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*A few weeks later...

"Mom, you should really let Mia go back to college now." Damian says while we are all gathered around the table to eat breakfast.

"I don't want to talk about the same thing anymore." She replies to him as she continues eating her food.

"Mom please..."

"Damian!" She says as she drops her fork on the plate, looking at him with her eyes filled with coldness.

I don't understand... why is she acting like this? I know that she has been acting a little cold since Emma's death but... this is, this is way too different but what I don't understand is why every time I try to talk about dad they change the subject or they even ignore my questions. I've called and texted him every day and I still haven't got any reply. Are they hiding something from me?

"I agree with you mom." Domenic says as he kisses Mom's hand like a fucking mommy's boy he is and I just roll my eyes at them.

"Thank you, son. I appreciate that.
So, as I was saying..." Mom begins to say but before she finishes her sentence I get up from the table immediately, rushing towards the bathroom holding my breath because I start to feel a little nauseous. My stomach hurts and everything around me starts spinning around and around.

As soon as I get to the toilet I begin to throw up everything that I have eaten.
I keep ongoing for about 5 minutes until I feel I can't throw up anymore and I begin to feel physically and emotionally drained.

I lean back against the wall while I begin to care about the way that my hands are shaking. I can't help but look at myself reflected in the mirror in front of me as I slowly get up to clean myself .

"What's wrong with me? Why do I feel so weak?"

"Mia are you okay? What's wrong?" Damian and mom say at the same time.

"Yeah yeah I'm fine! I think the egg was not cooked well or something." I reply.

"Can you open the door?" My mom says as she convinces Damian to go back to the table.

I slowly open the door and she immediately enters grabbing me by my hair.

"Aghhh... what are you doing? You're hurting me!" I say.

"Are you pregnant?" She asks furiously.

"What? Of course not. I told you that it's just the food I ate." I reply without looking at her.

"Don't lie to me Mia!" She yells.

"I'm not lying. It's just the egg." I reply to her making eye contact so I can convince her.

"Fine then.
But... if I later find out that you are pregnant...
You wouldn't like what I'll do." She says as she closes the door and walks away.

"I'm not pregnant. It's just the egg, right?" I say while I'm looking at my reflection in the mirror.

"Nah... that can't be possible. Don't be ridiculous Mia.
But what if that's true? It's been a couple of days since I've started to feel like this and I still haven't got my period for this month.
What are we going to do if that's true ? I'm not ready to be a parent neither is Bryan."

"I have to do something about this. But how?
How I'm going to check if I'm pregnant if my mom doesn't even let me go out?
Hmm... maybe if I ask Damian to go out with him shopping or something my mom would let me. At least I hope soo and then I'll somehow buy a pregnancy test without him knowing."

After I'm all cleaned up I go upstairs to Damian's room to find him laying on the bed talking to someone.

"All right then. I'll talk to you later.
Take care." He says then hangs up the phone.

"Hey, sis. Is everything okay?"

"Yeah but I'm bored. I miss my friends."

"Anyone in particular?" He asks raising one eyebrow.

"Don't start please." I say rolling my eyes.

"I'm not. I'm just asking." He replies, raising his hands innocently.

"Anyway... I was wondering if you would take me shopping?"

"You can just order them and in a few hours you will have all of them in your room."

"You're no fun at all." I say slapping him on his arm and he just starts laughing.

"Sure I'd take you Mia. Is that even a question?" He replies hugging me.

"I love you Damian. You're the best brother I could ever ask for."

"I love you to lil sis.
Now hurry up and get ready and don't forget to take your mask."

"Okay. I'll be downstairs in 10 minutes." I say then I run to my room to get changed.

After a few minutes, we leave the house and go to the mall.
When we arrive I start buying some clothes even though I don't need them then after we finish the shopping we decide to sit in one of the cafes.

"Omg, you are Damian Williams! We're huge fans of you! We love all your movies!" Some high school girls say as soon as they see Damian.
-Yes! Just in time.

"Hey, Damian I'm going to the restroom. I'll be back in a minute." I say and he agrees with his head while the girls are taking pictures with him and other famous shit stuff.

While I'm on my way to the restroom I turn my head to look at Damian who's distracted by his fans then I change my direction to go to one of the pharmacies that are near the mall.

"Hello."

"Hi. How may I help you miss?" The pharmacist asks.

"Yeah, I'd like two pregnancy tests." I say to the girl and she goes to look for them.
After a minute she returns with a small box in her hand.

"Here you go. There are two pregnancy tests inside of the box. I can explain to you how to use them if you want to but you can also find the explanation inside of the box.

"I'd love to hear but I'm a little bit in a rush but thanks anyway." I say to her then I rush outside to return to Damian.

When I arrive, he's still surrounded by his fans so I sit in my chair while I slowly get one of the shopping bags to put the small box inside without Damian noticing then I push the bag with my leg to its previous place.

"Ladies, I think that's enough for today. You wouldn't want to tire Mr. Damian right?" I ask the girls and their faces start blushing.

"Don't listen to my sister girls. She's a little bit moody today." Damian says smiling and they start giggling while they return to their places.

"It sucks to be an actor."

"Well... it depends. Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't."

"Yeah right." I reply rolling my eyes.

"I'm serious. Sometimes it sucks because you don't have privacy and everyone knows everything about your life but sometimes it could be a really nice and funny job to do because you get the chance to know a lot of people and even be friends with them. You can also get the chance to meet your idol. You can even talk with him face to face without being interrupted by anyone.
Don't make me talk about the fun you can have while you're on set..." He explains.

"Okay, okay! I get it. Being an actor is great and that you love your profession."

"You can even get the chance to meet the love of your life." He says lowering his voice.

"Wait! What did you say? Did I heard that right? Don't tell me that you're meeting with someone. Aghhh... this is amazing. I can't believe that you haven't told me about this thing before." I say excited.

"What's her name? How old is she? Where is she from? Is she pretty? Where did she meet her?" I ask him in one breath.

"Goddd... can you relax for a second. Breathe Mia." He says laughing.

"Tell me!" I insist making eyes like a puppy.

"First, just to inform you. We still haven't started dating so it's not a big deal."

"Duhh... just continue answering my questions please."

"Fine!
So... her name is Gerta. She's 23 years old..."

"Ohh... so she's one year older than Domenic and three years younger than you.
Nice name by the way.

"I know. Her name is kind of special but not as special as the place she comes from."

"Oh really?"

"Yeah. She comes from a small country in southern Europe. Located in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula on the Strait of Otranto, in the southern entrance to the Adriatic Sea called Albania.
She lives in New York now but I must say that I'm in love with the country she comes from, more than I'm with her.
Don't tell her I said this or she will kill me." He says smiling.

"Albania... yeah I've heard about it. It's actually a really good place if you're planning to go for holidays. I've also heard that the people there are very welcoming but what part of Albania is she from?"

"Well... it's from the northeast part of Albania. She's from a place called Tropoja."

"Tropoja? As it «Marko from Tropoja» in the movie Taken?" I ask him excited.

"Yeah exactly! That's the first thing I said too when I first met her while I was on the plane."

"Awesome! I can't wait to meet her personally and I know that we're going to be best friends."

"I'm sure about that." He replies smiling.

As I'm about to ask Damian another question my mom calls me.

"Yeah."

"Are you two finished?"

"Yeah." I reply simply.

"Okay then, come home." Mom says then hangs up the phone.

"What did she said?"

"Hhh... she said we had to go home." I tell him in a low voice.

"Hey. Don't be upset. I'll take you out every time you want to." Damian says taking my hands on his.

"I know. It's just... I miss my old life. I miss my friends, I miss everything. I even miss my room.

"I'm really tired of all these mum's bullshit. I mean what's wrong with her? What have I done to her that she's acting like this?" I ask him with a a sobbing voice.

"Come here." Damian says taking me in his arms for a hug.

"Don't listen to her, okay? She's... she's just a little upset these days."

"Okay but why? I don't remember that I've done something wrong. Have I?"

"No. Of course not."

"Then why does she act like I'm not even her daughter anymore?"

"Mia..."

"She doesn't act like that with either of you guys." I say.

"I..."

"You know what... that's fine. She can continue to act like that as long as she wants to because I don't care even if she doesn't love me.
I have dad, and his love and respect means everything for me and I can't even wait to see him again when he returns from his job trip and tell him everything that mom has put me through.
Now let's go home before she starts us calling again." I say as I take some of the shopping bags with me.

When we arrive home I take the last shopping bags from Damian's hands then I rush towards my bedroom.

As soon as I lock the door I take the small box with the pregnancy tests from the shopping bag to learn how to use it. It isn't hard, after reading the instructions on the box twice but the fact is that I'm terrified about what to expect. In general, I'm scared of the unknown, and this is something new to me. I'm neither adult nor child, but something in between and what I'm doing now is a mix of both.

I don't have much time to think about my sudden motherhood. A baby, I have a baby. Inside me. The first test says that I'm pregnant. 
"I don't know what to do. This must be wrong. I'll try the other test just to be sure."
I take the second test from the box and I go to the bathroom with it.

The second test shows the same result: positive. Fuck.

"No. Not now, not like this. What I'm going to do. What are we going to do. How I'm going to tell Bryan about this. We're not ready to be parents. Fuck... we have just started dating.
No, no no we're to young about this.
Hell! My mom is going to kill me when she finds out."

"Hhhh... I have to do something about this."

"Don't you get it!? We can't keep lying to her. She deserves to know the truth." I hear Damian say in a loud voice from downstairs and I immediately shove the pregnancy test in the back pocket of my jeans.

"No! She doesn't!" Mom replies shouting as I run down stairs to go and check them.

"Yes, she does!"

"Damian!" She shouts again.

"Know what truth?" I ask them.

"Nothing. Just go upstairs!" Mom says.

"What's wrong with you? What have I done to you that you have been acting like... like you're not even my mother?"

"Go to your room!"

"No! You can't keep giving ke orders like I'm a fucking child. I'm 19 fucking years old mom!"

"And? You think that just because you're 19 years old I don't have the right to tell you what to do?" She asks sarcastically.

"You're wrong! You want to know the reason why?"

"Yes."

"Fine then.
I have been acting like this because you're the main reason of everything bad that has happened to our family. You're the reason why James left Emma and then she died! You're the reason why my «husband» your, beloved father died. And you're the reason why James rapped you on your «own» room!" She says in one breath.

I don't know what to say to her. I even don't know what hurts more. The truth I just heard or hearing these words coming from my own mother's mouth. Words that cut me like sharp knifes securing that they will leave marks.

"Mom!" Damian says.

"W...what...?" I manage to ask her.

"Is this what you wanted to hear?"

"Da...dad is dead?" I ask her in a low voice as hot tears fill my eyes.

"Yes, and that's just because of you." She replies.

"Hhhh... no that can't be true. You're lying." I say to her laughing hysterically but she doesn't say anything.

"Damian? Damian she's lying, right?" I ask him waiting for him to answer back.

"Mia, I..." He begins to say.

"She's lying right!?"

"Goddd! How could you hide this from me? How could you look at my face and lie to me when I asked you where dad is? Huh, Damian?
You of all people?" I ask him but he doesn't say anything just looks at me in a way I never wanted anyone to look at me.
Guilt.
Mercy.
All of them are written on their faces.
But what hurts me more is seeing them looking at me with mercy more than guilt because guilt is something that I have been used to see it everyday in the mirror since Emma died.

"Offf... this is too much. This is to much for me. I feel like my head is going to explode." I say in a sobbing voice as I fall to the ground.

"I can't stand all that. It's better if I was dead."

"Mia." My mom says.

"Mia let's go to your room then I'll explain everything to you.
Come on honey.
You two stay here. I'm going to talk with my daughter alone." Mom says as she grabs me by my arms leading me to my room.

"What is this!??" She asks as she takes the pregnancy test from my back pocket as soon as she closes the door.

"I..." I begin to say but I can't find the correct words to answer to her.

"I told you that you were not going to like what I was going to do if I found out you were pregnant." She says.

"What? Are you going to kick me out?" I ask her.

"Oh no. That wouldn't be a punishment for you. That would be your salvation."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Hmm... remember that time I was out and you thought I was in a dinner with my friends?
I was actually out with someone else.
Well to be specific I was out with one of the boys of your dad's job partners. You remember Armando Gonzales."

"Yeah why?"

"Well... after we talked about random things I accidentally found out that he likes you."

"And?"

"And... I decided that since you're pregnant you're going to marry him." She says in a serious tone as she continues walking around in my room.

"Excuse me?? I'm going to what?" I ask her.

"You're going to marry him in two weeks." She replies.

"Are you fucking kidding me? I'm not going to marry anyone especially Armando. I don't even know him."

"Of course you are because if you're not going to marry him then no one is ever going to marry you after they find out you have been rapped. Not even your beloved boyfriend.
Soo... it's better if you start to get used to the idea."

"Now you're going to call your boyfriend and tell him that you're going to tell him something important.
Then, you are going to tell him that you remember everything and that you don't want to see him anymore then you'll come home." She explains.

"Are you out of your fucking mind? I won't do that even if you're going to kill me." I tell her.

"Oh no honey. I would never do that to you but I won't hesitate to do that to that boy if you are not going to fulfill everything I would ask you."

To be continued...

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