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Always Be My Baby	By : GetYourShineOn Category: -Misc Cartoons > Het - Male/Female Views: 2736 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Sharon shut her eyes tight. Her whole body went stiff and her heart would not stop pounding. It felt like time had frozen. There it was. Her secret was finally out. She had told. Before giving anyone else a chance to speak, she decided to quickly add on one more thing.
"Oh, and I've decided to keep it..." She said in a shaky voice. She then opened up her eyes to see everyone's reactions.
Sara and Lara both smiled and cheered. "Yay! We're gonna be aunts!" They both gave each other high fives. Guess they were still too young to understand how serious Sharon's situation was.
Josh and Griffin both exchanged shocked expressions with each other. And then there were the parents and step parents. Their reactions were coming...
"WHAT?" all 4 adults screamed out at once.
"Wait..." Richard started. "Didn't Alden die months ago?"
"He did..."
Helen started counting up on her fingers. "So... you're in your 2nd trimester already?"
Sharon nodded and looked down.
"Well, I guess that explains all the nausea. And your sudden increase in appetite." Helen sounded like she wanted to cry. "Oh, how did I miss this? I've been through this 3 times. How could I not tell with my own daughter? I knew I should've made you go to the doctor..."
Sharon was holding back some tears herself. "It's not your fault, mom. I deliberately tried to hide it. Plus, I was super stressed out about everything else going on in my life. It was easy to chalk my symptoms up to that. That's why I didn't even realize it until a couple of months ago."
"Wait, you've known for a couple of months and you're just telling us NOW? Why didn't you say something the moment you found out?" Richard yelled.
Richard was normally known for being laid-back and cool. But there were certain situations where he would become strict and start acting like a real parent. Like when Sharon got drunk at one of his concerts at age 13 or when she was caught smoking with Griffin a few years ago. Guess finding out his teenage daughter is pregnant was another situation that brought out this side of him.
Adam stepped in when he noticed some tears escaping Sharon's eyes. "Sharon was scared. Just like any teenage girl in her situation would be. And to make matters worse, she doesn't have Alden around to help her deal with any of this."
Richard pointed a finger at Adam and shouted. "And you knew about this?"
"Don't be mad at him!" Sharon shouted, as she jumped to her big brother's defense. "I didn't even tell him until yesterday. And I asked him not to say anything. He was just being a good brother to me. Like always."
"Oh please!" Richard retorted. "You're not children covering for each other anymore." He then turned back to Adam. "You're an adult now. Sharon is still under 18. As parents, we have a right to know what's going on with our underage daughter. And it's your responsibility to tell us if you know anything now."
Sharon was still in tears. She felt terrible for dragging Adam into her mess now. She was expecting there to be anger towards her, but not him. Having him there was supposed to make this go smoother.
"Stop yelling at him!" Sharon screamed. "I'm the one who screwed up here! So I'm the one you should be mad at! Just yell at me!"
"Maybe we should just stop yelling altogether?" David suggested. "I'm sure Sharon's stressed out enough as is. All this stress can't be good for the baby..."
"Have you been seeing a doctor, sweetie?" Helen asked, trying to focus on what was really important.
Sharon shook her head no. "I went to a clinic to confirm the pregnancy. But I haven't seen a doctor since then."
Helen shook her head. "That's not good. You should be seeing an OB/GYN on a regular basis now. You need to make sure that you're healthy and everything is going ok with the baby. You should also be taking prenatal vitamins."
"Prenatal vitamins?" Sharon had no idea what those were, let alone that she was supposed to take them.
Helen nodded. "You should've started taking them the moment you found out you were pregnant. I'm gonna make some phone calls tomorrow and get you an appointment for as soon as possible. We're also gonna have to talk about what you plan on doing for college. I know you really want to go to school in New York, but I can help you out if you stay here. There are plenty of great vet schools around Elkford I'm sure you could get into."
"I can't believe what I'm hearing from you, Helen!" Richard shouted. "You're just gonna let her throw her life away like that? She should not be keeping this baby! She's way too young!"
"We were young too. It's not like we planned on having Adam. Or for that matter, Sharon. I was still finishing up my degree at the time. And neither of us even wanted kids before Adam came along."
"You were still an adult. Sharon is just a 17-year-old kid. She should not be having a kid of her own. And the fact that she got herself into this situation proves she's not ready for that kind of responsibility."
"I will be 18 next year, you know." Sharon informed him.
"You're still only going to be 17 when the baby is born."
"Well, it's still my baby! That means the choice is mine. Not yours!"
"Lauren, help me out here?"
Lauren walked over to Sharon and put an arm around her.
"I'm sorry you're going through all this, honey. I know how easy it is to get attached to a life that's growing inside you. But you are only 17. You have your whole life ahead of you. You deserve to get a good education and excel in your career as a vet before having kids. Not to mention, there are going to be all kinds of college parties you'll have to miss out on if you're stuck taking care of a baby."
"Not being able to party is a sacrifice I'm definitely willing to make. And I can still get a good education and excel in my career."
"It's gonna be a lot harder. Do you know the dropout rate for teenage mothers? I just think you should consider all your options."
"I have. I even read the pamphlets on options the clinic gave me. I decided raising the baby is the best one for me."
"Do you know there are people out there that really want kids but can't have them? You could be giving somebody a wonderful gift if you put the baby up for adoption."
"I'm not giving my baby away to some strangers!"
"You can do an open adoption where..."
"I know! I already made up my mind. A long time ago."
"Look, I don't have a problem with Sharon keeping the baby if she wants to." Helen chimed in. "And she's gonna be living with me and David, not you and Richard. So I think we have more of a say here than you do."
"I don't have a say in it when I'm watching my daughter ruin her own life?" Richard asked, in a huffy tone.
"Her life won't be ruined! It just has to change a little."
Sharon couldn't believe it. Her parents hadn't fought like this since she was a little kid. They actually got along pretty well after the divorce. Now they were back to fighting again. All because of her. She felt sick.
"It's my baby!" She shouted. "The only one who gets a say in this is me! I'm the one who has the legal right to decide what to do here."
"It's not like you to be so irresponsible in the first place!" Richard declared. "That kid Alden pressured you, didn't he?"
"What? No!"
"I don't believe that for a minute."
"Oh yeah? We were together for 2 years and he never once pressured me for sex. And when we finally did it? I was actually the one who suggested it. That's right. It was all my idea! So again, just be mad at me. Not him."
"Yeah right. I remember what it was like to be a 17-year-old boy. I know they only have 1 thing on the brain. And if he wasn't already dead, I would kill him myself right now!"
"I can't believe you just said that! That's horrible!"
"That was out of line, Richard!" Helen agreed. "You know how hard losing Alden has been for her. She's still not over his death. And to make things even harder, she's now pregnant with his child."
"Well, maybe she should've thought about how hard things would be for her before she let him get her pregnant!"
"You know what?" Sharon screamed, as she grabbed her coat from the closet and threw it on. "I can't deal with any of this right now! I'm out of here!" She started running.
"Sharon, wait!" Helen tried to run after her.
But it was no use. The blonde teen was running faster than anyone in her family could. She went out the door, slammed it and took off. Not looking back once.
Well, that didn't go as well as one might've hoped! Was anyone surprised that Helen actually took it better than Richard did? Sorry if this chapter was a little short, but I thought this was a good spot to end it in (the chapter before this was actually the longest one in the story so far). Another cliffhanger! Next chapter should be up soon enough. We'll find out where Sharon's going!
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