Title: Not Supposed to Be Like This
Author name: KitLee
Author e-mail: Kitlee522@yahoo.com
Category: Drama
Rating: PG-13
Summary: It was supposed to be beautiful and perfect. They were in love. They were careful. But somehow things didn't work out that way. Now she's pregnant, and he's confused. Now Ashley and Craig have to deal with the aftermath. Can they grow up in time to be parents?
Disclaimer: The people/places, etc. aren't mine. They are the property of Playing with Time, Inc. and/or Epitome. I'm not sure which one owns them. Anyway, they are all from Degrassi, so thanks exec-types for letting me play with them for a bit.
Author's Note: This story takes place after my (as of yet unfinished) Becoming a Family.
10...
Ashley had never been more scared.
Once, when she was seven, she and her parents had gone to New York to see a play for Christmas. The city was huge and amazing to Ashley, who had stared up at everything, trying to see it all. Of course she had dropped her mother's hand, which always pulled her along impatiently as they had rushed from place to place, and her mother, thinking that her father had taken her hand, simply walked onward. At first Ashley could keep up, but then, as they had passed FAO Schwartz, a giant display of legos had caught her attention. When she finally turned back to the street, her parents were nowhere to be found.
That had frightened Ashley half to death, but looking back, it was nothing compared to now.
9...
Taking a slow and ragged breath, she tried to calm herself before looking. The box had said three minutes, and looking at her watch, Ashley saw nine seconds left.
Nine seconds of childhood left, she though. Nine seconds of freedom, of peace, of worry without reason.
8...
How could things have gotten so far? Two weeks ago she was so certain that this was Right. They loved each other, so why not? This wasn't like her and Jimmy, a superficial relationship. She and Craig were soul mates. Sex was what soul mates were supposed to do.
7...
They'd even used protection. How could she be pregnant if they'd used protection? They'd even done it right -- leaving space at the end and everything. The condom hadn't broken. They'd done everything they were supposed to do to be safe. So why weren't they?
6...
When she'd first started feeling sick and had skipped her period, Ashley had screamed in her room. Digging through her drawers, she'd found the box of condoms, wanting to rip them to shreds for not protecting her. On it, in small letters, she had read "92% effective." Fuck.
Taking another calming breath, she counted down with her watch. 5...4...3...2...1.
Ashley looked at the pregnancy test and started crying.
Author name: KitLee
Author e-mail: Kitlee522@yahoo.com
Category: Drama
Rating: PG-13
Summary: It was supposed to be beautiful and perfect. They were in love. They were careful. But somehow things didn't work out that way. Now she's pregnant, and he's confused. Now Ashley and Craig have to deal with the aftermath. Can they grow up in time to be parents?
Disclaimer: The people/places, etc. aren't mine. They are the property of Playing with Time, Inc. and/or Epitome. I'm not sure which one owns them. Anyway, they are all from Degrassi, so thanks exec-types for letting me play with them for a bit.
Author's Note: This story takes place after my (as of yet unfinished) Becoming a Family.
10...
Ashley had never been more scared.
Once, when she was seven, she and her parents had gone to New York to see a play for Christmas. The city was huge and amazing to Ashley, who had stared up at everything, trying to see it all. Of course she had dropped her mother's hand, which always pulled her along impatiently as they had rushed from place to place, and her mother, thinking that her father had taken her hand, simply walked onward. At first Ashley could keep up, but then, as they had passed FAO Schwartz, a giant display of legos had caught her attention. When she finally turned back to the street, her parents were nowhere to be found.
That had frightened Ashley half to death, but looking back, it was nothing compared to now.
9...
Taking a slow and ragged breath, she tried to calm herself before looking. The box had said three minutes, and looking at her watch, Ashley saw nine seconds left.
Nine seconds of childhood left, she though. Nine seconds of freedom, of peace, of worry without reason.
8...
How could things have gotten so far? Two weeks ago she was so certain that this was Right. They loved each other, so why not? This wasn't like her and Jimmy, a superficial relationship. She and Craig were soul mates. Sex was what soul mates were supposed to do.
7...
They'd even used protection. How could she be pregnant if they'd used protection? They'd even done it right -- leaving space at the end and everything. The condom hadn't broken. They'd done everything they were supposed to do to be safe. So why weren't they?
6...
When she'd first started feeling sick and had skipped her period, Ashley had screamed in her room. Digging through her drawers, she'd found the box of condoms, wanting to rip them to shreds for not protecting her. On it, in small letters, she had read "92% effective." Fuck.
Taking another calming breath, she counted down with her watch. 5...4...3...2...1.
Ashley looked at the pregnancy test and started crying.