A/N: Well, this is actually inspired by a song "There Goes My Life" by Kenny Chesney, and one of the most amazing couples I have ever met...The Noritakes. (Who have been married for 40 years after running off to West Virgina (from California) to get married when he was 17 and she was 18. Ahhh, young true love. Well what you need to know: Kristina is 18, Cameron is 17. Lucky is Cam's dad, even though he knows Zan was his biological dad. But Jason has always been a father figure to him since Jacob was born...him and Liz were married for 12 years but got divorced a year ago. This chapter is mainly Kristina/Cameron, with minimal Sexis and Liz. However this is a story about two couples coming back together...Sexis and oddly enough, Jason and Robin (who will tie in a little later in the story) Anyway, hope you enjoy...and feedback is appreciated, like WHOA!
"Oh crap, oh crap" Cameron Webber said pacing back and forth across the abandoned boxcar.
She held the little printout from the clinic in her hands. She didn't want to believe the home test, but now there was so denying it.
Kristina bit her lip before speaking, "will you stop that" she asked sighing loudly.
He sat next to her, looking at her intently, "hey" he said putting his fingers under her chin and guiding her eyes until they were looking deep into his.
"I know I am freaking out...but it's gonna be okay"
She fought back the tears, "okay Cameron.. I am eighteen and you are seventeen...I am supposed to go to Harvard in four months, and you...you want to go into the Air Force...and...now were going to have a baby...a baby...we don't need this; how did this happen; " she asked putting her head in her hands.
This brought a tear to his eye as he wrapped his arm around her and brought her in to his chest, "Kris...please don't cry...please baby" he said holding her.
When she calmed down she looked up at him. He smiled that crooked smile that had caused her to fall in love with him It was two fateful years ago. She was a sophomore working in the principals office. He was a freshman who had gotten in trouble for "accidentally"walking into the girl's locker room. It helped for him that her brother Morgan was with him so that she pleaded both of their cases...getting them off with a warning. She had known him forever but something about the way he smiled at her that day made her fall for him. Ever since then, much to her parent's chagrin, they had been inseparable.
"I love you Kris...and...if you decide to keep this baby...I promise take care of us" he said touching her flat stomach.
She looked at him sadly, "I don't want to get rid of our baby"
"Whatever you want Kris...I love you. And...it's your choice...but I love our baby already" he said smiling.
This time it caused her to lose it again, "I do too Cam...I didn't want to...but I do"
He surprised her by kissing her, "You're gonna be a great mom"
"Oh God, what am I going to tell my mom...or my dad?"
The look on his face when she mentioned her dad was priceless, "damn...he is going to kill me."
Kristina Davis-Corinthos squeezed her eyes shut...her dad...Sonny Corinthos. Retired mob boss of the whole Eastern seaboard. Fear was evoked in grown men by the utterance of his name. But when she saw the parent she feared the most it wasn't him...it was the one with her eyes.
"My mom is going to be so disappointed in me" she said starting to cry again.
The thought of her mother's face when she told her was enough to push Kristina over the edge. Her mom was her friend, her hero, her role model. And now she was going to have to break her heart...and for Kristina that was the worst part.
Cameron held her until she stopped crying, "aren't you scared about what your parents are going to say?"
He shrugged, "I dunno...I guess I think my parents will understand to an extent...they were in love at 16 too...and plus my mom was pretty young when she got pregnant with me...I am sure they are going to be upset, but...I don't know I think everyone was kind of expecting me to screw up my life.
It was the truth...ever since elementary school he had a chip on his shoulder...finding out his real dad was killed by cops put him in an odd place with his surrogate father Officer Lucky Spencer...and then there was Jason who was married to his mom at the time. It was around the start of seventh grade when he first got caught shoplifting...by the time he ended up in the principals office he was well on his way of becoming a juvenile delinquent...and then Kristina Davis-Corinthos walked into his life with her big brown eyes, dimples and hundred dollar words. She had helped him change his life...he wanted to be a better person because of her...
"Don't say that Cam" she exclaimed looking at him fury written behind her beautiful toffee colored eyes.
"It's true Kris...I mean I am lucky to have you...but maybe your parents were right about me...maybe I am just a distraction for you" he said honestly.
This pissed her off, "Cameron Webber, will you freaking shut up. I love you...don't you realize what you did for me. Yeah okay I am smart...I would have just went through high school on the road to college...and I probably wouldn't have gone to football games and homecoming...and I wouldn't have been an ounce as happy as I am with you...don't you get that...you make me happy. As for my parents...really should I listen to advice from two people who have never really had an overly successful relationship?" she asked laughing as she plopped down laying her head on his shoulder.
"I wanted it to be different" he said sadly.
"What?"
Cameron sighed bringing her onto his lap his forehead resting against her arm, "I wanted us to be married, have a career, you know? I wanted us to be planning our baby and have it be a happy time, not stressful."
"Me too...but..."
"But, we're going to be okay...you, me and our baby...I promise Kris...if it is the last thing I do I am going to take care of you two...forever"
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Kristina dropped Cameron off in front of the two story house just two blocks from her brother Morgan's. She had already called her dad and asked him to meet her at the lake house. She just said a silent prayer that everything was going to be okay.
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The house was silent which was odd since his 13 year old brother was usually around causing commotion. Ever since Jason had moved out the year before it had just been the three of them...and he saw his dad on the weekends, and occasionally would tag along with Jacob to Jason's...it was ironic...he had no biological dad, but he had two men who had been amazing father figures to him...he wondered which one would want to take the role of grandfather.
"Cam!" he heard his mother yell from upstairs.
"Yeah Ma, I'm in the kitchen" he said sadly.
His radiant mother came blowing into the kitchen, "hey baby you hungry...Jake is with Uncle Nikolas tonight; so it is just me and you" she said leaning in for him to turn a cheek to her for a kiss.
"Actually mom"
"Lemme guess you and Kristina already grabbed a bite...I would be offended if I didn't adore her" she said smiling until she saw his face.
"Cam, what's the matter...did something happen between you and Kristina?" she asked.
"Yeah" he said sitting down.
She pulled a chair in across from him, "what happened...did you break up"
"No, of course not" he told her frowning.
After a quizzical look she got up to put the dishes away, "well spit it out Cameron"
When she heard his answer the crystal tumbler in her hand fell shattering into a thousand different pieces.
"Mom, Kristina is pregnant"
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Her dad's car was already in the drive when she pulled up...the sleek black jaguar was tucked next to her mother's black 7 series. She pulled her dark blue Audi, her seventeenth birthday present in back of them...just in case she had to leave suddenly.
She paused a moment when her Sidekick beeped indicating a text message. When she flipped it open it had three letters: ILY...she didn't have to know who it was from...it was one of her and Cam's things...I Love You...ILY..and she let that comfort her despite the fact that in five minutes her whole life would change.
As she walked in the door her parents were on the couch discussing living arrangements at Harvard. She silently wondered if there would be room for a crib in her dorm.
"Hey Princess" her dad said smiling standing to land a kiss on the top of her head.
"Me and your mom were just talking about your options when you move to Harvard...we were thinking about a nice two bedroom across the street from campus...we don't like the idea of a noisy dorm.
"How about a noisy baby" she wondered silently fighting back the tears.
Her mom's face clouded, "are you okay Krissy?" she asked using her nickname.
"No...that is why I wanted you both here..." she said turning to face them.
There her two parents, the people she loved most in the world besides Cameron were staring back at her anguished.
"I can't go to Harvard in September..." she started and before she could continue her dad was already off the couch.
"Kristina Adella Davis-Corinthos...do not tell me this isn't about that...boy" he spat.
Her eyes were lit with fury with him automatically blaming Cam, "Cameron dad...Cameron...that is his name, you think you would know his name since your self proclaimed 'brother' was married to his mom for eleven years" she said accentuating brother by quote signs in the air.
"Young lady, do not talk to you father like that" Alexis said getting up and in between the two.
Kristina turned to her, "what, speaking the truth...why is it that everyone can speak their brand of the truth..and I can't?" she ended up screaming her tears falling steadily.
Alexis was confused, Kristina didn't usually act like that before she could Sonny spoke up, "we are your parents..that is why. When you become a parent you will understand"
"Well...I guess in about eight months I will understand" she said her lip quivering.
The reality of what she said struck Alexis first as she put her hand to her mouth. Her eye's caught her daughters, and she saw so much. It was in Kristina's eyes that silently asked for forgiveness.
"Oh baby" she said wanting to take her into her arms.
Unfortunately at the same time Sonny realized, "what did you say?" he asked.
Their daughter bit hard into her lip, "The reason I can't go to Harvard...or anywhere is..is that I am pregnant" she revealed a heavy tear
Sonny blinked a couple times, sweat beaded at his hairline, Alexis stood there her heart in her Jimmy Choo's.
The thing that broke the silence came out as almost a growl, "I will kill him"
"NO! You stay away from him" Kristina yelled in an instant her sadness and remorse replaced by anger.
"I swear if anything happens to him...I will NEVER talk to you again!" she said grabbing her car keys and making a dash towards her car.
Sonny made a move to chase after her and Alexis grabbed his arm, "don't" she asked.
He turned around angry at first and noticed the grief in her eyes, "our baby girl" he whispered sadly wrapping his arms around her.
And for the first time that night she let it hit and she sobbed in his arms.
Kristina tore down the drive not sure where she was going...until her car rounded down the dirt path and saw Cameron's truck parked there. The boxcar had become their spot..as it had with other couples when they were their age.
She saw him first sitting on the metal step. His curly hair moussed atop his head, his huge cobalt blue eyes staring in the distance...he never looked more beautiful.
"Hey" she whispered quietly.
He smiled, "I hoped you would come...are you okay" he said the obvious signs of crying in her eyes.
It amazed her how he was always more worried about her than even himself, "it didn't go well...but I left before it got too bad...I'm scared I think they are going to try to keep us apart...how did your mom react"
"She cried...but then she told me she loves me and asked if I needed any help. As for keeping up us apart...they can't do that" he told her.
"I won't let them...I need you, especially right now...whatever we have to do to...I won't let them" she said hugging him tightly.
Cameron kissed her head, "marry me Kristina"
"What?"
He rambled, "I know..it's crazy, I am only 17...I don't have a ring to give you...and we can't even get married in New York...but I love you...and we can be in Georgia by tomorrow...as long as we have proof that you are pregnant they will let us get married...I mean, I know this is a big step Kris..and if you want to say no I swear I won't be upset"
In the midst of his monologue, "yes"
"What?"
"Yes, Cameron Webber I want to be your wife"