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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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"So, I have some good news for you, Sharon." The doctor started out. "You're not in labor today. What you had is something known as Braxton Hicks contractions. This is basically false labor. Braxton Hicks contractions usually aren't painful and many women don't even feel it. But it seems your case was a little more severe than usual."
Braxton Hicks. Of course! She should've known about that from when it happened to Rachel on Friends. But since this was only Sharon's 1st pregnancy, she wasn't sure how anything was supposed to feel.
"What caused it?" Sharon asked the doctor.
"Well, Braxton Hicks contractions are usually caused by dehydration. Stress is another factor. I understand you're only 17. Being a pregnant teenager in and of itself is pretty stressful. And if you haven't dropped out of school, you're probably getting a ton of homework every night and dealing with tests. Maybe even thinking about college next year?"
Sharon nodded in response.
"So to prevent this from happening again, make sure you drink plenty of water throughout the day and try to avoid unnecessary stress."
"So nothing is seriously wrong then?"
"Nope. Braxton Hicks contractions are a normal part of pregnancy and not a cause for concern at all. Just follow my advice and the rest of your pregnancy should be smooth sailing from this point on."
"And this didn't cause any harm to my baby? He's ok?"
The doctor nodded. "The ultrasound showed a very healthy baby boy. And the other tests all showed that his mother is doing great too."
The doctor then smiled at Sharon, which may have cause a butterfly or 2 to float in her stomach. Not that she was interested in dating this doctor (or any other guy, really) since he was way too old for her, but she had to admit that he was pretty cute. He actually looked younger than Dr. Hart.
"So it was very nice to meet you and your sister, Sharon. I'll get you your discharge papers out front. Hopefully, you won't be back in a hospital until you actually are in labor."
With that said, the doctor walked out of the room.
"Gotta say, your doctor is pretty cute."
"Yeah." Sharon said, as she sighed dreamily.
"Hey, don't get any ideas! I saw him first!" Nina snapped.
"Yeah, but we wouldn't even be in this hospital if I didn't have Braxton Hicks contractions."
"We also wouldn't be here if I didn't drive us here! Besides, he was your doctor. Wouldn't that make dating him a little weird?"
Of course, both girls knew he was much too old for either of them. But it seemed they both instinctively felt the need to compete with each other.
Before Sharon could answer, she was interrupted by that twitch in her stomach reassuring her that her little boy was ok. It was a little strong this time, but she knew that was a good sign.
"Woah!" Sharon exclaimed, as she put a hand over her stomach.
"What? What's wrong now?" Nina asked, sounding alarmed.
""No, nothing." Sharon replied as she took a deep breath. "My baby just kicked."
"Oh." Nina responded as she calmed down. Then she wondered about something.
"Does it... hurt... when he does that?"
"No, not really. It just feels weird. But in a good way."
Nina nodded, satisfied with this answer. Then Sharon had an idea.
"Do you... want to feel him kicking?"
"Sure." Nina answered.
She had to admit, she was curious to know what it felt like. Though Nina would never admit it, she had always wondered what it was like to be pregnant. Not that she was in any rush to find out firsthand.
She put her hand on Sharon's stomach. Pretty soon, she felt what Sharon was talking about.
"Wow..." She said, feeling amazed. "Must be pretty special to know there's a tiny little baby inside you, huh?"
"It's the best feeling ever! And totally worth everything else I've had to endure while being pregnant."
Sharon drew the curtain between her and Nina as she got dressed back into her regular outfit, which consisted of a flowy white maternity cap-sleeved top with a pink floral print and maternity jeans. She held her denim jacket over her arm. When she pulled the curtain back, Nina was waiting for her on the other side.
Nina looked down and nervously picked at one of her professionally french manicured nails.
"So..." The redheaded teen started out. "I was just wondering... do you need a ride home?"
"No, I think I'll be ok. As I said before, my mom or dad should be here soon. But thanks for offering."
"Ok... well if there's nothing else you need, I guess I'll see myself out then."
Nina was on her way out the door when the voice of a certain blonde stopped her.
"Wait, Nina!" Sharon called out.
"Yeah?" Nina asked as she stopped in her tracks.
"Listen, I was just thinking." The blonde teen started out. "We're going to graduate high school in 3 months and will probably never have to see each other again after that. Do you really want to spend the last 3 months of high school fighting and competing with each other like we always have? I mean, aren't you tired of this rivalry we've had going on for an entire decade now? I know I'd certainly like to bury the hatchet. I'm about to be a mother and I'm sure you have more important things in your life you need to focus on too. I'm not saying we have to be friends. But maybe we can just try to be civil towards each other?"
Nina nodded and had a small smile on her face.
"Ok." She agreed. "I think I can do that."
She actually seemed sincere this time and not like she was just saying it for show.
Just then, Helen and Richard both rushed into the hospital room. They each ran over and hugged Sharon tight. This was a bit awkward for her due to how huge her belly now was.
"Oh, sweetie! Are you and the baby ok?" Helen asked her daughter. "I would've come sooner, but I was in the middle of a therapy session I just couldn't get away from."
"And I was in the middle of a shift at Sir Lunch-A-Lot. I left as soon as I got the call about you, but I got stuck in traffic on the way over here. Your mother and I were both so worried about our daughter and grandson though!"
They both hugged their daughter even tighter. The teenage girl tried to gently push her well-meaning parents off, but they had both her arms constricted.
"Look, I love you both and appreciate your concern. But could you maybe not squeeze me so tight? You're gonna push the baby all the way into my back."
"Right, sorry!" Helen apologized as she backed away from Sharon. "I forgot how uncomfortable something like a simple hug can be when your stomach gets this big."
"Sorry." Richard also apologized and backed away.
"Anyway, everything's fine. It was just Braxton Hicks. So I'm not in real labor and nothing else is wrong. The doctor said my baby is perfectly healthy and so am I."
Both parents sighed in relief.
"Well, I guess this is my cue to exit." Nina said as she witnessed the little family reunion going on. She would never admit it, but she was starting to feel jealous as she watched this sweet little Full House moment right in front of her. She just knew her own parents would never be there for her like this if she were in Sharon's position. The most they would do is send their housekeeper to check on her.
"Thank you again for everything you did for me today, Nina." Sharon said.
"Don't mention it." Nina replied. "I'll see you in school. And maybe I'll see you around too, Mr. and Mrs. Spitz."
"It's Mrs. Cardwell now." Helen reminded her.
"Oh, right. Mrs. Cardwell." Nina corrected herself. She had completely forgotten that Helen married David. "Well, goodbye."
As soon as Nina left, Helen and Richard both smiled at Sharon.
"That was really nice of Nina to come to your rescue like that." Richard stated. "I think I see why Griffin was so crazy about her now. I feel bad that things didn't work out between the 2 of them."
"Yeah, I'm actually starting to feel bad about that too." Sharon replied, sounding sad.
"Why don't we go to down to the cafeteria and get you some food?" Helen suggested. "I'm sure you must be starving by now."
"Ok." Sharon agreed with a small smile.
Sharon had loaded up her tray with every non-meat food she could find, as had become a daily routine for her during lunch at school. When she was on her way to meet her parents, she was stopped by a voice that sounded familiar but couldn't quite put her finger on who it was.
"Sharon Spitz?" She heard a young woman say.
Sharon turned around and saw a tall woman with black hair that came past her shoulders and bangs. It took Sharon a minute, but then she remembered who it was.
"Evie?" She asked in surprise.
There was no mistaking it. That was definitely Evie. Dion's old high school rival. The one who had branded Sharon's forehead with the number 9 the 1st week of high school and made her life hell just because Dion was her mentor. Sharon hadn't seen Evie since she graduated from Elkford High 3 years ago. But of course with Sharon's luck, she was bound to run into an old high school tormentor again eventually. But instead of happening while she was looking fabulous, it had to happen while she looked about 200 months pregnant and was stuffing her face. She put her tray of food down at a nearby table as she talked with her former high school bully.
"Uh... what are you doing here?" Sharon asked, not really sure what else to say.
"I'm actually interning here. I'm going to be an ER nurse just like my mom."
"Cool." Sharon said as she nodded.
The tension between the 2 girls could be cut with a knife. Sharon then noticed Evie staring down at her 28 week pregnant belly. She braced herself and waited for Evie to say something about it.
"So, I heard about Alden." Evie started out. "I'm really sorry. I never really kept in touch with him after high school, even though I was his mentor. But he was a good kid. And I could tell he really cared about you even after you guys broke up."
"Thanks." Sharon replied. "How did you hear about him though?"
"I'm friends with a lot of people I used to go to high school with on MySpace. And many of them have younger siblings who now go to Elkford High. So word eventually got back to me. So, is Alden..."
Sharon then noticed Evie pointing to her stomach and nodded in confirmation.
"Yes, he's the father. We actually got back together the summer after freshmen year."
"And did he know he was going to be a father?"
Sharon shook her head. "I didn't even know I was pregnant until after he died."
"Wow, that sucks. I'm really sorry. Well, at least you'll know what to tell your child when they want to know why their daddy isn't around. I'm still trying to figure out what I'm gonna tell my daughter when she has questions about her daddy."
"Your daughter? You have a daughter now?"
Evie smiled proudly as she pulled out her cell phone and showed Sharon some pictures.
"She's gonna turn 2 this summer."
"She's pretty." Sharon said as she looked at the pictures. "She looks just like you."
"Thanks." Evie replied as she put her phone away.
"So what happened with the father that you're so afraid to tell her?"
"Well, he was this guy that I met my 1st week of college at a Freshman mixer. We got pretty serious right away. But then I found out I was pregnant during the Christmas break. As soon as I told him I was pregnant and was going to keep the baby, he broke up with me and said he wanted nothing to do with our child. He said I was making a huge mistake and it wasn't right for me to ruin his life, even if I didn't care about ruining my own future."
"What a bastard!" Sharon exclaimed.
"Right? Like he didn't help get me into this mess? I'm now suing him for child support. I just don't know how I'm gonna one day explain to my little girl that her daddy wants nothing to do with her."
As much as Sharon missed Alden and wished he could raise their little boy with her, at least she knew he never would've reacted the way Evie's ex-boyfriend did.
"So do you know if you're having a girl or boy yet?"
"Yeah, it's a boy. And he's due May 27th."
"Aw, how cute! Well, I'm not gonna lie to you, Sharon. Being a single mom is gonna be hard. Especially a teenage single mom. But it'll all be so worth it! You'll see."
"Yeah, I'm pretty excited about it. I mean, I know my situation isn't exactly desirable either. But I can't wait to meet my son!"
"I'm really glad I ran into you here, Sharon. I've been wanting to apologize for the way I treated you in high school for the longest time now. I'm really sorry. About the 9 on your forehead, for insulting you, everything. Especially now that I have my own daughter. I would go ballistic if anyone ever treated her the way I treated you."
"That's ok. I'm not interested in holding a grudge over something that happened 3 years ago. Besides, walking around with a 9 on my forehead for a week doesn't seem so bad now that I'm gonna have to walk around with this huge preggo belly for the next couple of months until the baby's born. And at least the 9 you marked me with wasn't accompanied by morning sickness and back pains."
Evie chuckled. "Trust me. After you survive childbirth, you'll feel you can handle anything life throws at you."
Evie then pulled a pen and piece of paper out of her purse, wrote something down on it and handed it to Sharon.
"That's my email and cell number. Keep in touch. I want to know how everything is going with the rest of your pregnancy. And I hope to continue hearing from you after the baby's born too. I think it'll be nice to have another young mom to talk with."
"Ok." Sharon said with a smile.
"By the way, do you still keep in touch with Dion?"
"Yeah, he's actually 1 of my best friends. He was so supportive of me when I told him I was pregnant too and has continued to be there for me since then. I actually told him before I even told my family."
"That's so nice. Well next time you talk to him, tell him I said hi and that I'm sorry for being so mean to him in high school too."
"Ok. I will."
The girls said bye to each other as Sharon picked up her tray and looked for her parents. She couldn't believe she managed to make peace with both Nina and Evie in the same day! She wondered how cold Hell must've been right now...
As soon as Sharon got home, she was just about ready to go to bed. It wasn't that late. Even Sara and Lara were still awake. But she was feeling exhausted and had a particularly long day, being scared about her baby and everything. As soon as she got up to her room, she heard a knock on the door.
"Come in." She called.
It was Hannah. She now wore her dark hair down and was wearing a yellow cap-sleeved baby doll top and jeans.
"Hey Sharon."
"Hey Hannah. What's up?"
"Nothing much. I just came over to see how you're doing. You ok?
"Yes, I'm fine. Did Adam send you over here to check on me?"
"Well... yeah, he did. But I was worried about you too."
"Well, I'm fine and the baby is fine. And as you can see, I'm not in labor right now or I wouldn't have come back home from the hospital. And you can pass this information on to Adam too. He must've called me about 50 times since I left the hospital and nothing I say seems to be reassuring enough for him. I had to talk him out of driving all the way out here in at least 10 different phone calls."
Hannah couldn't help but laugh.
"I'm glad you find this so amusing..."
"Look Sharon, I know Adam might seem a little intense. But this is only his 1st nephew. And he's still not totally used to his kid sister being pregnant. Especially when you're still a kid yourself. So he still feels the need to look out for you."
"I know and I do appreciate it. But he was starting to go prenatal police on me the moment I hit my 3rd trimester. He's kinda been driving me crazy with his constant phone calls lately."
"Oh yeah, that reminds me." Hannah handed Sharon a water bottle. "He wanted me to make sure you're drinking enough water. He did some research on Braxton Hicks contractions and read that dehydration is the leading cause."
Sharon sighed as she grabbed the water bottle from Hannah. "See what I mean? I already learned this from a doctor at the hospital. And it is my body and my baby. I think I can be trusted to take care of myself."
"Look, just be patient with Adam, ok? He does mean well. And this is all a lot scarier for him now that he's no longer here to see what's going on with his own eyes. I'll talk to him. I'll let him know his little sister and nephew are both doing great. And I'll try to convince him he only needs to call you twice a day at most. I know it's still pretty early, but maybe you should try to sleep now? It's a good idea to make sure you're getting plenty of rest."
Sharon rolled her eyes. She knew this was also coming from Adam since he had been lecturing her about staying up too late doing homework the last few days.
"That's coming from me too, ok? I do agree with your brother about that."
"Believe me, I'm so tired that I really don't need any convincing on that one. Good luck to you though."
"To me? Why me?"
"Because if Adam is this intense over his nephew, imagine how he'll be with you when you're carrying his son or daughter someday."
Hannah laughed.
"Good night, Sharon." She called as she left.
"Night."
Helen kept Sharon home from school the next day, worrying that she might push herself too hard following a very eventful day. Since Sharon was concerned about her unborn son's well-being, she didn't fight her mother on it. Sharon slept in and was woken up by another surprise visitor.
Griffin had come to visit his stepsister. Sharon was very surprised to see him since he was supposed to be away at Toronto University. He finally started college this semester.
"So what brings you here?" She asked her stepbrother. She was still wearing her pajamas.
"Well, Nina texted to tell me that she took you to the hospital yesterday. So I just wanted to make sure everything was ok with you and the baby."
"You should've just called me. Not that I'm not happy to see you, but you really didn't need to drive all the way down here. I'm fine. I told Adam the same thing. I mean, this was certainly nothing to miss your classes over."
Griffin shrugged. "I really didn't mind the drive or missing my classes. You know I've never been into school much anyway. So why did you go to the hospital if nothing's wrong?"
"I just had Braxton Hicks contractions. Which is false labor and nothing to be concerned about. I just overreacted."
"And there's nothing else to worry about?"
"Nope, everything's good." She looked down nervously for a minute. "Listen Griffin, Nina told me what happened while she was at the hospital with me..."
"Yeah?"
"Yeah..." Sharon was about to continue, until she remembered that Nina had lied to Griffin about why she broke up with him.
"I think you should call her up now that you're back in Elkford. Or better yet, go visit her! I have a feeling she really wants to see you right now."
Griffin shook his head. "I'm pretty sure it's over, Sharon."
"Just try talking to her, ok? Just try. I have a feeling she hasn't told you the entire story."
"Well, maybe. I think I'm actually gonna stick around for a few days. I told my professors there was a family emergency and I would probably be out for the rest of the week."
"I just feel bad that was all for nothing."
"Well, maybe it wasn't for nothing. I can't believe how much you're showing now!"
"I know, I feel like I tripled in size since the last time you saw me! And I'm only gonna get bigger up until the baby comes."
"Well, good thing he's not coming this soon, right?"
"Right."
"I'm gonna go home and settle in for a bit. I'll see you later, Sharon."
As Griffin left, Sharon had an idea. She was glad Griffin would be around the rest of the week.
Ok, not the earth-shattering cliffhanger most chapters in this story have had. But I thought this was a good spot to end it. Just wanted to take the time again to thank all my amazing readers and reviewers. I want to thank the readers I've had for a while now, in addition to any new readers who just picked up this story. I realize how long this fic is at 20 chapters and 59, 582 words (especially for this fandom), so I appreciate your patience in sticking with it. It's not gonna be much longer until the final chapter!
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