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Mike's POV

I wake up this morning and the second I open my bedroom door, I see Lux tying her sweater around her waist. I glance at the clock through my squinted eyes and see that it reads 6am. Why is she up this early?

"You going somewhere?" I ask in confusion.

"Yeah, school… You know that place that I'm forced to go to by the state every weekday or I get in trouble?"

I laugh. She's beginning to sound a lot like Brandon. "Does your school normally start at the crack of dawn?"

"No, but if I want to get there on time, I'm going to have to take a bus or two…" she stops and thinks, and I can tell that she has no idea how to get there from here.

"You're not taking the bus...especially if you have no idea where you're going. I can give you a lift."

"No, that's okay. I'm fine taking the bus. Oceanside is kind of far from here anyway, and you probably have work so—"

"Oceanside High School?" I ask in disbelief.

"Um, yeah?" she gives me a confused look, as if her going to one of the most violent and drug filled schools in San Diego was not a big deal. "Is that a problem?"

Yeah, it's a problem, I want to tell her. But I don't want to make her feel like I'm already meddling in her life. I've already done enough of that yesterday, so making a big deal about it would probably not be the brightest thing. "No, it's not a problem. But I'm still giving you a ride. And I won't take no for an answer," I tell her in a jokingly way.

"…Mkay," she answers skeptically as she eyes me up and down.

As soon as I pull up in front of the school, I can already see the security guards standing in front of the school, scanning the students with the metal detector at the entrance.

"Okay, thanks," Lux says as she opens the car door.

"Wait…You want me to walk you in?" I offer.

"Absolutely not," she answers immediately. "No offense, but a cop walking me to school would probably be social suicide for me. But thanks anyway." She offers me a forced smile and closes the car door.

I quickly roll down the window, "What time do you get out so that I can pick you up?"

"I can get a ride," she answers and before I can say anything else she's halfway across the street yelling, "Bye!"

Lux's POV

I had to wait over 5 minutes for Mike to actually leave the front of my school, before I could sneak away from it. I didn't want a ride, because I wasn't planning on actually going to school in the first place, but I couldn't tell him that.

"Where the hell have you been, Lux? We've been looking everywhere for you," Bug greeted me as soon as I stepped foot in his apartment.

"We were about to call the police," Tasha says.

"For what? Why?" I ask in confusion.

"We were worried about you. We thought something bad happened," Tasha complains.

"Where were you anyway?" Bug asks.

"Mike's apartment."

"Who's Mike?" he asks angrily.

"My 'supposed' biological father, remember?…Look, I'm sorry you guys, but they showed up at the court and…"

"And what?" Tasha asks worriedly.

I knew that she was not going to like what I had to say. "I couldn't get emancipated."

"What!" Bug starts.

"Somehow, they found out that I was going to forge the signatures and they threatened to turn me into the police, if I didn't go home with one of them. They took back all of the papers and I missed my hearing."

"Oh my God, Lux. What are we going to do? What am I going to do? My court hearing is less than a week away!" Tasha complains as she starts to pace the apartment.

"I know, Tash. I'm sorry. But wherever I am, you can still get emancipated."

"How? Your bank account and your getting emancipated was my only leverage."

"She gets that," Bug tries to defend.

"I don't think she does! I can get thrown back in juvie for running away from foster-care!"

"Well, what do you want me to do, Tash? They took everything!"

"But you said that they didn't even know that they were your kid, right? So…So maybe when they find out you're not, they'll give you the papers back."

"Yeah… but, I still missed my hearing."

"So? We'll set a new hearing. For next month or something, right? This could still happen."

"And what if she is their kid?" Bug asks Tash. "Then what, Lux?"

"I don't know."

"What? You're just going to go live with them?" Bug asks in disbelief.

"No," I answer defensively. I hated that they were making this out to be my fault. "I didn't ask for this!"

"Then get out of it," Tasha answers as if it was that simple. "Tell Fern that they're unfit parents and that you don't want to live with them. Either of them. Fern will put you in a new foster-home until you can get another hearing—"

"Guys…I still don't know that they're not my real parents."

"Lux is right, Tash… Maybe we're getting ahead of ourselves a little. When do you find out?"

"Today, actually," I remember.

"Okay, good," Bug places his hand on my cheek and gently strokes his thumb on my face, "So, we'll wait until we find out before we all stress out. And if you are their kid, then…we'll figure something else out. You won't have to be stuck with these people, okay? We'll all run off New York if we have to."

"Or Mexico?" Tash smiles.

"Tasha, what's up with you and Mexico?" I laugh because she's always bringing it up randomly.

"Hey, don't make fun of my dream, alright," she defends. "It'll happen."

"Well, your dream is going to have to wait," I remind her. "We have to at least show up to school if we want to get credit, don't we?"

Stef's POV

After Mike called me to tell me that he dropped off Lux at Oceanside, I'd be lying if I said I hadn't reacted horribly to the idea. Why hadn't I at least bothered to ask her where she went to school yesterday?

I knew that I was going to transfer her to Anchor Beach with the rest of the kids, but I wanted her to meet them first, before I had her show up to their school.

I should've told her to take today off anyway, because I knew that we were going to have to go back to the hospital to see Dr. Silver today for the results. But I was waiting the hospital to call me to tell me when to come in.

I didn't need to see the results, because I already knew that she was mine. But I had a feeling that Lux needed to. It wouldn't hurt for Mike to see them either. Maybe it would put them both at ease a little bit.

When I walked up to her school's front office, the last thing I expected to hear was that she wasn't there. "What do you mean she's not here? Her father just dropped her off a couple of hours ago. There has to be a mistake."

"There isn't ma'am," the secretary answered with an attitude. "The principal checked her classroom, himself. Lux Jenkins isn't in this building."

"Did she show up at all?"

"I don't know."

"What do you mean you don't know?" I ask in confusion.

"Ma'am, the teachers here don't take attendance until noon, because the students used to come in the morning and then take the rest of the day off. So, I can't tell you if she came here and left. But I've called her over the intercom, and she's not showing up, so my best guess is she's not here."

I walk out of the building and words cannot explain how worried I am now. Did she runaway? The last thing I needed was to relive last year with Callie running away. I take out my cell-phone to call Mike, and the second I put it up to my ear I see Lux and another girl walking towards the school.

"Stef?" she asks in confusion. "What are you doing here?"

I hang up the phone. "What am I doing here?" I ask in disbelief. "What are you not doing here? Mike told me he dropped you off before school started."

"So this is the infamous Stef?" the other girl says, as she looks me up and down. "I disagree Lux. She does look like a total bitch that she is."

"Excuse me?" I ask in disbelief.

"Tash," Lux chastises.

Tasha puts her hands up in surrender, "Just being honest…Well, not that this doesn't seem like a fun conversation and all, but I'll wait for you inside."

"Yeah," Lux tells her.

"Where were you?" I ask again, once the other girl is out of sight. "Didn't Mike bring you here a few hours ago?"

"Yeah he did. But I had somewhere I had to be. And I'm here aren't I?"

"That's not the point. You can't just show up to school whenever you want."

"Why not? It's not like anyone actually notices… And I still don't understand what you're doing here," Lux cross-examines me. "If you're checking up on me, I'm going to the court myself and asking for a restraining order," Lux jokes but at the same time I can hear a hint of seriousness in her voice.

"I…came to pick you up, because Nurse Silver called and she got the results for the…paternity test," I finish uncomfortably.

"Okay…And?"

"And she wouldn't give me the results over the phone which is exactly why I came to get you. I figured that she'd have a hard time reaching you, since you gave her a fake phone number…" I stare at her sternly, letting her know that I didn't appreciate that.

Her face freezes, "Yes. Did you forget about that… just as you forgot to show up to school?"

"I didn't forget to show up to school. I'm kinda here, remember?" she says pointing to the building, "School."

"This is not okay, Lux… We'll talk more about this later, but right now we should probably get going," I say pointing toward my car. She shakes her head and starts to walk toward in sulkily.

Lux's POV

"Good afternoon ladies," Nurse Silver greets as soon as we walk into her office. "I'm so glad you were able to come, Lux. I was having some difficulty reaching you…"

"Really? That's strange," I say casually, trying my best not to seem like I'm lying.

I think I can actually see Stef biting her tongue as she's looking at me. She turns back to face Nurse Silver, "Good afternoon to you too."

"Can you ladies have a seat right there?" she asks as she points to the chairs in front of the desk

Stef takes a seat quickly and waits for me to do the same. Reluctantly, I do.

The nurse sits down on the opposite side of the desk, "Okay. So, I don't want to make you two wait any longer than you have to. The results have come in and it turns out that Stefanie… you are Lux's biological parent."

After I hear the woman's words, I can't even move.

There had to have been a mistake.

These results were supposed to be my 'get out of jail free card'.

But instead, I felt as if everyone was backing me into a corner now.

The nurse,

Stef,

Mike,

Tasha,

Bug.

I can hear the nurse mumbling some words, but I've tuned most of her voice out.

Unfortunately, I could still make out bits and pieces of it.

"Combined Parental Index…3 thousands…no room for doubt…We're really sorry…"

But I hear Tasha's voice loud and clear in my head, "Tell Fern that they're unfit parents and that you don't want to be with them."

Is that what I was supposed to do now?

"Hey, Sweets. Are you okay?" Stef asks as she puts her hand on my shoulder.

Sweets? Why was she calling me that? I tense up at the contact and luckily she gets the clue and backs off.

"Yeah, are we done?" I ask the nurse and try to remain as cold and shut-off as possible. The nurse just stares at me without another response and I take that as my cue to grab my bag and exit the building.

Stef's POV

After Lux and I got back into my car, I turned on the ignition and put the gear stick in reverse to back out. But when I caught a glimpse at her face I quickly pushed it back up in park.

"Lux, please say something," I beg. "Anything." I didn't understand why this was happening. These DNA test results were supposed to bring us closer, not farther apart. She was supposed to finally realize that she had a family, not get angry about it.

She turns her head to me, "What do you want me to say? Do you want me to say that now everything's better because of all of this?"

"Maybe not, but you could at lease acknowledge that I'm here. I'm sorry, but ignoring me won't make it go away…" I sigh once I see her turn back to look out the window. "You know, I actually thought that this, today, would be a breakthrough for us… I thought that you'd finally try to accept me, your father, my family, once you saw these results. At least, that's what I was hoping for…"

I wait for her to respond again. I'd even settle for outrage at this point, but she remained silent.

"Are you upset with us or are you afraid—"

"No," she replied with annoyance. "I just… I didn't expect these results… I didn't want them to come back like this."

"Well, they did," I answer flatly. "So, I think what we should do is try to make the best of it." I glance at her once more before I put the car in reverse again.

Maybe she was just in shock and she just needed some more time.

At least, I hoped that was all it was…

Kay, so I know I said I was going to have Lux meet the rest of the family this chapter, but I wanted to write in the results first. And I have something bigger and longer planned for that, so I didn't want to just throw it in this chapter, sorry if I disappointed you. But next chapter, definitely! PROMISE.

And did you guys know that Lux's "almost step-dad" Ryan (Cate's fiancé in Life Unexpected) is going to play Callie's dad in The Fosters? I found out a couple weeks ago and forgot to mention it, but I thought it was pretty interesting :P