In the dead of night in the small town of Jasper, Nevada Miko Nakadai sat on the bathroom floor of her host parents' house in her pajama's hugging her legs to her chest as she cried.

Her hair 'which she usually tied up in the usual pig and pony tail fashion' draped her head concealing her eyes which were red from the lack of sleep and the intense tear shedding. Her host parents were asleep so there was no risk in them hearing her while she wept.

She sobbed a few times before she brushed her hair out of her eyes and looked to the little stick like device that was turned upside down. She hoped her eyes were playing tricks on her when she first looked at it. Her hand shook as she slowly reached for it and turned it over even slower. The minute she looked on the other side her eyes widened. She felt as though the little plus on the stick was laughing at her. Her anger grew and grew until she bolted up and threw the stick in the trash then sat on the toilet lid started crying again.

There was no point in denying it any further; she was pregnant at the age of fifteen.

"No, no, no, no, no." pleaded Miko. She should have known from the symptoms. She had been craving sweet pickles with cheese dip even though she despised pickles, she sometimes felt a bit nauseous, at time she felt light headed and of course the most obvious of all her period was late.

"This can't be happening, not yet, not now. Oh god, my host and birth parents are going to kill me." She was sure the minute her hosts found out they'd give her the boot and send her straight back to Japan. Then her actual parents would start yelling at her telling her to get an abortion or get out.

It was the same thing that happened to her cousin Yumi. She didn't care what her parents thought of her 'which was mainly why she and Yumi got along so well sometimes' she just packed her things and moved in with her boyfriend and ended up getting killed in a gang shooting seven months in her pregnancy.

Miko had been with... the father before they had even started dating. He caught the girl he had a crush on swapping spit with another guy at school and he didn't take it well. Miko got the idea in her head that she needed to cheer him up and the next thing she knew they were dating. He did what he could to make their dates special. Even though he didn't have much money he did what he could even getting a second job since his regular job didn't pay much. They've been dating for three months and got to know each other's likes and dislikes. The most romantic date was when he took her to the new Japanese restaurant for dinner; His exact words were "I thought it would help you feel closer to home." That was the day they shared their first kiss.

He bought tickets for a rock festival and she was excited to go, but during the concert she couldn't see over most of the crowd because she was so short. Feeling bad for her he put her on his shoulders so she could see over every one. When it was over they hopped in his mom's car and drove to a secluded place outside of town 'which was easy with Jasper being in the middle of nowhere' and gazed at the stars, but what started out a simple star gazing turned to holding hands, then hugging, followed by kissing, and then ...well put simply it was the most magical night of her life. Then there was one that one little mistake that made the one night that made her feel so on top of the world go so wrong.

"Stupid, stupid, stupid."Miko scolded herself while pounding her fist into her forehead "How the hell could I have mixed up the birth control pill with a Tic Tac?"

Although when she thought about it the life growing inside her was the product of her love for the person that put it there and even though they had only been going out for a few months she loved him.

Without her even realizing it her arm had moved to her stomach.

"I hope he'll still want me." Miko said almost pleadingly. She left the bathroom then went back to her room and got into her bed. She would have to face the real problem in the morning, which was telling Jack Darby that he was going to be a father.