Omg, I've been really busy lately. I haven't even had time to update my story on IMDB. But, Alex finds out in this chapter. :) I'm real excited to see how far this story goes, 'cause I've got a pretty good idea where I'm going with it. It won't dissapoint you, I promise. (:

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--Justin's POV--

Please, please tell me this is a dream. That's all it is. I'm gonna wake up in the morning and all this will be over with, right? Wrong. Damn. I spent most of the last week trying to calm Harper down over the phone and sneaking around my parents just so I could be with her, and them not suspect something.

I walked down into the Substation and sat in a booth across from mom, whose eyes instantly darted at mine. "Justin, you've been spending a lot of time with Harper lately."

I just nodded my head, "Yeah."

"So," she began. "Is something going on between you and Harper?"

"No, mom, it's not." I replied, refraining the impulse to roll my eyes.

She stood up, "Alright sweetie. If you say so; but my intuition is never wrong."

I tried so hard not to laugh, "You're intuition? When did you become Ms. Mother-Knows-Best?"

Not answering, she turned on her heel and walked away. I clasped my hands together and thought for a moment, before a vibration in my back pocket shocked me out of it.

It was a text message. Actually, three of them. Two of them I hadn't checked when they were sent this morning due to the fact that I really didn't want to be bothered at the time. I completely ignored the other two when I saw one was from Harper.

"I need to see you. But where?"

I thought for a moment, then typed in my response and hit send. As Alex walked by, I grabbed her arm. "Alex! Do you still have my keys? I need to go somewhere."

Her eyes narrowed, "...where?"

"Somewhere, geez. Just give me the keys!" I shouted, trying to snatch them out of her hand, but she pulled them back. "Either you tell me where you're going or I stow away in the truck."

I grunted, "Erg, fine! I'm going to meet up with someone."

Her ponytail swished behind her as she turned to look at me, "Who?"

Quickly, I thought of a name. "Henry...Googenhausen."

Alex shifted her weight, and narrowed an eyebrow. "Henry who?"

"Y'know, Henry Googen- what I said; he sits behind me in poetry."

"You idiot, Miranda sits behind you in poetry class." She rolled her eyes.

I caught my sigh, "Did I say behind me? I meant in fr-"

"Nice try, but that's Randy Sullivan. I dated him in sixth grade."

"Beside me, on the left."

"Crazy Hazel, the one who constantly writes poems about squirrels and nuts. And I sit beside you on the right. Come on Justin! Tell me!"

I folded my arms, "Fine. I'm going off to meet Harmphg."

"...who, now?" She leaned in, as if she didn't hear.

"Hgrmph," I grunted. "Harper! I'm going to see Harper!"

Her mouth formed a wide "O" shape. "I knew it! You do have something with Harper! If you hurt her, I swear to God I will..."

"Alex! Calm down. Now, give me the damn keys." I held my hand out.

"Whoa, whoa! Someone's a bit touchy. Alright, you can have your truck back under one condition. I get to come, too." She strutted her words out carefully.

"Alex, no." I calmed out. Then, I remembered I couldn't get my keys and gave in. "Alright fine, you can go."

"Yes!"

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--Harper's POV--

Where is he?, I thought anxiously standing alone in the open field in the back of Heartford Elementary School. This was the place he'd said we'd meet, right?

I patiently waited alone, cramming my hands in the front pockets of the Panama City Beach hooded sweatshirt I wore to cover the near-distinct bulge on my belly.

My hair blew around in the chilling wind as I watched Justin's truck pull into the school's parking lot. I noticed him get out, and finally someone else. Who is that? I swear, if that's Miranda I'm going to...wait, that's not Miranda. It's...Alex!

They both ran up to me, Justin pulling me into a firm hug. "Hey, you okay?" He had asked once we pulled apart, his arms clutching lightly on my upper arms. I was hesitant to say anything with Alex standing there but I managed to mutter "I'm fine now,"

Alex made sure her presence was known by loudly clearing her throat. "Justin, it's freezing out here. Can we please just go to someone's house or something?"

Justin and I looked nervously at each other's faces. He stuttered, "W-we can't do that, Alex."

"Yeah," was all my response could be.

"Why not?" She scoffed, rubbing her arms gently to create friction. Justin was nervously picking at his fingernails when he turned to me. The question in his eyes was automatically answered by my nod. Refusing to look at her, Justin stared at the ground. "Because, well, Alex...Harper and I are gonna have a...baby,"

Alex's face receded into a disbelieving frown, "Oh my God. Y-you mean those...things that-that, cry?"

I just nodded. She scoffed in schock as she glanced at the ground and back up, "Uh...wh-when did this even, I don't...my God."

"Alex, you can't tell mom and dad." Justin explained, "It would ruin everything."

"Really? How do you plan to explain this to them? What, Harper got a little fat?"

"Hey!" I narrowed my eyebrows angrily and defensively.

"Whatever! Does Miranda know?" Alex eyed Justin. How could he have told Miranda? That's not something you would casually tell your girlfriend...right?

He shook his head, "No. She doesn't know. She can't know. Nobody can know, got that?"

"Yeah, Alex. Please don't tell anyone! I'm having hard enough trouble hiding it from my mom. She's already starting to think I'm bulimic due to the fact that I throw up everytime she sets a plate of spaghetti in front of me!" I shouted. Then it hit me, spaghetti. Oh crap. A hand flew up to my mouth as I swallowed deeply, "Wait, wait...Okay, I'm good."

Justin couldn't help but hold back a laugh, and I really couldn't blame him. "We should get out of here." He suggested. I nodded, "But where do we go?"

"Here's a wacky idea," Alex butted in. "Some place warm?"

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--Justin's POV--

Another hour gone by, it hits me. I, Justin Alexander Russo, is going to be a fa...a fath...man, this is going to be harder than I thought.

OMG YAY! I just realized that I can hit a low "C". Im all happy now.

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