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Chapter 26

Wendy's POV

Cartman and I sit the girls down so we can tell them the news. Shannon already knows, but Julia is still unaware so we figured it's time to fill her in. "Cartman and I wanted to let you girls know, well Shannon you already know, that we're having another baby. A baby girl!" I inform them.

Shannon looks at Julia. "We're going to have a little sister!"

Julia frowns at me. "All this time, I thought you were getting fat."

I glare at her. "You would say that!"

She stands up. "You two are making a big mistake!"

"Julia, calm down." Cartman tells her gently.

"Stop telling me what to do! You're not my father!"

"If I were, I wouldn't tell you what to do..." I hear Cartman mumble.

"Why can't you just be happy for us?" I ask her, on the verge of tears. Damn hormones!

"Because I can't forgive you guys for hurting daddy!"

"He knows about the baby and he's happy for us!"

Julia laughs. "So is he supposed to tell you his miserable?"

"He's in therapy that we offered to pay for!"

"So that automatically means he's happy for you? Get real!" She heads towards the door.

"Don't you walk out that door!"

"I'm so done with this! Congrats and good luck!" She says sarcastically and leaves slamming the door behind her.

I look at Cartman. "I knew she was going to act like this..."

"She handled it better than I thought." He laughs. "I thought she would be kicking and screaming."

"She practically was."

"If it's any consolation, I'm excited!" Shannon steps in.

I hug her. "Thank you so much sweetie! I'm so happy to have you as a daughter!"

"Stepdaughter..." She smiles.

"Oh honey, as far as I'm concerned, you're my daughter!"

"Thank you!" She looks at the clock. "I guess I better get ready for my date!" She heads upstairs.

I smile and turn to Cartman. "I'm glad she found a really nice guy."

"Yeah, she's really shy so I'm happy for that too." He puts his arms around me. "I'm also glad that you've taken a liking to my daughter the way you have! Thank you!"

"I told you I think Shannon is great! I really hope she rubs off on Julia one of these days. As long as it doesn't happen the other way around." We laugh, then we hear Eric Theo crying on the baby monitor. "I'll go check on him."

"I'll check on him, you get some rest."

"Thanks baby." I give him a kiss on the cheek.

Julia's POV

I head to Dustin's house to vent to him about mom and Cartman. I ring the doorbell and Demi answers it. "Awwww! You're not supposed to be here!" She tells me in an annoyingly bratty tone.

I roll my eyes. "I'm here to see Danielle."

"No you're not. You're here to see Dustin!" She says proudly.

"I'm not arguing with an 8 year old! Is she here or not?"

She nods. "Yes, so is Dustin!"

"Thank you!" I walk past her and head up to Dustin's room. I knock on the door and there's no answer. I open the door and I'm shocked as I see Dustin in bed with another woman. My jaw drops. "Dustin?!"

He sits up as does the woman. "Julia? What are you doing here?"

"Who is she and what are you doing with her?"

"Who is that?" The woman asks him.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of it." Dustin gets out of bed and puts his pants on. He grabs my arm and pulls me out of the room and closes the door.

"What the hell is going on?" I ask him.

"You know you're not supposed to be here!"

"Are you cheating on me?"

He laughs. "We're not together."

"But we've spent so much time together. We have sex all the time."

"Yeah and it was good. But I'm free to do me as are you."

"I can't believe this..." I start to tear up a bit.

"I told you things couldn't be serious between us. Our parents don't even want us together."

"You could've told me you were seeing someone else!"

"Why? I don't owe you an explanation! We're not in a relationship!"

"You're such an asshole!" I burst into tears.

"I'm not an asshole. I told you the deal up front."

"I love you..."

He puts his hand on my shoulder. "You're so young and naive. Do you even know what love is?"

"I know how I feel!"

He laughs. "That's what I thought. You don't know anymore about love than I do. We definitely didn't learn about it from our parents."

"Dustin..."

"Just go. I have company to get back to. Plus I don't want your mom to find out you're here." He goes back in his room and closes the door. I run out of the house and to the car. I couldn't get out of there quick enough.

Kobe's POV

"You look so handsome!" Mom squeals. "I can't believe my baby is going out on his first date!"

"Mom!" I can feel myself blushing.

"What? It's not every day, your oldest child has their first date!"

"Plus she's a nice girl too." Dad adds in.

"You guys are making too big a deal about this. We're just going to see a movie."

"Sounds like a date to me." Mom states.

"We're friends. That's it." I look at my phone. "I need to get going. I don't want to be late."

"Maybe I should drive you guys. I'm not 100 percent comfortable with you driving at night with another teen in the car."

"They'll be fine Nichole." Dad steps in.

"Thank you dad!"

"You just be on your best behavior! Keep your hands and lips to yourself!" Dad warns.

"Dad, we're just friends! It's not like that!"

"You heard what I said, young man!"

"Yes sir. I better get going."

"Have fun honey!" Mom tells me as she kisses me. I can guarantee she left lipstick on my face.

"Bye guys!" I tell them as I walk out the house. I know they're probably watching me from the window. I wish they would get a grip. I won't complain too much, since technically I'm supposed to be grounded.

"Kobe?" I hear my name whispered as I'm about to get in the car. I look around and see Julia pop out of a bush.

"What are you doing here?" I look around to see if the parental figures are watching. "If my parents see you here, they'll kill me."

"I really need to talk to you." I can look at her and tell she's been crying.

"We'll have to talk later, I'm heading out for a date."

She looks shocked. "Date? With who?"

"Shannon…"

Julia's jaw drops. "Shannon? As in my cousin Shannon? Shannon Marsh-Cartman?"

I nod. "Yes, that's the one."

"Since when are you two dat-…wait a minute! You're the guy she's been texting the last few weeks aren't you?"

I nod again. "Yes, I really need to get going."

"Why are you going out with her? Is it because I turned you down?"

"No because we're friends that enjoy each other's company."

"I didn't think she was your type…"

"Excuse me?"

"I mean, she's not that pretty. I know she's my cousin and all, but she's not that cute. She looks like a female version of her dad! At least she's not fat like him, but she's still a bit on the chubby side."

"This is how you speak about your own cousin?"

She shrugs. "I'm just speaking the truth."

"Well why don't you speak your truth to Dustin? That's who you're with now, remember?"

She shakes her head and looks down. "He cheated on me. That's why I came to talk to you…"

"I'm sorry to hear that, I really am." I look at my watch. "I really have to go."

"You're still going to leave after what I just told you?"

"Yes, I made a promise to Shannon. I'm sorry, we'll talk another time." I get in the car and drive off. I know she's hurting, but I just can't stop my life because she has yet another problem. A problem I knew that was coming…

Stan's POV

I'm fixing myself a late night snack, when I hear a small knock on the door. I open the door and see Julia. "Juju? It's late, what are you doing here?"

"Can I stay the night?" I tearful daughter asks me.

"You know I have to get the okay from Wendy and Cartman. It's not my night to have you."

"Whatever…" She comes in and sits down.

I send Wendy a quick text letting her know Julia is here and safe and ask if she can stay over. "So what's going on?"

"I'm having a shitty day."

"What happened?"

She bursts into tears. "I found out mom and Cartman are having another baby, Dustin is cheating on me, and Kobe is dating Shannon! I hope you don't have any bad news for me."

I shake my head. "No I don't."

Julia wipes her eyes. "How do you do it?"

"Do what?"

"How can you watch mom make a new life with another man? How haven't you lost it yet? I'm practically losing it!"

"I've had my moments. It's not easy, but I'm getting through it one day at a time. You know?"

"I hate it and I hate him!"

"You don't hate him, it's the situation you hate."

"Why do they keep popping out these babies at their age?"

I laugh. "Your mom always wanted more kids. You know that."

"Ugh! I just wish they weren't Cartman's!"

"It is what it is." I fold my arms. "Tell me more about Dustin cheating."

"I don't want to talk about it! I'm so angry and hurt! He broke my heart. He acted like he didn't give a damn."

"I told you-"

"Daddy, please don't say I told you so! I don't want to hear that."

"He's too old for you anyway. You don't need to worry about a boyfriend anyway, you're only 16. It starts to become a problem, when you're my age." I joke…sort of.

"What happened to Liz?"

I shrug. "I haven't heard from her since that day. I guess I had too much going on for her."

"Oh well. You'll find someone." She yawns. "I think I'm going to go to bed."

I shake my head. "Not here. Your mom wants you home."

"Can't you say no?"

"Do you really want your mom and Cartman making trouble for me? Things are calm right now, I want to keep it that way."

"Fine…"

"Let me get my keys and you can tell me about Kobe and Shannon and why it has you so upset."

"That may take longer than the car ride."

"I'll drive slow!" I laugh and we head out to the car. I'm really angry about Dustin hurting my daughter. I feel like I should say something to Kenny since he felt the need to bad mouth Julia.