Last night, the thought of carrying the pregnancy to term had been cemented in Tori's mind as if it was as obvious as the need to breathe, but right now she was having a hard time even breathing as she stared at her parents sitting together on one couch as she settled on the other one.

Trina sat down beside the girls' mother, sensing what was about to happen as Tori grabbed the television remote and muted the Sunday morning special.

Tori cleared her throat to find her voice before asking, "Hey, Mom, Dad, can I talk to you?"

"Sure, kiddo," David said. "What's going on?" Seeing his younger daughter's expression, he asked, "Are you doing okay? What's wrong?"

Tori swallowed, lowering her head to stare at her hands as she searched for the words. No matter how obvious were the words that she needed, they weren't coming out of her mouth any easier this time then they had last night.

Finally she just blurted it out, "Adam Carlisle got me pregnant."

Her mother gasped as her father's face became ashen as he said, almost to himself, "Your attacker."

Tori let herself cry a little as she said, "I'm sorry."

"No," Officer Vega said immediately. "Don't be; we know this isn't your fault." He looked at her in concern, asking, "You do know that, don't you, sweetheart?"

Tori nodded, but she still didn't lift her eyes from her hands setting clasped tensely in her lap.

"What do you want to do about it?" Holly asked.

The way that her mother phrased the question made Tori a little nervous, but she bit her lip and looked up at her parents as she said, "I think that I want to keep the baby, but I'm not sure." Tori didn't mention where she had gotten the idea since she wasn't sure if Jade and Beck were ready for Roxy's existence to become public knowledge, she just said, "I looked it up before I came downstairs earlier this morning, and there's a pro-life center near here that gives out free ultrasounds… I think I want to go there today."

"Does it have to be today?" Holly asked, obviously regretting having to ask the question. "Your father promised to fill in for a coworker today; he has to leave in an hour, and you know that I've got a business trip. I have to be in Washington, D.C. tomorrow morning, which means that my flight leaves later today. You have no idea how sorry we are, Tori, but your dad can't go with you, and if we can't be there and back within an hour and a half, then neither can I."

Tori closed her eyes once again, fighting the tears again as Trina spoke up, asking in irritation, "Can't one of you just reschedule something?"

"I'm sorry, Trina, but there's no one else to take the shift," Officer Vega apologized to both of his children.

"Mom?" Trina asked.

"You girls know that this teaching seminar is mandatory for me to keep my job, and it's the only time of year that they have it anywhere; I have to go."

Choking back her sobs, Tori managed to stand and race up into her bedroom before she broke down, crumpling onto her bed.

A minute later, someone knocked on her bedroom door.

"Go away!" Tori screamed through her tears.

"It's just me," Trina said, ignoring Tori's demand as she opened the door, closed it behind her, and sank down onto the edge of the bed beside her sister.

"Go away," Tori muttered, drawing her knees up in front of her and burying her face in the crook of her elbow.

"Dad just left and Mom's packing for her trip." A pause and then Trina put a hand on her hunched back, saying, "If you want me to, I'll take you to get that ultrasound."

"It's not nighttime; you're not supposed to be nice to me during the daytime," Tori muttered. "It's weird."

Tori could hear the smile in her sister's voice as Trina answered, "Well, if Mom and Dad hadn't have had plans today, we would still all be asleep since it's a Sunday morning. I say that makes it okay."

"That's really nice of you to offer," Tori said, sniffing as she turned her face so that her cheek was resting against her forearm and she could look up at Trina. "But it's just not the same."

"Do you still want to go today?" Trina asked.

"If I'm going to go at all, it has to be today," Tori answered. "I was going to have to skip school tomorrow morning so I could go get the abortion."

"It's that soon?" Trina asked, sounding surprised.

Tori nodded. "I wanted to get it done before people could start being able to tell what was going on." She snorted. "Apparently that didn't work too well though, since Jade figured it out."

"It won't be a bit of a problem for me to take you to the center," Trina repeated.

Tori shook her head. "No offense, but I think that I want someone else there with us too."

"Who?" Trina asked.

Tori shrugged, saying, "That's the thing: I don't know who."

Trina sighed and the girls just sat there like that for a minute, both of them thinking in silence as Trina rubbed circles on the back of the youngest Vega's yellow t-shirt.

"Do you think they were mad that I want to keep the baby?" Tori asked suddenly.

"Who? Mom and Dad? Nah; I think that they were scared for you because none of us really know how to handle this."

"That's why I have to go get this ultrasound," Tori tried to explain. "To see if I feel like what Jade described. One way or another, I need to figure out today what the right thing is for me to do."

Trina nodded and the duo sat in silence for another minute before Trina suggested hesitantly, "If you want someone else to come with us, then why not… call Andre?"

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