Sorry for the long wait. I had major writer's block. Hope you all are staying safe in this quarantine.

"A woman experiencing an unplanned pregnancy also deserves to experience unplanned joy." -Patricia Heaton

As Emily's baby bump gets more and more noticeable, she finds herself being bullied at school. However she doesn't tell anyone about the bullying, because she wants to be independent. She's about to be a mother. She wants to maintain her own autonomy thinking that's what will make her the best mother for her twins.

After getting out of history class, Emily walked back to her locker to put her books inside. When she opened her locker a bunch of papers fell open. The papers read in big, bold letters 'slut' and 'whore'. She heard kids laughing behind her. Emily sighed as she picked up the papers and stuffed them back into her locker.

'When will this stop?' Emily thought as she headed to her next class. The bullying had been going on for almost a month. It seemed like the more that Emily ignored them, the harder they came after her.

Derek had seen the whole scene with the paper's falling out of Emily's locker and the kids laughing. He was enraged. 'How dare they mess with my sister?!' He thought as he stormed over to confront the Captain of the football team.

"What do you want, pint size?" The football team captain asked

Derek stepped up to him, "You mess with my sister again, I'll make you regret it."

"That slut is your sister?" He said, "No way."

Derek curled his hands into fists and he punched the older teen square in the nose. "And that's what you get. My sister is not a slut."

Luckily for Derek, there were no teachers around to witness him punching the other student otherwise he'd be in big trouble. Not just at school, but at home too. Fighting was not allowed under any circumstances, but Derek had a legitimate excuse. He was defending his sister. He wasn't a kid that was known for being violent, but in defense of his sister or his family he would throw a punch.

Meanwhile with Emily, when it looked like she was heading to her next class, but she was actually headed off campus. She just couldn't take it anymore. She called her friend Matthew to meet her at their spot. The place they used to hang out at every day after school when they were young. Matthew was the friend that she hadn't wanted to leave when she was twelve and her parents decided to just leave her behind. Matthew was and still is her best friend.

Matthew's school was closer than Emily's so when she arrived, he was already there. Emily, who had been crying, ran over and hugged her friend. He hugged her back, and when she pulled away that's when he noticed the bump.

"Em." Matthew uttered

Emily nodded, "I know. I'm having twins." She and Matthew sat down and Emily explained everything to him.

"Wow. I had no idea." Matthew said after Emily was finished talking

"I know. I didn't tell anyone other than my adoptive father, my brother and my boyfriend." Emily replied, "I have two sisters and a little brother. I haven't told them yet, but my little sisters...they're nine and they suspect I'm pregnant because I'm getting bigger. And my little brother...he's almost six and is starting to ask questions about why I'm getting so big. I'll have to tell them soon."

Matthew took Emily's hand, "You'll tell them when you're ready."

Emily laughed, "Matthew, I'm five months pregnant. At this rate, I'll tell them when I'm in labor. And that's not good because my little brother, he hates change. He needs time to adjust. And my little sisters, they already lost one older sister. I don't want them to be afraid of losing me to the babies."

Matthew and Emily spent the next three hours talking before realized that school was getting out and she should get home.

"As much as I would like to stay here and continue talking with you, I have to get home." Emily told Matthew, "My father is working late tonight and I have to get my younger siblings from school and take them home."

"Meet again soon? I'd love to meet those babies of yours once their born."

Emily smiled, "Of course. I'd love to go back to our weekly meetings."

"Me too." Matthew added

"See you next week, here at three?"

Matthew nodded, "Absolutely."

When Emily arrived at the school that Spencer, Jennifer and Penelope attended, Derek was there waiting for her. She smiled at her brother.

"Hey Der."

"Hey Em. I saw what those kids did to you. They won't be messing with you anymore."

Emily sighed, "What did you do, Derek?"

"I defended my sister."

"I didn't need you to do that."

Derek nodded, "I know. I wanted to."

Jennifer and Penelope came running at Emily and Derek. They hugged Emily first, being careful of the bump that they suspected was a baby bump.

"Hey Jay. Hey Monkey, how was school?"

"Good." Penelope replied. She had really come out of her shell.

Derek looked behind them, searching for his little brother, "Where's Spence?"

"He's coming." Jennifer said, "You know how much he loves school. He's getting extra homework from his teacher."

Emily looked at Derek, "I can wait for Spencer if you want to start heading home with the girls."

"I want to stay with you, Emmy." Penelope insisted

"Okay. You can stay, Monkey." Emily told her. She looked at Jennifer, "Jay, you go with Derek."

Jennifer nodded, "Okay Em."

"If you're not making someone else's life better, then you're wasting your time. Your life will become better by making other lives better." -Will Smith

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