The Pain We Face

My Brother Bear

I pull away from Carl to see my brother, Jett, standing at the door. He looks half asleep.

"What's wrong?" He asks. I wipe the tear off my cheek.

"Nothing's wrong" I say as casually as possible. He raises an eyebrow and walks over, and sits in the chair next to me and Carl.

"You're bad at acting Nikki, I saw you crying." He says. I look over at Carl, he nods. I turn back to Jett

"If I tell you, you can't tell ANYONE." I say.

"Oh god, I'm scared now." He says. I roll my eyes and get close to his ear.

"I'm....... I'm pregnant." I whisper. He looks shocked.

"What?" He whisper yells.

"I found out yesterday....." I say curling up against Carl's chest.

"Oh god Nikki." He says getting up.

"Where are you going?!?!" I ask starting to get up.

"To tell mom." He says starting to open the door. I run up and slam the door shut.

"No, it's not your baby, it's not your body, it's not your problem, Carl and I are telling the group at breakfast." I yell, I can feel the tears coming back to my eyes. Jett sees that I'm about to cry, and his face softens.

"Fine, but I'm going back to bed." He says. I smile faintly and let go of the door. He walks back inside, and I turn to look at Carl. He gestures for me to sit on his lap. I run over and plop down in his lap and cry in to his shoulder. He holds me tight and rocks me like a baby. Eventually I calm down. I look up into his eyes, he tries to smile, but I can see a few tears in his eyes.

"Why are you crying?" I ask with a small laugh. He smiles at me.

"I just can't stand to see you cry." He says tapping my nose. I giggle and put my head on his shoulder. He stands up and carries me to our room. Jett isn't there so we figured he probably went to the hang out room to sleep. Carl sets me down on our bed and goes to his small duffle bag.

He grabs jeans and a plaid button down shirt and gets dressed. I just sit there and stare at the floor. Once he is done getting dressed he comes back and sits next to me. I can feel the tears coming back to my eyes so I just continue to stare at the floor. Carl turns my head so I'm looking at him.

"Hey, we will get through this. I'll be here every step." He says. I just nod. He holds me in his arms again, but I don't cry. I just hold in my tears, I have to be strong. We sit there for a long time. Finally I get up and get dressed. I quickly put on some jeans and a tee shirt. I keep Carl's sweat shirt on though, it makes me feel safe. I quickly slip on my black converse and walk back over to Carl.

"Ready for breakfast?" He asks taking my hands in his. I nod. He gets up and we walk out the door.

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Authors note:

Hey my little wolf pups! Did you like the new chapter? I hope so! Lol sorry it's another short one. Oh well. So will Carl and Nikki tell the group? Or will they keep it a secret? If they do tell the group, how will the group take it? You'll just have to wait until the next chapter ;) please vote for the chapters. And please comment. I love reading your comments!!! Thanks <3