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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 returned to school the next day. Once again, she was welcomed into the school by other students staring at her 7 month pregnant belly. She tried to hide her stomach behind her backpack as she walked down the hallway, until she realized it was no use. Her tummy was way too big to be hidden now. And she still had 2 more months for it to get bigger. At least, that was the goal. She wondered if she'd even be able to fit behind any of the school's desks during her last weeks of pregnancy.
She had also been experiencing pain in her lower back, just as Mrs. Clark had warned her about. However, she did not take her advice about carrying a pillow around with her. She didn't want to do anything else to call attention to herself. But she knew she might have no choice soon as she would only get more uncomfortable as her pregnancy went on.
When Sharon got to her locker, she was approached by Maria, Connor, Alyson and Brock. They each said hi to her. They were all worried because she wasn't in school yesterday and she had told them Nina took her to the hospital for the Braxton Hicks contractions.
"So you're sure everything's ok with the baby?" Maria asked with concern.
"Yeah, the doctor assured me it's all normal. I just have to keep hydrated and try not to let myself get too stressed out. Though the latter part hasn't been easy for me lately."
Sharon then felt the familiar twitch in her stomach that had become so calming to her now. She put a hand over her stomach.
"And he just kicked. His way of letting me know he's ok in there. I swear, I think I have the next David Beckham in the making. Looks like you're gonna have fun teaching your honorary nephew how to play soccer, Maria."
"Can I feel the kicking?" Brock asked.
"Sure."
Brock placed a hand over Sharon's stomach. "Wow! That's pretty cool."
"Right? It's hard to believe there's a tiny person in there who we'll finally get to meet in just a couple of months!"
Maria also placed a hand over her best friend's stomach to feel the kicking of the unborn boy, even though she had already felt it a couple of weeks ago when they were both hanging out at Life Cycles.
"I still can't believe Nina actually came to your rescue the way she did." Alyson stated in disbelief. "I mean, I know it turned out to be nothing serious anyway. And I'm glad about that, believe me. But still."
"Yeah, who would've thought Nina actually has a heart after all?" Connor agreed. "I guess even Nina doesn't want to see anything terrible happen to an innocent baby."
"It gets even weirder than that." Sharon started out. "I think I finally called a truce with Nina once and for all."
"You're kidding me!" Maria exclaimed in astonishment.
"How did you manage to do that?" Brock asked.
"Well, first I thanked her for helping me out yesterday. After all, I thought my little boy's life was in danger. So I was glad to have her there with me, even after dropping me off at the hospital. The whole situation was really scary. And then she said she owed it to Griffin to make sure his nephew was ok. This led to us talking about what really happened between them. I couldn't believe how much she opened up to me! Then right before she left, I told her I didn't see any point in continuing this whole stupid feud that's been going between us for years. Not with graduation just around the corner. And then we probably won't even see each other again after that. So I just asked her if we could spend the rest of the year being civil towards each other. But we don't necessarily have to be friends again. And she agreed."
"Wow..." Connor responded in disbelief.
"I don't know, Sharon..." Alyson said cautiously. "This is Nina we're talking about. How many times have you thought she's changed her ways, only to see her go back to her old self later on? How do you know she's not just doing it for show this time?"
"It was just something about the way she was talking to me all day yesterday. I think maybe she's tired of fighting with me all the time too. Maybe believing something could've happened to my baby and actually being there to witness it changed something in her. Who knows?"
"Well, I'd still watch my back regardless. You never know when Nina might turn her back on you. As you had seen happen before."
"I'll keep that in mind. But as I said, we are graduating soon. And I'm probably gonna work something out so that I won't even have to be at school the week after my baby is born. Although I still want to try to attend the graduation ceremony. So what more can Nina really do to me at this point?"
When Sharon's friends all started to head off to their homerooms, she pulled Maria aside.
"Listen..." Sharon started out. "I've talked to both Griffin and Nina individually about their breakup. And I know for a fact that they're both still in love with each other! I want to try to get them back together!"
Maria rolled her eyes. "Seriously, Sharon? Don't you remember what happened the last time you interfered with their relationship? It nearly ran Griffin out of town!"
"That was different! I was trying to break them up that time. This time, I'm going in the opposite direction. I'm trying to push them back together!"
Maria sighed. "Fair enough. It's just that... well... a lot of your other matchmaking attempts haven't always gone over so well..."
"If you're referring to that time I tried to get Dion and Houston together, that was also a different story. Dion tried to tell me he wasn't interested in a relationship at the time and I wasn't listening. Now that I feel the same way myself after Alden's death, I get it. But Nina and Griffin WANT to be together! I can tell. Nina only dumped him because she thought she was doing what was best for him. There's just so much going on in her life that she never talked to him about. So we just need to get them talking."
"Well how exactly are you gonna make that happen? What's the plan?"
"I don't really have a plan right now. When Griffin came to see me yesterday, I told him he should talk to Nina. He seemed reluctant though. And I'm also not so sure Nina would be completely honest with him either."
"I guess you'll have some time to think about it since Griffin will be in town for a few days. Come on, lets get to class. I don't want to be late. Unlike you, I can't use being pregnant as an excuse."
Sharon laughed. "It's not like I do that very often, you know. And it usually is for something legitimate. Like the fact that I have to pee all the time now because Junior here likes to rest on my bladder. So I'm constantly running to the bathroom. And I can't move as fast as I used to."
"Just wait until you get to your final days of pregnancy. You'll be waddling like a penguin down these halls."
"Don't remind me!" Sharon shook her head and groaned.
Both girls laughed as they walked to their homeroom together.
At the end of the school day, Sharon stopped at the gym to see Nina before her cheerleading practice started. On the way there, she saw Jessica.. She hadn't been able to get Jessica to talk to her ever since Tess confessed to sharing her doctor's note on the internet and she wanted to know why. After all, she was able to call a truce with Nina and get on good terms with Evie just 2 days ago. She should be able to at least talk to someone who was supposed to be her friend.
"Jess, wait up!" Sharon called out to her. When Jessica kept running, Sharon chased after her.
"Jessica!" She shouted.
Jessica stopped at the doors leading to the gym.
"Oh, hey Sharon..." She seemed nervous.
"Jessica, you've been avoiding me for 2 months now. When you see me coming, you run in the opposite direction. You ignore me when I say hi to you. You won't answer any of my calls or texts. And look at you right now. You can barely even look at me. I thought we were friends, Jess. So why are you treating me this way?"
Jessica sighed. "Look, my parents don't want me to associate with you anymore, ok?"
Sharon nearly fell over in shock. "What? Why not?"
"Well, they know you're pregnant too. You know, thanks to your doctor's note being passed around all over the internet. They both received copies of it. And I've told you about how religious my mom is, right?"
Sharon slowly nodded her head.
"Well, she thinks you're a bad influence now that you're pregnant. She's worried you're going to corrupt me."
Sharon scoffed. "That's ridiculous! You're not even a virgin yourself. Aren't you and Bailey..."
"Do you think my parents know that?" Jessica hissed. "Bailey's family and my family go to the same church. My family loves him and I need to keep it that way. Or my mom will force us to break up."
"Why do you even care what your family thinks about who you hang out with at this point? You're almost 18 and going away to college next year. They can't tell you who to have as friends."
"And who do you think is paying for me to go to college? And then to law school? I'll never be able to afford that on my own! I'm sorry, but this is just how it has to be right now. I mean, you did kinda bring this all on yourself."
"I brought this on myself? How? You're the one who's going along with your mom's rules that you don't even agree with. You're always complaining about how strict she is."
"Well honey, it's really not that hard to use birth control, you know."
Sharon felt as if she was just punched in the stomach. It really hurt to hear all of this coming from someone she used to think was so sweet. Still, she thought she'd try to get her to help out with reporting Tess 1 last time.
"Look, I understand you don't want to be friends anymore. But maybe you can help me out one more time? You heard Tess talk about how she was the one who posted my doctor's note on the school website..."
Jessica sighed as she cut Sharon off. "I'm sorry, Sharon. I really wish I could help you. But I can't."
Jessica walked away from her former friend and into the school gym.
Sharon felt like crying as she watched the doors swing shut. She couldn't believe Jessica would do this to her after knowing everything she had been through this year. So now she lost a friend in addition to her boyfriend? What was next?
She then heard Tess and Liane snickering from behind her. They must've heard the whole thing. Great. Just great.
"Well what did you expect, Spitz? You're nothing but a trashy, knocked up whore now and everybody knows it."
Sharon couldn't take it anymore. Especially coming from Tess. The one who was really responsible for Jessica ending their friendship. After all, Jessica's parents never would've even known about her being pregnant if Tess didn't spread her doctor's note around the way she did.
"Oh yeah? Then how come I'm not the one who has my name written all over the walls of the boys bathroom? Even in my current state? And I've heard some of the things it says about you in there are even worse than "trashy, knocked up whore".
Sharon was gonna have to remember to thank Brock for giving her this information.
"You stupid bitch!" Tess screamed in Sharon's face, which caused her to jump back. "Did you forget who's fault it was that all those rumors got started about me in the first place? You know what? I don't care if you are pregnant! You better watch your back! Especially when walking down the stairs. I know how clumsy you are. You wouldn't want to have an "accident", would you?"
At this point, Tess's screaming had attracted an audience. Sharon started to shake a bit at what Tess just said until she heard a voice boom out from behind them.
"That's it, Tess!" Nina yelled. "You're off the squad."
"What?" Tess cried out in shock. "Why?"
"You just said you're going to push Sharon down the stairs while she's pregnant. Do you realize that you could KILL her and her baby? Why would you want to harm an innocent baby like that? That's just sick! We can't have a psychopath like you representing Elkford."
"I wasn't really gonna do it! I just wanted to scare her. She's being a little bitch and needs to be put in her place."
"I'm not sure I believe you. And even if it was "just a threat", you don't say things like that! I don't care what Sharon did or said to you first."
"Why do you even care? Everybody knows you hate Sharon!"
"Sharon and I may not have always gotten along. But I would never physically hurt her or even threaten it. And I would certainly never threaten the life of a little baby who never did anything to anyone!"
"But Nina..." Tess started out.
"Your dismissal from the squad is effective immediately!" The teenage redhead cut her off. "Make sure you hand in your uniform and pom-poms by tomorrow morning. And don't try to change my mind. My decision is final!"
Tess let out a scream and stomped her foot. "Screw you, Nina! In fact, screw you all! Especially you, Spitz! I hope your child turns out even worse than you!"
With that, Tess stormed out of the school.
Nina stood there with a satisfied smirk on her face. She then noticed the group of onlookers still standing around.
"Ok, the shows over! You can go now!" Nina informed them all.
Most of the kids walked away with this. However, there were a few boys that still stuck around. Probably to see if a fight would break out between Sharon and Nina.
"Seriously?" Nina asked with a huff. "What part of GO don't you understand? I know you were hoping for a cat fight where us girls would rip each other's clothes off. But it didn't happen and it's not going to. So just leave! Thank you."
All the guys left over dejectedly walked away. Sharon actually heard 1 of them saying "Man, I was totally betting on the pregnant chick."
She couldn't help but laugh internally at this. She wasn't sure how anyone thought she could ever take on both Nina and Tess, let alone in her current state where she was moving a lot slower. But she was certainly amused by it.
"Wow! Thank you for coming to my defense like that, Nina." She said to her former enemy. "That was really amazing of you."
"No problem. Tess has actually been pissing me off for a really long time. So I'm happy to finally be rid of her. I know she's always felt she should've been captain instead of me and was constantly trying to take over during practice."
"Well, I don't know what her deal is. But she is 1 person I definitely hope I'll never cross paths with again once we all graduate."
"Same." Nina agreed.
Sharon was still a bit shaken up by Tess's threat. She wasn't really serious, was she?
"Why don't we go to the principal together and tell him who posted your doctor's note on the internet? In addition to the fact that she just threatened to push you down the stairs. I'm sure he'll be very interested in that last piece of information. I mean, there's only so much "mommy" will be able to do to save her daughter. Right?"
"Really?" Sharon asked in surprise. "You're willing to do that for me?"
Nina shrugged. "Well I guess we're sort of friends now, so why not? Besides, Griffin and I were together for a really long time. I spent so much time over at your dad and his mom's place and I would always see you over there. So in a weird way, I guess I kind of feel like you're family."
This was so bizarre. Sharon might've just lost Jessica as a friend. But at the same time, it looked like she gained Nina as one.
"Wow..." Sharon was astonished. "I never thought I'd hear that coming from you."
"And I never thought I'd say it, but here I am. Now let's get to reporting Tess before this gets too sappy. You're not expecting us to hug, are you?"
"Never!"
Both girls laughed. Nina poked her head in the gym and yelled at her fellow cheerleaders to keep practicing their routine until she got back. But before they went to the principal, Sharon knew she had one last thing to say to Nina.
"Listen, Nina. Since you're doing 2 huge favors for me today, I'm gonna do 1 for you. I think you should talk to Griffin. I'm telling you this as your "sort of" friend."
Nina sighed. "I thought I told you..."
"Just tell Griffin everything you told me in the hospital. He'll understand. And he's back in town for the rest of the week, so you can talk to him in person. He's over at my dad's and I know he would love to see you. You should go over there when you're finished with cheer practice."
"Well... ok. I think I might just do that. I would actually love to see him too."
Later that night, Sharon received a text from Griffin telling her that he and Nina were gonna try to work things out. She put her phone down on her desk as she smiled. She had to admit, she was rather proud of herself for saving a relationship this time. 1 down, 1 to go.
About a month later, a very important letter had come for Sharon in the mail. David informed her of this as soon as she got home from school that day. He handed it over to her.
"This came in the mail for you today, Sharon. It's from NYU. And I bet you got in! Here, open it!"
Sharon wasn't sure how she felt about it. On one hand, she really did want to get in and knew she would be crushed if it was a rejection letter. But on the other hand, it might actually bring some relief if NYU did reject her. After all, it would save her from having to make a lot of important decisions that were nothing but headaches.
Sharon closed her eyes and took a deep breath as she slowly opened up the letter from NYU.
Sorry for the unannounced 2 week gap in updating. But don't worry, I won't abandon this fic! I'm determined to see this story through to the end and even have more Braceface fics planned after I complete this one. It won't be much longer. Hope everyone felt this chapter was worth the wait!
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