Chapter 1. Paige POV:
It couldn't be. Paige refused to believe it. The stick didn't show positive. It couldn't. They were so careful. Slowly, the truth comes creeping up to Paige. She was pregnant. The stick didn't lie. Drew, what was she going to tell him? He was in the middle of his career, he wouldn't be able to stay with her. Would he? No way to tell, unless she tells him. They had a date tonight in a few hours, she could tell him then. Dread fills her to the brim as she paces the room across the room. She had to get her mind off of it. She tried to focus getting ready for her date, but it was nearly impossible to keep her mind on task. Luckily her roommate, Jessica, wasn't there at the moment. Finally ready to leave to go to the fancy italian restaurant that they were meeting at, she walks to her car from Pi-Up; which was on the other side of the street from the lot. She was lucky, some people had to keep their cars all the way across campus from where there dorm was. She drives to the restaurant which was about 20 minutes away. Her nerves were jumping around all over the place. How do you tell someone that you are pregnant with their child? 'Hi, so I know we're not married or anything but I'm pregnant with your child.' No absolutely not that. 'Do you remember when we had sex? So, apparently we weren't careful enough.' Not that either. Paige finally sees the restaurant and her nerves peak. How was she going to do this? She parks her red car in the closest parking spot and grabs her purse. She walks into the restaurant and walks up to the receptionist who has a name tag with the name Jennifer.
"Hi, is there a reservation under Baker?" She asks and stiffens at the thought of Drew's last name.
"Yes, party of 2?" Jennifer asks and Paige nods. How was she going to tell him about a child? Jennifer leads her to a table next to the window with seats sitting across from each other. Paige sits down and looks at the seat in front of her. That's where he would be in a few minutes. Where he would be when he would leave her. No, he might not leave, she contradicts herself. But, he will, she argues back. A hand suddenly falls on her shoulder and she jumps out of her seat. Turning she sees Drew with a huge smile on his face. Drew.
"Hey! How are you?" He says and Paige freezes. She can't tell him. She can't. Wait, he asked a question.
"I'm fine. How about you?" She replies to his earlier question. He sits down in his chair and stares her in the eye. She looks away quickly.
"I'm great! You look really nice tonight." Drew says and Paige blushes. She had bought this dress for their date a few weeks ago, she had thought that Drew would like that it was blue.
"Thanks and you too." She tells him back and she wasn't lying. He had a navy suit on, that was the same shade as her dress, and a red, white and blue tie. The reason that these colors were present was because Drew was on the Los Angeles angels baseball team. He had just gotten on the team last month and he was ecstatic. "How was your week?" She asks him.
"It was great. The team is really warming up to me. I can't wait for our first game, it's in a few weeks… And I got you a front row ticket!" Drew holds out a red, white and blue ticket for her. She was so happy for him. It had been his dream ever since Paige had met him. The baby, she almost forgot. Drew would definitely choose his career over her now, he had a new, great job. Drew was still holding out the ticket so Paige reached out and grabbed it from him, while plastering a smile on her face.
"That's great, Drew! I can't wait to go to the game." Paige tells him and tries to upkeep the fake smile. She loved Drew. She couldn't make him choose. It would be cruel and mean.
"You look like you want to say something." Drew says snapping her out of her daze. She looks at his face and he has a confused expression on.
"No, I'm fine." Paige says hoping he'll drop the topic. No such luck.
"Are you sure? You know you can tell me anything, Paige." Drew looked her straight in the eye and placed his hand over hers. Her heart clenched.
"I'm pregnant." She blurts out and covers her mouth with her hand. She didn't say that. No, she didn't. But judging by the dumbfounded and shocked look on Drew's face it seemed she had. No, why had she told him? She expects him to stand up from the table and walk out of the restaurant or something like that. Drew suddenly stands up from his seat. He was going to leave her now. But Drew walks over to her seat and pulls her to her feet. His arms wrap around her and Paige wants to cry.
"That's great news, Paige." Drew says slowly. Paige awaits for the 'but' that will follow after it but after a few seconds it doesn't come.
"Really? We're not even married and we're too young for this. I thought you were gonna freak and leave me. Because your career is so important to you and all-" Paige starts to ramble but is effectively shut up by Drew's lips meeting hers. When he pulls away he has a small smile on his face.
"I would never leave you, Paige. I love you. We'll figure this out. I know we will." Drew says and Paige can't help a few tears from falling down her cheeks. He would never leave her.
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A few weeks later:
It was the bottom of the 9th and the score was 7 to 6, the Angels in the lead. Paige bounces her leg up and down anxiously. The Cubs just got up to bat and Drew was pitching. He threw a fastball that Paige could hear whistling through the air from her front row batter misses and gets a strike. Drew had been doing well this game, getting quite a few players out and Paige could tell he was ecstatic, playing this game. The ball flies from Drew's hand once more and another strike was issued. This happened again and again and again. The crowd's cheering gets louder and louder around her. Paige stands up and claps harder when the second batter gets out. When Drew gets the third batter out the crowds cheer, the Angels had won. Paige could see the overjoyed look on Drew's face from her seat. He suddenly runs off to the side of the field and picks up what looks like a microphone. He runs up to home plate and speaks into the microphone.
"Could my girlfriend Paige Dineen come up here?" Drew looks around the front row until his eyes lock onto hers. What was he doing? None the less, Paige gets up and makes her way over to the gate onto the field that was conveniently located next to her seat. Very conveniently located.
"Are you Paige?" The security guard asks her and she pulls out her driver's licence from her purse. The guard opens the gate and Paige walks onto the field towards Drew. What the heck was he doing? The crowd was nearly silent except for the whispers of some people in the crowd that were as uninformed as herself. She finally reaches Drew and he has a cocky smile on his face. His knee suddenly touches the ground and Paige gasps.
"Paige, I have loved you ever since the moment I met you. I live to see your smile and would die to see you laugh. I strive when I am around you and feel awful when I'm not. I know I will love you forever, and I hope you will as well. Please, Paige. Please do me the honor of becoming my wife and I promise to make you laugh and smile everyday." Drew finishes his speech and opens a box with a glittering ring inside. She looks at it through her streaming eyes. The ring has a diamond in the middle and smaller ones wrapping around it. The silver band is engraved with diagonal crossing lines, making diamond shapes. It is what she had always dreamed a ring would look like. And it could be hers. It would be hers.
"Yes." She whispers. "Yes!" She says loudly and she launches herself around Drew wrapping her arms around him tightly. She pulls away slightly and sees Drew's face looking even happier than when he was playing ball. He picks up her hand and slips the beautiful ring onto her finger. She kisses him in response and the crowd uproars in reply. And Paige feels truly happy.
AN: Happy New Year! Sorry if you tried to read this the first time I posted. I thought I had posted it normally but my Doc must have acted up. Sorry! Thanks for your patience! Do you think I should include the wedding next chapter, yes or no? And for the people who are freaking out about Paige and Drew... the team and Walter are coming ;) Please comment with any suggestions and thanks to the people who told me my Doc was messed up!