KIT'S DILEMMA

DIS: I do not own Home and Away.

SUM: Kit finds out why she has been so ill. What will she do?

This is my first fanfic. Plz be nice. Would love to hear your reviews and ideas on how this story should go.

Thoughts: in bold

Flashbacks: in italics

Kit sat on the edge of what used to be Nick's bed staring at the little white stick that just changed her life. It had two blue lines showing that she was indeed pregnant. She buried her head in her hands and began crying silently as she thought.

How can I ruin his life by telling him? My life was already ruined before this. There was the drinking, the stealing, the sleeping around and running away. I will cope with this. It may even make me a better person. I could never put a child's life at risk by drinking but I will need all the help I can get to beat it. I just hope that I can still count on Irene. I am going to need her more than ever now.

I didn't even think that I could get pregnant after all the problems when I was younger and then the drinking on top of that. I can remember that night like it was yesterday. It was two months ago. I was so drunk that when it happened I never even thought of protection.

TWO MONTHS AGO

It was midnight. Kit was staggering along the beach drunk. If it wasn't for Princess Perfect Dani Sutherland she wouldn't have argued with her mother and wouldn't have had a drink.

Dani was being her usual self, thinking of no one but her. She was arguing with Kirsty about their usual topic of conversation, Kane.

"But Kirsty, don't you see. He raped me. How could you even look at him after he did that to me," Dani was saying.

"I love him Dani. You of all people should know that you can't help who you fall in love with. You just have to look at Dad and Angela Russell," replied Kirsty.

"Don't you ever mention her name in this house again. And by the way if you want to use that as a comparison to you and Kane just you remember how that ended," retorted Dani.

"Are you two ever going to stop fighting over this. It has been going on ever since Kane got back to Summer Bay. Dani can't you get over yourself long enough to see how much Kirsty loves Kane and how happy they make each other. Yeah, I've got my problems but even I can see that. Not everything in Summer Bay revolves around you Dani," shouts Kit in a rage.

Dani, of course, burst into tears and ran downstairs into Beth's arms. She then told Beth everything.

Kit decided to take a walk later that night. Just as she was about to leave the house she heard a voice behind her.

"Kit."

"Yeah mum."

"Why did you say that to Dani earlier? Can't you see that she has problems? Don't you care?"

"Why should I care about her and her feelings? She doesn't care about anyone but herself. Everything with her is always 'me, me, me,'" returned Kit as she stormed out the door.

Kit was still furious when she reached the liquor store. She bought herself a bottle of Whisky and went to the beach to drink it.

By the time she finished the bottle she was calm and drunk enough to go home. It was as she stumbled home that she bumped into him. Literally.

"What are you doing here?" slurred Kit.

"Taking a jog before bed," replied her companion, "what about you?"

"Getting drunk, trying to calm down. I had an argument with mum and Dani."

"What about this time?"

"Kane. What else? I objected to the way she was treating Kirsty."

"Trust me Kit. You're not the only one to think like that. Most people in the Bay are fed up with her attitude.

"Glad it's not just me then."

Kit leaned closer to her companion and began to kiss him. He kissed her back and as the kiss deepened they lay down on the sand and things progressed naturally.

Now here she was two months later trying to decide what to do when there was a knock on her bedroom door.