A/N: For the next few chapters it will be flashbacks. I want to give a little more of a back ground to the subjects that were not covered in the last story and this one thus far. I will be tying everything together because there will be a time jump coming soon.

Chapter 11
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Trina

The night with the family was fun, and seeing Cat again after so long was good. Now I'm in my room, laying on my bed, and I keep getting this small pain in my back. I don't know if it's gas or if I might be in labor. I hope it's not labor, because it is still a little early for that. I still have another month before I'm full term. Turning over onto my right side, I grab the picture of Beck and I off the bedside table. I close my eyes and remember the day I told Beck that I was pregnant.

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"Beck we need to talk," I told him as we got into my car after school.

"I never like it when girls tell me that. Every time Jade told me we needed to talk, she was breaking up with me," he said, looking out the windshield, shaking his head.

"I'm not Jade! I am not gay and I'm definitely not looking to date my sister. I'm just stating a fact that we need to talk. So stop comparing me to your ex and just know that we will be having a conversation in the near future!" I snapped at him and then drove home as quiet as I could. This was not going to be easy for me to talk about, and he was throwing in my face that he had dating my sister's girlfriend before me. Like I didn't know that. Everyone knew, hell half the school was calling them Bade because they were hooked at the hip. Turns out Jade just wanted to know what type of guy she wanted to be. We pulled up to the house and I got out of the car and waited for Beck to get our things.

We walked into my bedroom and I sat on the bed, trying to hold the tears back. I didn't know how he was going to take this. After putting everything down, Beck walked over and sat down next to me. "What's going on? You have been really quiet and it's starting to scare me a little," he said, putting his hand on my leg and I started to shake a little. I didn't want this to be the last time he ever touched me.

"Beck, please don't hate me," I said in a small voice.

"Why would I hate you?" He moved closer to me, putting his arm around my shoulder. I started to cry. I couldn't hold it back any more. He was being so kind and loving. I didn't want this to end, but he might leave after finding out. "Trina, what is going on? You have to tell me. I can't just sit here and watch you in so much pain, and not know what I did wrong." I can't just sit here and let him think he did something wrong when it was both of us, I was there too.

I looked up, but not at him and laid a shaky hand on his. "Beck, I know we have tried to be as careful as we could be, but something went wrong." I took a long sobbing breath and continued. "I did get my monthly, and I didn't really think much about it at first. But then I started feeling different. Then I started getting sick, and I thought I might have the flu or something, but then I didn't get my monthly again. I got scared and took a home pregnancy test which was positive. Then today when I went to the doctor, I had another test done, a blood test. And that also came out positive." I took another much needed breath and looked at him. "Beck, please say something."

"What do want me to say?" His voice was quiet, and his handsome face was crinkled in confusion.

"That you don't hate me," I said, trying not to start crying again.

"Why would I hate you? It's not like you did this to yourself, I was there too. Trina, you just told me I'm going to be a father and I couldn't be happier. This child will have that best and most beautiful mother there is in the history of mankind. And I will be the best father…I will be the father I never had." Beck stood up, smiling, and then knelt down in front of me, taking both my hands in his. "I promise you that I will not be the heartless tyrant I had for a so called father. I will be the man you need to stand by your side and raise this child with love and respect. I don't hate you, I have often thought about my life with you, married and with children. I will just get to know how right my thoughts were sooner than I believed." He leaned up and kissed me on the lips. "Now, we have to tell Mom and Dad. I don't think we can hide this, and you holding a baby at Thanksgiving dinner may be a dead giveaway," he said, kissing me again. Now that was one conversation I really didn't want to have. I would rather tell them I was dating a monkey than tell them I was pregnant.

We stayed in my room until dinner talking about how we were going to tell Mom and Dad then the others. Beck asked if he could tell Jade by himself. "Why do you have to tell her alone? What difference does it make if I'm there or not?" I didn't like the idea of him telling her by himself. I was getting upset about the whole thing. "Don't get me wrong Beck, I love Jade, she's the best and I couldn't ask for a better girlfriend for my sister. But this bond you two have is kind of unsettling. I trust you, and I trust Jade. I know she loves Tori, and I know you love me, but when it comes to you needing to have heart to heart talks with someone, you run to Jade. I'm sure Tori has the same problem," I told him as we got ready to go down for dinner.

"Well, if Tori has a problem with my bond with Jade, then Jade will have a problem with Tori's bond with Andre. Baby, Jade and I grew up together. I have known her since the third grade. We were best friends before we ever started dating. I just want to tell my best friend, don't you?" he said, holding me close to him.

"You are my best friend, but I guess you're right. After we tell Mom and Dad and they kill you, I can tell my best girlfriend." I kiss him on the lips and slip out of his arms, smiling as I walk to the door.

"Well then you won't have to worry about me telling Jade," he said, putting his hands on my hips as we walked out of the room.

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I rolled back over onto my back, smiling. Thinking about how far we have come from that night, and grateful my father didn't kill Beck, even though it was touch and go there for a minute or two.

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After dinner was over and dishes were done and the others had left for the night, Beck and I asked to talk to Mom and Dad outside by the pool. "It's a nice night," Beck said, handing Dad an after dinner coffee. I handed Mom one as well. We sat at the patio table, looking at the sky drinking our coffee. "Trina and I have something to tell you," Beck said, bringing us all back to the matter at hand.

"What is it dear?" Mom asked, looking like she didn't really want to hear any of it. Dad had a death glare on Beck. I think they might be expecting Beck to ask if he could marry me, which wouldn't be too far off.

"Mom, Dad," I started, putting my tea cup down because I started to shake again. I took a shaky breath. "I'm pregnant. We know our options and we want to keep the baby," I said, still not looking at them.

"There are only two options. One keeping the child and raising him or her. Or two adoption. There is not another option. I know that there is, but please, if you two feel you cannot raise this child and do not want our help, then there are so many loving couples that can give this child a good home," Mom told us as she reached out her hand to me.

"I brought you into this home, and you show your thanks by getting my baby pregnant. How dare you spit in my face like that. I should throw you out on your ass!" Dad was now standing and yelling at Beck in his face. I looked back into the house to see Tori sitting in the living room, looking out at us with a worried face.

"Dad, stop! Beck didn't get me pregnant just to piss you off, believe me," I cried.

"And how in the hell are you going to support my daughter and a child? You don't even have a job. And you will pay. You are not going to leave this child with nothing. I just won't have it!" Dad yelled again, this time sitting down with the help of Mom, pulling him by the back of his shirt.

"I'm going to start looking for a job tomorrow, I'll take the first thing that comes up. Fast food will be the best at first, but it will be money coming in and then I'll get something better after I graduate," Beck said. He stood up and backed away from the table. "I'll see if I can stay with Sam and Cat while I look for a place. I'll be gone tonight, Mr. Vega," Beck said, turning to walk into the house.

"What?! No, you can't leave! Dad, you can't make him leave! He has to be here. Beck, you don't have anywhere to go. Daddy, please!" I cried. Dad shot me a scowl.

"Up to him. He wants to leave, he knows where the door is," Dad said in a surprisingly gruff mutter. Beck walked into the house, moving a little faster the further away from the table he got.

"David, that's enough!" Mom's voice was a whip crack of annoyance. Mom got up, stalked to the door and flung it open. "Beck, get your ass back here right now. You're not going anywhere." She held the door until Beck had slid back on to the patio and she let the door slam shut behind him. "Now. Sit. Down." She sat down too. "Okay. David, our daughter is pregnant, and we are going to help these kids figure out what to do. So stop acting like a total jack ass and help me," she said, her eyes flashing with a dark fire. David swallowed hard, then turned to Beck and nodded. His voice was still frosty, though there was a modicum of civility when he spoke.

"Fine. Beck, if you don't find something worth paying the bills by the time you graduate, you'll become a cop. No one is going to come into this house and mess my family up." I let out a frustrated snarl.

"I thought Beck was part of this family too, Dad. But I guess when things don't go your way, he is just some kid," I said, making my dad look hurt. He didn't respond, and quietly, Mom and Dad rose from their seats around the patio table. They walked into the house, Dad slamming the door behind him. I threw the outdoor placemat from my spot at the table at the door, making a soft "pluft" sound when it hit the glass right behind my Dad's retreating head.

"Trina don't. Your dad has all the right to be mad at me," Beck said, taking my hands in his. I turned away from glaring at the door to face my lover.

"But he is just throwing you away, and that's not right!" I groaned, my heart lurching at the defeated look in Beck's eyes.

"It's okay, Trina. I'll be fine," he sighed, looking away. I squeezed his hands. He slipped his hands out of mine and crossed his arms, bowing his head.

"No, it's not right," I said again, in a low pained voice.

"That's the thing that you and Tori have never understood. None of us ever really thought we had a real place here, because we never had a place anywhere. You see baby, you and Tori have parents that love you. The rest of us are just…expendable." Beck gave me a sad smile and kissed me on the lips. "I will find a job, and if you still want me, I will marry you. But either way, I will never give up on this child, no matter what," Beck told me, holding me close and tight.

We didn't hear the back door open, so we didn't know that Dad was standing there, listening to us. "Beck, I may be very upset right now, but son, not now or ever would you be expendable in my eyes." Dad wiped the tear from his eye. "I said some things that I really did not mean, because I have such high hopes for both of you. But with your mother's and my help, we will make it through this, and welcome this child into our family. Please, forgive me for being so mean and heartless. I have so much to teach you about being a father, and the first lesson is to admit when you're wrong. The second lesson, it's okay to cry." He stumbled forward, took Beck into his arms, and sobs, asking for forgiveness.

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The pain is starting to get just a bit sharper, but it has to be gas. Pregnancy comes with lots of unwanted gas. I roll back over on my side to try to relieve some of the pressure. I smile when I look at the picture of Jade and I. It was taken right before Tori came home from the hospital, after the accident. We were lying on the couch together, asleep. Both of us had been up for days at the hospital with Tori. Mom had taken this picture and another one showing the rest of the kids sleeping in the living room with us. She just thought this one showed the most change in the family, me and Jade at peace together. I had to almost laugh when I thought about when Beck told Jade the news, there wasn't much peace that night. And the peace was nowhere to found when I told Tori either.

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Beck decided that the next night would be the best time to tell Jade. I personally don't think there was a good time to tell her, but that's just me. It was a Friday night and Beck asked Jade if she wanted to watch some horror movies in his room. Jade had said she wanted to take Tori out, but she told Jade to go watch the movies with Beck. Now Tori had been down in the living room last night. I remember seeing her, and after Dad had come back out to talk to Beck, I looked back and saw she was still there. So I know she knows what's going on, or at least has a pretty good idea. The best thing about my little sis is she does know how to keep her mouth shut, even if Jade doesn't believe it.

Anyway, after Beck got some older movies from me and took Jade to talk, I went downstairs to find Tori sitting on the couch. "Hey Tori, what are you doing?" I asked. I thought this might be a good time to tell her the news because we were the only four in the house, which didn't happen much.

Tori pointed to the movie she was watching and grunted. I wanted to ask her what the movie was about, but then it hit me. Tori hadn't talked to me all day, or even looked at me. If I asked for something, she would politely pass it to me, but never said anything. If we passed in the hall, she would look everywhere besides my face. After getting this realization, I just got up and left the living room. I wiped the tears from my eyes and walked into kitchen to make a snack. I was in there for about thirty seconds when Tori came in and pointed at the pink lemon-aid and grunted. "Can't you just ask? Do you have to grunt?" I poured her a glass and handed it to her. She took a big drink and stood looking at the glass in her hand. "Are you that mad at me that you can't even look at me? I mean, come on, it's not the end of the world, I'm not dying. I'm only having a baby." The glass slipped from her hand and broke on the floor.

"Last night, I sat here and watched as you and Beck got yelled at for, what I could only guess at the time, was something stupid. Then Dad was crying, holding Beck, and Mom was standing in the kitchen, crying by herself watching them. Now you tell me you're having a baby! For fuck sake, Trina," Tori said, and I really thought she was mad but something told me she wasn't.

"Tori, this really wasn't something we set out to do, but it happened…" There was a loud crash upstairs, and we both looked at each other. "Beck told Jade," I said.

"Yeah, I got that," Tori said, pointing to her ear. "I can hear, but it just totally escapes me with all my abilities of hearing and listening, you never told me that you were having a baby until just now. I just don't understand why you kept this from me." She had a hurt look on her face and I didn't really know what to say, but I knew I had to give her answer.

"I didn't tell anyone until yesterday, when I told Beck, then we told Mom and Dad together. I didn't mean to hurt you, but truth be told, I wasn't thinking about you and your feelings at the time. I was only thinking about Beck and how he would take the news. Plus, this had nothing to do with you at the time. This is between Beck and me. And now Mom and Dad. I'm sorry that you're hurt, but Tori, this has nothing to do with you," I snapped at her then I stalked into the living room on stiff legs. There was another loud thud that came from upstairs, and I started to get worried that Jade may be killing Beck.

Tori trailed after me and sat down next to me on the couch. She then turned to the sound coming from the upper part of the house and shook her head. Tori started to speak. "I'm hurt because you're my sister, and you didn't give me the chance to be there for you." She took my hands in hers, making me look at her. "You are my sister, my flesh and blood. I would stand beside you through anything, but you didn't give me that chance. You didn't give me the chance to be there for you when you thought you could be pregnant, and you didn't give me a chance to hold your hand while you waited for the test results. I could have been there to give you a shoulder to cry on and arms to hug you with. But now that I know, you're not going to get rid of me. I am here for you Trina, no matter what," she told me, tears shimmering in her eyes as she spoke to me. I felt my own annoyance melt as I looked at her.

"I'm sorry Tori…I was just so caught up in myself and my own world that I didn't think of anyone…not even Beck, at first," I told her in between sobs.

"Well, now the fun begins. The best thing for hurt feelings and pregnant women is retail therapy. You're going to need things for the baby, and shopping is one of my specialties. So what do you say, tomorrow we take our credit cards out for the day at the mall?" I smiled at her and then she pulled me into a hug. "This is going to be so fun…oh, I have a baby shower to plan!" she said, pulling away from me. I smiled to myself as Tori continued to babble about baby showers and shopping. I think I can be happy with this baby now, because my sister is by my side. We heard Beck scream one last time before he came running down the stairs and out of the house. I turned back to see Jade standing on the landing, smiling at my fleeing boyfriend. For some reason, that smile gave me all the hope I needed that everything was going to be alright from now on.
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Another sharp pain hit and I sat up, hoping it would move the gas. Then another pain hit about five minutes after. I moved my legs over to the edge of the bed and tried to stand. As I put my feet on the floor and moved to stand, another pain hit and I let out a cry. After I was able to stand, I made my way to the hallway hoping someone was up here to help me. I was moving down to Tori and Jade's room when it felt like I had wet my pants and then there was another pain. "HELP!" I yelled at the top of my lungs. Jade ran out of her room and to my side.

"Trina what is? What happened?" She helped me to sit on the chair in the hall.

I took a couple deep breaths and then I cried out, pain radiating through me. "My water broke." I looked up at Jade, and I wanted to die right there. She had a look of total fear and I think I saw sweat. "Jade, do something," I yelped at her as another debilitating cramp hit. That brought Jade out of her inward freak out, and she ran down the hall to the stairs. I heard a few thuds as she leapt down them, skipping several of the steps.

"Mom, help! Trina is having the baby!" I heard Jade yelling from down stairs. I sat in the hallway, holding on to the bottom of the chair and crying out every time a pain hit. I heard someone running up the stairs and then I saw Jade running down the hall with her phone glued to her ear. "Sam, you have to get over here now. We need help!" I started to cry harder when I saw Mom racing up behind Jade.

"Okay Trina, we're here baby. Tori is downstairs calling Beck, and your father ran out of the house to get the car…I hope." Mom pushed passed Jade and took my hand. "Baby, do you think you can walk down the stair?" Mom asked me and pointed to Jade to take my other arm. They helped me to my feet but another pain hit and I couldn't walk anymore.

"Okay Trina, we'll take it slow, but we have to keep moving," Mom told me and pulled at my arm to get me to start walking again. Jade held on to my upper arm and she held my hand to help me walk.

Another big pain hit. It was stronger than the last ones, and lasted longer. After it went away, I took a deep breath and we started walking again. It took ten minutes to walk to the stairs. I only knew this because the pain was coming every five minutes and I had two hit me before we made it to the stairs. I stopped to catch my breath when the front door flew opened and Sam ran up to us. "Sam take over for me, I have to get her bags," Mom said, leaving me with Jade and Sam to take me down the stairs. We were almost to the first landing when another pain hit and both Jade and Sam cried out in pain as I squeezed their hands until the pain was gone.

"To hell with this," Sam grunted, moving her hands under my arm and around my back. Jade made the same moves. "Okay, lift and walk," Sam said as her and Jade picked me up and carried me down the stairs.

Cat was helping Tori in the living room. "Where's Dad?" Jade asked, putting me down on my feet but still holding me up at the same time.

"He is in the car waiting for you guys. He backed the car up to the door so we can put her right into the car. I have put towels down in the back seat and put your pillow in the car. Is Mom getting her and the baby bags?" Cat asked us as she bounced around the living room, turning off lights and locking doors.

"Yes, she'll be here in a minute," Sam said. "I called Tiffany and the others. They will meet us at the hospital." I was about to say something when Mom came down with the bags and they took me to the car.

"Tori, can you take Cat so Jade and Sam can ride with us?" Dad asked as he put the bags in the trunk.

"Yeah sure. Well take Jade's so we don't have to move cars around so I can get out," Tori said, walking over to Jade and taking her keys out of her front pocket.

The ride to the hospital was hard because I couldn't move when the pain hit, and I felt closed in between Sam and Jade holding my hands. Then Jade's phone started to ring which was in her pocket and she couldn't get to it. "Forget it. If they want to talk to me that bad they'll call back," she said, turning her attention back to me and away from the ringing phone.

"What if it was someone trying to find out about Trina?" Mom asked.

"Then they will have to wait, or call Tori. I can't get to my phone," Jade said. She was getting irritated every time the phone would beep, telling her she has a missed call. I was also getting more irritated with the pain and the lack of room in the back seat.

We finally made it to the hospital, and now I'm in the room with everyone minus my husband and Dad. Beck called right as the nurses got me settled in bed. He was leaving for the airport. He had planned on surprising me this weekend, so he already had a ticket. Dad had left to go get Robbie and Robin. Andre and Tiffany are going to pick up Beck on their way into town. Jade was helping put things away in the room, and Tori was helping me put my hair back. Cat came over to me and took my hand when a big contraction hit and I squeezed her hand and pulled her close to me. I could hear laughing, but I couldn't see who they were laughing at nor did I care. Once the contraction lifted I loosened up my grip on Cat's hand. She was moving to stand more on her feet when another one hit. They were coming closer together now, and the pain was almost unbearable.

"Will someone please help me?" Cat yelled to whoever was going to move first. She was now laying on the bed and I had both hands squeezing for dear life. Jade and Sam ran to the bed to get Cat freed from my death grip when yet another contraction hit. "For the love of God, will you let go of me?" Cat squawked and Sam took her place after prying her from my pain ridden hands.

"Tori, go get the doctor. Jade, you get Sam out of there," Mom started to bark out orders to the others and as soon as I loosened my grip, Jade pulled Sam away from me. The doctor and three nurses came in and started to push things out of the way. After they got some room, one of the nurses put up the stirrups and put my feet into them. Then she dropped the bottom end of the bed, which brought a curious "Hmmm" from Cat. Another raised the head of the bed and they both moved me back so I was in a reclined sitting position.

The doctor moved a chair so she could sit between my legs and flipped the sheet up so she could see. "Okay Trina. Now I want you to take a deep breath in and push for me," she said, and I started pushing and crying at the same time. I was pushing for about thirty minutes and then my son was born. He had let out a loud cry and so did I when the doctor laid him on my chest to hold him close to me. He is perfect. He had a full head of black hair and dark blue eyes. After a few minutes with me, they took him to get him washed up and check him out.

"Jade, you go with them. Don't let my son out of your sight," I told Jade.

"Don't worry mama, I'll be with him every step." She gave me a small kiss on the forehead. And then she was out the door, following the nurse that had my son. The doctor stayed to give me some stiches and clean me up.

I laid in my bed, feeding my son when Dad and Beck came into the room. Beck sat next to me and kissed my head then our son's. "Oh damn Trina, you did good. Look at this perfect boy. He looks just like you." Beck wiped the tears from my eyes and from his own and then he kissed our son again.