Pacific Coast Academy: 10 Year Reunion
Chapter 15: Fights and Bad News
Zoey and Chase were walking along the beach they once knew, holding hands. Chase looked at her. "You okay?"
She looked at him. "Yeah. I'm okay."
"You know I'm dying to know what you wanna tell me."
"I'm dying the tell you."
"I'm not hearing anything."
"Okay. We're getting married in two months, right?"
"Right."
"And we always talked about having a family together."
"Uh huh. You are getting to the point right?"
"Don't rush me."
"Okay. Take your time."
She took a deep breath and sighed. "I'm just gonna come right out and say it. I'm pregnant and you're gonna be a dad."
He stopped walking and just stared at her with a shocked/happy expression. Then he grabbed her and swung her around.
"So you're happy about it?" she smiled.
"Happy? I'm ecstatic about it. I'm gonna be a dad. I'm gonna be a dad!" He kissed her.
"We gotta tell everybody! Michael, Nicole, Jake, Logan, Dana—"
"Chase, calm down."
"Calm down! I can't. This is the happiest day of my life!"
Zoey's smile then turned to a frown.
"What? What's wrong?"
"We have to tell Little John."
He stopped smiling too. "How do you think he'll react?"
"Like it's the end of the world."
They both sighed.
Michael was on the bed with his hands in his face, trying to decide how to handle the situation he's in. Breana came in.
"Justine and Mike is sleeping and Chris is clean," she said. "Now what is it that you wanna talk about?"
He stood up. "How can I say this?" Taking a pause to find his words, out came, "What the hell is your problem?"
"What are you talking about?"
"You and Morris. What's that all about?"
"Michael, we're just friends. We haven't seen each other in a long time. Wait, how do you even know I was talking to him?"
"I was looking for you. I heard your conversation."
"So what's the problem?"
"I heard some things I didn't want to hear."
"Like what?"
"You're still wearing the ring he gave you senior year. Then you were gonna get married. What kinda shit is that?"
"Michael, that was 10 years ago."
"Explain to me why you still have his ring and you were gonna get married."
"Fine. Senior year, we both went our separate ways. I was dating Morris and you were dating Lola, one of my closest friends. After dating for five months, he gave me this ring," she said showing him. "Yeah, we were gonna get married. But Chase was on this power trip trying to get everybody back together. So he made Lola go back to Jason. Then you were all alone. Then we had to this project together. I knew you were trying to get back with me then. So I broke it off with Morris."
"So why you still have the ring?"
"Because it means something to me. If we weren't together, yeah, I would've married Morris."
"Breana, I can't believe this. You've been lying to me this whole time."
"Lied about what?"
"Still having feelings for Morris."
"I haven't thought about Morris once in the whole eight years we were married. Why are you bringing this up? Senior year, you and Lola were all intimate. I seen you touching all on her. But I'm not brothering you about it."
"You shouldn't be wearing the wedding ring I gave you plus and engagement ring from another man. Take the ring off."
"I'm not gonna do it. It's my ring."
"Take it off."
"No." She walked past him and he grabbed her arm.
"I said take off the ring."
"I said no." She jerked her arm away from him.
"Stop being a bitch, Breana." Michael grabbed her arm again. Then they both realized what he said. He opened his mouth to speak. "I didn't mean that," he said. "Really, it slipped out. Breana—"
She pushed him away from her. "Boy, I know you must be crazy. Don't say no more. I just can't believe you said that."
"Breana—" He walked towards her to put his arms around her. But she pushed him away again. "Don't worry about it." She walked past him to the door. "Oh, yeah. Let me save you the trouble of trying to figure me out. Yeah, I am pregnant." She walked out the door. His mind went blank.
Justine and Mike were sleeping. Little John was watching tv quietly. There was a soft knock on the door and Zoey and Chase peered in. "He's watching tv," he said. "We can come back in the morning."
"No, we're telling him now." They walked in. Little John looked at them. "Hey, Mom. Chase."
"Hey, sweetie," she smiled. "We have something to tell you." They both sat next to him.
"Is it good or bad?"
"Good."
"Does it have to do with you buying me something really cool like a mountain bike?"
"No."
"Then what is it?"
"You're gonna be a big brother."
He stared blankly at Zoey then Chase then stood up. "Excuse me." He walked out the door and started screaming. "NOOOOOOOOO!" he yelled. "Why is this happening to me? I've been a good kid. I haven't did anything bad, except pouring apple juice and sticking gum in Chase's hair. But that was accident.. kinda." Then he walked back in the room, trying to remain calm.
"I told you he'd be upset," Chase said.
"Why? Can't you get rid of it?" Little John asked.
"I can't believe you asked that!" Zoey said. "I'm not gonna get rid of this baby."
"Worth a shot," he shrugged. "But… but why? Weren't you protected?"
Chase and Zoey looked at each other. "John Anthony Trent, Jr., I -" Zoey started.
"Fine, you can this baby. I'm gonna go live with Dad."
"You're not going anywhere. You're gonna stay with me and Chase."
"But I don't want to."
"But you're going to."
"This isn't fair! First I lose my dad then I'm gonna lose you."
"You're not gonna lose me."
"Yeah, right. That's what you say now cause the baby's not here yet." He shook his head. "This is all your fault, Chase!" He broke for the door.
"John, get back here!" She sighed.
"He took it harder than I thought," Chase said.
Michael knocked on the door. Chase went to the door.
"Don't get it," Jake said. "It might be Dana or Quinn"
"So what if it is?" He opened the door and Jake quickly covered his face with a pillow.
"Michael, what are you doing here?" He shook his head and came in. Jake took the pillow off his face relieved.
"I was looking for Breana. I couldn't find her anywhere."
"What happened?" Jake asked.
"We had a fight."
"About what?"
"This ring she's wearing. She's wearing Morris' ring he gave her."
"That's bad."
"But that's not even the bad part."
"What's the bad part?" Chase asked.
"She's pregnant… again," he said sitting on the couch.
"Why's that bad?"
"This is gonna me by fourth kid. I'm not even 30 yet."
"That just means you've been working a lot," Chase slapped his back to lighten up the mood.
Michael just looked at him.
"I can't see why you're not happy. I'm happy that Zoey's pregnant."
"Well, congratulations. But… I'm in another situation. That's gonna be your first kid." He shook his head.
"Tell us more out the ring thing," Jake said.
"This doesn't even concern you," Chase said.
"Hey, he's talking to everybody in the room."
"Anyway…" Michael looked at bother guys. "He gave her a ring back in senior year. She's been wearing it ever since. Turns out they were gonna get married."
"I knew that," Chase said.
"How you knew before me?"
"Duh, we're friends. We were close senior year."
"Then how come you didn't tell me?"
"I didn't know how you were gonna react."
"Well, maybe you should've told me then I would be in the situation."
"Don't blame it on me. This is all on you. But about your baby problem…"
"I wanna hear about the ring problem," Jake said.
"Shut up. You should be happy she's pregnant… again. You got a lot of love in your house. The more babies, the better is it."
"Speak for yourself. I'm runnin' out of names. I thought Chris was it."
"Hey, you're both young. It was gonna happen sometime soon. Just be glad this isn't gonna be like this when you hit 50."
Jake and Michael both looked at him. "It's not gonna happen at when I'm 50."
"Maybe it will. Women don't hit menopause until after 50."
Jake and Michael gave disgusting looks. "We don't wanna know that."
Nicole came into the room. "Hey, boys. What's going on?"
"Guy stuff," Jake said.
"Okay, anyway. I just came in here to tell you goodnight." She kissed him. "Goodnight," he smiled. She kissed him again.
"Goodnight sweetie. Goodnight, guys."
"Goodnight," they said.
Zoey busted in the room out of breath. "Guys, I can't find Little John."
They all ran out the room.