Author: Liz
E-mail: [email protected]
Rating: PG-13
Category: J/H
Summary: Jake is raped one night and later finds out she is pregnant. But is the baby Hamilton�s child�or the person who raped her?
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Jake looked over at her friends. Scout and Will were reading the Sports magazine of the newspaper while Bella was on the phone with her father. Hamilton was in the bathroom.
�Guys?�
They looked over at her.
�I went to the doctor�s today.� She said almost inaudibly.
Hamilton walked in Bella�s room and sat down.
Jake avoided eye contact. �I�m pregnant.�
�Oh Jake.� Bella walked over and hugged her. The guys looked at each other in shock.
�How could this happen? God, why?� Jake asked.
�I don�t know�but if you want, we can go and get an abortion.�
Jake nodded before gasping.
�What is it?� Hamilton asked.
�We�we had sex...two nights before it happened.�
�Yeah?� Hamilton asked. �We used protection right?�
�But�it might have broken.�
Scout looked back and forth between the couple. �It may be Hamilton�s.�
Jake looked over at her boyfriend. �I�I don�t know. I don�t want to abort the baby if it is Hamilton�s. What am I going to do?�
�You can find out your fourth month. I forget what it�s called but my mom did that before I was born. And if it is Hamilton�s, that�s great but if it isn�t, you can always give the baby up for adoption.�
Jake shook her head. �I don�t know. I�m so sorry Hamilton.�
�No, baby�come here, you didn�t do anything wrong.� Hamilton held her close to him.
�We um�we better get to school.�
�Yeah�� Scout glanced at Will. Will just looked over at Hamilton.
Hamilton sighed.
�You can go, baby. Bella will be here.�
�You sure?�
She nodded and Hamilton kissed the top of her head. �Love you.�
�Love you too.�
Hamilton, Will and Scout left. Bella shut the door after them and looked over at Jake.
Jake just shrugged and looked out the window.
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Will couldn�t concentrate if his life depended on it. Every time he tried to do his work, he�d think back to that night when he asked Jake to make a delivery in Carson. He finally threw his pen down, stood up and walked away from everyone else. Scout looked over at him and just threw his book down. Hamilton sighed and looked away.
After class, Scout ran over to the common room and nodded finding Will. He sat next to him.
�It�s not your fault.�
�Yes it is. I could have asked you or Hamilton�I asked her. God Scout, I could have asked Bella.� Will was close to tears.
�Will�don�t beat yourself up over it. You didn�t know it�d happen.�
Will didn�t say anything. Scout bit his lip.
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�Jake?�
Jake looked up at Bella.
�Pass me the screw driver, please.�
�Sure.� Jake grabbed it and as she was about to hand it to Bella, she froze and stared at it.
Bella looked up from the car she was working on and looked at Jake, concerned. �Jake?�
Jake just stared at the screw driver and started to breath unevenly.
�Jake? Jake, calm down, you�re scaring me.� Bella walked over to her but before she could reach Jake, she screamed, threw the tool and ran away.
�Jake! Jake!� Bella screamed. She ran into the garage and called Will.
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Hamilton looked out the window of Bella�s truck, angrily and worriedly.
�Which way did she go?� Scout asked.
�I don�t know, Scout, she just stared at the tool and ran off.�
Hamilton sighed. �He beat her with a screw driver.�
Bella glanced at him. Scout looked up from the back and Will looked over from behind.
�What?�
�He hit her arms, legs and forehead with a screwdriver�so she wouldn�t struggle.�
Bella sighed and drove faster.
�Look! There�s her shoe.� Will said a few miles ahead. Bella stopped the truck and they all ran out and into the woods. Birds chirped, an owl hooted and their footsteps pounded against the sticks and gravel. Bella fastened her pace while Hamilton ran faster than them. Scout seemed to take the back while Will navigated the area. They finally stopped when they saw Jake huddled on the ground crying.
�Jake�baby.�
Jake seemed to hear Hamilton and leaned into his embrace. He picked her up gently and carried her back towards the car. Bella followed.
Will looked down at the ground. �Look.�
Scout looked and saw it. He pulled the bag out of his backpack and scooped the screwdriver up with it and gently set it in without touching it.