, it's your fault you fix it" The tone of her voice is full of anger.

"my fault?, now wait a minute it's both our faults"

"I know"

"now do you understand why it's not just one person's fault it takes two people to have a child you know"

"yes, I'm not stupid"

They stood in silence again, Marc is the first to speak.

"okay, okay, let's just calm down"

"calm down?, calm down?, do you know that everything's going to change now?"

"yes, I know"

"Marc, our lives are officially over, no more hanging out at the mall no parties, nothing"

Alexis softly begins to cry.

"Alexis, what are we going to tell our parents?"

"I don't know, do we have to tell them?"

"yes" Marc says calmly

"oh, god, I'm as good as dead"

"when Mom and Dana find out it will turn into World War three"

"well, maybe if we tell my Mom first, It won't be so bad"

"Lu would take it better than Dana" Alexis add's

"okay, when do you want to tell her?"

"after school tomorrow, we could go down to the clinic"

"okay, we tell my Mom tomorrow".

The whole school day Marc and Alexis could'nt keep their minds off the pregnancy and their parents reaction. They tried to stay level headed and think positive but, deep down they both knew that their parents were'nt going to be the slightest bit happy.

After school Marc and Alexis walked to the clinic, the whole way there, they had butterflies in their stomachs. When the appoarched the clinic doors, Alexis yells.

"Wait!"

Marc turns around and looks at her, "what"

"let's just tell them we're dating" she suggests

"okay" Marc agreed

"Then we'll give them time to adjust and then tell them the rest of the story"

"not all in one day thought right?" he asked

"no, not all in one day"

"but, why Alexis?" he asks worried

"well, I don't feel right about telling your Mom right now that's all"

"come on, we agreed to tell her, so we should, I know she'll understand".

"okay"

Marc's last words made Alexis feel a little better. Just knowing that Lu would probably understand and care. Marc and Alexis walked nervously through the clinic doors. They are quickly greeted by Lana, "good afternoon, how was school" they both just smiled and nodded as they continued to walk towards Lu's office, Alexis took a deep breath and spoke up.

"wait, we shouldn't tell her"

"what?, you just said we should"

"yes, I know but, I've changed my mind"

"Alexis, look I know you're scared, we both are so let's just get this over with".

Alexis weighed her options but, when she caught a glimpse of Dana walking down the hallway, she quickly snapped to a decision.

"go" she commanded

Marc stopped "I thought you said"

He was interupted by her, "yeah, but, I've changed my mind again, go in" she said in a rushed voice.

They go in to see Lu at her desk doing some paper work.

"Hey guys what's up, anything wrong?" Lu responded without looking up.

They both look at each other not knowing what to say. Alexis finally spoke up.

"umm, no nothing's wrong Lu, we just came to see what you were doing"

"well, at the moment I'm not doing anything, sit down and tell me what's up with you two, how was school today?" Lu asks

Marc looked up at Lu, "um, school was good"

"yeah" Alexis agreed

Lu looked up from what she was doing, "something's going on, why don't you just tell me and get it over with"

"Mom, nothing's going on okay" Marc answers defensively.

"well, I think that there is and I believe it's between you two so, now what's up?"

Lu paused, "come on, I know that you two didn't come into my office to sit and not talk, so what's going on"

"nothing's going on, Mom"

Lu looked at them for a few seconds, "I know what it is?" "you do?" Alexis adds quickly "yeah, you two are dating" "right?" she asked making sure she got it right

"um, yeah" Marc answered, "we just didn't want tell anyone because we thought you and Dana would get mad"

Lu smiled, "oh, well, I'm not mad, but, Dana well, let's just say that's a whole different story"

"Mom, there's something else that you should know about know, that we haven't told you" he says nervously.

"what is it Marc? Is It something serious?" she asks with concern, something that scared them both.

"um, Alexis and I did something really stupid and now we have to face the consequences" he answered

Lu was concerned and confused not knowing what they were trying to tell her after all she would have never expected it.

"Mom, Alexis, is, is um," he wanted to tell her but, couldn't bring himself to say it

"what Marc?" She asked again

"Dana's daughter" he breathed out.

"yeah, Marc that I know, what are you trying to tell me?"

Alexis spoke up, "I'm pregnant"

Lu was speechless, without a word she got up and walked out of her office and went straight up to the roof to think. A few minutes later she came back into the room and sat down.

"Marc, how and when did this happen?"

Marc looked at Lu helplessly not knowing how to explain.

"Marc Antonio Delgado, explain to me what happened" Lu demanded

Marc looked at the floor and then up at Lu, "it happened at Alexis' house, we only had sex one time and we don't even know how it happened"

"It happened at Dana's?" she asked, making sure she got it right.

They both nodded "and where was Dana?" she asked

She didn't get any response from them, "were Dana and Nick asleep in the next room?" she asked trying to get an answer from them.

"no, they were out of town on a business trip, we're so sorry" Alexis said as tears streamed down her face.

"look, guys, umm, maybe we can work something out, just relax" Lu said softly.

"you do realize that you're going to have to tell your Mom right?" Lu added

"Yeah, I know, but, she'll kill me"

"Alexis, sweetie, she won't kill you I promise"

"are you sure Lu?" she asks

"yes, I'm sure, I know Dana, she'll probably be very upset but, I don't think she'll kill you"

"but we already don't get along, this will only make things worse"

"we don't know that yet, but, you should tell her when you're ready" Lu says calmly

Marc looks at Alexis, "see I told you, she'd be okay"

"Hey, Marc, that still doesn't mean I'm not mad at you, at the both of you"

"Mom, we said we were sorry"

"I know you did and I'm glad that you two told me the truth, that showed real responsibility and courage but, that doesn't make up for the fact that you two are 16 and are going to become parents, I've been though this, I know how hard it is"

Marc and Alexis left Lu's office and to walk around the hospital a while and sort out their thoughts.

"Marc, I never asked you before, are we going to keep the baby or give it up for adoption?"

Marc's words came out as a reflex, "we keep it"

"but, what if your mother thinks differently about it?"

"she won't, we'll just tell her what we decided, ya know parents can surprise you sometimes"

"mine won't" she coldly replied.

Lu took the information better than they could have ever imagined but, telling Dana was something that could wait another 18 years.

A few days later Marc and Alexis came back into the clinic to see Lu. They entered her office.

"hey, guys"

"Mom, can we borrow some money to buy some baby things?" Marc asked as they sat down.

"well, babies cost money, Marc, don't ya think both of you should be getting a job?"

Alexis and Marc nodded.

"Mom, we just wanted" He was cut off by Lu.

"You know what guys, I think we should go and talk to Dana now, I'm sure she'd be more than happy to give you guys money."

"Lu, you know we can't do that" Alexis replies

"yeah, well, you're going to have to" Lu adds.

"can't we wait just a bit longer?" Alexis pleads

"you should just go ahead and get it over with"

"okay, maybe that's best" Alexis said knowing that it was going to be a blow out fight.

"okay" Marc agrees

Marc, Alexis and Lu all walked nervously towards Dana's office door just trying to picture Dana's reaction to the news.



Lu lightly taps on the door before poking her head in the door, "Dana, got a sec?"

"Yeah, sure, Lu"

Lu came through the door with Alexis and Marc behind her. Dana suspiciously looks at them.

"what's going on?" she asks

They all shake their heads, Lu speaks up, "Marc and Alexis have something they'd like to share with you."

Dana gave them her full attention, "go ahead" she commanded.

Marc took a deep breath, he had never been so scared in his life, how do you tell, a doctor, your mother's partner, that you got her daughter pregnant?, Marc didn't know the answer.

"Doctor Stowe, um, Alexis and I have been dating for a while and um"

Dana laughed slightly, "and what Marc, you want to ask for her hand in marriage?"

Alexis stepped forward, "Dana, this is going to be hard for you to hear" Alexis paused and thought a minute to herself, "then again, maybe not, you probably don't care"

"Alexis, what is it?" Dana asked with concern in her voice.

"I'm pregnant" she blurted out.

Dana closed her eyes and the other three weren't quite sure if it had sunk completely in or if Dana had died from shock.

"what?" Dana finally asked

Alexis repeated herself, "I'm pregnant"

"oh, god, Alexis, what the hell were you thinking?"

Alexis stood silently listening to Dana with Lu and Marc standing in the back ground.

"well? when and where did this happen?" she replied coldly

Alexis felt as if she were being quizzed. Still the whole room was silent.

Dana looked at her partner, "Lu?"

"well, Dana it happened the weekend you were out of town with Nick.

Dana got up from her seat, "well, if you knew I wasn't home why did you let Marc go?"

"hey, Dana, I didn't know they were together" Lu snapped.

"So this is my fault because it happened at my house?" Dana questioned.

"Dana, calm down, okay, everything's gonna be fine"



"Everything's going to be fine?, no Lu, my daughter is pregnant, my teenage daughter, who had her whole life ahead of her and now it's over, she'll have responsibilities and everything will revolve around that baby"

Alexis stood in front of Dana, "responsibilities huh?, yeah like you had any of those, I've been with my father and grandmother since I was a baby, because your career was more important and then when everything's settled, you asked if I wanted to be here with you".

"Look, Alexis, your father needed you more and it wouldn't have been right for me to take you from him after all those years".

"All these years Dana and you're still making excuses" Alexis replied.

"Dana suddenly sat back down into her seat knowing that her daughter wasn't going to listen to her talk anymore, just then Alexis and Marc quietly got up and walk back to Lu's office not surprised by Dana's reaction, but Lu certainly was stunned by her partner's reaction. A few hours Alexis and Marc were still in Lu's office , Lu was out at the moment treating her patients.

"Hey what are guys still doing here I thought you two had left by now"? Lu says as she walks into her office.

"Well Mom we wanted to stay until you got back because we wanted to thank you for all of your help"

"oh well I'm glad that I could help you guys out but now it's all on you and Alexis. Marc I hope that you know that" Lu says

"I know Mom it is and I'm going try and do anything and everything to take care of my child just like you did for me"

"I know how hard this is going to be for all of us but,t I know that you guys will make it with help, love, support and most of all guidence from me and hopefully from Dana" Lu says

Later in the day, Lu was walking down the clinic hallway when she passed Lana.

"hey, Lana"

"Hey babygirl how did your conversation go with Dana this morning about Alexis's pregnancy"? Lana asks concerned

"Well Lana it didn't go the way I had hope it would, Dana was very upset with Alexis, Marc and me. She started to blame me for what had happened and I had told her that I didn't even know that they were dating until recently and then we actually started to blame each other but, anyway I've gotta to go answer my phone see you later" Lu says as she walks into her office to answer her phone.

A few weeks after telling Dana, Alexis was still really upset with Dana for blaming Lu for what had happened with her and Marc and she knew that it wasn't Lu's fault at all.

Alexis quietly walked up to Dana's office door and knocked on it.

"yes come in" Dana said from the other side.

Alexis walked through the door.

"Oh Alexis it's you why don't you sit down" she asks

"okay Dana I guess I could, look Dana I'm really mad at you for taking this out on Lu it wasn't her fault I got pregnant, it's mine and Marc's fault were are the ones that were having sex" Alexis stated

"yes you were and your right it's not Lu's fault I just was confused and angry with everything and I'm really sorry, I guess that I should go and talk with Lu" Dana says

"yeah, you should and say that your sorry for blaming my pregnancy on her" Alexis says to her mother

"I will Alexis I promise" with that Dana walked out of her office and into Lu's

"Lu"? Dana said softly as she opened her office door

"Hey Dana what's up"?

"well, Lu I just wanted to say that I'm sorry for putting the blame of Alexis's pregnancy on you it wasn't you fault" Dana said

"I know you didn't mean to blame me you were just angry with her and I understand I'm a parent also remember"? Lu says trying to cheer Dana up

"Lu I know that, you didn't have to be funny" She says

" oh I know I just wanted to be though, sorry"



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