A/N: This is my first Life Unexpected story. I don't know if anyone of you will read it, but I hope that you do and I hope that you like it. I will understand if you all hate it, but this is my story and this is my idea so I'll just leave it at that.


Chapter One: Make a Life

Cate Cassidy could not believe that this was happening to her. Her winter formal two months ago had started out crappy and by the end she found herself spending it with popular man, Nathaniel Bazile or otherwise known as Baze, Westmonte High's very own quarterback. She had given him the one thing that she didn't want to give to anyone at least not now. She couldn't believe that she had been so stupid. Her little crush had gotten out of hand and now here she was trying to track him down because sitting her bathroom was a white stick with a positive sign told her she was pregnant.

Walking through the halls of Westmonte, Cate thought back on her life. Her younger sister Abby was 15 and was always in her own little world. Her mother, Laverne was a drunk and was currently single. She had been married a few times already and working on her next one. All Cate knew about babies or parenting was how not to be one, but she knew one thing for sure. She didn't want to lose this baby. She didn't want to give this baby away. She wanted to keep him or her and she was going to do that with or without Baze's help.

All Cate wanted to do in high school was fit in, but now she knew that wasn't going to happen. Turning the corner she spotted Baze talking to his football buddies and Cate internally sighed. Their one night stand was just supposed to be a one night stand and now they would forever be linked.

Cate found her opportunity to speak to Baze when all of his football buddies straggled away from him. Baze was getting his bag out of his locker when he felt a tap on his shoulder. Baze turned to Cate with a raised eyebrow before looking around the hallway not wanting to be seen by his friends.

"What can I do for you?"

"I need to talk to you. It's kind of important."

"Look, winter formal was nice and everything, but we can't do that again. You understand that right?"

Cate sighed angrily.

"I need to speak with you. I really don't care about that night, but what I have to tell you pertains to it."

"What?" Baze asks confused.

"Can we just talk please?" Cate pleads.

Baze shuts his locker and follows Cate out to the quad.

"Whatever it is can you make it fast? I have football practice in fifteen minutes."

Cate turns away from Baze and bites the bottom of her lip.

"Cate?"

Cate turns and faces Baze.

"So you do know my name?"

Baze nods his head.

"Yeah, I do. Look, whatever you have to say can you say it fast because like I said I have football practice."

"I'm pregnant," Cate blurts out in a rush.

Baze drops his bag and just stares at Cate. He was pretty sure that Cate wasn't the one to sleep around which meant it was his baby that she was carrying.

"What do you want from me?"

"I tell you that I am pregnant and that's what you ask me. Are you a complete moron?"

"I guess I am considering I got you pregnant," Baze whispers. "Look, I don't know what you expect from me. If my parents found out they would kill. My dad would kill me. I don't care what you do Cate, but I'm sixteen. I can't do this."

"How do you think I feel Baze? I'm sixteen too, but you don't see me backing away from it."

"It would be kind of hard for you to," Baze jokes. Cate just glares at him.

"This isn't a joking matter. I just want to know if you want to be in this baby's life."

"I-I-I can't," Baze shakes his head. "My dad already hates me. I can't do this."

"From here on out we go our separate ways. You don't contact me and I don't contact you."

Cate turns to walk away, but Baze asks her a question.

"Are you keeping it?"

Cate turns 180 degrees to face Baze.

"Why does it matter? You can't do it, remember."

And with those words, Cate walked away and headed home. Baze picked up his bag and went to practice.

*Life is Beautiful*

Baze walked onto the football field in a daze. The recent news was messing with his head. A part of him felt horrible for telling Cate that he couldn't do it. He couldn't, but that didn't mean he couldn't try. His dad, Jack and his mom Ellen would be devastated of the news. He could see it now. His father would lecture and tell him he had to make something of his life and football wasn't going to get him anywhere. His father would set him up for a job and more likely than not his father would try and take the baby away because Jack Bazile doesn't believe his son could do anything. He knew this was the best though. He had to let Cate go and he had to stay away. Cate and the baby would be better without him.

"Bazile, you're late. Get your ass out there!"

Baze looks up at his coach and puts on his helmet. He was so getting his ass kicked during this practice. His mind just wasn't in it.

One play in and Baze was sacked to the ground. Yeah, this wasn't so good.

*Life is Beautiful*

Before walking home, Cate had to stop at her locker to grab her books. She had a paper due in English and she wasn't going to let her grades suffer because she was pregnant. She slams her locker closed and quickly walks down the hallway. She couldn't stand being in the school anymore. On her way out the door she bumps into a stranger and her stuff falls on the ground. Cate sighs in frustration.

"I'm sorry. I was in a rush. I didn't see you there."

"You were busy looking at the floor. You wouldn't have seen me."

Cate takes the books that the stranger had picked up and she blushed at the handsome teen in front of her.

"I don't think I've seen you around here before," Cate mentions.

"I just moved here."

"My name is Cate Cassidy."

The teen smiles.

"Ryan Thomas."