Fanny sat in her room, boxes surrounding her as she tried to put her clothing into each one. Which she found hard to do with a six month pregnant belly. She sighed as she packed her jeans (which she could no longer fit) into a box, as well as some jewelry, makeup and perfume. She let out a small tear as she reached for one of the last things on her dresser,a framed picture of her son.

This had happened two times before. She had fallen pregnant, she didn't do what her father asked, and she was forced out. Then she would come back, after giving up the baby when she realized she couldn't do it. She touched her stomach gingerly as she looked at the photo, hoping that it wouldn't happen a third.

Paddy was playing a video game in his room while listening to music, when he heard the cries of his twenty four year old, pregnant sister. He tried to ignore it, thinking it was pregnancy hormones, but couldn't as the cries grew louder.

His phone then buzzed, showing a text from his girlfriend.

"Have u asked her yet" It read.

He sighed and paused his game, getting up to see his sister. He walked to her door and knocked quietly.

"Fanny? You okay?" He asked.

Fanny gasped at the sound of her twenty year old brother and quickly wiped away her tears. She opened the door and gave him an unconvincing smile.

"Yeah, I'm fine." She sniffled. "Why?"

"You're crying." He said plainly, pointing to her still red eyes.

"Pregnancy." She brushed it off. "You know how I was with the last two. Now, if you'll excuse me, our father wants me out by five."

"Fan, you know you don't have to leave." Paddy said as she began to pack more. "Dad's just bluffing."

"No, Paddy." She said. "He's not. He said that if I don't have an abortion, or give my baby up, that I'm out of here."

"Fanny, you know that's not true." Paddy argued. "He's just pissed that you got knocked up by..."

He didn't finish his sentence as she turned around, and gave him the "say another word and I'll slit your throat" look.

"I know." Fanny said. "But that does not mean I'm safe here. For all I know, he'll take him in the middle of the night and give him some orphanage in another country. It's not safe, Paddy."

Paddy paused for a minute, but then put an empty box on her bed, and started packing. She gave him a confused look.

"If you're not going to agree with me, I might as well help you." He shrugged. "It's the least I can do."

He began putting blankets and old stuffed Rainbow Monkeys into the box, Fanny giving him a slight smile.

After about an hour, they had finally finished packing, and were sitting around the boxes, against what was Fanny's bed. They both were silent, until Fanny finally spoke up.

"You know, it's a miracle I'm still here." She said quietly.

"Why?" Paddy asked.

"This is my third baby." She said sadly. "And even though I was a pain in the ass, and didn't break up with Patton until a few months ago, they kept me around."

"That's not true." Paddy said. "Sure this is the third one, and you are a pain in the ass, and sure, you kept Patton around, but this isn't the first time it's happened."

"Well-"

"Fan." Paddy said. "You were what, seventeen with your first one, and dad kicked you out the second you told him. After you came home and told us you gave the baby up, they let you move back in. And with your second one, dad kicked you out because of you wouldn't have an abortion. And once again, you moved back when you couldn't take care of the baby, and gave it away. And with this one, you're almost out of college, and it was just a little mistake."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Fanny asked.

"Dad is such a jackass." Paddy said. "He knows we have the money to take care of them, but doesn't want the shame. He's the one who's wrong, not you."

"Thanks." She said, rubbing her stomach. "I don't want him in my baby's life."

"Me neither." Paddy snorted. Fanny raised an eyebrow. Paddy gulped, but explained.

"Lydia's pregnant, too." He said. Fanny's mouth dropped.

"Oh my god, Paddy." She said. "How did that-?"

"You know how, Fan." He said. "And as for when she told me, our Valentine's Day date."

Fanny let out a laugh as he smirked.

"That's one hell of a Valentine's Day present." She said. He nodded in agreement.

"After that, we left the restaurant, took her home to her parents, who are pissed at me by the way, and I found a sleazy bar that doesn't check for ID's and got really drunk. It was the night I spent at Harvey's, since he had to pick me up, after Lyds told Sonia, who told Lee, who told Harvey. And since Mollie's out of town, he was the only one willing to pick me up." He explained. Fanny burst out laughing.

"And you say dad is a jackass." She laughed.

"I apologized the second I sobered up." He said. "I still feel pretty bad, in fact..."

He smiled and took a ring box out of his pocket. Fanny gasped as he opened it.

"Paddy." She said as she took the ring out. It was a golden ring with three diamonds on it. "It's beautiful, but how did you afford it?"

"Dad should really stop leaving his money around the house." He said. "The ring was only half of what I took."

"How much-?" Fanny asked.

"Fanny, he's a monster." Paddy said. "And you know it. He's taking money from poor people he rents shitty apartments, he's not paying his workers enough, and he's violating how many laws. But worst of all,"

Paddy paused and put a hand on Fanny's stomach. "He's the reason those other two aren't here."

"Paddy-"

"Fan, I get it." Paddy insisted. "But c'mon, don't you blame him a little?"

Fanny sighed. "Yeah, I do. But what can we do about it now? If you, ya know, tell him, all three of us will be homeless."

"Well, not exactly." Paddy smirked. "I said there's half the cost of that ring left, right?"

"Are you getting an apartment?" Fanny asked.

"Originally, it was supposed to be for me, Lyds, Sonia, and Lee." He said. "It was a three bedroom loft that four paychecks, and all the money I took could afford. But then, Lydia got pregnant, so Lee and Sonia decided to go and find another one. But me and Lydia are still taking this one."

"So?" Fanny asked. "What does this have to do with us?"

"Well, me and Lydia sort of need another person to help pay rent." He said, giving her a smile. "And you're going to be out of college in a few months...and have a job as a nurse...

"Paddy, are you asking me to move in?" Fanny asked.

"Consider it as a Valentine's day present." He said. "Please Fan."

Fanny nodded, and he cheered.

"I'll text Lydia." He said, taking out his phone. "Oh, and we're also getting a bit of help from Lydia's parents. They know already, Lydia's mom is the one who made her take a test. And, I'll tell dad tonight, and we can both walk out of here, and never come back. I feel a little bad for leaving Shaunie, but he'll get it. Oh, God I'm finally-"

Fanny closed the door on him as he walked back to his room to pack. She gave a happy smile as she looked around her stripped room, and few boxes. Something she's seen two other times.

"This time will be different." She thought to herself as she touched her stomach.

A/N: So sorry for the wait! And that this isn't a bromance!

My only excuse is that my stupid boss (her name isn't really Sharon. It's just what me and my co-workers call her when we complain a t work) couldn't give me a heads up when she scheduled me to cover for someone thisx weekend.

Oh, and I got some really great news yesterday! My siblings (the twins) are coming home for their birthday on Thursday, or Valentine's Day from Orlando! They're getting here on Tuesday, and staying until Saturday! I'm so happy, it's been forever since I've seen them!

So, hopefully I'll update again later on today, and hopefully for the rest of the week, as long as my boss doesn't give me a surprise shift, because I'm only scheduled for Tuesday, Wednesday, and for like two hours on Friday for a co-worker.

Also, thank you to bocawitch, greydale, and KNDnumber170 for your reviews! They're awesome as always and so greatly appreciated! You guys are amazing!

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