They heard grunting noises and Jared.

Jared screamed.

The three sat in silence; Devlin loaded his gun, he could see footsteps behind Jared. Jared was almost to the door, and got pulled back, Devlin grabbed his arm and quickly pulled him in, he shoved the other figure out of the way.

He couldn't make out the face.

They grabbed Devlin's arm and sliced.

He roughly pulled his arm back, he grabbed one man in a head lock and pulled him in the house kicking the other man from the side of him, and slammed the door. Jared locked it; Devlin and the other man collapsed on the floor, the intruder tried getting up, but Devlin beat him to the punch, getting up quickly, he stomped him down, the man made a wheezing noise.

"Shut Up!" Devlin shouted down at him.

"Devlin it's me." An unfamiliar voice reported.

"Me who? I don't fucking know you!?" Devlin yelled.

Jared rushed to the couch, heavily breathing with bags of food in his hands, his drinks were spilled. "As soon as I went up to the drive way, these guys had a knife to my back; They pulled me around by my shirt and tried stabbing me! I used all the strength I could, I threw our drinks at them... I'm so scared!"Jared explained, grabbing at Anthony's hands. Anthony took it and covered his face with his hand.

"Why did you get food!?" Devlin shouted at him. "I told you to come straight home!" He growled, his eyes were wide, Jared shrugged. "I.. I was hungry!"Jared frantically shouted back at him.

"Hey!" The man yelled, whimpering in pain, and holding his rib cage. "These guys aren't after you man I swear!"

"Swear? Look at my fuckin arm!" Devlin yelled.

Katrina was sitting on the floor in the kitchen.
She heard Jared's voice and got up and looked around, Devlin's arm was soaked with blood; Blood was dripping on the floor, blood plastered on the door, and Jared and Anthony stood by the couch holding hands. Katrina slowly walked towards Devlin.

"Katrina.. Stay back." Devlin growled, crushing the man's back with his boot, she stopped where she was. The room stood silent, she couldn't hear anything outside.

Devlin pulled out his gun and put it to the mans head.

"You feel dis? Gun beats knife, you try something, I'll pull and you're done." Devlin muttered. "Turn over so I can see your face." He shouted at him, the man slowly turned and rested on his back.

"We're not allowed to have guns in this county." The man whispered, shaking with his hands up, Devlin had his gun to the mans forehead, he pushed the knife from his side away from them. The knife slid near Katrina, blood splattered with it so she stepped back.

Devlin couldn't recognize the face because it had been grossly scarred. "I know you don't know me, but please, let me speak." The man panted, tears coming out of his eyes.

Devlin's eyes widened at him and with his fist, socked him in the head.

"You're crying?" He gritted. "Be a man! And stop fucking crying!" Devlin yelled.

"It's the old man! He's saying... He's.. He's saying... You don't understand... He wants her in the ground!" The man yelled, looking around for Katrina, but Devlin pushed the gun down towards the mans eyes.

"Who's on the ground right now? You are! And so will your little buddies be when I get through with all of you!" Devlin violently yelled at him. He instantly pulled out his cell, his boots looked like weights on the mans chest.

He called his father.

His father answered right away.

"Son?"

"Pa...Ayd mardik p'vordzum yen mez spanel."
Pa...These men are trying to kill us.

"Vortegh yes?" His father asked him.

Devlin looked down at the man and he screamed. "Please no! I'm sorry; I won't ever bug you again, just.. Let me go! Please!" He cried, and Devlin; With his phone in his hand, stared at him with disgust. He answered his father.

"In Katrina's house." He said low.

His father got out of bed, Devlin heard the sheets rustling, and he could hear him turning on a light switch. "Keep dat man there, I'm calling your uncle, this is going to end... I want you to stay in her home do not go outside, do not open door... Do you hear me?" Art growled.

Devlin thinned his lips. "Yes pa..."

"Okay son... What's her address?" Devlin told him and stomped on the man's chest.

"See you real soon son." Art murmured.

Devlin hung up. "Here.. Take this." He hoarsely said at Jared, he got off the couch and wobbled to him, taking the phone and ran back sitting down. "Find rope.. Anything to tie dis guy up." Devlin had trouble speaking; He didn't even want to look at his arm, he could feel the blood loss, he was exhausted, and his muscles ached. His lids slouched low at the man on the floor.

He placed his boot on the mans mouth.

Katrina went in the kitchen and rummaged through her drawers. No way did she keep things like that in her house. She found a string of blue bow ties from Christmas that she wanted to use again.

She thought for a moment and pulled them out of the drawer.

She wondered what her sisters were doing right now? If today was going to end badly, if she was going to see them again. And she remembered her father; How he was murdered right in front of her, she shivered a little, she was scared. She went over to Devlin and handed them to him, he quickly pulled the string from the card board and used his teeth to cut it. "Oh my goodness; Look how beastly he is! Look at your man!" Jared exclaimed, giggling a little, he winked at Katrina.

"You people are crazy." The man said on the floor.

"And you won't be talking for long." Devlin spat out.

"Anthony.. Hold his arms." Devlin grumbled.

Anthony strolled over to Devlin and bent down and grabbed the mans arms and held him down. "Please!! Get off of-." The man couldn't finish his sentence, Devlin grabbed his head and roughly pulled the string around his mouth. He tied the string and placed his hands on the mans mouth, so he couldn't scream.

There was a slow knock at the door.

They all were quiet.

"Who is it?" Devlin shouted.

"nra papy." It's papa.

"Open the door it's my dad." Devlin calmly said.

The man on the floor started groaning, making screeching noises. Jared ran to the door, relieved of this nightmare, when he opened it he froze. There stood Devlin's father and six other men behind him, they had no weapons shown on them, but Jared could tell that they were hidden somewhere.

The whole scene looked crazy to Jared, their faces were grim, some had on pajamas, the others had on suits. Jared moved out of their way for the men to come in. They didn't waste no time, each men quietly stepped in Katrina's home.

"Move away son let me see him." Art croaked.

Devlin took his boot off of the man and stepped back. One of the men grabbed Devlin's arm, he looked down at the cut, it was deep, but it didn't hurt. Arts friend pulled out gauge from his pocket.

"Let me see your arm." He growled, he tightly wrapped Devlin's arm, and held on to it with his hand, the guy didn't seem to mind Devlin's blood oozing out from his fingers. The other men stood, folding their hands together in the living room. They all looked in their fifties; One guy that had long arms and a wide figure, pulled the man off the floor with one hand. "Putting him in the back of the trunk boss."He slowly said at Art. Art shook his head and looked around at Katrina and Devlin.

"Son... I have to get you to a hospital, your friends are going to have to come stay at my place for the night okay?" Art sighed and looked around, his attention caught on Katrina, she didn't look so good either.

He stepped closer to her.

"Are you alright, im' dustry?" He asked her.

She couldn't understand the last part he said, she nodded and looked around and noticed Jared and Anthony staring at her with confusion in their eyes. "She looks very sick." Anthony said, Jared walked up to her. "How long have you been this way?" Jared asked her, embarrassed at all of the attention she was getting; Even Devlin with his arm cut, seemed horrified at how sick she looked. "Are you alright princess?" He yelled over at her.

She swallowed and looked around.

She thought she was fine.

She was just in shock at all that's happened.

It felt like they almost died.

"I'm fine." She softly said, swallowing and looking around at the men. "Girl.. You look sick as a dog? Did you just catch this?" Jared exclaimed at her.

Whatever Katrina had, he didn't want.

He stepped back, then gasped and looked over at Anthony with shock and realization in his eyes.

"She just got finished ovulating... I wonder if she even know's this..." Jared thought, he glided over to Katrina and grabbed her phone, he went to her flow chart and softly gasped. "Oh shit.. There's no way."

His eyes were wide.

Katrina furrowed her brow at him.

"Sometimes he is so weird." Anthony said to himself, embarrassed that Jared was still Jared even around a bunch of old thugs.

"Come on, let's get these kids out of here." Art yelled.

"Son, I'm taking you and Katrina to a hospital."

Katrina didn't like the idea.. She wasn't sick.

"No it's okay; I think I just need some rest." She silently whispered.

"I almost lost Jared..." She uncomfortably thought, she really just wanted to cry, but not in front of these men.

"Okay.." Art replied, worried about her.

Before they left, Art and his men made sure all of her windows and doors were locked, after telling them what she saw when she ran in her room.

Everyone walked out of Katrina's house, she searched her pockets for her keys, she couldn't find them. "Where's my keys?" She asked Jared, Anthony pulled them out of his pockets. "Right here." She nervously looked around and clutched her arms, Jared grabbed her waist. "You should go to the hospital with Devlin." He whispered at her, Katrina shook her head. "No.. It's fine.. Let's go." She murmured.

"I called Tig, she's waiting for you at my house." Art yelled, pulling his arm around Devlin's neck. The men separated; Almost all of them went with Devlin and his father in the Beamer, behind the Beamer stood a rusted old Chevrolet.

"We're taking my car." A man said behind them.

"I'm taking you kids to Arts house."

The three nodded and Katrina walked over to the car, somehow; She didn't want to be in the front seat, Anthony sensed it, so he walked over to the passenger side and waited for the man to open the door. Katrina and Jared went towards the backseat, the air grew thick and it was cold out.

Inside; It was awkward silence, until the man that was driving spoke. "My names Tigran, kind of like Tigranui yes?" Katrina had no idea this man was Armenian, until he spoke, he had a deep accent like Devlin.

She nodded at him.

"So.. What's going to happen to that guy?"

Anthony boldly asked next to him, they drove in more silence until they were on a road that looked familiar, they were close to Arts home.

"Don't worry abot, that kid alright?"

Jared swallowed and wanted to kick Anthony for asking. This man sounded serious, the whole situation is serious and Jared somehow felt that they were not taking Devlin to a hospital, so he kept quiet.

Katrina was sleepy. She placed her head on Jared's shoulder, she slowly breathed in and out of her nose, trying to get her mind off of what just happened.

And looked up at the ceiling of the car.

She closed her eyes and tried to remember what her father smelled like...

"What's your name?"

A tall African American man yelled at her.

She was holding on to her bear waiting for her father. Downtown scared her, she didn't like hearing the stories from her mother, she heard loud popping noises, so that's why she got out of the car and stood staring at the gas station.

Her long curls brushed over her face in the wind.

With her gloved hand, she moved her curls from her face, she almost said something but then bit her lip, her father told her not to talk to strangers.

"The police are coming.. Just stay over there until they get here ight!" The man shouted from the door, he had his hands up.

She looked up at the man, he had baggy blue jeans on and a black sweater; He was covered in blood from the waist down, the man looked scared, he ran back to an old blue car filled with men and sped off.
She could see the gun tucked behind his pants pockets, she proceeded to walk towards the gas station.

"Katrina?"

Jared softly said staring down at her, she woke up and looked around. Tigranui, and Jared stood above her, they were inside Arts home, she tried to sit up, and felt sick. Tigranui placed her hand on Katrina's head.

"Lay still." She softly said.

"She's sick.. I think she needs some hot tea." Jared exclaimed; Bending down to place his hand on her forehead, he felt cool to the touch, Katrina groaned and looked around the room. They were in the same room Devlin took her in when she was working.

"I'm going to bring her some tea." Tigranui said smiling, she left the room.

Anthony was sleeping on the floor covered with blankets. It was light outside, but the mist made it seem like a cloudy day. "What time is it?" She asked him, smelling home cooked bread and eggs.

"It's three in the afternoon." Jared softly spoke, pulling the sheets back and laying down next to her.

"You slept good the rest of the day, and night.. It's the next day." He reassured her.

Katrina sat up.

"Where's Devlin?" She asked him wide eyed, rummaging through the sheets to look for her phone. "I don't know.. But; Wherever he is, he's safe with his dad." He smiled. Katrina stopped looking for her phone and rested her head on the pillow, Jared sighed and leaned his head towards her, he was dying to spill the beans to her since this all happened..

Of course she had the flu... And something else.

He leaned over and placed his lips to her ear.

"I think You're pregnant." He joked.

Katrina sighed and tried pulling the sheets away but Jared grabbed her side of the sheet and pulled down so that she was stuck. "Katrina wait.. I'm serious... I think you are."

Katrina rolled her eyes. "And how would you know? We only had sex twice.." She stammered.

Jared whispered in her ear again.

"I don't know.. But I told Devlin's mom about your flow chart; I kind of let out that y'all had sex the other day after you just finished ovulating-." He giggled, she proceeded to hit him and he stepped back. "His mom confirmed it.. Look.. They all think you're pregnant.. Even Devlin.. I think he knows too.. I'm not sure!" He leaned his head back and laughed.

Katrina felt flabbergasted. She looked down and threw up, most of it splattered on Jared's face.

It was complete silence.

"Oh... And you have the flu." He murmured, wiping her vomit off of his face.

"Well... I was waiting for that... At least it didn't happen in the car." He joked.

She coughed and puked again, this time she covered her mouth so that none got on Jared.

He got out of the bed and took off his shirt, his muscles stretched with him as he walked over to Katrina's side and helped her, he cleaned her face.

"You're pregnant." He said again smiling down at her.

Katrina sighed and breathed in, the smell of bread lingered in the air.

"Your period was supposed to come yesterday and it didn't... Usually when you're on your period the whole house would have nasty bloody tampons everywhere in each trash can." He snorted and moved near Anthony so that she wouldn't find anything to throw at him.

"Actually.. It say's right here on your chart you missed your period." He shouted laughing.

Jared went to the bathroom in the room and grabbed a towel off the rack, he walked over to her and wiped her chest. Embarrassed, Katrina tried searching for her phone. "If you're looking up symptoms on 'How to tell if you're pregnant,' Just take this." He handed her a pregnancy test that Tigranui gave him, she looked down at the test and up at Jared. "I can't be.. We've only had sex twice though..." She stammered again in utter shock.

Jared smiled down at her.

"That's all it takes missy."

She walked into the bathroom alone and locked the door. She loved Jared, but she wanted to be alone on this one. "I can't believe everyone thinks I'm pregnant." She touched her stomach, and then looked down at the test again. "I can't be.." She looked in the mirror and frowned. The thought of her having children with Devlin never crossed her mind.

She peed on the stick and sure enough...

"I'm pregnant!" She loudly whispered at Jared storming out of the bathroom, he was getting rid of the sheets and blankets. Katrina didn't know what to do, she tried looking for her phone, Jared handed her phone to her.

"You have a few missed calls from your sister."

"Just the person I needed to talk to." She thought. "Wait.. Which one?" Jared laughed at her.

"The good one." He murmured.

"Melanie is going to kill me." She muttered.

She dialed her sisters number, but her sister didn't answer. She went over to the bed and slouched, she laid back down; She was cold, and needed warmth, Jared wanted to sleep next to Anthony, but he was so excited at Katrina, so he laid down next to her.

"I call dibs on being the Godfather." He happily whispered to her. "Okay." Was all she said, she was nervous and the smell of eggs was making her sick to her stomach.

She had a taste for soup.

"Jared, do not say anything... But if Devlin's mom comes in here with eggs, can you eat them for me?" Jared laughed and placed his hands over his eyes.

"Yes mom." He laughed again smiling at her.

"It's not funny Jared." She crazily laughed at him.

He placed his elbows on the sheet positioning himself up. "Sweetie don't be upset, these things happen." Katrina felt tears come out of her eyes. Jared looked over at her and softly sighed, he wiped a tear from her cheek. "You're going to be a wonderful mom, and your sisters are going to be happy for you; This is life Katrina, there are no mistakes, I think that God gave you Devlin for a reason..." Katrina turned towards Jared and sniffed the snot that was trying to creep down her nose.

"You think so?"

He nodded his head and smiled at her.

"Hell.. You got pregnant right after you lost your virginity to him, doesn't that seem like God's doing?"

Katrina looked up at the ceiling, she thought about her father. "My dad would have been so mad at me for getting pregnant without doing something with my life." Jared rolled his eyes. "You are doing something with your life though beautiful... You're living your best life... You bought a beautiful home all by yourself, and you have a wonderful career. You get paid more than anyone who works at a diner in this town... And there is tons of diners here. You met a man that makes your heart thump.." He grinned at her, and poked her chest.

"And... You have a new family, and two handsome men in this room that loves you." He looked up at the ceiling.

"If you were just any woman... Girl... Me and Anthony would have left your ass here, and called it a day." He exclaimed laughing.

Katrina busted up laughing, she tried to pinch Jared but he caught