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Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes...

Clear shifted nervously, her father hadn't said anything yet. She'd told him the whole story, and for five minutes he'd been silent. She twisted a strand of her auburn hair around her finger, then let it go. Her father was a very serious man, but he'd never been speechless. She held the black phone in her hand oddly, like she wasn't used to being on a call on her cell phone. A sigh came from her father and she tensed. Sighs meant disappointment.

Every step that I take is another mistake to you...

Clear looked at Dain with a worried look, she no longer leaned against the wall of the Big House, she stood in the hallway. "Dad! Don't do that. Please, you're making me think you're disappointed in me." She sounded a bit panicky, her hazel eyes darting around and she had begun to shake a little. Her father had a short temper as well and it scared her, even from states away.

Has fallen apart right in front of you...

"I am, Clear." Came her father's still reply. Clear's heart sank as he continued. "You're only sixteen, Clear. You shouldn't even be doing stuff like that. You two aren't married, neither of you have gone to proper schools in years, and I'm quite sure neither of you are ready for something like this."

Cause everything that you thought I would be...

Clear remained silent, her gaze to the floor as her father went on. "You need to get a GED, Clear, go to college, be something great. Don't ruin your life with some mistake like this."

And I know I may end up failing too...

"It may have started as a mistake, father." Clear snapped, her expression filled with anger, "But I love Dain, and I'm pretty damn certain he love sme too. And we're not getting rid of this child! It was a gift from the gods! And sure, maybe I'm not ready for a kid, but I'll be in my child's life, unlike my mother. And Dain will be apart of its life too! Unlike you were of mine and his father was of his!"

But I know You were just like me...

Clear continued, her anger building with each passing moment. "I'll get a GED, Dain will too. We'll go to college. We'll have professions that outrank your's by miles! And we'll do it all while caring for our child. You made the same mistake. But mom wasn't there to help you take care of me, and look at where that got us? This child will have both parents. Unlike any other half-blood."

With someone disappointed in you...

Clear's father interrupted her speel, "Clear! I had enough trouble raising you, I barely had the money to finish law school. A child at your age is a huge mistake! It was one of my worst!"

Feeling so faithless lost under the surface...

Both ends of the lines fell silent. Clear's anger mixed with depression and confusion now. She quickly shut her eyes, hitting the wall and sliding to the floor. She fought back tears, biting her lip to keep them from falling. "Clear..." Her father said numbly.

I've become so numb I can't feel you there...

"No! You've let the truth come out! I knew it all along! I always felt this wave of disgust coming off you. You make me sick. How could you feel that way about your daughter?!" Clear's eyes stung with fresh tears.

Can't you see that you're smothering me?

"Clear, that came out wrong, I love you. I didn't think before I said that." He sounded sincere, but Clear didn't buy it. Tears rolled down her cheeks, and she fought back even more tears.

Don't know what you're expecting of me...

"Of course you didn't think!" Now her voice shook, not something that had happened often with her. "You never do!" She pulled her knees tight to her chest, hugging them. "What do you expect me to do about all this?! Do you just want me to have an abortion, forget about it, go to college and join the firm? Like hell I'm doing any of that!"

Is be more like me and be less like you...

"You're not thinking clearly, sweetie-"

"Don't call me that."

"Fine Clear. Give the phone to Dain. I need to speak with him anyway."

Clear held the phone up to Dain, keeping her head down. Tears rolled down her cheeks, she was clearly upset and wasn't going to get over the things said today.

And every second I waste is more than I can take...

"Clear seems to be fairly stubborn on this subject. I can't do much from my standing, all I can ask is for you to be there for Clear and your child." Mr. Rivers cleared his throat. "I expect to be apart of the child's life, I can hope for that much from you two." There was a short pause now, "From one father to another, take care. Send Clear my love." Then there was a click and the line went dead.

"Better." Clear looked at her phone for a second, then chunked it at the wall, the Nokia shattering into pieces. She coughed, sitting up, her legs sliding away from her and into the walk. "You should drink some more necter." She said this as she dried her cheeks.

Dain pulled out a canteen from his left pocket and took a swig of the nectar inside before looking up at Alex, "That depends."

((we're inside))

Clear glared at Alex, still pissed at him about what had happened nearly a week and a half ago. She quickly stood, "I have to go." Then she was out the door and back outside. A step to the grass and she broke apart as beautifully green leaves.

"Shes still mad at you for what you said. I suggest you appologize before she gets to emotional," Dain replyed getting up and takeing another swig of nectar from the canteen as his side gave a shoot of pain, "Eather that or you'll likely find a stick shoved up your a** while its still growing..."

"Shes a pregnate female," Dain said as if it would expain it and then he turned and looked directly at Alex with a deadly calm serouis look, "And if you do that I'll rip you a new one."