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Always Be My Baby	By : GetYourShineOn Category: -Misc Cartoons > Het - Male/Female Views: 2737 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Sharon kept running and didn't stop until she was sure nobody could catch up to her. By the time she stopped, she felt dizzy and out of breath. She was surprised she could run so fast while pregnant. She hoped she wasn't doing any serious harm to her baby. She was already worried about what damage she might've done by not taking prenatal vitamins this whole time.
She took a few minutes to catch her breath. Then she tried to think about what to do next. She wasn't sure where she wanted to go, but just about anywhere was better than going back home. Well, she knew where she would want to go. She wanted nothing more than to run to Alden right now. She just wanted to cry in his arms while he held her and said some comforting words to her.
That was another family she was gonna have to talk to. As much as she was dreading it, they did have a right to know they were going to be grandparents and aunts. And Sharon did want them involved in her child's life. She constantly thought about the fact that her kid was gonna grow up without a father. And she knew that as he or she aged, they were going to have all kinds of questions about him. She hoped having Alden's family around would help make all this a little easier.
But she was not gonna go over there and tell them now. She'd already ruined 1 family's Christmas for the year. She was still shaken by how badly things went with her own. She'd never heard her dad speak to anyone that way before, let alone his own daughter. Who knew it would take her screwing up this bad to bring out this side of him? She knew he wouldn't be happy, but she wasn't quite expecting him to take it this badly. And she certainly wasn't expecting her parents to fight over her decision to keep the baby.
She was also surprised at how well her mom seemed to be taking this. Sharon was totally expecting her mother to freak out. But instead, she was supportive of her decision to raise the baby and even offered to help out. Then again, her mom had also counseled pregnant teenage girls before. Not to mention, she'd been through 2 unplanned pregnancies herself. This probably made her more sympathetic towards Sharon's situation.
Sharon kept walking to nowhere in particular. She could've gone to Connor, Maria, Alyson or Brock to vent about what just happened. Or even Dion's place, since he was now home for Christmas break too. But she didn't want to wreck their Christmases with their families. They had already done so much for her. Given her so much support over the last couple of months during her pregnancy. She didn't want to be a burden to them on Christmas Day.
Suddenly, she heard her stomach growl. It seems she had worked up an appetite by running so fast. It was pretty easy to work up an appetite in her condition anyway. She wanted nothing more than a veggie burger with a side of fries and an organic strawberry smoothie from Life Cycles right now. But since it was Christmas, Life Cycles was closed. All the local food stores were closed too. There had to be somewhere she could go to get food!
Just then, she passed a 24-hour convenience store that was still open. She was in luck! She bought unfrosted Pop Tarts in just about every flavor the store sold, 3 boxes of Oreos, 2 bags of pretzels and an assortment of potato chip flavors. She ended up walking out of the store with 5 shopping bags of food.
Now that the sweat she had worked up from running earlier had dissipated, she felt cold in the frosty December air. She tried to properly zip up her light blue coat. Only thanks to her baby bump. she couldn't get it all the way up. How is it with all the bigger sized clothing she bought, she forgot to get a larger sized winter coat? She sighed. She was in such a rush to leave her house, she didn't bring her hat, scarf or gloves either. So she knew she was gonna be freezing for as long as she remained outside. But she didn't care right now.
She wondered what time it was. She looked for her phone. She checked in every single pocket she had. Great. Apparently, her phone was something else she forgot in her desperation to leave. She last remembered having it with her in her room right before she walked out to make her announcement to her family. Must've still been up there. Not that she was really in the mood to talk to anyone anyway. And the one person she wanted to talk with obviously couldn't be reached by phone.
She was still so hungry. She just wanted to sit down somewhere to eat her snacks. Just then, she saw the local park she always went to. She walked over to the swings and set her bags down on the ground. She pulled out the blueberry Pop Tarts and sat on one of the swings as she chowed down.
She looked around the park as she was eating. Being there certainly brought her back to a simpler time in life. Back when she was little. Even her early teen years seemed simple compared to everything she was going through now. To think she thought that having braces made her life complicated. Now she'd give anything to have those days back! Back when Alden was still alive. And long before she became pregnant with his child.
She started crying again. All these pregnancy hormones were making it harder than ever to control her emotions. In an attempt to calm herself down, she tried to think about coming to this park with her own child. Pushing her little boy or girl on the swings, watching them go down the slide, going for walks with her child. Then she took a look at the snow and thought of her child playing in it. It did make her feel better to focus on all that, but she couldn't help but feel it was wrong to imagine doing all this without Alden by her side.
"Sharon?" Her thoughts were interrupted by a familiar voice calling out.
"Hey Griffin." Sharon sniffled as she continued munching on her Pop Tart.
Griffin looked around Sharon and noticed all the shopping bags of food surrounding her.
"Damn, girl! Are you feeding an army out here?"
Sharon laughed slightly. "This baby is making my appetite bigger than Adam's."
"I've heard of eating for 2, but this looks more like eating for 200."
"Looks like this kid takes after his or her uncle."
He than noticed Sharon sitting on a swing. "Are you sure it's safe for you to be on that thing?"
"It should be fine. I'm just sitting here, not actually swinging. And my feet are barely even off the ground."
Griffin nodded. "Fair enough." He then sat on the swing right next to his stepsister.
"Man, this is total Deja Vu. I remember sitting on these swings with you years ago right after..." He then noticed Sharon glaring at him. "Never mind."
She knew he was about to bring up the whole incident where her pump-up bra exploded in public. Possibly the number 1 spot for the most humiliating moment in her life. Though the competition for that position was pretty fierce. In any case, she certainly didn't need to be reminded of that whole disaster!
"At least you were kind enough to lend me your jacket after it happened." She then held out the box of Pop Tarts to him. "Pop Tart? They're blueberry. Unfrosted though. You know, the whole gelatin thing."
"Sure." He reached into the box and pulled out a wrapped Pop Tart.
"What are you doing here anyway? Shouldn't you be at my house for the whole Chrismukkah celebration?"
"I was worried about you. We all were. We tried calling and texting your cell after you ran out, but you wouldn't answer for any of us. So I decided to walk around and check all your usual hangout spots. Adam's driving around looking for you. Everyone else stayed back. Richard, Helen, Lauren and David all really wanted to try to find you too. But Adam convinced them that him and I were the only ones who wouldn't send you running even further."
"He was probably right about that. And I don't have my phone with me. I left it at home by accident."
"So..." Griffin started out, as he unwrapped his Pop Tart and ate it. "Things got pretty intense in there, huh?"
"I've never seen my dad like that before. I mean, I knew he wasn't going to like it. I just wasn't quite prepared for this. He wasn't even this bad when I was caught smoking with you on camera. And you remember how well that went! He totally hates me now..."
Griffin shook his head. "He doesn't hate you. He's just worried."
"But the things he said! I just can't believe that all came from my dad. And I know Lauren means well, but I already decided putting this baby up for adoption wouldn't be right for me. I just.. I have to keep it. For Alden and for myself. Even if being a single teen mom makes life harder for me."
"For what it's worth, I think you're very brave for making that decision."
"Really?"
"Yeah, you're choosing to take a hard road. You know raising the baby won't be easy, but you're doing it because you feel it's right. Now that's the Sharon we all know and love."
"Guess I never was one for doing things the easy way."
"Not only do I think you're brave for keeping the baby, I think you're brave for sticking through with the pregnancy. You're gonna have to walk around school and other places pregnant. There are gonna be people who don't even know you that are gonna see you and just assume things about you."
"Yeah, not really helping..."
"My point is, don't let anybody make you feel bad for doing what's right for you. Just like how nobody can ever make you feel bad for being a vegetarian."
"I don't think any of the options available were really easy. It's just a difficult position to be in. I just know this is the right choice for me."
"Well, you're also dealing with the death of your boyfriend and baby's father on top of all this. I still say you're a lot tougher than you give yourself credit for."
"Well, Maria is the toughest person I know. And she's been my best friend for all these years. Guess something must've rubbed off on me. Plus, being bullied by Nina and other mean girls throughout high school probably also had something to do with that. Oh, sorry. I brought her up again..."
"No, it's ok. She was part of my life for a long time and is still part of yours. No point in pretending she doesn't exist, right?"
"Believe me, I'd sure like to sometimes. Are you ever gonna tell me what happened there? All this talk about being tough, you would always tell me about how tough Nina is. Isn't that one of the reasons you were so in love with her?"
Then a look on Griffin's face said it all. It was the same look Alden would always give her whenever he told her he loved her.
"Oh my God!" She thought to herself. "He's still in love with her!"
"I mean, I'm not trying to pry. I just want to help. I hate seeing you so miserable over this whole thing."
"I know. And I'm glad you care. Which can't be easy in this case, since I know Nina has never been your favorite person. But I'm just not ready to talk about it. There's really nothing you can do at this point anyway."
Just then, she noticed a slightly beat-up blue car pull up on the side of the road. She knew who that was.
Adam got out of the car. "There you are!" He cried out as he ran over to Sharon. Everyone is so worried about you! I understand needing to get out, but why aren't you answering your phone? At the very least, why aren't you answering MY calls and texts? You did trust me enough to tell me about your pregnancy first..."
"I'm sorry." She said remorsefully. "I don't have my phone with me. I think I left it in my room." She slid herself off the swing.
"Your jacket isn't zipped up all the way..." Adam observed.
"I have Junior here to thank for that." Sharon replied, as she put a hand over her stomach.
"It's freezing out here! You're gonna get hypothermia." He took his own coat off and put it over Sharon's shoulders. "You are your baby's lifeline, you know. Let's get in the car. I have the heat turned all the way up."
"I'll get your food." Griffin responded as he picked up all the shopping bags.
"Hey, are you gonna share any of that?" Adam asked.
"Do you have a baby in your belly right now?" Sharon replied.
Adam looked defeated.
Sharon laughed. "Kidding. Help yourself."
"Thanks!" He replied as he pulled out some Oreos and started eating them.
Adam spent the next few minutes just driving around with Sharon and Griffin, knowing Sharon didn't want to return home immediately. He sent a quick text to let Helen know he found her.
"I think dad might apologize to you as soon as you get home. He feels really bad for the way he reacted. And even worse that you ended up running out of the house because of what he said."
"It wasn't just that. I mean, yeah. I still can't believe he said all that to me. But the fact that mom and dad were fighting over me keeping the baby. It just reminded me of when we were little kids."
Adam nodded his head, knowing exactly what Sharon was talking about. "Before the divorce."
"Right. I just flashed back to all these long repressed memories of them screaming at each other while I'd be trying to sleep in my room. Or fighting on the holidays like this. But then when they got divorced, they seemed to get along better than ever. Until today. And I hate knowing I was the reason for them fighting again after all these years."
"You can't blame yourself for that, Sharon. Whether or not they were fighting about you, they're still adults and still responsible for the things they say and do. You can't blame yourself for other people's behavior."
"He's right, you know." Griffin chimed in. "Do you know how many fights my parents had about me before they got divorced? You already know my past history. But in the end, I know my parents were responsible for all the things they said to each other. No matter how much my dad tried to put the blame on me. It took me years, but I finally stopped blaming myself for the divorce."
When they returned to the Spitz residence and Adam opened the door, Sharon closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She wondered what hell awaited her on the other side of the door...
Sharon certainly has amazing big brothers! Which is great because she's gonna need all the support from family she can get. Hope everyone enjoyed reading this chapter! Chapter 14 coming soon! Special thanks to Sage Of Discord for all the consistent reviews of this story. You are awesome!
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