Disclaimer: I own nothing other than what is completly obvious.
A/N: Yah I know my bad, starting a new story while the first one remains unfinished
but I can't help it. I need to get started on this one. The muse just swept me up, and I'm not
sure how many stories like this one are out there. I'm hoping it won't end up like a Mary Sue, but I
have no problems if it does, I quite enjoy the way this one might work if I can ever finish it...
A Breath of Hope
Chapter One
Andrea lay in her bed, staring blankly up at the ceiling. Savage thoughts tore at one
another. Her tear stained face remained empty. It was as though her entire spirit had left her body
completely and all that was left was this poor and broken body. Andrea was broken too, truth be told
she was frightened, terrified in fact. How could this have happened, she had been careful. Nothing should
have gone wrong but it had. She had done everything in her power to keep herself safe from this and
now look at her. Her hands held her stomache, now it was smooth and flat but in a matter of months
it would start to get fuller. At this last thought her eyes began to well up with fresh tears.
~ ~ * ~ ~
She was sixteen, seventeen in about four months. Her medium length brown
hair barely passed her shoulders. Her eyes were a vague hazel colour, nothing to spectacular.
If you had walked through her high school you wouldn't be able to tell her from the other student, but you
may in nine months. It was a terrible thought, even worse it was the fact that the "father" knew nothing
about it. Andrea had thought it a long shot that she could have ended up this way but after several tests she
knew that this was serious. Nothing could really be right again, all her options seemed more and more
frightening. She couldn't get rid of it, not by abortion, and Andrea didn't think she could handle sending
the baby away. She felt completly lost and knew that she had to talk to her boyfriend....soon.
She had been thinking about telling Mitch, she had no idea how though. Maybe
just walk up and smile saying "Sweetie guess what? Your gonna be a daddy." and then walk away?
Somehow she didn't think that one would work out to well. She hated that something so
sweet could rip her life to shreds so simply. What could she do, there were so many people she would
have to tell, so many people that would be "disappointed" and not even bother to realize that she
already knew that she had screwed up. She wasn't going to back down from this, she would do everything
she could to take care of herself and in the end she would do everything in her power to protect this child.
~ ~ * ~ ~
"What are you talking about Andrea!" Mitch demanded, he was angry, what had she come to him for.
"I'm sorry but I don't think your right, this kid is yours, NOT ours. Your lying, Theres no way. " Mitch
stared down icily into Andrea's tearful eyes, she couldn't believe he was reacting this way. He was so
sweet and now he was so cruel. He was making her feel like a whore, not like the girl she knew she was.
This was all just an accident, it was both of their faults but Mitch wasn't accepting that fact, he was trying to
get out of it.
"I'm sorry Andrea but your wrong, it's yours, not mine. I think we should take a break for ahwile, I'm
not even sure how much I like you...it's just..yah later Andy sorry we can talk later." He ended the talk swiftly
taking his chance to leave. To run away like the coward he was.
Andrea clutched at what remained of her dignity. She didn't know what to do.
She couldn't stay here, this place was full of acusation, full of anger and hate. She knew she had to leave.
She got quickly into her car, getting as far away from Mitch as physics would allow. Rushing home to run
away. The same way Mitch had, she could run too. And though she didn't know where she knew she could
get out. Somehow in the back of her mind she knew she would find somewhere safe.
A/N Quite the good start if I do say so myself. I enjoy the way this one is going, and look forward
to writting more (but for how long...)
A/N: Yah I know my bad, starting a new story while the first one remains unfinished
but I can't help it. I need to get started on this one. The muse just swept me up, and I'm not
sure how many stories like this one are out there. I'm hoping it won't end up like a Mary Sue, but I
have no problems if it does, I quite enjoy the way this one might work if I can ever finish it...
A Breath of Hope
Chapter One
Andrea lay in her bed, staring blankly up at the ceiling. Savage thoughts tore at one
another. Her tear stained face remained empty. It was as though her entire spirit had left her body
completely and all that was left was this poor and broken body. Andrea was broken too, truth be told
she was frightened, terrified in fact. How could this have happened, she had been careful. Nothing should
have gone wrong but it had. She had done everything in her power to keep herself safe from this and
now look at her. Her hands held her stomache, now it was smooth and flat but in a matter of months
it would start to get fuller. At this last thought her eyes began to well up with fresh tears.
~ ~ * ~ ~
She was sixteen, seventeen in about four months. Her medium length brown
hair barely passed her shoulders. Her eyes were a vague hazel colour, nothing to spectacular.
If you had walked through her high school you wouldn't be able to tell her from the other student, but you
may in nine months. It was a terrible thought, even worse it was the fact that the "father" knew nothing
about it. Andrea had thought it a long shot that she could have ended up this way but after several tests she
knew that this was serious. Nothing could really be right again, all her options seemed more and more
frightening. She couldn't get rid of it, not by abortion, and Andrea didn't think she could handle sending
the baby away. She felt completly lost and knew that she had to talk to her boyfriend....soon.
She had been thinking about telling Mitch, she had no idea how though. Maybe
just walk up and smile saying "Sweetie guess what? Your gonna be a daddy." and then walk away?
Somehow she didn't think that one would work out to well. She hated that something so
sweet could rip her life to shreds so simply. What could she do, there were so many people she would
have to tell, so many people that would be "disappointed" and not even bother to realize that she
already knew that she had screwed up. She wasn't going to back down from this, she would do everything
she could to take care of herself and in the end she would do everything in her power to protect this child.
~ ~ * ~ ~
"What are you talking about Andrea!" Mitch demanded, he was angry, what had she come to him for.
"I'm sorry but I don't think your right, this kid is yours, NOT ours. Your lying, Theres no way. " Mitch
stared down icily into Andrea's tearful eyes, she couldn't believe he was reacting this way. He was so
sweet and now he was so cruel. He was making her feel like a whore, not like the girl she knew she was.
This was all just an accident, it was both of their faults but Mitch wasn't accepting that fact, he was trying to
get out of it.
"I'm sorry Andrea but your wrong, it's yours, not mine. I think we should take a break for ahwile, I'm
not even sure how much I like you...it's just..yah later Andy sorry we can talk later." He ended the talk swiftly
taking his chance to leave. To run away like the coward he was.
Andrea clutched at what remained of her dignity. She didn't know what to do.
She couldn't stay here, this place was full of acusation, full of anger and hate. She knew she had to leave.
She got quickly into her car, getting as far away from Mitch as physics would allow. Rushing home to run
away. The same way Mitch had, she could run too. And though she didn't know where she knew she could
get out. Somehow in the back of her mind she knew she would find somewhere safe.
A/N Quite the good start if I do say so myself. I enjoy the way this one is going, and look forward
to writting more (but for how long...)
