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Ch. 8 How Soft a Whisper Can Get
(CLARE)
"So what did Reese really want? And how did he get the black eye and don't lie to me because I know when you're lying," Adam tells me and I know I'll have to tell my twin the truth.
"He got the black eye last night from Fitz when he was trying to sneak into my room," I tell Adam leaning close to him so the others don't hear.
"And what did Reese whisper in your ear?"
I open my mouth to tell Adam a lie but he will know if I'm lying so I sigh and tell him the truth, "Reese was angry. He said he'd find me later so I could make it up to him."
Adam makes a face but doesn't say anything; although I'm sure he'll say something to Drew and the others at some point today. Adam seems to relax once class starts but Reese is in our second period world history class. Generally not outright aggressive unless directly threatened I'm a little surprised when Adam grabs Reese by the shirt and shoves him into the desk.
"Stay away from my sister," Adam warns Reese and lets him go before the teacher sees.
With the teacher now in class Reese doesn't say or do anything but he looks livid. I give Adam a look as he sits at his desk, now I'm more worried that Reese will go after my brother. When the bell rings for lunch Reese leaves before us.
"Did you really think threatening him was a good idea?" I question as Adam and I leave class.
"Yes," Adam responds and then looks at K.C. and Jenna, "We're eating in the field today take her."
"What happened?" K.C. inquires taking my arm to walk me out to the back of school with them.
"Boys are aggravating, brothers included," is my reply. Jenna and K.C. don't say anything and after a moment we're joined by Owen, Bianca, Drew, Adam, Zig, Maya and Tris. "Where's Fitz?" I ask Drew since he and Fitz have both first and second period together.
"He never came to class. Either he's still meeting with the lawyer or Sean took him to the garage. You can call him if you want," Drew shrugs.
No one says anything about Reese and a part of me is hoping that Adam didn't tell them, only because I know Drew, and likely Owen and even Zig, will feel the need to threaten Reese as well. We eat slowly and hang out on the grass, when I'm tired of sitting cross-legged I straighten my legs and lean back against Owen. Drew arches his eyebrow slightly but this is the most reaction I get from anyone. We head inside a little before the bell go to our lockers for our books.
"If Reese does anything I want to know, one more threat to you and I tell everyone," Adam says in low voice while we get books from our lockers. His next class is music but I have communications technology with Reese, along with Jenna, K.C. and Dave.
"I can handle myself you know," I respond to my twin.
"I know but Reese is unstable and I don't want you to be hurt," Adam tells me and I smile at my brother, "because I have to feel the pain too," Adam adds sardonically and I stick my tongue out at him.
Reese doesn't do anything in class; he doesn't even look at me. When the bell rings I wave to Jenna, K.C. and Dave and head for media studies. I feel someone behind me and turn around just as Reese grabs my arm and pulls me into a supply closet near the boy's washroom.
"I'm not afraid of your brothers or your friends you know," Reese tells me giving me a lustful grin.
"Then don't climb through my window when there's so many people at my house and don't make threats," I respond.
"You're my girlfriend now and no muscles for brains hood is going to keep me from you," Reese informs me and then crushes his lips to mine but I push him away.
"I never agreed to be your girlfriend Reese; I have a mind of my own. You were fun, a distraction from anticipating Jeff's return but now you're just a thug. If I wanted just a thug there are far more attractive and less crazy ones than you loafing around the ravine at any given moment," I reply.
Reese's expression turns angry and he shoves me to the shelves gripping my shirt like he's just going to rip it off. I realize his eyes are bloodshot and I think he took something at lunch. I bring my foot up and connect it with his balls as hard as I can causing him to crumple to the ground. So wonderfully convenient that boys have that weakness. Then I simply walk out of the supply closet, nearly bumping into Owen and Drew on their way to media studies.
"You okay?" Drew questions.
"Fine, Reese tried to tell me what to do and I kicked him in the nuts," I reply as we continue walking to media studies.
"That's what we've been doing wrong," Owen comments putting his arm around my shoulders. "The next time a boy hits on her instead of us threatening him we'll just tell him Clare likes to be told what to do and let her hurt them," Owen says and I laugh.
We walk into media studies and I sit at the table with Adam. When class is over Bianca drives us home with Adam, Maya and Jenna come home with us. Owen, Drew and K.C. have football practice of course. When we get home I go into my room and call Fitz.
"What happened with the lawyer?" I inquire as soon as I hear him pick up.
"It was just a deposition, he things I can plea to second degree assault with special circumstances. If I'm really lucky I'll get community service and probation," Fitz replies.
"And if you're not?"
"Then a couple months at the juvie school," Fitz replies in an unconcerned tone.
"I hate how easy you are about it when you say that," I scold him.
"Well it's not like I'm going to prison, I've been to the juvie school plenty of times. How was school?" Fitz questions changing the subject.
"You and Owen were right about Reese," I tell him.
"Why what did Reese do?" Fitz questions angrily.
"It doesn't matter he didn't succeed I kicked him and left. You must be at the garage with Sean and Jay I can hear all the tools are you going home tonight or coming here?"
"Probably going home Mom's been alone all day, I'll be at school tomorrow. You worried about Reese trying something?"
"No just wondering, I'll see you at school tomorrow," I reply and hang up.
I spend the afternoon doing homework in the living room with everyone. Drew gets home a little after five and K.C. takes Maya and Jenna home with him, Jenna is staying over so they can talk about what to do about the baby. Owen went straight home so no one is sleeping here that doesn't live here, unless Paige stays the night. Spinner won't be home until after nine so Paige probably won't come over tonight. The four of us make dinner and eat in the living room watching TV. I shower right after dinner so I have plenty of hot water, leaving the washroom for my room with a towel wrapped around my body and another around my hair. Startled by a figure in my room, hiding in the dark and at first I think it's Reese and get ready to yell for Drew but when the light goes on I see it's Fitz.
"We have a front door you know," I admonish him feeling incredibly exposed in nothing but a towel.
"I prefer this method then I get to see you first, besides I get to surprise you by crawling through the window, a few more seconds and I would have seen you naked," Fitz grins.
"I saw your silhouette in the moonlight I wasn't about to take the towel off," I inform him and now he looks disappointed.
"You were going to close your curtains before dressing?" Fitz asks getting up and closing them for me.
"Yes and now you have to leave so I can get dressed. Not that I'm complaining that you're here but I thought you were going home?"
"I did, Mom was pissed at me for getting arrested and at Sean for spending $200 to bail me out. She was drinking and yelling, she slapped me and Sean told me to go. He and Jay are there so turns out I am sleeping here tonight," Fitz tells me.
"That's good but you still have to get out so I can get into pajamas."
"Can't I just close my eyes?" He grins.
"Out," I insist pointing at my door.
Fitz leaves and I get out pajamas then blow dry my hair. I make sure my window is shut tight and turn on the fan in my room since it's quite warm tonight. My homework is done but I don't want to watch the football game my brothers are watching so I stay in my room and get out my laptop. I turn it on and then hear someone at the window, this time I'm sure it's Reese because I know Fitz is in the house and I doubt that anyone else would be trying to crawl through my window. Well aside from maybe Jeff but he's in Guelph until October when he returns for Thanksgiving.
"You'd better go," I warn Reese pulling back the curtain. Reese just looks at me, he's very displeased that I'm denying him, he's obviously not used to being denied or told no. He expected to come in my window but what he intended to do with everyone home I'm not sure. "If you don't leave now I'll call for my brothers and I won't stop them. Fitz is here too, staying the night in my room in case you have any ideas about coming back later. I like danger Reese I don't like crazy or controlling."
With that I close my curtains and go out to the living room sitting on the sofa next to Bianca. I'm really not interested in the football game but I watch for a while until I'm sure that Reese is gone, which is also when Spinner comes home. I know Reese can't still be lurking outside if Spinner is home. Of course Spinner sits down to watch the game but when I go to my room Fitz follows me. I expect my brothers to say something, to call him back or tell him he can't be in my room but they say nothing. If it were any other boy they would have but not with Fitz. We stay up for a while, he doing homework and I on my laptop.
"I can sleep in the living room," Fitz says.
"No sleep in here, in case Reese comes back," I comment.
"Did he do something tonight?" Fitz questions.
"Nothing I couldn't handle but I did tell him you were sleeping in here to deter him from coming back, might as well be true to my word," I reply.
"Next time I tell you a boy is dangerous will you listen?" Fitz questions turning off the light while I get in bed.
"No, you and Owen and my brothers, by blood or otherwise, can tell me anything you want about a boy but I will always do as I please and make my own decisions. Even if that means making them behind everyone's backs," I respond as Fitz joins me in bed.
"Of course you will, and you'll get into trouble and we'll have to save you."
"Just who says I need saving?" I inquire propping myself on one elbow and leaning over Fitz.
"I do and usually I have to save you," he responds in a cocky voice, "but I like saving you."
Fitz's hand combs into my hair, grazing to the back of my head and he pulls me down joining our lips. Unlike Reese, or even Jeff, Fitz doesn't want more than a kiss; he pulls away after a moment and tells me to sleep. I smile, yawn and use his chest as a pillow comfortably falling asleep in his arms.
(JENNA)
"I bet Reese is going to spend the day lurking again," I comment to K.C. and Maya as we walk up the steps to school Friday morning. I make the remark because I see Reese and a couple of his friends hiding behind the banister.
"Probably but I imagine Fitz will spend today walking with his arm around Clare again, like he did yesterday. Reese won't get close to her or any of us," K.C. replies.
"If he tries Fitz will kill him, so will Adam and everyone else," Maya remarks and then stops as soon as we're inside. "If you two are really going to talk to the parents after the game tonight then I'm going to sleep at Adam's," Maya tells us.
"We're talking to them, we've made a decision and they're going to notice I'm pregnant eventually so we have to tell them today," I affirm.
Maya shakes her head a little but then Tris calls to her and she goes over to him while K.C. and I walk to our lockers. Adam is at his locker and he smiles at us.
"Maya's staying at your house tonight, K.C. and I are going to talk to our parents tonight after the game," I tell Adam.
"Does that mean you've made a decision?" Adam questions.
"We're not keeping the baby but I didn't feel right aborting so we're going to give it up for adoption. We looked into it and you can work with a couple directly, there's a local agency that will match us with a couple. They can be involved the whole way and we can be involved with it after birth," K.C. informs him.
"Good sounds like the best plan, I'm glad you took your time to think about it," Adam comments.
"Thought about what?" Fitz asks walking up with his arm around Clare.
"We've decided to give the baby up for adoption. We'll be matched with a couple and they can be involved for the whole process, we can be involved after the baby is born. We're going to tell out parents after the game," I inform Fitz and Clare.
"Good," Clare grins. Fitz is smiling too but then he stiffens up and glowers at something at the end of the hall. We all look over to see Reese at the end of the hall, Fitz moves like he's going to advance on Reese and start a fight but Clare grabs his shirt. "Don't he's not worth it Fitz, he's angry it will wear off eventually," Clare tells him.
"Yeah and in a few days I could be at the juvie school and I don't want him to think he get to my girlfriend just because I'm gone," Fitz replies and we all look at them because Fitz used the word girlfriend.
"Who said I was your girlfriend?" Clare inquires with a hand on her hip, "I don't remember being asked."
"You know what I mean, I spent the day yesterday making sure he couldn't get to you and that you were mine. I see the judge on Monday and I might not be around for a couple of months after that," Fitz says.
"It's not as though Clare won't have all of us to keep Reese away, and everyone else," K.C. remarks.
"It's not as though Clare is helpless either," I speak up.
"Thank you Jenna," she grins. Clare starts to get books from her locker and after a few minutes Reese leaves. We continue chatting by our lockers until the bell rings; Fitz has homeroom with Drew but the rest of us English.
Nothing much happens at school, we tell Drew, Bianca, Owen and Zig our plan and they all like it. Of course after school is the first football game of the season, K.C. finds me before going to the locker room after school. He gives me a quick kiss and then I walk to the parking lot with Clare and Adam. It's an away game at Bardell so we're driving over there. We go with Clare and Fitz in Drew's car which Fitz drives. Tris, Adam, Maya, Zig and Bianca go in Bianca's car. Spinner and Paige are both in the stands when we arrive at Bardell, the game won't start for at least an hour but we wanted to get seats.
We get food and talk, I tell Spinner and Paige about mine and K.C.'s plan and they also agree it's for the best. When the DeGrassi bus pulls up and the team gets off we cheer for them. The game is close but the DeGrassi Panthers win and we run out to the filed to congratulate them and celebrate.
"I have to take the bus back to DeGrassi and shower, I called Mom before the game she'll pick us up there and take us to your house. Are you sure your parents are home and expecting us?" K.C. asks after I kiss him.
"Yes I called them this morning, I'll see you back at school," I tell him.
I ride back with Adam, Clare and Fitz. They drop me at DeGrassi before going home, I'm not alone there are a lot of people at DeGrassi celebrating and soon Lisa pulls up. The DeGrassi bus pulls in and K.C. promises to shower quickly. Lisa already knows Maya is sleeping at Adam's so she's not wondering where her daughter is. K.C. comes out having showered and changed, we get in Lisa's car and we drive to my house.
"Alright Jenna we're all here so what is it you two needed to tell us?" Mom asks as soon as we're in the door.
"We wanted to tell you that I'm pregnant," I announce and give it a moment for that to sink in.
"You're what?!" Dad exclaims.
"I'm pregnant, we've known for a few days and we've been talking about what to do for that long," I inform our parents.
"We talked about abortion but we didn't want to do that. We'll give the baby up for adoption. We found an agency in Toronto that will pair us with a couple looking to have a child, they can be involved from the beginning and we'll choose someone who will let us be involved after the birth. We've already decided this and it's our decision, you guys can be involved as you want to be but this is our decision and you can't change our minds," K.C. states firmly taking my hand.
"Well at least you were both mature enough to discuss your options," Lisa says.
"I can't believe you got pregnant so young," Mom responds and walks out of the room.
"We thought we taught you better than this Jenna, we thought you knew better after what we went through with your brother," Dad scolds.
My brother is ten years older than me and my parents had him when they were sixteen. I heard growing up how hard it was and how they didn't want that to happen to me or my brother.
"We used a condom Dad we were being smart but nothing is a hundred percent. It was an accident and we're not going to try and raise the baby," I argue.
"We're just shocked Jenna and very disappointed," Dad tells me.
"With Jenna being pregnant maybe it's better if she stays with us," K.C. speaks up.
"Yes I think that's a good idea, especially later in the pregnancy," Lisa agrees.
"I'll discuss it with your mother but it is probably best," Dad comments and gets up going into the kitchen and I hear him pouring a glass of scotch.
"Well that went about how I expected," I sigh. I knew my parents wouldn't take it well, I knew they wouldn't yell but they'd make me a pariah because I became pregnant at fifteen just like my mom did.
"So you sleeping over again tonight?" K.C. asks and I nod.
"I'm sure your parents were just shocked, they'll get over it," Lisa tries to assure me as we get back in the car and drive back to their apartment.
"Yeah," I nod but I highly doubt it.
"I love you," K.C. whispers to me and I smile.
"I love you too," I grin kissing my boyfriend's lips.
(DREW)
"Good morning Beautiful," I greet my girlfriend rolling over to kiss her lips when I wake up Saturday morning.
"Mmmmorning," Bianca yawns.
"Have I mentioned how I like waking up to you now that you live here?" I comment nuzzling my nose against her cheek.
"I spent almost every night here anyway," Bianca giggles rolling over and cradling her body into mine.
"I know but now you live here and it's different," I reply kissing her jaw and Bianca giggles. I start kissing my way down her neck and my hands exploring her wonderfully sexy curves. I'm all for starting the morning with making love until my older brother startles us both by yelling in the hall.
"HEY IF ANYONE IN THIS HOUSE GETS PREGNANT I WILL KILL YOU ALL," Spinner hollers to me and my younger siblings. Bianca and I start laughing and I get out of bed.
"Well Maya and I are in the clear then seeing as I physically can't," Adam comments as he comes out of his room.
"I'm on birth control and so is Bianca," Clare responds as I hear her coming out of her room. I pull on some boxers and pajama bottoms, Bianca puts on one of t-shirts, her panties and a robe and we leave my room.
"I respect your sister way too much to do anything but kiss her, especially while we're not officially together," Fitz replies following my sister out of her room.
"And that's why we like you Fitz," I grin patting his shoulder.
"So what happens if Paige gets pregnant?" Clare questions as we all converge in the kitchen. Paige looks up from stirring pancake batter and then looks at Spinner.
"I'll marry her and we'll have to build an extension on this place," Spinner replies kissing Paige's cheek.
We all help out with breakfast and setting the table before eating together. It's Saturday and both Paige and Spinner have the day off so we know they'll spend it together. There's a party tonight that most of us are going to but Spinner and Paige are going out. After breakfast Owen comes over with Tris and shortly after that Jenna and K.C. show up, when Zig comes over and the house is now full Spin and Paige leave for some time alone. We hang out at my place all day before going to the party. Jay and Johnny are meeting us at the party. Almost as soon as we walk in I lose sight of my sister, she disappears into the crowd although I am distracted by the red strapless top my girlfriend is wearing.
"You look incredibly sexy, remind me why came instead of staying at my empty house?" I whisper into Bianca's ear as we weave our way through the crowd in the house.
"Because we want to be social and you're a lot more amorous after I tease you for several hours," she replies and gets out of my arms going to the bar.
We both take a beer and go outside, there's one empty seat at the patio table and I see Johnny and Jay already at the table. I sit in the chair and Bianca sits in my lap. We sip at our beers talking with Jay and Johnny for a while. Bianca gets up to use the washroom and says she'll bring me another beer on the way back. Jay gets up to get something to drink and probably flirt with a girl or two, Owen sits in the spot Jay was in. We're telling Johnny about our game last night when I hear my sister's voice and I turn around. She has her back to us and she's not alone, Reese is talking to her and she doesn't look like she wants him to be.
"You had your chance Reese and you blew it," Clare snaps at him.
"I told you I don't like being denied, I could take you upstairs right now and tear that skirt o…" Reese is saying when I leap up grab his shoulder and pull him to the ground. When he's on his back I get down leaning my leg on his chest and my knee pressing into his throat just enough that he can't breathe very well.
"Talk to my sister like that again and I'll rip out your throat," I warn him and kick his side as I stand up. I take Clare's hand and bring her to the table with is just as Bianca returns with our beers.
"Did I miss all the fun?" Bianca questions handing me a beer as I sit down again, Bianca sits in my lap. There are no more chairs but Clare sits on Owen's lap. I arch an eyebrow at them but say nothing.
"Just teaching Reese some manners," I reply.
"A little dramatically don't you think?" Clare comments.
"I think Reese is going to end up being beaten to a bloody pulp by all of us the next time he looks at you," Owen responds and I nod in agreement.
Clare rolls her eyes and steals some sips of Owen's drink; he says nothing of course but does seem to watch her lips as she drinks. He's watching her lips with a look of lust; it is not a look I want to see in one of my best friend's eyes as he watches my sister. For most guys I would have said something, actually for most guys I would have hit them but Owen knows better than most what will happen if he does anything with Clare and especially if he hurts her.
"I'm going to go see what there is to eat, come with me Johnny? I know Drew won't let me go alone after that," Clare comments.
"Damn right I won't, not with Reese lurking around," I agree.
"I'll go I'm hungry too," Owen speaks up. Clare smiles getting off his lap and taking his hand they walk inside.
"You know they're hooking up right?" Bianca remarks.
"No way," Johnny shakes his head.
"You saw the look on Owen's face he was thinking about something Clare had done with her lips, I'm telling you they're hooking up," Bianca says.
"Over my dead body," I respond moving Bianca off my lap to go find Owen and confront him myself. I walk up the steps to the little deck and I'm about to go inside when a shriek from Maya stops me.
"ADAM!"
Update next Saturday picking up right around here and we find out what trouble Adam is in. Drew confronts Owen and Clare…well Clare continues to cause and attract trouble.