Chapter 3: Kira's Nightmare

Kira sighed as she went to school that day. Connor walked over to her. "Kira, how are you feeling?" He asked.

"I'm feeling better," she replied.

He hugged her tight and sighed. She finally broke down in his arms. "It's not fair, Connor. My parents are treating my like garbage," she sobbed. He tried to calm her down and ran circles on her back.

"It's okay, Kira, I'll be here for you," he assured her.

He then led her outside.

Connor sat her down and held her hands. "Connor, I've made a difficult decision," she informed. He looked at her and felt his heart pounding against his chest.

"What choice did you make?" He asked.

"Connor, I want to keep the baby," she replied.

"I'll be there for you. I'll help you take care of the baby."

She looked at him with tears in her eyes. "Really?" She asked. He touched her face with a smile.

"Kira, I love you and I want to be there for you while you're going through this pregnancy and during the birth," he assured her.

"I'm so glad," she whispered.

Kira smiled and hugged him tight. "I promise, Kira, we're going to get through this," he assured her.

"I'm so scared," she whispered.

He sighed as he held her. "I'm scared too, Kira, I am too," he assured her. They had no idea that their words were heard.

Later that day, Kira was walking towards her locker when she heard whispering. "I heard that her parents are forcing her to give the baby up for adoption," one kid whispered.

"I hear that she's going to get rid of the kid," another kid whispered.

"Who's the father?" A girl asked.

"I heard it was Dr. Oliver's baby."

"Nah, I hear it was Trent's kid."

Kira quickly walked past the other kids to get to her locker. She opened her locker and pulled out her books. She felt their eyes digging into her back as she tried to get to her next class.

As Kira sat down, Connor looked at her with a concerned look on his face. He reached across the table and held her hand and she felt something being placed into her hand. She quietly opened it and started to read it.

Kira,

Meet me by the lake after school. We have some things to talk about.

Love Always,

Connor

Kira nodded to Connor and hid the note as the teacher walked by.

That day after school, Kira was sitting by the lake when Connor walked over to her. "Kira," he called. Kira stood up.

"What's wrong?" She asked.

"Kira, I spoke to my parents last night," he replied.

"Did you tell them?"

"Yeah, I told them."

"What did they say?"

Connor sat her down. "They were shocked, but they're supportive," he replied. She sighed and held onto his hand.

"So, I'm actually going to raise this baby?" She asked.

"You're not going to be alone, I'll be there to help you raise the baby."

"Thanks."

"For what?"

"For being so great."

Connor smiled as she leaned against his shoulder. He held her to him for awhile before he had to leave for soccer practice. Kira got up and left.

When Kira got home, Irene was sitting on the couch when Greg came out of the kitchen. "Oh, Kira, you're home," he observed. Kira nodded and Irene sat her down.

"Sweetie, we need to talk about this whole baby business," she informed.

"I'm not going to kill my baby," Kira insisted.

"Then at least give it to a family that wants a baby," Greg insisted.

"No! I don't want to give my baby up. I want the baby. I want to watch this baby grow up and make a difference in the world," Kira objected.

"You can't keep going to school and raise a baby at the same time," Irene commented.

"Yes I can, Dr. O and Kimberly will be there to help me," Kira assured them.

Greg walked over grabbed Kira's arm rather tightly. "Don't you ever, mention that slut of a cousin ever again," he snapped. Kira looked at her with eyes widened in disbelief. "You're taking right after her. You got pregnant before you got out of high school," he snapped. Kira tried pulling her arm away. "You're going to give this baby up, you're going to forget that you even had this kid, and you'll never see Connor again," he ordered.

"I'm not five-years-old anymore, dad. I'M NOT GIVING UP MY BABY!" Kira shouted.

"YOU WILL GIVE UP THIS BABY!" Greg shouted back.
"NO I WON'T AND YOU CAN'T MAKE ME! THIS IS MY BABY AND I INTEND TO KEEP IT!"

"FINE!"

He stormed upstairs with Irene following him with anger showing on her face. Kira stood in her room in disbelief as her parents started packing her bags. "If you won't give this baby up, we don't want anything to do with the baby or you," Irene informed.

"You can't kick me out, I'm your daughter," Kira insisted.

"You should have thought of that before wanting to keep this thing," Greg snapped.

They finished packing her stuff and threw it in her car. Kira stood by her car in disbelief as her parents went back inside, closed, and locked the door behind them. Tears pressed against her eyes, but she wasn't going to cry. She got into her car and drove to the cyber café.

Irene stood in the window and watched as Kira disappeared out of sight and she started to cry. Greg took Irene into his arms and felt tears well up in his eyes. They actually did it, they kicked their daughter out of the house.

Kira was sitting at the cyber café trying to study when she felt tears well up in her eyes. Hayley pointed towards the table and Trent walked over to her.

"You okay?" He asked.

"I'll be fine, just let me calm down for a second," she replied.

She placed her head on the table and caught her breath while feeling Trent run circles on her back. "Everything's going to be okay, Kira," he assured her.

"No, it's not, Trent," she replied.

She sat up with tears falling down her face. "Look what I got myself into," she sobbed. Trent didn't know how to comfort her. He just pulled her into his arms and let her cry on his shoulder.

"Come on, let me take you to Kim's," he murmured.

He got her up from the chair and led the sobbing girl out of the café. Hayley watched as people whispered about what just happened.

When they arrived at Kim's place, Kim opened the door and let the two teens in. "What happened?" She asked.

"She had a little bit of a breakdown at the cyber café," Trent informed.

Then he also brought in her stuff. "What's going on here?" Kimberly asked. Kira sat down with tears falling down her face.

"My parents threw me out of the house," she replied.

Kimberly sat next to her cousin and pulled Kira into a sisterly embrace. Kira cried against her and Kimberly gestured towards the phone and Trent called Connor.

As Connor got finished with soccer practice, his cell-phone went off. "Connor," He answered.

"Connor, it's Trent," the caller informed.

Connor hid from his friends and fear about Kira and the baby welled up in his heart. "Is it Kira, is she okay? What about the baby?" He asked.

"They're both fine, but Connor, she needs you," Trent replied.

"What happened?" Connor asked.

"Her parents went ballistic on her, packed her bags up, and threw her out of the house. She came to the cyber café in tears."

"Where are you?"

"We're at her cousin's house."

"What's the address."

Trent gave him the address and Connor got into his car and drove to Kimberly's house.

Trent opened the door and had Connor come in. "Where is she?" He asked. He saw Kimberly holding Kira. Connor walked over and sat next to her. "Kira," he murmured. Kira let Kimberly go and looked at Connor. She then embraced him with tears falling down her face and onto his uniform. "It's okay, Kira, I'm here," he whispered. He stroked her hair and looked at Kimberly.

"They wanted her to give the baby up for adoption. They didn't want either of you two to see each other again. Kira wouldn't have it so they threw her out," she explained.

"Man, this pregnancy is really taking it's toll," Connor commented.

"What are you gong to do?" Trent asked.

"I'm going to help her through this. We're going to raise this baby together," Connor replied.

Inside another bedroom, a little boy was playing with his toys, not paying attention to what was going on out in his mother's living room.