Welcome To The Family

**Michelle's POV**

When I shoved Val out of my room and lock the door I quickly search around for my cell phone...I swear to Christ, Matt better NOT have known about the pregnancy when he went forward with the affair...that would definitely change my feeling towards him.

Regardless of how painful the blow Val just delivered to my blooming relationship dreams was, I'm not mad at her...I know she's terrified but I can't handle being around anyone right now while I have this gnawing doubt about Matt's true inner conscious floating around in my head.

I dial his number and nobody answers....great he is probably still pissed at me for the Brian debacle at the hospital. I sigh and lay the phone down in my lap when suddenly it's starts ringing with an incoming call from Matt...I'm relieved he's not too pissed off at me that he's intentionally ignoring my calls.

"Matt?" I say but I only hear coughing on the other end of the line. I hear a rustling noise and assume whoever grabbed the phone handed it to Matt so I quickly ask him if he knew that Val was pregnant. I don't get a response and I'm starting to freak out that he really did know the whole time but was too afraid to let me know. I beg him to answer me and I go into shock when Brian's voice responds that it's not Matt. I would have never figured they would be hanging out together yet. Hopefully Brian straightened out the incident that happened at the hospital, but right now my mind is too focused on other things to ask.

"Did you know?" I ask him and he must not have any idea that the baby could also be his because he sounds super confused on why he would, or should know. I tell him he's a dummy and that the baby might be his and hear him stutter out something about having to....then the horrible sound of vomit splashing everywhere is the last thing I hear before the call disconnects.

Thats just great...I'm locked in DiBenedetto Prison by the ruthless and uncaring warden Nik (aka dad) and I doubt I'll be release anytime soon to speak to any of them in person...let alone allowed prisoner visitation rights.

...this is going to be a long and painful sentence.

**Val's POV**

I feel like I should be overjoyed with the news that in about 8 or so months, I will be a mother to a beautiful new baby. I dreamed this day would come...why then am I overcome with this irrational fear that my life is ending and I'm going to be left alone once the truth comes out? How can I honestly ask either Matt or Brian to stick by my side to help raise this baby when neither of them seem to want to even date me? Ugh....I'm going to be a single mom who's family hates her!!

I peel my forehead from the cool leather of my steering wheel and glance towards Michelle's bedroom window in the hopes that maybe she might be looking at me to make sure I'm ok...she's not...she's facing sideways and crying to someone on the phone. Shit... I hope she isn't telling Matt!

I am about to open the car door and rush back inside to stop her when my cell phone starts to ring...it's Brian. That's weird, why would Michelle let Brian know instead of Matt? Hopefully, she is just crying to one of her girlfriends and not secretly trying to cause me extra unneeded drama. Seriously though, what are the odds that Brian would call me right after I told her? Slim to none...that's what I thought.

I slide the answer key and begin to speak, "Brian, look....please let me explain. I'm not sure what Michelle told you about the baby but it's too soon to really know anything more than I'm pregnant and scared shitless! So, please...don't yell at me" I ramble out and hear him take a shaky breath on the other side of the line. Shit, I hope I didn't just put my foot in my mouth! "Brian? I'm so sorry I didn't let you know before but please, please say something" I beg and am not fully prepared for the voice on the other end of the line to answer me.

"Val?! Since when are you fucking pregnant!?" he growls and my heart stops beating.

...oh fuck, it's Matt!

**Matt's POV**

I get my voice back after a few huge gulps of water and pick up Brian's phone. I wonder why in the hell he told me to call Val instead of Michelle, but right now I'm too paranoid that Michelle is refusing to speak to me for some unknown reason to question his instructions.

I dial her number and the thought never once crosses my mind that the caller ID on her end is going to read Brian's name instead of mine. She answers and immediately starts rambling on to 'Brian' about Michelle telling him that she's pregnant and that she swears she was going to tell him in time....I'm fucking floored. Since when is Val pregnant and why is she apologizing to Brian like he might be the dad? I know for a fact that when we busted them for fucking on her dining room table, Michelle yanked him off of her before he got the chance to finish.

"Val?! Since when are you fucking pregnant?!" I growl out and immediately regret my harsh tone. She doesn't deserve to be yelled at...I have known her long enough that I can tell she's scared to death. "Hey, I'm sorry...it's Matt...Michelle called my cell a bit ago but I couldn't speak thanks to Zacky's brilliant idea to pour a shot down my windpipe when I wasn't expecting it. Brian answered for me, then puked all over my phone a few minutes ago. I guess I now know what made him so nauseous." I say softly and think inwardly to myself it's because he feels guilty now. I can hear her begin to sob on the other end of the line and my heart breaks for her, "Shhh..Val... it will be ok...we can work.." I begin to say before she snorts sarcastically and cuts me off.

"Matt, I don't want us to work anything out! If you think that then you're fucking delusional!" she snarks out and I'll admit I'm starting to get a little pissed off that she might not allow me to see my child.

"Valary, you can't possibly mean that?! Please give me a chance to make it up to you...for our baby's sake!" I beg and yet again she laughs.

"You're fucking unbelievable!!!!! A few weeks ago you stood outside my sister's hospital room and told me to my face that you had fallen out of love with me and that you were head over heals for Michelle, and now you want to toss her aside in the hopes that I will take you back out of some guilt-ridden obligation to make YOU feel better...is that what you're really telling me?!" she screams.

"Don't twist my words to make it seem like I lied about my feelings for Michelle, because I didn't! It's going to fucking destroy me to break her heart, but we have to give our child the best chance at a normal family...you understand where I'm coming from right? I know we had tried a couple times for a baby before and maybe all the unsuccessful outcomes wore our relationship down...or at least it did on my end. I'm sorry, please don't cut me out of my kid's life because you're still pissed off at me." I plead.

"I'm beyond pissed off at you Matt! The only reason I even talked to you since I found out what you did and how you really felt, was because I promised Michelle I would try to be civil...but know this...my sympathy for the way I treated her does not mean I have anything more than apathy towards you!" she spits out then takes a deep breath and continues, "Besides, you overconfident jerk, the baby might be Brian's." she remarks sounding a little too smug for my liking.

"You're lying!!! You're just trying to hurt me because I hurt you!" I sob out. I am honestly in shock that she is being so cruel because she knows how badly I want a child.

"I'm not....I swear....the baby could be either of yours," she admits sadly, "Brian and I had sex after you and Chelle left that night and we forgot the condom in the heat of the moment, and the antibiotics my doctor had me on for that previous cold must have interfered with my birth control's efficiency." she replies with sorrow hanging on her words. I can tell she's ashamed of not knowing who her baby's father is, so I drop it. Grrrr, I fucking knew that they were having sex when I tried to call after the accident but buried it deep inside because I had no right to be jealous at that time.

The problem is, I am jealous now... and I'll be really jealous if Brian is in deed the father.

Notes

MATT KNOWS AND HE'S SUPER JEALOUS THINKING THE BABY MIGHT NOT BE HIS!

Do you think Michelle will get to speak to or see anyone to see how they took the news?

Will Brian get over the initial shock and decide if he's happy or not about being the possible father?

Will Matt end his relationship with Michelle in hopes that the baby is his?

I REALLY HOPE YOU ALL LIKE THIS UPDATE AND I'LL GET WORKING ON THE NEXT CHAPTER ASAP..... I PROMISE :)