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Three days later, after countless visits from Jenna and the rest of the team, Calleigh and Connor were allowed to go home.

Calleigh sat in the back with Connor while Eric drove. There was a certain tension in the air, so much that you could cut it with a knife. Every few minutes, their eyes would meet in the rear view mirror and she would look away. You could say that they were both nervous with a newborn, but that was not the case.

Calleigh was fixing the small blue hat on Connor's head when Eric cleared his throat. "So, uh, how's he doing?"

The corners of her mouth tugged upward into a smile and she spoke, "He's great. Just sleeping…"

Now, this was pointless conversation, but it kept them from talking about more important things. Things that neither of them wanted to face right now.

"Cal, my mom…" he began, "she wanted to have us over for dinner and, uh, I told her I'd talk to you about it. Does that sound like something you'd wanna do? I mean, we don't have to and all…"

She closed her eyes and sighed, "That sounds nice, but just not tonight… maybe in a few days? If that's good with her…"

"Oh yeah, definitely not tonight. She said it could be in like 2 months, but it's up to us. Well, really you because it's my mom and I could care less."

She chuckled and that was the last of the conversation for the ride.

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Twenty minutes later, Calleigh and Eric were walking through the door of their apartment. Eric carried Connor in his car seat and placed him on the couch.

Calleigh unbuckled him and cradled the small child in her arms. She sat down on the couch and Eric joined her. There were a few minutes of silence until Eric spoke. "He's so small."

She nodded, "Yeah…"

After a few minutes of staring at their son, a tear slid down Calleigh's cheek. Eric wrapped his arm around her, "Cal, what's wrong?"

She opened her mouth to reply, but nothing came. She closed her eyes and whispered, "I never wanted it to happen like that…"

"Calleigh?" He was becoming worried.

She began to sob, "I'm so sorry, Eric…"

"Cal, I'm gonna put Connor to bed. Can you please tell me what's wrong when I get back?" He took Connor from her and disappeared into their bedroom for a few minutes.

Calleigh had her head in her hands when he came back. Eric sat down next to her and she turned to him. "I can't keep it a secret anymore."

He took her into his arms, "Calleigh, you can tell me anything."

She nodded, "I know, Eric, but this isn't just anything. I mean, Jenna doesn't even know what I'm about to say and she knows everything."

"Cal, it can't be that bad."

She heavily sighed, "Ok…"

18 years earlier…

"No, no, no! This cannot be happening!" 18-year-old Calleigh sat down on her bed as she received the most shocking news of her life. Her best friend, Beth, couldn't believe it either.

They were both staring at 2 little pink lines that changed Calleigh's life. Beth nervously laughed, "You and Peter… on graduation night? Wow…"

Calleigh began to cry, "What am I gonna do? I can't have a kid, not now. Beth, what am I gonna do?"

She pulled her into a hug, "Well, first you gotta tell Peter. Once he knows, there's always adoption or abortion."

"What would you do?" Calleigh asked as she wiped her eyes.

"I'd get an abortion. You know adoption these days is so effing complicated, but that's just me. Calleigh, this is your choice," she told her without missing a beat.

Calleigh picked up the pregnancy test and just stared at it. She sighed, "I'm just not ready for this. Why now?"

Beth thought for a bit, then answered. "Cal, you should tell Peter. He probably knows better than I do."

She paused, "I swore to myself that I'd never get an abortion, if I got pregnant. Hell, I swore I'd never do it without a condom… I can't have a kid."

Calleigh wiped away a few more tears, "Can you come with me Beth?"

Beth hugged her again, "Cal, even if you didn't ask me to come, I'd still show up."

She cried even harder, "Thank you, so much… I should, uh, go tell Peter now."

"I'll come with ya."

25 minutes later, Calleigh and Beth were sitting in Peter's backyard. He sat next to Calleigh and kissed her. They didn't pull apart for a while and Beth cleared her throat. "I didn't tag along to watch you two have sex."

Calleigh turned a few shades of red and Peter asked, "Why are you here, Beth?"

She was about to reply when he turned to Calleigh, "Babe, have you been crying?"

"No."

Beth groaned, "Ok, Calleigh, I'm sorry but since you're not going to say anything, I will. Peter, you gotta learn how to use an effing condom."

She noticed his confused look and said, "Cal, if you need me, I'll be at my place."

Beth walked away and hopped on her bike. Peter waited till she was gone before he spoke, "I don't even know why you're friends with her."

She shrugged, "She just doesn't like you."

"Good know. Cal, what was that about?" He asked.

"Nothing…"

He carefully ran his fingers up and down her arm, "Cal, I see you're in a bad mood…" Then, he lowered his voice, "Ya know, my parents aren't home and I know how to make you feel much, much better…"

She pulled her arm away and stood up, "Peter, enough! This is why I'm pregnant!"

Her eyes grew wide as she realized what she said. He stood up and walked over to her, "You're pregnant?"

Calleigh closed her eyes and sighed, "Apparently."

"What are you going to do?"

She bit her lip, "I'm getting an abortion."

He shook his head, "Don't do that! Cal, I'll be here for you, for everything. We could keep it and be a family, here. We could be together."

"I can't do that," she began, "Peter, unlike you, I'm going to college in 2 months. I don't want to stay in North Carolina, I want to get a job and live my own life. I won't be stopped by something that you did to me."

He glared at her, "Something that I did to you?! We wouldn't be in this situation right now if someone had learned to keep her legs closed!"

Calleigh slapped him so hard that her hand burned and his face now had her handprint on it. "You son of a bitch! I never want to see you again."

She walked away with tears streaming down her face. Peter called out, "Cal, babe, I'm sorry… I was mad, please, I'm sorry."

She was about to reach her bike when she felt a hand on her shoulder. Calleigh turned around to find Peter saying, "Calleigh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it…"

She hopped on her bike and said one last thing, "I can't believe this. You expect me to forgive you after you knocked me up and after what you said?"

"Calleigh…" he pleaded.

She sighed, then smirked, "My handprint really helps your face."

With that, she sped off and left Peter running his hands along his face.

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So whatcha think? Good? Bad? Alright? I'd have to say this was one of my favorite chapters, but that's my opinion. I know I was kinda rushing it in the end…. But I needed to end it somehow. Plz review! Thx!

-K