𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚅𝙰𝙲𝙰𝙽𝙲𝚈 𝙸𝙽 𝙷𝙴𝚁 𝙷𝙴𝙰𝚁𝚃.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙵𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝙾𝚏 𝙶𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚏: 𝙳𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚊𝚕, 𝙰𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛, 𝙱𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚂𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚖, 𝙰𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎

"Brad..." Brie lightly tapped him. "You have to sign these papers... The funeral is in a few days."

"She was pregnant..." Brad sat in disbelief in Kathy's house. "That's why she came to my office that day, she wanted to tell me. Oh my God she was pregnant. We were gonna start a family."

Brie looked up at Nicole in defeat. Ever since they left the hospital that day, Brad had completely lost it. He'd say Blake was still there, that he seen her walk by him and in her sister's houses. That he felt her touch and presence. And he couldn't comprehend the fact that she was pregnant.

Nicole started crying, their mom had brought out the photo album to choose which pictures they'd display at her funeral. Seeing baby Blake, was too much.

"I don't know which one to pick." Kathy shrugged. "This one when she was five... and she loved the Cookie Monster. But then look at when she was ten..."

"Let's hold off on this okay mom?" Brie took the photo album from her.

"I can't believe she was pregnant." Brad paced back and forth. "If I wasn't busy that day she could've told me... and I would've been able to stay home. I could've helped her... I could've called for help and she would still be here. Did she say anything to you guys?"

The twins looked at each other, recalling their conversation about Blake's marriage. They convinced her to go to Brads office and talk about it. They assumed they had that talk, but Blake's pregnancy no one knew about.

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"Are you alright?" Dean softly asked as he and Joe sat in his house.

"I... I don't know." He rubbed his eyes. "Fuck I think the baby was mine."

Dean sighed. "I thought I'd be the one to sleep with a married woman first. I can't believe you guys had sex."

Joe looked at the front door.

"Even if I wasn't married, I can't. I can't change how I feel." Blake sighed. "I'm so sorry but I just can't help it."

"I can't love anyone else Blake..."

"Joe we'd be a disaster together."

"It wouldn't be a disaster."

"We'd be miserable."

"I would be perfect!"

"I can't, I can't! I've tried it and I've failed. Finn and me didn't work. And me and Brad have come a long way before even discussing marriage."

"Why are you saying this?" He grabbed her hands once more. "Just say yes and lets be happy together!"

"I can't say yes to you. So I'm not going to." Blake said. "I have an attitude and make snarky comments all the time, you are too stubborn and your patience sucks. Everything will be horrid."

Joe let go of her hands and looked at the ground. "Is there anything more?"

"Joe I didn't believe I would ever get married. I loved my independence way too much and only cared for myself and I wasn't in any hurry to give it up but now I have a ring on my finger. And I love him. I do Joe, I really do. And I try every single day not to screw it up because I don't know if I'll ever find something like this again."