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Chapter 14: The slice of life

Twister didn't know exactly what to say to Reggie. He had found out she was pregnant and he didn't know how to react to it. How was he supposed to react? He didn't know. But he had to talk to her sometime, sooner than later.

He came into his bedroom and found it different. Reggie was sitting on his bed and she had cleaned up the place. "You cleaned?"

"I thought I should clean up, you know, before I left," she explained, standing up.

"You left? Your leaving?"

"I can tell I'm not wanted here, neither is your child. I'm going." She walked toward the door but Twister grabbed her hand.

"Reggie, you are wanted here, so is our child. Please stay."

"Twist, I just don't kn-" She stopped speaking when she caught sight of his wrist. "What happened to your wrist?"

He quickly pulled his arm away from her but didn't say anything.

"Fine then, do what you want. It's not like I'm going to be around."

"Reg, please don't go."

"I'll keep in touch." She left Twister's room and walked out of the Rodriguez's house.

Twister ran after her and finally caught her outside of the house. "Reg, whatever troubles we may go through, it will all be worth it."

"Twist, I need to be alone for a while. And I don't know if I'll be back."

"Wh-where are you going?"

"I might go to Ray and Otto. I haven't really decided yet."

"Look, you don't have to go back to them! We can take care of this ourselves!"

"Face it! We're kids! We can't take care of this ourselves!"

"Yes, we can!"

"No, we can't! Just leave me alone!" She ran from the cul-de-sac and away from Twister.

Sam came into his house and found Heather sitting on the couch. "Hey Heather."

"Hi Sam, Twister came over earlier."

"Really? What for?"

"He wanted someone to talk to. And I have to say, he really needed to talk."

"You talked to him?"

"Yeah."

"What did he say?"

"Long story short: Reggie's pregnant."

"Are you serious?"

"Deadly."

"Wow."

"Okay, Sam, I know that you've been busy with trying to get me settled here but you really need to check what else is happening around you. Like with Reg and Twist, their lives are crumbling beneath them and you are so busy worrying about me. Stop worrying about me and start worrying about them."

"I get it. Where are they?"

"They had this huge blow out in the middle of the cul-de-sac earlier and Reg ran off. I'm not sure where Twister is."

"Thanks, I guess I'll find them later."

Twister had no idea what to do. He had gotten a girl pregnant and now she had run off, maybe to her recently disowned brother. He had to talk to someone. He knew who he had to talk but he didn't know what would happen. He felt like he had no choice, he had to go to Ray and Otto.

When he arrived, he knocked on the door.

"It's open!" Otto called.

Twister entered the hotel room and found Ray reading and Otto watching skating videos. "Hi."

"What do you want?" Otto replied bitterly.

"Is Reggie here?"

"No, she's not here, she's supposed to be with you!" Otto yelled at him.

"We got into a fight and she ran off."

An evil smirk formed on Otto's face. "Oh, the boyfriend having problems? Well, she's not here."

"Then she's gone."

Otto stood up and grabbed the collar of Twister's shirt. "Where is she?"

"I don't know, she said that she might've come here but she wasn't sure."

"What did you guys fight about?"

"Um, she's, uh, pregnant."

"What!" Otto screamed at him. "Dad, do something!"

"What's done is done," Ray replied.

"Dad, you're weird. Where is she?"

"I don't know!" Twister cried. "We have to find her."

"You got that right."

Reggie arrived at the house sooner than she expected. She didn't know what would happen when he saw her. Would he invite her in? Would he slam the door in his face? She hadn't talked to him in a year or so. She wasn't sure what to expect. But she knocked on the door anyways.

It swung open and there he stood. He looked exactly as she had remembered him. "Reggie?" He said, surprised.

"Hi, Trent," she replied.

AN: Hey everybody! Sorry that this took so long! Sorry if there are spelling errors but my microsoft word is temporarily disabled, so I have to use wordpad. Also, sorry that this chapter is so short but I'm having writer's block. I'm not totally sure when my next chapter will be up but I'll have it up ASAP! Please Review!