Fragile (Broken #2) SVU

Chapter Sixteen.

**Sky's POV**

I'm lying on my back, staring up at the ceiling. The sun rays dance over the patterened walls, making my head spin. My mom still doesn't trust me so I'm spending all my time at Amanda's while she works.

The cold hard floor feels nice on my back. I can't stop thinking about how everything is so messed up and there's nothing I can about it.

"Sky, I've gotta talk to you babe." Amanda says, walking into the living room. "Why are you lying on the floor?"

I sit upright, embarrassed Amanda has caught me. I don't need everyone thinking I'm going crazy as well as everything else. I shrug my shoulders at her and climb onto the sofa.

Amanda sits down next to me, twiddling her hands behind her back like she's hiding something.

"Why are you acting weird?" I ask, my insides twisting in worry.

"Now don't get mad or freak out, ok? But I found this in my bathroom bin." She says, producing the used pregnancy test I'd taken a few days prior.

I freeze. My heart stops inside my chest.

"Well it's not mine." I say, a little too quickly, turning my head away to hide my shame.

"And it's not mine. The only other person whose it could be is yours. I'm not mad."

Bubbles erupt in my throat, and the hairs on my arms stand up. The fear I've hidden deep inside starts screaming to be let out.

"It's not mine." I yell, standing up.

"Sky..." Amanda starts.

I'm too angry to feel sorry, too scared to think about anything.

"It's not mine." I repeat. "It's not mine, it's not mine."

There's nothing I can do about it. She knows. And soon my mom will know and my dad. And everyone in the entire world.

I can't do this. I can't do this. So I do the only thing I know how to - I run.

**Amanda's POV**

"It's not mine. It's not mine. It's not mine." Sky yells.

I'm taken aback by her outburst. I hadn't anticipated she'd react so defensive and angry. I watch her storm out of the front door and disappear down the driveway. I can't move at first, shocked at her reaction. I snap out of my thoughts and rush after her, grabbing my keys and phone on the way out. I fumble about trying to get the keys into the lock. It eventually clicks and I hurry off in the direction I saw Sky go in.

I can't have been 2 minutes behind her but I can't see her anywhere. I stamp my foot into a nearby puddle, muddy water splattering all over my jeans.

"Shit."

**

After I calm down, I manage to find Sky perched on a swing, tears pouring from her eyes. When she sees me walking towards her, she doesn't move. She looks broken. I walk up to her and take a seat on the swing next to her. I take her hand in mine and that only makes her cry harder.

"Why didn't you tell me? Why didn't you tell anyone?"  I ask gently.

"I'm scared. I don't want to accept it. I can't stand the fact that one of their babies is inside me."

She sobs harder, her eyes bloodshot, her cheeks flushing. I feel her hand shaking in mine. I squeeze it, letting her knows it's ok.

"I don't want to admit it's happening. And if I told someone then it was the truth."

"It's happening Sky. And you have to deal with it. You have options. Options that won't always be there, the further along you get."

She stares down at her stomach, biting her lip. She lifts up her shirt, revealing a tiny baby bump she'd kept hidden beneath her clothing.

"I don't know what to do Amanda." She says.

"First we need to tell your mom." I say, knowing her reaction was going to be bad.

"No way." She says, dropping her shirt and my hand.

"Sky... We have to. She needs to know."

"No." Sky screams, standing up, the swing flying back behind her. "I'm already a screw up. I can't burden her anymore than I already have. She'll hate me."

"Sky. She won't hate you. She loves you. And you're not a screw up. You're going through a terrible time, that doesn't make you a screw up." I say, trying to defuse the situation.

"I'm not telling her."

"Then I have to."

Sky stares at me, shaking her head, a pleading look in her eyes. She looks like she's about to say something, but instead she turns around and runs.

"Sky, get back here. You can't run away from this." I yell.

It doesn't make a difference. Sky keeps running. I start to run after her but I know I won't catch up to her now. She's disappeared by the time I reach the entrance to the park.