Lux's POV

I ditched school today, so that I could get to the courthouse on time and give my caseworker all of my paperwork. I wonder if this would negatively impact my chances of getting emancipated? Hopefully not. I mean, they were the ones who picked the court date. I just showed up like I was supposed to.

And I hoped that today would be worth it. Tasha thought that she'd have a better shot at getting emancipated if I did it first, which is exactly why her court date was scheduled for next week. I just hope that her plan works, because she could get in a lot of trouble for running away from foster-care if they find out.

As soon as I get off of the bus in front of the courthouse, I glance down at my watch. It's almost 1:30. Thankfully, I made it on time, with over half hour to spare.

I make it all the way up the steps and to the entrance doors, letting out a huge breath of nervousness. I really hope this turns out okay.

As soon as I open them, I see Stefanie and some man exiting to my dismay.

What the hell is she doing here? I wonder.

I'm so surprised that I can't even speak, and she's just standing in front of me in her cop uniform with her arms crossed.

"Stefanie? …Wh-what are you doing here?" I ask her nervously, as I glance over to the other officer next to her, who's just creepily staring at me.

Rather than answer my question, she grabs me by my arm again like she had that day at her house and pulls me over to the side, so that we weren't blocking anyone from entering or exiting the building. "I can ask you the same thing," she says as she lets go of my arm and waits for an explanation.

I don't need to give her one though.

For all I know, she's not even my mother. So I roll my eyes and turn around to walk back inside but the other officer blocks my path. I try to move around him, but he just moves again so that I can't go anywhere. "What's your problem?" I ask him as I turn around and look at Stefanie.

She starts to walk toward me, "Did you steal your file from the hospital?"

"No," I answer harshly.

"Oh really?" she asks as she lifts her arms up to cross them again.

"Uhuh," I answer. I still didn't trust this woman; regardless of what the hospital says might've happened.

She's a cop.

I wasn't stupid enough to admit to stealing something in front of a cop.

Is it even stealing, if it was my own file? I wonder.

"Then, what are you doing here?" she asks again.

I don't have a good enough answer for her, so I just remain silent and stare away from her face, praying that she would just go away.

"Hand me your bag," she orders as she offers her hand out for it.

What the hell is she doing?

I adjust the strap onto my shoulder and tighten my grip around it, "Why?"

She gives me short sarcastic laugh, "Because I asked you to. Come on… hand it over."

"Where's your warrant?" I ask as I glare at her, letting her know that I had no inclination to hand it over. There had to be some law that made whatever she was doing illegal.

"Oh, really?" she says as if that were the stupidest thing I could've done.

Mike's POV

After watching the look that Stef was giving our daughter, I knew that I had to diffuse the situation, and I had to do it immediately, "We can get a warrant… But that would just mean that our boss would have to get involved."

Lux looks at me as if she could care less, and Stef sees exactly where I'm going with this, so she steps in, "He's absolutely right. And if we get the warrant, and we find something in your bag, something such as proof that you committed a felony, then that could become really serious…Stealing medical records is a felony, right Mike?"

"Absolutely."

"What?" Lux asks. "It's my own file!"

"Still a felony," I answer as I straighten my belt.

"We can do this the easy way or the hard way," Stef continues. "Your choice." She says as stares at Lux, and it's obvious that the girl is intimidated by the silence that comes afterwards. "Hand it over. Last chance."

Lux angrily takes the strap of her bag off of her shoulder and hands it over to Stef, "This is so stupid," she mutters.

"We'll see about that," Stef answers as she grabs the bag from Lux and opens it. The first thing she does is take out a couple of manila folders. She opens one and glances through it, "This is the file you stole from the hospital, correct?" she asks Lux in a no nonsense tone, but Lux purses her lips angrily and stares away from her. Stef glances back down at the other folder and fingers through it, quickly pulling out a form, and glaring at it. I can tell that she's angry by her clenched lips and the fact that she's shaking her head slightly, "…I can see that you forged our signatures."

"Your signatures?" she asks in a confused tone. She turns to glance at me and I know that she just realized I'm her father. I take this time to really examine her face for the first time. She has Stef's blonde hair and Brandon's green eyes, and I have no doubt that she's our kid. She turns back to Stef, "Technically, they aren't your signatures. They're Dr. Greene's." She tries to snatch the paper back from Stef but Stef quickly draws it back and stares at the teen sternly, letting her know with her eyes that what she did wasn't really smart. "Please, give it back," Lux says carefully as she stares at her watch once again. "I can't be late to this hearing…Please," she begs.

Stef's POV

I don't know how to respond to her, so I just stare at her blankly.

I can't let her do this, and I know that Mike won't either, but he's not saying anything to help me out. I know that Lux and I have already started this relationship on the wrong foot, but I knew in my heart of hearts that letting her go through with this was the wrong decision. I had to be strong about this, regardless of the fact that I knew that she'd probably hate me for it, "Look, Lux…I'm sorry but I can't let you go through with this."

"Why not?" she interrupts. "Who knows? Come tomorrow, you'll probably find out that I'm not even your daughter…Then what? Huh? You both get to go back to your life, with your families and I'm stuck in some other crappy house, locked in a room with 6 other kids? Then, what? Huh? All of this would've been for nothing… So, if you can please give me my papers back, I'd appreciate it." She stares at me and I can tell that she's angry and hurt by the glassy look in her eyes, but she her body still remains stiff.

"Lux…" I try to find my voice and try to think about the right thing to say at the moment, but I know that there aren't any right words. "I can't let you do this, because I know that you are our daughter." I look over at Mike, so that he could help me out in this, but he doesn't for whatever reason, so I continue, "I know that you don't want to hear it, but this is a mistake. You're fourteen years old." Lux rolls her eyes at me again, and I'm beginning to see that she has more of an attitude than Mariana does most of the time. But I don't let it get to me, because I know that's what she wants. She wants me to give up and leave her alone, but after finding out the truth, I know that it's the last thing I'm willing to do. "My point is, that I'm not giving you back these papers, because neither Mike nor I feel comfortable about letting you go through with this. Now, you can either choose to hate us or accept it, but either way, you're not getting emancipated. Not today or any other day…" I wait for her response, but she seems as if she's blocked out every word I said, and I can't help but get angry at her persistence to act as if we aren't even here.

I know that I have to get her attention, and I have to do it fast, "And before you decide to fight us on this, I will have you know that forgery and the burglary of medical files are serious crimes, that can result in serious punishments, including jail time." I stare at Lux with the most serious look that I could pull off, and I would assume that my uniform would help in intimate the teen.

I knew that scaring her into accepting all of this wasn't the right way to go about it, but I was desperate, and I had a feeling that "talking about it" wasn't going to help.

By the look on her face, I can tell that she finally heard me, "So, wait a minute. Are you blackmailing me?" she asks with a hint of annoyance in her voice.

Just as I am about to answer, Mike finally speaks, "What your mother and I are trying to say is that we have to look out for your best interests and getting emancipated right now, isn't in them."

She turns around and glares at Mike, "And what do either of you know about my best interest huh?... You've known me for what? 5 minutes? And you?" She turns around again to stare at me, "You've known me for a few hours? And all of a sudden you two think you know what's best for me? You've got to be kidding me, right? You know what… Don't even answer that. I rather go back to foster-care," she says as she starts to walk away from us.

I panic and yell after her, "That's not up to you… Neither of us have signed away our rights. So technically, legally, you're still under our care."

Lux stops walking down the steps, but doesn't turn around.

Mike continues for me, "So either, you come home with me, or you go with your mother, but wherever you think you're going, you're not... So make your decision."

She whips around to stare at us. "You can't do this," she argues.

"Yes, we can," I answer just as sternly…

Okay, so I did something a little different than the show did, if you could tell.

I wanted to have Stef and Mike barge into the hearing and have the judge order Lux back into their custody, kind of like the show…But that would've meant that the judge would've found out that Lux forged the papers, which could've caused for more problems than necessary. Also, some of you wanted me to do something a little different than what happened in Life Unexpected, so I tried to do just that.

Predictions: Who do you think Lux should go home with (Stef or Mike) and Why?

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