Chapter Nine
Kyle went to hug Cameron, but he backed off.
"Not yet" He said "Too soon"
"Ok, I understand that" He sighed slightly "So how you been?"
"I've been ok...you?"
"Getting better, not much to tell. Come on, tell me what you've been up to, important stuff I've missed"
"Gotta a new girlfriend, been together since I moved to Mom's"
"But you and Nikki were together last I knew..."
"I said to her that I need to clear my head, but then Abi came over the night I moved in..."
"Abi?" Kyle said "As in Kim's daughter? The only one of them that isn't plastic?"
Cameron smiled "Yeah that Abi"
"She's fine, that one has my approval"
"Thanks...Dad?"
"Yeah?"
"What I'm about to tell you is probably more grown up than you'd like me to be..."
"You and Abi having sex?"
Cameron blinked at him "How'd you...?"
"I was a fifteen year old boy once, I can guess" He replied "Does your Mom know?"
"Yeah, I had to ask her to get me protection..." He felt his cheeks burning
"It's hard growing up isn't it?"
"Yeah...it is"
"I know I haven't been exactly helpful..."
"Don't worry about it" He said "Just forget it ok?"
...
It was Cameron's last afternoon at Nikki's, he'd just got back from seeing Kyle and was packing his bag as Nikki came in
"Whats up Nik?" He asked
"I wondered if you'd changed your mind..."
He sighed "Nikki...I've met someone else"
"Oh" She sank down on to the bed "Oh"
"I'm sorry"
"How long you been together?"
He sighed, deciding it'd be better to be honest "A few months"
"You've only been gone a few months!"
"I know"
"Who is she?"
"Her names Abi, my Mom's best friends daughter"
She looked at him "I thought you were different. I didn't think you'd do something like this"
"Like what? I didn't mean to fall in love with her..."
"Love?"
"Yeah...I'm in love with her Nikki"
"I thought I knew you Cameron Bale..." She stood up "...But I guess I was wrong"
...
Abi sat down on the sand
It was late and she couldn't sleep, just like every other night that week, the baby had started moving the night Cameron had left and it made it hard to sleep
She came out here to think, she did that a lot now, espcially now that she didn't have Cameron to call at night...
"What are you doing out here?"
She turned around, a hand on her bump, Cameron was behind her
"What you doing home?" She said as he sat beside her
"Had a fight with Nikki" He put his arm around her shoulder and kissed her
Abi felt the baby's foot press against her stomach, a reminder, she took a deep breath "Cam..."
"Yeah"
"I'm sorry"
"Why are you sorry?"
She placed his hand where the baby was "I'm pregnant"
The baby's foot pressed against his hand. He jerked away at the movement, in shock
"Pregnant? Why didn't you tell me?"
"Because I've been so worried about how you'd react, we're only fifteen, as you've said before"
"How far gone are you?"
"Seventeen weeks"
"You've seriously been going through this alone for that long?"
"School knows"
"But no one else does" It was a statement not a question so Abi decided not to mention Joanne
"No, I've been hiding in my room most of the time"
"All the headaches and the tiredness..."
"Early signs of pregnancy"
He kept one arm around her but the other covered his face "Oh God"
"I'm sorry" Her voice cracked, she stood up and started to walk away
Cameron touched her wrist and pulled her back to him "Why are you sorry? Its my fault..."
"It takes more than one person to make a baby" She said
"I know but I feel like I pressured you, and if I hadn't we wouldn't be having a baby right now"
"Cam...that was the best night of my life, you didn't do anything wrong. We wanted each other so badly that we couldn't wait"
He took hold of her hands and looked down at her bump "Wow"
"What?"
"I didn't think I'd see you like this for a few years yet"
"Well me neither, but it is actually kinda nice, once you get over the morning sickness"
He smiled slightly "You do seem to have that glow people say about"
"Yeah...makes me look pretty"
"You're already pretty" He wrapped his arms around her "You got a scan picture?"
"I haven't had scan..."
"Why?"
"I'm worried what the hospital will say..."
"Don't be, they can't judge, they'll just make sure the baby's ok"
"I know, just I'm real self consious about this"
"Its ok, I'll call if you want" He kissed her forehead "So what's your mom said?"
"I told you, only school knows"
Cameron's facial expression changed from soft and caring to hard and irritated "You mean she hasn't noticed?"
"No" She said "I told you, she doesn't pay much attention to me"
"But she should notice that at least somethings up!"
Abi moved away slightly at his raised voice "I know, but this is my mom we're talking about"
"I'm gonna go talk to her"
"Cam don't" She pulled him back "Can't it wait til morning?"
"No, I'm sick of how she treats you, her and her two princess'. You can go up to bed if you want but I'm talking to her"
"What about your mom? She's there too"
"I know, I was coming to yours anyway"
Cameron started back up the garden of Abi's house, she followed him, desperatly trying to stop him.
"Aunt Kim" Cameron said as Abi grabbed him "Have you noticed anything different about Abi?"
Kim looked Abi up and down "She's put some weight on"
"Abi" He sighed "Take off my sweater"
Abi did as he said and pulled it off, showing her bump
Both her sisters gasped "You're the pregnant nerd!" Then burst out laughing
Cameron shot them a glare that actually made them stop, then turned to Kim again "We all know you don't pay attention to Abi but this is low, even for you, not to notice that she's pregnant"
"She didn't tell me!" Kim said "So don't you dare come in here and start accusing me..."
"She didn't tell you because she knows you wouldn't give a shit! You'd leave things exactly as they are!"
"Calm down" Joanne said, standing up "What's important is Abi and the baby..." She looked at Abi "...what do you want to do?"
"I wanna have the baby and stay with Cam"
"Move in with us" Cameron said, he looked at his mother "Can't she Mom?"
"Well..."
David butted in and said "If that's what Abi wants"