A Boy's Story Chapter 5

Yesterday Jason and I made a plan on how I was going to tell my parents about the baby. We already initiated it, Jason took Jen out to watch a movie and I was left home with mom and dad. Now I was to tell them about the baby. I watched Jason's car drive away in vain. I felt the need for him to help me tell my parents, but I had to do this alone. I walked back to the living room and sat down. I called mom and dad into the room and pointed to the couch. The understood immediately and sat down.

Mom was the first to speak. "What is wrong Damien, you look tense baby." I reached into my pocket and pulled out the picture from my ultrasound the week before that showed my two month old baby. Mom looked at it and noticed what it was right away. She looked shocked. She looked up at me. "Damien, what did you do? Who did you get pregnant?"  Why would she think I got a girl pregnant? I was the one pregnant.

"Mom I didn't get anyone pregnant." I was shocked she even thought that. She looked confused. "I am the one who is pregnant. You're holding the first picture of my baby." I began to wring my hands because I was nervous.

"What are you talking about son?" My father didn't seem to understand. He looked at the ultrasound then at me.

"Dad, that baby is inside me. That ultrasound was done last week. I heard my baby's heart beating. It was the greatest thing I ever heard in my life."

"Damien how did you get pregnant? Is Jason the father?" Mom began to sound worried.

"No mom Jason isn't the father." I sighed. "I have no idea who the father is." Now it was dad's turn to be confused. "It started 2 months ago. Remember the night I didn't come home? That was when it happened. I was walking home from the library and I heard someone behind me. They seemed to be mocking my every move. I started to run and they caught up to me. He grabbed me by my hair and pulled me into an alley. He put his hand over my mouth and said if I screamed he would kill me.

He made me promise not to make a sound. Once I did he removed his hand and began to unbutton my pants. He made me kneel on the ground on my hands and knees." My voice started to waver as I got close to crying. "He raped me, and because of that I am pregnant with my baby." I put my head in my hands and began to cry.

Mom walked over and put her arm over my shoulders. She pulled me close and rested my head on her chest. I was literally hysterical. Dad sat on my other side and began to rub my back. "Everything will be ok Damien." He said as he and my mother tried to soothe me. It was the first time that I felt like a little child. The last time I was like this was when dad could not be home for Christmas when I was ten. I was so depressed; I thought that my life would never get better. I learned I was wrong, my life went from great to horrific in the matter of two months. The only thing making it worthwhile was the baby nestled in my body.

I must have fallen asleep in their embrace; I woke to find myself in bed with Jason lying behind me with his arm around my waist. Jen was lying in front of me cuddled against my chest. I attempted to move and Jason just tightened his grip around my waist. He groaned, sat up, looked into my eyes, and smiled at me. "Hey, how are you feeling?"

"How did I get in bed? And why are you and Jen sleeping with me?" I sat up and Jen just put her head on my chest and sighed.

"When we got back you were asleep on the couch with your parents hovering over you. They told me to bring you up here as they talked to Jen, they must have told her about the baby cause she come up here and cried. I am surprised I could even calm her. She was really worried about you Damien; she only calmed down when I let her lay next to you. Then I saw how beautiful you looked and decided to join both of you. Your dad walked in earlier and just smiled." He put his hand over my stomach.

I began to play with Jen's hair; she smiled in her sleep and cuddled closer to me. "Jen was always worried about me; I should be the one worried about her. I am glad you are both here with me. To tell you the truth I needed people around me right now." I smiled as he began to rub my stomach so delicately. I fell asleep again in the arms of the man I loved and with my little sister next to me.

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Jason POV

I woke as the sun began to shine through the window. Damien moved against me and sighed. Jen was still lying with us, she had Damien's free hand in her grasp and I doubted she was letting go anytime soon. I got off the bed without waking either of them. I needed to talk to his parents; I walked to the door, looked back at him and smiled before silently walking out of his room with my boots in my hands. I closed the door behind me and walked downstairs. I found Henry and Anna sitting around the kitchen table having coffee. I smiled as Henry gestured for me to sit down. I sat across from them and put my hands in my lap.

"Hello Henry, Anna. I wanted to talk to you about how I feel about your son. Damien means a lot to me. The night that he was raped I found him in the alley by my house. That night I was going to bring him home, but he passed out before he could say where he lived. I carried him back to my house and let him sleep on my bed. I stood guard over him all night, I never left his side. The next morning when he woke I let him use my phone to call you.

Ever since that night your son has had a tight grip on my heart. What I am trying to say is I am always going to protect him and that baby as if it were my own. Maybe one day I will have a child, but I am perfectly happy just to have him, Jen, and the baby. But I will only be a part of his life if you let me. I don't want to lose him. It is hard enough to see how upset he gets when he thinks about how his baby was conceived, but I plan to be there with him the whole time. And I hope that one day he can move in with me. But that is up to you. I will not do anything with your son without your permission. I don't want there to be a problem between any of us. We all love Damien and I completely understand if you say no to my requests." I hung my head low expecting them to say could never see their son again.

"Jason, we know that you love Damien and he loves you. We want our son happy and if that means him being with you then it's ok. But I do have one warning for you, if Damien ever tells us that you hurt him in any way, be it emotional or physical pain, you will regret ever meeting me. Now I trust you with my son and my grandchild. I even trust you with my daughter.

Jen treats you the same way she treats Damien. She loves both of with her whole heart; please don't break hers or Damien's. That is all I ask of you. If you can make and keep that promise than you are a wonderful man and great for my son." Henry said with a smile. He extended his hand and shook mine vigorously. Anna just smiled at my approvingly. For the one of the few times I felt accepted.