Her Father's Expectations by Chevel Grant (classic children's novels .TXT) 📕

was your last menstrual cycle?" the doctor asked. Oh no! Anything but that -Reina thought to herself. She counted and recounted in her head. "It's the flu" Reina whispered not even believing herself. "It's not the flu, Ms. Cortes. You are indeed pregnant" she confirmed. "It was my first time. It's not possible" Reina said. "It only takes once" the doctor told her. "This won't go on record, right doctor?" Carly asked. "I will make sure of it. This is between us" she smiled as she left the room. "That's why you left the ball, isn't it?" Carly asked when the doctor left. I nodded. "What are you going to do? Are you going to tell him?" Carly asked. I shook my head. "Reina-"No Carly. I won't. He is getting married! This baby is mine. No one else's" I told her. She nodded. "Are you going to tell Lorenzo?" she asked. I stiffened. What would Lorenzo think?! "I..." was all Reina could say. "You have to tell him, Reina! Your father is probably planning your wedding to Malik as we speak!" Carly said. Reina hated that her friend was right.
"He should be at the condo" I whispered as we drove off. She nodded. When they pulled up at the condo Reina's heart was racing. Lorenzo hugged her when she came through the door. "Lorenzo... I..." Reina started. How can she tell her bigger brother that she is pregnant? "What? What is it Reinabella?" he asked. "I'm pregnant" Reina whispered. Lorenzo stood there stunned. At first she thought he hadn't heard her but he did! "I'm going to kill him!" Lorenzo shouted. "No... Lorenzo. Please" I pleaded. "How dare he! And then marry that tramp! What the fuck is wrong with Demetrius?!" Lorenzo shouted. "No Lorenzo. Please don't" I pleaded with him. "What do you plan to do Reina? Raise the baby on your own? You're going to college in the fall Reina!" he shouted. He was angry, who could blame him? "I won't go then" I told him. "That is not an option, Reina!" he told me. A tear slipped from my eye. "I'm feeling tired" I told him. He sighed and lifted me off my feet. He carried me to my room. "Sleep, Reinabella" he kissed the top of my head as he left. "We just came from the, doctor's" Carly told him when he came back downstairs. "You are a true friend, Carly. Our father will kill her when he finds out about this and I would rather have Reina where I can protect her. I am going over to the mansion to get her things. She will move in here" Lorenzo told her. Carly hugged him. "Be careful" she told him as she pulled away. He smiled down at her and left.
More Than One?

When Reina woke up again her room was packed with boxes. Lorenzo- she thought. She went downstairs to see Carly putting a steak to Lorenzo's eye. She gasped when he turned to look at her. He had a black eye. "W-what happened?" she stuttered. "Nothing to worry about, Reinabella. You will be living here with me now" Lorenzo smiled at her. She nodded. "I'm sorry" Reina said as she hugged her big brother. "Nothing to apologize for, Reina" Lorenzo told her. He sighed, this wasn't going to be easy but he would always be there should she need him. "What are we going to do?" Reina asked. "You will go to college. When the baby comes, I will hire a nanny" Lorenzo told her. She shook her head. "I want to raise this baby on my own, Lorenzo" she told him. He smiled at her, that's Reina for you. "I can babysit whenever you want" Carly offered. Reina smiled at her. "Planning to tell the father?" Lorenzo asked. She shook her head. "He has the right to know" Lorenzo pressed. "This baby is mine, Lorenzo. No one else's" I told him. He nodded.

About a month later, Reina was feeling uncomfortable. She got into the Porsche and drove to her doctor. Would you call it a coincidence that Demetrius and Cybil were there? She pulled her hoodie over her head and walked up to the front desk. She was begging her lucky stars not to let Demetrius see her. Thank God he didn't. The doctor smiled as she came out and greeted her. She was about to ask how the baby was doing when Reina cut her off. Reina was ushered into an empty examining room. "What's wrong?" the doctor asked. "I feel uncomfortable, doc. Is something wrong?" I asked her. "Nothing is wrong, Ms. Cortes. Your body is just trying to get used to accomodating the baby" she replied. An ultrasound was done. "That's weird" the doctor said. "What? What is wrong?" Reina asked already feeling panicky. "I see two hearts" she told me. "My baby has two hearts?" I asked her. She shook her head. "No. It means you are having twins!" she beamed. You could have knocked Reina over with a feather.
Reina grabbed her bag and was thanking the doctor when she bumped into Cybil. Everything in Reina's handbag emptied on the floor. "Watch where you are going!" Cybil shouted at her. Reina kept her head down. "Oh and Ms. Cortes" the doctor said. She stopped dead in her tracks. "Reina?" Demetrius asked as he came to stand beside Cybil. Reina was on her knees picking up the things that had fallen out of her bag. She refused to look at him, unfortunately her sunglasses fell off and he saw her eyes. They were so red. She had been crying a lot -Demetrius thought. The doctor went on her knees and helped Reina pick up everything. "Thank you" Reina smiled at the doctor. "No problem" she replied. Reina snatched her sunglasses and put them back on before she walked out of the office not even looking at Demetrius and Cybil.
"Doctor... What was Reina doing here?" Demetrius asked. "I am sorry, Mr. Vassaliadas. Patient confidentiality" she replied. "The poor thing" Cybil said.
The doctor looked at Cybil and the only word that came to mind was superficial.
Reina was in tears as she drove back to the condo. "It's just the three of us" Reina tapped her tummy. She was in such a hurry to leave that she didn't even get to find out the gender of her babies.
Reina made dinner. Lorenzo came home and saw his sister in the kitchen cooking. He realized that she had been crying. "What happened?" he asked. "Something felt wrong today. So I-I went to the doctor's... I'm having twins" she smiled through her tears. Lorenzo's heart constricted. His sister shouldn't have to go through this alone but he had promised not to tell Demetrius. "I saw him today" Reina told him. "And?" he pressed. "He was at the doctor with Cybil for her checkup" she smiled. He should have been with you instead -Lorenzo thought to himself. "I am fine, Lorenzo. At least now I know what I am up against. I can't wait to meet you little ones" Reina cooed. Lorenzo smiled.

College

Finally it was time to start college. It was late August and Reina was two months pregnant. Lorenzo had ensured she and Carly shared a dorm and he had enlisted a body guard for them. Reina smiled as she put her bookbag down. "How are you feeling?" Carly asked. "The usual" Reina replied. "Get a goodnight's rest" Carly ordered. "Don't need to tell me twice" I smiled.
Carly and I were walking on campus when a group of boys were trying to get our attention. The bodyguard was there of course. "It will stop when they find out I'm pregnant" Reina smiled. Carly could never understand how Reina could be so calm! She was pregnant with twins! The father didn't even know and she was going to college! Reina smiled at her. They had all their classes together.
Carly realized that Reina kept shifting in her seat. "What's wrong?" Carly whispered so the lecturer couldn't hear her. "It's too uncomfortable" Reina replied. "Try and bear it out" Carly told her. Reina did bear it out, she called Lorenzo and told him about the uncomfortable seat. He called the school board and had a special cushion seat installed for her in every class she was taking. Reina had already made a lot of friends. she would smile and wave but to Carly she seemed somewhat sad.
Demetrius and Cybil's upcoming wedding was the talk of the town. It was in every newspaper, some even mentioned Reina saying she was a better choice than Cybil. Lorenzo had sued one of the newspaper companies after one journalist berated Reina saying she was probably a heart broken wreck right now. The law suit was dropped of course and the journalist fired.
Two months Later
"Why don't they just hurry up and get married already?" Reina asked as she watched the TV. "People's magazine says Cybil wants a fairytale Christmas wedding and it takes a lot of planning" Carly told her. "Good for them" Reina replied. One of the baby kicked making her jump. "Something wrong?" Carly asked. "One of them just kicked!" Reina said while smiling. Carly put her hand over Reina's stomach and the baby kicked again. "It's a boy" Carly declared while laughing. "How do you know?" Reina asked. "He is powerful, just like his father" Carly told her. Reina only nodded. "Do you think it's fair to keep this from him?" Carly asked. "Honestly Carly, even if I tell him what makes you think he will want anything to do with the twins? He is already doing right by Cybil by marrying her. He can't do right by me also. He can't marry both of us. I think it's for the best" Reina said as she tapped her tummy. "Can you take me to my doctor's appointment tomorrow?" Reina asked. Carly nodded. Lorenzo had bought Carly a new car so she could take Reina wherever she needed to go because Reina would soon not be able to drive.