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This part is from Christina's POV.

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Carter's my dad. Wow. To say I was shocked would be an understatement. I've heard mom talk about him for years, but it never crossed my mind that he could be my father. Tonight at dinner is when I realized it. I looked into his eyes, and I knew. Mom always said I have eyes just like my dad. I do. I have a smile just like him too. Maybe it's stupid to be excited over these little things, but I can't help it. When you finally come face to face with your father after sixteen years, you can't help but get excited to know where you finally get your looks, or your personality traits.

I slipped quietly out of my room and over to Mom's. I had a lot of questions, things I didn't know, and felt I needed to. I hoped she was still awake.

"Mom?" I whispered into the darkness. "Are you awake?"

"Uh, my room is right next to Susan's... and Luka is here, so what do you think?" I laughed and sat next to her on the bed.

"Can we talk?"

"Of course" She sat up and turned on the light.

"I have some questions..mostly about Carter." She nodded, and I knew she was okay with my asking. "Why didn't you stay and wait for him to come back from Africa?"

She let out a sigh and started explaining. "I asked him not to go, and he did. He didn't stay with me, and I thought that meant, he didn't want to be with me anymore. He'd only been gone two days when I found out I was pregnant. I thought about staying. I couldn't though. If he didn't want to be with me then I figured he wouldn't want to have a child with me. So I packed up my things and headed to New York. Susan came two weeks later."

"He seems like the kind of guy who would love being a father." She just shrugged. Usually she doesn't have a hard time opening up to me, but I feel like she's holding back a lot of things tonight. "Why didn't you tell me about him a long time ago?"

"I guess I just figured, you didn't really need to know if he wasn't around. I didn't want you to be angry with him. I didn't want you to think that he left you."

"I think that everyone deserves to know who their father is, even if he isn't around. I also think that he didn't leave you, but I can see why you would think that."

"Are you mad at me for not telling you sooner?"

"No, but were you going to tell me at all?"

"Yeah, eventually."

"When do you think you'll tell Carter?" She looked around the room, everywhere. Any place but into my eyes. "You can take your time I just..can't wait to call him dad." She smiled at me and kissed my forehead. I went back to my room, feeling a little more at ease.

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Ugh, I've definitely been waiting for over fifteen minutes to get into the bathroom. It's too early in the morning for this. Luka's gone, so there can't be anything going on in there. I'm laughing at that thought. Aunt Susan and Luka, such an unlikely yet adorable couple. They're not a couple though. They're 'friends with benefits'. That's such a high school thing to do. Finally, after what seems like a year of my life, Aunt Susan walks out of the bathroom. I practically run in there.

I was brushing my hair and happened to look over in the direction of the trashcan. Now normally, I wouldn't give it a second glance, because well..it's a trashcan. I noticed a box sticking up from it though. Being the curious teenager I am, I have to check it out. So I pick up the box, and it's one of those home pregnancy tests. I know it's not mom's, and it's definitely not mine, I would remember something like that. It's got to be aunt Susan's. I wonder what the results were. My curiosity is getting the best of me again, and I peek inside the box. I want to know if it was positive or negative, but I'm not about to touch a stick that's been peed on. So I let the test fall into the trashcan, hoping that it lands on the right side. It does. The test is positive.

There's going to be a new member to our dysfunctional, yet amazing family.

Mom knocks on the door and I quickly throw the box back in there and cover it up. It was pretty much hidden before, so it's obvious we're not supposed to know yet. "Did you fall in?" Mom asks. I have been in here for a while. "Come on, I have to get ready for work." I quickly wipe the goofy grin off my face and open the door.

"Sorry, I took a shower. Can't waste my first Saturday in a new city." It wasn't a complete lie. I did take a shower. I was only in there for about ten minutes though.

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Well, I thought today would be a blast. I could spend the whole day checking out the new city that I now call home. I was lonely though. It's not as much fun if you can't share it with someone else. So I decided to stop by the hospital see what was going on there.

Things seemed calmer than when I first came in here. I spotted my mom and Carter. Standing in a corner talking. I wondered if maybe she was telling him about me being his daughter. Yeah right, mom wouldn't do that here of all places. I make my way over to them.

"Hey mom, hey Carter"

"Hey, what are you doing here? I figured you'd be out on the town all day."

"Mom..first of all, no one says 'out on the town anymore', and I got lonely."

"Well, my break just started, so we'll go get lunch and I'll keep you company." She glanced over at Carter. "Do you wanna come with us John?"

"I have to get back to work, but we're still going out tonight, right?" We both nodded and went to the cafeteria.

Yum, hospital food. I grabbed a tray and followed my mom through the line. "So, what were you and Carter talking about when I showed up?"

"Just a patient of his."

"So you didn't happen to say anything like 'that kid of mine, she's yours too'?"

"Yeah right, like I'd tell him here." Wimp, just do it and get it over with. I'll even do it, or have aunt Susie do it.

"Maybe we could tell him tonight."

"Uh..how about not?" We found a table and sat down.

"Fine but you can't hide this forever."

"I was doing pretty good until you found out." I roll my eyes. How could she not want to tell this man that he has a daughter? We went through lunch in almost complete silence. I was upset with her. I don't like being mad at my mother, but sometimes she just does stupid things and doesn't even realize it.

"I should go, you probably need to get back to work"

"Yeah, I'll see you at home. Be careful, I love you."

"Bye." I left the hospital and walked around the city. I just wanted to be home at that very moment, back in New York. I thought things were going to be better here, but they're not all that different. I miss my family and my friends. Then, there's this great guy here, and he's not just someone I've heard my mom talk about all my life anymore. He's my father, and I can't even call him dad, because he has no idea.

I walked into the house. No one was home yet, which was good. It gave me some time to get ready for tonight. The phone rang a few times, and I was going to let the answering machine get it, but the ringing was slowly driving me crazy.

"Hello?"

"Hey Christina, it's Carter."

"Oh hey Carter."

"Could you tell your mom that I can't make it tonight? Weaver's making me work late, and I didn't find out until your mom left." Eh, I didn't really want to go out tonight anyway.

"Sure, I'll let her know."

"Thanks." He mumbled bye and hung up the phone.

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I was half asleep watching something on TV when aunt Susan walked in the door. I couldn't help but grin at her. I was so excited she was having a baby.

"Are you drunk?" I laughed. I probably looked like an idiot grinning at her.

"Nope" I paused. Deciding whether or not I should go on. " Are you pregnant?"

"Uh..well...kind of. How did you know?"

"I found the test in the bathroom, and my curiosity got the best of me" She sighed.

"Does anyone else know?"

"No, you hid the test so I figured no one was suppose to know yet." She looked relieved. "Is Luka the father?" Hey she didn't tell us she was sleeping with him, who knows what else she didn't tell us.

"Well, who else would it be?"

"I don't know, but that kid is going to be beautiful." She smiled. I knew she was happy about this. "So are you going to tell him, or be like mom and wait sixteen years?"

"What?"

"I know about Carter."

"Does he know about you?"

"Of course not."

"She really needs to tell him."

"Do you think she ever will?"

"When she's ready, just give her time." Ah, aunt Susan to the rescue again. She always makes things better. Sometimes I wonder what I'd do without her.

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It's been nearly two weeks since we've been in Chicago. Things are going pretty well. I love school here. I fit in well with everyone, which is a huge relief. I made friends with the guys, because here they're not afraid that if they talk to me, my boyfriend will beat them up. It's fun to have people to talk about basketball with.

Mom still hasn't told Carter about me. Susan hasn't told Luka about their baby either. What is wrong with those two? How hard is it really to tell a man he's a father, or about to be one?

I walked through the doors of the local YMCA. It felt so good to be on the basketball court again.

"Hey Christina." Oh the cute guy from my biology class. Yay!

"Hey Mark."

"Wanna play a little one on one?" Hell yeah.

"Sure." We play for about an hour, and I beat him 30-24.

"You're pretty good, for a girl."

"Yeah, well I've been playing since I could walk."

"That's obvious."

"Can you tell me how to get to the El? I haven't had a chance to take it yet, and I don't have enough money for a cab."

"You don't want to ride the El alone this late in the evening."

"I grew up in New York, this city doesn't scare me."

"Let me give you a ride home."

"Yeah, and what do you want in return?"

"How about a date for tomorrow night?" Wow, I haven't been asked out since I started dating Jason.

"I would love to, but I have a boyfriend."

"Well then, how about a movie? You can, pay for your own ticket and the popcorn, it won't count as a date."

"Alright." It's just a movie.

We were sitting at a red light talking about the Lakers. I was actually having a good time with him. Was it okay for me to be having a good time with another guy? I hope so. The light turned green and he hit the gas. Someone came speeding through the light that had just turned red though, and the last thing I remember is being in a massive amount of pain.

Then everything was black.

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