A/N: I hope you don't hate me for the ending. But I promise the relationship will heal….Eventually… Oh, and how about some reviews? :)
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Shawn sat on her couch skimming through channels and eating peanut butter and oreos, a combo she had just recently started to enjoy, when she heard a knock on the door. Sticking the lid back on the jar and closing the cookie package, she dragged herself to the door. She stood on her tiptoes and looked through the peephole and saw a smiling Melissa on the other side, purse in hand. She opened the door and stared at Mel blankly. "I'm taking you out for lunch!" Mel grabbed her by the arm and pushed her out the door. Before she pulled the door shut, she grabbed Shawn's flip flops and handed them to her. "I brought some clothes for to wear, you can change in the car."
Shawn slowly and sleepily walked over to the elevator and waited for her, "What's wrong with what I have on now?"
"Shawn, really?" Melissa said deadpanned as she and Shawn stepped into the elevator. Shawn had been wearing sweatpants and oversized hoodies for the past 2 weeks and she was running out of clothes to wear. Not that it really mattered. She was 2 1/2 months pregnant, and nothing fit her properly anyway. "You're dressed like a victoria Secret hobo and when you do leave the confine of your apartment, people ask questions." Mel leaned over and pressed the lobby button and then looked back at Shawn, "You're going to have a baby, you're not dying."
After driving around aimlessly, they ended up just eating at the cheesecake factory because they got tired of looking around for somewhere else. They were seated by a window and they were given their drinks. Melissa looked at the clothes she had gotten Shawn and smiled, "That dress is very pretty on you. I'm surprised i guess your size right." It was a white shin length dress with pink water lilies on it. It hugged Shawn's body and made her look great, her protruding baby bump could be seen through it.
"It doesn't really cover anything. I look fat." Shawn looked down and frowned as she placed her hands over her stomach, "It's almost been three months and I still haven't told anyone."
"First of all, you're not fat. You're pregnant." Melissa said sternly. She and Shawn had been going back and about it for the past couple weeks and no matter how hard Melissa tried, she couldn't convince Shawn that she wasn't fat and that the weight gain in her mid-section was perfectly normal. Melissa leaned forward and rested her forearms on the table and sipped her iced tea. "You're going to have to tell someone. We're in public now, people are going to find out eventually."
"I know. But I don't wanna have to tell everyone what happened." Shawn forked her salad and pushed it around the plate as she rested her elbow on the table. "What am I supposed to say? 'My former dance partner knocked me up. But don't worry, he doesn't know'? No. I cant even tell my parents." Shawn rubbed her temples and groaned in frustration as she leaned against the back of the booth.
"Who cares!" Melissa yelled but quickly regretted it when the people around them started to stare. She leaned closer to the table and lowered her voice, "It has nothing to do with them. It's you… and it's Derek. And you should tell him, sooner rather than later." They became silent and Shawn thought about what she had said. But she wasn't given much time to think because their waiter came over and smiled at them.
"Hi, I'm Cora.. And I will be your server today." She smiled at them and took out her little notebook and a pen, "Are you ready to order?" Both Shawn and melissa nodded at the same time and Melissa gave her order before she handed over her menu while Shawn was still skimming hers. Cora looked at her and gave the fakest smile -they had been told to give to customers- and she and melissa waited for shawn to make up her mind. "And for you miss?"
"Hmm. Can I get a cheeseburger? Like a double- cheeseburger, with fries on the side?" Shawn used her hands to explain how big she wanted it. And Melissa watched her with one raised eyebrow. "Oh, and pickles. Extra pickles." Shawn concluded and Cora nodded as she walked away with the menus in her hand.
Melissa stared at Shawn and shook her head as she smiled at her, "ahhh, The food cravings."
"I know! before you came over, i was sitting in my living room eating oreos with peanut butter." Shawn laughed and Melissa made gave her a funny look, "I thought it would be good gross at first, but it's so good."
"When i was pregnant. I ate so much cheese fries, I can't eat it anymore." They laughed and Melissa shared more embarrassing pregnancy and baby stories. They laughed together, and it made Shawn excited yet nervous at the same time.
After lunch, they sat in the booth talking about everything Shawn would need to have in preparation for the baby. Melissa was just naming things off and she was taking notes, "You're going to need clothes, lots of onsies, socks and bibs. Diapers and baby wipes. you can never have too many diapers or wipes. You're also going to need a really big bag, it has to be able to carry multiple things, like wipes, diapers, bottles and baby formula. And you need, AND I STRESS, NEED to have an extra change of clothes in that bag."
Shawn looked up from her list and gave her a questioning look, "Why, exactly?"
"Baby throw up and poop explosions." Melissa said calmly and tried not to laugh as Shawn's face contorted in disgust.
"That's disgusting." Shawn laughed and Melissa nodded. Her face fell when she saw someone she wasn't ready to face. "He's here."
"Who's here?" Melissa looked around the restaurant and her eyes widened when she saw Derek and a leggy brunette walking behind him. "Wait, hold up. Who's that?"
"Oh, God! what is he doing here? And with her no less!" Shawn tried to look for anything to hide behind but it was of no use… They were being lead their way.
"Wait. Pause. How do you know her?" Melissa questioned. "And why do I get the feeling that you don't like her?"
"Because I don't." Shawn said through gritted teeth. Her voice was almost a low growl as she turned her body away from Derek and the woman. "That's Sarah, his ex- girlfriend. Or at least I thought they broke up. Don't you remember seeing her at the studio?" Shawn asked and Melissa shook her head no.
Shawn didn't have time to elaborate further because they were spotted when Derek and Sarah were seated at a table across from them. Shawn and Derek just stared at each other. He was shocked and Shawn was nervous and a little scared. After awkwardly getting up and walking over to Melissa and Shawn, Derek stood in front of their table and nervously scratched the back of his neck, "Hi, Shawn… Hey Mel."
Melissa gave him a small smile before she grabbed her purse and walked over to where Sarah was sitting, "How ya doing?"
Derek sat across from Shawn and they both looked as if the other person was someone come back to life. Neither of them knew what to say, and Shawn couldn't even look him in the eye. She blankly stared out of the window and watched as people watched up and down the sidewalk.
He looked at her nervously as his palms began to sweat and he swallowed the dry lump in his throat. Realizing she couldn't avoid this conversation, she figured she had to tell him what she had been hiding. She turned back to him and they stared at each other again. "Hi." was all she could muster. And they both chuckled a little.
"Long time no see." Derek said softly, "A lots changed since we last spoke."
"You have no idea." Shawn said without thinking and he gave her a curious look, "i have to tell you something. And it's really important, and I should have told you a while ago."
"What is it?" Derek was getting worried by her rambling, and he knew she only did so when she was nervous.
Shawn took a deep breath and looked up at him, "I- I'm pregnant… and it's yours."
Derek's eyes nearly popped out of his head. He couldnt breathe and it was like everything was in slow motion. He was waiting for her to start laughing and say "gotch!" but it never came and she stared at him with tears running from her eyes with a pained expression on her face.
Shawn got up from her chair and stood by him at the edge of the seat but he never looked up at her. he just stared at where she was had been previously sitting in. She let out a shaky breath and spoke softly, "I'm sorry. I should've never told you. I hope you and Sarah are happy together." She didn't give him any time to reply because she briskly walked out of the restaurant.
When Derek looked up, she was gone. He saw Melissa's look of sympathy through his foggy vision, but soon she followed behind Shawn. He turned his head back to the booth in front of him. But he couldn't unhear what Shawn had just told him. He hunched over and covered his face with his hands, wondering what the hell he was going to do.
