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Chapter 8: I'm just too young.

"Like clockwork," I muttered to myself as Tommy Jr. started crying. I took him from his crib and headed down the stairs. I sang to him quietly as I went.

"I can't have anything I want
They say I'm just too young
But it's not my fault
I'll find my own way home if I gotta
I'll make it all alone."

I stopped in the kitchen, thinking about the words in the song. They had always made sense to me but they started making a lot more sense that past year.

"Are you serious?" Kwest asked. He had been the first to talk since I made the announcement.

"As a heart attack…" I replied.

"What are you going to do?" Georgia added.

"I'm not sure, Tommy's not here, and it's his child… I have no idea."

"This will be great publicity," EJ said.

"Thanks a lot, EJ."

"I can't believe this…" Victoria Harrison spoke for the first time.

"Mom, it's not like it was planned…"

"You're not keeping it," she commanded.

"What?"

"Have it if you want but we're going to put it in an orphanage."

"Isn't it my decision?"

"No, not this time. You're 19 years old, Jude! You're not ready for this!"

I stood out of anger. "I can handle this!"

"No, you can't!"

"I should know better than you!"

"Jude! You are just too young!"

"Just like my song says: I'm just to young but it's not my fault."

"You're not having this baby."

"Maybe in your perfect world." I stormed out of the studio as I sang to myself. "I can't have anything I want they say I'm just too young but it's not my fault."

"Jude?" Tommy asked as entered from the family room (I really did make him sleep on the couch).

I turned to him quickly as tears invaded my eyes. "Tommy, what's wrong?"

"I heard you singing, did you even know you were?"

"I was off in my own world…" I whimpered.

"What's wrong?"

I began slipping down to the floor and he grabbed me, lowering me to the floor. "I'm just too young."

"What?"

"I can't do this! I'm too young to be a parent!"

"Whoa… Hey Baby girl… Where's this comin' from?"

"Just old memories, hurtful ones."

"Like what?"

"When I first found out about Tommy Jr., everyone seemed okay with it: Kwest thought I was joking, Georgia thought about the long run, EJ wanted to make it a publicity stunt, Kat and Jamie and Sadie were silent, and then there was my mom. She said, and I quote, 'You are just too young.' She wanted me to put him up for adoption. I don't know why it's bothering me so much right now. We reconciled, it doesn't matter anymore…" I wiped my tears off with my free hand.

He ran his hand through my hair. "Even after a reconciliation, things can still hurt. It just came to mind since everything seems bad right now."

"I guess."

He moved his face close to mine. "I'm here now. Just live in the moment."

I kissed him with tears still streaming down my face.

"Everything okay down here?" Sadie asked as she entered.

"Yeah, just working through some issues," I said.

"Good, now let's get Tommy to sleep."

AN: Short chapter, I know but I'm having major writer's block. Please R&R!