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I was a mess. After Kendall calmed me down, she tried to get me to make an appointment with her OB/GYN, but I quickly shot her down because there was no way I could afford it.

"So what, you're just gonna wing it?"

"I don't really have a choice, I'm not going to go into debt just to go to the doctor."

"Isabella, you are literally growing someone inside of you, since it sounds like you have decided to keep it, you need to do everything in your power to keep him or her safe, do you understand," Kendall said sternly.

"I couldn't get rid of it, I'm not going to abandon it," I cried.

"I know, but you're young and you don't know the first thing about becoming a mother," she paused for a second.

"Listen, if you are choosing to do this all by yourself, I want to be there for you. My sister has a whole bunch of parenting books and movies, I'm sure she would have no problem lending them to you."

"That would be great, thank you," I sniffled looking down at my hands.

"I'll bring them tomorrow, but let's open up again, our hour is almost up," she said walking toward the front doors.

"Hey," I called out, "why did you think I was pregnant?"

"I've been observing you for the past couple weeks at work and it just made sense. I know the signs when I see them." I nodded and went back to my desk and put my lunch away.

At the end of your shift, I was unsurprisingly completely drained. I said goodnight to Kendall and started my walk home. When I got to my studio, I set my things down at the table and walked over to my couch. I sat down and pulled my legs to my chest and put my head on my knees.

Jake. How was I supposed to tell him? Would he hate me? I know we acted completely recklessly, but he is only 17. 17 and 19 and soon to be parents. His life had just started and I was already dragging him down. I started crying, I had never felt more alone in my life. I couldn't even take care of myself let alone another being.

With no motherly figure of my own to look up to I had no positive role models or good representation to play off of. I wouldn't ask Charlie for help and there was no why I was reaching out to my mom. I started sobbing uncontrollably. I'm not supposed to have to go through this alone and that thought was heart wrenching to me.

I knew one thing, I would not give up on this little person. I would not do what Renee did to me. I would love this baby with every fiber of my being, whether it had a father or not.

A while later I woke up to the sound for my door creaking. I snapped my head up just in time to see my front door close. I jumped up from the couch and slid on my shoes and bloted out the door. A part of me knew it was stupid, but I thought it might be someone I knew. I knew it was stupid of me to move to Seattle with Victoria and Laurent still on the lose, but I didn't think that until this moment. I had made it out into the street and was looking all around me when I saw something out of the corner of my eye.

"Hey," I yelled. Now I was pissed that someone was following me and being scared enough to not show themselves.

"Show me who you are, or leave me the hell alone!" I waited a few seconds and slowly a tall man creeped his way out of the shadows. I squinted to see him better, but still couldn't.

"Who are you," I asked, now thoroughly confused. If this was Laurent or Victoria, then they would have more confidence or even attacked me by now.

"Bella…" I heard a velvet voice whisper. I froze. I knew that voice. My heart sped up and my hands tightened into fists. I was trying to breath and tell myself to calm down, but I couldn't regulate my breathing. My brain was going fuzzy and the last thing I remember was a tall man standing 6 feet in front of me with wild bronze hair and the most beautiful face I had ever seen crippled in pain. Everything went dark.