Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters. Well not yet * laughs * … no I'm kidding seriously. Don't sue me I don't have that kind of money … if you do I

will never be a chemistry student because I won't be able to afford it!! Hope you enjoyed the last chapter guys.

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I ran down my stair case. Why I was running I did not know. On one hand I wanted to tell Gordo as he would be able to support me and together we could work through this. On the other hand I wish I didn't have to. I had no idea how Gordo would react to this situation. He was one of the most intelligent people I knew. He could go on and do anything he wanted. But now, because of this … this … this problem we have I feel as though I'm holding him back.

Upon reaching the bottom of the stairs I took a deep breath, opened the door and in stepped Gordo. He looked so happy, so calm so content. For once in his life David Gordon had no idea whatsoever what was going on. He held his arms out to me and I fell into them. I always felt so safe in his arms, like nothing could hurt me. He kissed the top of my head which made me giggle. I broke free of the hug, took his hands and looked into those amazing eyes of his. I swear I could get lost in those if you let me.

"How did you get here so fast?" I asked

"Don't you remember I was meant to come over today anyway? I was going to remind you in your text but it all seemed to urgent"

He was meant to come over anyway! How could I forget something like that? Well in light of everything I suppose I have a fairly valid reason, but still.

"Lizzie …" Gordo interrupted my thought chain "… is everything okay? Things did seem pretty urgent in that text? Whatever it is we can get through this …"

"Gordo" I bit my bottom lip nervously. The best thing to do would be to just tell him. Yes just say it Lizzie and see what happens. He might be thrilled. Oh yeah that's rich McGuire. He'll be thrilled at being a Dad at 17. Okay he probably want be doing back flips, but maybe it won't be as bad as I'm anticipating. What is the worst thing that could happen anyway? That he walks out of my life forever and leaves me to raise our unborn child by myself and then in eight years time when my child asks who it's father is then I need to tell them he walked out on us because I managed to go and get pregnant ! No Lizzie no! Pull yourself together!

"Lizzie, whatever it is you can tell me you know that … it's not … okay I know this sounds pretty pathetic but it's not someone else is it?"

"Gordo! Of course not! … no it's nothing like that it's kind of the opposite really, okay not really the opposite but well … okay ermmm … how do I put this …Gordo I think I'm … well we might be … what I'm trying to say is you might be … we might be … we might be … parents Gordo"

I burst into tears at that point. The realisation of the situation was too much for me to cope with now. Gordo pulled me back into his arms and I began to feel safe again.

"Shhh Lizzie don't cry … so you're saying that you're pregnant?"

"I think so I took the test earlier today and ooh Gordo are you angry?"

"Don't be silly Lizzie this is as much my doing as it yours. I'm a little surprised though I never expected anything like this. I mean a Dad at 17 years old is a scary thought but I would never ask you … nor expect you to … you know get rid of the … our baby. We'll get through this somehow. We will Lizzie I promise"

Even though at that moment I knew Gordo was as scared as me I felt reassured. Gordo always keeps his promises. I relaxed in his arms and thought about what we were going to do next. We really did need to have a proper chat about what was going to happen now. But not here. My parents or Matt could come home at any moment and I wasn't ready to tell them yet.

"Gordo? Can we go a walk somewhere? We really need to talk about things but I don't want to here incase …"

Without saying a word, Gordo took my hand and pulled me out the front door.

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Hope you enjoyed that chapter! Quick question for my US readers. If Lizzie and Gordo are 17 would they still be at high school? Or would they have moved on to college or something. In the UK we can stay on at school until we're 17/18 but I'm not sure about the US? If you could let me know that would be great guys!