Just as she imagined, Ohio was hell. She felt like a piece of her was ripped from her. On the ride to Ohio, her parents kept talking about how she was going to love it up there. How it was going to be some new adventure. However, she wasn't listening, all she kept seeing was Steve's face as they drove away. His face was haunting her every thought. Once, she was there she didn't know how it could get any worse. It seemed that everywhere she went there were reminders of Steve, Soda and the others. If she thought the days were hard, then the nights were worst.

Each night it seemed that she would wake up in a cold sweat and crying, replaying the night she left and the last time she saw Steve. Sometimes the dreams were the worst, replaying the good moments she had with Steve, sometimes she could feel him kissing her or him holding her in his strong arms. She still wore his necklace and the ring he gave her, reminding her that she could get through this. And that one day, they would be together, and she would be able to smile again. That was the only thing that kept her going.

It seemed a lifetime, but she realized that it had been two months since that night she left. But now there was something else that was on her mind. She was getting worried; a certain time of the month hadn't come last month and now this month. She could tell when it was coming because she would get all tired and moody. But, lately the only thing that's made her moody and tired was her parents and her new job. She worked at the local diner working from eight am until five pm. But, when she was not working, she was arguing with her parents, pleading with parents to let her go back to Tulsa. This added to fact that she didn't get much sleep at night, due to the dreams and nightmares.

She got home from work one day, slamming the door shut with a loud thud. She sat on the couch, debating whether or not to call Steve, but her choice was made up for her when the phone rang, "hello?" she answered with a yawn that she was trying to hide but it snuck out on her anyways.

"Well, hello there baby," Steve's voice came from the other end of the line.

"Steve, hey, how have you been?" she asked excited that he called this time and feeling relief from hearing his voice. It was like she was given water after traveling through the desert in the summer.

"I'm doing okay, missing you like hell, how've you been?" he asked in return. She didn't want to scare him and worry about her. So she decided to lie, well kinda a lie.

"I've been busy, I have a job at the diner and dad's getting me another job at his gas station," she told him softly, she felt the tears start to build up in her eyes threatening to flow like a broken water line in a pipe. Just hearing his voice makes her miss home even more and painfully reminds her of what she doesn't have.

"That's good that you have a job, I hate to make this short but Buck is calling for me, he hired me to do extra hours from your old job," Steve told her and he swore she was crying, "hey baby, you okay?"

"Just missing you like crazy, I keep the necklace and the ring around my neck all the time, I don't care what my parents or anyone says," she told him.

"I miss you a lot too baby, but I gotta go. I love you and I'll try to call tomorrow," he told her softly, not letting her know that he was on the edge of crying also.

"Okay baby, I love you too," she told him and they both hung up. She sat there and allowed the tears to flow. She grabbed her necklace and swore she felt Steve's presence there. 'Must be from missing him so much' she thought to herself with a slight chuckle. She never thought a guy would make her feel this way.

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Three weeks later she suddenly woke up, instantly running to the bathroom to throw up. She then knew that she was knocked up. A small smile formed on her face, just knowing the fact that Steve would be the father. Then she frowned, knowing that Steve wasn't here to experience this moment with her. Her mom came in and gave her a concerned look. She froze, not knowing what her mother's reaction would be.

"You're?" her mom asked softly, a little disappointed in her. She lowered her head, afraid of looking her mother in the eye and seeing the embarrassment in them so she settles to nod yes. Her mom then shocked her by taking her into her arms and just held her, letting her cry softly, "we'll get through this, together, since, I was in the same boat you're in when I was pregnant with you."

"What do you mean Ma?" Lizzy asked calmly, as she tried to calm her self down a little more, feeling relief that her mother understood.

Her mom took her into her room and closed the door, and they settled onto the bed. "Well," her mom started, "I was sixteen when I found out I was pregnant, I found out after I left your father here in Ohio. I moved to Tulsa with your grandparents, we got settled in and your grandma knew before I did, that I was pregnant."

"How did she know?" Lizzy asked confused.

"Well, she knew the signs, picky eating, like you do, getting light headed easily if you don't eat often, the weight gain," her mom told her with a slight smile. Lizzy slightly smiled with a sigh, "Oh sweetie, I promise it won't get to bad, the three of us, you, me and your dad, when he comes around to it, we will take care of this little one. If not your father, then just the two of us."

"I, I know Ma, I love you," Lizzy replied, giving her mom a hug. Her mom hugged her back tight and for once since she moved here, she didn't feel alone. Her dad came in and saw the tears in his daughter's eyes.

"What's going on in here?" Her dad grumbled, Lizzy and her mom could tell he had been drinking again.

"Um, nothing dad, just I hit myself on the door when I came out of the bathroom and Ma's just helping me that's all," she told her father. He nodded and left the room.

She let out a soft breath that she didn't realize she was holding, "so... we won't tell your father, but, he's gonna get suspicious when you start gaining more weight, so...how about you go stay with Uncle Mark, he has a farm and would love to have you there, he also has three helping hands that need a woman around to teach them manners," her mom suggested. Lizzy nodded in reply, the two of them got up to start packing a few things of Lizzy's. "But, I do promise I will come visit everyday and see how you're doing, take you to appointments when needed and what not."

"Okay, Mom,...thanks by the way," Lizzy softly spoke feeling relief wash over her, as she put her teddy bear her father gave her for her first birthday in her bag of clothes.

"You're welcome, I just, I don't want your father to know just yet, I know how he can be," her mom told her with a sad sigh. Lizzy nodded, as she watched her mom grab her bags and lead her out the door and down the stairs. They found her father passed out on the couch. Lizzy sighed in relief, glad that he was passed out asleep.

They snuck out of the house and got into her mom's car and drove to her Uncle's house. When they got to his house her mom pulled in to the driveway and her uncle came out of the house.

"What's wrong?" her uncle instantly asked, as Lizzy and her mom get out of the car.

"Alex is a drunk and your niece needs a place to stay for a while, for about the next few months, until the baby's born," Cassandra, Lizzy's mom, told her older brother.

"Well, come on in Liz and Cassie, I'll show you the room," Mike told them happily. He was happy that he could help his only niece. He showed them the room, then rest of the house so Lizzy would know where everything was located. She met the helping hands, Nick, Mark and Scott. Her mom gave her a final hug, promising again to visit everyday, and that they would work through this. She watched her mom drive away, feeling tears in her eyes.

Leaving her in a house full of guys. She turned to her uncle and the guys and sighed, not really sure what to say or do at the moment. Her uncle saw how hesitant she was and took her in his arms, allowing her to let go of her emotions