Ebony&Ivory-Chapter 8

*the driver drove them all the way to a desolate playground where all the playthings there have been rusted n out of use*

Illust: Here we are!

Luke: *looks around* Wow. *Steps out, keeps his hat and shades on just in case*

Illust: Wee~! *bounds towards the merry-go-round with her meal*

Luke: *walks around, eating the nuggets, giving the playground a look over*

Illust: Isnt this place wonderful? *munched at her burger*

Luke: As a matter of fact...yea it is.

Illust: It's called the Kissing Plc. Ppl like to come here to make out

Luke: *finishes his food* This reminds me of my childhood with Michael.

Illust: Oh? I've only met Papa Bubbles occasionally, n he gave me his toy chimp Mr Bubbles

Luke: Maybe that's why I didn't notice you. He kept an eye on me like if I was one of his own

Illust: He's always calling me his Little Princess, bt I knw he loves his children more than me *looks dwn*

Luke: He loved all of us. Why do you think he gave you that stuffed monkey?

Illust: I guess ur right, bt still I was nvr his kid. Sometimes I wish I were

Luke: I did too. But I'm glad I had my parents.

Illust: *looks dwn sadly*

Luke: Hey, you got me

Illust: Yeah, I knw *goes ovr n hugs him*

Luke: *hugs her back*

*they had their lunch peacefully n soon it was time to go home*

Luke: Cmon, let's go home

Illust: OK *throws the wrappings in the trash n followed Luke into the limo*

Luke: *opens the door for Ilust and follows in after her*

Illust: Bk home, driver

Driver: Yes, little miss

Luke: *they slowly arrive at the house*

Anita: OMG! Luke, where have u been?!

Luke: What? I was out shopping with Illust

Anita: Hurry up n chk this out *leads him to the TV*

Luke: *follows her to the TV* what

*the TV showed a footage of Luke punching Majah in the DVD shop*

Luke: Wow. They caught that. Serves that guy right

*the TV screen then switched to Majah reporting*

Majah: Is this the true face of Luke Oliva? The violent pedophile who will repeat MJ's history? Find out tonight at my special programme "Luke Oliva: Prince or Pimp?"

Luke: What the hell is with this guy? I just confirmed on the air that Illust is my niece...That's it...that is the final straw. *calls his label*

Label: *answers the phone* Yes?

Luke: Did you just see the news?

Label: *switched on the TV* Oh my, yes, now I do. This is quite disturbing

Luke: Change the single. I wanna release Tabloid Junkie

Label: Oh? Alright, it's a right thing

Luke: Thanks. *hangs up* There, that will start it

Anita: Wht are u doing?

Luke: I'm changing the single to Tabloid Junkie. I swear, attacking a man through the press is bad enough...but attacking a teenager is even lower

Illust: Bt wht abt his show tonight?

Luke: Don't worry, I'll already called the police as well.

Anita: Bt wouldn't he sue for the first amendment?

Luke: He's gone too far already. He says negative things about my niece....and then records me without knowing

Anita: Tht's true. He's abusing the freedom of speech

Illust: *suddenly feels sick n accidentally threw up on the floor*

Luke: Illust *Goes to her*

Anita: Oh my lord *rushes to her as well*

Illust: *threw up everything tht she just ate*

Luke: *Takes her to the bathroom* CMon hon

Anita: Should I call the doctor, in case its food poisoning?

Luke: Go ahead, quick!

Anita: *made the call*

Illust: *puked a little more into the toilet*

Luke: Hold on, Illust! Please!

Illust: *finally stopped puking n was panting, leaning her head against the bowl*

Luke: What's the matter?

Illust: I...I dunno...I just...suddenly feel so sick...

Anita: Doctor's here

Luke: Cmon, Illust. let's help you

Illust: *groans n allows Luke to carry her*

Doctor: *waiting in the living room*

Luke: She just started feeling sick

Doctor: Alright. Lemme do a little testing *chked her heart, pulse n whatnot* Hmm...Everything seems normal

Anita: Bt she was puking all ovr the plc

Luke: It was after she saw the news

Doctor: Hmm, then there leaves only one test. Illust, when did u start having ur period?

Illust: L...Last yr, wen I was 11

Doctor: Wen the last time u had it?

Illust: Umm... *thinks bk* Abt 2 mths ago...before I met Luke

Doctor: Alright *takes out a plastic cup* Can u pee in here for me?

Illust: *looks up at Luke, unsure*

Luke: Wait: Doctor...are you saying she's...

Doctor: We need to be sure. C'mon, take this n pee in there, OK?

Illust: *nodded, taking it to the toilet, then minutes later, she came bk with it, blushing*

Luke: *prays it's negative*

Doctor: *took out a pregnancy test bar n stuck it into the urine. A few minutes later he took it out n the bar showed two blue bars*

Illust: *nvr seen a test bar before, so dunno wht tht results mean*

Luke: Oh God no...

Doctor: *sighs* It's confirmed. She's pregnant

Luke: *is in complete shock*

Illust: Wh...Wht does tht mean, Doc?

Doctor: It means u are having a baby, Illust. Ur two mths pregnant

Illust: M...Me...? H...Having a baby...?

Luke: *is completely silent. still in shock from the news*

Doctor: She may be too young to have children n needs a lot of monitoring to help her carry the child to term, so there is always the other alternative. But it's ur call

Luke: What's the alternative

Doctor: *sighs* Abortion

Anita: Oh, no, not tht...

Luke: I dunno...I'm confused...I...*starts to feel his head ache*

Doctor: It's ur call. Think abt it. Discuss this with Illust. I'll come bk in a week's time to do another chkup for Illust. Good day *leaves*

Luke: Excuse me...I need some medicine *goes to his room and close the door*

Tom: *goes to the little girl* So whatcha gonna do?

Illust: I...I dunno...I...I wanna have the baby bt...the doc said I'm too young...

Tom: That's up to you. *hears a loud thump from Luke's room* Luke?

Illust: Wh...Wht's tht? Luke?

Anita: *gasped at the sound*

Tom: Luke! *tries to open the door* It's locked!

Illust: *bangs at the door* Luke! Luke, open the door! Luke!!

Anita: Oh no, wht do we do??

Tom: Back up...I'm gonna bust it down...*he backs up and rams it down* Luke! Oh God. *he sees Luke on the floor*

Illust: *ran up to Luke n shook him* Luke!! Luke, are u alright?? Luke~!!

Tom: What could ha...*spots a syringe needle and a bottle of morphine* My God. Looks like he's picking up a habit.

Anita: Wh...Wht?? I...I nvr knew...!

Illust: *pulls Luke's sleeve up n saw needle puncture wounds all ovr. She went pale, remembering some ppl were like tht in the streets*

Tom: It must've been that bike stunt that lead him to this

Illust: Bike stunt?

Tom: He was doing it for a music video and it went wrong and he crashed into a van, severely injurying his spinal cord. He healed fine, but he had to take morphine for a bit...but looks like he got hooked

Anita: Oh...Oh god... *sobs as well*

Tom: *checks his pulse* His pulse is normal

Illust: Sh...Should we take him to hospital? To rehab?

Tom: He'll be fine. We can help him with this

Illust: Is it bad? Is he reli into it? *worries*

Tom: It might be from the shock of finding out of your condition

Illust: *cries n hugs Luke* Pls, Luke...Pls be OK...I dont want the baby if it means u'll be OK...Pls... *sobs reli hard*

Anita: Easy, luv. U'll stress the baby...

Luke: *starts to snap out of it* Huh?

Illust: Oh, oh thank god...Luke... *sobs as she hugged him tight*

Luke: Huh? *gets hugged*

Anita: U alright there, Luke? U gave us a fright collapsing like tht

Luke: Sorry...I should've told you all about this

Illust: *sobs in his arms*

Luke: I'm sorry.

Anita: How could u suddenly pick up the habit, Luke? U could've died of OD

Luke: I can't explain it...It gave me a rush of some sort. Guys, you won't believe what you are going to hear

Anita: Huh? Wht is it?

Illust: *looks up at him*

Luke: I never told anyone this...I'm going to do it. I'm going to my godfather's tour!

Anita: Wht? U mean ur gonna do Mike's tour he wanted to do before he died?

Luke: Yes. I am going to do it. I may be 16, but I will continue what he was gonna do

Anita: Tht is wonderful!

Tom: Amazing!

Illust: *clapped her hands*