Adult-FanFiction.org : Cartoons

Always Be My Baby	By : GetYourShineOn Category: -Misc Cartoons > Het - Male/Female Views: 2736 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own Braceface or it's characters and am making no money writing this story.

Chapter List
- 22
- 23
- 24
The next morning, Sharon had slept in. Really, it was almost noon by the time she'd finally woken up. Once again, she had a hard time sleeping at night due to being so uncomfortable. She was happy she didn't have to be up really early for school that morning, at least.
Sharon waddled down the stairs to the kitchen. She stayed in her pajamas since she didn't have anywhere to be at the moment and just wanted to be comfortable since she was so uncomfortable most of the time now. Looks like Dion had the right idea there.
When Sharon got down to the kitchen, she saw Josh sitting at the table. He was pouring a bowl of cereal for himself. Apparently, he had slept in too. Looks like Josh also wanted to take advantage of being off from school. Helen was also at the table, reading the paper and sipping her cup of coffee. Probably getting ready to see her next patient. The twins had already eaten breakfast hours ago and were watching tv in the living room.
As Sharon popped a slice of bread into the toaster, Josh started talking to her.
"So Sharon..." He started out. "Does Tracy have a date to the dance for 9th graders that takes place a week before your prom?"
"Um..." Sharon started to think. "No, I don't think so. Why?"
"Well..." Josh seemed a bit embarrassed, but continued. "I was thinking about asking her if she'd like to go with me. I mean, I know I'm not in high school yet. But I will be next year. And I think Tracy and I have a lot in common. So I'd like to give her a chance if she'll give me one. So do you think you can give me her number?"
"Of course!" Sharon happily answered. She was so glad her little brother was actually taking her advice. "I'll text it to you when I finish my breakfast."
"Cool! Thanks, Sharon!"
"No problem. So does this mean you're over Jessica?"
"Yeah, I want nothing to do with her now. Who knew Jessica Brady would turn out to be such a backstabbing bitch?"
"Josh! Language!" Helen scolded her youngest son.
"Sorry..." He responded sheepishly.
"Well, Jessica's not really a..." Sharon lowered her voice, hoping her mom wouldn't hear her use the word too. "Bitch..."
Her technique didn't work and Helen glared at her daughter.
"Sharon!" Helen exclaimed. "Didn't you just hear me tell your younger brother not to use that word? I need you to set the example here! Especially now that you're about to bring your own child into this world."
Sharon shook her head and stifled a laugh. It's true that she was gonna have her own child to care for soon. However, she was still Josh's sister and not his mother. She saw no reason to get all parental on him.
"It's just that Jessica's family is super religious and a whole lot stricter than ours is. She's afraid of what they'll do if she disobeys them."
Josh shook his head. "She's not a true friend, Sharon. If she was, she would've stood up for you. And she could still hang out with you at school without her parents knowing. She also could've helped you report Tess and they wouldn't have had to know anything about it. But she cares more about herself than she does about you. I could never be with anyone who would treat my sister that way! After all, blood is thicker than water."
"Well, thank you Josh." Sharon said as she smiled at her baby brother. "Since when did you get to be so smart?"
Josh chuckled. "Please! I've always been this way. You just never listened to me until now."
Sharon laughed as she sat down to eat her toast.
Later that day, Connor and Alyson called a meeting with all their friends at Life Cycles. They said they had an announcement to make. Sharon had a feeling it wasn't just that they were back together. She figured Connor probably proposed to Alyson as well. But she'd let him be the one to announce that.
Sharon, Maria, Brock and Carmen were all sitting on the couch at Life Cycles.
"So what's this big announcement you wanted to make?" Maria asked impatiently.
Alyson held out her left hand to show off a sparkly silver ring. "We're engaged."
Everyone sitting on the couch gasped. Well, everyone except Sharon, that is. Sharon had already been expecting this.
Connor gave Alyson a look. "Well..." He tried to explain. "More like engaged to be engaged. A pre-engagement, of you will."
"Right. Sorry." Alyson sheepishly corrected. "I got so excited, I was having trouble explaining it properly."
Connor smiled at her, gave her a peck on the lip and put an arm around her shoulder.
"It's ok." He told her. "I'm happy that you're happy. Now let's go order some smoothies."
"Smoothies, huh?" Maria inquired. "You sure you 2 don't just want to have Sex on the Beach?"
"Good one!" Sharon stated.
Sharon and Maria both burst out laughing and gave each other high fives. Connor and Alyson both shot them confused looks.
"I don't think Bill even makes those here, Maria." Alyson responded.
"Yeah and besides, we're not even old enough to drink. At least not legally, anyway. So it's not like we can just go and casually order that." Connor pointed out.
"Oh, I don't think Maria was referring to the cocktail!" Sharon declared, still laughing. "Hmm, cocktail. Interesting choice in wording there!" She and Maria continued to crack up.
Now everyone looked confused.
"Will you guys just tell us what's so funny already?" Brock asked, sounding annoyed.
Maria then tried to calm herself down so that she'd be able to explain herself clearly. She took a deep breath and then started talking.
"Well, Sharon's right. I wasn't talking about the drink. I was more referring to what the 2 of you were up to last night."
Connor and Alyson both started to think and suddenly it dawned on both teens at once. They both blushed heavily.
"You guys actually saw that?" Connor asked, sounding mortified.
"Well, no. We didn't actually stick around to watch you guys getting it on." Maria reassured them. "But we did see enough to know exactly where things were headed."
"Don't worry." Sharon also tried to give them some reassurance. "There's no reason to feel embarrassed. This is a safe haven. I mean, look at me." She said as she patted her big, pregnant belly. "I'm the one who's about to have a baby. But at least I can take comfort in knowing our circle is a judgement-free zone."
"Besides." Maria continued. "We're just glad you 2 are no longer on a break. Now it feels like all is right with the world."
"Last night was pretty amazing." Alyson admitted.
"Except for all that sand getting everywhere." Connor shuddered.
"Oh come on. It was still the best sex we ever had and you know it."
Connor briefly smiled but then his expression changed to a more serious one.
"Ok, let's talk about something else now. Who's going to prom?"
Before their time at Life Cycles ended, Connor and Alyson made sure to thank Sharon and Maria for helping them fix their relationship last night. Then, Alyson pulled both girls aside and promised to give them all the details about the amazing make-up sex she and Connor had.
As Sharon's week off from school went on, she started to feel as if her younger siblings resented her for not being able to help out around the house as much in her condition.
"I don't want to change the cat litter again!" Sara complained.
"Well, I did it last week." Lara responded to her twin sister.
"And I did it the week before." Josh declared. "So it's your turn now."
"What about Sharon?" Sara asked. "She hasn't changed the litter since the Christmas break! And those cats are more hers than anyone else's. She's the one who insists on having all these animals!"
"Um, hello?" Sharon said as she gestured towards her huge belly. She was sitting in the living room chair with her feet propped up, trying to get comfortable. "I'm 34 weeks pregnant here. I can barely even bend anymore!"
"Besides" Helen backed her daughter up. "Cat poop carries bacteria that's harmful to an unborn baby. It can cause severe birth defects or even a stillbirth. So it's best if Sharon stays away from cat litter altogether. That's why I haven't asked her to change it since we found out she's pregnant. We want to keep her baby boy healthy, right?"
"So she gets out of gym AND out of doing chores?" Lara asked. "Looks like she's getting rewarded for getting pregnant in high school. Based on how everyone reacted on Christmas, I thought it was supposed to be a bad thing. But nope. She gets treated like royalty for making a huge mistake."
"Yeah." Sara agreed. "Isn't it enough that we're all gonna have to put up with her baby crying and keeping us awake at night after he's born? And now we have to do all of Sharon's chores too? Not fair!"
This hurt Sharon's feelings. She thought the twins were excited about becoming aunts. They may not have been Sharon's biological sisters, but she still considered them family regardless. And she expected them to be more accepting than this. She tried to fight back her tears.
Adam entered the living room eating a huge sandwich he made for himself. He heard everything. As the oldest sibling, he felt the need to intervene.
"Ok, enough." Adam said after taking a bite out of his sandwich. "Sharon is older than all of you and I'm gonna tell you this as the oldest myself. There's gonna be a time when you'll need Sharon's help one day. And she'll give it to you. So you really should help her out now. Trust me, she'll remember it."
"Sorry." Sara and Lara both apologized.
"You know what? I'll change the cat litter!" Josh offered. "I did it so many times before David and the girls moved in. I'm practically a professional! I care more about keeping my older sister and nephew safe than anything else." He smiled at Sharon and she smiled back at him. He was certainly proving to be loyal this week!
"Thank you, Josh." Helen said to her youngest son. "That's very sweet of you."
Soon, everyone cleared out of the living room except for Sharon and Adam.
"Hey, thanks for having my back like that." The blonde teen told her big brother.
"No problem. I told you, I'll always have your back. And my nephew's."
She gave him a smile.
"So how are you doing?" He asked Sharon, as he put a hand on her pregnant stomach. He was hoping to feel his unborn nephew kick again. When he felt the kicking once more, he smiled. He felt as if the little guy was saying hi to him.
"Well, it's a little easier now that I'm on vacation. Last week, I was practically falling asleep in all my classes. Even the ones I like. Partly because it's hard to sleep at night with all the extra weight I'm carrying and partly because being pregnant is so exhausting to begin with. Oh, and my back's killing me. But other than that, I'm fine."
Adam laughed. "Well, at least now you have an excuse for falling asleep in school."
"Yeah." Sharon laughed too.
"So I'm gonna go to the kitchen and make myself another sandwich. Did you want any food from there? I don't mind bringing it out here to you just so you don't have to get up."
"No, I actually have to get up anyway. I need to pee again. Just another wonderful part of being pregnant."
Sharon struggled to get out of the chair a little. Adam helped her out. Sharon started to waddle away holding her stomach until she heard her older brother call out to her.
"Sharon?"
"Yeah?"
"Never mind." Adam said, as he started cracking up.
"Ok, what? What's so funny?"
"Do you remember when I joined that Just Quacks organization with Hannah's dad? And then you came to the meeting to protest it when you found out they were a hunting group and not about wildlife conservation like they seemed?"
"Yeah..." Sharon was confused. That was 3 years ago. Why was Adam bringing this up now?
"Well, I always knew you liked ducks. But I never thought you were actually gonna start walking like them!" Adam fell onto the couch as he continued to laugh at his very pregnant sister's waddle.
"Oh, ha ha. Very funny. I'd like to see how well you'd walk around if you had all this baby weight throwing your balance off."
"Well, I'm a guy. So I guess I never will know what that's like." Adam said, as he started to calm down.
"Rub it in, why don't you?" Sharon rolled her eyes, as she went back to waddling away. But she was also smiling. She was glad to see her relationship with Adam hadn't changed much over the years. It made her feel like she could still have somewhat of a normal life, even with all of the changes occurring. And he knew this was exactly what she needed too.
Later that day, Sharon went over to Dion's house. He had called her in to a meeting at his basement/design studio. She had no idea why.
As soon as she walked in, he was holding measuring tape. He started measuring her tummy from all angles.
"Let me guess. You're coming to my baby shower and you're trying to cheat at the "guess how big Sharon's preggo belly is" game?"
Dion rolled his eyes. "No."
"Then what's with the measuring tape attack on my stomach?"
Dion then smiled. "You're gonna love this!"
"What?"
"I'm gonna make your prom dress for you! Any style and color you want. You name it, I'll do it!"
"You don't have to do that, Dion" Sharon stated. "I can buy my own prom dress."
"Please! How many stylish maternity prom dresses were you actually able to find?"
Sharon thought about this. Even though prom was still a month away, she had started looking at dresses. It's true that the dresses she saw in the maternity section left something to be desired. Probably because most pregnant women were past the age of attending prom.
"Exactly what I thought." Dion replied to Sharon's lack of response.
"But still. You have to drive back to New York in a couple of days. It's gonna take you a lot of time and effort to make a dress for me."
Dion held up his hand and shook his head. "Don't even worry about it. You've seen how fast I can work and I've only gotten better overtime. And you've had a rough year, so you deserve it."
"That's very sweet of you, Dion. But I'm sure you have better things you can be doing while you're on break."
"Consider it my graduation present to you."
"It still feels like too much to accept."
"Well, maybe you can do something for me in return then."
"What's that?"
"Let me take some pictures of you modeling the dress when it's ready. You know, for old times' sake. It'll be just like when we first met in high school.
"Really? That's all you want? Just a little nostalgia?"
"Well, no." He admitted. "I'm going to add this to my portfolio too. And who knows where that could lead? I could end up with a whole line of maternity clothes!"
"Ok." She agreed with a smile.
"Oh, and you have to let me babysit your son whenever I'm in town!"
"I think you're gonna have to get in line with Maria, Brock, Connor and Alyson. Not to mention my brothers. Looks like I'm gonna have to try to go out every night of the week during breaks."
"Well, I'll even do you one better and design clothes for your baby boy. And then maybe I can have a line for baby clothes!" Dion gushed. He really seemed to be in awe over this.
"I had no idea you were so crazy about babies, Dion."
"Of course! Who doesn't love babies? I am hoping to adopt one day, you know. I even used to help out my uncle with the kids at birthday parties. You can speak to him if you need a reference for me to babysit."
"No, it's ok. I trust you. And I'm sure I'll appreciate all the free time I'll be getting with everyone who wants to babysit!"
"I'll even play Celine Dion's Miracle album for your baby while trying to get him to sleep. He'll love her rendition of Lullaby."
"You should play her version of Tale As Old As Time too, since I'm probably gonna be raising my son on Disney movies. I swear, I had no idea that was Celine Dion singing in the closing credits of Beauty and the Beast until I met you."
"And that is exactly why I was meant to be your mentor." Dion smiled as he put an arm around the pregnant teen girl.
Before break ended, Sharon got a visit from Griffin one more time.
"Hey Griffin. What's up?" She greeted her stepbrother as she let him into her room.
"Not much. I just wanted to thank you once again for helping me and Nina get back together. It looks like simply just talking things out helped. I had no idea her relationship with her parents was so complicated. I'm really glad she finally opened up to me."
"Good, I'm glad." Sharon smiled at him. "And I assume you're going to prom with her?"
Griffin nodded. "I did ask her if I could escort her to the prom and she said yes. I even put on a suit to do it at Life Cycles. Kind of like how I was gonna ask her to be exclusive before..."
"I know. Before I screwed it all up by making Nina think you were going to dump her in public. I think I've atoned for my sin since then, haven't I?"
"Yes, you certainly have. And if I hadn't already forgiven you years ago, I definitely would now. I hear you and Nina are even friends now? Or "sort of" as she puts it?"
Sharon laughed. "Yeah, we "sort of" are."
"Well, that's a pretty big accomplishment considering the history you 2 have." Then his tone and expression got more serious. "So I was hoping I could get your advice about something. I feel like I need to clear my conscience before I accompany Nina to the prom."
"Ok, what's up?"
"Well, Nina might've finally been honest with me. But I'm afraid I haven't been completely honest with her."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, you know how we were broken up for about 8 months before getting back together? And how I was doing a lot of traveling last semester?"
"Yeah..."
"Well, I ended up in New York City on Halloween. While I was there at night, I noticed a parade going on. They apparently do it every year over in Greenwich Village. So I decided to check it out. And at the parade, I met a really hot chick dressed in an Elvira costume. We started talking and really hit it off. She was a little older than me. 21 to be exact. Which means she was old enough to drink over there. The legal age for drinking is a little higher in the US. So anyway, she had an apartment in the area. So she and I both went back to her place and had a few beers. While we were drinking, I talked to her about Nina and she talked about a relationship she just got out of. We both started feeling depressed and were both pretty drunk and..." He looked ashamed and this last part was hard for him to say. "We ended up sleeping together."
"Oh..." Sharon wasn't really sure what to say.
"And I really regret it! For starters, that was my first time and I barely even remember it. We both just woke up next to each other with a vague memory of being together. I also feel like I used her. But she told me not to worry about it because we basically used each other and it wasn't even her first time." He then noticed how uncomfortable Sharon looked. "I'm sorry. Is it weird hearing about my sex life now that we're legally brother and sister?"
"A little. But then again, you already know I've had sex." She said as she pat her 8 month pregnant tummy. Then her expression changed to a more concerned one. "Wait, you barely knew this girl. Did you use..."
"Yes, we used protection. Don't worry. I didn't catch anything from her and I'm not about to be a father."
"Good." Sharon sighed in relief. "I think 1 new addition to the Spitz family is more than enough. I don't think we can handle anymore."
"But the worst thing of all is that I feel like I cheated on Nina."
"You didn't though. If this was on Halloween, you guys were already broken up for over 2 months. And you waited a while. It's not like you just jumped into bed with someone the moment Nina dumped you. Though I can understand regretting it because it was a one night stand with someone you barely knew. Not that I'm judging. I mean, look at me. I have no room to judge."
"I knew you wouldn't. Which is why I'm telling you. And I know you got pregnant and it's sad that Alden isn't here to help with your situation. But at least you both loved each other. I love Nina and that whole experience made me realize I never want to have sex with any girl who isn't her. If that means waiting until marriage, so be it. If that means waiting another decade, so be it. I just want to be with Nina and only Nina."
So maybe there's a reason why you went through what you did. We all make mistakes. Believe me, I know that better than anyone. But the important thing is to learn from them and try to do the right thing afterwards. And it sounds like that's the case with you."
"As far as doing the right thing goes, do you think I should tell Nina about it?"
Sharon nodded. "I believe it's important to be honest in any relationship. And I would want to know if I were her."
"What if she hates me for it? I mean, she's a virgin and made it clear that she's not gonna be ready for sex anytime soon. What if she decides to dump me again for this?"
"I really don't think she will. Did she tell you the whole reason she even broke up with you in the first place is because she felt she was holding you back from having sex? She loves you and thought she was doing the right thing by setting you free. She's not gonna hate you for doing exactly what she wanted to free you up for. Just explain the situation to her exactly the way you explained it to me. She'll understand."
"I hope you're right..."
"I haven't been wrong yet, have I?"
They both smiled at each other before Griffin left to go talk with Nina.
Soon enough, Sharon was 36 weeks pregnant and was getting a sonogram with Dr. Hart for the final time. She couldn't believe how close she was getting to her delivery date! For this visit, she got to hear the beautiful sound of her baby's heartbeat again, see how big he had gotten, and even saw his face on the ultrasound screen! She could make out the shape of his eyes, nose and everything! It was so amazing! Dr. Hart went over the baby's measurements and the position he was in with her. And at the end of the visit, she gave her the last 2 ultrasound photos she would get. And then told her she would only have 4 more visits until the baby's due date.
As uncomfortable as Sharon was in her current stage of pregnancy, she actually felt like she was gonna miss being pregnant. And she was gonna miss these doctor's visits. Especially hearing her baby boy's heartbeat and seeing him on the screen. She felt a little sad, but knew holding him in her arms after giving birth would be the most incredible feeling of all!
1 week later, it was time for Sharon's baby shower. It was held at the Spitz house. Maria and Alyson both planned it out with some help from Helen. Of course, they were all there. Sara and Lara participated in it too, along with some of Sharon's aunts and some female cousins. Lauren was there too, of course. Hannah also came over for the baby shower. Some female friends Sharon had from school came to the shower and of course Tracy showed up. Even Nina came over, which somewhat surprised Sharon. Of course, her fair-weather friend Jessica didn't show up, despite being invited. But it was ok. Sharon was very pleased with the crowd she did have at her baby shower.
The hostesses of Sharon's baby shower had decorated the house beautifully with blue streamers and balloons everywhere. They hung up a silver banner that said "It's A Boy!" in blue letters. And cupcakes with blue buttercream frosting were served, as well as a cake in the same fashion. And of course, all the food served was vegetarian.
They also played some fun baby shower games and even did some karaoke with songs that had the word "baby" in the title. Sharon was rather pleased when she was praised for her rendition of Baby One More Time by Britney Spears. Of course, she knew everyone was probably just being nice since it was her baby shower. But at least she was having fun! Of course, Alyson was the true karaoke queen of the party. She rocked Mariah Carey's Always Be My Baby.
The game where they had to name as many baby animals as possible was Sharon's favorite, since she was a huge animal lover. She didn't even mind the game where everyone had to guess how big her belly was. Helen ended up winning it. Probably because she was used to seeing her daughter everyday during her pregnancy.
Sharon was really happy with all the gifts she received too. She especially enjoyed looking at all the cute baby clothes! And while she didn't get every single thing she was going to need for the baby that was requested on her registry, her family was going to help her out with the rest.
The following week was the prom. However, Sharon was more excited about only being 2 weeks away from her delivery date. She went to the prom solo, although she was given a ride by Alyson with Connor, Brock and Maria in the car too. She totally felt like a 5th wheel.
The dress Dion designed for her was actually similar to the one she wore to the dance her Freshman year. It was the same exact shade of green, except it had spaghetti straps instead of falling off her shoulders. And of course, the major difference is that this was a maternity dress. But it still looked absolutely beautiful on her! Dion did a wonderful job at making sure this dress complimented her pregnant body perfectly.
Her hair was done in an up-do with a thin headband the same color as her dress holding back her bangs. Alyson had helped her out with her make-up. She wore silver ballet flats for her shoes.
When the friends had arrived at the prom, Sharon noticed Griffin with Nina right away. They looked happy to be near each other. When Griffin walked away for a minute, Sharon went over to talk with Nina.
"So, how's everything going with you guys?" The blonde girl asked the redhead.
"Good." She answered. Then she decided to tell Sharon what she knew she really wanted to hear about.
"Griffin told me all about his one night stand in New York on Halloween. And he told me how he felt after the whole thing. He said I'm the only one for him and hearing that made me happier than I've ever been in my life. And he told me you were the one who encouraged him to be honest with me about it. You were right, that is information I would've wanted to know. So thank you for convincing him to tell me. And thank you for helping us get back together."
"You're welcome." Sharon replied. The 2 girls smiled at each other.
"You've got a strand of hair that's out of place." Nina said as she noticed this.
"Really?"
"Yeah, hold still. I'll fix it for you."
Nina pulled off Sharon's headband and tried to fix her bangs for her so that they would stay in place. She stopped in the middle of doing this when she was disgusted by just how wet the floor in the school gym was.
"God, why would they mop the floors right before the start of the prom? These Manolo Blahnik's cost a fortune and now they're all wet!"
"Yeah, my shoes feel wet too." Sharon declared. "I have no idea why they didn't clean the floors sooner!"
Alyson and Maria were standing nearby and heard this.
"That's funny. The floor doesn't feel wet over here." Alyson stated.
She and Maria walked over to Sharon and Nina, curious as to what they were talking about. Maria then noticed a big puddle of water that seemed to be coming from Sharon. Her eyes widened when she realized what was happening.
"Um, Sharon?" She started out. "I think your water broke..."
This was the longest chapter in this story, so I appreciate the patience of everyone who read the whole thing! And it looks like the big moment is finally here! And guess what? The next chapter will be the last one for this fic! Hard to believe, I know. And I'm gonna miss writing this fanfic. But I'm also excited to write out the final chapter. Stay tuned to see how everything turns out for Sharon and her baby!
- 22
- 23
- 24
You need to be logged in to leave a review for this story.You need to be logged in to leave a review for this story.
Report Story

Always Be My Baby