We all have secrets. We aren't proud of all of them. I am proud of my child though. I am not proud that I had her so young but I am proud that I can say that I am her father. The only father she will ever have. The only parent she will have.

I am only sixteen years old. I go to a prestigious boarding school in California. My dad pays for all of it. My parents got divorced and that was his one requirements for my mom keeping me. I have to go to this school and then move onto a college, that he chooses.

I was in my dorm when it all started. I had just finished my first day of sophomore year. I was waiting for Jerry. He told me he had big news. I wonder what it is.

I heard a soft knock at the door. I got up slowly and went to the door. I looked through the little peephole we accidentally made last year. Okay it wasn't an accident but still. We get the same room for the four years here. Same roommates too. I got my best friend, Jerry, after my dad paid the housing director.

I didn't see anyone so I opened the door to look down the hallway. No one and nothing was there except a small basket. I leaned down and looked at it. When I realized what it was I jumped back.

A baby? What is going on? I quickly brought the baby in so that no one would see it. There was a letter sitting on the baby's stomach. I picked it up and as that my name was on it. My stomach twisted into all kinds of knots. I opened it slowly and began to read.

Jack,

This baby is yours. She is a month old now. I know you don't think its possible that you could have a baby but it is. If you remember back to Halloween of freshman year, it was such a romantic night. Anyway I didn't tell you before now because I didn't know how to tell you. I just can't take care of her. If you really don't want to you can put her up for adoption but I know that she would like one of her birth parents. I'm sorry I couldn't keep her but I have a life. I am only sixteen. My parents freaked when they found out and wouldn't even let me think about keeping her. I hope that you can do what is best.

Her name is Elizabeth Lily Brewer. I gave her your last name because I know you. You won't give her up and that's what I loved about you. I couldn't afford anything for her, other than a few of my old things. I'm so sorry this happened but we made a beautiful baby together. I hope she has the best life possible for her.

Love,

Sami 3

I read over the letter at least five times. After about the third time the baby, I mean Elizabeth, started to cry. I finally put the letter down and excepted it. I picked her up and tried to calm her down. I saw a bottle in the basket. I picked it up and fed her carefully. I tried to burp her and then she calmed down.

How did this happen? Why did this happen to me? It was one time.. How could this happen? I was careful...I thought.

The door opened. I was still standing in the middle of the room with Elizabeth's basket on the floor and her lying on my bed. I turned to the door and saw Kim.

"Hey Jack, we were going to go-" she stopped when she saw Elizabeth.

"What did you do Jack?" She asked as she crossed the room. She smacked me on the back of the head and went over to Elizabeth. I deserved everything she was going to say. I was stupid. I don't deserve any respect anymore.

Kim saw the letter and must have read it over quickly.

"Are you kidding me? How could you be so stupid? How could you let this happen?" She was rambling off but I wasn't listening.

"Jack, what are you going to do?" Elizabeth had fallen asleep a long time ago because Kim had gotten quieter as she went. She was finally only just whispering.

"I don't know," I mumbled. She set Elizabeth down in her basket, very slowly and carefully. She stood up and walked over to me. She wrapped her arms around me in a friendly hug. I snapped out of my trance long enough to hug her. Why would I ever pass up a hug with her? I would be incredibly stupid. Here I am standing in the middle of my room hugging my crush of two years. That's right I have been crushing on Kim since I first met her two years ago. I guess you could say it was love at first sight.

"You're not giving her up, are you?" Kim asked in a small voice, very unlike her usual voice. I looked down at her and she looked up at me. I realized we were really close. I could easily lean down an inch and connect our lips. I could smell her minty fresh breath.

"I don't know. How am I supposed to take care of a baby while still in high school?"

"I'll help. Jerry probably will too and I can talk to Grace," Kim offered with a smile on her face.

"You think we could raise a baby?" Kim pulled back from the hug. I was disappointed. Stop talking like that. She just hugged me because I were upset. She has no feelings for me so I shouldn't get my hopes up.

"Trust me. We could go to town tomorrow and buy the things she will need. And I have a lot of free time in my schedule so I can watch her during those times and I'm sure Grace or Jerry can watch her when both of us can't. She can sleep in your room most night and sleep in mine when you need a break," Kim said thinking everything through.

"Where am I supposed to get all this money?" My dad was rich but while I was here he didn't give me much money. Money for school was all he sent.

"Maybe tell you parents what happened?" I shook my head viciously. I could not tell my parents. They would freak and make me give her up so that I could focus on my school work.

"Well if you can't tell them," she sighed thinking. "You might have to trick them into sending money."

"I guess I have to," I said. She nodded.

"Do you need anything tonight? Elizabeth looks like she's asleep." I shrugged.

"Well it's Friday night and I have no plans," she said. She went and sat next to Elizabeth. I grabbed my desk chair and sat on it, looking at Kim. She was softly rocking Elizabeth in her arms.

"What do you want to do?" The Kim Crawford was sitting on my bed...with my baby. Okay that last part was something I never imagined. But Kim was in my room asking me what I wanted to do. Well I could never tell her what I actually wanted to do but I can just say something else.

"Want to watch a movie?" Kim nodded. I went over to our TV and looked in the cabinet under it. We had a lot of movies. Scary movies, comedies, romance - don't ask why, and some others. Kim looked at the movies over my shoulder.

"Why do you have all these movies? Romance, really?" I blushed a little.

"Well...I...uh...Jerry likes to have them if girls come over," I finally spit out. She giggled and picked out a movie. It was The Hunger Games.

"I love this movie," she said. I nodded and took it from her. I put it in and grabbed the remote.

Where was Jerry? He was supposed to tell me the news hours ago. Oh well. I hope he doesn't walk in when Kim is here. He will just make fun of me, like he always does. It's not in a mean way, we just laugh at each other. Especially when there are girls around. I make fun of him when he is with Grace and he makes fun of me when I am with Kim.

I sat in the chair while Kim sat on my bed with her back against my headboard. Elizabeth was in her basket on my desk. I covered her up and even kissed her nose when Kim wasn't looking. The truth is I've always wanted a little girl. I was kind of hoping to wait until I was married but here she is anyway.

After the first twenty minutes Kim moved over and made room for me.

"Want to sit with me?" I nodded, my mouth suddenly very dry. I sat next to her and she pulled the blanket onto our laps. I was so close to her. Our legs were touching and she was slightly leaning into me. I sighed in my head. This moment was perfect. I wasn't even watching the movie.

Then Elizabeth started to cry. I climbed out of bed and picked her up. I rocked her in my arms but she wouldn't stop crying. Kim took her from my arms carefully after pausing the movie.

She looked through Elizabeth's basket while rocking her. She found what she was looking for, a diaper. She went into the bathroom. Each dorm room has a bathroom and a Tv and two beds. This school is really expensive.

She came out a minute later with a calm baby. She sat on the bed again and held Elizabeth to her chest. I climbed back in the bed and sat next to her. We started the movie again.

"Thanks for helping me," I said quietly.

"No problem. I have three little sisters and two little brothers. I have changed many diapers."

"Well thanks for that," I said. We watched the movie. Every death Kim drew a sharp breath. She even snuggled into my side a few times. I'm sure she didn't mean to, just in the moment.

When the movie ended Kim was asleep. She had Elizabeth in her arms and was sleeping with her head on my shoulder. I carefully took Elizabeth out of her arms and laid Kim's head on my pillow. I put Elizabeth back in her basket. I sat back down and Kim snuggled closer to me. I smiled to myself.

The door opened. Jerry walked in with a grin on his face. He saw me and then Kim and then the baby.

"You've got a lot of explaining to do," he said simply. I got up, careful of Kim, and sat on my desk chair. Jerry looked at me with a huge grin. I sighed.

"Remember Sami from Halloween?" Jerry looked confused and then smiled remembering her. He had been so proud of me for getting her.

"Well it's her baby...and mine," I said. Jerry looked shocked but then his face relaxed.

"Did you forget protection?" I shrugged and Jerry let it slide.

"So she just dropped off the baby?" I nodded and handed him the note. He turned on the lamp and read it quickly. He smirked.

"Well that explains the baby but what about Kim? Tire her out too much?" I blushed a deep red and looked away.

"No. She just offered to help take care of Elizabeth," I said shyly.

"So she fell asleep in your bed? Doesn't look suspicious at all," he said with a gleam in his eyes. He was trying hard not to laugh at me.

"We were watching a movie. Anyway it's not like that between Kim and I," I said with a hint of sadness in my voice. Jerry, my best friend since forever, detected it. His face instantly softened.

"Sorry man," he said patting my back. I just looked over at Kim. When I looked back I changed the subject.

"So what was the big news you had to tell me?" Jerry smirked at me.

"You know that homecoming is in a week?" I nodded and waited for him to continue. "I'm going with Emma Steele." I don't understand why he was so excited. Emma was hot but he liked Grace.

"Why are you do excited?"

"Because it'll make Grace jealous. She hates Emma." He sounded like he thought it through but it still made no sense to me.

"Let me break it down. I will tell you about Emma tomorrow during english. Grace is there. She will instantly be jealous that I didn't even try to ask her. We will go to the dance and I will be dancing with Emma...until I casually ditch her for Grace. Grace will realize that I am an awesome guy and she'll dance the rest of the night with me. And if I'm lucky maybe I'll be staying in her dorm or her in mine. Which reminds me, if she comes here I need you to go to Kim's and if we go to hers then Kim will come here. That good?" Kim in my room again. Why wouldn't I be okay with that?

"Yeah sure," I said trying to sound casual. He smirked at me.

"So who are you taking?" I shrugged.

"I don't know yet?"

"You better get on it. Soon girls will start getting desperate and coming up to you. Do you really want to lie to that many girls...like last year? Of course you're not going this year," he said sarcastically at the end. Last year I told a bunch of girls I wasn't going and then I went just for fun. A bunch of girls ganged up on me. Kim saved me by saying she dragged me there. Then she dragged me to the dance floor to dance. I danced with her the rest of the night. It was so nice.

"I'll ask someone when I'm ready," I said hoping he would drop the subject. No such luck.

"Are you going to try to ask Kim? I mean how many times can you try and fail? Haven't you tried to ask her out like a hundred time? Every school event," he said. I blushed and then glared at him. I try to ask Kim out all the time but I freak out and don't do it. She probably thinks I'm a weirdo. I try to cover it up as best I can but none of my friends fall for it.

"Well I'm going to hit the hay," Jerry said. He jumped onto his bed and just like that he was asleep.

I grabbed a blanket from the bottom of my bed and a pillow from the closet. I laid on the floor and fell asleep quickly. Only to be woken up three times to change Elizabeth.

This parenting is hard work. Kim helped me but Jerry just threw stuff at me.