Kids Change Everything

Can I help you?

It's been a week since Reid's parents kicked him out of the house. Reid has been keeping Robbie in his dorm room that he used to share with Tyler, who is also the only person who knows that Robbie is staying there. Tyler helps him out by checking on Robbie during school when Reid can't. He hates how it's come to this but it's the only way his son could have a roof over his head as long as he stays in the dorm. Caleb and Pogue believe that Robbie is staying at the house. He knew if he told Caleb, he would get a lecture on how to be responsible. He didn't need that...not right now.

But as he continued to dwell on the thought, he wondered if Caleb would even care right now. He noticed, along with the other two friends, that Caleb has sort of been in a funk. He goes to school, avoids Sarah, and then goes home. They constantly have tried to ask him about it but he always just brushing them off.

Right now, Reid was in his history class, which was terribly lagging if you asks him. He looks at the clock and saw they had a half and hour more before the class ended. He sighs and rolls his head back. Tyler, who was sitting next to him, notices and elbows him in the chest. "What's up with you?"

"This class is to long." Reid whispers.

"You've been dealing with this class for four years and only now you're complaining." Reid sighs and rolls his eyes.

"Just relax." Tyler chuckles out.

"Alright I'm sorry. I just want to get to the dorms to see if Robbie is awake before 3rd period starts." He answers and turns back to the class. Tyler just stares at Reid in amazement. He couldn't believe the change in Reid since Robbie has come into his life. It's like a whole different Reid appeared. Sure the old Reid would pop up every now and then but when it comes to Robbie, Reid never cease to amaze him.

"I'm sure Robbie is just fine. Just relax and you'll see him in no time." Tyler reminds him. Reid gives a hint of a smile and nods his head. Tyler turns his head and catches Jenna's attention. She smiles and then crosses her eyes. He chuckles and lightly shakes his head.

"Okay seriously what is going between you two?" Reid asks, noticing the interaction between the two. He's been noticing it all week. The winks in the classes, the smiles in the hallways, the laughs between breaks. He knows Tyler was keeping something from him.

Tyler looks at Reid and laughs awkwardly. He scratches the back of his neck and then slumps down. "Okay fine. Remember when Jenna babysitted Brooklyn last weekend?" Tyler begins. Reid sits up straighter and nods his head.

"Yeah well when I came back, we talked and we ended up kissing." He confesses.

Reid's eyes grow big for a split second before smiling. "What? And you're only telling me this now? Why?"

"Well the next time I saw you, you told me your parents kicked you out of the house and you and Robbie slept over mine that weekend, I guess I was a little distracted." He admits. He saw Reid's face fall at the mention of his parents and immediately felt guilty.

"Damn I'm sorry Reid." He whispers.

Reid gives him a small smile and shakes his head. "Hey don't worry about it. It's not your fault. They wanna be assholes go ahead. What is important is that Robbie is under a roof and has bed to sleep on." Reid tells him and then turns back to the class. Although he would never admit it, he was hurt. His parents couldn't accept the fact that Robbie was his son? Robbie's grandparents couldn't even accept him, along with his mother. How could anyone hate Robbie? He was the sweetest kid he ever met and he wasn't gonna let anyone hurt him again.

As soon as the bell rang, Reid was out of his seat and race to the bathroom. He locked himself in the stall and used to get to his dorm room faster. He already knew he shouldn't have done it but right now he didn't care. He wanted to see his son. Robbie has been a little fussie lately. He has a small cough and if he was sick it would be the first time Reid would have to deal with it and Reid couldn't help but feel like it's a test.

When he gets to his dorm room, he sees Robbie slightly shift around in his bed. He bends down brushes Robbie's bangs back over his eyes. Robbie slowly blinks his eyes before settling on Reid.

"Daddy?" He whispers.

"Hey buddy. How are you feeling?" Reid whispers back. His smile brightening up his face.

"My throat is sore." Robbie answers.

Reid's eyebrow furrow in concern and feels Robbie's forehead. "Alright well just keep sleeping while I'm gone. Then after school we will go shopping for things to make you feel better." He tells him. Robbie nods and make himself comfortable in the bed again. Seconds later, he was out like the light. Reid tucks him in then with a kiss on the forehead, he leaves his son in the dorm room.

On his way to class, he sees Pogue trying to talk to Caleb from a distance. Caleb just shakes his head and walks away. He makes his way next to Pogue. "Still no change?"

"No. I don't know what the hell is going on with him but it's pissing me off." Pogue answers grimly. "Kate tells me Sarah has been crying off and on and she is barely eating, which probably isn't good for the baby."

"Did you tell Caleb this?" Reid asks, hostility starting to seep through his voice.

"He never sticks around long enough for me to tell him."

Reid shakes his head. He couldn't believe what was going on with Caleb but if it was hurting Sarah and the baby...It just didn't make sense. Caleb is the most responsible man Reid has ever met, so why is he acting like this?

...C...

"Mom Seriously? This couldn't have waited until after school?" Caleb harshly whispers in the phone.

"No you lost privilege when you got a girl pregnant in high school." His mother comments. Caleb sighs and rolls his eyes.

"Really? You are going to start pulling that, It's only been a couple of days." Caleb replies back.

"Oh wow you actually noticed how long he's been here. You hardly acted like a father to him." She bites back. Caleb looks up and sees Sarah making her way towards him.

"Look mom I'll deal with it when I get home." He tells her one more time than hangs up before she could say anything else. He sighs and then puts the phone in his pocket.

"Caleb."

He turns around to see Sarah standing there. She did not look well. Her clothes were wrinkled and her hair was a mess. As much as he hated seeing her like this and knew he was the cause of it, he just couldn't...Everything was such a mess and he had so much to think about, that it came to the point where he just didn't want to think at all.

"Hey Sarah." He whispers.

"Caleb what is going on?" She asks. Caleb could hear the desperation in her voice.

"Look Sarah I just...I have some stuff going on..I need to go." He answers and starts walking away.

"But Caleb, what about-" Sarah starts but Caleb turns around and interrupts her.

"I promise Sarah I'll call you later." He says. He kisses her on the forehead and walks away. Sarah watches him walk away with tears almost breaking fear, but Sarah wouldn't let them. She couldn't do that. She had to be strong. If not for her, then for her baby.

...C...

Aaron and his gang of goons were in the hallway when something caught his attention. "Guys are you seeing what I'm seeing." He says out loud.

Kyra, who was glued to his side, asks "What is he doing here?"

"I don't know, let's go find out." Aaron smirks and walks to the person at the end of the hall, and bends down. "Hey buddy can I help you?" He asks with a voice that would make anyone uncomfortable.

"Where's my daddy?"