Chapter One. *Takes place between S4, Ep 12 & Ep 13*

It was a cold but sunny morning, the birds had just quieted down and the buses had all been in the neighborhood to pick up the kids that were going to school. Adults were getting into their cars, coffee mug in hand and driving towards the freeway. Lauryn would be doing that, but something had come up. Something... inconvenient.

"I can't put this off any longer..." She told herself, one hand holding her mug of tea as she walked to her room to get dressed. "I'll just tell him, let him choose and then hang up. It'll all be okay."

But things wouldn't be okay. Because Lauryn was pregnant. The baby's father was a man who was charming enough for her to drop her guard and then her pants. She had his number, thank god, but she knew that his job required him to travel, so she may not even get a hold of him. Dressing in a pair of skinny jeans, black converse, a white shirt and a grey cardigan, she grabbed her phone off the table and headed out the door. She skipped breakfast and putting on her makeup. It didn't matter to her today.

She dialed the number and bit her lip, placing the phone to her ear.

"Hello?" The deep voice on the other end answered.
"Hi, uhm, is this Sam?" Her voice came out shyer and more vulnerable than usual.
"Yes, may I ask who I'm speaking with?"
"This is Lauryn, we uhm... met at a bar about two weeks back and we... got a hotel r-"
"Oh, yeah, Lauryn, hi." He spoke quickly, obviously not wanting her to go into great detail.
"Are you still in Indiana? I wanted to talk to you and yeah..." She sat on the stairs of her apartment, closing her eyes tight as she spoke.
"Yeah, I'm actually at a coffee shop in town right now, wanna meet me here?" Sam was getting worried. Did she have some sort of STD that she didn't tell him about? Was she being tested for aids? Too many questions were running through his mind, but not the right one to ask.
"Sweet, I'll... I'll be there in five."

She ran up the stairs and into her apartment, setting her mug in the sink and turning off all the lights.

"Okay, walk to the shop, tell him, give him the options and leave." She told herself. Today, was going to be a rough day.