A/N: We are so close...

* looks intently at the screen *

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Beta: HollBeth

Simply Promised

Chapter 49

BPOV

We are trying to work things out.

But it's so hard.

It's hard to reconcile the little boy I used to protect when we were kids with the man I'm having a baby with.

It's hard to reconcile that man with my future.

After that night, and the next awkward moments, it became apparent that we had been trying to keep things hidden with no success.

The truth shall set you free and all that.

And the truth is... I'm not giving the baby away. I can't and I won't. I'll fight.

"Good," he answers. "We will fight."

But just because you can enjoy each other freely doesn't mean that the relationship is accepted by everyone.

Including parents.

My mom disapproves, but that was to be expected.

She loves Riley and tells me so over the phone.

I remind her that it is my life and my decisions to make.

I don't think I'll be talking to her anytime soon.

Charlie only grunts and returns to his fishing.

He realizes that he losing his fishing buddy for sure.

Can't say I'll be sorry about that... plus, he has his new labrador named Jake to keep him company.

Mesme and Daddy C. warned us of the dangers so to speak.

They didn't seem happy for us.

I was sad, really sad.

"You're just too different, sweetheart," says Mesme.

"We've been together for ever. This is just a different way of being together," I explain.

"And Tanya. Have you both thought about what this is going to do to her?"

No, I haven't thought about her simply because she just hasn't been around.

You can't miss someone you don't see.

"I've already filed for divorce," Ed says.

"And the baby? What is going to happen to the baby?" she insists.

I stay quiet.

This reminds me that even though the baby is genetically mine and Ed's, the contract states that Tranny is the baby's mother.

The thought of being separated from my baby girl begins to break my heart in ways I never thought possible.

I can't let them take her from me.

Any of them!

Ed said we would fight with me, didn't he? Why isn't he saying anything now?

This is why I didn't want to get involved in the first place, because I knew that I would be the one getting hurt in the long run.

My chest begins to tighten and the baby begins to move relentlessly, as if sensing my panic.

I try to sooth the baby but we are both too emotional for that.

I feel a hand touch my forehead and another

"Breathe, sweetheart, breathe," commands Daddy C.

I try to, but it's hard.

I can't let them take her, I have to fight them.

I push away from the hands holding my face and make a run for the door.

I don't get far... actually, I don't even make it to the living room before Ed has his arms wrapped round my chest.

"Why are you running off?"

Adrenaline, too much adrenaline... my head spins... no air reaching my lungs...

"The baby," I gasp

The world fades away.

A/N: Reviews are the same as family being on your side... Oh you just better leave me some luv.