Authors Note: Hello again, thank you all so much for the reviews, i really do appriciate them a lot. I'm sorry for the wait for this chapter, i was in a car accident on my way home from vacation and i was pretty rough, but i'm feeling a little bit better now and i wanted to update. it's still completely about Kate in this chapter, i hope you guys enjoy it.

i do not own lost, or the song.

Chapter One- It Takes a Man

I could see my future change
and my heart hit like a hammer
and my thoughts were running wild
any fool can make a baby, it take a man to raise a child. ;It Takes a Man- Aaron Lines

We, as humans experience all kinds of emotions, we feel love and happiness and despair. There's just one emotion that's permanent, and that's fear. Fear is always there, when you feel love, you fear you'll lose it. You feel happiness but fear the unknown and you feel despair and fear things won't ever get better. We fear not being accepted and so we don't let anyone see who we really are. We fear not being good enough so we mold ourselves into what we think the world wants us to be. We don't realize that by doing this, were cripple ourselves from everything that life has to give us, we unable our true selves from shinning through, and when you look back on your life you're going to wish that you hadn't let fear determine the life you've lived.

They were lying in his bed, her head on his chest as his fingers played in her dark hair. She knew that eventually she would need to tell him but she didn't want to ruin this moment by being honest with him, or at least that's what she told herself, in reality she was just afraid. Afraid of what he would say, afraid of what this meant, terrified she would lose him. Instead she just curled up next to him, enjoying a little bit of quiet before they had to go to school.

She couldn't focus in any of her classes, she couldn't fight the guilty feeling in the pit of her stomach, she had to tell him and he loved her, he would understand she thought to herself. Now she was in her favorite class, writing. Kate always knew she wanted to be a writer, she would write a best selling book and she would leave this town and she would never have to feel the pain this place brought to her again.

"Katherine, can I talk to you for a moment?" Her teacher called when the bell rang and everyone was leaving the room

Kate walked over to the desk, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear nervously "What is it?"

"That paper you submitted the other day, the one on teen pregnancies" He spoke "The local catalogue wants to put it in their next issue"

She was shocked, she wrote that paper the might she found out, and as a last minute entry handed it in because she didn't have the time to write her original idea down, she never thought it would matter to anyone else "How?"

Smiling he replied "You're a fantastic writer Katherine but you don't believe in yourself, I wanted to show you that you can, now I don't know where the inspiration came from but don't be afraid to use it"

Kate smiled at him shyly, and agreed to let the catalogue use her essay. She walked out into the hall, moving towards her locker, when a pair of arms snaked around her waist

"The whole school is talking about you" Zach whispered in her ear

Kate looked confused "Why?"

He laughed "Your paper, congratulations Katie"; he leaned down to give her a quick kiss

"Thanks" She smiled

He grabbed her hand and held it tightly with his own as they walked down the hall "Just don't leave me when you're a famous writer okay?" He teased, nudging her shoulder

"I would never leave you" She said, suddenly serious "Would you leave me?"

Zach sensed the seriousness behind the question "I'm not going anywhere, I promise"

Kate still looked unsure, and he leaned down to kiss her again, mumbling an 'I love you' against her lips

"Can you meet me at the library after school?" She asked

Zach smiled "I'll see you there"

With that they separated and made their way to their next class. Tonight at the library, she would tell him then.

She waited at the back of the library, tapping her fingers against the table because she was nervous, she felt like she had been waiting for hours when in reality she'd just gotten there herself. She heard footsteps coming towards her and looked up to Zach leaning down to kiss her head softly before taking the seat next to her.

When he sat down he noticed a tear on her cheek "What's wrong?"

She gave him her best smile "We need to talk, Zach"

Giving her a questionable look, he took her hand in his "What is it? What's going on Katie?"

"I'm really scared" She mumbled, looking away from him, the tear sliding down her cheek

He rubbed his thumb over her hand, his voice soft and concerned "Whatever it is, we can get through it, okay?"

Kate shook her head "Don't hate me, for loving you okay?"

"Katie, you're starting to freak me out, what is it?" He asked, his heart beating fast in his chest

She took a deep breath and looked in his blue eyes "You're going to be a dad"

It felt like room was spinning as the minutes went by without any words, Zach's head was pounding "You're pregnant?" He managed to get out "Are you sure?"

Kate nodded her head, another tear running down her face, Zach, pulled her closer to him "Don't cry, Shh it's okay, we'll get through this together"

"You're not mad at me?" She asked, her green eyes watery and scared

"This mistake was just as much my fault as it was yours" He answered

Mistake? Kate thought to herself, was it a mistake, the words he said next made her forget about it "We're in this together"

She smiled, and kissed him gently, pulling apart he said "Once you get the abortion it will all be over"

She let out a breath, and she her head in anger, grabbing her bag she ran out of the library. Zach chased her out, catching up with her outside, it was getting dark now, and it was raining, heavily, her clothes soaked from the few minutes she was out there.

He ran up to her, grabbing her arm to turn her around, the tears were pouring down her face now, or maybe it was just the rain, her voice came out jagged "I can't have an abortion Zach!"

"What about school Katie, what about our dreams, we can't be parents, I can't be a dad!" He yelled back

She held back a sob, as she pushed his chest away "Get through this together huh?"

"I didn't think you would actually want to keep the baby!" He yelled

She whipped at her tears "Maybe this is for the best, maybe it's supposed to be this way"

He took a step back, raising his voice even higher "Jesus Christ Kate, do you even hear yourself!"

She bent down to her knees with her face in her hands, sobbing, the rain pouring down on her, he stood beside her, calming his tone "If you want to keep it, there's nothing I can do about it, but I can't be involved, I don't want this"

"You don't want this!, you're a coward" She yelled through the tears, punching his chest with her fists as she stood up "I hate you" She mumbled

He took her wrist in his hands, stopping her "I'm sorry, Katie"

With that he left her in the rain, and speed out of the parking lot.

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