River.

Chapter 34: Horror Strikes

"You didn't do anything wrong. I promise." I reassured him.

"Then tell me what's wrong..."

"Not yet." I said.

He rolled his eyes and took my hands off of his face as he went back to packing.

We were leaving tomorrow night to go back to Minnesota.

"Hey... don't be such a grouch." I said to him.

"Yea yea yea.." He quietly responded.

I could tell he was mad at me for not telling him what was wrong.

My bedroom door opened once again but this time it was my dad.

"Uh... River... there's a crazy lady at the front door asking for you." He stated with obvious confusion in his voice.

"What?" River asked with just as much confusion.

He stood up and followed my dad downstairs.

I didn't follow them because I figured that it was just some lady that River had pissed off at the store or something.

Instead, I went to my parents' room to see what my mom wanted to talk to me about.

"Hey mom." I greeted her.

"Hi sweetheart." She replied.

"Xander said you wanted to talk to me..." I said as I sat down on the end of the bed.

"Yes I do."

She stood up and closed the door and walked over to her dresser.

Uh oh. It was never a good thing when she closes the door to talk to my brothers and I.

She pulled something out of a drawer and when I realized what it was my body froze.

It was one of the pregnancy test boxes.

"So I was taking the trash out of your bathroom this morning and the trashcan fell over. When it did, this fell out."

She tossed the box on to the bed.

"Cassidy, are you pregnant?" She asked.

I hesitated but answered.

"Yes."

She sighed and sat down next to me.

"When did you find out?"

"A few days ago."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"Mom, I haven't even told River yet." I confessed.

Her eyes widened a bit.

"And why not?"

"Because." I mumbled. "I don't know."

"Are you afraid of what he might say?"

I shrugged my shoulders.

"Sweetie you can't keep this a secret. He's the father, he deserves to know that you're pregnant with his chil- wait- he is the father right?"

I didn't say a word.

"Cassidy..." She said.

I looked down and slumped my back. "I had sex with Max two days after River and I had sex."

"Oh no." she responded.

"Sweetie... why would you-"

"I don't know mom it just- happened."