All It Takes Is a Boy and a Girl
When you're in high school, and your best friend is a hot guy, what do you do? Amu Hinamori asked herself that question the very night that she slept with her best friend, Ikuto Tsukyomi. Like all teen sex stories, Amu turns up pregnant. Considering abortion, Amu talks to her mom and step-dad. After cowering out of abortion, she considers adoption. Remembering that no person really wants to adopt anymore, she decides to keep the baby. Deciding is the easy part, telling everyone is complicated, but the hardest part is raising a child in high school. Amuto.
Chapter Seven: What Was On His Mind.
I woke up to the sound of my alarm clock screeching at me. I hissed at it, then moaned. My head hurt bad. It felt like somebody took my head and put in in a vice. I quickly changed my clothes and rushed down the stairs.
Mom was talking to a man in a fancy suit about Jayne. They looked at me, then mom motioned for me to come closer to her. I stood about two steps from where she sat when the man spoke up.
"Hello, I am Tashiro Kei. Your mother hired me to file a restraining order against a Mrs. Jayne Hinamori. It is, to my understanding, that she verbally abused you and your younger sister last night?" he made it sound like a question.
"Um, yeah. Jayne was yelling and screaming at me and Ami because we wanted her to leave. It took her thirty minutes of screaming at all of us before Ami and I got her to leave. But, she wants something from me. And it's something I'm not willing to give up. Ever." I said. He nodded and wrote something down.
"And may I ask what it is that she wants so terribly?" he said in a business voice. I smiled weakly at him.
"My baby." I said clearly. He gaped at me. "I was careless, and got pregnant. But that doesn't give her the right to take away my baby. I'm 18, and I can do what I want. I am, after all, a legal adult, right?" I said. He nodded and sighed.
"How can you be sure that is what she wants?" he asked me. I smiled strangely.
"Because, why else would she suddenly show up after 8 years of living in the U.S.? And how did she know I was pregnant when nobody told her?" I explained. It made perfect sense that she'd been keeping tabs on me.
"Okay. You make an excellent point. I'll file the paperwork when I get back to the office, and call you when a judge overlooks them." he said before standing to leave. Mom lead him to the door, and I laid back on the couch.
"That was very good, Amu. Tashiro-san said he might be able to get them escorted out of the country, and away from us." mom said. I smiled at her and nodded.
"Oh, and Ikuto is waiting in the kitchen for you. He seems very serious." Mom added as she started up the stairs. I steered myself into the kitchen. And there he was. Looking much like he did just last night.
"Amu, I need to talk to you about something. It's important." he said. I sat down next to him and waited for him to continue.
"Well, remember how you said that when we graduate you said that there is no guarantee that we will stick to the promises we make to each other now? Well, I've been thinking about it. And you're right. But, that would be the problem," he said.
"That I'm right?" I asked. Okay, I was seriously confused.
"In a few ways. But, its mostly the fact that there seems to be only a few options for us. And I bet you can name all of them." he said, obviously urging me to talk.
"Um… I dunno." I confessed. "I'm really confused here, Ikuto." He looked at me with an intense gaze.
"Think." he urged. I groaned. So, fine. I thought.
"Um, so our options are, uh, oh, I don't know!" I moaned. Ikuto laughed some. I smiled at him and smiled innocently at him. He sighed.
"Do you want to know the two options?" he asked me. I nodded vigorously.
"Yeah! What are they?" I asked. He shook his head and smiled at me.
"Marriage or just going away from each other." he said simply. I gasped. Marriage was a little permanent and just going away? No! I couldn't handle that!
"You can't leave me here alone! No! You can't!" I said in hysterical squeaks. I began to tug at me hair, my eyes wide but no tears fell. Ikuto grabbed my wrists and held me still.
"Who said I was leaving?" he asked in a gentle voice. I stared at him, my eyes so wide they hurt. He looked so serious and honest. I hugged him tightly and cried.
"Never leave me, please! Whatever you say or do, never leave me." I whispered in his ear. He hugged me back tightly and nodded.
"I should probably do this the right way, huh?" he whispered. I smiled and pulled back to look at him. He pulled out a little black box with the letters "KJ" in small gold letters. I wiped my face dry and smiled.
"Amu, would you marry me?" he asked me. I smiled, nodded, and lunged at him. I caught his lips in mine and kissed him with all of my emotion. When we broke apart for air, I whispered to him.
"Of course I'll marry you, Ikuto. I love you more than anything right now." he smiled and slid the shiny silver diamond ring onto my finger.
"Now nothing can tear us apart. Nothing to ruin our family." he whispered and took my hand. He placed it on his cheek and rested his face in my hand. I smiled and moved my chair closer to his.
"Nothing would ever tear us apart." I told him in a soft voice. He smiled at me and kissed my cheek.
"We should probably tell your parents about this." he said, holding up my hand that had the ring. I nodded and sighed.
"Easier said than done." I said. He nodded, and we left the kitchen with twin looks of hope and fear.
