Hey guys! This chapter is kind of a filler, it gives a little background to the relationship Darren and Julia had in the past. The two parts are about 9 years apart. Just make sure you pay attention to the dates. Okay, without any further ado, I give you chapter 4:

November 18, 2007

Julia was sitting on the edge of her bed staring at her calendar. Her period two weeks late. Her heart started to speed up and her breathing became short. She didn't understand how this could possibly happen. She was on the pill, and she was certain Darren always used a condom. She didn't want to buy a test; she believed it would only make matters worse, proving something she already thought to be true.

She did the first thing she could think of and woke Lauren from her nap. "Lo!" Julia whispered as she shook her small blonde roommate.

Lauren fidgeted and pulled the blanket over her head. "Go away Jules! Let me sleep."

"Lauren Elizabeth Lopez! Wake up! It's important!"

Lauren pushed the blankets off and glared at Julia. "What is so important that couldn't wait until I woke up?"

Julia bit her lip. "I'm late."

"Late for what Julia? A date, class, what?" Lauren was groggy as she sat up on her elbows.

"My period…" Julia looked down at her feet as Lauren shot out of her bed.

"You're not…"

Julia shrugged. "I don't know. I don't know if I should tell him and then take the test or if I should just take it…"

"He's your boyfriend Jules. He should probably know like now. Call him. Have him come over, sit him down and explain. Buy the test together. He'll understand."

Julia nodded. "I guess you're right."

She walked out of the room and sat down on the couch in the living room as she dialed her boyfriends phone number.

"H-hello?" Darren answered still clearly half asleep.

"Hey Dare."

"What's up babe?"

"Do you think you can come upstairs? I want to talk to you about something…" Julia could hear the shiver in her voice.

"Jules…is everything okay?" Darren shot up out of his bed and looked around his room for his shoes.

"It will be Dare…just please come upstairs…"

"I'm on my way up. Give me two seconds."

"Okay…I love you…"

"I love you too." Darren hung up the phone threw his shoes on and ran up the three flights of stairs to Julia and Lauren's apartment.

A few minutes later Julia heard a knock on the front door. She gained all the composure she could as she walked to the door and opened it.

"What's going on…" Darren asked with his head cocked staring at his girlfriend.

"Can you please sit down Dare…" Darren took a step towards his girlfriend and she quickly backed away

"What's going on Julia?! You're scaring me." He was running his hands through his mop of curls as he watched his girlfriend pull on her shirt.

"I need you to sit…"

"Julia! Just please tell me what's going on!"

"D-Darren…I'm so sorry…" Julia covered her face as the tears fell from her eyes.

"A-are you breaking up with me…what did I do…why are you doing this…" Darren was unsure how to react; he didn't want to push her away when he thought he had already done so.

She shook her head as her body shook with each tear. He wrapped his arms around her as she fell to the floor he held her close waiting for her to say something, anything.

"I'm two weeks late." She finally mumbled into her boyfriends shoulder.

"Y-you mean…you might be…" Darren's heart stopped. He wasn't even old enough to legally drink. He couldn't be a father, not now.

She shook her head, as her breathing grew deep. She struggled with each breath unable to talk.

"Have you taken a test?"

She shook her head.

"We'll get one. And we'll get through this together. I know we will…we have to…"

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Julia took the box to the bathroom and left Darren in the living room. Her heart was beating so loud she could hear it in her ears. She couldn't be pregnant, she wasn't ready and her 21st birthday was only a few weeks away. She couldn't have a kid when she still had so much life left to live.

She walked out of the bathroom and sat next to Darren. "We have to wait three minutes." She whispered looking down at her hands.

Darren took her shaking hands in his and kissed her knuckles gently. "Whatever this pee stick says, I'll be here for you 100% because I love you, Julia Marie Albain. And I'll never stop."

A tear fell down her cheek as she nodded. "And I'll never stop loving you, Darren Everett Criss. And that's a promise."

Three minutes had passed and Julia looked down at the window, a small pink minus sign was staring at her. She released a sigh of relief. "It's negative." She said looking at her boyfriend.

He smiled and nodded. As happy as he was to see that his girlfriend wasn't pregnant there was a part of him that wished she was, because more than anything he wanted Julia to be the mother of his children.

August 18th 2016

Julia looked at the window and couldn't believe what was staring back at her. The negative sign she saw nine years ago was replaced with a little pink plus sign which meant only one thing: she was actually going to have Darren's baby.

This time around she figured she shouldn't warn him of the possibility, since last time it was just a fluke. She hoped every time she was late after having sex with Darren would just a fluke, but this time it wasn't.

Julia fumbled with the buttons on her phone as she quickly called her best friend. "Lo!" she yelled as she heard her friend answer.

"What is it Jules? Joey and I were just in the middle of something important."

'Tell Joey to keep his pants on for ten minutes. I need you. Right now."

"Julia, this is a really bad time. Can't I just come over tomorrow?"

Julia knew there was only one way she would get Lauren over now. So she gathered all the courage she could and blurted it out. "I'm pregnant."

There was no answer for a long minute before she heard her dainty friend push her husband over and fly up. "I'm on my way."

About 15 minutes later Julia heard a bang on her door. "Julia Marie Albain open this door up now!"

Julia quickly opened the door and looked down at her little friend.

"Holy shit…" Lauren said looking at the pee stick. "Have you told him?"

"I didn't think I had to…you know last time it was a fluke. Last time I was late, I didn't think I would actually be pregnant…"

"You have to go tell him Julia. Like right now. I don't understand why you called me first."

"I always tell you first. You're my best friend. I needed to talk to someone about this before I made up my mind on what to do. I love him Lauren…God I love him so much. I want this baby. I want us to raise this baby. I know it's bad timing, and we're not really doing it "correctly" but I'm ready and I hope Darren is too…"

"Julia, you need to go to Darren's apartment right now." Lauren gave her best friend a stern look.

"I know. But I don't know what to say…" Julia played with her fingers and sighed.

"Tell him exactly what you told me. He's a fool if he doesn't realize how much you love him."

Lauren was always right. Julia hated that. But she took her best friends advice and drove herself to Darren's apartment. When she got in the car she was afraid, but once she got there she realized she wanted more than anything to have this baby with Darren. Her fear quickly changed to excitement.

She ran up to his door and started to bang on it quickly. "Dare!" she called with a smile on her face. "Darren! I have big news to tell you!" She was about to knock again when the door swung open and the person in front of her wasn't Darren, it was Mia.

I know this was a full flashback chapter and I'm curious to know how you feel about these flashbacks. I have them because I feel like they give the back-story to Julia and Darren's relationship. The next chapter I think is going to be when Julia tells Darren. But it might be chapter 6. I want to get their break-up in here somewhere but I have to figure out where. I might start Chapter 5 with that and then go into the party at Joey and Lauren's place. Bare with me, I have a lot I want to say but I'm bad at organization. Please continue to review! They make my day! Thanks and until next time!