There is only place that Troy and I loved to go to when we wanted to be away from our parents and our friends, the lake. It wasn't a big lake but Troy and I spent most of our summer here swimming around and having picnics and it wasn't full of other kids or people. Sometimes you would see another couple or a small family but it wasn't known as a big hangout area and it was where Troy was taught to swim by his father when he was a little kid. He had so many happy memories of this place and I did too but all my memories of this place were with Troy, I only came here with him. His parents knew that we come here and it used to be their spot when they were our age but knowing that Troy and I come down here, they tend to give it a wide birth now.

Troy drove us here the second school finished, I had text my parents to tell them that I was hanging out with my friends and I would be home by my curfew which was 10:30pm but I knew if this whole thing went bad then I would probably be home way before 10:30pm. I knew I had to tell Troy and I thought that this would be the perfect place to do it because we're not going to get any interruptions here and it will give us some time to just try and work through this together and say what we want to say to one another. I also thought this would be a good place in case Troy got angry and was shouting, no one would overhear us here.

I had told Taylor of my plans to tell Troy here and she promised that she would keep Chad from ringing Troy and ruining the moment, like he always seems to do! She wished me luck and she tried to give me some advice but it was clear that she didn't really know what sort of advice to give me, she tried and I appreciated it but this was going to be down to me.

"I love it here" Troy stated as he laid back onto the grass with his hands resting behind his head "You know, right now everything is perfect in my life and for once I don't feel like I have to worry about anything. Basketball is going great, my school grads are up... thanks to you and your amazing help of course... and of course I have you. I don't want anything to change, I want everything to stay how it is in this very moment" His hands reached out and grabbed hold me of mine and he pulled me back so that I was lying next to him.

"Nothing stays the same forever" I told him as I rolled onto my side so I could really looked at him, he copied and also rolled over onto his side.

"I know things will change eventually but right now... everything is good... I want it to stay this way for as long as possible" He replied.

I could feel myself start to well up so I broke our eye contact and sat up. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Troy also sit up, he shuffled closer to me and wrapped a comforting arm around me and that was the straw that broke the camel's back.

"Troy" I sobbed.

"Gabriella" He said shocked by my outburst "What's the matter?" He asked but I shook my head "Whatever it is, I'm here for you. You know that I am always here for you, no matter what. You can tell me anything" He pushed.

"You're going to hate me" I sobbed.

"I could never hate you" His hand started rubbing up and down my back comfortingly.

"Please don't freak out" I pleaded "I'm not handling this well myself and I can't deal with you being as angry at me as I am at myself. I just need you to hold me and tell me that everything will be ok, no matter what" I pleaded some more.

"Gabriella you're starting to worry me"

"I'm pregnant Troy"

His eyes grew wide and his mouth fell open slightly. He didn't say anything, he just sat there looking at me in shock, and at first I was worried that he had a brain aneurysm or something but then he shook his head as if it was all a dream and that would wake him up. He stood up and started pacing around in circles, he was pumped up and looking pissed off.

"Are you sure?" He questioned.

"Yes I'm sure" I answered.

"How long have you known?"

"A few days"

"And you're sure-"

"Yes!" I shouted.

He was freaking out and I don't blame him because I was freaking out but right now I need someone to tell me that everything is going to be ok and we're going to be fine but Troy doesn't seem to be thinking that right now... the both of us can't be freaking out at the same time.

"Gabriella, what are we going to do?" He questioned.

"I don't know Troy but I could really do with a little comforting right now. I have been freaking out about this since I first thought it could be a possibility, I've had to keep this to myself and let it go round and round in my mind. I know you're panicking Troy but I really need you right now" I pleaded.

Troy sat down next to me again and he grabbed hold of my hand, looking me dead in the eye.

"We're going to work something out" He said.

"My life is ruined, no matter what decisions we make or what happens from now. I ended up pregnant in high school... I'm going to live with that for the rest of my life" I told him.

"Your life isn't ruined" He said softly.

"Of course it is! If we decide to keep and raise this baby my parents are probably going to disown me and make me homeless, I won't be going to Stanford like I dreamed, my grades will probably slip from having to take time off for Drs appointments, I'm going to get fat and then I have to through labour and giving birth" I explained "If we decide to give the baby up for adoption, we have to live with the fact that there is someone else raising the baby we made together, our baby will call someone else mommy and daddy. We won't know anything about them; just that there's a baby out there. I will have to go through a pregnancy, labour and giving birth just for someone else to take the baby home and away from me" Troy looked down at the ground, obviously not happy with the idea of that "And if we decide to get an abortion then I'm going to have to take pills that will kill our baby, the one we made together out of love because we are in love and when we slept together we were more in love than we ever had been before. I'm going to bleed and have to deal with losing it and I know it would kill me... no matter what decisions we make from here, our lives are changed forever" I explained.

"You're right" He agreed "Our lives are never going to be the same and we need to come up with a decision that we can both live with and a decision that is not only going to benefit the baby but benefit us as well. It's going to be hard, it's not an easy choice to make for anyone, let alone two 17 year olds who don't really know anything about this kind of stuff" He said to me "But I am going to be there to hold your hand and go through this whole thing with you, no matter what" He added.

"I'm scared" I muttered as fresh tears rolled down my cheeks.

"I know and I'm scared too" He replied and wrapped his arms around me, bringing me as close to him as he can.

The two of us just sat there hugging for a little while.

As we were hugging I felt wetness on my shoulder and realised that Troy was crying as well, I guess I never really knew what his reaction was going to be but I was surprised he was crying.