Teenage Runaway

Chapter 19

This is all my fault, Niall thought to himself. Maybe I rubbed her stomach to hard or something...maybe I can't have kids. 

"What is it, Doctor? What's wrong?" Sam said with a shaky voice.

"It's your baby." Doctor Jacobs said. "It's...I don't exactly know how to say this... It's a girl."

Sam and Niall felt like a weight had been lifted off of their chests when they had found out that their child was going to be a girl. Niall jumped up and down in the room, screaming "it's a girl!" over and over again, like he did when he found out he was going to be a father.

Sam and Niall called Taylor to cancel their wedding planning arrangements for the day and invited her and Liam over to celebrate the good news, along with Sam's friend Anna. Niall had also invited the other three boys over, but Zayn had informed Niall that him and Harry had plans to take Louis out to help him get over Eleanor.

After baking celebratory brownies, Liam, Taylor, and Jay walked across the black pavement to Sam and Niall's home. They were introduced to one of Sam's bridesmaids, Anna, who could drink as much as Niall, and showed Taylor a picture of a bridesmaid dress they had found on the website of a shop downtown. The dress was beautiful; a knee length dress in washed out baby blue cloth, with a silk sash under the bust. It had one shoulder strap, made up of blue cloth flowers.

Sam and Taylor drank sodas, while Niall poured three pints for himself, Liam, and Anna. Bentley sat on Taylor's lap with a juice box. The girls talked about the baby shower, bachelorette party, and wedding plans. When it got late, Taylor took Bentley home to attempt to put him to sleep--the both of them were still trying to recover from jet lag.

As soon as Taylor walked through the door, Liam's phone began to ring on the kitchen counter--he forgot to bring it over to Niall's. She sent Bentley upstair to get his pajamas on so she could answer the phone. The caller ID read "Charlie."

"Liam?" A firm female voice said on the other end. "I got the bill from the abortion clinic today and I still haven't recieved any of the money you promised me. Look, I know you've been going through some hard stuff, but I really need the money. I can't pay for this myself."

Charlie waited for a response, but Taylor stayed quiet.

"Hello?"

"I, um, sorry. You have the wrong number." Taylor said a bit too quickly, ending the call.

She didn't know the whole story, but it sounded like Liam got a girl pregnant and paid her off to get an abortion. To say the least, Taylor was pissed.

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"Shouldn't he be asleep?" Liam said as he walked into his home, seeing his girlfriend and her child on the couch watching a movie.

"I've been trying to get him to sleep for the past two hours. I think I've read every book we've got for him." Taylor explained.

"Daddy, look! Peter Pan flying!" Bentley pointed at the TV. "He flying!"

"Come here." Liam said to Bentley, who scurried over to the doorway where Liam was still standing. Liam whispered someting in his ear so Taylor wouldn't hear.

"A fort!" Bentley exclaimed, spoiling Liam's cute idea.

Bentley fell asleep as soon as he laid his head down on the pillow under the canopy of blankets. Liam fell asleep shortly after, leaving Taylor awake alone.

In the middle of the night, Louis called Taylor, who was still awake. He asked her if she could go to his home because he really needed someone to talk to, and Zayn and Harry were still out clubbing.