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Chapter 12: Moving Day.
When Joey and Craig arrived at Iris's house, she was sitting in her room, surrounded by boxes, crying. Craig went over to Iris and held onto her. "Whats wrong?"
"I'm just...this was the first place I've ever lived in alone, its sad to leave...and I'm hormonal."
Joey felt slightly embaressed to be watching the two of them together, the way Iris put her head on Craig's shoulder, the way he held her tight, but not too tight..."Guys, I'm going to start carrying out. Snake should be over any minute now. Spike and Emma are watching Jack and Angie." He picked up a box and carried it to the car, leaving the couple alone.
"You still want to do this right...live with me?" Craig was scared, she was upset, and he wanted to be with her so badly...
"Yes, of course I do. I'm just hormonal, and its sad to leave here, I figured I'd be here for a few more years at least." She kissed him softly and then looked at him "Lets get this loaded up, ok?"
Craig watched Iris pick up a box, and carry it towards the car. "Are you sure you should be doing that, IRis? You're pregnant."
"I'm not dead, Craig." SHe said, and headed back into the house, Craig behind her.
Snake and Joey watched this with amusement. "They seem so...settled" Snake said.
"Its scary, watching Craig like that, so grown up. He really loves her though, and she loves him. What more could a parent want?" Joey said with a smile. "I mean, i'm not thrilled at the fact he's going to be a father at sixteen-well, seventeen when the baby is born, but you have to live with it."
The two of them headed back into the house to pack up Iris's things, and take the first load to the Jeremiah house. Iris and Craig went with, so that Iris could figure out where some of her larger things would fit in Craigs room.
Iris walked into Craigs room and looked around "This is home."
"Yes, this is home." Joey said from behind her. "Sorry its so small, but..."
"It'll be fine, Joey. I mean, you don't have to have me here. You could have forbid Craig and I from seeing each other..."
"Iris, I could have tried to forbid Craig from seeing you, but he wouldn't have obeyed me. I know that. I"m not stupid, I see the way he looks at you."
Iris blushed at that. She'd never thought about how other people saw her relationship with Craig, other than negatives. Perhaps it was possible to see how much she cared about Craig, and how much he cared about her. She had to smile at that.
Emma was not quite sure what was going on. No one had mentioned to her that it was Miss Masters who was moving in with Joey, and she couldn't figure out why.
"Mom? Whats going on?"
"We're helping IRis move in."
"But why?" Emma was lost."Why is she moving in here of all places?"
"Emma...its complicated."
Craig came into the room then. "Do we have any soda? I'm thirsty. Hey Emma, whats up?"
"i'm trying to figure out what's going on. Why is Miss Masters moving in here?"
"No one told you?" Craig looked at Spike "I mean, its not that big of a deal if you know..."
Just then Iris came storming into the room. "I am becoming a nun" She took a bottle of water from the fridge and drank deeply. "Nuns? Don't have morning sickness."
"Miss Masters, you're pregnant?"
"Wait, no one told you?" Emma shook her head. "WE're" Iris gestured to her and Craig with the bottle. "Having a baby in eight months."
"you and Craig? But..."
"Yes, I know. He's four years younger. But I blame him for that, he lied."
"I didn't lie!" Craig protested. "I just didn't mention my age."
Snake walked into the room. "Are you ok, Iris?"
"Just morning sickness, Snake. Thanks for asking. I think, if its ok with you guys, I"m going to stay here and hang out with Spike and Emma for a while. I'm still a little queezy and the girls time might do me good." THe three men left then, and the women sat in the living room.
"Are you scared?" Spike asked Iris.
"Petrafied. I love Craig but..things are so complicated. The age thing, the living here with Joey thing...Its not going to be easy, and part of me just wants to bolt, let Craig have a normal high school life, not be tied down with a older girlfriend and a baby."
"Iris, Craig's never been just a teenager..he tries but..he's always had that air about him, of being older than his age. He's also been through enough to know what he's doing. You have to trust him."
Emma agreed with her mother. "Follow your heart."
"I'm going to try. Why do you think i'm living here now?" Iris smiled. Maybe this would be ok.
Craig, Joey and Snake were in Iris's room, finishing up. "Craig, are you ok with this?"
"Joey, I'm fine. Its scary, but it'll be ok. I mean...I wouldn't be human if i wasn't scared, right?"
"A baby's a big deal, I remember when your sister was born...and you're a lot younger than I was then. I'm not saying either way, just know what you're getting into."
"I love Iris, and I want this baby with her. I'm going to be ok, Joey. WE're going to be ok, you'll see."
UPcoming: Manny finds out, we haven't seen the last of Ashley's anger, and we fast forward into the future for the birth of the baby!
Chapter 12: Moving Day.
When Joey and Craig arrived at Iris's house, she was sitting in her room, surrounded by boxes, crying. Craig went over to Iris and held onto her. "Whats wrong?"
"I'm just...this was the first place I've ever lived in alone, its sad to leave...and I'm hormonal."
Joey felt slightly embaressed to be watching the two of them together, the way Iris put her head on Craig's shoulder, the way he held her tight, but not too tight..."Guys, I'm going to start carrying out. Snake should be over any minute now. Spike and Emma are watching Jack and Angie." He picked up a box and carried it to the car, leaving the couple alone.
"You still want to do this right...live with me?" Craig was scared, she was upset, and he wanted to be with her so badly...
"Yes, of course I do. I'm just hormonal, and its sad to leave here, I figured I'd be here for a few more years at least." She kissed him softly and then looked at him "Lets get this loaded up, ok?"
Craig watched Iris pick up a box, and carry it towards the car. "Are you sure you should be doing that, IRis? You're pregnant."
"I'm not dead, Craig." SHe said, and headed back into the house, Craig behind her.
Snake and Joey watched this with amusement. "They seem so...settled" Snake said.
"Its scary, watching Craig like that, so grown up. He really loves her though, and she loves him. What more could a parent want?" Joey said with a smile. "I mean, i'm not thrilled at the fact he's going to be a father at sixteen-well, seventeen when the baby is born, but you have to live with it."
The two of them headed back into the house to pack up Iris's things, and take the first load to the Jeremiah house. Iris and Craig went with, so that Iris could figure out where some of her larger things would fit in Craigs room.
Iris walked into Craigs room and looked around "This is home."
"Yes, this is home." Joey said from behind her. "Sorry its so small, but..."
"It'll be fine, Joey. I mean, you don't have to have me here. You could have forbid Craig and I from seeing each other..."
"Iris, I could have tried to forbid Craig from seeing you, but he wouldn't have obeyed me. I know that. I"m not stupid, I see the way he looks at you."
Iris blushed at that. She'd never thought about how other people saw her relationship with Craig, other than negatives. Perhaps it was possible to see how much she cared about Craig, and how much he cared about her. She had to smile at that.
Emma was not quite sure what was going on. No one had mentioned to her that it was Miss Masters who was moving in with Joey, and she couldn't figure out why.
"Mom? Whats going on?"
"We're helping IRis move in."
"But why?" Emma was lost."Why is she moving in here of all places?"
"Emma...its complicated."
Craig came into the room then. "Do we have any soda? I'm thirsty. Hey Emma, whats up?"
"i'm trying to figure out what's going on. Why is Miss Masters moving in here?"
"No one told you?" Craig looked at Spike "I mean, its not that big of a deal if you know..."
Just then Iris came storming into the room. "I am becoming a nun" She took a bottle of water from the fridge and drank deeply. "Nuns? Don't have morning sickness."
"Miss Masters, you're pregnant?"
"Wait, no one told you?" Emma shook her head. "WE're" Iris gestured to her and Craig with the bottle. "Having a baby in eight months."
"you and Craig? But..."
"Yes, I know. He's four years younger. But I blame him for that, he lied."
"I didn't lie!" Craig protested. "I just didn't mention my age."
Snake walked into the room. "Are you ok, Iris?"
"Just morning sickness, Snake. Thanks for asking. I think, if its ok with you guys, I"m going to stay here and hang out with Spike and Emma for a while. I'm still a little queezy and the girls time might do me good." THe three men left then, and the women sat in the living room.
"Are you scared?" Spike asked Iris.
"Petrafied. I love Craig but..things are so complicated. The age thing, the living here with Joey thing...Its not going to be easy, and part of me just wants to bolt, let Craig have a normal high school life, not be tied down with a older girlfriend and a baby."
"Iris, Craig's never been just a teenager..he tries but..he's always had that air about him, of being older than his age. He's also been through enough to know what he's doing. You have to trust him."
Emma agreed with her mother. "Follow your heart."
"I'm going to try. Why do you think i'm living here now?" Iris smiled. Maybe this would be ok.
Craig, Joey and Snake were in Iris's room, finishing up. "Craig, are you ok with this?"
"Joey, I'm fine. Its scary, but it'll be ok. I mean...I wouldn't be human if i wasn't scared, right?"
"A baby's a big deal, I remember when your sister was born...and you're a lot younger than I was then. I'm not saying either way, just know what you're getting into."
"I love Iris, and I want this baby with her. I'm going to be ok, Joey. WE're going to be ok, you'll see."
UPcoming: Manny finds out, we haven't seen the last of Ashley's anger, and we fast forward into the future for the birth of the baby!