All characters in my story and on General Hospital, or have ever been on General Hospital are not owned by me. Oh, and I forgot to mention that over the two months, Sonny got out of the hospital.
Kristina sighed as Carly entered the room. "Camille's phone is busy. I'll try again later. Let me tell you though, if Camille messed up, I'm going to be so upset. That dress is so beautiful," unaware of Kristina's true mood.
Kristina just nodded and replied quietly, "Well, I'm sure Thalia will be able to wear it for something, although, she's a lot taller than me."
"What's wrong?" Carly asked, suddenly alert to Kristina's actions.
Kristina pulled her knees into her chest and put her head down. "Carly," she whispered, "I can't believe what I've done."
Carly began to speak again, but Kristina interrupted her, wanting to get the confession over with. "Remember that night I went to see Joey? I know I said that it hadn't worked out, but that wasn't exactly the truth. It worked out very well, in fact even better than that."
She gave it a moment to sink in, and then went on went the look of realization came over Carly's face. "Well, it was sort of a spur of the moment thing, and now I think..." She hesitated. "Now I think I'm pregnant."
She watched as Carly's face fell. "Oh, sweetie," she said, pulling Kristina into a hug. "This is going to be such a hard time for you, but I promise you it will all be okay."
Kristina pushed her away. "It's not all going to be okay, Carly," she said scornfully. "I'm pregnant! Can you imagine what daddy is going to say? I'll never be allowed out of the house again, and I'm going to have to raise a baby all by myself."
"Kristina, your father and I would never let anything bad come upon you, no matter what, at least not if we could help it. Sonny will be angry about this, of course, but you're his little girl, and you know he still wants you to believe that life is perfect."
Carly was interrupted by Thalia calling for her, and she added, "Think about what I said, okay? You don't have to tell your dad right away, and I won't tell him either."
Kristina just nodded as she watched Carly leave the room. Once the door was shut, Kristina lay on her bed and cried. She didn't want to deal with this. All she really wanted to do was tell Joey about it, but she wasn't going to let herself. "If he doesn't want anything to do with me, he's not going to want anything to do with our child," she thought.
Tears still streamed down Kristina's face, and she eventually fell asleep.
Kristina overslept the next day and rushed off to school without even looking at anyone in her house. She hated keeping secrets from them, especially one like this, but she still wasn't sure of how to tell them. "I'm still not even sure that I'm pregnant," Kristina thought, even though she was quite sure of it.
Running to class, Kristina was aware that she was already late. When she reached her class room, Kristina opened the door quietly.
"You're late Ms. Corinthos," the teacher informed her.
Looking around, Kristina found Sofia and caught her eye. Both girls raised their eyes in sync.
"Sorry, Mrs. Bried," Kristina whispered, taking her seat between Sofia and Dennis.
"Hey, Krissy. What was up last night? I called you at like six, and Carly said you were sleeping," Sofia said.
Kristina didn't want them to know what had happened, so she just said, "I was really tired. Uncle Jason had asked me to watch Lila the night before, since the nanny was off. They were out pretty late, and I was still tired last night."
Dennis shook his head. "So you watched Lila on Sunday?" he asked.
Kristina nodded and Dennis added, "Kristina, Uncle Jason and Lila were at our house on Sunday for dinner. What's really going on?"
She looked at him in surprised. She couldn't believe it. She had even known Jason was at Emily's on Sunday, but she had forgotten in her attempt to cover up what had really happened.
Sofia looked at her friend suspiciously. "Kris, what's up? You've never lied to us before," she said concerned.
Kristina knew she would have to tell them, and sighed as she gave in. "I'll tell you guys the truth, but I can't do it here. Can we go to your house later Dennis?"
He nodded, ad Sofia said, "I'll be there if there's no basketball practice after school."
"Okay," Kristina replied. "If anyone sees Morgan before I do, let him know, because I have to tell him too."
"Ms. Corinthos, Ms. Knight, Mr. Antonio, do I need to remind you that this is a silent study hall?" the teacher asked.
They all shook their heads and smiled at one another. Kristina took out her Russian homework and began working on it silently, again wondering how she would tell everyone. She knew her father would insist on telling Joey, but she didn't want him to know.
After sleeping with Joey, and then him not even trying to see her again, Kristina had felt used. Even though she though she still wasn't over Joey, she hated what he had done.
"Hi, Emily," Kristina said as she, Morgan and Sofia walked into the house.
"Hi guys," she replied cheerfully. "Dennis is upstairs in his room. You can go right up."
They did just so, and as soon as they were all seated in Dennis's room, Sofia hurried to ask, "So what happened?"
Kristina took a deep breath and told them, "I slept with Joey a few months ago, and now I think I'm pregnant."
The room was silent. They had all expected something much different.
Morgan was frowning as he hesitated to say, "Krissy, this is something I'd expect out of Thalia, but not you."
Kristina was upset as she listened to Morgan's scolding. Tears streamed from her eyes as she said, "Morgan, why do have to be like that? I'm not proud of what has happened, but I thought at least you would be supportive."
Dennis hugged her and said, "Don't worry about it, Kris. You know that anything you need you can ask me, and that you can always stay here if you want."
"Yeah, the same goes for me," Sofia said quietly.
"Thanks, guys. I really appreciate it," she said, wiping the tears out of her eyes.
Morgan looked at her, hurt. "Kristina, I'll support anything you do. I just think it sucks that this is happening to you."
"Thanks, Morgan," she replied. "That means a lot to me."
"You're welcome. Have you told dad yet?" he asked.
"And more importantly, are you going to tell Joey?" Sofia asked with concern.
"I haven't told daddy yet, but Carly knows. I'm telling him and Michael and Thalia pretty soon. And no, I'm not telling Joey. He doesn't deserve to know," Kristina stated.
"I agree. Unless he comes to you, I wouldn't have anything to do with him," Dennis replied.
Sofia and Morgan murmured their agreement, and Kristina smiled at them. She was glad to have someone one her side when she knew her father would blow up.
Sofia looked at her watch and announced that she had to go. Morgan offered to give her a ride home.
"So, does this mean you're not going to go to the prom?" Dennis asked once Morgan and Sofia left.
"I don't know. It depends on what my dad has to say about all this, and if I can get another dress within the next two weeks," she replied.
Dennis nodded. "Well, I'm not going to go without you. If you don't go, then we'll hang out that night, okay?"
She smiled. "Thanks. It'll be fun either way. And thanks for helping me through this."
"You're my friend. I'll be here from beginning to end."
Kristina smiled again, thinking how Dennis had made her smile for the third time that day. "More than anyone else has been able to do," she thought.
Her cell phone rang and she picked it up to listen to Morgan say he was coming to bring her home.
"I have to go," she told Dennis. "I'll see you in school tomorrow."
Kristina went outside and waited for Morgan's car to pull up the long driveway. She shivered in the cool air and remembered Sonny saying it was supposed to rain that day. She felt bad that she hadn't even replied, but she hadn't wanted to talk to him. She wondered what she would say when she got home.
Morgan pulled up in his black Cadillac Escalade and Kristina rushed to get in. "It's so cold out there. I thought spring was supposed to come," she said to Morgan sarcastically.
"You and your warm weather," Morgan replied. "It's not even that cold."
"You must get that from daddy, Morgan, because me and Carly love the heat," she replied.
"Speaking of dad, are you telling him today?" Morgan asked curiously.
"I'm going to have to. I don't think I can keep it from him any longer, and I don't want Carly to have to keep it a secret any longer. You know how mad daddy gets when we keep secrets, especially her."
"Do I ever. But it's not completely his fault. There are some secrets mom shouldn't have kept from him. Like the one about you," he replied.
Kristina went silent as she thought about what Morgan had said. She again found herself wondering if her life would be different if things with her parents had gone differently. She doubted it. "I still would have been just as close to Carly, and Alexis probably would have still done something crazy to get herself arrested.
The car came to a stop in front of Harborview Towers and they got out, Morgan handing his key to the valet. As they got closer to the building, two doormen opened the doors for them.
When she got upstairs she hugged Sonny and felt horrible for lying to him.
Carly met Kristina in her room and handed her a pregnancy test. "I got you this today, just to be sure," Carly whispered.
Carly hugged her and Kristina asked, "Will you stay with me until it comes out?"
"Of course. Are you telling your dad tonight?"
Kristina sighed. "Why is that all anybody cares about?" she wondered, but told Carly, "Yeah, I'll have to, unless I get lucky and this has all been a dream."
Kristina went into her pink bathroom and proceeded to take the test. She left the bathroom and said nervously, "It takes one minute."
The two sat on Kristina's couch and Carly said, "No matter what happens, you are going to love this baby so much. The day Thalia was born was the happiest day of my life."
Kristina laughed and asked, "The same doesn't go for Michael and Morgan?"
"Well, when Morgan was born, I was shot in the head and don't really remember it. And when Michael was born I was too confused and messed up to realize what an amazing little boy I had," Carly told her. "But if you are pregnant, you'll love being a mom as much as I do."
"I'm definitely pregnant. This is just to reaffirm it."
She reentered the bathroom and looked at the test. She handed it to Carly, a little upset and said pointedly, "See?"
Kristina walked out of the room, leaving Carly there looking at the pregnancy test in disbelief.
"Hi, daddy. Is dinner almost ready?" Kristina asked as she entered the kitchen.
"Hello, princess. It will be ready in about five minutes. Sit down, talk to me," Sonny replied.
Kristina did as she was told. "This is it," she thought, afraid of what might happen.
"Well daddy, I'm just going to tell you this straight out. I'm pregnant."
