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The next night, at the Davenport Residence, Mission Creek California,
Adam was usually very good at small talk. By although this topic was small right now, it was going to grow a lot over the next eight to nine months.
"Adam, you okay?" Kate asked, noticing his silence.
Adam snapped away from his thoughts and back to his surroundings. He, Kate, Bree and Leo were sitting in the living room. Tasha, Taylor and Douglas were busy making dinner, while Chase, and Donald were doing who knows what down in the lab.
"Yeah," Adam murmured.
"You sure?" Kate asked, seeing how he was slightly trembling and breathing uneasy.
"I'm fine," Adam assured her with a small smile. "Be right back," he said, standing up suddenly and walking towards the kitchen.
"Hey, Douglas," Adam whispered.
Douglas turned away from the stove towards his son. "What's up Adam?"
"I'm just, I'm a little, you know," Adam mumbled.
Douglas understood immediately and took off his adorable apron. "Want to head upstairs?"
Adam nodded as Douglas lead him up the stairs.
"Adam, where are you going?" Kate asked from the couch.
"We just need to do something real quick," Douglas intercepted. "We'll be down before dinner,"
Kate nodded slowly before turning around back to her conversation with the others.
Douglas took Adam into one of the spare bedrooms and helped him sit down on the bed.
"I hate this," Adam growled.
"I know Adam," Douglas sighed. "But these pass, remember? Just remember to keep taking deep breaths and doing your exercises,"
"I'm sorry Douglas," Adam whispered, closing his eyes while he followed instructions.
"You have nothing to apologize for Adam," Douglas assured him. "You can't stop yourself from having these attacks. But it's okay,"
"At least it's just a small one," Adam whispered to himself.
"That's good," Douglas commented.
After twenty minutes of breathing, exercises, and talking with Douglas, Adam had finally deescalated enough. "I think I'm ready to go back down," Adam told him.
"Okay," Douglas said, "But first can I ask if anything got you worked up in the first place?"
Adam just shrugged and looked away.
"I mean, I know we've talked about how most of the time these are just caused by chemical imbalances in your brain, but occasionally you set yourself off Adam. I just want to make sure that there is nothing else we can do to stop any possible stress," Douglas continued.
"I, I was about to talk to Kate," Adam murmured.
Douglas nodded. "But you talk to Kate all the time. Why was that any different?"
"I was going to ask her about what I found," Adam replied.
"And what did you find?" Douglas asked.
Adam took a deep breath before replying. "I found a positive pregnancy test in the trash can of our bathroom. It wasn't Bree's or Taylor's, and Kate's been acting a bit off and hasn't been feeling well recently, so, I just thought, and I was going to ask her, but, but-"
Douglas put a hand on Adam's shoulder. "It's okay,"
"I just wanted to confirm if she was pregnant, and if I was really going to be a Dad," Adam murmured.
"That sounds like a very important conversation you two need to have," Douglas nodded.
"I'm just nervous," Adam mumbled.
"That's understandable," Douglas told him. "But no matter what, you'll be okay. And hey, if you do get to become a Dad, you have an entire family here to help you. Trust me, being a dad is one of the most enriching experiences life can give you,"
"Really?" Adam asked, looking up at his father.
Douglas smiled and nodded. "Really. I remember, the moment the nurse put you in my arms after you were born, I couldn't contain myself,"
Adam nodded, trying to contain all of his thoughts. "I really need to talk to her about this, don't I?"
"Yes, you do. Should I have her come up here? We got at least another half hour before dinner," Douglas informed him.
Adam smiled. "Could you?"
"Sure, just one second," Douglas replied, rushing down the stairs. "Hey Kate!"
Kate looked up from her conversation once again. "Is everything okay with Adam?"
Douglas smiled. "He's just fine. But he found a funny video of a cat and wanted to show it to you. He's in the spare bedroom,"
"Thanks," Kate said, standing up and headed upstairs.
"Wait, I want to see a funny cat video!" Leo said, shooting out of his seat.
"Just Kate," Douglas asserted.
"Why?" Leo asked. "I enjoy a hilarious feline just as the next person,"
"Believe me, you want to stay down here," Douglas told him.
"Fine," Leo huffed, sitting back down.
Upstairs,
Adam propped himself up, preparing for the conversation he was about to have. Looking up when he saw the door open, Adam could not help himself from smiling. "Hey Kate,"
"Hey Adam," Kate replied, sitting down next to him. "What's going on?"
"Isn't that a question I should be asking you?" Adam teased.
Kate raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean,"
"It's okay Kate," Adam promised her. "I already know,"
"Know what?" Kate asked.
Adam took both of Kate's hands. "About the baby,"
"Adam-"
Cutting his girlfriend off, Adam continued. "And I am happy, I really am. And I promise, I will be here for you, and am willing to do anything you need. We can do this however you want. We could get married, do we need to get married? We can stay on the island, or find a place of our own-"
"Adam, wait-"
"And I bet if I asked Mr. Davenport I could get a job at Davenport Industries. That way either little Adam or little Kate-"
Kate interrupted Adam, looking up at him with tears welling in her eyes. "Adam, I'm not pregnant,"
Adam leaned back, a bit shocked. "What?"
"I said, I'm not pregnant," Kate repeated, a bit louder this time.
"Oh," Adam murmured.
Kate squeezed both of Adam's hands tightly. "I'm sorry if you were expecting me to say something different,"
"It's just that I found a pregnancy test and I assumed since it wasn't either of my sister's that it was yours," Adam told her. "Are you sure that you aren't pregnant?"
Kate rolled her eyes. "I'm pretty sure. I just got my period the other day,"
"Okay then," Adam sighed.
Kate sat back beside him and leaned into Adam. "I'm glad to hear that you are willing to do all that for me Adam, but I just hope you realize that we are both still teenagers. Adults, yes, but still teenagers. And we have only been dating for a few months now. I love you Adam, but I don't know if we are ready for something as big as that. In the future, I would love all of that with you. But not now,"
Adam nodded, wrapping an arm around her. "The future, that sounds a lot better,"
A sudden buzz drew both their eyes to Adam's phone. "It's Leo. He says that dinner is ready," Adam said.
"Want to go downstairs?" Kate asked.
Adam nodded. "Let's go,"
Downstairs,
"I smell garlic bread!" Adam shouted, rushing down the stairs with Kate in tow.
"What else goes with lasagna?" Leo shrugged, dishing up the food onto his place.
"Leo, please wait until everyone is here," Tasha scolded.
"Don't worry, we are here," Donald grinned as he and Chase walked in through the kitchen.
By the excited glance exchanged between Donald and Tasha, the kids knew that something was up.
"So, what's the big news?" Leo asked, looking towards his parents.
"What are you talking about?" Bree asked as the family filtered into their seats at the dinner table.
"Those two are giving each other some weird looks, something is up!" Leo declared. "Might as well save time and tell us what is going on,"
"Fine, you caught us," Donald smiled. He looked at Tasha, wrapping an arm around her.
"I'm pregnant," Tasha announced.
"That's great mom," Leo told her, giving his mother a hug.
Everyone else filled the room with congratulations.
Adam nudged Chase. "See? We are getting another new sister, before we know it, we are going to be outnumbered by girls,"
Kate gave her boyfriend a pointed look.
"And I never said that was a bad thing," Adam smiled.
Kate chuckled. "Yeah, right,"
10:30, The Davenport Residence,
"Is there anything else you girls need tonight?" Tasha asked.
"No, thank you Aunt Tasha," Taylor told her as she and Kate got ready for bed. Another capsule had been added to the spare bed room, allowing for the two to stay the night.
Tasha noticed Kate's discomfort as she stepped into the capsule. "Kate, are you feeling okay?"
"I'm fine," Kate assured them.
"Is your period still bothering you?" Taylor asked.
Kate shook her head. "No, it was over pretty early. And it was rather light,"
Tasha smirked, remembering the conversation that Eddy had shown her. "Oh, it was, was it?"
Kate nodded.
"Night guys," Taylor said before closing her capsule door.
"Night," Kate murmured. She looked up, noticing that Tasha was staring up at her, smiling. "Is everything okay Mrs. Davenport?"
"Yeah, I really don't mean to pry Kate, but Eddy, our security system, showed me a video of you and Adam talking earlier-"
Kate's eyes widened. "Oh, Mrs. Davenport, Adam and I aren't-"
Tasha grinned. "It's okay Kate. I didn't want to invade your privacy, but I did want to let you know that if you need anything, I am here, okay?"
Kate smiled. "Okay. But there really is nothing I need help with right now. As I just told Taylor, I got my period the other day, so I'm not pregnant,"
Tasha smirked. "Oh, okay. Good night then," she told her, walking towards the door. She stopped before leaving, turning to say one last thing. "But just so you know, I had spotting too during the first trimester,"
And with that she left the room, leaving Kate to ponder.
And now I am going to leave you to ponder this ending while I debate what I want to do sequel wise. Please leave a review and let me know what you thought about this chapter, the story, or your favorite quote/part of the story. Or any holes or questions I have left unanswered. Thanks! ~AzulaTano