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Brooke had Indianna's hand, she squeezed it tightly. Indianna turned to her curly haired friend and smiled. "I don't know why I'm so nervous," Indianna admitted.

Brooke looked around the hospital waiting room. White floors, white ceilings and uncomfortable blue chairs. The light above them was flickering on and off. Brooke had always hated hospitals.

"I'd be surprised if you weren't nervous," Brooke said.

"Thank you for being here," Indianna said.

"What are best friends for," Brooke smiled. "Your bump's growing."

"People are going to find out soon," Indianna whispered. "I don't want to be the pregnant girl with the dead boyfriend."

"Screw what everyone else thinks," Brooke said. "Everyone that matters already knows the truth."

Indianna nodded. "You're right."

The girls sat in a comfortable silence for while, until Brooke sighed and looked at Indianna. "Can I ask a question?"

"Of course."

"Did you..." Brooke gulped. "Did you ever think about not keeping it?"

Indianna looked at her stomach, running her hands over her top. "I did. I thought about every option."

"How did you decide what to do?" Brooke asked slowly. "How do you know you made the right choice?"

"I didn't want to loose everything," Indianna said. "I had lost Greyson, and this baby is apart of him. I want to raise this baby to know that their father was a good man. An annoying, but good man. He deserves that."

Brooke looked to the ground. "Oh."

"Brooke," Indianna said slowly, "why did you ask? And don't say no reason, I know you better than that."

"I..." Brooke held her stomach. "I-"

"Indianna Hughes!"

Brooke stood up immediately and pulled Indianna over to the nurse who had emerged from a room. "Come inside," the nurse said and Brooke let Indianna walk in first.

"We're discussing that after," Indianna said to Brooke as she laid down on the hospital bed.

"Discussing what?" Brooke asked innocently.

"Hello, Indianna, I'm going to need you to lift up your top," the nurse said and once Indianna's bump was on show she squirted a cold jelly type substance onto it. "Let's have a look at baby, shall we?"

Indianna took a deep breath and nodded. Her heart was pounding.

"If the baby's anything like it's mother then it'll be fine," Brooke said confidently and stood next to Indianna, clutching her hand tightly.

"Is this your first?" The nurse asked.

"Yeah," Indianna said shakily.

"Is dad around?" The nurse wondered as she got her ultrasound prepared and pressed it to Indianna's stomach.

"Um... no," Indianna murmured. "Sadly he's not."

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear," the nurse frowned.

"It's fine," Indianna said and forced a smile.

"Oh, I see her!" Brooke gasped and pointed to the screen of the ultrasound.

"Her?" The nurse said and smiled. "He's a baby boy."

Indianna's eyes widened. "A b-boy?" She whispered.

The nurse nodded. "See his head." The nurse pointed to the screen and Indianna gasped.

"Oh my gosh," Indianna said and looked up at Brooke with teary eyes. "A mini Greyson."

Brooke smiled. "He'd be so happy."

"I'm so happy," Indianna said and wiped her eyes. "I'm having a baby boy."

"Indianna, if you look to the side." The nurse moved the ultrasound slightly and pointed to an area on the screen. "This is your baby girl."

Both Indianna's and Brooke's mouths dropped. "Say what?" Brooke spoke up first.

"Congratulations," the nurse smiled and squeezed Indianna's shoulder. "You're having twins."

Indianna was staring at the screen with wide eyes. "A boy, and a girl? Both? Twins? Two of them?"

The nurse laughed. "Yes, two."

"That's..." Indianna paused. "I wish h-he was here."

"Oh, Hun," Brooke sighed. "I know."

"Two babies. I was panicking about one," Indianna said and rubbed her eyes again. "I need him, Brooke. I want him back-"

"I know you do, but you can do this without him," Brooke whispered. "It'll be tough, but you can do this."

Indianna looked up at the nurse. "Are they okay? Are they healthy?"

The nurse looked up at the screen and smiled after a few minutes. "They seem perfect."

*

"Twins," Indianna breathed. After the hospital her and Brooke had gone to the diner that Brooke worked at for some food. "I can't believe it."

"It's amazing, Indie," Brooke said. "You're going to be amazing. You've got everyone to help you through this."

"What about you?" Indianna asked.

"What about me?" Brooke wondered and took a bite out of her burger.

"Don't play dumb, B," Indianna said. "Why did you ask me that at the hospital?"

"Ask what?" Brooke asked through a mouthful of food.

"Brooke," Indianna said. "Are you pregnant?"

Brooke nearly choked on her burger and she placed it on her plate. "I..." Brooke groaned and covered her face with her hands. "I had an abortion."

Indianna gasped. "What? When?"

"It was before you were here," Brooke whispered. "I was so scared. I didn't know what to do. It took me ages to tell Harry, but even then, we were both clueless. We knew we couldn't raise a kid. Back then it seemed like there was only one option."

Indianna took Brooke's hands. "You made the decision together? You and Harry?"

Brooke nodded. Her eyes were a little teary. "Yeah."

"Then you have nothing to be ashamed of. Everyone's circumstances are different."

"But I had a baby inside of me. I killed it-"

"Don't think about that," Indianna said. "What happened happened. You can't change it."

"I just can't help but think we made a terrible decision. I can't help but think what I would decide if I was in that situation now."

"If you do think you made the wrong choice, then I think it's pretty clear what you'd do now," Indianna said quietly.

Brooke swallowed and pulled her hands away from Indianna. "Let's talk about something different," she said and took another bite of her burger.

"Brooke," Indianna sighed.

"Oh, look, Sasha's here!" Brooke said and waved as Sasha walked into the diner.

"Hey, girls," Sasha smiled and slid into the booth, sitting next to Brooke.

"Hey," Brooke said. "Thanks again, for later."

"I owe you all the car journeys in the world," Sasha laughed.

"Just stay clear from Harry, he's still not forgiven you."

"Shocker," Sasha said sarcastically and picked up a menu.

"What happened?" Indianna wondered.

"She nearly killed me," Brooke said casually and grinned at Sasha.

"I did not! It was an accident!" Sasha gasped. She looked mortified.

Brooke laughed. "It was an accident. A wolf decided to run in front of our car and we crashed into a tree."

"It was horrible. I thought you were going to die!" Sasha said.

"Part of the tree lodged into my stomach," Brooke explained. "It was all very messy and bloody."