Chapter 13

Three weeks had passed since Alex had moved out. Sophie had begun to feel a sense of loneliness. Jake had not written to her, nor had he called her. Hell, even Alex had not yet been by to see the kids and that was a surprise to her. Alex had promised to be by every weekend to see the kids. Of course now Sophie had begun to have problems with Kay-Leah and with Heather, Jared, well he was the same Jared no issues no change of attitude, he rolled with the punches as always. Heather had started to act like a two year old instead of a six year old, Kay-Leah, well she had acted out and now was taking advantage of being in charge of the other two while Sophie worked, she would have friends over and of course the worse part, she has a boyfriend and was caught with him spending the night.

“Kay-Leah sharp, what the hell are you doing? What did I tell you about having friends over and worse yet what did I tell you about having boys over when I was not home? No boys, unless I am home, no friends alone unless I am home, the same goes even for your close friends. Would you like to explain what the hell you are doing with the boy over here and the two of you lying on the floor with covers on?” Sophie yelled, and pulled the blankets off the two on the floor. She was shocked at what she found.

“Damn mom really, calm down. I'm sorry; I was upset, and of course found the comfort I needed. Like really what do you care?”

“What the hell are two fourteen year olds doing or even thinking of by sleeping together, having sex? Do you two even realize the consequences of having sex at this age? You could get pregnant and ruin your life, by having a baby when the two of you are still babies you’re damn self. You sure the hell do not need a baby. So tell me how long have the two of you been doing this? Better yet how about you tell me just who the hell he is so I can call his parents? He needs to leave for now and you and I will be having a talk to discuss this further after he makes his way out the door. Now whoever you are, you need to get your clothes on and get the hell out of my house.”

“Damn mom, do you have to be so mean and rude? Is it really necessary for you to make an ass of me like that? I said we are sorry. We actually fell asleep. His name is Austin Bright. I usually make sure he is gone by now. That is the reason you have never seen him. Well, Austin, we are caught up, guess you better get going and we will talk at school tomorrow.”

“See you tomorrow. I am sorry Mrs. Sharp. I really am. Later Kay-Leah.”

“Kay-Leah, how could you do this? I trusted you; I thought you would be good to watch the other two. Now I guess I need to rethink that. Maybe Jewel should watch you like you are small children. May I ask, did you at least consider using birth control, or were you not responsible with that as well as everything else? I think I need to know more so how long you two have been engaging in sexual activity?”

“God mom, really, that is a bit personal. I do have the right to have a sex life I am after all old enough to do as I please. I said I was sorry, not for doing it but for being caught. What more do you want me to say to you? By the way he is not fourteen he is fifteen. No, we have not used birth control. He loves me and we want a baby. He does not like to use condoms he says it does not feel right. We have only been together four times. We could not do it before since I was always having a period; I was just responsible enough to make sure that he was gone before you got home from work. This was the first time we fell asleep and got caught up.”

“Well, miss smart ass, you and I are going to the doctor as soon as we can. We are going to have to put you on birth control, the last thing I need is another mouth to feed. God only knows that you do not need a baby, not now while you two are in school and trying to plan for a future and go to college. I will call the doctor in the morning and see when I can get you in to see him. Why didn't you tell me that you wanted to become sexually active and we could have taken care of this a long time ago? We could have had you on birth control already. I guess those days of you being free to have sex and do as you please is now over. You won't be doing it anymore not here. I will find someone to watch the three of you, I cannot trust you.”

“Look, I was scared to tell you about Austin, I know I should have told you, I also know how you would have reacted. If you were wondering how I kept Jared and Heather from telling you, well I gave them a dollar, and they promised they would not say anything. Slick, I know. But, you know, I really do not care anymore if you approve or not, you play your games and I play mine. It is all my business.”

“Okay really smart ass; we will discuss this further after school tomorrow. I am off until Friday. So of course we have plenty of time to discuss what you did. Right now I just need you to get the hell in bed and think about what you did.”

”Mom, wait, I was scared to tell you about Austin. Even though I know I should have told you, the thing is I knew how you would react, just as you did. Did you even hear me the first time I tried to tell you I am sorry?”

Sophie had expected Kay-Leah to end up with a boyfriend, but not to sleep with him this soon. Sophie began to wonder if it was going to be too late to put Kay-Leah on the pill. What if she is pregnant, what if she is too late? Should she let her just keep the baby, knowing that she is too young to take care of it, or make her get an abortion? Then she realized she may be worried over nothing. Sophie felt a need to talk to someone about the whole issue, but, of course, no one would feel sorry for her since she was the one who got herself into the mess she is in, and none of it is going how she would like it to go. She knew she could not call Jake, she could not call Jewel, well she could but she was going to wait until tomorrow. Her last hope would be to call Alex; he needed to know what his daughter had done.

“Alex, this is Sophie. Why haven’t you been by to see the kids? They have been asking about you. Maybe if you had been by to see those like you had promised then the disaster that happened tonight would have been avoided.”

“I have been working a lot. I have to pay child support remember, and I have to pay my own damn bills. Plus, well, it still bothers me to not be a part of those kids everyday life. What the hell are you babbling on about now? What happened did you have a bad hair day or something?”

“Honestly, what happened we should talk about in person? I do not want to get into it on the phone. I am off tomorrow, just come over after the damn renegade children of yours go to school please.”

“Why, do you want to have me served the divorce papers? Have you even bothered to file for a divorce yet?”

“What does that have to do with talking? For what it is worth, yes I have gone to file for a divorce. I did that the same day you left. Well, the next morning anyway. The problem is actually with one of the kids.”

“I will be over there around four, then I can see the kids as well, that is unless you have a problem with that.”

“I prefer that you come over while they are at school. What we need to talk about does not need to be done with them here. Of course if the soonest you can get here is then, I guess it will have to do.”