Family

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⚠️LITLE MENTION OF ABUSE⚠️

Avery opened the door to a room. There was a bunch of medical equipment and it was only for one person, Michael.

"That's the daddy of my kid, You know what I wish for the most is he survives this thing, survives at least so he could see his child," the older woman said, She looked calm, there was not even the tiniest worry in her voice, she didn't even look worried.

The man in the bed

"You're not worried?" Starr said, looking confused since most people would be crying if they saw someone they cared about like this. "No, I don't like him to be honest, he's too full of himself, and when I told him I was pregnant, he just walked away, not saying a word! And after that, he completely ignored me!" The woman said she wasn't even worried that he could wake up and hear her.

The woman looked down at the man and laid beside him, She looked at his face now a little worried "But I have to love him, for my kid" said Avery, She was still looking at him, wide eyes with hope. She breathed out and closed her eyes. "So no matter how much you hate him, you'll still pretend you love him? For your kid?" the girl said confused, her eyebrows furrowed and mouth open ready to say something but decided against it. "Yeah." the woman said not even opening her eyes.

Starr felt weird, like she felt the same feeling before, wetness. When she tried to figure out how or what she felt all that could come to mind was wet.

"Why?" was all that Starr thought of to ask. She didn't understand completely, why she was pretending to do something that wasn't good for her. "Because maybe I could fall for him like I did the first time I saw him," she said, her voice relaxed everything relaxed. The girl looked at her worried but also confused.

Is she doing it for her or her kid?

She thought. The girl looked up seeing the man wide awake. Looking calmly at Avery, he also looked understanding not even a little annoyed.
"So you care about me or not?" he said teasing, he looked at her with a weird reassuring face.

Avery's eyes opened wide as she threw herself off the bed, She cleared her throat obviously embarrassed.

"Both," she said, her voice was shaking and unsure. Her hands crossed, relaxed on her belly. It's a lot bigger than it was the first time the girl saw Avery again.

"You sure it's one kid?" the man says looking worried on Avery's belly. Avery looked at him confused and at her very pregnant stomach. She looked surprised like she hadn't noticed it before. She slowly looked at Starr and then the man in the bed. "Yeah, I checked!" said Avery, She sounded confident but her face said otherwise. Starr looked at her convinced, while the man looked unsure and unconvinced.

"This is the baby daddy, Michael. Michael, Starr, my cousin!" the woman said. He looked at the girl with wide eyes. "So, she's the one you were always talking about?" He said looking at the girl, observing everything about her. Starr's body stiffened,

She talks about me

"She talked about you a lot!" he continued to say his voice soft but rough. He tried to sit up but couldn't, he flinched in pain. "What happened to you?" said the girl. She was both confused and scared.

Starr and Michael flinched as they heard the loud gunshots continue. "Yeah, what happened to you?" said Avery trying to keep their minds off it. Michael quickly caught on and answered.

"Your aunt here shot me," he said with a teasing tone. He didn't look annoyed he had a weird facial expression, his eyebrows were high and his eyes were wide. It didn't look like he was scared or confused. He just looked like he was trying to be funny.

"I didn't try, I was trying to protect both you and Sophia!" she called out but Avery looked more offended and annoyed than funny. The man just laughed.

"I know, we both had walkers on us and didn't have weapons you were trying your best!" he said laughing at her. She didn't find it the slightest bit funny, her smile faded and she turned around to walk out of the room.

"She's always so annoyed when I mention this stuff! It must be the pregnancy hormones!" He said snickering. Starr laughed till Avery turned around and walked towards him.

"The fuck did you say? You know each time you're surprised why I'm disappointed to have a kid with you, and you always say I don't have a reason. But now I do, now I fucking do!" Said the woman her tone was harsh but soft, Micheal just laughed it off while Starr slowly backed up.

She sounded like her mom, when she was mad at her for doing stuff she wasn't supposed to.

"Don't you fucking dare go out that door, Starr!" She said, Her voice was more harsh and not the slightest bit soft. Avery's finger was pointed at Starr. Her dad used to do that when he was too sleepy to grab what he wanted. It wasn't nice needing to feel that again, it felt like a needle stabbing her.

Starr stopped walking and stood there, her head down and fiddling with her fingers.

"Geez it was a joke!" said Micheal "Yeah but it wasn't really funny," said the older woman slowly pulling her finger towards her baby's father. "Yeah, well, Starr laughed," he said looking at the kid.

Starr's head quickly sprung up, her eyes wide mouth opened and her shoulders high up. Michael got worried real quick noticing how much Starr's face looked like she was scared shitless. She was now plucking the skin of her fingers, they started to bleed but she didn't care.

"You laughed at the joke? It wasn't funny at all Starr! He was mean and cruel!" said Avery, Her voice sounded like a puppy dying or getting hurt, but it still maintained its harshness, starr felt like a thousand needles were stabbing her.

"I- I didn't mean to, I'm sorry, I w- won't do it again, I swear!" said the kid. Michaels face and whole body got numb. *what happened to that kid?* he thought to himself.

"Well, good," said the woman and stormed out. Her footsteps felt like a pounding rock on her head.

Starr fell to the ground and sat there. "You okay?" asked Michael. She just nodded while her eyes were wide open. She hadn't blinked since Avery stormed out.

"She sounded like my mom, and she pointed at me like my dad.." she mumbled to herself. She felt numb everywhere.

Why

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SORRY THIS CHAPTER IS SO SHORT I'M JUST LOSING MOTIVATION AND SCHOOL STARTED LIKE THREE WEEKS AGO OR SMTH AND KM GOING ON A TRIP ON MONDAY BUT ANYWAY SO SORRY