Chapter 10:

It has been a week now since Dr. Coleman confirmed the pregnancy. Gillian has been all over her case, providing her with prenatal vitamins and books and advice on pregnancy. Since that day she felt very uncomfortable around Eli and Carl. Carl was getting suspicious because since that day she did not meet him outside of the office. Every time he comes over to her place she has no time for him or when he tries to come closer to her in the office she has another excuse that she is not feeling well or has to go to some place.

Eli noticed some changes too. The silence between them was not a concentrated silence they had when working. It was more of an uncomfortable silence when people wanted to say something but don't. In the meanwhile his face was back to normal and his hand was no longer bandaged up. Only dark bruising around his knuckles indicate a fight between him and Dupree.

Ria went over the different possibilities she had.

For one she could abort. Or give the children up for adoption. But sometimes, but only sometimes she had the desire to keep them and be a good mom. But her rational side always won and told her that there was no way that she could be single mom with twins.

It was now lunch time and she was out with Gillian eating at a restaurant. "Have you figured out what to tell Dupree and Loker?" She was poking at her pasta. "No not yet. I don't even know if I first should tell Carl or Eli" Ria took a sip of her milkshake and returned to her own plate of pasta. If Ria was not feeling nauseas and throwing up she was eating everything and anything that would be on the table.

"Well you should tell one of them soon. It won't get any easier if you wait, only harder and then you have to explain yourself why you took so long to tell them" Gillian definitely made a rational point, but try being rational if you have two human beings growing in your body.

In the meantime Eli was out on his own lunch break. He stood outside in front of the Lightman Group lighting a cigarette. He took a deep breath but coughed right away. "I did not know you smoked Loker" Cal said from behind his employee. "Just started…" Eli answered and inhaled again only to caught out the smoke again. "Well it seems to me, that you won't be smoking for long. You want to tell me what is worrying you?" Cal asked. His English accent had a surprisingly soothing effect on Eli.

"Ria. She is acting really strange lately. She is very introverted for the last week or so. Before that she was crying in the ladies room. I don't know what is wrong with her. And her relationship with Dupree is making me furious. And the worst is that I can't explain any of this." He flicked the ashes of the cigarette to the ground and put it between his lips again. Cal went up to the young man took away his cigarette and stomped it out on the ground. He got a angry "Hey!" from his employee.

"It will all make sense in time being. Hand me the rest of the pack" he stuck out his hand that was greeted with the pack of cigarettes. Eli went back inside talking to himself. Cal looked at the pack of cigarettes. He noticed that they had just been opened and there was only one missing. Even though Eli was not his biological son, he sometimes had the feeling of a father towards him. Preventing him to do foolish things and correcting his morals. He chuckled at the fact.

Ria and Gillian were heading back to the research lab as the passed the cafeteria. Eli was sitting there drinking a cup of coffee. As he saw Ria he decided to ask her if something was wrong. He called her name down the hall "Hey Ria. Could you come here for a second?" She turned around and looked into his blue eyes. Gillian gave her a nudge to go to the young man. As she left Ria to talk to Eli in private she went back to her office.

Both employees stood in the empty cafeteria. Eli took a deep breath as he asked "Ria, what is the matter with you? You have been very absent lately, not to mention secretive. You have dark circles under your eyes and look exhausted but at the same time very nervous. I might be able to read your facial expression but all I can make is guess on the reasons. So tell me honestly, is Dupree hurting you? Or forcing you to something you don't want to do?" Eli stared at her. At first she was staring at the tiles at her feet but after hearing the accusation her co-worker made about her boyfriend she looked at him with shock "Why do you think that? How can you possibly come to such a ridiculous conclusion?"

They were both staring at each other. "That is the reason why I had a fight with Dupree. Ria I am worried about you. Can't you see that he is not good for you?" Eli took a step forward. "That is defiantly not the reason for my behavior. To tell you the truth this has nothing to do with Carl" she yelled and wanted to storm out. Eli clutched her wrist and turned her around, raising his voice "Then what is the reason?" he started to raise his voice. Tears started running down Rias face as she yelled "I'm pregnant you Jackass! And it is all your fault!" His grip loosened and Ria darted out of the cafeteria. But before she could exit she ran into Dupree. She stammered out his name in shock.

He was on his way to Cal when he saw Eli gripping his girlfriend's wrist. But after he heard Ria he felt the rage rise in him. He was not angry at Ria no he was angry at Eli. He had a huge desire to physically hurt the scientist.

He stepped aside and went over to Eli. Now it was Dupree gripping Elis collar but he was able to lift Eli of his feat.

That was when he started yelling "What did you do to my girlfriend? Did you force yourself onto her?" Dupree was shaking Eli. He felt Ria shouting at him to let the man down, but he shut her out completely. He now only saw red.

Ria knew there was little she could do so she started running to Lightmans' office. Gillian and Lightman were discussing a case when Ria bolted in yelling something about Dupree going to kill Eli in the cafeteria.

All three of them made their way until suddenly the glass shattered and Eli was flying through the glass wall between the cafeteria and the hall.

AN: I hope you enjoyed the new chapter

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