::yawns::. Hey! How are all of you? I know I should be in bed at the moment, but I really wanted to come and write another part to this story. I got a lot of good reviews for the first chapter; I hope I have you all in my grasp, MWAHAHAHAHA!! Lol, sorry, I need sleep!! Oh well, I hope you all enjoy!

I know that Val's dad is way out in this story; I really hope you all can forgive me. I had to make is suspenseful, and that was a way to get it there.

As always, I don't own a freaking thing, haha.

Through Better or Worse Chapter 2


Tyler Connell woke to a soft knocking on his door. 'Now who in the world could that be?' he wondered. The blonde boy rolled over to look at the clock. "12:05. This better be important." He said to himself as he rolled out of bed.

Tyler walked over the soft carpet towards his room door. He grabbed the cold door handle, turned it, and pulled the door open. What he saw was not expected.

"Val? What are you doing here? It's the middle of the night? Why are you so wet? You look exhausted." Tyler paused and decided to take things one at a time, "What's going on?" he said softly.

Val just stared at Tyler, trying to figure out where to start. He asked so many questions. What was she going to tell him? What was she thinking when she decided to come over here and talk to him?

Tyler looked as salty tears started to run down Val's face.

"Shhhh. Calm down honey." Tyler softly kissed his girlfriend's forehead and pulled her into a hug. "It's ok. You're safe now."

Val stood there in her lover's arms, not wanting to move. Everything was so messed up. Everything was so confusing. She had never wanted this.

Tyler pulled away after what seemed like eternity. Val looked to him with sad eyes, trying to figure out in her head how she was going to break this to him.

"Tyler. We have to talk." Val started after a couple minutes of planning.

"That's what I'm here for sweetie. What's on your mind?"

"Well, I'm afraid I have some bad news." Val said, choosing her words carefully.

Tyler's face went from curious to worried. "What happened to you?"

Val's painful, blue eyes searched through Tyler's. There was no way out of it now.

"I'm pregnant." She whispered.

Tyler was shocked. His whole life had ended right there, in that miniscule second those words came out of her mouth. His whole future, his whole life, his whole relationship with Val had changed right there.

"I'm so sorry Tyler. I was so scared at first. I woke up this morning feeling sick, just like I have for the past week. I have been feeling so terrible, and have been eating anything in my path. This afternoon I put two and two together, got some confidence, and bought a pregnancy test. Catie was there. No matter how much I want it to be wrong, I am pregnant."

"So you're sure?"

"Tyler, I am going to have a baby." Val paused for a while, re-thinking what she had said. "No." she corrected, "We are going to have a baby. Tyler, we grew a life. Our child is growing inside of me."

Tyler stared at his loving girlfriend. Sure, they were in a tough time, but together, he knew they would get through it.

Silence sat in the air for minutes. Tyler was trying to think of what to say. What was there to say? He was going to be a father. A seventeen-year-old father. Was there anything he could say that would help Val right now? He looked through his brain, searching for the right thing to say. Finally, the words came to his lips, and out of his mouth to Val.

"I love you."

There. He had said it. After all that time of waiting, even after that night a week ago, he had never said it. Now, the words were finally out.

Val sat there in the dark. The dark was so uncomfortable. So unwelcoming. But now, it was a pathway for her to walk to think about what to say. Tyler, the father of her child, the love of her life, had just told her he loved her. She knew what she wanted to say, but the problem was saying it.

"I love you too." Val replied in the silence.

Tyler pulled the blonde girl into a hug. He rubbed her back and kissed her head, knowing that no matter how much he wanted to deny it, this was going to be tough.

The silence took the two of them into it's arms. They knew then that nothing was going to be the same. The pair sat there, in eachother's embrace for quite a while. Tyler broke the silence with his ever-so-pleasant tone.

"You look tired." He said, grabbing one of his T-shirts and a pair of gym shorts. "Go ahead and take a shower. Make yourself at home. While you're in the shower I'll go and set up the guest room."

"Guest room? Val said, a tad uneasy.

Tyler thought for a moment. "On second thought, if you want you can come in here and sleep with me." He suggested.

"Thanks Tyler."

"What am I here for? Now go clean up. You look exhausted."

"Tyler? When are we going to tell you parents? I'm sure they'll figure out something sooner or later, if they haven't thought of something already."

Tyler stared at the dark for a couple seconds, thinking about what she had just asked him.

"We'll talk to them first thing tomorrow morning." He came up with.

Val took a deep breath and replied. "Ok".


About ten minutes later


"Feeling any better?"

"To tell you the truth, I am." Val said, ringing out her hair with a towel. The tall blonde put a knee up on Tyler's king size bed, half sitting, half standing.

"Well, you ready to go bed?"

"Yeah, I think a good night's sleep might do us some good." Val said as she stood up and threw the towel in the corner of the tidy room. She walked quietly to the left side of Tyler's bed and got under the covers. Tyler slid in on the other side and turned the lamp off. Val situated herself under the covers and turned towards Tyler.

"We are going to get through this, aren't we?" Val asked, breaking the silence.

"Yes." Tyler paused. "I hear love can get you through anything." he concluded as he took the mother of his child in his arms. The couple slept there the whole night, not sure of what was going to happen, not sure of where their love was going to take them.


The next morning


Tyler opened his eyes slowly, only to see William towering over him with curious eyes. Tyler felt something move beside him, and looked over to see Val moving in the morning sunlight, out of his warm embrace.

"Morning William." Tyler said, almost in a question way.

"Morning Tyler. Morning Val." William said as he gave Val a quick hug. His eyes looked up and down at Tyler's clothes on Val's back.

"Breakfast anyone?" Val suggested as she started her way out of the bedroom and down the stairs. Things were looking better now. Val just wished William wouldn't take the road that her father had. Her and Tyler were in enough trouble as it was.


I know, it went really fast. Sorry about that, I just wanted to get it written and posted. ::yawns again:: well, I think I'm going to go to bed. Night everyone! Please review…next story should be out sometime soon…hopefully….

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