I would like to thank my friend Lorraine for her ideas for this story.
I would also like to dedicate this chapter to my other friend Makayla, who I promised that I would update before the ninth of January.
I hope you guys like this chapter, its a bit different to what I'm used to writing.
Tegan was sitting on the couch, staring out to space, when she heard a noise. She knew it couldn't be Darcy, as she had dropped her off at Heath and Bianca's place that morning. She turned around to see Jake, her ex boyfriend who she had broken up with when he was arrested and put in jail. He wasn't supposed to be out for another few months.
"Hello, Tegan." Jake said, advancing towards her.
Tegan stood up, one hand protectively placed on her stomach. "What are you doing here?"
Jake ignored her question. "So you are carrying his baby."
"Jake, I asked you once, what are you doing here?' Tegan asked, beginning to be scared. She knew what Jake was like, he was violent, and he especially hated the Braxtons, mainly Brax.
"Tegan, what happened to us?"
"You landed in jail!" Tegan exclaimed.
"And now I'm out, I want you back." Jake told her, reaching out to stroke her face.
Tegan flinched, then shook her head. "No."
The one word sent Jake the edge. As he advanced towards her, he growled menacingly, "You will take me back or something bad is gonna happen, to you, your daughter or Braxton, or maybe all three."
Tegan sobbed. "I don't want you back."
Jake pushed her against the wall. Tegan let out a cry, which Jake laughed at. "You want me to keep hurting you?"
Tegan shook her head. "No."
"Say you want me back!" Jake commanded.
Tears began to cascade down Tegan's cheeks. "I can't." She choked out.
Jake slammed Tegan's head against the wall, causing her to collapse on the ground unconscious. Jake then leant down and punched her hard in the stomach, then left the house, closing the door behind him, leaving Tegan bleeding from a gash in her head.
A few hours later, Heath arrived at Tegan's to drop off Darcy. He knocked on the door, but no answer came.
"Where's Mum?" Darcy asked her Dad worriedly.
Heath looked at his daughter. "Stay here." He told her, walking around the house to see if there were any windows or the sliding door was open as Tegan's car was in the driveway.
"Dad!" Darcy called. "Come quick!"
"Darcy, where are you?" Heath yelled, spotting that the sliding door was open and entering the house.
"In the lounge, hurry, Mum's hurt!" The nine year old yelled back.
"Oh, shit," Heath said once he saw a bleeding Tegan lying on the ground unconscious, Darcy sitting on her knees beside her. "I'll call an ambulance, stay calm, okay?"
"What will happen to her?" Darcy asked as Heath dialed.
"She'll be fine, Darce I promise," Heath told her as an ambulance officer picked up the phone. He quickly described the situation and the ambulance officer told Heath that they were on their way.
Darcy and Heath were sitting in the waiting room alone for fifteen minutes before Charlie, Brax, Bianca, Ruby and Casey arrived. Heath stood up.
"Is Tegan gonna be alright?" Brax asked his younger brother.
"We don't know anything yet." Heath replied.
"Are you okay?" Bianca asked in a caring tone, placing a comforting hand on Heath's shoulder.
"I'm okay." Heath replied.
"Bianca!" Darcy exclaimed, throwing herself into her arms. Bianca hugged Darcy back, hoping that she would be comforting to Tegan's daughter.
"Heath."
Heath turned around to see Dr Sid Walker standing there. "Is she gonna be okay?"
"You're lucky that Darcy found her, otherwise we would be too late. She's in intensive care right now, in an induced coma to allow her to heal. She has suffered head trauma but she should be fine physically, mentally I don't know." Sid told the group.
"What do you mean?" Brax asked. "She didn't lose the baby did she?"
"Are you the father of the baby?" Sid asked Brax, who nodded. "I'm sorry, but Tegan had a severe blow to the stomach which caused her to miscarry. I'm sorry."
A week passed before Tegan woke up from her coma. Brax and Heath were sitting by her side, Bianca had taken Darcy home with the promise that she would take her right back to the hospital if Tegan woke up.
"Tegan?" Brax asked.
"Mmmm," Tegan replied groggily, looking around the room for her daughter. "Where's Darcy?"
"Tegan, what happened?" Brax asked.
"I don't know, all I remember is being pushed against a wall and seeing black."
"Who did this to you?" Heath questioned.
Tegan sighed. "Jake."
"I'm calling Charlie." Brax said.
Tegan held up a hand. "No, no cops, especially not her."
"You need to report this." Brax said.
"All I care about right now is getting out of this hospital room." Tegan said darkly.
"Ahh, Tegan, I see your awake," Sid said, walking into the room. "Your going to be fine, you'll be able to leave tomorrow, we need to keep you another night just to make sure that you'll be fine."
"What about the baby?" Tegan asked.
"I'll let Darryl tell you, I'll leave you alone." Sid said before leaving the room.
"I'll leave you to it." Heath said before leaving aswell.
"Did I lose it?" Tegan asked once Heath left.
Brax nodded. "Tegan, I'm sorry."
Tegan looked at the wall. "Its not your fault, its mine."
"Tegan, thats ridiculous, how is it your fault?"
"Jake wanted to get back together, I said no, so he threatened to do something to me, Darce or you, or all three of us. Then he pushed me against the wall." Tegan informed him before turning to face the wall, not intending to talk to Brax anymore.
"Tegan, you did the right thing."
"I knew he was violent, I should have just said that I would go back out with him." Tegan said, not turning to face Brax, who sighed, not knowing what to say. Instead, he put his hand on her and said, "I'll come to see you soon." Tegan just nodded.
Charlie was sitting outside Tegan's hospital room and stood up when Brax walked out. "How is she?"
"It was Jake." Brax told her.
"I'll need a statement from Tegan before I can get Jake in for questioning."
"Charlie, I think Tegan needs to talk to someone." Brax said.
"You mean me?" Charlie asked.
"Yeah, I think it will help." Brax said.
"I'll give it a shot." Charlie said before knocking on the door.
"Come in." Came Tegan's reply.
Taking a deep breath, Charlie walked in.
So Tegan lost the baby. There's gonna be two more chapters after this one. Please tell me what you think by flicking me a review or PMing me.
Thanks for reading :)
-NZGirl25