"Fabian!" Joy called. It annoyed her to see that he was with Nina. "I'm sorry, Nina I really need to talk to Fabian so if you could give us a minute that'd be great." She didn't even wait for an answer before pulling the boy aside. "We need to talk, big time." Fabian looked at Joy.
"What's up?" he asked. She told him everything. Everything that Patricia had told her, she told him. Especially about her cutting and not eating. It took a while to explain it all, and when she was done, Fabian could barely comprehend any of it. "Whoa, what?" he yelled. "Patricia's pregnant? How long was she planning on waiting before telling me, considering it's my baby too?"
Joy crossed her arms and looked concerned. "That's just it; she wasn't going to tell you at all. And now she's planning on getting an abortion. I thought maybe you could talk her out of it." This was a lot for Fabian to take in at once. First Joy tells him that Patricia's pregnant with his baby, and then she tells him that she's been starving herself and cutting. Finally, after everything else, she wants to get an abortion?
"She's planning on what now? No, I have to stop her. Where is she?" Fabian wasn't going to let Patricia kill the baby. How could he? He would never be able to forgive himself. Suddenly all these conflicting emotions ran through his head. All of his feelings for Patricia came flooding back through his memory and practically washed over everything else. He forgot about anything he felt with Nina-which wasn't really much-or what he used to feel with Joy. It was like all he could think about was Patricia.
"Uh, she went to class, I think," Joy managed. Before she could say anything else, Fabian ran to go find the girl. It didn't take very long at all, actually to spot the girl. Fabian ran up to her, and put a hand on her shoulder. She jumped slightly, turning around. Obviously he had scared her.
"Patricia, Joy told me everything. You cannot get an abortion, Patricia. It's probably one of the worst things you could do for you, for me, for the baby. Patricia listen to me, Joy told me about what you thought. I have to tell you that it is the complete opposite. I need you to know that no matter what, I'm going to be there for you. I also need you to know, and I'm not just saying this, that I really do love you."
Fabian grabbed the girl's face in his hands and kissed her. He didn't care that pretty much anyone and everyone could see them. It didn't matter at all. All that mattered was the two of them. "Fabian, I really don't know if…" she said when they pulled away. Fabian hushed her.
"I don't want to hear it. You're not getting an abortion Patricia. I know you can do this, and I promise you, that I'll be right here with you the whole time. Whatever you want," he told her. Joy had told him how much it hurt Patricia that he would sometimes spend more time with Nina than her. How could he have none before? If he had known how much pain it was causing her, then of course he would've done something about it. Patricia looked deep into his eyes, and knew that he meant everything that he was saying.
Knowing that he was okay with the fact that she was pregnant-with his child too-and that he truly did care about her and the baby, made her feel a million times better and more self-confident. "You really mean this, don't you?" she asked, looking down. Fabian nodded. "I still don't know if I'm ready…"
Fabian brushed the side of her cheek with his fingers. "Even if you're not ready now, you will be." Carefully, the boy slid her sleeve up, and looked at it. Patricia looked away, somewhat ashamed, and embarrassed. Her cheeks turned a light pink at this. Fabian raised he arm up slightly, and looked her in the eyes. "Please, don't," he pleaded, placing a light kiss on her wrist. "Nothing's worth this." Patricia gazed up at him, and knew that he was right. She nodded, and wrapped her arms around his neck, hugging him. She felt his arms wrap around her waist, as well. Fabian kissed the girl on the forehead after pulling away.
The redhead pushed her sleeve down so that no one else would be able to see the cuts. "Thanks, Fabian," she said. Standing on tip-toe, the girl kissed him on the cheek, and whispered; "I love you too." She was completely honest with this too. It was how she really felt. Fabian smiled at her, and took her hand in his, escorting her to class. They would make this work, he was sure of it.
*Later on at the end of the week, Fabian sat in his room on his bed doing his homework like any other day after school, when Mick walked in. The jock smiled and greeted him with a 'hey.' Fabian smiled back at him and waved. Mick, who had been spinning a basketball on his finger, threw the ball down and sat next to his best friend. "So," he said, with a huge grin on his face. "What's going on between you and Patricia?" the blonde teased.
Fabian looked up from his books and tried to look convincing. "Nothing, Mick, we're just really good friends." Mick could tell he was lying right off the bat. The blonde nudged him on the shoulder, trying to get him to tell.
"Come on, really good friends don't kiss and say I love you. Are you two dating yet, or what?" Fabian looked at him and asked where he heard that. Joy had told him; of course she did. Fabian tried to stop the smile that started forming on his lips as he looked back down at his book.
"Maybe…" he eventually replied, barely loud enough for Mick to hear.
"So you are then, aren't you?" Mick stated. "Finally, you two ended up together. I mean, seriously Fabes, it was bound to happen." Fabian gave Mick's shoulder a playful push as he laughed at the blonde and smiled.
"Alright, alright I get it." Fabian closed his text book and tossed it aside, getting up to pack his bag. Mick stood up after him and thought for a minute.
"We should celebrate tonight!" he suggested. "We could have a movie night or something, yeah? You and Patricia, and then Joy and I. It'll be fun." Fabian thought for a minute and agreed, liking the idea.
"Yeah that does sound fun. Tonight it is then. But hey, I have to go somewhere right now, but I'll be back in an hour or two I promise." Fabian said bye to Mick and left Anubis to meet Joy and Patricia outside in the taxi. Joy had made an appointment to go see an ultrasound of the baby for the first time. Patricia, as calm as she seemed, was a nervous wreck. She held onto Fabian's hand the whole ride there. Luckily, Patricia hadn't really started showing yet. Well, at least not that much. There was a little showing, but not enough for anyone to tell that she was instantly gaining weight or anything. She was already four months in too and it was mid-January. Cold, it was outside, which is to be expected after all.
Patricia tried to act as calm as possible. "Are you alright?" Fabian asked her. She nodded her head yes, but he knew that meant no. The boy out has arm around her, and she rested her head on his shoulder. "What's up?"
"I'm just nervous, that's all. We told Trudy today…" Patricia confessed. "She talked to us about what we could do. She said that I could take online classes with the teachers when it was convenient for me to do so, and that I could still live at Anubis with everyone else, but I just won't be going to school. I can start my online classes whenever I want, whether that's before or after I have the baby. I think I might start before, to avoid all the staring and questions."
Fabian nodded at her words. It was great, what Trudy was able to get them to agree to. The last thing either of them wanted was for her to have to leave the school. "Don't be nervous, everything is going to be fine. As for the classes, I'd have to agree that it would probably be better to start sooner rather than later. Although, you're not showing that much yet, so you could probably pull off a week or two more at school. Give or take."
Patricia nodded, letting out a small sigh. "I just want the next five months to be over." The redhead's eye started to close, and eventually she fell into a light sleep. Joy whispered Fabian's name, causing him to turn and look at her.
"Have you two talked about names like I told you to?" she asked. The other day Joy had told them that they should start thinking about names for the baby so that they were ahead of the game.
"Um, well we did talk about it but we haven't come up with anything yet. Hopefully we will soon," he replied, trying not to wake the girl sleeping on his shoulder. Joy looked back at him with a thinking expression on her face.
"Well, I have a few names of my own that I'll show you two when we get there. I think you'll both like them." She smiled at the boy and left him wondering what the names were. He did appreciate Joy helping the both of them with this whole situation. They were pretty much the only people who knew about Patricia. It was really nice of her to help them.
When they arrived at the hospital and got all settled in, Joy went to go talk to the doctor and Fabian stayed with Patricia. "So, do you think it's going to be a boy or girl?" Fabian asked her, smiling. Patricia smiled back and looked up at him.
"I don't really know. Will they be able to tell this early anyways?" Patricia thought about it. She really didn't know whether or not she wanted a boy or girl. At sixteen it was hard to say that she wanted either. The only thing that really stopped her from getting an abortion was Fabian.
"They should be able to tell. You're about eighteen weeks, so that's usually around the time they can tell. It may or may not be definite though, considering it's still early." The girl nodded and watched as Joy came back with the doctor. The doctor was very friendly, and greeted them both with a big smile and hello. Patricia was nervous, but stayed calm as the doctor ran the camera over her stomach. It was a bit cold feeling to her, but it was painless.
The three of them watched the screen as the images appeared. After a minute or two they could finally see the baby. The doctor asked Patricia some questions as she took the ultrasound and one of them included; "Have you been eating properly?" Joy had to explain this one to the doctor. "Patricia, it's very important that you start eating better for you, and for your baby." Patricia listened to the doctor and nodded in understanding.
Curious, Fabian had asked the doctor if she knew the gender of the baby yet. "Do you two have names picked out yet?" was the doctor's response. Joy stepped up to answer.
"I know you guys couldn't figure out the names, so, I came up with two for you if you wanted. If it's a girl, Annabel Scarlet, and if it's a boy, Nicholas Mitchell." Patricia smiled at the names that Joy came up with, as did Fabian.
"What do you think?" Fabian asked Patricia. A nod and a yes was what she answered. The doctor smiled at them, and walked over to the ultrasound screen.
"Say hello, to Annabel Scarlet." Patricia gasped, covering her mouth with her hand. It was going to be a girl. Fabian kissed her and Joy gave them both hugs. "Congratulations, you two," was what she added. This was it; in a few months, both of them would be parents.
*Back at Anubis house, Nina and Amber were chatting on Amber's bed. Amber was going on and on about how Mick and Joy were getting 'too serious too fast' and how they should slow down. "I mean, it just doesn't make any sense. I was dating Mick for the longest time, and we were always off and on, but this time I thought we were going to get back together. I was even going to let him apologize and make up, but then he goes right after Joy instead. Who does that? Who breaks up with their girlfriend and goes out with someone the next day? No sense, whatsoever."
Nina nodded as Amber spoke. She would always do this whenever Amber started ranting. It didn't really bother her anymore since she was used to it. "Maybe you should forget about Mick? I mean, it's pretty obvious that he likes Joy now, you know?" Amber waved the girl away.
"Nina, it's so totally obvious that he's just doing this to make me jealous. It won't work, I hope he knows. Not this time, nope." Amber blew on her now perfectly filed nails and looked up at Nina. "So what about your love life, Nina dear? Don't think I don't notice they special way you look at Fabian when he walks by," the light blonde teased.
"Amber, get real. There's nothing between me and Fabian. Besides, he seems so into Patricia anyways." Amber stopped everything she was doing and looked at Nina with a crazy expression.
"Are you kidding? Fabian and Patricia? Impossible, I'd say usually." She thought about that again. "But now that you mention it, it would explain a lot… the way they're always hanging out, and they've known each other for so long-longer than they've been here. Oh my god… do you think they've hooked up?" Amber's eyes widened as she looked at the girl.
"What? I don't know… I mean, why would I know? That's their business, not mine." Nina looked down at the floor and kicked her feet. As far as she knew, Fabian and Patricia were really good friends but they weren't dating, were they?
"Nina, it's obvious you like him. And if you don't tell him, then you'll never get him. You need to take control, and work up a flirty conversation. It's easy, trust me. Here, I'll show you." The next hour or so was spent with Amber teaching Nina the proper way to flirt with a guy. The dirty blonde girl was just starting to get it when Amber stopped her. "You know how to kiss flirtatiously, right?" she asked. Nina shook her head.
"I've never even really had my first kiss…" the girl admitted. Amber sighed, thinking for a minute.
"Okay, well here's the thing. There are certain kinds of kisses that you can do. If you kiss them on the cheek, it means that you like them, you think they're cute." Before Nina could respond, Amber kissed her on the cheek to demonstrate. Nina was surprised at first, but didn't say anything. "If you kiss them on the lips, it means you're interested in them, and maybe want to date them." Amber quickly pecked the girl on the lips before Nina could say anything.
Nina found this a bit strange, now. "Uh, Amber…" she started, but the girl continued. She wasn't finished just yet.
"And if you kiss them on the neck, it means you want them. That you won't leave until you have them." Amber was leaning awfully close to the girl. Nina leaned away from her at first, but before she knew it, Amber had pushed her all the way back against the bed and crashed her lips onto Nina's, kissing down her jaw line and down her neck. Nina suddenly realized why Amber was using the word 'them'.
Nina hesitated to kiss the girl back at first, being extremely confused. But as soon as Amber started kissing down her neck, she couldn't help kissing the girl back, sucking on her neck. Amber bit down on Nina's collar bone and the girl moaned. This only lasted for a few minutes before Amber pulled away from the girl and smirked at her. "Now, you could do that if you got that far. By the way, you're a pretty good kisser." With that, Amber walked out of the room leaving Nina speechless.
Nina knew that she had always been bi curious, but even after that short experience, she started to wonder whether or not she was actually bisexual. Also, wouldn't that mean that Amber was bisexual? Nina was more confused than before, but pushed the thought aside for now. Amber's words repeated in her head; By the way, you're a pretty good kisser.