“No, Bella. I need you to talk to me,” he says as he kneels beside me.
“They are going to fucking hate us,” I cry.
“Who? Mom and Dad? Bella, baby. They’ll be okay. They might be mad for a while but they’ll get over it,” he says.
“We can’t bring this child into this world,” I whimper. “What kind of fucking life would that be? Hey, look. It’s my Aunt Mom and My Uncle Dad.”
“That’s funny,” Beth laughs. “Would that make me a double aunt?”
“You’re ridiculous,” Cory laughs.
“Why am I the only one freaking out about this?” I ask.
“Hormones,” Cory says with a smirk, and Beth giggles.
“It’s not funny,” I say, smacking his arm. He catches my wrist and pulls me to his chest.
“I know it’s not, Bella,” he says as he hugs me. “But you need to relax.”
“This is so bad, Cory,” I say quietly.
“Bella,” he says as he pulls away to look at me. “If you want to have an abortion, I will take you. I’ll hold your hand and we will move past this. If you don’t wanna have an abortion, we will figure it out. I understand why you’re freaking out, but we can’t do anything about it. What’s done is done, remember?” he says and I nod.
“Do you want to have an abortion?” Beth asks.
“No, not only is this shit illegal, but I can’t bring this baby into this world so they can suffer. I can’t doom them to serious illness.”
“Okay, first you two need to talk to your parents. The only way to know about genetics is if you talk to them,” she says.
“What are you getting at?” Cory asks.
“Cory. She looks nothing like you all. You need to ask your mom if she fucked another man because if you all don’t have the same father, then you’re only half-siblings. That is way better than full-blooded siblings having a child together.”
“I can’t say that I haven’t considered that a possibility,” Cory says. “She’s right. I don’t want you to get an abortion because you feel like you have to. If there’s a way out of this, we need to figure it out so that you don’t regret your choice.”
“Can I ask you two something?” Beth asks.
“What?” I sigh.
“Is it weird? Like… I will support Bella with everything, even if that’s boning her brother, but I’m just morbidly curious,” she says.
“The freak calls me his little sister when he fucks me,” I frown. Beth burst into giggles.
“Come for me, Sissy,” Beth mocks with a fake moan.
“I hate you,” I say, shaking my head. “No, it’s not weird. It’s scary how fucking normal it feels.”
“Well, let’s hope your mom’s a whore,” Beth shrugs.
“Will you come with me when we tell them?” I ask.
“You bet,” she smiles. “I’ll throw hands with them if they get stupid.”
I am pacing the living room, waiting for my dad to get off the phone. Mom, Cory, and Beth are watching me walk from one endto the other. I’m lost in thought, thinking about how I’m going to say it.
What will their reaction be?
My dad is violently protective of me. Will he get mad at Cory?