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Here is chapter 20! I'm so happy that Chapter 19 got such great reviews :D. I know some of you aren't so happy with Ella being pregnant at the moment but I can assure you that this is all happening for a reason. You're just gonna have to wait in see what's in store ;). I'm just getting started with all of this drama so once again prepare yourselves.

Much love,

~Dazzler 916~

Chapter 20

Picking Up The Pieces

(Ella's P.O.V.)

Two days passed and it felt like forever. Then again this is something I've been through before and but it's even worse...

This time it's the love of my life and the more I sit here and wait for him to come back, the more my imaginations begins to screw up everything that's being processed in my brain.

Either way it's my fault.

It's why he's not here.

I just didn't think he would take it this way.

I'm more worried than ever knowing that I've been here before I hate this feeling of waiting...waiting for him to come back.

First Sasha and now him.

It didn't take long for Leah to figure it out since she pratically stole the words from my mouth. Well actually she said something more on the guidelines of "Oh my God you're pregnant."

That's exactly what she said before I could even pack up the guts and say something. I just stood there looking like a scared child who knew they did something wrong and they're waiting helplessly to be punished.

Leah treats me like the little sister she never got and she's just as hard on me as Sasha is. I got the double dosage of sister talk from the two of them and it still hasn't kicked in yet. All I can focus on is him.

Leah was a lot more understanding than my actual sister.

It's Sunday morning and I just got back to Seth's house. I didn't get any sleep last night and I ended up throwing up this morning before I even got the chance to eat anything.

I thought it best not to eat anything knowing that this baby was gonna make me bring it all back up later which would it make it more obvious to everyone else who doesn't know I'm pregnant that I really am pregnant—like my parents and his parents and everyone else.

"Any news?" I asked immeadiately as I walked inside to find Sue, Charlie, Leah and her fiance' Jon all at the table.

"No not yet." Sue told me.

I let out a sigh of disappointment. That was not the news I wanted to hear.

"Don't worry sweetie he'll be okay. They'll find him." Sue got up from the table and gave me hug.

"I hope so..." I mumbled.

"You don't look so good, are you alright? Seth told me you've been really sick these past few days."

So much for not telling our parents. I gave Leah a pleading look hoping that she would help me get out of this since I didn't want to say anything further that would make Sue think I was acting suspicious.

"Yea I'm fine. Doing a lot better actually." I lied.

Sue looked at me again, examing me carefully from head to toe.

"Are you sure—"

"Mom she said she was fine." Leah cut her mother off.

"I know, I know. Ella go on and take seat." Sue pulled up a chair for me to sit right next to her and Leah.

"Hey Charlie, Jon," I gave both of them a tiny smile.

"So have you guys heard anything at all. Even from Jake?" I asked.

"Everytime they even get close to hearing Seth's thoughts he ends up making a run for it and they lose him." Leah told me.

"It must be pretty serious if he doesn't want anyone to know what going thorugh his mind right now." Charlie said.

"You don't think he's hiding something do you?" Sue said.

Leah and I glanced over at each other and I bit my lip, doing my bes to hold my tongue and not say anything.

"Whatever it is he's not telling anyone, he's probably taking it to heart—"

"Ella you and Seth didn't get into a fight did you?" Sue was eager to ask me so many questions after I only got here almost five mintues ago.

"No we didn't get into fight." I said staring blankly at the table.

"Surely you must know something..." Everyone's eyes were on me and suddenly the pressure of saying something was starting to cave in. Once it's out...it's out and then there's nothing I can do about it.

"Ella!"

"Huh?" I didn't realize that I was starting to zone out.

They were all sitting there, still waiting on me.

"Is it just me or is it really hot in here." I got up from the table and moved towards the screen door so I could get some air. Feeling a little dizzy at the moment.

"No I think it's just you...Ella...Ella..." Leah voice slowly began to fade out as a new sound had begun to inavade my ears.

My heart was pounding through my ears and that's all I'm starting to focus in on. I began to take deep breaths, but it wasn't helping at all. It just got louder and louder.

"Ella?"

As focused as I was, Leah voice caught me off guard as I felt my head begin to whirl. My knees wobbled and I was leaning against the wall for support. Before I could turn around and so much as look out the window for a fresh breath of air...the sound of a wolf howling in the distance caught the smallest amount of my attention before I succumed into the darkness and hit the ground with the thud.

~~~~~1 hour later~~~~~

I woke up in living room not knowing how I got in here.

I feel completely drained. I've never fainted before so this is a first for me.

I've obvioulsy been out for a while.

I sat up from the couch and the sound of voices coming from outside caught my attention.

Taking things very slowly I got up and made my way outside.

"How far along is she?" I heard Sue ask.

"I don't know, but we need to—"

Leah stopped talking when she noticed I was standing in the door.

"Ella...you're up."

"I'm sorry about that Sue—" I began to say before she stood up and interrupted me.

"No no it's fine." She seemed a little fidgity when she told me that and the two of them both had suspicious looks on their faces and I was beginning to think otherwise.

"Okay what's going on? You're making my head hurt." I put my hand on my forehead.

"A-Are you okay? Do you have a headache?" Sue asked very quickly.

"I'm fine." I assured her.

Sue's body language towards me got me thinking...she's acting like I'm some fragile little child that's prone to injury—OH MY GOD!

I shook my head before looking over at Leah. "You told her didn't you..." I asked.

"I had to—"

"Damn it!" I stomped my foot and turned around so they couldn't see me cry. Now I'm in trouble.

I sunk down to the ground on my knees and let out very loud sobs. I hate feeling like such a disappointment.

This just sucks.
Lord knows where Seth is.
I'm pregnant with his baby.
Only a few days after find out—Chloe, Belinda, Lucy, Sasha, Leah, Seth and now his mother.

Pretty soon the wolves are gonna know and then my parents and the rest of my family...the headache is coming back.

A pair of arms wrapped themselves around me and I was shocked to see that it was Sue.

She was hugging me.

"You're gonna be okay." Sue assured me.

"I hope you're kidding. No I'm not. I'm 18, I have college auditions in less than 3 months and I'm probably gonna have to cancel all of them. God only knows where your son is cause I'm pretty sure he's freaking about this just as much as I am which is why he's gone—I mean—I'm so sorry. Seth and I shouldn't have has sex in the first place. We were being so careful you have no idea. I was on the pill and it obviously wasn't working. He even used condoms... I'm so stupid—"

"Shhhhhhh. Don't cry." Sue whispered.

"I'm sorry I can't help it. It's just about the only thing I can do. I've been crying for days." I blubbered.

"Crying won't make you feel better..." Leah sat down on the other side of me.

"Leah hush. That's not gonna help." Sue told her.

"Have you and Seth talked about this at all?" Leah ignored her mom and continued talking.

"Not really. He was already freaking out on on me cause I kept pushing him away and we haven't spoken in days because I was taking some time to cool off and really think this all over before I even bothered saying something to him. He was so angry with me and he was yelling and he—"

"Did he hit you?" Leah didn't let me finish. I hate when people jump to conclusions about that stuff.

"Well he—"

"I'm gonna kill him—"

"Let me finish! He didn't hit me Leah. Do you honestly think your brother would hit me?" I asked her.

"No..." She shook her head.

"He was just really upset and we don't really know what we're gonna do." I muttered.

"How far along are you?" Sue asked me.

"I don't know." I shrugged.

"Have you told your parents?"

"No of course not. I'm pretty sure once I do that I'll be grounded as long as I live under their roof. They probably won't let me see him and then I'll get some stupid lecture about how Seth is ruining my dancing career and my parents will probably force me into..." I trailed off. I didn't even wanna bother thinking about what my parents would make me do.

"Force you into to what? An abortion?" Leah said.

"I don't know maybe. If it means that I still go on dancing then yes." I sniffed.

"I'm sure your parents wouldn't force you into doing anything that you don't wanna do." Sue assured me.

"Either way I just—I don't even have the guts to get an abortion I mean I-I—I would never—Oh God...I'm so scared." I started crying again.

"Don't cry—"

"This is just way too much for me right now. I really need him here with me and he's not." I mumbled under my breath.

I wasn't expecting it to hurt this much. Having him not be here with me when I need him the most. I continued to cry and let out very loud sobs causing my body to ache even more. Now it was getting to the point where I was on the virge of hyperventilating.

"Ella calm down before you start choking—"

"Sue I can't breathe." I choked. It feels like it. I've never cried this hard in my life.

Seth is who I need right now. I just want him and only him.

(Seth's P.O.V.)

She's hurting real bad.

I can feel it.

Being distant from her is what I thought I needed to make myself feel better, but in all honesty...I feel like...like I've let her down.

Big time.

Maybe this wasn't a good idea. Now I have everyone out looking for me.

I haven't phased back to my human form in atleast 2 days.

"Seth," I heard someone say.

"Get out of my head Jacob!" I snapped.

"Running isn't gonna solve your problems, believe me I've tried many times." I heard him say.

"You don't know what I'm dealing with. Go away." I hissed.

"Come on Seth, I'm your best friend...it's not like I don't know. Leah told me—"

"She told you!" I growled through my teeth.

"Well that and it was already running through your mind when I almost caught up with you yesterday..."

"Damn it—"

"Seth you need to go home. It's not an order but I can make it one if you choose not to. You're not making Ella feel any better about this by keeping your distance. Actually what you're doing right now makes you look bad. Out of all the things you should doing be doing after getting her pregnant, the only thing you should be doing is supporting her. Cause I bet that she probably feels even worse and there's no doubt that you feel the same way." Jacob said.

"I'm such an idiot." I said to myself.

"You may be acting like one, but I can assure you that you're not. Go home Seth. It's an order now. You need to go home and go find her. She's gonna need you now more than ever. You're gonna need each other...now go home."

Jacob's alpha command made me flinch, without even bothering to argue, I ran. I faster then I've ever ran.

I ran home...home to her.

(Ella's P.O.V.)

I convinced my parents that I was at the beach with Seth and I would be home before 10pm since it's a school night.

It's almost 6 and I'm still waiting. I promised myself I wasn't gonna leave until I he came back.

Convincing myself that he was gonna come back was the only thing that was keeping me determined to sit outside and wait...even if it started to rain again.

Making this decision by myself is what I don't wanna do. Leah came outside and insisted several times that I go inside since it was getting cold ,but I refused.

At 7:30 I called him, and he didn't answer.

At 8:15 I became more desperate to hear his voice. I even went into the garage and grabbed his flanel shirt that he keeps just in case when he phases and doesn't have any clothes.

It even smelled just like him. It was warm.

At 9:30 I was ready to head home.

I went inside to say my goodbyes to Sue, Leah and Charlie promising that I would come back tomorrow to check in. Lucky for me there is no school Monday due to the 3-day weekend MLK holiday.

Then someone said my name and I stopped dead in my tracks. I was afraid to turn around not knowing if it was all just apart of my imagination. It sounded like him...it had to be him.

I didn't want to to around in face him. Instead I just stood there and closed my eyes.

"Ella," His warm hand rested on my shoulder and I flinched. He got t me very fast and I turned around to find him standing right in front of me.

Just when I thought I knew what I was gonna say...I didn't.

"Hey," He stroked the side of my face with his fingers and turned my head away and moved his hand away from me.

"No don't touch me." I fussed. "You know I never let you off the hook so easy. Seth Ryan Clearwater you are walking on very thin ice right now. Do you have any idea how worried I have been? Did every stop and think about your Mom or Charlie or Leah or any one else in your family. Did even think about me...o-or this baby before you decided to run off and pull the whole "lone wolf" stunt or whatever they call it. I needed you and you weren't here to hold me and tell me everything is gonna be okay. The least you could have done was atleast taken me with you. You're not the only one who wanted to getaway. But you left me here—"

Before I could say another word Seth smashed his lips against mine and kissed me. At first I wasn't feeling this at all because I wasn't in the mood to kiss him.

Seth's touch alone is what made the adrenaline begin to pump through my veins and I went crazy.

It started raining and I didn't care how hard it was beginning to pour. Before I could manage to taste his lips once more he stopped and stared deeply into my eyes.

I shook my head in disapproval. "Was that suppost to be and apology? If it was then I don't forgive you."

Being my stubborn self I started to walk away and wasn't complete aware of how muddy the ground was. I slipped and landed on my back. Great. Now my backside is covered in mud.

Seth was by my side in seconds.

"Oh God are you alright?" He asked me frantically.

"Do I look okay to you Seth?"

He didn't answer.

"I'm so sick and tired you have no idea. I'm pregnant for God's sake and what I don't want is for you to be like all of those other guys who just come and go as they please. I can't do it. I can't do this alone and I don't want you leaving me. I just don't want you to leave." I cried.

Seth wrapped his arms around me and I held him very tightly.

"I love you way too much to not leave. I would never leave. And the fact that you think that I would do such a thing makes me realize how much of an ass I was."

"Just don't do that anymore." I said. I was trying my hardest not to act like I wasn't cold, but I'm pretty sure Seth's figured that out now since I'm starting to shiver.

"Are you cold?" He asked me.

"Just a little." I trembled.

"Just take it nice and easy okay? I've got you." Seth decided to carry me into his house instead of letting me walk.

Leah was sitting at the kitchen table with Jon when we came inside dripping wet.

"Mom...Mom get out here now!" Leah stood up.

Seth put me down and held onto my hand squeezing it tightly—tight enough to not break my hand. We stood there waiting for someone to get in here and say something.

The sound of Sue's footsteps stomping down the hallway.

"I forgot to tell you this but you should know that your Mom knows that I'm—" I tried to give him a warning about Sue already knowing but then she came in yelled at him.

Yea I have feeling she's not happy about this...

"Seth Ryan Clearwater!" Sue said.

"Look Mom—"

"Zip it." Sue put her hand up.

"But Mom please try—"

"Ah no. Just don't say anything." Sue cut him off again.

Sue closed her eyes and took a deep breath. I could tell she was trying her best not to lose it.

"Before another word is said...let me get this straight..." She paused and stepped towards him so she was face to face with her son.

I casually let go of Seth's hand and took a giant step away from them. Yep, I have a feeling she's gonna chew him out big time.

Seth was only an inch or so shorter than me and she got up on the tips of her toes and into her son's face.

"I don't know what the hell you were thinking but don't you ever do that again! Do you understand me?" She spat in his face.

"Y-Yes ma'am." Seth stuttered.

"I'm this close to losing my trust with you—especially since I am your mother and your father and I—God rest his soul—have taught you better than that. Now wether you like it or not YOU better man up and take some responsibility for your actions or so help me God you're gonna wish you never had been born. You've got a baby on the way and I expect you to do everything you can to help because I will not allow you to just sit here or run off and do whatever the hell you want while your girlfriend tries to figure out what she's gonna do with your baby all by herself because I'm not gonna let my son act like a total jackass who has habit of running away from his problems. Do you understand me?"

Seth nodded several times and didn't even bother blinking.

I've never seen Sue like this but Seth was obviously terrified. Then again it's his mother but still...it feels awkward standing only a few feet away while Sue pratically has her son pinned to the wall with her hands.

"Seth Ryan Clearwater DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME!"

"Yes Ma'am." He replied without any hesitation despite how tensed up his body was.

"Good. Cause I'm not gonna repeat myself." Sue let him go and Seth let out a sigh of relief.

"Dear Lord I need a drink..." Sue turned around and walked right into the kitchen. Leah and Jon moved towards opposite side of the room being careful not to get in Sue's way.

"Jeez you two are soaking wet. You got water and mud all over the floor." Leah told us.

"I'm not cleaning it up." Sue sang from the kitchen. The front door opened and Charlie walked in. He must have just gotten off from work seeing that he's in his uniform.

"I'm home—" Charlie stopped and noticed us from the corner of his eye.

"You can order a pizza for dinner. I'm not cooking anything." Sue said.

Charlie noticed Sue at the kitchen table drinking a big glass of what I think might be brandy.

"You okay?" He asked her. Sue put her glassed down and gave her husband a very scary look that read "don't mess with me".

"Nevermind." Charlie winced, then he looked over at the two of us.

"I don't know what you did, btut that is very big glass of alcohol your mother is drinking and I have never seen her drink that much...so what did you do?" Charlie asked Seth in a low whisper.

"Uhhhhhhh..." Now the both of us look suspiscious.

"I got her pregnant.." Seth muttered being careful not to look at Charlie's face.

He just raised his eyesbrows and glanced over at me before looking back at Seth.

"Well, ummm...we'll talk later." Charlie made his way into the kitchen and gave his wife a kiss on the cheek.

Now it's just took quiet.

"Let's go, I'll take you home." Seth started to pull me back outside and we both left without saying a word.

Nothing was said on the way back to my house.

"I really don't want to go to school tomorrow." I told him.

"Me either."

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~Dazzler 916~