In a Heartbeat
Men Plan, God Laughs
a/n: someone named Monica reviewed asking me not to continue, should I?
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Chapter 3- "How do I say I'm sorry?"
Caitie sat in her car outside Val's home, frozen in thought. She was trying to be there for Val, but what happened kept playing over and over in her mind. How could Val do that with Jamie? How could she do it at all? She had lied when she said she didn't care. She did. For months she had begun to care for Jamie, the way Val cared for Tyler-or she did, or she still did- it was all so confusing. Caitie sighed and started up the car.
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"Hey Val?" Jamie cornered her at the station. He had been trying to talk to her for weeks. But, she kept changing her shift so she wouldn't have to work with him, or walking the other way when she met him in the hall. He desperately wanted to talk. To figure out why that night had happened. What was going to happen between them now. He knew Val was still dating Tyler- though what he felt about it he wasn't sure.
Val turned around looking like a trapped animal. "Hi, Jamie."
"I wanted to talk, but you've been avoiding me for weeks."
She looked around uncomfortably. "No I haven't."
Jamie looked skeptical, "Val…"
She shifted from foot to foot. "Actually there was something I wanted to tell you."
"What is it?"
"Jamie, I'm pregnant."
He stopped short. "You're what?"
"Pregnant."
A smile spread across his face as he lifted her up in a hug. "That's great."
"Great?" she said surprised at his response. "Jamie you're sixteen, I'm seventeen, we're way too young….this is so unplanned. And how we feel about each other…"
"I know, and we'll talk about that, but Val a baby?" his dark eyes shined with excitement.
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Tyler didn't mean to overhear, he had forgotten his English homework at the station and came back to pick it up. However, he couldn't believe what he heard. Val pregnant? With Jamie? He felt his heart brake and the sudden urge to kill Jamie.
It all started after they had the fight. It was over something stupid. Val had though he had been cheating on her with Heather. He had tried to explain to her that he didn't give a damn about Heather , but she wouldn't listen. She had went away upset- to Jamie he suspected.
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Val turned her eyes away from Jamie for a second, and saw Tyler dart pass. "Shit." she spoke to herself.
"Jamie, I'll be right back." she muttered.
"What's wrong?"
"Just stay here, okay?" she turned away and headed towards the entrance, "Tyler!" she yelled. He turned around slowly, looking upset and angry at the same time.
"What,"
"Tyler, what you heard…"
"Pregnant huh? That's really great. Thanks for letting me know."
'Tyler I'm really sorry. I guess I wanted to pay you back for Heather. It was a stupid mistake, but-"
"How many times do I have to tell you there was no Heather and me."
"I know….. How can I tell you how sorry I am?"
" I wish you could. Bye Val." He turned and walked away for her in more ways then one. Val stood alone wishing things were different.
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A/n; What do you think ? Good ? Bad? More to come. T/V fans hang in there. I wouldn't let my favorite couple get away so easily.
Men Plan, God Laughs
a/n: someone named Monica reviewed asking me not to continue, should I?
* * *
Chapter 3- "How do I say I'm sorry?"
Caitie sat in her car outside Val's home, frozen in thought. She was trying to be there for Val, but what happened kept playing over and over in her mind. How could Val do that with Jamie? How could she do it at all? She had lied when she said she didn't care. She did. For months she had begun to care for Jamie, the way Val cared for Tyler-or she did, or she still did- it was all so confusing. Caitie sighed and started up the car.
* * *
"Hey Val?" Jamie cornered her at the station. He had been trying to talk to her for weeks. But, she kept changing her shift so she wouldn't have to work with him, or walking the other way when she met him in the hall. He desperately wanted to talk. To figure out why that night had happened. What was going to happen between them now. He knew Val was still dating Tyler- though what he felt about it he wasn't sure.
Val turned around looking like a trapped animal. "Hi, Jamie."
"I wanted to talk, but you've been avoiding me for weeks."
She looked around uncomfortably. "No I haven't."
Jamie looked skeptical, "Val…"
She shifted from foot to foot. "Actually there was something I wanted to tell you."
"What is it?"
"Jamie, I'm pregnant."
He stopped short. "You're what?"
"Pregnant."
A smile spread across his face as he lifted her up in a hug. "That's great."
"Great?" she said surprised at his response. "Jamie you're sixteen, I'm seventeen, we're way too young….this is so unplanned. And how we feel about each other…"
"I know, and we'll talk about that, but Val a baby?" his dark eyes shined with excitement.
* * *
Tyler didn't mean to overhear, he had forgotten his English homework at the station and came back to pick it up. However, he couldn't believe what he heard. Val pregnant? With Jamie? He felt his heart brake and the sudden urge to kill Jamie.
It all started after they had the fight. It was over something stupid. Val had though he had been cheating on her with Heather. He had tried to explain to her that he didn't give a damn about Heather , but she wouldn't listen. She had went away upset- to Jamie he suspected.
* * *
Val turned her eyes away from Jamie for a second, and saw Tyler dart pass. "Shit." she spoke to herself.
"Jamie, I'll be right back." she muttered.
"What's wrong?"
"Just stay here, okay?" she turned away and headed towards the entrance, "Tyler!" she yelled. He turned around slowly, looking upset and angry at the same time.
"What,"
"Tyler, what you heard…"
"Pregnant huh? That's really great. Thanks for letting me know."
'Tyler I'm really sorry. I guess I wanted to pay you back for Heather. It was a stupid mistake, but-"
"How many times do I have to tell you there was no Heather and me."
"I know….. How can I tell you how sorry I am?"
" I wish you could. Bye Val." He turned and walked away for her in more ways then one. Val stood alone wishing things were different.
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A/n; What do you think ? Good ? Bad? More to come. T/V fans hang in there. I wouldn't let my favorite couple get away so easily.