Chapter 7

JPOV

After I overheard Brandt and Aaron, I went to talk to Melanie about it, only to find out she already knew.

I was a little miffed at her so I went back to Ian.

"Jared? I think I've made a decision." he told me when I arrived.

"Really? Who?"

"Before I tell you, I have to tell her." he said.

"Fine, but I'm coming with you." I replied.

"No. Jared I have to do this alone."

"Fine, but you are going to tell me the minute you get back."

"Ok." With that, he left to break someone's heart. I hoped it wouldn't be Wanda's.

MPOV

So when Jared found out I already knew everything, he was a bit pissed so shortly after he left I went searching for him. On my way to find him, I was surprised to find Ian out of his room. Then I realized the only way he would be out of his room, was if he had made a decision.

No! He hasn't even heard the truth from Sienna. Crap!

Sienna had just taken Shane to Doc so that they could get the DNA tested and I still needed to get Ian's.

"Ian! Stop!"

My sudden outburst stopped him in his tracks.

"Ok. I know you've made you decision, but hear me out first ok?" I begged.

"About what, Melanie? The choice has always been obvious. I have to do the right thing no matter how much it hurts me." Then he started stalking off again.

I didn't think, so I blurted out the first thing that came to mind.

"SHANE MAY NOT BE YOURS!"

Shit! What had I just done? I told Sienna she had to tell him!

But I got the affect I wanted. He stopped once again and slowly turned to face me.

His face was bewildered.

"I'm sorry you found out like this, but you had to know the whole truth before you broke Wanda's heart." I said.

"How did you know I was going to break up with Wanda?" he whispered. I assumed he didn't want me to hear how much that hurt him, but I could still hear it in his voice.

"Lucky guess. I kind of assumed when you said you had to 'do the right thing.'" I said.

"Oh… So are you going to tell me what you meant when you said Shane may not be mine?" he asked.

"Well, I'm not supposed to tell you, but Sienna's busy at the moment so I guess I will.

"You see, when she was walking to your house one night to surprise you, she was raped by some guy. She didn't want you to know because she thought you would blame yourself.

"By the time she found out she was pregnant, you were gone. She isn't sure if he's yours so she took Shane to Doc to get their DNA tested to find out. The only problem is, they need yours too. Would you mind giving up a hair or two?" I asked.

He was frozen from shock so I waited, but of course I couldn't wait forever so when I decided he was taking to long, I slapped him. It worked. He pulled out a couple of hairs and handed them to me.

"Did you wanna come, or did you just want me to come and tell you later?"

"No, um, I'll come. I wanna know. But I can't tell you if it will change my decision. That kid needs a father whether I'm it or not." he told me.

"Well, I might actually have a solution for that too if you you aren't his father." I hinted.

"What are you talking about?"

Gosh, boys could be so blind sometimes.

"Brandt likes Sienna and I'm pretty sure she likes him too and if you hadn't been locked in your room for the past two days, you would have noticed how much he loves that kid."

"How do you know Brandt likes Sienna?"

"Well, I've been assuming since yesterday, but Jared told me just a few minutes ago that he overheard Brandt talking to Aaron." I explained.

"I don't know if I should be happy or jealous."

"Tell me. Do you love Wanda or Sienna more? If Shane didn't exist, who would you choose?"

"Wanda." he told me without hesitation.

"See. I'm not saying you couldn't still see the kid or anything, but everyone would be happier if you picked Wanda."

"I see what you mean, but right now, I want to go see what Shane looks like and find out if he's mine."

With that, we headed to the hospital. It was pretty quiet. I didn't know where everyone was, but oh well. Sienna was surprised to see Ian with me.

"Melanie! I thought you wanted me to tell him!"

"I know, I know, but it just sort of slipped out and plus I got the DNA we needed."

I handed the hairs to Doc. I didn't know if he knew the story or not or if he was just to emerged in his work to even pay attention to us.

While Sienna and I were talking, Ian made his way over to Shane who was asleep on one of the cots.

"This is him?" he asked quietly to Sienna.

"Yep, this is Shane."

I could tell she was nervous and I knew they needed to talk, so I went over to Doc to see if I could help.

I wasn't trying to eavesdrop. It just sort of happened.

"He sure is a beauty." I heard Ian say.

"He is." Sienna agreed.

"And you think he's mine?"

"I don't know. I want him to be, but I know he doesn't really look like you. And I have no idea what… the other guy looked like." she confessed.

"I see." That was all he said.

I knew I wasn't helping Doc at all, I was to immersed in the conversation behind me. So it surprised me when he turned around and addressed us all.

"Ok, so it'll take probably around two or three days."

"Alright." They answered together.

. . . . .

Those three days seemed to last a year. I didn't see Wanda anywhere. Ian and Sienna avoided each other as much as possible. Ian tried to spend some time with Shane and get to know him but he was more interested in playing with Brandt.

I caught glances of Sienna and Brandt together a couple times. I was sure Jared was mad at me but his tension seemed to go deeper than our little fight. I didn't know where to find Wanda or even if she wanted to be found. I wished I could just tell her everything but she would find out soon enough.

Finally, Doc called us back to the hospital to find out the results.

He took a deep breath before he spoke.

At least someone's able to breath. I thought to myself. I knew Ian and Sienna weren't breathing either.

"Ok… So the results showed…