I don't own Degrassi.
Author's Note: Is it wrong that I now consider myself a writer because I got a negitive review? Because I did, and I'm glad, because it just makes me want to keep writing more.
This is my first story in years. Do I think its great? No. Its simplistic, there are flaws, and so on. But its good for my first effort and I'm proud of it. The next story I write will be better, and so on and so forth. Writers are supposed to grow, and I've grown alot writing this story, and I want to say thank you to all the revewers. I'm going to be winding this up in the next few chapters, and then I'm going to be writing my next story. I hope everyone reading this follows me as a writer. Thank you.
Timeline: Iris got pregnant in Late December/Early January. The baby is due in October. These next few chapters take place in late April and into May, as school is winding down. Iris is about three to four months pregnant in these chapters.
Chapter Sixteen: Is Love Enough?
Iris was around four months pregnant when she began to have second thoughts about everything. Craig was starting to get bored, she could tell. He was 16, and wanted to be 16. He was gonig out more with his friends while she stayed home. She was trying to pretend everything was ok, but it was getting to her.
It was during band practice one Sunday when her grandfather showed up with news. IRis had been having trouble finding a job-which Craig also didn't know about, and had agreed to work for the company for one year to see how things went. Iris assumed when he showed up that it was about that. IT wasn't.
"So, I saw this house, about two blocks from here, for sale. And I figured, you need a place to live, so I bought it for you." Cole smiled at his granddaughter, she'd mentioned to him a few days earlier that she felt as though Craig was pulling away and wanted more space. "This way you can be near Craig and still have room of your own."
Joey was sitting with the two of them in the kitchen as they talked about things. He was worried about Craig's reaction to Iris's moving away, and wondered if she would.
"Grandfather...I do need space. Thank you, I'll move in as soon as I can."
Joey looked at Iris. "You really aren't happy are you?"
Iris shook her head. "I love Craig, but he's..just a kid. I sometimes forget that, but when I remember, it comes on full force. I don't think he's ready to be a father." Iris sighed, upset.
A few minutes later Craig came into the house, fresh from an excellent practice. He said hello to everyone, and moved to go upstairs to change when Iris spoke up. "Craig, I'm moving out."
"Iris, be serious."
"I am serious. I'm moving out, as soon as I can get packed. Grandfather bought me a house...Craig, I'm not happy anymore. You're not happy anymore-you don't want me or the baby. You dont' even know whats going on in my life, and we sleep in the same bed. I'm moving out." Her tone was firm, she was serious. Iris was moving out, and Craig couldn't stop her. He wanted to, though, badly. Yeah, he was scared, yeah he wasn't totally happy with being a father at 16. The age difference was getting to be a problem. But he loved Iris, wasn't that enough?
Iris began moving out two days later. Both Iris and Craig went around school in a fog. She was moved in by that weekend, and both were miserable. Iris knew she was making the right choice, to live alone. Craig needed his space to be young, she needed her space to be a mother.
That weekend, Iris had Spike and Caitlin Ryan over for a girls night. Both women noticed Iris was upset. Caitlin was the first to speak up. "Iris, whats wrong?"
"I miss Craig, we haven't spoken in over a week."
"Do yo uwant to move back?" Spike asked the question everyone was wondering-Caitlin, herself, Snake and Joey.
"No, i don't. I think that this is the best living situation for both of us-he can come over whenever he wants, but he's still got his own life. I just miss talking to him, spending time with him. He's pushed me away the last couple months, and its making me wonder if I should even have this baby. There's got to be a family out there who want a child of their own." This was the first time Iris had mentioned adoption, and both women were shocked. She must be unhappy, they both thought.
"I thought you wanted this baby."
"I do want this baby, I just want things to be easier for everyone." Iris sighed and leaned back on the couch. "Craig is 16! He's a child! I did something I shouldn't have done with a child! I can't get my mind around that sometimes. He should be a teenager right now, not a father. And I'm starting this job at my grandfather's company, that I can't wait for, I've always wanted it in part of me, so I'm going to try working for him. My life is so good right now...and a lot of it has to do with the baby. I want the baby, and I want Craig, but I want him to be a teenager too. I'm so confused." Iris was in sobs then.
Spike spoke up. "You should say all of this to Craig, shouldn't you?"
Iris nodded. "its so scary, to tell him this stuff. To be honest. It was easier when I could pretend this was normal, but its not, and it eats at me. We have to make a practical decision, not a romantic one."
Caitlin nodded, "And as Craig is a teenager, he wants the romance without the adulthood. Or, knowing Craig, he prefers not to think about the adulthood, because it scares him. He's had a hard life, and always been so old for his age. Just when he was starting to be able to be a teenager, he had to be an adult again."
"He wants both worlds, and i want both worlds for him, but we need balance." Iris nodded. "I'll talk to him tomorrow."
Craig and Marco and Spinner were sitting around Craig's house.
"I miss Iris." Spinner said. "ok, I miss her cooking."
"I'm the one who misses Iris..how'd I manage to mess everythign up? She hasn't spoken to me in over a week." Craig was confused. He knew he'd done something wrong but he wasn't quite sure what.
"Why'd she say she was moving out?"
"She said she wasn't happy, and that she thought I wasn't happy either." Craig looked at his friends. "I was happy, I am happy. I love Iris...it just got hard playing adult."
Marco nodded. "Maybe this is best for you two."
"How is it the best? She's gone. As in-left. Not here. Not with me. I don't even know if she loves me anymore."
"She's going to be a mother, you're still a teenager. Thats the problem, there." Spinner spoke up.
Marco looked at him, shocked. "You got the idea, Spin. I'm proud of you. Spinner's right, she didn't leave because she didn't love you-she left because she does love you."
Craig was confused. "She loves me, so she left."
"She loves you, so she wanted you to have a chance to be a normal teenager, thats why she left!"
Just then it hit Craig. "That makes...sence...almost. Maybe I should talk to her?"
Marco took the phone away from Craig. "Stop by her place tomorrow, really talk it out. This is a big deal, and its time you started treating it as such."
Author's Note: Is it wrong that I now consider myself a writer because I got a negitive review? Because I did, and I'm glad, because it just makes me want to keep writing more.
This is my first story in years. Do I think its great? No. Its simplistic, there are flaws, and so on. But its good for my first effort and I'm proud of it. The next story I write will be better, and so on and so forth. Writers are supposed to grow, and I've grown alot writing this story, and I want to say thank you to all the revewers. I'm going to be winding this up in the next few chapters, and then I'm going to be writing my next story. I hope everyone reading this follows me as a writer. Thank you.
Timeline: Iris got pregnant in Late December/Early January. The baby is due in October. These next few chapters take place in late April and into May, as school is winding down. Iris is about three to four months pregnant in these chapters.
Chapter Sixteen: Is Love Enough?
Iris was around four months pregnant when she began to have second thoughts about everything. Craig was starting to get bored, she could tell. He was 16, and wanted to be 16. He was gonig out more with his friends while she stayed home. She was trying to pretend everything was ok, but it was getting to her.
It was during band practice one Sunday when her grandfather showed up with news. IRis had been having trouble finding a job-which Craig also didn't know about, and had agreed to work for the company for one year to see how things went. Iris assumed when he showed up that it was about that. IT wasn't.
"So, I saw this house, about two blocks from here, for sale. And I figured, you need a place to live, so I bought it for you." Cole smiled at his granddaughter, she'd mentioned to him a few days earlier that she felt as though Craig was pulling away and wanted more space. "This way you can be near Craig and still have room of your own."
Joey was sitting with the two of them in the kitchen as they talked about things. He was worried about Craig's reaction to Iris's moving away, and wondered if she would.
"Grandfather...I do need space. Thank you, I'll move in as soon as I can."
Joey looked at Iris. "You really aren't happy are you?"
Iris shook her head. "I love Craig, but he's..just a kid. I sometimes forget that, but when I remember, it comes on full force. I don't think he's ready to be a father." Iris sighed, upset.
A few minutes later Craig came into the house, fresh from an excellent practice. He said hello to everyone, and moved to go upstairs to change when Iris spoke up. "Craig, I'm moving out."
"Iris, be serious."
"I am serious. I'm moving out, as soon as I can get packed. Grandfather bought me a house...Craig, I'm not happy anymore. You're not happy anymore-you don't want me or the baby. You dont' even know whats going on in my life, and we sleep in the same bed. I'm moving out." Her tone was firm, she was serious. Iris was moving out, and Craig couldn't stop her. He wanted to, though, badly. Yeah, he was scared, yeah he wasn't totally happy with being a father at 16. The age difference was getting to be a problem. But he loved Iris, wasn't that enough?
Iris began moving out two days later. Both Iris and Craig went around school in a fog. She was moved in by that weekend, and both were miserable. Iris knew she was making the right choice, to live alone. Craig needed his space to be young, she needed her space to be a mother.
That weekend, Iris had Spike and Caitlin Ryan over for a girls night. Both women noticed Iris was upset. Caitlin was the first to speak up. "Iris, whats wrong?"
"I miss Craig, we haven't spoken in over a week."
"Do yo uwant to move back?" Spike asked the question everyone was wondering-Caitlin, herself, Snake and Joey.
"No, i don't. I think that this is the best living situation for both of us-he can come over whenever he wants, but he's still got his own life. I just miss talking to him, spending time with him. He's pushed me away the last couple months, and its making me wonder if I should even have this baby. There's got to be a family out there who want a child of their own." This was the first time Iris had mentioned adoption, and both women were shocked. She must be unhappy, they both thought.
"I thought you wanted this baby."
"I do want this baby, I just want things to be easier for everyone." Iris sighed and leaned back on the couch. "Craig is 16! He's a child! I did something I shouldn't have done with a child! I can't get my mind around that sometimes. He should be a teenager right now, not a father. And I'm starting this job at my grandfather's company, that I can't wait for, I've always wanted it in part of me, so I'm going to try working for him. My life is so good right now...and a lot of it has to do with the baby. I want the baby, and I want Craig, but I want him to be a teenager too. I'm so confused." Iris was in sobs then.
Spike spoke up. "You should say all of this to Craig, shouldn't you?"
Iris nodded. "its so scary, to tell him this stuff. To be honest. It was easier when I could pretend this was normal, but its not, and it eats at me. We have to make a practical decision, not a romantic one."
Caitlin nodded, "And as Craig is a teenager, he wants the romance without the adulthood. Or, knowing Craig, he prefers not to think about the adulthood, because it scares him. He's had a hard life, and always been so old for his age. Just when he was starting to be able to be a teenager, he had to be an adult again."
"He wants both worlds, and i want both worlds for him, but we need balance." Iris nodded. "I'll talk to him tomorrow."
Craig and Marco and Spinner were sitting around Craig's house.
"I miss Iris." Spinner said. "ok, I miss her cooking."
"I'm the one who misses Iris..how'd I manage to mess everythign up? She hasn't spoken to me in over a week." Craig was confused. He knew he'd done something wrong but he wasn't quite sure what.
"Why'd she say she was moving out?"
"She said she wasn't happy, and that she thought I wasn't happy either." Craig looked at his friends. "I was happy, I am happy. I love Iris...it just got hard playing adult."
Marco nodded. "Maybe this is best for you two."
"How is it the best? She's gone. As in-left. Not here. Not with me. I don't even know if she loves me anymore."
"She's going to be a mother, you're still a teenager. Thats the problem, there." Spinner spoke up.
Marco looked at him, shocked. "You got the idea, Spin. I'm proud of you. Spinner's right, she didn't leave because she didn't love you-she left because she does love you."
Craig was confused. "She loves me, so she left."
"She loves you, so she wanted you to have a chance to be a normal teenager, thats why she left!"
Just then it hit Craig. "That makes...sence...almost. Maybe I should talk to her?"
Marco took the phone away from Craig. "Stop by her place tomorrow, really talk it out. This is a big deal, and its time you started treating it as such."