One Night Stand
Chapter 4
Disclaimer: don't own them
AN: Thank you to Dorothy, Sisterbear, oOoOo, River Goddess, Kirby Doggett, Countryfreak, Nepeace, Firetiger2, Roslyn and Concrete Angle (Angel) for reviewing chapter 3. I really appreciate it. To anyone else who reviewed but I haven't received the review yet, Thank you.
Okay, since this story is AU, Sara's parents don't own a B & B. They have outside jobs. I just wanted to clarify this before it was pointed out to me.
*~*~*
After spending hours talking with Catherine and crying Sara had decided to tell her parents that night when they got home from work. She insisted that Catherine stay the night, she wanted her moral support. Catherine agreed and now the two girls were sitting downstairs on the couch watching Maury.
"That person is such a man" Sara exclaimed
"Twenty bucks says it's a woman" Catherine replied
"Please, he may have a better body than me, but hello, check out the Adam's apple"
Catherine laughed. They had been arguing the entire program. Maury had drag queens and real women on the show. The audience would they try to guess if the person was in fact a man or a woman. Sara and Catherine had also been guessing, most of the time they guessed the same thing, and they were usually wrong. They were having fun, and to Catherine, that was all that mattered. Sara was laughing and smiling.
Catherine turned her attention back to the show, she was right it was a woman, but before she could say anything the two women heard a car pull into the drive. Sara jumped off the couch and ran to the window.
"It's my dad. My mom shouldn't be too long now. He usually gets home before her" Sara replied with no emotion in her voice
"Sara it's gonna be okay"
Sara turned and offered Catherine a weak smile, but perked up when she heard a key in the lock and her father walked in.
"Hey daddy"
"Hey baby. Whose car is out front?" "Oh, that would be mine" Catherine said standing up
"Daddy, this is my friend Catherine. She's one of my sorority sisters"
Catherine walked over to Sara's father and outstretched her hand, the two shook hands.
"Cath, this is my dad Patrick Sidle"
"Nice to meet you" Catherine replied
"It's really nice to meet you too Catherine. Sara talks about you a lot."
Patrick laid his briefcase down and headed into the kitchen, "Sara have you pulled out anything for dinner yet?"
"No I haven't. I was thinking we could just do spaghetti"
"That's fine" her father called back to her
Sara and Catherine sat back down on the couch. Sara anxiously awaiting her mother's arrival, Catherine sending Sara looks of encouragement. After about twenty minutes, they heard her mother's car pull into the drive. Suddenly the thought of having to tell her parents became too much for Sara.
"Oh god I feel nauseous" Sara said, jumping up from the couch and running to the downstairs bathroom, Catherine quickly following her.
"Hello" Mrs. Sidle called out when she entered the house "whose car is out front and where is everyone?"
"In the kitchen dear and the car belongs to Sara's friend, Catherine" Patrick called out to his wife
Mallory Sidle entered the kitchen to find her husband boiling water, preparing to throw spaghetti in it.
"Where's Sara?"
"She's not in the living room" Patrick replied.
"Nope"
"Must've gone up to her room"
"Oh okay, well I'm gonna go change real quick" Mallory replied, giving her husband a kiss on the cheek. "Okay, dinner will be ready in about ten minutes"
*~*~*
Sara sat on the cold tile floor of the bathroom with Catherine holding her hair back. Catherine's heart went out to Sara.
"Cath, could you get me some water"
"Sure"
Catherine stood up and filled the cup near the sink with some water and handed it to Sara, who took a sip and swished it through her mouth. When she was done, she laid her body against the wall.
"I can't do it Catherine. They are going to be so disappointed in me."
"Sara you have to tell them" Catherine replied taking a seat on the floor next to Sara "I can't understand what you're going through, but I do know that you need to tell them. Just explain to them that you made a mistake. Your parents love you and they will support you"
"God this sucks" Sara said pulling her knees up to her chest and laying her head down on them.
"I know it does sweetie" Catherine replied, rubbing her back
"I just wish I could talk to Nick that I could tell him."
"I told you earlier, I'll find a way to get a hold of him. I do have connections within his fraternity you know"
Sara chuckled at her comment, "Yeah I know and his name happens to be Gil Grissom"
Catherine smiled and was about to say something when they heard Sara's father yelling for them that dinner was ready.
"Ready" Catherine asked standing up and reaching her hand out to help Sara up
"No not really, but I know I need to do this. Although the thought of eating right now really is making my stomach queasy"
"The joys of morning sickness, huh?"
"Oh yeah" Sara mumbled as the two women left the bathroom and headed towards the dining room. *~*~*
When Sara and Catherine entered the room, Sara introduced Catherine to her mother. The four then sat down to dinner. The spaghetti being handed from person to person. Sara took a small amount, managing to keep herself from getting sick. She didn't know when she was going to tell her parents, but she knew the sooner the better.
"Sara, honey are you feeling alright?" Mallory asked her daughter
Sara was brought out of her thoughts by her mothers question to her.
"Huh. What did you say?" Sara replied
"I asked if you were feeling alright."
"Actually no, I need to talk to you and dad about something. Something important"
"Alright sweetie" Mrs. Sidle replied
Sara took a deep breath; she had no idea how she was going to tell her parents, what she was going to say. She hadn't rehearsed anything; she figured it would just come to her. When it didn't she just blurted the truth out.
"I'm pregnant"
The room became deathly quiet. Both of her parents stopped eating.
"I'm so sorry to disappoint you. I was stupid and." She trailed off
Both of her parents leaned back in their chairs sighing and running their hands across their faces and through their hair.
"I feel I should say, that's why I'm here." Catherine stated "Sara called me this morning suspecting that she was pregnant. I insisted that she wait until I get up here for her to find out. Sara has been such a great friend to me and I felt it was only fair to return the favor."
"What.what do you mean 'get up here?" Mrs. Sidle asked
"Well, I actually live two hours away"
Mrs. Sidle nodded
"So" Catherine stated standing up, taking her plate and cup with her, "I'm just going to go up to Sara's room so that this can be a family discussion right now." She looked at Sara "Don't worry, everything will be okay" she whispered before exiting the room.
Sara looked up at her parents.
"I'm so sorry mommy and daddy. I never meant to hurt you or to disappoint you"
"Oh baby you could never disappoint us" her father said standing up from his chair and heading over to his daughter.
"But, I'm pregnant. I'm not married. I'm not even done with school. How can you not be disappointed in me?" Sara said confused
"Sara, we love you" her father replied. Sara jumped up from her chair and circled her arms around her father
"I love you too daddy. I'm so sorry"
They broke apart and Sara sat back down, her father taking Catherine's old spot, which was next to Sara.
"What happened?" Mrs. Sidle asked "who is the father?"
Sara took a deep breath, "His name is Nick. I meet him about six weeks ago. His fraternity was partnered with us for Greek week. Nick and I became team partners." Sara stopped and paused "At the end of Greek week, Nick's fraternity hosted a huge party because we had won all the events and won Greek week in general. We had been flirting with each other all week and it just happened. I was so stupid, I didn't even think about protection at the time, or even afterwards. I'm sorry"
"Sara, stop apologizing" Mr. Sidle demanded "Your mother and I were in college once. We do remember what it was like to be your age at one point"
"I just should have known better" Sara said
"Sara, when your emotions are involved, it doesn't matter what your brain is thinking" Mrs. Sidle stated with authority "I did some stupid things in college too."
"But you never got pregnant" Sara stated putting her head down in shame. She didn't catch the glance that her mother gave her father
"Actually, yes I did"
Sara's head shot up, "what!!!!"
"I was actually only 19. I went to a party with some friends. I got drunk and I got stupid."
"Mom, why didn't you ever tell me this"
"Never felt it was necessary until now"
"What happened?" Sara asked
"Well unlike your father and me, your grandparents were a lot less supportive. They insisted that I give the baby up for adoption, since abortion wasn't legal at the time. Unfortunately I miscarried when I was about ten weeks along. I took the rest of the year off then went back to finish my degree"
"Mom, I'm so sorry"
"Baby, it was a long time ago. But I swore that I would never behave to my child the way my parents behaved towards me."
"Thanks, both of you. I was so scared to tell you"
"Sara, have you told Nick?" her father asked
"I've tried calling his cell phone, but it's unavailable. Catherine is dating one of his fraternity brothers, so she's gonna find out another way to contact him."
Her parents nodded
"I've also made another decision" Sara stated
"What is that sweetheart?" her father asked
"I've decided that I want to have this baby and that I should drop out of school"
Her last comment sent her parents in an uproar.
"There is no way in hell you are dropping out of school" Her father firmly stated
"You are going to finish your education, pregnant or not pregnant" her mother continued "I refuse to see the same thing happen to you as to me. Your grandparents forced me to drop out of school when I became pregnant. Even with the miscarriage, I was unable to return that semester and in fact I took another semester off. I'm not allowing you to do the same"
"But mom, what about my sorority? I can't face my sisters being almost 5 months pregnant when school starts up again. They'll kick me out." Sara stated
Catherine decided it was time to make her presence known. She had heard Sara's father begin yelling and decided to come down and check out the situation.
"Sara, we're not gonna kick you out because you're pregnant. You've been a great sisters since you've joined. You've done everything ever required of you and then some. We all love you and we will all support you"
"Thank you Cath"
"See Sara, you are so lucky that you have friends like Catherine and parents like us" Mrs. Sidle replied
"Yeah, I guess I am" Sara got up from her chair and gave Catherine a hug, whispering 'thank you' in her ear. She then moved to her parents, giving each one of them a huge hug. By the time she was done hugging everyone she was crying. She hadn't expected her parents to be so supportive. She was truly surprised by their reactions. Happy but surprised. Even though she had told her parents about the pregnancy, there was still one person left to tell, Nick.
*~*~*
AN: I'm sure some of you are thinking "no one's parents are that cool". Mine are. I'm not pregnant, but if I were they would be the same way, supportive but firm. I'm truly lucky. Some girls aren't.
Also, I checked around with some other sororities and with my own. Rules about a pregnant sister vary from chapter to chapter. Some allow the sister to remain active while others immediately insist that she go alumna, it totally depends on the chapters individual by-laws. Just wanted to let y'all know this.
I hope I can keep y'all guessing on what is going to happen. I actually have the entire basic plot of this story written down, so I'm just following my notes.
Please read and review. Any comments or suggestions on how to make it better, I welcome them.
Brianna
Chapter 4
Disclaimer: don't own them
AN: Thank you to Dorothy, Sisterbear, oOoOo, River Goddess, Kirby Doggett, Countryfreak, Nepeace, Firetiger2, Roslyn and Concrete Angle (Angel) for reviewing chapter 3. I really appreciate it. To anyone else who reviewed but I haven't received the review yet, Thank you.
Okay, since this story is AU, Sara's parents don't own a B & B. They have outside jobs. I just wanted to clarify this before it was pointed out to me.
*~*~*
After spending hours talking with Catherine and crying Sara had decided to tell her parents that night when they got home from work. She insisted that Catherine stay the night, she wanted her moral support. Catherine agreed and now the two girls were sitting downstairs on the couch watching Maury.
"That person is such a man" Sara exclaimed
"Twenty bucks says it's a woman" Catherine replied
"Please, he may have a better body than me, but hello, check out the Adam's apple"
Catherine laughed. They had been arguing the entire program. Maury had drag queens and real women on the show. The audience would they try to guess if the person was in fact a man or a woman. Sara and Catherine had also been guessing, most of the time they guessed the same thing, and they were usually wrong. They were having fun, and to Catherine, that was all that mattered. Sara was laughing and smiling.
Catherine turned her attention back to the show, she was right it was a woman, but before she could say anything the two women heard a car pull into the drive. Sara jumped off the couch and ran to the window.
"It's my dad. My mom shouldn't be too long now. He usually gets home before her" Sara replied with no emotion in her voice
"Sara it's gonna be okay"
Sara turned and offered Catherine a weak smile, but perked up when she heard a key in the lock and her father walked in.
"Hey daddy"
"Hey baby. Whose car is out front?" "Oh, that would be mine" Catherine said standing up
"Daddy, this is my friend Catherine. She's one of my sorority sisters"
Catherine walked over to Sara's father and outstretched her hand, the two shook hands.
"Cath, this is my dad Patrick Sidle"
"Nice to meet you" Catherine replied
"It's really nice to meet you too Catherine. Sara talks about you a lot."
Patrick laid his briefcase down and headed into the kitchen, "Sara have you pulled out anything for dinner yet?"
"No I haven't. I was thinking we could just do spaghetti"
"That's fine" her father called back to her
Sara and Catherine sat back down on the couch. Sara anxiously awaiting her mother's arrival, Catherine sending Sara looks of encouragement. After about twenty minutes, they heard her mother's car pull into the drive. Suddenly the thought of having to tell her parents became too much for Sara.
"Oh god I feel nauseous" Sara said, jumping up from the couch and running to the downstairs bathroom, Catherine quickly following her.
"Hello" Mrs. Sidle called out when she entered the house "whose car is out front and where is everyone?"
"In the kitchen dear and the car belongs to Sara's friend, Catherine" Patrick called out to his wife
Mallory Sidle entered the kitchen to find her husband boiling water, preparing to throw spaghetti in it.
"Where's Sara?"
"She's not in the living room" Patrick replied.
"Nope"
"Must've gone up to her room"
"Oh okay, well I'm gonna go change real quick" Mallory replied, giving her husband a kiss on the cheek. "Okay, dinner will be ready in about ten minutes"
*~*~*
Sara sat on the cold tile floor of the bathroom with Catherine holding her hair back. Catherine's heart went out to Sara.
"Cath, could you get me some water"
"Sure"
Catherine stood up and filled the cup near the sink with some water and handed it to Sara, who took a sip and swished it through her mouth. When she was done, she laid her body against the wall.
"I can't do it Catherine. They are going to be so disappointed in me."
"Sara you have to tell them" Catherine replied taking a seat on the floor next to Sara "I can't understand what you're going through, but I do know that you need to tell them. Just explain to them that you made a mistake. Your parents love you and they will support you"
"God this sucks" Sara said pulling her knees up to her chest and laying her head down on them.
"I know it does sweetie" Catherine replied, rubbing her back
"I just wish I could talk to Nick that I could tell him."
"I told you earlier, I'll find a way to get a hold of him. I do have connections within his fraternity you know"
Sara chuckled at her comment, "Yeah I know and his name happens to be Gil Grissom"
Catherine smiled and was about to say something when they heard Sara's father yelling for them that dinner was ready.
"Ready" Catherine asked standing up and reaching her hand out to help Sara up
"No not really, but I know I need to do this. Although the thought of eating right now really is making my stomach queasy"
"The joys of morning sickness, huh?"
"Oh yeah" Sara mumbled as the two women left the bathroom and headed towards the dining room. *~*~*
When Sara and Catherine entered the room, Sara introduced Catherine to her mother. The four then sat down to dinner. The spaghetti being handed from person to person. Sara took a small amount, managing to keep herself from getting sick. She didn't know when she was going to tell her parents, but she knew the sooner the better.
"Sara, honey are you feeling alright?" Mallory asked her daughter
Sara was brought out of her thoughts by her mothers question to her.
"Huh. What did you say?" Sara replied
"I asked if you were feeling alright."
"Actually no, I need to talk to you and dad about something. Something important"
"Alright sweetie" Mrs. Sidle replied
Sara took a deep breath; she had no idea how she was going to tell her parents, what she was going to say. She hadn't rehearsed anything; she figured it would just come to her. When it didn't she just blurted the truth out.
"I'm pregnant"
The room became deathly quiet. Both of her parents stopped eating.
"I'm so sorry to disappoint you. I was stupid and." She trailed off
Both of her parents leaned back in their chairs sighing and running their hands across their faces and through their hair.
"I feel I should say, that's why I'm here." Catherine stated "Sara called me this morning suspecting that she was pregnant. I insisted that she wait until I get up here for her to find out. Sara has been such a great friend to me and I felt it was only fair to return the favor."
"What.what do you mean 'get up here?" Mrs. Sidle asked
"Well, I actually live two hours away"
Mrs. Sidle nodded
"So" Catherine stated standing up, taking her plate and cup with her, "I'm just going to go up to Sara's room so that this can be a family discussion right now." She looked at Sara "Don't worry, everything will be okay" she whispered before exiting the room.
Sara looked up at her parents.
"I'm so sorry mommy and daddy. I never meant to hurt you or to disappoint you"
"Oh baby you could never disappoint us" her father said standing up from his chair and heading over to his daughter.
"But, I'm pregnant. I'm not married. I'm not even done with school. How can you not be disappointed in me?" Sara said confused
"Sara, we love you" her father replied. Sara jumped up from her chair and circled her arms around her father
"I love you too daddy. I'm so sorry"
They broke apart and Sara sat back down, her father taking Catherine's old spot, which was next to Sara.
"What happened?" Mrs. Sidle asked "who is the father?"
Sara took a deep breath, "His name is Nick. I meet him about six weeks ago. His fraternity was partnered with us for Greek week. Nick and I became team partners." Sara stopped and paused "At the end of Greek week, Nick's fraternity hosted a huge party because we had won all the events and won Greek week in general. We had been flirting with each other all week and it just happened. I was so stupid, I didn't even think about protection at the time, or even afterwards. I'm sorry"
"Sara, stop apologizing" Mr. Sidle demanded "Your mother and I were in college once. We do remember what it was like to be your age at one point"
"I just should have known better" Sara said
"Sara, when your emotions are involved, it doesn't matter what your brain is thinking" Mrs. Sidle stated with authority "I did some stupid things in college too."
"But you never got pregnant" Sara stated putting her head down in shame. She didn't catch the glance that her mother gave her father
"Actually, yes I did"
Sara's head shot up, "what!!!!"
"I was actually only 19. I went to a party with some friends. I got drunk and I got stupid."
"Mom, why didn't you ever tell me this"
"Never felt it was necessary until now"
"What happened?" Sara asked
"Well unlike your father and me, your grandparents were a lot less supportive. They insisted that I give the baby up for adoption, since abortion wasn't legal at the time. Unfortunately I miscarried when I was about ten weeks along. I took the rest of the year off then went back to finish my degree"
"Mom, I'm so sorry"
"Baby, it was a long time ago. But I swore that I would never behave to my child the way my parents behaved towards me."
"Thanks, both of you. I was so scared to tell you"
"Sara, have you told Nick?" her father asked
"I've tried calling his cell phone, but it's unavailable. Catherine is dating one of his fraternity brothers, so she's gonna find out another way to contact him."
Her parents nodded
"I've also made another decision" Sara stated
"What is that sweetheart?" her father asked
"I've decided that I want to have this baby and that I should drop out of school"
Her last comment sent her parents in an uproar.
"There is no way in hell you are dropping out of school" Her father firmly stated
"You are going to finish your education, pregnant or not pregnant" her mother continued "I refuse to see the same thing happen to you as to me. Your grandparents forced me to drop out of school when I became pregnant. Even with the miscarriage, I was unable to return that semester and in fact I took another semester off. I'm not allowing you to do the same"
"But mom, what about my sorority? I can't face my sisters being almost 5 months pregnant when school starts up again. They'll kick me out." Sara stated
Catherine decided it was time to make her presence known. She had heard Sara's father begin yelling and decided to come down and check out the situation.
"Sara, we're not gonna kick you out because you're pregnant. You've been a great sisters since you've joined. You've done everything ever required of you and then some. We all love you and we will all support you"
"Thank you Cath"
"See Sara, you are so lucky that you have friends like Catherine and parents like us" Mrs. Sidle replied
"Yeah, I guess I am" Sara got up from her chair and gave Catherine a hug, whispering 'thank you' in her ear. She then moved to her parents, giving each one of them a huge hug. By the time she was done hugging everyone she was crying. She hadn't expected her parents to be so supportive. She was truly surprised by their reactions. Happy but surprised. Even though she had told her parents about the pregnancy, there was still one person left to tell, Nick.
*~*~*
AN: I'm sure some of you are thinking "no one's parents are that cool". Mine are. I'm not pregnant, but if I were they would be the same way, supportive but firm. I'm truly lucky. Some girls aren't.
Also, I checked around with some other sororities and with my own. Rules about a pregnant sister vary from chapter to chapter. Some allow the sister to remain active while others immediately insist that she go alumna, it totally depends on the chapters individual by-laws. Just wanted to let y'all know this.
I hope I can keep y'all guessing on what is going to happen. I actually have the entire basic plot of this story written down, so I'm just following my notes.
Please read and review. Any comments or suggestions on how to make it better, I welcome them.
Brianna