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Chapter One

Chapter One

"No, Kaya, I don't know who the father is."  I sighed.  Telling Kaya all this over the phone was hard.  I had originally wanted to do it in person but my mother had kicked me out and I wasn't going back there.  She told me I wasn't allowed home until I'd gotten rid of my - and I quote - demon child.  Cheers for the support mum!  It means so much that you think so little of your grandchild!

"How can you not!?"  My best friend, and twin sister, exclaimed.  She should have known why I didn't know who the father of the baby was.  Hell, she knew everything about me: about the way I acted, how I acted (and even how I thought) and I knew the exact same about her.  It really shouldn't have come to a surprise as to why I didn't remember or know.  It really shouldn't have.

"Well you know what I'm like..."  I trailed off, staring at the empty white ceiling above me.  That had to change soon.  "Want me to tell you the juicy details of the night?  I can even tell you the size of-"  I started to tell her, holding back laughter.  Yeah, I may not have remembered the name of the father but I was sure I remembered his appearance.  He wasn't smokin' hot, but he was all right.  Not the type of guy I'd usually go for.

"No!  Don't... just... please.  Seriously don't even go there."  I couldn't help but laugh at her reaction.  "I just can't believe that you don't know the guy!  Please tell me you got tested?  Don't tell me you haven't got tested because that would be so irresponsible."

"No STIs; yes I went to a clinic and I'm pregnant.  Got five tests and they were all positive."  I told her casually, like we were talking about the weather.

"Wow, so you definitely are pregnant?  Hey, what did mum do when you told her?"

"She hasn't told you?"  That woman could gossip about people like a house on fire.  I was surprised she hadn't shouted to everyone about what a disappointment I was - no what a disappointment I am.  How I'd ruined her life and... well actually her household.  I took my dad's name and she didn't care if I tarnished it or not.  She hated him.  It was probably why she let me do the things I had, although she hated it when I brought it back to the house.  I could tarnish my dad's family name yet not her house or her appearance.

"Nope.  She's just been clearing out stuff... hey mum!  What are you doing with that bed sheet?  You can't... you can't burn it!"  She was shouting by the end.  My mother was extremely dramatic when it came to me.  It wasn't a surprise that she was burning my things.  She probably felt that if there were 'parts' of me lingering in the house, I'd curse her.  Or even linger there.  Or it would cause something ridiculous to happen because I was a bad luck charm.  Stupid woman.  "Mara, I think I figured out how she reacted..."

"Yep, you got it.  Told me that I wasn't her daughter, told me to take my filth out of her house and basically made me homeless.  I - well - she gave me like ten minutes to pack everything but yeah.  That was the jist of it all."  I shrugged, not that she could see.  To be honest, I was kind of relieved.  I was sick of my mother and her expectations of me.  I was sick of her rants and how she acted.  Like she was the most important person in the world.  Hell, she even thought she was more important than the damn Queen herself!  She should get off her high horse and join the rest of us on the cold, hard ground.

"So where are you staying now?  Josephine's?"

"Nah, I'm at Uncle Liam's.  Took the train, a bus and a taxi to get here but it's cool.  I called him and warned him – he let me in and gave me one of his many spare keys.  No doubt mum's going to call him later and give him some crap about it."  Liam could take my mum on.  He was extremely chilled and he hated the woman.  They had a mutual hate relationship.  In fact I don't think my mum really cared.  Unless Kaya told mum I don't think she'd know nor care about where I was.  I was one of her biggest mistakes but it's not like I could have helped that!  It's not like I said "Oh hey!  I'll just attach myself to this other... baby blob and ruin your life!"