After about an hour of sitting in the waiting room at the hospital and giving my statement to the cops, I'm called back to be checked out. I find out that my nose has a minor fracture that would heal with time. I get a prescription for some nasal thing that would help me breathe through my nostrils, but besides that, I was just told to put ice on it multiple times for the first two days to bring down the swelling and reduce pain.

When I get into my car, I look in the rearview mirror to see how bad I looked. Under my eyes were starting to bruise and there was a red tint around my nose. It was pretty swollen and definitely would be for a bit until I got ice to bring that down. As soon as I put the car into reverse, my phone starts vibrating in my pocket. I let out a sigh as I put the vehicle in park again before fishing in my pocket to see that Julian was calling.

I knew that as soon as I answered him, I would have to tell him who Nora is and what his father had done to me, but I just wished I could hit ignore for the night. I answer the call before putting the phone up to my ear. "Hey, so, um-"

"Ivy's pregnant," his voice blurts out in the most serious voice I've ever heard from him. For the second time tonight, it's like an ice bucket was poured over my head at the news I was just told. I almost slam my head into the steering wheel when a guilty feeling runs through my body because I should've checked on my sister. I knew that something was going on, but I was too much of an idiot to not see what it was.

But that didn't stop the anger from also coming into my body at the fact that she and Jonah were so careless. Sure, they might've used condoms or whatever, but they could've had more preventative measures in place. She should be on birth control or he should be pulling out, even if he was wearing protection. These things happen and I don't know if they just didn't understand how easy for it to happen, but they were fucking irresponsible.

"Miles," Julian catches my attention again with a scared tone. I don't even respond to him as I hit the end call button and throw my phone into the passenger side door, definitely cracking it. I let out a loud yell as I slam my palms into the steering wheel, breaking down for the first time in a while.

Not only had Julian's father attacked me and I found out that Nora was my sister-in-law, but my fucking little sister is pregnant when she's only 19. Jonah's only 21 and even though he's responsible at times, there's no way in hell he could care for a child. I mean, Ivy's in college and she's on a good track to becoming an amazing businesswoman. She was going to intern with Julian this summer, she's going to do good things and then this just had to come and fuck it all up. When everything's good, something always has to come along to fuck it up.

My phone was vibrating on the floor as I started sobbing, filling my car with the dreadful sound. I set my forehead against the steering wheel as I let myself just break and cry and scream as much as I needed to. I knew that I needed to go to Jonah's apartment to deal with them, but for right now, I needed to just take a second because my emotions were becoming too much for me to even deal with.

After a few minutes of crying and freaking out, I wipe my eyes using my shirt while being careful to not hurt my nose too much. I pull out of my parking space at the hospital before speeding off towards Jonah's apartment that I've been to multiple times before. I knew she would be there because there's no way Julian would know unless Jonah did and that's usually where the two of them would spend their time. I spend the entire drive just trying to pull myself together because I knew if I cried in front of them, it would make matters 100% worse than they already were.

It takes me 30 minutes to get there and once I do, I let out a sigh of relief when I see my sister's car in the parking lot. I rush out of my vehicle before practically running to the building and skipping the elevator to take the stairs two steps at a time. Once I get to the 10th floor, I find the apartment number I knew before pounding on the front door. I could hear hushed tones inside before the door is pulled open to reveal Jonah's face that looked so scared when he realized it was me. Look, I'm gonna be honest, my anger got too much and I definitely overreacted at this moment.

My hand shoots out and grips his neck before I slam him into the wall that was behind him. He looks so shocked as he stares up at me with wide eyes while he tries to catch his breath. I feel a strong hand settle on my shoulder while another one starts to lightly hit my back. "Miles! Stop! Please, Miles, stop!"

I completely ignore my sister as she tries to pull me off of her boyfriend, but I knew I wasn't gripping his neck so hard that it would kill the guy. It was just to scare him a bit, which it definitely was. But like I said, I'm overreacting, but that's beside the point. I stare down in his wide eyes that were now starting to fill with tears. "You told me you were using condoms."

"We are, I swear!" He says in a breathy voice when I let go of his neck before turning around to face the door that had swung closed. When I glance back at my sister, she's lightly touching Jonah's neck while tears run down her face. She looked rough, like her face was puffy and her clothes looked old and ragged. She turns to look at me again, but instead of looking scared like she was a few moments ago, she looked pissed off, not that I blame her. She rushed over to me and slapped my arm as hard as she could, but I was so numb right now that I barely even felt it.

"What the fuck are you doing?" She yells in my face before she realizes what she just said and she cowers in on herself. I could tell that my glare was scaring the both of them, but I didn't make any move to change it.

"What the fuck am I doing? What the fuck are you doing, Ivy? You're 19-years-old and you're pregnant! What the hell were you thinking?" I scream at her, but she's not affected by it as she walks over to the couch to sit next to Jonah, who was lightly rubbing his neck.

"I'm sorry, Miles, I'm so sorry. I know you're disappointed," she whispers to me, looking close to crying again. I walked over to stand in front of the two of them with my arms crossed, knowing that if I sat down, I would get too jittery and would end up pacing the apartment.

"If you two have sex, you use protection. That's what Mom and I taught you, Ivy! Did we not get that through your head? Because not only can you get pregnant like you are now, but you can get STDs that could potentially kill you, do you get that?" I snap at her.

"Yes! I get it! I know! We use protection, Miles. We do, I promise. We don't know what happened," she says as she begins to cry again, looking absolutely horrible. Jonah looked concerned for her but made no move to comfort her like he usually would be. I let out a sigh, realizing that this could easily lead to a panic attack if someone doesn't support her. I sit down next to her on the couch, pulling her into my arms so she could cry into my chest. I run my hand through her hair as she continues to break down in my arms.

I glance at Jonah to see that he has his head in his hands and was shaking with stress. I use one of my hands to place it on his back, lightly running it up-and-down like Julian usually does to me whenever I'm freaking out. I could tell it was helping him by the way his trembling went down a bit, so I kept doing it while still running a hand through my sister's hair. I was thinking through all the things they could do, but there really were only three options.

"Okay," I say with a sigh, getting both of their attention. "you have three options. You can have the baby, raise it, and be parents. You can have the baby and give it up for adoption. Or you can get an abortion. It's up to you, Ivy, it's your body, it's your choice."

"I... I don't know," she whispers to me before sitting back on the couch, wiping her eyes with the sleeves of her shirt. Jonah gently places his hand on her shoulder, but I don't think he would be able to do too much more than that with the way he started to tremble even more. I get up from my spot next to my sister before sitting on the coffee table in front of the couch so I could get a better view of the two of them.

"Do you guys want to raise this baby?" I ask since that's probably where we should start.

Once Ivy shakes her head, so does Jonah, it makes this whole thing easier because now there are only two options to choose from. I reach out, setting my hand on Ivy's knee to get her attention. When she looks up at me, she looks so terrified that I was worried she would pass out right there. I let out a sigh before pulling her into another tight hug, lightly rocking us back-and-forth. I could tell that Jonah was definitely going to go through some stuff once all of this was done by the way he looked so... guilty?

"Alright, this is up to you, Ivy," I tell my sister, pulling back from the hug to look at her. "do you want to do the nine months of pregnancy and have the baby? Or not? It's okay, whatever you decide, it's okay."

She looks up at me with a very frightened look on her face as she tries so hard not to cry. She reaches out blindly, trying to find my hands, so I grab them and place a kiss on the back of her hands. "Please, don't tell Mom."

I sit up, knowing that I'll have to tell her at some point. I mean, this is her daughter and this will definitely take a toll on her mental health, no matter what she decides. "I can't promise you that I won't, but I won't bring it up now, okay?"

"I want an abortion," she blurts out, shocking Jonah and I, but we don't show it as she glances up at the two of us. Her boyfriend nods his head, giving her a supportive smile before looking back down at his hands that were running together. Ivy then turns to me to see what I was thinking and when I nod my head, she looks very relieved at my reaction.

"Jonah, how do you feel about that? And be honest," I ask, looking at the man I was speaking to. He looks up at me when I say his name, looking surprised that I was addressing him.

"Um, that doesn't really matter. It's Ivy's body-" he starts, but I stop him by putting my hand up. Ivy glances at me for a second, looking worried at what I was about to say, but I ignore her as I focus on Jonah, who was obviously having a tough time. I could tell that he was experiencing some very mortified emotions, but he was trying his best to hide them since he didn't want to freak Ivy out.

"I didn't ask whose body this was. I asked how you were feeling about this," I say in a soft tone.

He shrugs his shoulder, looking down at his hands. "I don't know honestly. I wish this wasn't happening and I know I can't change anything about it, but I just wish this wasn't real, I guess. I just wish I could change it, you know?"

"I know," I tell him in a whisper tone before standing up. I run my hands together before checking my watch to see what time it was and when I see that it's almost one in the morning, I know that we all need to get to sleep. "alright, pack your stuff up, both of you. You're staying at the house for the night. I'll take you wherever you need, whenever you need."

The two of them look surprised before they stand up when they see that I was completely serious. I wait there for a few minutes before Ivy comes into the room with a backpack slung over her shoulder that Julian got her the first Christmas we spent with him. That reminded me, I probably should call him back, but I honestly couldn't deal with even more stress tonight. My sister comes over to me, curling herself around my body like she usually does whenever she needs some support. "I'm so sorry, Mila."

"I know," is all I say. We stand like that for a few minutes before Jonah comes back into the living room with a bag in hand. I grab my keys from off the coffee table before we head out of the apartment and into the elevator to go down to the ground level.

"What happened to your nose?" Ivy whispers to me, finally getting a good look at it. I'm assuming the bruising was even worse by the way it aches painfully and I knew that I would need to ice it a lot once I get home. I wasn't too worried about that right now, but more worried on the two people next to me that looked like they would pass out at any minute.

"Don't worry about it," I tell my sister once we get to the bottom floor. We walk into the lobby before leaving the apartment building to go to the parking lot. Once we get in my car, it gets very quiet, so I just turn on the radio softly before making my way towards my house. I knew that I should probably be doing something for them, but I had no idea what I would do. There was nothing that could make them feel better right now, so I just kept my mouth shut and kept driving.

Once I park in my driveway, we all pile out of the car, just going into the house silently. They both follow me into the kitchen where I grab two bowls to put spaghetti noodles and sauce in it, which I made a few hours ago. I heat it up before setting it in front of them since they probably haven't eaten in awhile. I feed Bailey since he was trying to lick everyone, which isn't something I think any of us want. Once he was preoccupied with his food, I wrap some ice in a paper towel before pressing it lightly against my nose.

I could feel the stares from Ivy and Jonah, but I didn't open my eyes as I felt relief spread through my body since the ice was relieving the pain a bit. We all just sit there while they ate and I just started thinking about things before Jonah's phone started vibrating. I open my eyes to see him pulling it out of his pocket before he glances at me. "It's Julian."

"I'm not here," I tell him in a soft voice, which earns a worried look from my sister. I shake my head at her to silently tell her that I really didn't want to talk about it. Jonah nods his head before hitting the accept button on his phone before putting it up to his ear.

"Hello?"

"Let me talk to Miles," I hear the soft voice from Jonah's phone since it was so quiet in the room. Jonah glances up at me to see what I wanted him to do and when I shake my head, he holds back a sigh as he runs a fingertip over the marble countertop.

"He's not with me, sir," Jonah says and I feel bad for making him lie to his boss, but I really couldn't handle that right now. So much has happened today and I just wanted everyone to go to sleep and for nothing else to happen tonight. Ivy bit her lip lightly as she watches me, trying to find some clue about what happened between the two of us, but couldn't find anything in my face.

"I can see the security cameras to the house, Jonah. I know you're at the house with him, put him on the damn phone," Julian demands, sounding mad since he knows that he was just lied to. I knew that would bring repercussions to Jonah, so I reminded myself to talk to Julian before he could do anything to him. Jonah lets out a sigh before reaching the phone out to me. I grab it from his hands, but before I could even think, I press the 'end call' button and place the phone onto the counter.

"Miles!" Jonah says to me, sounding terrified about what would happen once Julian got home.

"Tell Julian I was the one that hung up on him. I won't let you get in trouble for my actions," I tell him before setting the paper towel with ice in it in the sink before picking Bailey up into my arms since he seemed tired. "Jonah, you can sleep in your old room. Ivy, sleep in Nina's room. Goodnight."

I rush out of the room before they could say anything to me. I was starting to get cranky from the lack of sleep and all that's happened tonight and I really didn't want to take any of it out on anyone else. Once I get into the bedroom, I close the door before setting Bailey on the bed before changing into some sweatpants. I lay down in the bed, letting out a sigh as the excited puppy starts to lick my face, probably sensing that I was a little upset.

I turn the lights off, which makes the moonlight shine in to light up the room a bit. After a few minutes of laying in the bed, I hear footsteps on the stairs before two separate doors open and close. I knew Jonah and Ivy would need a night apart by the way the two of them acted together, which I didn't mind. It would probably do them some good to think separately. I push all my thoughts out of my head, including all the things I was assuming about Julian's father that I unfortunately met tonight. I run my hands through Bailey's soft fur as he cuddles to my side, falling asleep as soon as he gets comfortable and after awhile, I'm asleep as well.

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