Tegan walked over to the bar, the smirk staying on her face. "Miss me?" She asked when she reached the bar.
"Tegan, what are ya doing here?" Brax asked. "I thought I told you to leave the bay, for good."
"I left, but I came back," Tegan replied, her gaze landing on Charlie. "I see your still with the pig."
"No, Brax is right, what do you want?" Charlie asked.
"Its not what I want, its what my kid needs, a father." Tegan answered.
"What are you going on about?" Brax asked. "If you need to say something, just say it."
"I'm pregnant," Tegan said, smiling at the shocked look on Charlie and Brax's faces. "Didn't expect that did ya."
"How?" Brax asked.
"Well, when two people do i-" Tegan said, but was interrupted by Brax, who said, "I know that, but how? We used protection."
"Well, the condom must have broken then."
"Okay, I don't have to listen to this, I'm leaving." Charlie slung her handbag over her shoulder and picked up the three pizza boxes.
"Charlie, you don't have to leave because of her." Brax said.
"I'm leaving because I need to get these pizzas home," Charlie told him. "I'll see you tomorrow, yeah?"
"Yeah." Brax said. Charlie gave him a small smile then left.
The table was set when Charlie got home, and Ruby, Miles, Leah and VJ were all watching TV.
"You took a while," Ruby commented. "Were you talking to Brax?"
Charlie was about to answer when she was cut off by Leah. "Of course she was talking to Brax. Was he able to come over for dinner?"
"Yeah, I was talking to Brax, and he said that he doesn't know, so I told him that we'd save him some if VJ and Miles don't eat it all." Charlie said. Leah and Ruby responded by laughing, and VJ and Miles gave Charlie mock hurt looks before sitting down at the table.
"Did anything else happen?" Ruby asked.
"I see you already set the table." Charlie said, trying to change the subject.
"Don't try to change the subject!" Ruby exclaimed, sitting down at the table.
"I don't want to talk about it Rubes." Charlie told her daughter.
"Alright, alright," Ruby said, grabbing a piece of pizza. "But your telling me later."
Meanwhile, at Angelo's, Tegan had settled herself on a stool.
"So how do I know that your not lying to me this time?" Brax asked. "You lied about Darce."
"Its called a praternity test," Tegan told Brax. "Now, can I have a vodka?"
"No, you can't," Brax laughed. "You're pregnant, I'm not gonna let you damage our baby."
"Fine," Tegan rolled her eyes. "An orange juice then."
"Better," Brax said. He poured an orange juice and handed it to Tegan. "Where is Darcy?"
"She's with Heath, I'm picking her up tomorrow," Tegan answered. "I'm letting her spend the night."
"Oh yeah?" Brax raised an eyebrow. "Since when?"
"Since she kept asking about him," Tegan replied. "Why are you still with the pig? You can do way better than her."
"Don't call her that." Brax said angrily.
"She's a cop Brax!" Tegan shot back. "One thats arrested you, and will do it again if she gets the chance."
"No, Charlie won't," Brax said. "I've left the boys, for good."
"You left the Riverboys?" Tegan asked. "The rumours are true, you have gone soft."
"No, I've gone straight."
"Same fucking thing!" Tegan retorted. "Anyway, do you want to be a part of the kids life?"
"Oh don't be stupid, you know how I feel about my father, you know that I don't want to end up like him!" Brax answered. "Anyway, we're closing in five minutes, you better get out of here."
"Do you want to join me?" Tegan asked seductively.
"No, no I don't." Brax answered.
Charlie lay on the couch, reading a magazine. After dinner, VJ had gone to do homework in his room, after persuasion by Leah, who had disappeared into her bedroom with Miles, and Ruby was curled up on a chair with a textbook, her earphones in her ears.
Charlie was too busy thinking about Tegan and Brax to realise that she had read the same sentence over five times.
"I can't concentrate." Ruby complained, sitting up and taking her earphones out of her ears.
"Hmm?" Charlie replied. "Neither can I."
"So what happened with you and Brax?" Ruby asked, moving to sit beside Charlie on the couch.
"Nothing happened between me and Brax, Tegan showed up."
"Tegan?" Ruby asked, looking as shocked as Charlie felt. "What was she doing at Angelo's?"
"She came to announce that she's pregnant." Charlie admitted.
"Tegan's pregnant?" Ruby asked, and Charlie nodded. "Thats huge, was it from when he slept with her that night in the motel room?"
"Thanks for that Rubes. And yeah, it was." Charlie replied, followed by a knock on the door. Guessing who it was, Charlie got up and answered the door.
"Hey, can we talk?" Brax asked.
I hope you liked it :) Please review, they are much appreciated. Thanks to the people who have reviewed, alerted and favourited me, it means a lot. Also, I have changed the name of this story to Another Hurdle to Overcome.
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