-4 hours later-
The couple walked into the free clinic and waited for 40 minutes to get a doctor.
The doctor ran the usual appointment, and finally concluded:
"well, it looks like you're pregnant! Do you want me to notify anybody- friends or family?"
"NO!" Casey and Ashley both yelled at the same time.
"oh.. Well that's fine..." the doctor hesitated before continuing, "well... Just try to get an appointment about once a month, to see your progress."
The couple walked out, still in shock. They drove home and sat down.
"we can tell our parents together. Imma stand by you ya won't hafta do it alone." Casey finnally said.
That night, Ashley's mom called and said that she would be spending thhe night at her boyfriend, Steve's house. The couple laid down and did what they normally did when they had a house all to themselves: Casey got his grade-a out of the bag he always carried with him and rolled one for himself then one for Ashley and handed it to her, snatching it back right as she was lighting up.
"sorry...the baby though..."
"shit," Ashley whispered under her breath.
"i know... The baby's gon' change a lot of things. But we have to decide whether or not to keep it."
"im not aborting. That's not even an option."
"ok. I was thinkin', though, i kinna wanna keep it."
Ashley looked up at him as he stopped himself from lighting up, knowing it would only make her kind of jealous. She thought for a bit. She was close enough to Marissa's family that her parents could watch the baby during the day, since Marissa's mom doesn't work.
"yeah, i want to too..." Ashley agreed after thinking for a few minutes.
-2 weeks later-
The couple had gathered their parents together at Ashley's house.
"ok... We gotta tell ya- and we know it was stupid and all dat... But Ashley's pregnant... And we're keeping it." Casey explained.
Their parents were speechless, but after fighting and screaming and yelling they finally calmed down enough to agree with their plan, though they were still mad.