Chapter 10.

Disclaimer: It's in the first one

" Beep, beep, beep." the alarm sounded.

"Ok, Parker. Stay calm. It'll be fine if you're pregnant."

She laughed at him. " Lyle. I'm not pregnant. … You know what….." she pushed him playfully into the bathroom. "How about you go and check the stick, I know that will shut you up." she left him in the bathroom and went to fix dinner.

Parker turned around a minute later to find Lyle standing at the doorway stunned.

" Thank You. Now do you believe me?"

" Parker, the line was blue." he said

" I knew it would be . I'm not pregnant….. Wait…. Doesn't the blue line mean that…?"

she suddenly felt ill.

" It means that you're pregnant."

" You're lying. Lyle this is not something you should be joking around with." she threw a

grape at him.

" Parker I'm not joking ." he showed her the instructions on reading the results.

Her breathing became constricted. She suddenly felt dizzy.

" Congratulations Mary, Jesus is on his way."

The words started to jumbled in her mind as they came out of his mouth, then she felt herself falling.

Jarod and the clone; who had now decided to call himself had spent the day getting to know each other with the girls out of the way taking the Paris shops no doubt by storm. Ever since Jarod had saved the boy from they hadn't had a chance to really talk. They had to split up in order to increase their chances of evading the Center. The boy had been left with their dad, and it had obviously been good for him. He had already started to grow into a man. He was looking more and more like the adult Jarod with each passing day.

" So how's life treating you?" Jarod asked.

" It's.. It's been an adjustment. " Christopher answered.

" It's not as if I'm not happy to be out of there but…"

" The Centre is all you know" Jarod finished

" Yes, something like that."

" You'll get used to it. Trust me. There's so much for you to see and learn from, you'll barely think of the Centre." Jarod said with a smile

"Right. I'll only think of them every other time when we have to move again. What is it with the Centre anyway? Why can't they just let us go?" he said sadly

" I don't have the answer for that one. I'll tell you what. You'll be the first to know when I find out." he smiled.

" We're back." both girls said in unison which made them laugh

"What did you get me/" jumped all over Emily.
" Hey, get away." she held him at a distance

Jarod smiled at his sister and Christopher, they seemed so comfortable with each other. A little jealousy crept into his heart.

Zoe noticed the sad smile on his face. " I got something for you." she whispered into his ear." she wiggled her eyebrows suggestively. Before anyone could stop them Jarod and Zoe snuck upstairs quietly, closing the bedroom door behind them.

" What happened." Parker woke up with a headache.

" You fainted after you…"
" And you didn't catch me?" she said rubbing a sore spot on her head.

" I did catch you." he said. " I had a little accident coming to your room. Your head might have hit the door.." he mumbled the last part. She threw a pillow at him.

"Lyle" her voice sounding like a child's " I'm pregnant." tears shinning in her eyes

Hey, listen. If you say you're not pregnant then I'm going to believe you.

" But the test…"
" Sometimes have defaults, college experience don't ask. Tomorrow we'll go and see a doctor, have you tested. Just to be sure ok." Parker shook her head yes.

" What would I do without you." she rolled her eyes.

" I don't know. But I'm pretty sure you'd be a mess." he smile giving her a hug.

" I'm going to go. I'll see you tomorrow Okay. Don't worry."

Just before Jarod and Zoe could even start anything there was a knock on the door.

"We're going out for dinner, everyone is waiting." Major Charles said.

" Ah the perks of living with a family." Zoe said with sarcasm.

Jarod smiled at her. " We can finish this tonight." he kissed her and raced downstairs to go to dinner with the family. Zoe not far behind. His first dinner with his family since… well he couldn't remember. The only thing that could have made this day better was if his mother had been with them.

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