JUST A FEW QUICK WARNING ABOUT THIS CHAPTER: Mentions of rape and abortions

Forgive me if this chapter offends anyone in any way.

Enjoy~

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I spent the next few days horribly, horribly sick. I ended up missing Serin's game against Josei, but was happy to hear that they won and were moving on closer to the Winter Cup.

By the time I was able to get out of bed without everything hurting and wanting to throw up, Serin was preparing for their next game, I don't remember who it was Taiga said they'd be playing, but apparently they were supposed to be really strong. It felt like Taiga's practices were getting really long, and I could see how tired he was every night when he came home, so I decided, with the slight approval of Taiga, to crash practice one day.

When I arrived at Serin's gym, the guys were all out doing laps, so I decided to just sit and hang out while I waited for them to come back.

I noticed a stray basketball in the corner, and went to pick it up. I dribbled the ball a bit, humming to myself quietly. I stood at the free throw line and shot the ball a few times, not making a single basket. I let out a frustrated sigh and went to pick up the ball after my fifth failed shot and went back and shot it again.

This one made it in, right as the door opened and Serin's basketball team walked in, looking exhausted. All except for Riko of course, but that was to be expected.

"Oh-we have a visitor!" Kiyoshi smiled brightly at me. I left the ball to roll away and walked up to Riko.

"So," I said, crossing my arms over my chest like a disappointed mother (Ha. Ha ha.), "I know you guys are getting ready to play this big game and all, but personally, you don't have to listen to me of course, personally, I'd let the boys have one, just one, shortened practice and everyone just hang out and get pumped, you know?" Riko stared at me for a moment silently.

"Again, you don't have to listen to me, you're the coach after all you make the decisions, I just think it would be good for everyone." I shrugged and walked over to stand next to Taiga.

"Well. . ." Riko tapped her chin lightly

I smiled smugly across the table at my brother as he ate, a burger in each hand. I had somehow talked Riko into agreeing and we all ended up at Maji Burger.

The team was lively, all happy to be out of practice early, though Riko was promising tomorrow to be absolute hell. Her threats went ignored.

"So, Kagami-san," Riko started

"Oh, just call me Skylar, or Sky, it doesn't matter. That way we don't get confused." I said, motioning to Taiga who nodded.

"Oh, um, okay. Skylar-san, can I ask a kind of personal question?" She asked, fidgeting slightly in her chair.

"Is it about me being pregnant?" I asked, leaning back in my chair. Riko jumped, clearly not aware that I knew Taiga had told them.

"Y-yes. If you don't mind, that is." She said, looking at me hopefully.

"Alrighty, what's up?" I stole a fry off of Taiga's tray and popped it into my mouth.

"How exactly…did it happen?" She asked. Taiga went stiff, his eyes narrowing at his coach dangerously.

"We're not talking about that." He snapped. I waved his words away and took a deep breath.

"No, no, it's fine." I said and cleared my throat. "I'm not ashamed to tell them." Taiga frowned at me, but relaxed in his chair and went back to eating grumpily.

"So..?" Riko prodded

"I was assaulted by an asshole who didn't know the meaning of the word 'No,'" I stole another fry, the memory flashed across my vision and I cringed.

"That sounds so scary. Skylar-san is very strong." Kuroko said, a frown on his pale face. I smiled at him and shrugged.

"I mean, I'm by no means over it, the memory keeps me up at night, and probably always will, but it was a little over two months ago, plus they plan on keeping him in jail since he admitted to it." I said, and started to play with a lock of my hair.

"Curiosity wants me to ask for the details, b-but fear of your brother says that I should shut up now." Furihara Kouki said shyly from further down. A light chuckle escaped my lips and Taiga frowned at his fellow freshman.

"It's fine, Furihara-kun." I smiled sweetly down the table at the shy first-year point guard. "Gosh but where do I start?"

"T-the beginning always w-works." The boy stammered.

"Alright then, the beginning it is." I stretched and leaned back in my chair again, preparing to tell a pretty scary story.

I'd been walking home from a friend's house only two blocks away. The original plan was to stay over at her house, but her and a few other friends had gotten into the alcohol and were dangerously intoxicated. They kept trying to make me drink with them, but I declined and decided to go home before they got us all to do something stupid, dangerous or both.

I was almost home when I heard footsteps walking behind me. I ignored them at first, hoping they were just my imagination. It was almost one in the morning after all.

But they didn't go away, they just got closer.

Suddenly, a hand grabbed my wrist and I was spun around rather harshly. The person who'd been following me the past block and a half was my ex-boyfriend Patrick. He was clearly still upset over the breakup, and I swear I thought I smelled, not weed, but something just as bad, if not worse.

He was screaming at me in the middle of the sidewalk at one in the morning. He yelled and screamed for a good twenty minutes before the only words I really remember came out of his mouth.

"You're mine, you little slut, and you always will be."

Before I really realized what was going on, he'd thrown me on the ground and we all know what happened from there.

Everyone at the table stared at me wide-eyed. Riko had her hands over her mouth and tears were threatening to fall from her eyes. Taiga had stopped eating and looked ready to go on a rampage. His fists were clenched into tight fists and I swear you could feel the anger rolling off of him.

"It's kind of ironic, I dumped him for trying to pressure me into having sex with him," I said with a deep sigh. I ran my fingers through my hair and sniffled.

"I remember, my mom picked me up from the hospital and was blabbering on and on about how she wasn't going to rest until everything was better, that she'd make sure Irvin-the sheriff-'kept that punk in jail' and all this other stuff, and I also remember her telling me 'Don't tell Taiga, don't worry your brother' and I'm pretty sure that's the first thing I did when I got home." I shot my brother a weak smile

"Oh he was so mad, I could hear him breaking things and all kinds of curses came out of his mouth. It took a good thirty minutes to calm him down and when he did, it was Taiga who told me to look out for signs of me possibly being pregnant and a few weeks later, I'm vomiting everywhere and mom's driving me to the doctor and I'm being told the scariest bit of news I think I'm ever going to get." I let out another long sigh.

"Our mom went crazy." Taiga's surprisingly calm voice too us all off guard.

"Crazy is putting it nicely, Taiga." I said, trying to smile at him again. "She wanted me to get rid of it, and at first…I was going to. But I got scared last minute and copped out. That's when mom kicked me out and now I'm here." I motioned to the general space around us. Suddenly, an arm wrapped around my shoulders and Kuroko was handing me a napkin. I'd unknowingly started crying, and couldn't stop.

"Sorry," I sobbed quietly, "I-I didn't mean to st-start crying on you guys."

"Something tells me you haven't cried in almost two months. It's okay, Skylar-chan. You can cry in front of us, we're your friends." Kiyoshi said gently. I hiccupped and wiped viciously at my eyes, trying to stop the tears that were cascading down my face. Taiga reached over and pulled them away from my face, and held them in his own.

After a few minutes of me crying, Taiga decided it was time for us to go home. Before we left, Riko pulled me into a hug, which turned into hugs from everyone else. Kiyoshi held me the longest and promised me that if I ever needed anything, he'd be there for me.

I thanked him quietly, and left with Taiga.

"I can't believe I cried in front of your friends." I groaned when we got home.

"I can't believe you let them talk you into telling them all that." Taiga shot back with a disapproving look.

"I didn't think I'd get so worked up!" I argued. Taiga raised one split eyebrow at me.

"Sky. You were raped by someone. You're never going to be able to talk about it without crying, because dammit it was scary as hell. Plus, you're carrying this douchebag's kid inside you right now." Taiga said bluntly. I stared at him for a moment, then shook my head.

"You're being surprisingly calm. Every time we've talked about it before now you got all worked up and started yelling." I pointed out, trying to change the subject.

"Trust me, kid, I'm beyond pissed, and I want nothing more than to throw shit across the room and scream, but bad energy isn't good for you, and you can't be getting too worked up either, which is exactly what will happen if I get too worked up." He said. Someone has been doing his reading.

"Thanks, Taiga." I said, "For a lot of things." I gave my brother a hug and forced him to let me kiss his cheek before going to my bedroom and getting ready to go to bed early.

Going to sleep and staying asleep after such an emotionally exhausting day should have been easy, but I found myself tossing around in bed; tired, but unable to sleep. I heard Taiga go to bed around 10:30, and around 11, gave up and got out of bed.

I walked through the dark apartment and found myself in the kitchen, staring into the open refrigerator. I pulled out leftover dinner that Taiga had put away for me and stuck it in the microwave.

I was eating out of boredom, something I was guilty of doing a lot, as well as hoping that eating something would help me sleep.

When my food was ready, I just stood in the kitchen, leaning on the counter while I ate. Somewhere in my subconscious, I could hear my mother yelling at me to sit down because for some stupid reason, eating while standing was horribly bad for me. I'm pretty sure that was just something mom made up because it makes her nervous for some odd reason.

After I finished eating, I put my plate into the dishwasher and found my way to the couch and turned the TV on low.

I was lulled asleep around 12:30-1:00 by whatever sports channel Taiga had left on.

Taiga woke me up right before he left for school, telling me to go back to my own bed. I made it about half way before suddenly feeling nauseous and going to the bathroom instead. Taiga knocked on the bathroom door, making sure I was okay. I coughed out a 'yeah' and heard him start to walk away when something struck me suddenly.

"Wait! Taiga!" I yelled, tripping over my feet chasing after him. He had somehow made it all the way to the elevators, but luckily for me, I still caught him.

"Whoa, are you okay?" He asked, grabbing my shoulders to help stabilize me.

"Taiga, you saw Tatsu-nii right?" I ignored his question and asked one of my own.

"Yeah…" He said, a bit suspiciously.

"Where does he go to school?" I asked

"Yosen. It's in Akita, I think." I could tell he was catching on.

"Do you mind if I go visit him later?"

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This is probably the closest we're gonna get to the whole "How Sky got pregnant" thing, but she is going to see Tatsuya next chapter, so be ready just in case.

I would also like to thank everyone for the amazing reviews I got, and so far the candidates for romantic involvement are Kuroko, Aomine and Himuro. If there's anyone else you guys think might work, let me know!

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