StrawberryBlondeHazelEyes-I'm not sure how to do it yet, but there will be some TATE eventually. After all, it's the greatest pairing ever:D

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Three more chapters left! sigh I'm growing attached, this can't be happening!

Chapter Seven

"So, you won't be that far from me, although I won't be able to get here often," Nick took Kate's hand and helped her over the steps of the room she would soon call home. Kate herself had remained relatively quiet on the trip to the room, but now that they had arrived, excitement had taken the better of her.

Still clutching her hand, Nick fumbles with the lock on the door. Finally, he swung he door open, and flipped the light switch. Brightness flooded the room, and the young couple stepped in together. Kate looked around. Nick had warned her the room was small, but it was something. And it was hers. Theirs. Maybe not for ling, but it marked the beginning of a new start. The end which was a beginning. New life, with someone she could trust. Someone who was honest with her, who would not hurt her. Trust was so important in any kind of relationship, and with her father none could be held, to be able to trust someone you would live with meant so much more to her than Nick would ever know. It was everything. Nick had always been trusted and always could be. He wouldn't betray her like Dad had.

The room was small. It was large enough for her to be comfortable and happy however. A bed, a dresser, two chairs and a small table were squeezed tightly in the room. A tiny refrigerator and microwave were set against the wall. The bathroom was hardly much smaller than the room itself.

Kate turned to fiancé, and placed a hand on his face. "Its perfect." she whispered, the tears rolling freely down her face.

Back at her parent's home, Kate rummaged thorough her things. A few clothes, some sentimental possessions, and some books were all she could carry. Before zipping her bag, she lay a picture of the boys, Mom, Dad, and her taken at Doug's graduation on top. As she lifter it her hand caught onto a gold chain that hung on the corner of the frame. Kate smiled sadly. Dad had given her that on her tenth birthday, just before...before things had started to happen. She laid the chain on her dresser, and pulled a piece of paper from a box on the shelf over her bed.

"Mom and Brett, (And Doug and Greg)" Kate paused, chewing on her pencil. "Love you. I'm going to be fine. Someday I'll comeback to you. Brett, go Navy, and don't let the upperclassmen beat you up too bad. Greg, behave in school. Doug, good luck with Sarah. Mom, you've been great." Kate stopped writing. What else could she say. Her actions could not be explained to her family. She couldn't write what they already knew. Anything would be useless.

She left the note on the kitchen table, bag slung over her shoulder. Kate glanced once last time around the place where she had spent tall her life, then she silently crept out. Nick was waiting for her by the street lamp on the corner.

Her heart was beating swiftly. She was no longer Kate Sanders. Now Nick was her husband, she was a wife. She was also a high school student. And here she was, being drawn into her home by Nick. He was nudging her gently in, and kissed her softly as she stepped into the home.

Kate opened her eyes sleepily, and felt the warmth of another body right next to her. She smiled, closed her eyes again, and scooted closer to her husband. His arms were around her, and seeing that she was awake, he kissed her hair breathlessly. Their breathing mingled together.

Maria Sanders walked downstairs, after calling the twins down to breakfast. She got a muffled response from Brett, and no answer from Kate, but that wasn't unusual. Kate was always very sleepy in the morning.

Maria yawned, and picked up a piece of paper from the table. "Brett, you need to pick up your homework," she mumbled to herself, until her eyes caught Kate's signature at the bottom. Maria's eyes swiftly glanced over the note, and she ran upstairs to Kate's room. The bed was made, and the room was empty. The mother fell down on her daughter's bed and sobbed into the note that she still clutched in her hand.

After regaining her composure, she read the note again. Brett, Greg, Doug, and her own name was mentioned. But not her husbands. Maria felt a twinge of pain. Yes, things were always tense between her youngest and her husband. But if Kate was going to run away, why skip over Perry's name? Maybe it was just a careless mistake.

Within a few months, Kate and Nick were in a comfortable military housing at the Naval Station Norfolk. Kate was still going to high school in the Virginia town, and found that she was having a fun time as a full time student and full time housewife. And soon, a full time something else.

Nick arrived home one evening. From the smell of things, Kate already had dinner ready. How his wife could handle school, and keep their house such a warm and happy place, he did not know. Everything was perfect. Nick kissed his wife, then looked at her. She had a smiling face, and she looked happy, but something was wrong. Happily wrong. Something that could cause Kate to be happy and sad at the same time?

"Nick?"

"Yeah?"

"I do like the name Jacob for a boy."

Nick froze, and whirled around from the stove to face his wife.

"You mean...you are pregnant!"

Nine months later, Jacob Nicholas Phearson was born to the young military family. His resemblance to his mother was amazing.

Things had changed so much for the family. In less than a year, Kate had gone from a miserable, abused teenager, to mother and wife. She smiled down at her baby. Everything had a reason. Everyone. Good things could come from bad.

Aww...a baby! Hehe...I'm in the mood for my mom to have another one...its been five years, its about time now, right? lol.../hint, mom, hint/