I'm so sorry for my absence guys! There is no excuse, but I hope you'll all understand that I've moved house, I had to get internet reconnected and life in general has just been in a jumble the past couple of weeks! I'm going to leave you with this little chapter and I will write more tonight when I get a chance. Some of you will no doubt be angry at this one, but I'm going to promise to make everyone happy everytually :p Enjoy!

- R

"This is how I should have treated you when I had the chance."

Instead of a movie, as Jim has suggested earlier, he had surprised Trixie with a picnic dinner by the lake. It was nothing special, no candles or rose petals, but it was beautiful all the same.

The two were now sitting across from each other, legs crossed, enjoying the sunset.

"You treated me well, Jim."

"Not well enough. I didn't try hard enough to keep you."

"You didn't want to be with me when you went to school. You said it would be too hard."

Jim chuckled. "Yeah, and you just agreed. If I had been the best I could have been to you, you might have fought for me to change my mind."

"Is that what you wanted me to do? Argue with you and beg you to have changed your mind?"

The tall redhead shrugged. "I guess."

Trixie frowned. "Jim Frayne." She said, crossing her arms. "Don't you dare think for a moment that I didn't love you with all my heart. I would have tried to change your mind if I had known that's what you wanted. But I didn't, you just seemed so calm about it. I was sixteen and trying to act so mature for you, so I just said okay. For you. Because it's what you wanted."

Jim looked sad. "I wish I had never ended it, Trix. I've missed you. Every time we spoke briefly on the phone I've wanted to tell you how much I miss your mischievous grin and that sparkle in your eyes." He took hold of her hand and kissed it softly. "I miss every part of you."

Trixie's stomach fluttered with butterflies. "I've missed you, too, Jim." She breathed. Slowly, Jim leaned forward. After months and months of waiting, Trixie was finally getting what she had wished for every day. They kissed softly and when they pulled apart, Jim smiled at her.

"My Trixie."He whispered.

"My Jim."

Weeks passed and Trixie and Jim's relationship blossomed once more. They spent every day together, with their friends, just like when they had all been in high school. As far as Trixie was concerned, it was the best summer of her life.

In two weeks, Jim and Brian would be returning to school, and Mart and Dan would be following ready for their freshman year as college students, leaving only Trixie, Honey and Di behind.

This time, though, Jim was making no plans to break up with Trixie and she was very happy about that.

Trixie woke up with a start. She sat upright in her bed and found herself blinking rapidly because the room was spinning around her. "Woah." She said aloud as she steadied herself. What was that about?

Deciding that she hadn't eaten enough the day before and that being the reason she was dizzy, Trixie jumped up and headed downstairs for breakfast. She stopped dead in her tracks when the smell of cooking bacon wafted in the air and she hurried back upstairs and just made it to the bathroom before throwing up.

"Oh, god." She said to herself, wiping her face. "This can't be happening."

"Morning, Trix." Mart said cheerfully as she came out of the bathroom. "Breakfast?"

Trixie shook her head no. "I'm not hungry." She lied.

Mart shrugged. "More for me."

Quickly, she hurried to her bedroom and shut the door, looking at the calendar that hung on the back of the door. She frantically found the date she had circled from last month and counted forward to todays date.

"Shit!" She whispered to herself. 32 days had passed since her last period. She was overdue by 4 days already.

Trixie remained in the same position for at least 10 minutes, in shock. Finally, she got up the energy to go to the phone and shakily dial Honey's number.

"Hello?" Honey's cheerful voice answered on the third ring.

"Honey?" Trixie said, holding back tears.

"Trix? What is it?"

"I need you, right now." Trixie said.

"O-okay, I'll come over-"

"No! Not here, I'll come to you."

Trixie raced up to Manor House and up to Honey's room where she found her friend waiting anxiously. Honey stood up right away and said, "What's wrong? You got me all worried."

"I'm- I'm in trouble, Hon." Is all Trixie could say.

"What kind of trouble?"

"I th-think I'm pregnant."