So, I was watching 16 and Pregnant with one of my nieces when this little story popped into my head. It's my first story so be easy on me but make sure to tell me what you think. :D You'll notice that all the girls are from Washington, I know that's not how it is in the show but I made it that way for a reason. You'll learn why in a couple chapters. :) So, without further ado, Read on.

Oh, I have a polyvore. I love making things to go along with this story so the link is on my profile.

Disclaimer: SM owns Twilight and whoever made the show 16 and Pregnant owns that.


~A week old~

"Is Jasper coming over today?" Mom asked.

"I don't know," I said as I continued to feed Mia. "I doubt it."

Jasper hasn't been over to see his daughter in a week, since we had that argument about whether he was cheating or not. I knew I had made him mad by asking him that but what else was he expecting me to think when I found out he was with his ex. especially, the one that he swears he hates.

I've tried calling him but he's choosing to ignore me and to be honest, it's pissing me off. This isn't about us anymore. We can't just break up and then make up like we use to. We have Mia to think about now and having that kind of relationship isn't good for her.

She doesn't need to see that.

"This is ridiculous, Alice." Mom huffed. "If you don't talk to that boy then I will."

"I'm going over there today," I promised.

"Are you bringing Mia?"

"I don't know," I said. "I guess I should so that at the very least Claire can see her."

Mom nodded, "That's probably a good idea."

"Can you watch her while I shower?" I asked once I finished burping her.

"Sure, give her here," I placed Mia in my mom's arms and then rushed to my room to take a shower.

I kept my shower short, like I always do, and then hopped out and got dressed. My mom had dressed Mia for me and had her strapped in her car seat and ready to go by the time I had finished.

"I'll see you later," I said, grabbing the diaper bag and Mia's carrier.

One of the only good things to happen this week was that I got my license. So, now, I was legally able to drive alone.

"Okay," Mom said. "Call me if you plan to stay later."

"I will,"

However, I didn't plan to stay too long, maybe two hours at tops.

I had thought long and hard about what I wanted to say to Jasper when I got to his house and by the time I had arrived, I have come up with a solution. I wasn't happy about it but it was one of those things that needed to be done.

I had to break up with him.

If we were together, we'd keep fighting and he'd keep disappearing. If we weren't together, he wouldn't be able to do that.

"Hi, Alice," Claire said, surprised. "I haven't seen you in what feels like forever," she hugged me. "How have you been?"

"I'm good," I said. "I decided to stop by so that you can visit with Mia for a while. I need to have a talk with Jasper,"

Claire nodded, "He's in his room."

I handed Mia to Claire and then walked up the stairs to see Jasper.

"Hello?" I asked, knocking.

"Come in."

I pushed the door open and walked inside.

"Hi," I said, standing awkwardly near his bedroom door.

"Hey," Jasper said, shutting off his TV. "How are you?"

"I've been better," I admitted.

"Look, I'm sorry for the way I acted," he said. "It just hurt that you thought that of me. I promised you I wouldn't do it again."

"What else was I supposed to think, Jasper? You were with the woman you told me you hated."

"We talked, that was it," he said. "She wanted to get back together with me and I told her no."

I sighed and looked down at my hands, "Jasper, we...we can't keep doing this."

"Doing what?"

"Fighting,"

"It's normal in relationships," Jasper said.

"We're always off and on, Jasper. And I don't like that," I said. "I hate that you went a week without talking to me or coming to see Mia. And that made me realize something."

"What?"

"We shouldn't be together," I said. "For Mia's sake."

"For Mia's sake? We should be together, working on our relationship for her." Jasper argued.

"We never should've started a relationship, Jasper," I said. "We were so much better off as just friends."

"We can't go back to that now," Jasper said. "We're in too deep."

"No, we aren't."

"We have a kid, Alice." Jasper pushed.

"I'm aware of that," I said. "That's why I'm ending things between us. I'm not going to be off and on with you for her whole life, Jasper. I'm not going to have you get mad at me and then disappear for a week or two. If we're just friends, we don't have to worry about that."

Jasper was quiet.

"I love you, Jasper. Don't think I don't," I said. "But this is what's best for right now. I'm not saying we'll never be together again but just not right now. We have so much on our plates right now that it isn't even funny."

"So, this is it then? You're just going to give up on us?"

I sighed, "If that's what you think I'm doing then yes, I am."

"What about Mia?"

"You can come see her whenever you want," I said.

"I don't think I can be around you for a while," Jasper said. "Can't I take her sometime?"

"Sure, if you'd like," I said, not trying to show him how bad his earlier statement hurt.

"Good," he said. "I don't want to lose my daughter in this."

"You won't," I said.

"Yeah, well, it feels that way." Jasper mumbled. "Is she here?"

"Yeah, she's downstairs with your mom," I said.

"Can I drop her off at your house later tonight?" he asked.

"Uh..." I bit my lip.

She was just a week old. I didn't want to part with her yet but Jasper wanted to see her.

"Yeah, sure," I said, even though I was terrified at the thought of leaving her most of the day.

"Thanks,"

Jasper stood up and left his room. I followed him a few moments later.

I kissed Mia and hugged her tightly to my chest before heading out the door to my car.

I must have sat in the driveway for at least twenty minutes before I was finally able to pull away and headed home.

"Mom?" I called out when I entered my home.

"Hey, honey," Mom smiled. "Where's Mia?"

"She's with Jasper," I said. "Is it normal to be terrified and Sad?"

"Yes," Mom smiled, sadly. "It's hard to leave your baby."

"I'm worrying about her, I have been since I left," I admitted. "I know she's safe, especially with Claire there."

"It's normal," Mom assured me. "So tell me, how did things with Jasper go?"

"I broke up with him," I said. "I didn't want Mia to have to watch that on and off relationship that we have. Then she'd end up in the same one when she's older because that's all she's seen."

"I think you did what was best," Mom said. "And I'm proud of you."

"You aren't going to lecture me about how you knew this would happen?" I asked.

"No," Mom said. "Because I didn't know this would happen. I didn't know you'd be the mature one and break things off. And to be honest, I didn't know Jasper would stick around."

"Well, you were kind of right about that one," I said. "He hasn't really stuck around. Since Mia was born he's seen her all of eight times."

"For the first time, I think Jasper will only improve as time goes on," Mom said, surprising me. "I know he cares about Mia, and so do you, and I think with time, he'll be an excellent father."

"Now, you're making me regret my decision," I said. "I should've just given him time."

"No, you did the right thing," Mom said. "In a way, you're making him realize that when he wants Mia, he has to do all the things that you do for her during his time. It's making him grow. You might not notice it at first but you will."

I could only hope she was right.

Since I hadn't seen my friends in a while, and I needed a distraction, I decided to grab a bite to eat and maybe catch a movie if we had time with Lauren and Jessica.

"Alice!" Jessica squealed when she saw me.

"Jess," I laughed, hugging her back.

"How have you been?" Lauren asked. "How's Mia?"

"Everything is good," I said. "Mia's great. She's so tiny and cute."

"I can't wait to meet her," Jess said. "Whose watch her tonight?"

"Jasper has her at his place tonight," I said.

"Wow," Jess said, surprised.

"Right," I laughed.

"So, how are things between you and your baby daddy?" Lauren asked as we headed into Applebees.

"We're no longer together," I said. "I broke up with him this morning."

"Why?" Jess asked.

"Well, the day after Mia came home, we had a fight because he was with Tiffany and then he never came back, it's been five days since I saw him, so I went to his house and ended things."

"Wow,"

"What does this mean for Mia? I thought you wanted to raise her together."

"I did, I do," I said. "It's just...I don't want Jasper to do this her whole life. You know what he does when we fight. He ignores me for however long he wants."

"Why didn't you just tell him your fears? He could've changed,"

"You said it yourself, Jess," I reminded her. "He can't change."

"I didn't say he can't," she disagreed. "I just meant it would take time, a lot of time."

"Time I don't have," I said. "I was forced to grow up the day I found out I was pregnant. He still hasn't grown up and it's nine months later."

"Guys never grow up," Jess said. "They're always immature."

"They aren't Jasper immature," Lauren muttered.

"Thank you." I said.

"He's trying," Jess said. "He doesn't know what to do."

"Neither do I," I said. "I'm taking it day by day, Jess. He's not."

"So, how are things going to work?" Lauren asked. "How are you deciding when he gets to see Mia and stuff like that?"

"I'll probably let him have her on the weekends," I said. "Friday evening through Monday Morning would probably work, although that is prime partying days."

"I was just going to say that." Lauren laughed.

"If he wants to give her back early because he wants to do something, I'm fine with that," I said.

"He could always have Claire watch her," Lauren pointed out.

"I guess he could," I said.

"You should be happy about being baby free on the weekends, it means we can do something," Jess said.

I nodded, though that idea didn't seem very appealing to me. Was it bad that all I wanted to do was stay at home and either sleep or catch up on missed school work?

That night, I didn't have much fun because I was worried and missing Mia. I ended up leaving early and on my way home, I stopped by Jasper's place.

Though he wasn't happy to see me, he gave Mia to me without an argument.

"So, I was thinking," I said as I strapped my little girl into her seat. "About visitation and stuff,"

"Yeah?"

"You can have her on the weekends," I said. "Friday evening you can pick her up and then you can return her to me on Monday Morning, or Claire can before she heads into work."

"Uh...sure," Jasper said, running his hand through his hair. "That'll work I guess. So, should we start next weekend?"

I hesitated, "I kind of want to wait a while."

"Why?" he asked.

"She's brand new, Jasper," I said. "I like having her sleep at my place for the time being."

"So, how long do I have to wait?" Jasper asked, annoyed.

"Maybe a month, or two," I said. "I know it's not what you want but it would make me feel better, maybe. I get worried about her, and I miss her a lot."

"Why would you worry about her?" Jasper asked.

"I've never done anything to hurt her."

"I'm a mom, I worry," I explained.

"Fine," Jasper sighed. "So, up until she's old enough, what am I supposed to do?"

"Well, I was thinking of looking for a job where I could work weekends so I could drop her off every day and pick her up on my way home."

"Sounds good," Jasper said.

"Really?" he nodded. "I'm glad you think so. I really want us at least to be able to cooperate with each other. You know, be civil and stuff."

"It'll take a while, Alice," Jasper said. "You just broke up with me so don't expect me to be happy and friendly instantly."

"I don't," I said, looking down at my feet.

"You should go," Jasper said. "It's getting late."

"You're right," I picked up Mia and her diaper bag. "I l...I'll see you later, Jasper."

"Later," he said, looking bored.

I walked to my car and buckled Mia in before hopping in and driving home.

It saddened me to have to break things off with Jasper but it felt like the right choice. If we weren't in a relationship with each other, he couldn't pull the disappearing act every time we fought about something.

Now, all he had to focus on was Mia and his schoolwork, which was just enough for him.

One day, though, I hope that we can work things out and get back together.

But I'm just taking things day by day right now.

Mia was still asleep when I got her home. I changed her out of her cute little outfit and into her pajamas before placing her in the crib.

"Hey, Mom," I greeted as I plopped down on the couch.

"Hey," Mom smiled. "Do you feel better now that Mia is home?"

"Yes," I said, relieved. "I don't know how I'm going to leave her with him on the weekends. I seriously don't. I get worried and then I really miss her."

"It's only two or three days you'll be without her," Mom said. "You can easily distract yourself on those days."

"I was thinking of getting a job," I said. "So that I can help pay for diapers and all Mia's necessities,"

"Do you think you'll be able to?" Mom asked. "Meaning, will you be able to juggle schoolwork, Mia, and a social life with a job?"

"I'll sacrifice my social life, if I have too," I said. "But I'm not willing to sacrifice the others."

Mom nodded, "You'll see it's important to have friends as well, Alice."

"I don't need friends," I said. "Plus, everyone says that the friends you make in college are the lifelong friends."

"That may be true but you still have two years before you can go off to college,"

"Unless, I graduate early," I said. "And I'm hoping that I can."

Mom smiled, "I'm very proud of you, Alice."

"Really?"

"Yes, really," Mom confirmed. "You've matured so much in the last nine months. You've got a plan and I have no doubt in my mind that you'll be able to reach your goal."

My eyes watered, "I love you, mom."

"I love you too, honey," Mom said, pulling me into a hug.

My mom and I stayed up talking that night about the future. My concerns and of course what I was excited about. I told her that I was excited to start college and she seemed to be even more proud of me than she was when we started the conversation.

It felt great to know that my mom believed in me and that she was proud of what I had planned so far. Even though she didn't want me to have Mia at a young age, she could see that it wasn't deterring me one bit, and I knew she was so happy about that.

The next morning, Mia decided to wake up at five and stay up. No matter what I did, she didn't want to go back to sleep so I guess that meant it was time to start my day.

After going through my regular morning routine, I had my mom watch Mia while I showed and dressed for my day.

"I've got to get to work, kiddo," Mom said, passing Mia to me.

"Have a nice day," I said. "Say bye grandma," I waved Mia's little hand at my mom.

"Bye girls," Mom said with a laugh.

"So, what should we do, honey?" I asked Mia. I looked down at her and her eyes were already half closed. "So, now you want to sleep?"

Her eyes continued to drift shut and it wasn't long before she fell asleep.

I brought her to my room and placed her in the crib. I turned on the baby monitor and then left the room with my laptop.

I had three days until I started school and I was really looking forward to it. I couldn't wait to get through my classes so that I could start college, hopefully early.

However, since classes didn't start until Monday morning, I was able to spend some time playing games and talking to friends on Facebook.

It didn't escape my notice that Jasper and Tiffany had made plans for tomorrow night. Tiffany was excited for their date, was what she posted on his wall.

The fact that it took him all of an evening to find someone new was hurtful but I couldn't do anything about since we were no longer together.

I didn't spend too long on FB, afraid I'd find something else that I didn't want to hear. I just uploaded some pictures of Mia and myself and then logged off.

By that time, Mia was up and ready for another diaper change so I went to get her.

I was halfway done with changing her diaper when the doorbell rang. Mia's blue eyes went wide and she looked around for the source of the sound.

"One second," I yelled as I snapped Mia's onesie back together. I threw the diaper in the garbage on the way to the door and then opened it up.

"Hey!" Lauren squealed. "We rounded up the girls and decided we're going to have a slumber party tonight."

"Are you sure?" I asked.

"We'll be up all night anyway," Jess said. "So, it's all good."

"Well, come in," I said, letting my girls in.

It was great that they decided to surprise me with this sleepover. I could definitely use the girl time.

"This is Mia," I said, holding up my baby girl.

"She's so tiny," Sam cooed. "But oh so adorable!"

"Thank you," I beamed. "Would you like to hold her?"

"I don't want to break her," Sam said, shaking her head.

"You want broke her," I laughed.

"Can I hold her?" Lauren asked.

"Yeah, sure," I passed Mia to Lauren and she cradled her awkwardly in her arms.

"She's adorable, Alice," Lauren said, staring down at her. "I can't tell who she looks like yet."

"I think she's the perfect mixture of us," I said. "We probably won't know whose eyes she gets for a while. I'm hoping that she gets Jasper's though because his eyes are gorgeous."

"He does have pretty eyes," Lee agreed.

"How do you like being a mommy so far?" Jessica asked.

"I'm enjoying it," I said. "Though it is really hard to take care of another human being, especially one so little,"

"I bet."

"So, I heard you two broke up yesterday," Sam said once Lauren passed Mia to her.

"We did," I said. "And he's already got a date with Tiffany tomorrow evening."

"Seriously?" I nodded. "Wow, he recovers fast."

"Right?" I said, sourly.

"We can rough her up if you'd like," Lee offered.

"Thanks for the offer but it's fine," I laughed. "We aren't dating anymore so I can't really complain about him dating someone else."

"You can complain about how fast he got with someone else."

"Not really," I said. "There is no rule in the dating handbook that says they have to wait a certain amount of time before getting with someone else."

"It's in the girl handbook," Lauren teased. "The only thing is the guys don't read our book, they only read theirs."

"Jasper doesn't read either of them," Sam joked. "He plays by his own rules."

"Speak of the devil," I said as my phone rang. "Hello."

"Hi, can my mom pick Mia up and then drop her off after work?" Jasper asked.

"Sure," I sighed. "When is she coming?"

"She'll be there in a couple minutes," Jasper said. "Just have her ready."

"Okay,"

"Bye," he said before hanging up.

"What does he want?" Lee asked.

"Mia," I said. "I'll be right back."

I headed to my room and packed up her diaper bag. I made sure to give him enough diapers, wipes, and formula to last her the day. I also made sure to write down her schedule so that he could keep her on it.

"Claire's here," Jess yelled.

"One second," I zipped up the diaper bag and rushed back into the front room.

"Hi, Alice," Claire smiled.

"Hey," I said, smiling sadly. "Every Jasper needs is in here. I also wrote down her schedule for him so that he knows."

Claire nodded, "Thank you."

"No problem," I said as I took Mia from Lauren. "I'll miss you baby girl." I said, kissing her little cheeks. "Momma loves you."

It was just as hard as leaving her yesterday. I literally had to tell myself not to cry.

It's only for a couple hours, I reminded myself.

I buckled her into her seat then handed her off to Claire.

"I'll drop her back off at about eight tonight, is that okay?" Claire asked.

"Yeah, that's fine," I said. "I'll be here."

I really hope that having Mia leave me a couple hours each weekend would start to get easier because as of right now all I wanted to do was cry and tell Claire that she was staying but I couldn't do that to Jasper. He was making an effort to see his child so who was I took keep Mia from him?

~A month old~

It did get easier as time went on.

Though I still missed her a lot in the hours she was gone, I was able to busy myself and get more work done than I was able to when she was here.

I also found myself a job, which starts this morning. It wasn't anything fancy, just a job at McDonalds, but it was a start. I was now able to make some money and take the burden of buying diapers and other things for Mia off my mother and Claire.

"You're first job," Mom sniffled.

"Are you really going to cry, mom?" I asked with a laugh.

"It's your first job."

"At McDonalds," I said. "That's not exactly cry worthy. Now, if it was somewhere awesome, I could understand but don't cry for McDonalds."

Mom laughed, "You're ruining it."

I laughed too, "Sorry."

"Mia's going to Jasper's today?" Mom questioned.

"Yeah, she'll be at his place until I get off at eight," I said.

"Does he know you have a job?"

"Nope," I said. "You know, it amazes me that I was able to get a job faster than he was able too. It just proves that he wasn't trying."

"I'm going to have to agree with you," Mom sighed, sadly.

"If he had really wanted to get a job, he would've got one a while ago, I'm sure of it."

"He still has some growing up to do," Mom said.

"That's for sure,"

I picked up Mia and her newly packed diaper bag and headed out into the front room where her car seat waited.

"Okay, I've got to go," I said. "I don't want to be late on my first day."

"Have fun, honey."

"It's a job, mom," I laughed. "You can't really have that much fun."

"You never know."

"Love you," I pecked her cheek and grabbed Mia. "I'll see you later tonight."

"Love you too."

I placed Mia in the car before sliding in and driving to Jasper's house.

Things between Jasper and I haven't improved at all. He's still mad at me for breaking things off between us, though I don't know why. He started dating Tiffany again, publicly, about a week after we broke up.

He seemed to have moved on and yet he still can't even say more than a handful of words to me.

I wanted to talk to him about it but I decided that I would wait and let him work out his issue on his own. Who knows, maybe he'd come around in a couple more weeks.

When I arrived at Jasper's, he was waiting outside...with Tiffany. I swear, I almost drove right past the house but I didn't. If Jasper trusted her enough to let her be around our daughter then I would have to trust his judgment.

Honestly, I didn't think she'd do anything to hurt Mia. I just didn't like her. After all, she was the girl Jasper cheated on me with in the first place.

"Hi," I said.

"Hey," Tiffany smiled. "How are you doing, Alice? It's been forever."

"Yeah, it has."

The last time Tiffany and I were friends, or even talk to each other civilly was in the sixth grade. In Seventh grade, she decided that she was better than me, and everyone else for that matter, and started being a bitch to me.

"I'll be by to pick her up at eight," I told Jasper.

"Usually you pick her up at nine or ten," Jasper said as he took her carrier.

"Yeah, well, I get off work at eight and I'll probably be tired so..."

"You have a job?" Jasper asked, surprised.

"Someone had to get one," I retorted. "And since I don't want to get fired, I have to go. I'll pick her up at eight."

I kissed Mia's forehead, "I love you, princess."


Alice only has her Epilogue left. Then it'll either be Angela or Rosalie. I haven't decided yet. Please, Please leave me a review. It'd be nice to know what you think. :)