Never Let Go

Chapter 3- I Will Love You

~*Amanda's Point Of View*~

"Y-you're p-pr-pregnant." Jacob stuttered in astonishment.

"Very pregnant." Erik added as an after thought.

"How far along are you?" Trevor asked.

"Four months." I replied, barely above a whisper.

"That would make me...oh my god. I-I-I don't feel so good." Ashley said right before he fainted, sliding off the couch as he did so.

"OH MY GOD! Ashley!" I screamed as I went over to kneel down beside him.

"Ashley? Ashley, c'mon wake -up, please wake-up. Please." I begged as I began to sob.

"Someone go get a glass of water." Trevor said as he checked to make sure that Ashley was still breathing.

"Manda, sweetie, c'mon. Why don't we go sit in the kitchen ok." Dan said wrapping his arms around me and lifting me up. I just nodded and let him take me.

"H-he's gonna b-be ok r-right? Please t-tell me t-that he's g-gonna be o-ok."

"Shh. Calm down. Ashley will be fine. He was just shocked, that's all." Dan replied, wrapping his arms around me in a hug.

"Guys?" Erik asked, coming into the kitchen.

"Yeah?" Dan asked, breaking away from our hug.

"He's awake, wet, but awake."

"Oh thank god." I said running out of the kitchen.

I ran into the living room and came to a skidding halt infront of Ashley who was currently sitting on the couch.

"Don't ever do that to me again." I said, my voice quivering as I sat down beside him.

"You scared me. For a minute there I was afraid that I'd lost you." Tears were streaming down my cheeks as I tried to keep my voice steady. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Stephanie ushering everyone out of the room.

~*Erik's Point Of View*~

"Aww c'mon, let us stay. I wanna see what happens." I whined as Stephanie ushered us out of the living room and into the kitchen.

"Then ask Ashley about it later. Give them some privacy for right now alright." I just stuck my tongue out in response. She in turn rolled her eyes at me.

"Wow. I can't believe that she's pregnant." Trevor said sitting down at one of the chairs around the kitchen table.

" I can't believe that she didn't tell one of us sooner." Jacob said in a bit of a huff.

"Don't be mad at her for that. She didn't tell you guys because she didn't want to tell you guys over the phone and because she wanted to be the one who told Ashley. She wanted to tell him in person. So give her a break all right?" Jacob nodded his head, still obviously upset over being kept in the dark about it.

"Is she gonna take him back?" Dan wanted to know.

"She's not sure."

"Do you think that she's going to take him back?"

"After what just happened? I'd say it's safe to say that the happy couple will be happy again."

"That's good." Dan replied

"We were really starting to worry about him. He wasn't eating or sleeping. It was like he had just lost the will to live."

"Amanda was the same way until she found out that she was pregnant. The doctor said that she was really under weight for being two months pregnant and told her that if she didn't start eating right then she would lose the baby."

"Well, I'm glad that she decided that she needed to take care of herself." I added.

"How long has she known?" Jacob asked.

"She's known for two months. She found out when she was two months pregnant."

"Oh, has she told anyone else?"

"Nope, only the doctor, the nurse, and I know. That's it. Well, other people know that she's pregnant, but they don't know who the father is or anything. She hasn't even told her parents yet."

"Really? How come? She was always really close with her parents." Jacob said.

"She's afraid of what they'll say. She's afraid that they'll disown her."

"They wouldn't do that. Her parents aren't like that."

"Maybe not, but she's still afraid. I made her promise that she would go to San Diego sometime within the next month and tell them though, so they'll know soon."

~*Ashley's Point Of View*~

"Please don't cry. The last thing I wanna see is you crying." I said, wiping her tears away with my thumb.

"I'm sorry. It's just that I'm so emotional right now."

"It's ok, don't worry about it. No more crying though, ok?" I said bringing her into a hug.

"I'll try, but I'm not making any promises." She said leaning back against my chest.

This is how it should be. The two of us like this, together. This is how it's supposed to be. The way it was always meant to be.

"What are we going to do?"

"About what?" I asked, only slightly confused

"Everything. The baby, us, our parents."

"You haven't told your parents yet?" I asked a bit shocked.

" No, I was too scared to. I mean I've only known for two months. That was barely enough time as it was to try and figure out how to tell you, let alone my parents."

"You are going to tell them right?"

"Of course. It just may take awhile, not that I really have awhile but that's ok."

"Huh?"

"I kinda, sorta, promised Stephanie that I would drive down to San Diego sometime this month and tell them."

"Do you want me to come with you?"

"Do you want to come?"

"I want to be there for you, even if that means receiving mean glares from your dad."

"Daddy would never glare at you, he likes you too much. He'd be glaring at me and you know that my mom is gonna cry, whether it be out of happiness or disappointment I don't know, but she's going to cry."

"It's not exactly going to be much easier telling my parents either. I can hear my dad now, 'how could you do that to smart, sensible Amanda.' My mom will sigh and give her ever-famous 'Its not that we don't love you anymore, we'll never stop loving you, we're just disappointed in you, that's all.' Maybe we should just make a trip out of it. Redding isn't all that far from San Diego. We could drive down to San Diego, stay the night, drive to Redding, stay the night and then drive back the next day."

"Ok. That sounds like a good idea. Thank you."

"For what."

"Not running away."

"I would never runaway from you or from our baby. I want this baby just as much as you do and I can't wait until I get to be a daddy."

"It's not gonna be easy."

"I'm up for the challenge. "

"Are you sure?"

"Positive."

"I just don't want to get my hopes up only to find out that you can't or don't want to do this."

"I'm not just getting your hopes up Manda. I love you and I love this baby. I'm gonna be here for you, through everything."

"You love the baby."

"Its part of you isn't it?"

"Ashley, I...that's so sweet." She said, tearing up again.

"Aww, Manda." I said pulling her back into a hug.

"Ashley?"

"Yeah?" I asked pulling back slightly so that I could look at her.

"I have a doctors appointment tomorrow, to get a sonogram done. Do you want to come?"

"I wouldn't miss it for the world."

"Ashley?"

"Yes?"

"I-I love you." She said, looking down after doing so. I smiled to myself and then lifted her chin with my finger so she was looking at me.

"I love you too." I replied, bringing my lips to hers in a soft, simple kiss.

That meant everything to both of us.

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