A Photo
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Disclaimer: I own nothing.
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A/N: This was inspired by something my Natey Poo (nat_rox_rocks aka soccerchickforever) said on twitter.
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"Im pregnant Shane." She bit her lip looking at him. She softly squeezed his hand. "Shane?" He had a glazed over look on his face. "Shane." He yanked his hand away from her and stood up.
"Your getting rid of it." Mitchie's face fell, "What?"
"Mitchie, your getting rid of the baby. You cant keep it. You said this wouldnt happen."
Stray tears began to streak their way down her cheeks. "Shane. Im sorry. These things happen-"
"I dont care Mitchie. We both agreed we shouldnt have kids. It just wouldnt work."
She held back tears as she softly rose up looking at him, "That doesnt mean we kill our child Shane."
He gave her an ice cold look, the tone of his voice laced with coldness, "The baby goes."
Her face turned pink and she stared at him, "How about this Shane. I go."
He didnt say anything to stop her. So she nodded, "Glad to see where you stand in our relationship Shane." And she walked out.
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Shane sighed flipping through his mail. It was the same as always. People wanting money he didnt have. He stopped seeing a square, blue envelope. He saw Mitchies name in the return address.
Even with out the return address, he would have noticed her small, tight handwriting anywhere. He smiled a bit opening the envelope. He missed her.
Anyone would miss her. She was amazing, and bright. You had to love Mitchie. He pulled out the contents of the envelope and saw a glossy photo stare at him.
It was of a new born baby. He felt his heart drop into his stomach seeing it. She kept the baby.
The baby was a gorgeous combination of the two, all though Shane would never admit it to himself. His breathing was hitched seeing this baby.
This baby that he lost Mitchie over. He turned over the picture and saw Mitchies handwriting on the back.
Ronnie Alexander Grey.
Born August 9, 2010
His heart had stopped reading the name. Ronnie... Mitchie always loved that name. She always told Shane this story about sweethearts who went awry. The boys name was Ronnie. And Alexander... Shane smiled a bit. His deep dark secret love for Sasha Alexander from NCIS, one of those silly little things that only Mitchie knew. One of those things that he made Mitchie promise to use someday, when the right day came.
And Grey. She used his name. To him that was the biggest shock of all. It wasn't even hyphenated. It was just Grey.
He just couldnt believe it.
And staring at the picture, his heart broke a little, and all he could think was, if he hadnt been so self absorbed, he could have been there for every little step.
The first heartbeat.
The first kick.
The first moment that he was held in Mitchie's safe arms.
But those moments were all gone. All down the drain. And painfully brought up with what ifs from one painful photo.