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Harsh Realities
Previously on Harsh Realities:
Realising it was now or never the pair headed downstairs hand in hand to drop the bombshell that would change their parent's perception on them forever.
Chapter Three – Reactions and Consequences
The pair walked into the living room where their parents had just sat down and braced themselves for what was about to come. They clung to one another's sides as they approached their parents, terrified of the reactions they would receive.
Troy, sensing his girlfriends panic, started the conversation first. "Um, hey guys, could we talk to you about something please?" He spluttered out as he observed the curious faces of the adults in the room as they gazed upon the two teens that looked nervous.
"Well of course son, have a seat and tell us what's on your mind" His mother replied, with nods of agreement from the other adults surrounding her.
"Mom, Dad, Lucy, Jack, we have something important we need to tell you" Gabriella spoke this time, her voice just above a whisper and wavering with every word.
"Honey what on earth is the matter; you two look like you have seen a ghost" Anna, the brunette's mother observed.
"I know they do, don't they, maybe they have and this ghost can tell me what happened to my favourite socks that suddenly disappeared" Robert, Gabriella's father now chimed in, trying to lighten the mood which appeared to be turning more sombre by the second.
"Oh Robert, do shut up for a second and let the kids tell us what they needed for goodness sakes, those socks are not important right now"
"Sorry, sorry. Just trying to lighten the mood around here" He mumbled to himself more than anyone.
The teens, who were looking at their parents as they bantered between themselves grew more nervous before Troy; suddenly getting a surge of confidence, cleared his throat and proceeded to start the process of telling their trusting parents the mess they had gotten themselves into.
"Okay, there's not easy way for us to tell you this and I'm not sure how you'll take it but it has to be done and we're just going to tell you quickly" He stated as he gave his girlfriends hand a squeeze.
Gabriella exchanged looks with Troy before dipping her down and looking at their intertwined hands. "The thing is I – I – I'm, uh, I'm pregnant"
As the words came out she broke down into sobs as her boyfriends arm snaked around her waist and pulled her close into his chest, comforting her through this difficult time. Meanwhile the words that had just been spoken hung in the air between the teens and their parent's and the room fell so completely silent, a pin could be heard dropping.
Suddenly Lucy Bolton could be heard whispering "C-could you j-just repeat that please"
"She's pregnant mom and we didn't mean it to happen" He explained as he saw the look of shock on his mother's face.
"YOU'RE WHAT" Was the sudden shrill reply that echoed throughout the room, disturbing the silence that had been only five minutes ago as Robert Montez finally realised that this was no joke and they were serious.
"Daddy please, I'm sorry" Was all that the young girl managed to say as she took in her father's anger.
"SORRY, is that all you have is SORRY?" He yelled, clearly upset at his only child's predicament before pacing around the room, trying to figure out where he had gone wrong with his precious daughter. Daddy's little princess was no longer so innocent and it was like a stab through the heart as he absorbed the information he had received.
"No, this is not happening, not to my baby" Was Anna Montez's reply as she looked from her daughters face to her toned stomach.
"Troy how you could let something like this happen, you're seventeen years old for crying out loud. Seventeen – you two had your whole future ahead of you and now well now look what's happened" Jack Bolton lectured, unable to believe his son had thrown his life away.
Gabriella's sobs increased as the parents continued to rant at them and lecture them on what they had done. She looked around the room to see the women shaking their heads in disbelief while the men paced the floor, angry and thinking about what to do.
"Troy they hate us" She said between sobs. "They're never going to forgive us"
"Baby it's okay we have each other and they will come around eventually, they have too" He replied, trying to reassure himself as well as the girl sat next to him.
"No Troy that's it, it won't be okay. They hate us and it's our own fault" She said as she ran out the house, unable to be in the presence of their parent's any longer.
He couldn't react quickly enough and before he knew it she had ran out the front door to goodness knows where and his blood boiled at the inconsiderateness of both sets of parents. The supposed adults in the room had driven a vulnerable young girl out the house with their yelling and arguing, unable to have a rational conversation. Of course he could understand their reactions and their reasoning but they had to understand that what's done is done and they can't undo the past by fighting about the situation.
"You guys should stop and listen to yourselves, your yelling and arguing at us like it's going to change everything – well newsflash – it isn't and now you drove Ella away" He shouted before running out the house to try and find the love of his life before the temperature outside dropped further, leaving her even more vulnerable.
He ran for what seemed liked forever, checking everywhere he could think of for Gabriella before returning back to the house and hoping she had decided to go back there.
"Is she here?" Were the first words out his mouth as he walked into the living room where the adults where now sitting with worried looks gracing their face.
"No, I thought you went to get her? Oh dear lord, please don't tell me she's come to harm" Was the panicked reply from Robert as he realised he may have just caused his daughter to runaway and become vulnerable to harm.
"She's nowhere to be found, I tried everywhere and she won't answer my calls" The blue eyed boy stated as he paced the floor, worried about what might have happened to his girlfriend.
"Baby, think about the places you guys go to, secret places or hideouts, she has to be somewhere" Lucy encouraged her son while comforting Anna Montez, terrified for the girl who had become like her daughter.
Pacing the floor Troy desperately tried to think of somewhere she would go that perhaps no one else knew of when suddenly it came to him.
"I gotta go" Was all that was said as he ran at the speed of lightning out the house and into his car, praying that his girlfriend would be in the one place he had not looked and the one place that had become their own private hideout in recent years.
As he pressed his foot to the gas pedal his wind whirred, thinking about a thousand things but hoping that the one person he loved more than anything else was okay. That the one person he could see himself spending the rest of his life with was indeed safe in their secret place and no harm had come to her or their child. He prayed to God that everything would turn out right as he watched the sky turn a dark shade of grey, predicting a storm was on its way.
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