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Chapter 6
-Tess-
They don't think I hear it, the two of them fighting quietly in their room. Trying to make us feel like we are this happy family to the outside world, but underneath there are secrets that threaten to tear us all apart. They have been fighting for as long as I can remember. I use to sit up at night listening to my mother cry and my father denying he was doing anything wrong. No matter how many girls my mother hears about she will never leave my father. For one simple reason; it's not for love but for his money. My father lets me down more than anyone in my life because of him I have serious trust issues.
So, that's why I have always turned to Liz. She is my best friend, the only one that gets me completely. When she told me today about sleeping with Michael and being pregnant; to say the least I was shocked. My best friend Liz is anything but a girl that lets herself get into these situations.
Hearing a slight tap on my bedroom window I get up from my place by my door. Hoping that it is Liz since she promised that she would tell me how the talked went with Max.
Opening my window I am shocked to see Kyle Valenti standing outside my window.
"What are you doing here Kyle?"
"Well, I've been calling you Tess but you won't answer my calls. This was all I could think of for you just to talk to me."
"Well have you ever thought I just don't want to talk to you Kyle? That seeing and talking to you just reminds me of you ripping my heart out with your betrayal." I say not really want to have this fight again.
"She threw herself at me. Maria Deluca means nothing to me. The only girl that has ever meant anything to me is you." The way he says it makes me almost believe him.
"If that's true then why were you alone with her? Why when I walked into the room why did I see you on top of her?"
"I was so drunk Tess I honestly thought she was you. I promise if you just give me another chance that I will never let something like this happen again."
"How could you possibly think she was me, we look nothing alike from the fact that we are both blondes. Have you ever seen the way that Maria and Isabel treat Liz?" I will not be stupid like my mother, I will not allow a man to walk all over me and tell me lies.
"Liz is a big girl Tess; she can take care of herself."
I'm about to set him straight when I hear my cell phone ringing. Leaving him standing outside my window to get it. Not recognizing the number I flip it open, "Hello."
"Is this a Tess?" A male voice says on the other end.
"Yes, who is this?" This is slightly creepy.
"Um, this is Michael Guerin. I am with Liz at Roswell Regional she passed out and dumped her head really bad. She is asking for you."
"I'm on my way." I slam the phone closed turning around to still see Kyle standing there.
"What's wrong, Tess?"
"Liz passed out and is at the hospital. I have to get to her."
"I can take you." I don't have time to argue, I just climb out the window and start heading to his car.
-Michael-
I have never been so scared for another human being in my life then when I saw Liz laying on the ground. I had rushed to her finding her head severely bleeding and not responding to me. I called 911.
I'm not sure what lead me to be so over protective of her, was it my potential unborn child lying within her. Or was it that I felt something deep down for her that I couldn't explain.
Her parents freaked out when they saw her laying there. Her mother accused me first, hell I would have too seeing her laying there like that with a guy I didn't know. I just explained that I was a friend.
The short ride to the hospital with her parents was the most awkward thing I have ever gone through. Once we reached the hospital we were told that Liz had woken.
Relief came over me like I had never felt before.
"Maybe you should head home umm…"
"Michael and I am not going anywhere." I take a seat in the emergency room waiting room waiting for someone to come tell us something about Liz. Her parents take a sit across from me.
"Why were you with Liz anyway?" Liz's father looks at me with knowing eyes.
"She was helping me study for biology." Keeping it simple; I have no idea what they know.
We sat there for what seemed like days when a man approached us in a lab coat.
"Mr. and Mrs. Parker?"
"Yes that's us."
"Your daughter is doing fine. She hit her head when she fell causing a gash on the right side of her head. Other than that she will be fine we would like to run a CAT scan to make sure there is no swelling but we need to get clearance from a parent because she is under age. Oh and she is asking for a Tess."
"Yes, of course do whatever you need to do to make sure my daughter is okay." I have to admire Mr. Parker he has a strength about him that makes me instantly like him.
Of course that's when I open my big and possibly say the stupidest thing I have ever said in my short sixteen years "Is that harmful for the baby?"
Mrs. Parker just gasps, "What do you mean by BABY?"
"I should go call Tess." As I turn to get as far away from them as possible.
This is possibly the worst day of my life.