I should have warned everyone that my characters will be ooc

Clare was momentarily confused but quickly caught on to what Parker was telling her. She opened her mouth to speak, but nothing came out. This happened three more times before she realized she probably looked like a fish at the moment. "What do you mean taken care of? I don't believe in abortion, you know that! I'm having this baby, and I'm hoping you will be there to help me." She couldn't believe she had to explain this to him.

Parker released a heavy sigh. "Clare, we can't be parents. We are in high school! We can't raise a child, and I know you don't want to deal with the fall out of all this." Parker was confident that he could talk Clare into seeing his side of this argument, but he was in for a surprise.

Clare couldn't decide whether to settle on anger or hurt first, because both were very present in her heart at the moment. She stared at him and knew he was being completely serious about everything he was saying. "I can't get an abortion; I can't kill our baby! I don't know if I'm going to raise it or put it up for adoption, but I'm bringing this baby into the world. I just want to know if you're going to help me. I haven't even told my mom yet." Clare knew she was begging him, but she couldn't d tell her mom alone or go through pregnancy and school alone.

"I don't care what you do with it! If you're not getting an abortion, I can't help you!", Parker yelled at her. He refused to be a teen father, and Clare couldn't force this on him. I don't want it, and if you do then you'll have to deal with it. I didn't sign up for this."

Clare gave up and let the tears fall freely down her cheeks. She now knew that she would have to go through everything alone, and she hadn't told her mom yet. She was completely alone. "I didn't sign up for this either, but we can't change it. I- I need you, Parker." A broken sob finished her sentence for her, but Parker stood and left the room and Clare.

It was as if a dam had burst and her tears could not be deterred. She pulled her knees to her chest and wrapped her arms around her legs. She cried so many tears that she was surprised the room had yet to flood, but still more came. She could feel depression and lonliness settling into her heart, and she didn't have the strength to push them away. "Clare?" Eli's concerned voice broke through her senses, and she jumped in surprise.

Clare quickly wiped her tears and tried to hide her face from him. She was pregnant, alone, and the last thing she needed was Eli telling her this never would have happened with him. "What are you doing here?", she croaked hoarsely. Her broken voice sounded foreign to her own ears, but she ignored it.

Eli looked her over slowly and knew that something awful must have happened for Clare to be missing her first class in favor of crying her eyes out. "Um...I heard you crying and wanted to make sure everything was alright." He desperately hoped he didn't sound like a stalker when he said that.

He watched Clare compose herself while forming an answer. "Well, everyhing's fine, so I'm going to get to class now." She knew she sounded like she was trying to convince herself, but Clare just needed Eli to leave at any cost. The look on his face told her he did not believe her nor did he plan on leaving her alone until she told him what was wrong. He walked to the stage and sat beside her to wait for her to continue. Clare wanted to be angry, but knowing someone actually cared made her want to cry and hug him. "Actually everything's not alright. I'm pregnant."

Eli's bewildered expression would have been comical at another time, but in that moment it only proved to make Clare's tears return at full force. He covered hs surprise well after the initial shock, and s Clare saw no judgement on his face. "Why isn't Parker here comforting you then? It's his baby, so shouldn't he be with you?" Eli's rising anger was showing through. He was not happy that Park had left Clare alone in here for any reason.

"He wants me to get an abortion. I told him I wouldn't, and he said he couldn't help me if that was my choice."

"I can't believe he did that to you! This is his bab too, and I'm going to tell him that when I find him!" By this point Eli was seething with anger. He was readyto beat Parker into parenhood if the ned arose.

"If he doesn't want to, I'm not going to try to force him. I guess I just thought I wouldn't need to. I thought he would be upset at first but then atleast help a little." Clare was still astonished that Parker had simply stormed out of the room instead of facing the remainder of their conversation.

"Well, I'm no baby daddy, but I'll help you if you'll have me." Eli's words were almost more shicking than Parker's. Clare couldn't believe that her ex-boy friend was offerring to help her with a baby that wasn't even his. Her expression must have conveyed every thought, because he continued with, "I know we ended on bad terms, but I still care about you. I want to help you with whatever you choose. If it gets to be too , I'll go with you to an abortion clinic. If you want a new family for the baby, I'll help you with adoption stuff. And if you want to raise this kid, I'll help you with that too. Tell me what you need Clare, because I'm here."