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A/N: Here is a new chapter. It has jumped forward a couple months, so just be aware of this.

Chapter 29

2 months later

Heather and Rae were putting the finishing touches on the baby's nursery, when Heather caught Rae off guard.

"Rae, do you know who raped Manda?" Heather asked bluntly.

"No Chica, I don't. She won't tell anyone." Rae answered, putting the last of the baby outfits into the dresser.

"Well, I think that is just plain…" Heather stopped, while a look of fear struck her face.

"Chica, what's wrong?" Rae asked, although she had a pretty good idea.

"My water just broke, and Jeff's not here." Heather started crying.

"It's going to be okay Chica. I'll drive you over to the hospital and I'll call Jeff and your dad on our way. Come on let's get you out to the truck." Rae said, taking control of the situation as usual.

Hospital

Rae had called Amanda, Sarah, Victoria, Dave, and Randy and they were all now waiting outside in the waiting room.

"So is Jeffers still alive? Or has Heather already killed him?" Victoria asked, knowing their friend has a low tolerance for pain.

"Well she did yell at him when I was calling him, she said something about if he came near her again, she'd cut his dick off and feed it to the dogs." Rae announced, laughing slightly.

"If I know my cousin, chances are she was serious." Sarah said, causing everyone to laugh again. It was then that Dave and Rae noticed Amanda was still avoiding any and all contact with Randy.

"Manda, want to go down to the cafeteria with me? I want to get some pretzels or something." Rae asked, knowing that someone was going to blow in a second. Either Amanda over the fact that Randy kept staring at her, or Randy because Amanda won't talk to him.

"Sure." Amanda replied, getting up and walking past Randy.

"Girl, you're going to have to tell him something. You two can't keep going on like this. He deserves to know something." Rae said, while they waited for the elevator.

"Rae, it's not like I'm pregnant and don't know how to tell him. I was fuckin raped okay and the French bitch that did this is probably getting a big kick out of this right now." Amanda practically shouted, well not really, but loud enough for the two figures standing behind her to hear.

"Um, Manda." Rae said, pointing to something over Amanda's shoulder. When Amanda turned around she came face to face with Dave and a pissed off and upset Randy.

"Oh my God. Raechel, I can't believe you'd do this to me." Amanda said, before storming off.

"Manda, I…" Rae stopped knowing it would be useless.

"Rae, I thought you two had already gotten on the elevator. I never would have set you guys up for him to hear this like that." Dave apologized, when Rae turned to look at him.

"I know you didn't hon. Maybe it's a good thing this happened, now he knows and she'll be forced to talk about it now." Rae said, giving Dave a hug.

"Rae, what the hell is this all about?" Randy asked, breaking his gaze from the hall that Amanda just went down.

"Randy, she was raped. That is all I'm going to say. You need to get her to tell you the rest." Rae explained, leaning back against Dave.

"Did Dupree do this to her?" Randy asked, with pure unadulterated hate coursing through him.

"Yeah Randy. She won't tell the cops or anything, she let it slip to me the night that it happened. The cops can't do anything unless she tells them." Rae answered him, causing Dave and Rae to both jump when Randy tried to break the wall with his fist.

"Look man. You need to go talk to her right now. Don't let her shut you out anymore. Dupree will get what's coming to him, but right now let's focus on what is important here alright. You've got a girlfriend that needs you more than anything right now, even if she won't admit it. You've got two friends back there right now, about to have a baby. Let's just take care of this right now, and you can deal with Dupree later." Dave said calmly, noticing the look of hatred in Randy's eyes.

"Yeah, okay. I'm going to go try and talk to Manda right now. Let us know when something happens, okay?" Randy asked, heading down the same hall Amanda just went down.

"Will do. Randy, please don't lose your temper near her. She's still scared to death to be around guys, except her dad. Be gentle with her." Rae suggested, giving Randy a warm smile. Nodding his head, Randy went to find his girlfriend.

Heather and Jeff

"Come on Heather, I need a few more pushes, and you'll be a brand new mom." The doctor said, as Heather pushed again, before collapsing back against the pillow.

"I can't do it. I'm too tired." Heather whined, while Jeff wiped the sweat from her forehead.

"Sweetie, you can do it. Just think about how long you've wanted to see our son." Jeff tried to coach, but earned a death glare instead.

"You just stand there and shut up. Daddy make him shut up." Heather cried, as she started pushing again.

"You're doing great sweetheart. Just a couple more big pushes, and I'll have a grandson to spoil." Steve said, trying not to laugh at the hurt look on Jeff's face.

Amanda and Randy

Randy had found Amanda standing outside the nursery window.

"Manda." Randy said gently, so not to scare her.

"Yeah." She replied, not turning around.

"Why didn't you tell me? I know this wasn't you fault. Why did you feel you had to shut me out?" Randy asked, walking up beside her.

"I didn't want to look at you and see this look of pity every time. I've had that enough from my dad. He touched me in ways that I've only let you. He mad me scream out his name like I was actually enjoying it." Amanda said, getting more distant with each sentence.

"Babygirl, I know you didn't enjoy it, and I know you wouldn't voluntarily scream his name. I promise that the son of a bitch will pay for what he did. I meant what I said in the letter, I will stand by you no matter what. I would give up my own laugh for you, please just don't shut me out." Randy pleaded, hoping he wasn't going to lose the love of his laugh.

"How can you still want to be with me? I'm not the same girl I was when we first started dating." Amanda questioned, looking up at him with tears in her blue-green eyes.

"You may not be the same girl, but that doesn't change what's in my heart. I love you for that strong, independent, take no prisoners girl that you are. Before you even say it, I know you think that part of you is gone, but it's not. I'll help you to see that you still have her in you." Randy said, walking over and closing the gap between then.

"Randy, I…I'm scared." Amanda said, the tears falling down her cheeks.

"Amanda, will you let me hug you?" Randy asked, wiping the tears from her cheek. Nodding her head, Randy wrapped her in his arms, silently vowing to kill Rene for what he did.

Heather's Room

Amanda and Randy had just walked back into the waiting room, and found everyone was gone except for Dave.

"Hey, come on. Heather just delivered, and I'm supposed to take you guys back." Dave said, as the trio headed towards Heather's room. Looking back at his friends, Dave couldn't help but smile, when he noticed Amanda was holding Randy's hand.

"Okay, so where is this adorable baby boy?" Amanda asked, walking into Heather's room, but stopped when she noticed two babies. "Uh, Rae. You haven't had you kid yet, have you?" Amanda asked, laughing slightly.

"No she hasn't. Manda, Randy, Dave. I want you to meet Jeffrey Steven Hardy, and his twin sister Axl Rose Hardy." Heather introduced, nodding towards the little girl being cradled by Rae.

"Why didn't you tell us you were having twins?" Randy asked, keeping an arm around Amanda, while running a finger over little Axl's cheek.

"The doctor's didn't know. So we're just as shocked as you were." Heather replied, smiling down at the little boy asleep in her arms.