Author's Note: I saw this prompt floating around, and I decided to go for it. It's a high school AU fic, but set in the present time because I really, really don't want to have to think back to the '90's. This fic will probably deviate slightly from canon facts, but that is just to make things easier to write.

It was not the first day that week Kate Beckett had woken up feeling sick. Silencing her alarm, she sat slowly and took in the sights of her bedroom, trying to think of anything but the storm raging in the pit of her stomach. She took in one deep breath and then another before she knew she was going to be sick. She stumbled her way across the hall to her small bathroom and proceeded to vomit into the toilet. Just as she was catching her breath she heard a light rap on the door. Great

"Katie," her mother's voice called, "are you alright?"

As much as she wanted to respond affirmatively, her stomach had other plans. She retched once more as her mother entered the tiny room and took a seat on the ledge of the bathtub. Her mother's hands made a soft trail down her back as she was sick. When she knew her stomach was empty she shrugged out of her mother's embrace and headed for the sink to brush her teeth. Maybe if she ignored her mom she'd let it drop. Kate made her way back to her bedroom and began selecting her outfit for the day ahead.

"Katherine Beckett, you get your butt back in bed," he mother demanded. "You're sick! You aren't going to school today." Kate clutched a plain red shirt to her chest and rolled her eyes.

"Mom, I'm fine. I will be fine. I have to go to school today." She turned back to her dresser and began looking for a clean pair of jeans.

"There is no reason for you to be going to school just so you can vomit on the other kids. You're staying home, and that is final!" Kate had to find a way to get to the bottom of her nauseating suspicions. She had to go to school and talk to Rick.

"I have to take a test today," she grumbled before she could stop the words from coming out. "Calculus," she added quickly.

"Katie, you're sick. It'll be an excused absence and you can make up the test when you're feeling better."

"Mom, I'm already feeling better. I'll be fine." She tried to shoo her mother out of the room, but the older woman was having none of it. She pressed a hand to her daughter's forehead and frowned slightly.

"You don't have a fever-"

"So I'm fine," her daughter interrupted. "Look, I'll be fine. I have a calculus test to take today. I promise you I'll come home if I need to. I just... please?" Johanna sighed.

"As long as you promise to call me the moment you feel sick," Johanna implored. Kate nodded her promise, and her mother reluctantly exited her bedroom. The teen took another deep breath and pressed her hand to her stomach. She was pretty sure she wouldn't be sick again, but took another set of calming breaths before changing her clothes.

Rick Rodgers arrived at Stuyvesant High School just before the first bell rang to usher students to class. It wasn't abnormal for him to be welcomed to school by the ringing of the first bell. What was unusual was seeing his girlfriend, Kate Beckett, rushing into the building just behind him. Kate usually arrived much earlier than he, opting to use time before class started to review her materials. When he noticed the her flushed face he wanted to say something to her, but the bell beat him to the punch and he barely had time to wave in her direction before running off to his first class of the day: French. While sitting in his seat, he couldn't concentrate on a single word Mme Thicke was saying. Instead, his mid wandered to the slightly exasperated look on his girlfriend's face that morning. Something was going on behind those hazel eyes of hers and he couldn't wait to find out what it was.

Across the building, Kate sat in her first period Russian Language class thinking about her boyfriend of 8 months. She knew that she had to talk to him, especially if her suspicions were correct. How was she going to broach this topic with him? Sure, he was a great guy, but this could turn out to be a very stressful situation.

The bell rang, releasing Kate from her Russian class. She hurried to her second period biology class, where she discovered that she had forgotten her calculator at home. Things could be worse, she thought, I could have actually had a Calculus test today. She chuckled to herself at her own stupidity earlier that morning. I have to take a test her own voice rattled around her head. Of course she had to take a test, just not an academic one.

Lunch rolled around soon enough and she was sitting at a small table with her friend Javier, waiting for Rick to show. The pair sat in silence, Kate picking idly at the the label on the bottle of water serving as her lunch. She didn't want to give her stomach any more ammunition. It wasn't unusual for Javier and Kate to sit together in silence; he typically preferred to eat before talking.

"Hey, babe," Rick said as he joined the duo at the table. "Are you doing alright?" Kate rolled her eyes.

"I'm fine," she breathed. Debating with herself, she continued. "Actually," she began, "I really need to talk to you." The pair spared a glance in Javier's direction. He took the subtle hint and stood from the table, collecting the remains of his lunch along the way.

"You know, I think I see Josh over there, and I, uh, need his help with some, uh, homework," he said.

Watching their friend make his escape, Kate was becoming more and more nervous. How was she going to do this?

"So what's up," her boyfriend questioned, picking up his pizza slice. She looked nervous, like really nervous.

"I, uh," she began shakily, "I think... I think I might be pregnant." She chanced a look at her boyfriend, only to find him gaping at her.

"Are you sure? I mean..."

"I'm not entirely sure. I haven't taken a test yet, but my period is like two weeks late, I've been sick all week, my boobs hurt...the signs are there. I've just been too terrified to take a test," she admitted quietly. "I don't know what to do. I just...I don't know." She rested her head in her hands.

"Well," he began, "what can we do? Why don't we get a test after school and go from there? I know you're worried, and I am too, but we should get some definitive results before we get ahead of ourselves? We'll deal with this the best we can." He rubbed his hand over his face, trying to cover the anxiety he felt.

The following hours passed in a blur, and after the final bell rang the pair met outside their school building. Linking hands, the pair began walking towards Rick's apartment. They had decided on heading to Rick's home after school because Kate worried her mother might be hovering in their apartment after the events of that morning. The duo walked into the local Duane Reed in silence, making their way to the family planning aisle with dread. Grabbing the necessary item, they paid without meeting the eye of their cashier and left the store.

As soon as they were sure Rick's mother was out of the apartment, Kate locked herself in the bathroom and set herself to the task at hand. Emerging five minutes later, her eyes were wet as she approached her boyfriend. He was immediately at her side.

"Rick. The test... it's positive. I'm pregnant."

Author's Note: I don't write fan fiction. I really, really don't. I write reports, theses, and factual summaries. I don't write fiction of any sort, so this is all a new arena for me. The way I see this, it could be a standalone one-shot, or I could flesh it out. There are a lot of reactions to include, a lot a characters left to see. I'd greatly appreciate it if you could leave a review with your thoughts. Thank you for reading this!