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Papa Don't Preach

Chapter Five: Papa Don't Preach

"… I've missed you tons," I faked a smile. Lying doesn't feel right but it's the only thing I can do now. Now isn't a good time for the truth, for him or me. I can't go back there now.

"I've missed you too," he leaned in for a hug and tightly wrapped his arm around me. His lips kissed my cheek so gently; I think my heart would've melted if it were any softer. His hands patted my back, soothing my crying. It feels a bit weird but I enjoy being in his arms again. His nice, strong arms.

"Now Papa I know you're gonna be upset, cause I was always your little girl, but you should know by now, I'm not a baby," I played the song quietly in the background as I did the one test I feared most. A pregnancy test. I knew from reading the box if I got two marks I would fail. One and I was in the clear. I slowly went through it, making sure I did everything right and waited for an hour. The longest hour of my life.

"Daddy, daddy if you could only see, just how good he's been treating me," blared from the speakers when I looked at the test. Two marks, I failed. Tears sprung from my eyes like fireworks. Now I had to tell my parents.

"We should um, go on with the tour, eh?" I smiled, trying to get those damn memories off my mind.

"Sure," he let go of me and helped me stand up, without breaking eye contact.

"Mei, Darshan," I addressed both my parents, voice shaking like crazy. "There's something I have to tell you."

"What is it sweet pea?" Darshan kissed my forehead before sitting down on the couch across from me. He looked at me like I was his little angel. I couldn't bear to tell him.

"I'm pregnant," I shot out there, closing my eyes. I opened them up to see Mei's hand over her mouth in shock and Darshan looking at me with bug eyes. They were silent for a long time; it started to get a bit eerie. "Well say something!"

"Well, um, you, uh, who? Why?" Mei tried to hardest to form sentences but it didn't seem to work very well.

"Well, baby," Darshan looked at me like an angel, "what are we going to do about it?"

"This is the computer lab," he held my hand with a tight grip and pointed to the room that looked as it would be my home away from for a while, knowing how big of a computer freak I was. Making avatars, writing fan fiction, reading fan fiction. I did it all and loved doing it.

"And this is the dark room," Craig had the biggest smile I had seen when he said that. "Wanna see it?"

"Yeah," I nodded my head and followed him in. It was beautiful, glowing red everywhere. Craig looked like he was in heaven, a place we both weren't familiar with much.

"I can't tell you how much I've missed you," Craig came over and lightly squeezed my hand. "But I was too caught up in you to even begin to remember your number. When I searched for it on the Internet nothing showed up, I think I was spelling your last name wrong."

I laughed, "Padma, P-A-D-M-A."

"Yes, I was definitely spelling it wrong," I furrowed his eyebrows sarcastically and leaned into me as we laughed about his stupidity. My guilt is building up even worse in my stomach; I can feel it scratching at my sides, itching to get out. I want to badly but I didn't want to do it at school, it was too crowded and I didn't want him to cause a scene.

"Craig, there's something I need to tell you," I hesitated, biting my lip leaving an indent from my two front teeth.

"There's something I need to tell you first," he took my hands and held them in his. They were very warm and a bit calloused in the places he must have used to use his camera often. "Layana, you were my first and well, I love you."

I felt my face turn three shades deep of red and I smiled a bit. I'm a sucker for romance. Sad really, but I get along.

"Will you go to dinner with me tonight? We can catch up with our lives a bit easier in a secluded booth rather than the Degrassi Community School red room," he laughed at his own joke. I love this man.

"I'd love to," I wrapped my arms around his neck and held on like there was no tomorrow. It felt safe there, safer than anyone else's I had been in since, which was limited to my friends and parents.

An hour must've passed already cause I'm hearing the bell ringing in my ear, meaning it's lunch. Fun, I get to stuff my face in front of a bunch of people I don't know very well and the food tastes like crap. If I remember correctly the menu said Tofu Goulash.

"Come on, I'll introduce you to everyone," Craig grabbed my hand and lead me out of the darkened room easily.

A/N: ok- that was kinda short but it explained a bit about Layana and that was it's purpose. And I'm also a bit sorry about the wait, it was quite a long wait considering how short of time it usually takes me to get a chapter out. But this is punishment for the few replies I got for the last chapter. The more you review the faster you get your precious fiction. Muhahahahahaha.