"So, you and Trey were having a baby together?"

I look at Seth, trying to process what he had just heard. I can feel Trey fidget next to me and see Donna out of the corner of my eye, struggle with the answer.

"Um, yeah."

There was a knock at the door and everyone stopped and just looked at the door.

"Uh, yes?"

"Can I come in?"

Sandy opened the door and walked into the room. He looked around the room and he had a look on his face, like he was trying to figure out what we were doing.

"I was going to ask what's going on…but forget it."

"What's up dad?"

"Oh yeah, can I talk to Donna and Trey?"

"Dad, we all know everything already."

Sandy looked over to Donna and Trey and they agreed.

"Well then I guess I can continue…"

"Yeah, so what's up Sandy?"

"Donna, I think you need to go to a psychologist."

The whole room became silent and the tension grew.

"I'm not crazy!"

"I never said you were…"

"But you want me to see a shrink!"

I just watch as the tension slowly grows and makes the air too thick to breath.

"Donna, I think you should go."

"Don't even start, Trey"

"I'll go with you if you want."

"Trey, don't make me go."

"Donna, do it for Scarlett."

The room becomes silent again. I look towards Donna and her head is down and is picking at the floor. She hugs her stomach and Trey realizes the damage of his words. He crawls over to her and wraps her into a hug. You can hear her muffled cries through Trey's shirt.

"Uh, I guessing you don't mean the pony."

Poor Seth, always out of the loop.

"No Seth, not the pony."

"Fine Sandy, I'll go."

"Thank you Donna."

Trey looked her in the eyes when he said that. He leaned in and kissed her lightly but passionately on her lips and she gladly accepted it.

"Hey you guys, can you leave alone for a while?"

"Sure."

Sandy answered for all of us and made Seth and I leave the room. I was the last to leave the room and the last thing I saw was Trey picking Donna up and placing her on her bed.

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I have never felt so completely clueless in my life. We are now in the kitchen; dad and I are sitting across from each other at the island, while Ryan is leaning against the counter.

"So, who's Scarlett?"

"Seth, Scarlett is…was Donna and Trey's baby."

"Oh"

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"Trey, where would we be right now if "the accident" never happened?"

"I don't know. Probably in Chino in my apartment, with you in my arms, kind of like how we are now. You would be bigger and we would be able to feel little Scarlett."

He rubs my stomach as he says it. I can feel a lump form in my throat.

"I'm sorry, Trey. I know how much you wanted to have a little girl and be a daddy."

"Shush, it not your fault."

"Yes it is, you told me that I shouldn't go home but I wouldn't listen."

"No, its my fault. If I haven't made you angry, you wouldn't want to go home."

"Oh, shut up!"

I grab his face and pull him into a deep kiss.

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"Sandy, do they need to go to court?"

"Yeah they do."

"Why, it was self-defense?"

"Well, to some people murder is a little far from self-defense."

"Murder?"