"Yea Lucas are you ready to go tell your mom about your BABY!"

That was it our secret was out, Karen knew and I could tell by the look on her face that she was furious. I slipped off of Lucas' lap suddenly feeling very uncomfortable in that position.

"Lucas Eugene Scott, what baby is your sixteen year old girlfriend talking about?"

I felt Lucas tense up under my arm that was still around is waste at that question, so I decided to take over for now.

"Well um Karen I don't know if you know or not, but about three months ago my dads boat was thought to be lost at sea and well they found two men and they wanted me to come down to the port hospital to see if either was my dad. Well when Lucas herd that I had to go and do this he decided to drive down there with me because it was a six hour car ride just going down there and it was in the middle of a thunder storm. Well we ended up staying at a motel because it was so late and the rodes were so bad. Well when we got up and left and went to the hospital I checked and it wasn't my dad. Well after we went to the hospital I realized that I didn't have on the bracelet that my dad gave me for my thirteenth birthday on anymore and I made sure that I had it on when we left my house, so we had to go back to the motel room to check if it was there. Well it was underneath the covers on the bed and well when I found it all the emotions had finally caught up with me and I ended up breaking down right there. Lucas tried to calm me down and well one thing led to another and yea."

"She found out that she was pregnant two weeks ago mom"

This shook Karen so much that she had to pull out Lucas' desk chair to sit down. Now I was worried, she hadn't said anything and her face was blank.

We sat there for about five minutes before she said anything.

"GET OUT OF MY HOUSE! GET OUT OF MY HOUSE RIGHT NOW YOU TRAMP!" she screamed at me with so much venom in her voice that I about fell over.

"MOM!"

"WHAT?"

"Peyton isn't going anywhere! You need to calm down, right now! I know that this is upsetting but its done we had laps in judgment and forgot to use protection and it's done. You can't go back and change it all we can do is deal with it right now and you are not going to kick the mother of my child out of our house!" Lucas said moving over to sit in front of his mother.

"I didn't want this for you Lucas. I didn't want you to have to decide between your dreams or your child. I didn't want you to go through this either Peyton. I am sorry for what I said please forgive me it was just a reaction. I didn't mean it I promise."

"We know mom. We know, but there is no decision to make it's my child no matter what. I love this baby already and I love Peyton. That's what we were going to talk to you about tonight. We love each other and we know that there is no one else for us. We want to get engaged, we won't get married until after the baby is born, but we would also really like to get our own apartment so that we can live this like any other adult couple would. Of course we would only go through with this if it is okay with you and Larry though. So what do you say mom, is it okay?"

"That is very responsible Lucas. I of course don't want you two to have to be that mature yet, but that is definitely the right thing to do and I will go along and agree with it if you get a job somewhere and if Peyton works at the café with me before and after school and on the weekends so that you can save up some money. Also Larry would have to go along with it too though. I won't go along with it if he doesn't go along with it. You know how I feel about this Lucas so of course I am fine with the two of you getting engaged and moving in with each other. I am sorry for my first response that was uncalled for and I had no right to say any of those things to you Peyton. You must think that I am such a hypocrite now."

"Of course I don't Karen! You are like a mother to me and I understand completely why you had the response that you did. It was exactly the response that I was expecting to be honest."

She looked at me with such pity at those words it made me want to scream at her. I mean yes I loved her like a mother, but I didn't want or need anyone's pity at the moment. I was glad that she was going to go along with it but I didn't want her going along with it just because she felt sorry for us. If she was going along with it I was going to make damn sure that she was doing it because she thought it was what was right for us at the moment. So I was forced to confront her about why she was agreeing to our arrangement because unlike Lucas I did not know what her feelings were towards this. All that I knew what that she was once a pregnant seventeen year old girl who was left by the father of her child so that he could go on to college and bigger and better things (of course that was his way of thinking, has nothing could be bigger or better than your child wither your ready for them or not).

"Karen I hate to ask this but I just have to confirm something for myself, but are you going along with this because you think its the best thing for Lucas, our baby, and myself or because you feel sorry for us?" I asked looking her straight in the eyes.

"Peyton I assure you that I am doing this because I know that this is what is best for my son, grandchild, and yourself. I know what it feels like to be a pregnant teenager and I know that you will turn straight away from any help if it is out of pity. So if I would never dream of going along with this just out of pity. I promise if I was doing this out of pity I would have suggested that the three of you just live with me and not have to worry about the other costs that come along with an apartment and a baby, but I know that you need to do it on your own and live like adults because to be honest you are in a very adult situation now." She said looking me in the eyes with a look that I could only dream of being totally honest.

"Okay, thank you, but I just had to make sure."

"I know Peyton. I know."

"Mom, would you mind giving me and Peyton a minute alone please?" I asked my mom knowing that right now if Peyton didn't get some alone time she was going to break down right in front of my mother.