What's it been? 5 months since I last updated this? Anyway, I'm back! Told ya I wouldn't abandon this one! Here we go!
Picking up where we left off last time, Ashley had just found out she was expecting and was about to tell Conor.
"Hold up, guys! Got a text from Ashley!" Conor told his team.
Ashley: Conor...get in here...like, NOW!
"Pardon me, guys."
Conor was back inside the girls' room - the forbidden zone - where boys fear to tread. "Lika? Ashley?" Conor called out. "Where are you girls?"
"Over here, Conor!" Lika responded, flagging Conor down.
Achievement Unlocked: Flagged Down
Conor breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank God! There you are!" He said. "Lika, where's Ashley?"
"Behind you, Conor," Ashley said with a serious look on her face, scaring Kid Fury in the process.
"Ash, next time warn me when you sneak up on me!" Conor reprimanded.
"Sorry, Conor," she said. Lika then punched her on the shoulder. "Ashley...you're forgetting something. Something you should tell Conor about!" Lika reminded Ashley.
"Right, right. I got ya, Lika. Conor..."
"Yeah, Ash?"
"Remember what went down after we saw the Broncos win the Super Bowl?"
"I do, Ashley."
"Well...I'm pregnant, Conor."
Achievement Unlocked: Bombshell Dropped!
"You-you're pregnant, Ashley?" Conor asked.
"Yes I am, Conor," she confirmed.
Achievement Unlocked: Major Shocker!
Achievement Unlocked: Don't Cheat Code Your Way Out Of This!
"Have you told anyone else?"
"No. Just you and Lika."
"Man, if word gets to Franklin and Wendell, who knows what'll happen? They might not ever trust me again!" Conor feared.
"So, just don't tell them!" Lika exclaimed.
"They're gonna find out eventually!" Conor freaked.
"What are we gonna do then?"
"I got it! You just wear baggy clothes, Ash!" Lika figured.
"But what if you don't like it?" Ashley questioned.
"THAT'S IT!" Conor beamed, taking Ashley's hands into his own. "Ashley Christina Parker, you're the most beautiful girl I know! Pregnant or not, no matter what you wear, I'll always love you!"
Ashley was crying tears of joy. She always had a thing for Conor, but she never knew that Conor thought she was beautiful until their post-Super Bowl 'celebration'. To hear it from Conor in her most trying times just seemed to make everything better for Ashley.
"Oh Conor!" she exclaimed as she ran up to Conor and kissed him. Her lips tasted like pink lemonade and strawberries. Ashley had actually combined her pink lemonade lip gloss and her strawberry lip gloss to create a tropical flavor. To Conor, Ashley's lips were just plain amazing. They then broke the kiss so they could formulate a plan.
"We gotta tell someone, Ash," Conor told his girlfriend.
"Your parents first, Conor?"
"Totally, Ash. We'll tell my parents first, then tell your parents on Saturday."
With that, the stage was set. Immediately after school, Conor and Ashley went to Conor's house - headquarters of Thumbs of Fury. It was there that Ashley was to face Conor's parents. Conor's father was a noble electrician, pushing 40 years old, but very modest. His mom was a high school teacher, about 2 years older than his dad, but was prone to embarrassing Conor and Jessica.
"Mom, Dad, I'm home!"
"Conor! What's up, my son?" Conor's dad greeted, messing up Conor's hair.
"DAD! Not in front of my girlfriend!"
Conor's mother overheard everything. "Is it true, Conor? Do you finally have a girlfriend?" she asked.
"It's true, mom! I've got a girlfriend now! You remember Ashley, don't you?"
Conor's parents turned to each other and confirmed that they do remember their son's new girlfriend. "Good to see you again, Ashley!" Conor's mom beamed. "Would you like some pink lemonade?"
"Oh yes, please!"
"My mom was born in the South - New Orleans, to be exact. Sometimes she has a big mouth when she sees something she doesn't like. So word to the wise...DON'T GET ON HER BAD SIDE!" Conor whispered to Ashley.
"I'll keep that in mind," Ashley said under her breath as she and Conor both got glasses of pink lemonade. "Thanks, Mrs. Cook!"
"Thanks, Mom!" Conor said. "Well, tell them, Ash! My parents love you! They'll understand."
"Understand what, son?" Conor's dad asked.
Ashley took a deep breath before starting on the journey that would change the lives of everyone in the room forever. "Okay...Conor and I went to the Super Bowl a couple weeks ago and after seeing our Denver Broncos win, we went back here for a little 'fun' and we may have taken things too far because...I'm pregnant."
Silence. No one said anything for about 2 minutes. Then, Conor's mom broke the silence. "I must say I'm shocked and disappointed in you, Conor."
"I can't say I blame you, mom."
"Let me finish, Conor. While your dad and I are disappointed in you, Conor, I can also say that we've been through this before. Your sister Jessica came along when I was 18 and your dad was 16. To go through this again with you and Ashley...it's like history repeating itself. So Conor...this is nothing your dad and I can't handle. And Ashley, I don't know what to say except that you were really brave in coming here and telling us the truth. Conor...you got yourself a keeper," Conor's mom said.
"Mom, I tell myself that every day."
Achievement Unlocked: You Got A Keeper, Kid Fury!
Now that that's out of the way...now comes the matter of figuring out how Conor's gonna tell Ashley's parents. Hopefully, it won't take me 5 months to figure it out! STAY TUNED!