Chapter 15, enjoy!

Warnings: Same as before from chapter 13 and 14

Disclaimer in chapter 1

Two And A Half Women, Oh...And Carlos

Chapter 15

Teenage Dream Pt. 3

"My future, that's what they were talking about," Heidi pushed her empty plate away and looked at her aunt, "Like…they were arguing about what to do with me, like I was a burden!"

"You have three doctorates and are a member of the faculty at Princeton," Brittany finished her glass of wine and poured herself another one, "Your future is set, sometimes, Carlos and Steph can forget about all that stuff."

"They do that though," Heidi looks up at Brittany as her eyes soften, "They do it because you're smarter than them, you can take care of yourself, when you need to, they're scared you won't need them soon, once you hit 18, I'm sure Princeton is going to ship you off to some European country, set you up in a lab and then soon, we'll have to travel to France of Spain to visit you."

"They have Julie," Heidi argued weakly.

"Who is almost 19, is in her 3rd year at Princeton and is on her way to becoming an adult with a promised job at my father's company," Brittany sipped her wine, "Let's be real here, you and Julie, you don't need your parents, you two are quite strong. It scares Carlos and Stephanie to not be needed by you anymore."

"Guess that makes sense," Heidi sighed, looking over to her aunt and smiled, "Thanks, but...I need to know what I'm going to do, I know my choices, but….which one is right for me?"

Brittany was silent for a moment but then she got up, walked over to her desk and opened one of the doors on it and pulled out a picture. She walked back over to Heidi and said, "Here, look at this."

Heidi took the picture and looked at it. It was a picture of two girls, in a hospital, one girl was lying in the bed, asleep, hooked up to wires, monitors while the other girl rested on the side, her hand holding the other girl's limp hand.

"Who are these girls?" Heidi looked up at Brittany.

"The sleeping girl on the side of the bed is your mom, your birth mom and the girl in the bed is me," Heidi's eyes flew over to Brittany, who was looking at one of dresses, eyes dark.

"Aunt Brittany?"

"I was young once, too," She looked over to Heidi, with no smile on her face, "I made dumb choices, so many dumb choices…" She sighed and ran a hand over her face, "I got pregnant at 16, Heidi."

"….You did?" Heidi looked over to Brittany, who nodded her head.

"I did, I was young, dumb and in love with a 21 year old man, who promised me the world. A world that no one could know about," Brittany looked over to Heidi smiling, "One of Grandpa's Newton friend had a son, I was 15 at the time and he said that he was crazy about me, I was an idiot, I followed his every word, thinking that he loved me back."

Brittany grabbed the bottle and drank straight from it, "Used me like a fiddle. Grooming, is what Daddy said he was doing to me, making me perfect for him. The more he played me….the more I fell, until it felt like I couldn't get back up."

"But then…he made me get back up," Heidi tilted her head at Brittany, "He got me pregnant and when I told him, he-he shattered me into 1,000 pieces. Told me that I had only been good for practicing, I wasn't loveable, I was just…something he could throw away."

"I had to do something, but I was too ashamed to tell my dad and sister. I asked around and someone pointed me to a woman who could take care of things, in her kitchen. She only charged me 80 dollars and it was the most unimaginable pain I ever went through. I almost died later on, stumbled home, bleeding heavily. Turns out the things she used weren't the cleanest, got sepsis in my uterus a few days later and coded in the ER. Fell into a coma for a month."

Heidi covered her mouth, looking at her aunt with horror.

"I told my dad everything about the bo-no man, what he did, what I did, never seen him so angry," Brittany laughed, tears in her eyes, "But that anger wasn't directed at me, it was to the man, it was to himself as well. The fact that his own child was too afraid to go to him for help-"

Brittany turned to Heidi, "Carlos is feeling that anger now, and it's in no way shape or form directed at you."

"He said that as much, Aunt Brittany," Heidi rested her head in her hand, "Aunt Brittany, why did you tell me this?"

"Because, let's be real here, Stephanie, Natalie, Carlos, Maxim…never had to deal with a teenage pregnancy, Julie is a lesbian," Brittany chuckled, "You want help, you needed to talk to someone who's gone through it, now, do you want an answer to that question?"

"…Yes…"

"You're 14, going on 15, you're pregnant with another 14 year old's kid," Brittany pulled her legs up on her couch, "What's the most logical thing you can do here?"

"…..I'm not ready to be a mother," Heidi whispered, her eyes big, the reality of it all hitting her, "Aunt Brittany, I'm scared, I'm not ready for this, but the few logical choices I have…if I did them, would that make me a bad person."

"No, it would make you human," Brittany was serious, "Forget what the world thinks, opinions are like assholes, everyone has them, do what's best for you, Your dad, Stephanie….they're not living your life and they never will."

"I-I see," Heidi looked down at the picture in her hands and sighed, "Aunt Brittany…whatever choice I make, will you be there for me?"

"Of course, kiddo," Brittany smiled, and hugged her niece tightly.

"If I don't terminate the pregnancy, would be willing to adopt our child?"

"…Come again?"

"I want you to adopt our child," Heidi was sure of herself, "I want you and Uncle Lester to be their parents. I know you can't have children, and I know you would be one hell of a mom, and if I give birth, I want this baby to have a mother and a father who can raise them properly."

Brittany looked down at her niece and sighed, "Way to make a woman's heart melt, Heidi," she wiped a tear away from her eye, "Shit, if you decide to not end the pregnancy, I'll adopt them, just have to talk to Lester. We've been talking about adoption anyways, so…kill two birds with one stone, right?

"Thanks Aunt Brittany," Heidi smiled up, "I feel better now."

"Good."

TBC…

A reviewer suggested that Aunt Brittany should adopt their child and I went with it-ish...you see. Smell Ya later!