Title: Sixteen and LIFE
Author: Zavier
R/S story but J/S right at first.
Genre: This is an Alternate Plum World. Every freaking one of them will be Out of Character.
Rating: Mature
Content: Language, Violence, Sex, and Rock and Roll
Disclaimer: I do not own them. I am just taking them out of their usual zones and playing with them. I will give them back, hopefully none the worse for ware.
Summary: This is a what if story. What if Stephanie had gotten pregnant during that whole Tasty Pasty event? This is what my twisted little mind came up with.
A/N: For the purpose of my story Ranger is the same age as Joe, yes I know that he and Stephanie are the same age but that will not work for MY STORY. I hope that you enjoy this story. I will be upfront about this it is a BABE story. If you dont like it dont read it.
### PLEASE REMEMBER THAT IS SUPPOSE TO BE WRITTEN FROM A SOME WHAT MATURE SIXTEEN YEAR OLD. IF THERE IS GRAMMATICAL AND SPELLING ERRORS LETS MARK IT UP TO THAT KAY ###
Chapter 1**Smut warning**
Small CannoliI was supposed to be paying attention to Mrs. Scardino in front of me but as soon as his car pulled up I was lost. I could see him across the street talking to one of his friends. My attention was on his ass in those jeans, even Mrs. Scardino checked him out. I had to bite my lip to keep from laughing at the thought of a sixty-year-old woman checking out an eighteen year, but when they looked like him who could blame her. I pulled my attention back to the reality of my life and that consisted of my job.
My job is a cool one if you think about it. I, Stephanie Plum, work at Tasty Pastry. I get to sell and sometimes make very cool pastries. But the biggest bonus is I get to eat what we dont sell at the end of the night. I mean, what other sixteen year old gets to have unlimited access to tasty treats, and not to mention the man candy that comes in. You would think that this being a pastry shop it would be mostly women who come in but the evening crowd is mostly men. From 4:15pm until I close at 6:45pm it is man candy time, they are usually husbands stopping to get bread or dessert for supper, but hell some of those men are downright delicious.
I had just boxed up Mrs. Scardinos purchases when the bell over the door rang. I looked up to say sorry we are closed and there he was. Oh MY GOD, I think Im going to die. He held the door for Mrs. Scardino giving her a sexy smile and I swear I heard her sigh as she walked out. Hes never come in here before when I was working, Holy Crap, Im going to have to talk to him. Okay, Deep Breath! Deep Breath!
Hi, Welcome to Tasty Pastry. See anything you like?
Yeah, I see something I like very much. Something I think will taste very sweet. He smirked never taking his eyes off of me. My ma sent me over for a couple of cannoli for dessert. What kind do you have left?
I slowly moved down the counter to the cannoli section. Well we have original and chocolate chip. I looked up at him through my eyelashes. My heart was beating about 90 miles a minute, Im almost sure he could hear it.
He leaned closer, peering into the display case. Hmm, they both look good. Which one is your favorite?
I like the chocolate chip ones. I smiled. He smiled back and I think I gave a little whimper.
Ill take the last four you have.
I moved back to where the cannoli boxes were and had to bend over to get a box from the bottom shelf because Lydia didnt restock the shelves before she left. I felt a hand slide up the rounded curve of my ass then land on the top of my hip. I squealed, spinning around right into his arms.
We were inches apart; I could feel his breath on my hair. I tipped my head back so I could look up at him to ask what he was doing. His mouth crashed down on mine before I could speak. I felt his tongue enter my mouth, I opened my mouth wider allowing him to tease and play with my tongue. He pulled me closer, running his hand up and down my back and across my ass. I was feeling light headed and my mind was racing. I mean this is him! I felt my body responding to his touch.
I felt my apron fall to the floor. Somehow he managed to get it untied and off my neck, without breaking the kiss. One of his hands moved to my front, pulling my tee-shirt out of my jeans, before cupping my breast, and pushing my bra up. I had never felt anything like this before. My skin was on fire under his touch and I felt like I was melting.
My shirt and bra were gone, somehow we were now on the floor behind the counter and I could feel the cool tile floor underneath my back. He kissed my face and neck before moving his mouth to my nipple causing me to suck in a breath. I couldnt think, it seemed my brain had shut down. I gave myself over to all the new sensations flooding thru me. I had no idea what to do but I reached out and pulled his shirt off. His skin pressed into mine as he reached up and kissed me again.
His body was hard but soft. It felt wonderful as he moved over me kissing me everywhere. I felt his hand slide into the waist of my now unbuttoned jeans. I think I moaned and raised my hips as he touched my curls there. I felt a tug then my jeans where gone. He was kissing me again. As his lips left my mouth to nuzzle at my neck I felt his finger slide down my curls and made its way inside me. All this time he was whispering how beautiful I was and how good I felt in his arms. He moved that finger in and out of my body; I was not sure if it hurt or if I was enjoying it. My mind was reeling; I could not believe that I was in this position with him.
That one finger became two and two became three. He was still kissing me and whispering to me in soft soothing tones. I was scared shitless but at the same time excited as hell. This was actually it I was gonna do IT with HIM. Oh! MY GOD! What would my mother say if she could see me now? I cant wait to tell Mare. But thats gonna to have to wait till she gets back from vacation. GOD! I dont know if I can wait that long. THIS FEELS SOOO GOOD!
He shifted a little I felt his thumb begin to rub in circular motions on my clit as his fingers moved in and out of my body. I had this feeling of pressure begin to form in side of me. I wanted to tell him to stop, but it felt too good and I could not speak. Then all of a sudden I felt like I was breaking apart in to a million pieces. Wave after wave of heat washed over my body, then pain ripped into my body all pleasure fading as he pressed in side of me.
He told me in that soft whispering tone that everything was ok. That the pain would fade that it would feel better soon. I dont think so. It felt like I was being split open by a horse. (I had seen a horses dick at my cousin Vinnies farms once during mating season. That thing was huge and scary made me glad I was a girl not a filly, now I am not so sure that this sex between humans was at that and a bag a chips.) He leaned in a started placing small kisses on my face and my lips. I was whimpering, hoping that he would get he hint and get off. He just keep on kissing, his hands started touching my breast and stomach again. He moved out of me a little, and then he slid back in. The pain was starting to go away, but it was still there. He kept moving in and out of me, the pain never really leaving but that pressure started to build again. I was gazing up in to his face, the pressure building stronger and stronger when his body tensed. He shuttered and moaned then dropped his head into my hair. He kissed me one more time, telling me I was beautiful and that was wonderful. I was wondering why had stopped? That pressure hadnt exploded yet I wanted more. But he had another ideas, he was getting dressed as fast as I had ever seen anyone. I had barely gotten my shit over my head when he was out the door. I stood up and was buttoning my jeans when I realized he had taken all the cannoli in the display and didnt even pay for them.
THAT GOD DAMN RAT FINK BASTARD! I CAN NOT BELIEVE HE DID THIS TO YOU! Mary Lou was shouting at the top of her lungs. She and I were walking thru a wooded area of a park that never got used. So it was ok, she could shout all she wanted. Hell! I wanted to shout with her. I mean right at this moment my life really super sucked. I guess I am just stupid or some thing. I had thought my dreams where coming true but now I am living a night fucking mare. I had just told her about that night with HIM or as she is calling him that Rat Fink Bastard.Mare had been gone on a family vacation to the shore for over a month. She had left the day before the incident had occurred and had gotten back this morning. I was waiting on her front stoop when their car pulled in the drive. I wanted a chance to talk to her and tell her about everything before her parents forbid her to see me. I am sure that by the time she gets home I will be considered a bad element, unworthy of her company. So I want to spend as much time as I can with her right now. I feel like she is the only friend I have in this whole fucked up world and I know that once we go back home she will be in trouble if she sees me again. I have prayed every day that her parents dont freak the fuck out like all my other friends parents have. Right now she was going on and on about how if she would have been here, she would not have let this happen and if he wasnt already gone she would go to his house and give him a piece of her mind. Hope she wouldnt give him too much. Sometimes she doesnt have much. Although right now Im not sure how much mind I have to have let something like this happen. And I havent even told Mare everything yet.
Just about what happened, then how Joseph Anthony Morelli wrote a poem about what happened on the wall of Marios Sub Shops mens room. Where my dad read the poem, I am guessing it was three days after he wrote it. Dad then dragged my mom in to the mens room then they dragged me home. There was screaming and shouting, my mom cried, I cried, my sister sat with a smile on her face. I wanted to punch her. My dad then stormed out. I found out later from Becky Brazinnie (who lives next door to Joe) that my dad had gone over to the Morelli house beat on the door yelling for Joe to come out. Mrs. Morelli and dad got in a shouting match that only end when the cops showed up. Becky took great joy in being the one to tell me that Joe had left for the Navy. It seems that two freaking days after he fucked me he left town without saying a word. I was left grounded for life. Well almost for life, more on this in a bit.
My dad would not look at me, my mother was mortified, and my sister was smug. I was so glad it was summer because I did not have to face my peers at school and the gossip was keep to a minimum. I just had to face oglers at work but not for long because I got fired within a week of the incident. I ended up under my mothers feet all day long so after a month just in time for Mares return I was off grounding. My dad was still not speaking to me, he wouldnt even look at me, and the only time we were in the same room together was at meal time. Valerie was pissed because I got to leave the house and she could not rub it in that I was house bound. So here I am walking to the rocks so I can finish telling my tale to Mare. She was still going on and on about what she wants to do to Joe. We step in to the clearing and climb on the rocks.
I loved this spot. It was a secluded wilderness in the middle of the city. At times I could almost forget I was in the Burg. It was a small meadow that had three huge boulders sitting in the middle. They looked like some giant had chunked them there. They showed wear of all the other citizens of the Burg that had found them over the years. Mare and I had stumbled across them running from Joyce Burnhardt when we were in the fifth grade. This had become our secret place. We would come here when we had important thing to tell each other or when we just need to bitch about our live. Usually it is Mare that does the bitching but today is my turn. And boy do I have a lot to bitch about.
Mare, Mare, MARE! Could you just give it a rest a minute? It doesnt matter what you would do if you got your hands on him. He is gone. He fucked me then left without saying a word. Not just left me, he left the whole fucking town. And Mare, I need you to be the calm one right now because I am having a crisis. I have told you how my dad is acting, and that hurts. But that is not the thing that is really freaking me out. Mare, I think Im pregnant!
I watched in slow motion as Mare slid off the boulder she was sitting on. The look on her face was one horror and shock. She hit the ground hard; I quickly climbed down from where I was perched to check on her. She landed flat on her back not moving; not breathing her eyes didnt even blink. For a minute I thought she was in shock then she was back to yelling at me this time.
STEPH! WHAT HAVE YOU NOT TOLD ME! Everyone knows you cant get pregnant the first time. Who else have you had SEX with?
NO ONE! Joe was my first. I yelled back.
I dont believe you. That is like some rule from God or something. Everybody knows this, this is not a myth it is a fact. So you have gotta have done it before!
NO I DID NOT! Like I could keep something like that from you. You are my best friend I would have told you if I had ever done it with someone. I can prove it to you. Last week my mom made me volunteer over at the health clinic at ST. MARYS and I swiped this pamphlet. I got the pamphlet from my back pocket. God, Mare! We have been lied to our whole live you can get pregnant the first time. The whole you cant get pregnant the first time is a myth. It doesnt matter how many times you have had sex. What matters is the time off the month after you have had your period. Here read it your self; if I read it again I will cry.
I thrust the paper into her hands sinking down in the dirt next to her. I wrapped my arms around my legs, folding in on myself, trying to think about what and the hell I was going to do. After a while could hear sniffling coming from where Mare was sitting. I looked up and her eyes where so full of sadness and tears where spilling down her face. I just sat there looking at her then I asked, Why are you crying?
I am crying because I was the one who told you that you couldnt get pregnant the first time. I am crying because now we wont be able to do all the things we have planned on doing. Roommates at college, then roommates for the party years, then getting married to twin doctor brother, having our first baby together at the age of 26 I am crying because all our plans are gone just like that. Because of that SOB that got you knocked up and then left you.
By now I was crying, I guess that until this moment the truth had not hit me. My life was forever changed. I wasnt going to get to do all the things Mare and I had planned. I was not going to be going away to college or marrying a doctor. I was going to have a baby at 17 not 26. I was sobbing like someone had just told me Bon Jovi had slit up. Mare slid over and held me in her arms as I cried. I felt a third hand slide onto my back, gulping back tears I turned to look directly in the eyes of Joyce Burnhardt.
Joyce, she was my enemy. She had made my life hell since kindergarten. She was mean and vile, taking pleasure in my and everyone elses pain. But here she was with concern in her eyes and a gentle hand on my back. What the fuck?
Mare clutched me to her protectively and literally hissed at Joyce. With a voice dripping with venom mare asked, What do you want? Get the hell away from her. I will not let you hurt her. I will kill you here and now if you try anything.
I thought to myself, gee Mare! Get a grip. But then again this is Joyce. I was curious what and the hell she was doing here. I wanted to know if I was about to get slammed by evil incarnate or not. So I looked up at her, tears streaming down my face and said, Joyce, What do you want?
She rocked back on her heals, took a deep breath and stated a name. Alaina Sims
Mare and I each sucked in a deep breath. Alaina had been a local girl. She lived right next door to Joyce. Last summer she had disappeared, her parents acted like she did not exist. Joyce had a haunted looked in her eyes like she knew something and had been keeping it all in. Mare and I waited to see if Joyce was going to continue or what.
She took a deep breath and let it all come tumbling out.
Last summer Joe fucked Alaina. She got pregnant, her parents freaked out. They sent her to live with an aunt in Florida. Her parents told her to have the baby then come back here like nothing happened. But when the baby was born, she could not give him up. So Alaina is living Florida with her aunts family and her baby. She tried several times to let Joe know about the baby, but never got a response from him. So when I heard about what happened between the two of you, I wanted to make sure you were ok. I followed you here from the Tremlin Street. I heard everything you told Mary Lou. I know that you have every reason in the world to hate me. I know that I have always been a bitch to you. But I dont want HIM to get away with hurting someone else. Alaina was my Mary Lou. And now because of Joe fucking Morelli she is gone and I am all alone.
By now Joyce had tears running down her face. Hell we all did. Mare shifted a little reached out and pulled Joyce into a loose hug. The three of us huddled together, Mare with her arms around each of us. I looked up to Mares face and could see fear in her eyes. I knew that she was thinking about what my parents were going to do. I could see that she was thinking that there was a very big chance that she was going to loose her best friend. It was different from fear of her parents telling her not to see me, because there were ways around that. But actually being gone and maybe not coming back that was a whole other issue.
I reached out and gave Joyce a squeeze on her arm. I took a deep breath and said: OK. I will tell you what I think if you tell me more about Alaina. Joyce nodded her head.
As I am sure you have heard by now, Joe came to Tasty Pastry and sweet kissed me right out of my panties. He just walked around be hind the counter and kissed me. He kept kissing me until I could not speak. I dont think I had a choice but to do what he wanted me to. He took my virginity on the floor behind the display cases then got up and walked out. And he took all the cannoli in the case with him. He not only walked out on me but he fucking walked out on this whole town. But not before he wrote about the whole incident on the wall of the mens room at Marios Sub shop. Within four days the whole burg knew what had happened including my parents. I was dragged from said sub shop and after a huge fight with said parent have been grounded. Mom just lifted my grounding yesterday, but my dad is still not speaking to me. And to make matters worse I havent had my period yet. I didnt think anything about it until my mom made me volunteer at the clinic at St. Marys. Then I saw that pamphlet and it freaked me out. Mare came back this morning so I camped out on her stoop until they got here. I helped them get unloaded and we came here. Because I know that by the time she gets home her parents will have heard the story and they wont let her see me anymore. I am scared to death! I want to tell my mom but I know that she is going to freak the fuck out. I cant talk to my dad because he wont even look at me. I really want to beat the ever-living shit out of JOE MORELLI. Because I think he got me pregnant then left. He should have known to use a condom or pull out or what ever. But he didnt and I cant even yell at him cause I dont know where the fuck he is. I stood and been pacing during this tirade. I sat down on one of the boulders and waited until someone spoke.
Joyce was the first to speak. Have you taken a pregnancy test?
NO, where would I get one from that by the time I paid for it that juicy piece of news would be all over the burg. My mom would know before I got home that I had it. It would be like a visit to the wailing wall at our house. I sighed. The same goes if either one of you tried to buy one any where.
Mare and Joyce were both shaking their heads in agreement. Then Mares eyes lit up like a candle. I got it. My mom has a couple boxes of pregnancy test stuffed in the back under the sink at home. You could use one of them. She screeched.
I looked at her and gave her a sad little smile. Mare, after you get home today your mom is going to tell you to stay away from me. I wont be able to take one of them.
Steph, we dont know that. She may not. Mares words rang hollow in my ears. Joyce gave her a reproachful look.
You know as well as we all do that is what is going to happen. Guilty by association if you are even seen with me after today every body will call you a slut too. I said with tears rolling down my face.
Taking in a deep breath, Joyce started talking. OK, this is what we are going to do. Mary Lou go home and cry on your moms shoulder. We both looked at Joyce like she was crazy.
She continued Dont look at me like I am crazy. I know what I am doing. Mary Lous mother is going to be freaking out so she will expect her daughter to react the same way. Mary Lou, you should storm in to the house. Slam a door or two and go to your room. Your mother will come in. She will sit down and be very embarrassed but she will try to talk to you about what she has heard. You listen then tell her that Stephanie told you her story. She turned and looked at me. Stephanie, how much of what you told can she share with her mom?
What do you mean? I asked
Not about being pregnant or anything, but about how he got you to give in and how your dad is treating you. That type of thing. She said
I guess all of it. As much as you think your mom can handle. I said with a grin.
Joyce started her dialog back up. So Mary Lou, you share with your mom how Joe basically forced him self on Steph. You tell her how up set you are with Steph, because she was not strong enough to not give in. Blah! Blah! Blah! But at the same time tell her how you knew that Stephanie had always had a thing for Joe. And that you feel like he knew this too and that you think he took advantage of her. Tell her you are torn because you want to be like her and stand by your best friend no matter what, just like you know she would. But at the same time you know however one thinks guilty by association. If you can cry a little great. Your mom will tell you to rest before dinner. While she is down making dinner you get the test. I will call you. I will ask if you can come over tonight for a sleep over. Hopefully she will agree to let you come over, if she asks who is going to be there her just me and you. Dont tell her that Steph will be there. Tell her how I have never liked Steph, this way she will let you come, thinking this a way for you to move on to a new friend. She should fall for it.
She paused took a big deep breath then turned back to me. Stephanie, you do a little of the same. Go home and cry to your mom. Tell her that you and Mary Lou got into a huge fight. Tell her how upset you are over your father. Then tell her how I came along and is being your friend when everyone else has turned against you. I will call you tonight after dinner to see if you can come over for a sleep over. I will tell you both about Alaina tonight. I have things you should see as well as hear the story.
With that she said her goodbye. Mare and I sat in silence for a bit then we hugged each other as tight as we could. With tears spilling down our faces we walked back to the public area of the park, without saying a word we each turned a different direction and walked away from each other. I felt as if my heart was breaking in to a million pieces. I was scared that I was loosing my best friend. Maybe for a little while or maybe forever.
Bam! Bam! Bam! Steph open the door. Open it right now or I swear we will break it down. a voice shouted for the hall. I was sitting on the floor in the bathroom at Joyces. When Joyces Mom had left for her night shift job at the button factor, Mare gave me the TEST. She told us that you can take the test anytime but the best results are in the morning. But none of us could wait till the morning so I drank four glass of water and then pissed on a stick. We had set a timer and when it went off I ran to the bathroom, shut and locked the door. Mare and Joyce were out in the hall betting on the door. I was just sitting here to freaked to open my eyes. I was scared shitless right now, I want to do this along but then I did not want to be alone either. I slowly crawled across the floor and unlocked the door. Joyce and Mare fell into the room on top of me.
Well asked Mare.
I dont know I havent looked yet. I replied.
To scared huh said Joyce.
I nodded my head. Mare reached up and pulled the test off the back of the toilet glanced at it then passed the test over to Joyce on the other side of me. Joyce looked down at the test then set it on the floor next to my leg so I could not see it. They each took hold of my hands; Mare knelt in front of me and took a deep breath, it positive. I could not breathe. I felt like I was going to pass out. I could hear them talking to me but I could not hear the words coming out of their mouths. I felt a cool rag on the back of my neck and then a hand smacked me across the face.
Hey! What the fuck was that for? I yelled.
You have been sitting there for an hour we had thought you had gone crazy so Mare said that if you did not snap back when she slapped you we were going to have to call your Mom. replied Joyce.
OH Shit dont even say that! I screamed. Then I saw that damn test and the tears started. Mare and Joyce scooped me up off the floor and we went down to the kitchen. After going threw a box of cookies and a gallon of ice cream, Mare was on a sugar high. She started it all by saying: You know I can just see it all now. This is how things are going to play out. Youre going to have to fess up to your parents, but only after hiding it as long as you can. Then they are going to go ape shit. Your dad will be out for blood and your mom will be out for a big wedding before you start to show. She and Mrs. Morelli will have you and the ASS married as soon as he steps off the bus from basic. You will stay living with your parents, have the baby, ASS will go on to his next duty station. He will most likely live his life like he dont have a wife and a kid. But he will turn up for leave and approved holidays then he will get out of the service. You guys will either live just down from his parents or yours. You will pop out a couple more kids and then go work at the button or tampon factory. The ASS will work for the mob or some thing and drink every day. She was laughing so hard she fell out of her chair.
I just sat there in stunned silence, because it was true. This WAS what was going to happen. My mind was screaming at me: RUN BEFORE YOU BECOME ONE OF THEM! ONE OF THE DREADED AND FEARED MORELLI WOMEN! RUN FAR AND FAST AS YOU CAN DO IT NOW!
The Morelli women were some of the most feared women in the burg. They were also some of the most pitied women in the burg. Most women who marry a Morelli man go in thinking that they can change him, but this illusion only last until his first really good drunk. After that they tend to stay home a lot, loose track of friends, the other Morelli wives become your only friends and you never get out. You look into their eyes in the store or church and see a shell of who they use to be. I was not going to let that happen to me. Nunuh I would do everything it takes for people to not see that in me.
I guess my face had gone white again because Joyce reached over and grabbed my hand. She said in a soft tone That doesnt have to be you. You can get thru this and we will help you. She sounded so sincere.
Mare got up off the floor; she looked at us and had a weird look on her face. Steph, I was just funning. That is not going to happen to you.
Oh Holy fucking Christ, yes it is. I looked at them both. Mare, you have known my parents long enough to know that that is exactly how they are going to react to this. My dad all ready wants to kill Joe. Saint Valeria is going to be so smug and such a bitch to live with. And oh for the love of fudge my mom is going to freak. Oh, I have failed. I am not a good mother. My daughter is pregnant before her vows before God. Whats the neighborhood going to think? Blah, blah. She really is going to want me to marry Joe. I am going to be come one of them the black crows the Morelli women, all that is good and evil in one family.
As soon as she gets over her initial shock, she will be on the phone or standing on the front porch of the Morelli house. Once her and Mrs. Morelli get together they will be unstoppable. My live will be planned out down to what time I go to the store. Well I have something to say about that. NO FREAKING WAY! Ladies we are going to come up with a list of what I can do about this. So Joyce get us paper and pen. Mare get me some more ice cream.
We sat around the kitchen table coming up with the list. We decided call it the Tasty Pastry Mistake List. As we came up with the topic we also wrote down why or why not.
Tasty Pastry Mistake ListA. Abortion (There it is on the list. We put it here first just to get it over with)
S: I cant do this; I was raised to believe it was wrong. Plus where am I going to get this kind of money.
M: NO you will burn in hell. But do what is right for you
J: Personally I believe it is wrong, but is your body and your choice. So do what is right for you and I will help you with any kind of money for anything
B. Have it but give it up. (This requires telling parents and the ASS)
S: I dont know if I can do this. I mean this is a thing that will be growing inside of me. Even if it is part of the ASS it is still part of me. I will have to think on this one.
M: I dont know if I could do this one either, but I might be able to. But your mom will not go for this one. (S: oh god youre right!)
J: Well, from what I know of your parents I dont think they will let you give it up; but they might surprise us all and this be just what they want to do.
C. Play dumb! Dont tell anyone and wait till I start to show or hide it behind big clothing. Let everyone be surprised! (Eventually everyone including my parents and the ASS will know) ***
S: Ummm That pamphlet that I got from the clinic said that this was unhealthy for the baby and me.
M: HMMM now this seems like something you could get away with. But lets keep you healthy.
J: Ha, Ha, Ha that is a good one Mare. Yeah I can see a denial ridden Steph. But yeah as mush as I hate the ASS, the baby did not ask for him as a father.
D. Have it and Keep it the way my parents will want me to. Married to the ASS. (This requires telling the parents and the ASS)
S: NO! Unh, NOPE. NO WAY! I will not become one of the Morelli women.
M: I would pay some one to kidnap you first ok.
J: Right there with you If I could talk Alana to come back here I would have her walk into the church with Santiago and demand an account for her self.
E. Have it and Make my parents listen to me. (This will also require me telling my parents and the ASS)
S: Mare! Joyce! Get up off the floor its not that funny.
M: Heeeeeh, Heeeeh, Like this is every going to happen.
J: NO more sugar for you youre about to kill me. I think Im gonna pee my pants if you make me laugh anymore Your mother listen to you. Oh! I got to go to the bathroom.
F. Run away. Go some where safe have the baby then come back and deal with everything then. (Nobody will have to know and I will not have to speak to the ASS till way after the baby is born.)
S: HMMM! Where would I go? How would I support my self and a baby? What about medical care? But if I tell my parents and my mom is all set on me getting married I am gone.
M: Oh Steph! I think I will fall apart if you have to leave. But I will help no matter what.
J: Me too Steph. Me too. And Mare I will help you out too. I know what it is like to be with out your best friend.
When we were done, we realized that it was pushing 3am and that the kitchen was a huge mess. Joyces mom would kill her and not let us back if we left it like that so we made quick work of cleaning it up. We gathered up all the note papers and pregnancy test and stuffed them in my back pack. Then we went to Joyces room. She told us that when her parents had split up her mom had given her their old room. So it was huge and had a king size bed. We crawled in with me in the middle and I was out in no time.
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The next morning Mare had to leave early so that left Joyce and me. Her mom came in fixed us breakfast which was great and then she headed to her room to sleep. I told Joyce that I thought it was cool that her mom trusted her to spend so much time by herself. She told me that it had its good points and bad, that most of the time she felt as if she was raising her self. That pretty much sucks, as a girl sometimes needs a parent to help her.
So as we sat talking Joyce asked me if I was going to let the ASS know about the baby. I told her I did not know. I mean how do I even get in touch with him. She suggested that I ask his mom for an address. I was like I might, but I dont think so. Then the topic turned to the list and what did I think I really wanted to do. I told her I was not sure. I told her how scared I was. She said she could remember how Alaina was when she found out. Then we talked about how Alaina and Joe had hooked up.
She told me that for almost a year they had been secretly dating. Alaina had been fifteen when they started dating and sleeping together. She had just turned sixteen when she had got pregnant. Joe was gone to a month long football camp at the time, so when he came back Alaina was just gone. Alainas parents freaked out and shipped her to Florida to live with an Aunt. You cannot have an unwed pregnant sixteen year daughter in the burg. Then she hit on an idea.
Hey, I know, why dont we call Alaina and you can talk with her. Joyce said.
Your mom wont mind if we call long distance. I asked.
No, she thinks Alainas parents are ass munches and she does not mind if I call. She sends Alaina and the baby stuff all the time.
So we called. Joyce explained the situation to Alaina. Alaina then wanted to speak with me. I did not remember her very well but I agreed to speak with her. We both cried. She told me about her and Joe. I told her about the incident. The three of us talked for almost two hours, but by the end of the call we had come up with a plan.
Alaina was going to speak with her Aunt and Uncle. She was going to tell them that the boy that knocked her up had done it again. She was going to see if they would help her find a place for me to go if I need one. If my parents reacted the way I expected them to I will need one. That is what I am dreading the most how my parents are going to react. She said that she would call Joyce and let her know something in a couple of days. She told me to eat healthy, take vitamins, and exercise. She told me also to try to get an address for Joe.
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So it is four days later and now I am here standing on the corner by Joes house trying to get my nerve up to walk 80 feet and knock on his front door. I could feel the eyes of housewives along the street peering threw slits in the curtain to see what I was going to do. I know that each one was thinking what is Stephanie Plum doing on this street. I took four deep breaths and then walked slowly down the block. I walked like I had every right to be here; I walked right up to the porch and knocked three times on the door. It was opened very quickly by Mrs. Morelli. She must have been waiting to see what I was going to do.
What do you want? she barked at me.
I was hoping that you would give me a way to contact Joseph, Mrs. Morelli. I stated.
She glared at me. She sucked in a breath in leaned very close. I will not give a little slut like you a way to contact my Joey. You are trash and do not deserve to breath the same air as him. You take your fucking slut ass off my porch and dont you every try to get in touch with my Joey every again. If you think that I will let you trick him into claiming any spawn that you whored yourself out to get. I did not let the other one and I will not let you either. Then she turned and slammed the door.
I was shaking. No one had every spoken to me like that. Silent tears rolled down my face. I managed to turn and walk down that porch and down that block before I started running and I ran until I was home.
I ran in the house and up into my room. I threw my self down on my bed and cried until I was all cried out. No one came to see about. I guess I must have fallen a sleep. When I woke up the house was quite. I walked down stairs and headed for the kitchen, but stopped when I heard my mothers voice.
Frank, I think we need to talk about this.
No Ellen
Frank this could be a possibility. I got a call from Doris Melton today who told me she was over at the Morelli house. Why would she be over there unless was trying to get in touch with that boy? And why would she be trying to get in touch with that boy unless she was in trouble.
I heard the sound of glass breaking then I heard.
GOD DAMN IT HELLEN! I SAID ENOUGH! It is bad enough that the whole world knows that my sixteen year old daughter had sex for the first time behind the counter of a pastry shop, but you want to make her pregnant too. For a fucking son of a bitch that fucked her then skipped town after writing about it on a bathroom wall. NO I WILL NOT LISTEN TO THIS! I WILL NOT HAVE IT. I WILL THROW HER OUT BEFORE I LET THIS HAPPEN!
I slowly turned around and walked back down the hall I was numb. I was so cold on the inside. I walked into the living room to the telephone and dialed a number that I had learned just like it was my own. When the voice answered all I said was, Make it happen. Then I hung up the phone.
Ms. Plum, if you would please follow me. My name is Darla and I will be your nurse today. If you have any questions at anytime about any of the procedures we will be doing please dont hesitate to ask. I am here to help you understand what is going on with your body. If you will follow me we will go over your paper work. Do you have someone with you? I looked down and nodded no to her.
I followed along behind her into a small lavender colored room. This was not what I was expecting. I was thinking of something very sterile with chrome and cabinets. But this room had two overstuffed wing back chairs with throw pillows, pot plants growing on shelves; pictures of babies and children hung in collages around the room. A TV and VCR hung from the ceiling in the corner of the room. Over all it was very cheerful. The only thing that looked medical was a cart tucked in a corner. It had things in it that I was not sure what they were.
I sat down in one of the overstuffed chairs. The nurse pulled a stool on wheels out from a cabinet door and sat down on it. She then started asking me questions about my self. Weird-off the wall questions, like what my favorite color was, what my favorite baseball team. Then I realized what she was doing. She was slipping in the real questions. She had asked me about four or five of these nonsense questions when she asked where I was from, and I answered without thinking. Before I knew it, she had gotten where I was from, that I was alone, that I was pregnant and how I had gotten pregnant. I was spilling the whole story. I was sitting there crying; holding on to her and she was saying soothing words to me and stroking my hair.
Now Ms. Plum, I am going to ask you to finish filling out these forms and then you get to watch a video about the different options you have open to you. After you watch the video we will discuss it then you can meet the doctor. Ok? I nodded.
She stood up, popped a video in the VCR and walked out the door. I sat there huddling in my chair holding on to a throw pillow, trying to calm my self.
I watched the 35-minute long video. It was sorta dumb. It was mostly about the dangers of teen sex not teen pregnancy. Darla must have had it timed be cause as soon as the credits came on she stepped back in the room. Next came the cart, she checked my blood pressure, listened to my heart, and then by all the gods she weighted me. I freaked when I saw that I had gained 10 pound over the past 2 months. She told me that it was natural and I should not worry about out a little weight gain. YEAH RIGHT!
Now it was time for me to meet the doctor. Darla led me out that room and down a hall to very small, darker painted room that had the weirdest looking bed I have ever seen in it. The walls were painted a deep blue; there was one painting on the wall just at the foot of that strange bed. The painting was a midnight caf scene. It looked like a really cool painting the colors all popped out at you. There was a small cabinet with a sink and a chair. Darla instructed me to remove all my clothing and put the grown she handed me on, with it opening in the front. She told me to have a seat on the bed once I was changed. Then she disappeared to give me my privacy while I changed. So I did as she told me. I sat there and I sat there, it felt like I sat there forever.
I heard a knock on my door. After a short pause Darla and the doctor walked in. He introduced himself as Doctor Cody Royer. I think my mouth dropped open, cause he was fine. How can a doctor be so hot? It was unbelievable. He was very nice. He asked me several questions before for he asked me to lie back on the table. He told me that was going to be very uncomfortable but it was necessary; he was going to feel inside to make sure everything was ok. He then wanted to listen to the babys heartbeat. Afterwards we would talk, in his office, about what options were available to me. The doctor explained every procedure that he did. Darla was handing him things and when he did the physical exam she held my hand.
When he was done with the physical exam, Darla rolled a machine in from the hall. A sheet was draped over me from my hips down and the hospital gown pulled up to just under my breast. Darla pushed the sheet down a little more and said with a smile, This is going to be a little cold. A little cold! Who was she kidding it was like have ice put on a sunburn!
I heard it as she was pressing on my abdomen this fast swishing sound. I looked up at Darla and she said that is your babys heartbeat. I was in awe. I asked her was it supposed to sound so fast. She gave a laugh and said yes. Doctor Cody was hitting buttons on the machine and paper was coming out the other end. He said that he would leave me to get cleaned up and dressed then meet him in his office.
I got dress as quickly as I could. I felt sticky from all the goo that was on me. I could not wait until I could take a shower.
Darla was waiting for me at the nurses station; she led me to the doctors office and sat down with me to wait. A few minutes later Doctor Cody entered followed by some one I was not expecting.