Caleb groans in frustration as he leaned back in his chair. He came home earlier to find Maya sitting in his kitchen with his mom and dad. Sighing heavily he grabs his phone and dialed his best friend's number. "Hey knucklehead what's up?" Alan asks and Caleb sighs again. "Shit, what's wrong? What happened?" Alan asks in concern. "Maya was here earlier, she told mom and dad about the baby."He said with another sigh.
"You brought her there?" "No, she just showed up, she was here when I came home." "She just showed up at your house and spilled the beans? Why?" "I don't know man, I only brought her here once when Jessica's house was on fire." "Shit, so how mad are they? You know, because they heard it from her and not you."
"Very mad at first but then they became disappointed and gave me the, we expected better from you son speech." "Ouch, I hate those." "And it gets worse." "How?" "Well apparently since I have gotten someone's daughter pregnant, I should now do the right thing and marry her." Caleb snorts.
"Ma…..Marry her? What is this the 1950s? For fuck sake man, they expect you to marry her?" "Oh yes, and she couldn't be happier. They said that as soon as they are finished with Ty's wedding we'll be having a talk about mine. Needless to say, I've no desire to be anyone's husband any time soon." Caleb snorts again.
"Alright, so what do we know about this girl anyway?" Alan ask. "Well she was a virgin when I met her on campus, she's from a good family, lives in a small apartment, and works as a teller in a bank." "Do you think she's after something?" Alan ask. "Maybe, I've been thinking that it was very convenient for her to get pregnant as soon as she saw where I live."
"Alright don't start panicking just yet, let me do some deep background check and see what I can find if you're lucky I'll find something that will make your parents call off this wedding and send her on her way, so where is she now?" "I send her home of course." "So do you want to go grab a drink or something, we could dig for dirt together," Alan asks. "Yeah I would like that, I'm suddenly feeling suffocated," Caleb sighs again. "Alright, meet you at our usual spot in twenty," Alan then ends the call.
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Tatiana opens her eyes and was about to stretch but pause as she notices her three brothers standing around her bed. "Happy eighteenth birthday to you." They sang and stretch their hands out presenting her with her gifts. "Awww thank you," she coos happily as they put them on her bed. "So what do you have planned for your birthday?" Caleb asks as she jumps from her bed and ran to the bathroom.
"A lot," She said from behind the door. "Let me guess, you have a huge party plan for tonight right?" Fabian asks. "With Janice still in the hospital, I don't feel much like partying, not to mention I have a lot to do before the wedding." She said stretching like a cat as she came out of the bathroom. "So exactly what will you be doing for your birthday, young lady?" Tyler asks.
"Well a group of us will be attending a pre-marital sex seminar this afternoon, then we're going shopping, then to Triple Century Sports bar for lunch and I'm having a sleepover with a few of my girlfriends later." She said sitting in front of her mirror. "Sleepover? girls? Sound very interesting." Caleb smiled biting his lips.
"Don't get any ideas, Caleb, no boys allowed." She scowls at him. "Now that's a smart girl," Fabian said also scowling at Caleb. "I can't wait to see the cake that mom is baking for me! She said that it's going to top the one she made for my sweet sixteen birthday." She sequels with excitement while brushing her long hair. "So speaking of boys, I notice you and a certain boy at church have been getting really close, what's that about?" Caleb asks.
"Well, it's certainly not what you are thinking." She said with a frown. "That is the reason for the pre-marital seminar because I hear that Christian men are skeptical about marrying virgins, so how exactly are we supposed to avoid premarital sex?" She asks with a sigh. "By allowing the lord to find your husband for you," Tyler said. "But all of you are engaging in premarital sex and you're all happy." She pouts.
"Please don't follow in our footsteps, premarital sex is no joke, just look at how much pain it has cost all of us," Tyler said sadly. "Good point, now I love you all but I'm going to kick you out of my room." She said hugging each of them. "Okay have a great birthday, we'll see you later.
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Miss Mellissa sighs heavily as she sat on the bed beside her husband. "You know he's going to be very difficult about this, don't you?" She asks softly. "He wouldn't be Caleb if he wasn't." He sigh. "He's not like Ty or Fabian, he's not responsible enough to be a dad or a husband, I'm scared for him." She said running her fingers over his photo.
"And that's why he has us, we'll guide him because sooner or later he'll have to grow up and stand on his own feet and trust me he will. He got that young lady pregnant and now he'll have to face his responsibilities." He said firmly.
"I know you're right but I also know we're in for the fight of our lives because Caleb can be difficult." "Well he can be as difficult as he wants to be but at the end of the day he will do as he's told." "And after what happened to Ty we'll have to also keep an eye on that girl." She said.
"And we will." He said massaging her shoulders.
"But Caleb has an anger issue, what if this girl hurt him and he loses his temper?" "I think he knows better than to put his hands on a woman, we grow him better than that." Mr. Steven said sternly. "And we'll remind him that he can come to us if he needs help dealing with a problem." He adds. "Okay." She said leaning her head against his chest as he wraps his arms around her.
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