Babysteps
By: Riley
Summary --SHORT STORY- Carlos and Stephanie have a great, loving relationship. They know when to give each other space, and they hardly have any arguments. But when something happens that changes their lives forever Carlos is going to have to work with growing up too fast or turning and running from his problems. Carphanie.
This story is dedicated to the author Baxxie.
.:Prologue:.
Carlos twirled the cardboard box in his hands as he paced back and forth across the carpet in Stephanie's apartment. He tried not to look down at the picture on the box that contained the thing. The thing that would change our lives forever, depending on what it read.
Stephanie, at first, had refused to read it. Now she was sitting on the couch, twirling a piece of her long brown hair around her finger as she stared off into space. Her hazel eyes would dart over to him every now and then, but she mostly just stared into space.
Carlos stopped pacing and looked over at her again. Stephanie looked up at him. Her eyes that had appeared vacant suddenly changed as if her façade had cracked.
Lost.
Despite their circumstance, Carlos gave her a reassuring smile. But in his head, he knew that things possibly weren't going to be smiling about. They were both eighteen years old, both in the prime of their careers. And the key to their careers, whether it would suffer or thrive, was sitting in the bathroom. While they hadn't talked about the possibilities, they both knew that they were, in a nutshell, screwed. They weren't ready for their lives to change.
Not this way.
What would their friends say?
Their parents?
Carlos watched as Stephanie ran her hands over her face, before looking at her watch. She seemed to stare at her watch for a few hours, but it was only a few seconds. Slowly, she lifted herself off of the couch and walked into the bathroom. The light turned on, Carlos knew that she was at the sink at that moment.
"What does it say?" Carlos asked. His voice cracked with nervousness. He cleared his throat as he walked over to the bathroom and stood in the doorway. He watched his girlfriend as she stared at the test in her hands. "What does it say?" he repeated.
"We're having a baby," it finally came out of Stephanie's mouth. She turned towards Carlos and rested her head against his chest. "What are we going to do?"
Carlos wrapped his arms around her, gently rocking her back and forth, "We'll figure it out."
A/N: Including the prologue/epilogue this story will be up to about 15 chapters long. (It's labeled a short story because my stories usually have a 20 chapter minimum, but it might get longer). I hope you guys like it so far. Let me know what you think, constructive criticism is welcome.
Also, my characters are NOT in this story. The only OCs that are in this are doctors and the like.
Cheers,
-Riles