The life of a Fangirl
Chapter One
Today is the last day of college before the summer. I'm walking back to my room, my bag on my back. Reagan has already left, she left at like seven this morning, with some guy I don't know. Wren is in her room, packing. Our dad isn't picking us up until one and it is only ten. I arrive outside my room to find the door partially open. I open it fully and see Levi sitting on my bed, smiling. He gets up and embraces me, I embrace him back, feeling tense and worried about what is in my bag and what I have to tell him.
He shuts the door and we sit on my bed, together. We sit in silence, I can't stop thinking about what is in my bag.
"Hey, what's the matter? You don't seem like your usual self." He says.
"Nothing." I lie.
"Cather, don't lie to me. What's wrong?" He says.
"I-I…" I don't know where to start.
I never imagined myself in this situation. Ever. I mean, I'm eighteen years old.
"Cath, please tell me what's wrong." He says, worried.
I can't find the words. I open my bag and take out the small white piece of card and give it to him.
He looks at it, shocked.
Four weeks ago Levi and I had sex, and now here I am, four weeks pregnant with his baby.
"Reagan drove me to the hospital this morning on her way home. I have been feeling sick, and I'm late, and… I'm sorry." I say as tears fill my eyes. He embraces me.
"Hey, you have nothing to be sorry for. I got you pregnant. It's going to be okay. We'll get through this. Together." He says.
"What about college? And everything?" I ask.
"We'll be fine. I promise. We'll figure it out." He says.
"We can't see each other for twelve weeks." I tell him.
"No, I'll call my mum and say I have something else to do and I'll come and stay with you, and your family." He says.
"You can't do that. Not just for me. You need to see your family as well." I say.
"I'd do anything for you Cather. How about we spend six weeks at your dad's house and six weeks with my family?" He says.
"So, you want me to meet your family now. What are they going to think about this?" I ask.
"I don't know how they're going to feel about this. But, I know they'll help out, no matter what. How about your dad?" He asks.
"Well, he told me once that he'd rather me be gay than pregnant." I say.
"Really?" Levi asks.
"Yeah, but I'm sure he'll help out. He may be angry to start with but I'm sure he'll be fine." I say.
"So, six weeks with your family and six weeks with mine. Deal?" He asks.
"Deal. I was worried you were going to leave me or something." I tell him.
"Cather, I am never going to leave you. You wanna know why? Because I love you, and I love our baby too." He says, putting his hand on my stomach.
"I love you, too, Levi." I say before kissing him, trying to hide just how much I am freaking out about this whole thing. I'm eighteen, and I'm pregnant. I'm having a baby.
"I'm never going to leave you, Cath. Not ever. I promise." He says.
"I know. Now, go and call your mum, she needs to know about the change of plans, but don't tell her about the baby just yet." I say.
"Okay." He says before leaving the room.
…
"Levi, I can carry my bag down to the car, you worry about carrying your own bag." I tell him. I called my dad and told him about Levi staying for six weeks then him and I going to stay with his parents for the other six. He was fine with it. Levi and I are going to be going in his truck though, instead of in my dad's car.
"Cath, you're pregnant, I'm not letting you carry anything heavy, okay. You can take the bag you took with you this morning." He says, smiling.
"Levi, I'm pregnant, not incapable." I tell him.
"I know that you're very capable of taking this bag, but I don't want you straining yourself when you have a little person trying to grow inside you." He says, still smiling. "Now stop arguing with me and get your college bag so we can get out of this place."
"Fine." I say as I grab my bag and put it on my back before following him out of the door, locking it behind me.
…
We get back to mine after dad and Wren, mainly because we stopped for fuel, and food because I was hungry, also we left a lot later than they did.
My dad comes up to me and embraces me, I hug him back. He seems fine, absolutely fine. There's no crazy to be seen.
"Hey Cath." He says.
"Hey dad, how are you?" I ask him.
"I'm good. I've been eating and running and I'm not crazy." He says.
"Good." I say.
"Levi, good seeing you again." He says, shaking Levi's hand.
"Good seeing you again too, sir." He says.
"Call me Art." My dad says,
"Okay Art." Levi agrees, smiling as usual.
…
I walk upstairs and see Wren unpacking her things. Levi and dad are getting to know each other. I told Levi not to mention the pregnancy yet. When she sees me she embraces me. I hug her back.
"It's been so long since I last saw you." She says.
"You saw me yesterday." I tell her.
"That was forever ago." She says.
I just smile.
"So, what is with the change of plans?" She asks me.
Shit.
"Uh, something came up and we thought we'd stay together. Also, we couldn't handle the thought of twelve weeks of being separated." I say, it is partially true, we honestly hated the thought of not being with each other for twelve weeks.
"Come on, tell me the truth." She says.
"I did tell you the truth." I say.
"You told me part of the truth. I want the full truth." She says.
"Did you get to the end of Simon Snow and the Eighth Dance?" I ask, trying to avoid telling her the truth this soon.
"Yeah, it was amazing, now tell me the truth." She says.
"Can you believe the way she ended it?" I ask, still trying to stall.
"Stop stalling, and tell me what's going on." She says.
"Fine. I-I'm pregnant." I say, looking down at the carpet.
"What?" She asks, shocked. I look up at her.
"I'm having Levi's baby." I tell her again.
"You're pregnant?" She asks.
I nod.
"I'm going to be an auntie?" She asks.
I nod.
She smiles and embraces me again. I hug her, again.
"Don't tell dad, please. I want to be able to tell him." I say.
"Okay. I won't tell him. I didn't even know you guys had had sex. Why didn't you tell me?" She asks.
"Because we hardly saw each other, and if we did we were with other people, or working on Carry on." I tell her.
"I know. How far along are you?" She asks, letting go of me and looking at my stomach.
"Four weeks." I tell her.
"When did you find out?" She asks me.
"This morning." I answer.
"Congratulations." She says.
"Thanks." I reply.
"I honestly thought that I'd be the first one to get pregnant. Turns out I was wrong." She says. I laugh, she laughs too.
"Do you want some help unpacking? Levi's insistent that he does mine." I ask.
"Nope, I'm good, go and rest." She says.
"Seriously. Now that I'm pregnant everyone is just going to do everything for me, aren't they?" I ask.
"Yep. Isn't that a good thing, though? You can just sit and write all day without having to do anything else, well until we get back to college anyway." She says.
"I suppose." I say.
…
Later that night Levi and I are sitting on the sofa in the living room, my dad and Wren have gone to bed, dad still doesn't know about the baby.
"I can't believe your dad isn't letting us sleep together." He says.
"Yeah, well he doesn't know that we already have slept together, in more ways than one." I say.
He laughs quietly. I have already set out his blanket and pillow on the sofa for him, I just don't want to leave him just yet.
"We could always just sneak up into your bed, he won't know." Levi says.
"He will when he wakes up in the morning and sees that you aren't on the sofa like you're supposed to be." I tell him.
"Have you told Wren, about the baby?" He asks.
"Yeah, she's okay with it. She's happy." I answer.
"Good." He says. "I mean, who wouldn't be. We're having a baby. We're bringing a new life into the world. And, it's going to be the cutest baby ever because we are both so good looking." He says, causing me to laugh. But that laugh turns into a yawn. "Hey, go and get some sleep. I'll see you in the morning."
"Okay. I love you, Levi." I tell him.
"I love you, too, Cath, and our baby." He says. He kisses my lips gently before kissing my stomach. I smile.
"You're going to be a great dad, you know." I tell him.
"You're going to be a great mum, too." He says, smiling. "Goodnight."
"Goodnight."
I walk up stairs and crawl into my bed. I drift into a peaceful sleep as soon as my head hits the pillow.
Hey people, so yeah, this is a new fanfic. I have just recently finished reading Fangirl and I love it, I came up with this idea that maybe Cath got pregnant shortly before summer break and I wanted to turn it into words. So here is the first chapter. I am actually a college student, so hopefully that will help, though I go to college in England and I haven't been pregnant before. I am actually a Fangirl as well. But I will try to make it as interesting as possible for you.
I will update as soon as you can.
Please review!