Title: Who Knows?
Disclaimer: We do not own Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Dick Wolf and NBC-USA do.
Authors: bluepurple (AriesOx17 and bogoalexea)
Genre: Friendship
Rating: T
Chapter 3: The Truth
The next morning after a restless night and continuous trips to the bathroom, Eames was lying on her back thinking about what the hell she should do. The last thing she wanted was to force some responsibilities onto Bobby especially given the fact she enjoyed his company... a lot. She didn't want to ruin what they have.
Alex finally decided to go to Sheri; she had good advices at times. She got up to take a shower. Luckily is was Saturday, no school no work for her. She didn't have to face the world with such heavy thoughts.
When she came out of the bathroom, Sheri was already making coffee.
"Hey, morning girl," her friend said with love. But before Alex could reply, Sheri remarked "Are you okay sweetie? You don't look so hot."
Alex who usually isn't the emotional type, broke down crying. Her roommate launched to calm her down "What's wrong Alex? Are you in pain?" Sheri then led her to the living room, sat down with her friend in her arms still teary.
When Eames could finally talk she explained her situation to her long time friend.
"Haven't you noticed that I was... different lately. Like physically different"
Sheri nodded.
"Well, I'm pregnant... for him"
Sheri was shocked. Her best friend was pregnant and she had such a promising future ahead of her.
Silently she started to blame herself for dragging Eames to that party.
"Before you say anything else this isn't your fault so quit torturing yourself"
Sheri smiled a bit…their roommate telepathy was as sharp as ever.
"Okay girl, if you don't mind my asking, how many weeks along are you?"
"Ten."
"You should talk to your parents about this one" Sheri replied without hesitation.
"Um... I was raised Catholic. Not only are they gonna freak out but they'll tell me to marry the guy and keep the baby."
"Well, you never know, it might be just the opposite... Just talk to them already" Sheri insisted with a little authority.
Alex let out a sigh. She realized that her parents supported her in her dream: becoming a fashion designer. They had the right to know. But right now she was hungry:
"Got some oatmeal or waffles? I am starved!"
Sheri smiled and went with Alex to their little kitchen and served breakfast.
That done, Eames decided to go to her parents'
"Lexie!"
"Hi Dad!"
"How are you doing baby girl? Are you coming over tomorrow at the usual time?"
"Uh... I was thinking of coming over today actually. I have something to share with you and mom only"
"Why? Is anything wrong?" John asked alarmed.
"Uh no... not really... I don't think so. So I'll be there in about an hour, okay?"
"Okay sweetheart! Your mom and I will see you then."
When John hung up the phone, he was a bit apprehensive. Something was off with his baby girl but he couldn't put his hands on it. Just then Andrea walked in from the kitchen and asked, "You were talking to Lexie and you didn't give me a chance to at least say 'Hi'?"
"Sorry honey but Alex said she'll be here in an hour... There's something she wants to talk us about. She made sure I understood 'us' meant you and me"
"Oh..."
"Yeah, I am worried Andrea…"
"You're not alone so you know"
A little over an hour later Alex arrived. Before she could even knock at the door, her mother opened it large and gave her a huge bear hug.
"Oh Lexie something is definitely wrong. You look so pale!" then she added with added fear "Come on mom, I'm fine"
After a few moments, Alex and her parents gathered in the living room where so many childhood memories lie. She was tense... very uneasy.
"It's okay sweetheart. Just let it out" her father encouraged.
"Um.. I did something I'm really not proud of. A little over two months ago, I went to this party with Sheri. Anyways I met a real cute guy and one thing led to another and…and…" Alex couldn't finish her sentence. Once again she burst into tears which caused her mom who was sitting next her, to wrap her arms around her little girl. Her father was looking concerned.
"You're pregnant, aren't you?" John guessed.
Alex nodded frantically all emotional.
"How far along are you?" her mother asked
"Ten... ten weeks"
Her father went on "What are you gonna do?"
"Well, I...I don't know... That's why I came to you actually"
"It's your body darling, your decision to make" her mom slipped in.
Alex scratched her head, not knowing what to say.
"But I must ask" Andrea added "Have you told the father?"
Alex shook her head.
"Oh sweetie you shouldn't wait too long."
"I don't know if I want him to know at all!"
"Why Lexie?" her father questioned
"Well, we're close friends... I don't want to screw things up"
"Hmm, again this is your decision to make. However you should think twice before deciding not to tell him"
"Yeah, I know... you're right. I'll think about it"
"Are you gonna keep the baby?" her mother asked eagerly.
"I'm gonna think about that one too, mom" Alex reminded her mother in a playful way.
"Okay sweetheart. We appreciate you keeping us in the loop" John confessed.
Alex just smiled and got up "I should go now... Got things to do"
-x-
When she arrived to her apartment, she saw a note from Sheri which said that she had gone to the food store and promised to bring back as much as possible. It made her smile. She never thought that she'd ever smile again after such news. But life proved her wrong.
She sat in meditation on that same couch. Her mind was made up on one thing: keeping the child. It's not that she was pro-life or anything, Alex just feared that she'd sense some remorse sometime later on, mother yearnings... As for telling Bobby, she still doesn't know. He's bound to find out that the baby's his someday but that doesn't matter to her. She doesn't want to ruin it, what they have. If it could be more then close friendship that would be great. However there's no way, she'd force his had. That's why she's not telling him. Well, maybe someday she will.... maybe.
The End
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