Chapter 14
Over the next two months, Piper didn't have any contact with her parents. She had started the fall semester of her sophomore year at UNC and her's and Jeff's relationship was nearly perfect. Matt had come up and spent a few weekends with them and they in turn had gone down to Cameron to visit with Gilbert. Everyone other than Cody and Lorelei and a few others, were happy for Jeff and Piper.
One morning after attending classes, Piper wasn't feeling to well and headed to the campus store for something to help. After making her purchase, Piper decided to head home and skip her afternoon classes so that she could get some rest. Jeff was in town when she got home, so when he got home that afternoon, he was surprised to see her car in the driveway.
"Piper? Are you home?" Jeff called out.
"I'm back here." Piper responded weakly.
"Baby, are you ok? I thought you had afternoon classes today?" Jeff asked as he sat on the bed next to her.
"I started feeling kinda blah after my second class this morning so I grabbed some meds and headed home. I did have classes this afternoon, but I think I needed the rest more than the classes." Piper answered.
"Ok. Well you rest and I am going to go see what I can fix you for dinner." Jeff stated.
After Jeff left the room, Piper headed into the bathroom and pulled out the bag from the store. She didn't think that she would have to use one of these things again so soon. Piper pulled the test out of the box and peed on the stick. She placed the cap back on the stick and put it back in the box.
After managing to eat dinner, Piper headed back into the bathroom, while Jeff took off to pick up JR Merrill. They were going to work on some songs for their album. Piper pulled out the pregnancy test and read the results. She about fell to floor when she saw the results of the test.
"Doctor's office. How may I help you?" the receptionist asked.
"I need to make an appointment as soon as possible." Piper answered.
"Ok. What do you need to be seen for?" the receptionist asked.
"I think I might be pregnant. I took a home test and it came back positive." Piper answered.
"Ok. Dr. Jensen doesn't have anything available, but Dr. Wilkins has an appointment available tomorrow morning at 9am. Is that ok?" the receptionist asked.
"That's fine. My name is Piper Rhodes." Piper answered.
"Ok. Ms. Rhodes. We will see you tomorrow at 9am." the receptionist stated.
After Piper hung the phone up, she hid the pregnancy test and got in the shower. After taking a long hot shower, Piper finally emerged dressed in Jeff's shirt and a pair of Capri cotton pants.
"How are you feeling?" Jeff asked as she sat down in a chair.
"A little better. I made an appointment for tomorrow just to be safe." Piper answered. "What are you working on?"
"JR is working on the music and I am working on putting the lyrics to the music." Jeff answered.
"Ok. I think I am going to go catch up on school work while you work out here." Piper responded.
"Ok. I won't be too long. This is the last song we have to do tonight." Jeff stated before giving her a loving kiss.
"Ok." Piper stated.
After getting her homework done, Piper got ready for bed. She must have been more tired than she thought because she never even noticed when Jeff came to bed. Jeff snuggled close to Piper and wrapped his arm around her.
The next morning after leaving Jeff a note, Piper headed to the doctor's office for her appointment. Piper's heart skipped a beat when the nurse called her name. Piper followed the nurse into an exam room and waited for the doctor to come in.
"Piper Rhodes?" the doctor asked.
"That's me." Piper answered.
"I'm Dr. Wilkins. So what brings you in today?" Dr. Wilkins asked.
"I think I might be pregnant. I took a home test yesterday and it came out positive. I just want to make sure before I say anything to my boyfriend." Piper answered.
"Ok. Well, I will do a simple exam and then send you to the lab for the pregnancy test. I will put a rush order on them, so I should have the results in by this afternoon. Once I get the results I will give you a call. Is the number on your file a good number to reach you at?" Dr. Wilkins stated.
"Yes. That would be great." Piper responded.
After the exam, Piper headed down to the lab. After giving blood and peeing in a cup. Piper headed to school for her afternoon classes. While she was in between classes, her phone rang.
"Hello." Piper answered.
"I am looking for Piper Rhodes, this is Dr. Wilkins." the Dr. stated.
"This is her." Piper responded.
"Piper, I have your lab results. You are pregnant. I've calculated your due date as March 14th. Congratulations. I will send your prescription for prenatal vitamins to the Walgreens near your house and you can pick them up in as soon as an hour. Do you have any questions for me?" the Dr. told her.
"None that I can think of. Thank you." Piper responded before hanging up.
Once Piper was finished with her classes she headed to the pharmacy and then home. On the drive home she thought about how she was going to tell Jeff that they were going to have a baby. Then she thought about how she was going to tell her parents, whom she had not spoken to since their argument 2 ½ months ago.
Jeff was home when Piper got home. She left her vitamins in the car and headed into the house. Jeff was in the garage and didn't hear Piper come in through the front door. Piper put her backpack away and headed into the kitchen.
"Hey babes! When did you get home?" Jeff asked.
"Just a few minutes ago." Piper answered.
"How did your doctor's appointment go?" Jeff asked.
"Fine. I actually need to talk to you about my doctor's appointment. But it can wait until we're alone. I will be in our room doing homework." Piper answered.
Jeff just stood there and wondered what was going on with Piper that she needed to talk to him about when they were alone. JR kind of got the hint and made up an excuse to leave. After JR left, Jeff walked into their bedroom and sat down on the bed next to Piper.
"JR had to leave." Jeff stated.
"Hope everything is ok." Piper responded.
"Me too. So what happened today that you couldn't tell me before?" Jeff asked.
"I don't know how to tell you other than the doctor ran some tests and one came back positive." Piper answered.
"What? Which one came back positive?" Jeff asked with panic in his voice.
"I'm pregnant." Piper told him.
Jeff stood up and paced the room. He didn't know what to say. He thought that they had been so careful not to let this happen. Each minute that passed that Jeff didn't say anything cause Piper to cry even more. Jeff finally sat back down on the bed next to her.
"I'm gonna be honest and tell you that I am a little freaked out right now. But I promise you that I am not going anywhere." Jeff told her as he held her close.
"I understand. I was just afraid that you would do the same thing that Ryan did when I found out I was pregnant with his baby." Piper responded as she dried her face.
"I'm not Ryan and I will never in my life deny that this baby isn't mine. Did the doctor give you a due date?" Jeff stated.
"March 14th." Piper answered.
"Ok. We will have everything ready before then. You know you are going to have to tell your parents as I will have to tell Matt and Dad." Jeff responded.
"I know. Why don't you go call them and I will call my parents." Piper stated.
"Ok." Jeff stated as he kissed her forehead and headed into the kitchen.
Piper picked up her phone and dialed her parents home number knowing that no one would be home at this time of day. Their answering machine picked up and Piper left a message.
"Hi mom and dad. It's Piper. I just thought that I would call you to let you know that Jeff and I just found out that we are going to have a baby. I have a feeling that you won't want to have anything to do with the baby or me after this. But I just thought that you deserved to know. Bye."
Lorelei and Cody got home about the same and Lorelei pushed play on the answering machine. After hearing their daughter's message, both Cody and Lorelei exchanged looks and Cody hit delete on the machine.
"We need to talk about Piper." Lorelei stated.
"After the kids go to bed." Cody stated.
"Ok. I will get dinner started if you take Aurora and put her in her playpen." Lorelei stated.
"I think I can do that. You need any help?" Cody responded.
"Nope. I'll let you know if I do." Lorelei stated.
