"Maya! Maya wait up!" Dallas called after me. I was walking home after a hard day of school. I didn't turn around. Maybe I had overreacted the other day, but that didn't mean I was sorry.

"Please Maya just talk to me!"

"I have nothing to say to you Mike." I kept up my steady pace.

"At least let me give you a ride home."
This made me stop. My back did hurt like a bitch and don't even get me started on my swollen feet.

"Fine, give me a ride. But this doesn't mean anything. I still hate you."

Dallas chuckled at me and shook his head. "I'm parked just down the street, I'll pick you up."

I rolled my eyes as he jogged off.

5 minutes later we were driving along. It was more than awkward. I stared out the window and ignored Dallas's many attempts to talk to me.

When we pulled up in front of my house neither of us moved. I continued to look out the window and Dallas tapped his fingers against the steering wheel.

"Thanks for the ride." I mumbled finally.

"Of course. It's the least I can do for you Maya."

I looked over at him. He was just staring off into space. Then suddenly he turned to me, catching my face in his hand.

"Maya, Maya I…"
I stopped him; I closed in the space between us and kissed him.

"Maya," He whispered pressing his forehead against mine. "I love you, and I want to be with you forever."

I felt the words escape my mouth before I could think them through "I want to be with too Dallas."

Then after a long make out session I told him I'd see him later and went inside. I was headed for my room but a voice from the living room stopped me.

"Maya…"

I turned quickly and ran to the sound. There he was sitting on the couch; Cam, his eyes were full of tears.

"Maya… how could you do this to me?" he asked.

"No, Cam I can explain." I moved towards him but the look in his eyes told me it was too late.

I beat my alarm clock by five minutes when I woke up with a start. It was the first day of my sophomore year. I couldn't be any less excited. I walked to school slowly.

When I finally got there I was walking to my first class when some senior girl booked me. "Whore." She spat at me and then she and her group of friends walked away laughing. Leaving me to pick up my books, and wipe away my own tears. This was my life now, and there was no one here to help me. I had gotten exactly what wanted.

Halfway through second period I got called to the office. When I got there the guidance counselor was waiting for me, and so was my mother.

"What's going on…?" I asked.

"Come on into my office Maya." The guidance counselor said, ushering me into to her small office and shutting the door behind me before I could argue. "Now I know you do not want to talk about this, your mother has told me how strongly you feel on the subject, but I only want to help you make the right choice."

I was a little bit lost at this point, dazed by the strange turn in events.

When I didn't say anything she continued. "Adoption can be a wonderful thing. Not only are you making a couple who maybe cannot have a child of their own happy, but you are providing a good, safe, environment for your baby."

"Wait a minute, wait," I looked to my mother who was sitting silently. "You set this up, you set me up?!"

"Now Maya please, I'm just trying to help. You need to think of this baby." My mom said seeming almost apologetic.
"But… but I am. I mean what are you trying to say? That if I keep my son he's not going to be safe or happy?"

"No Maya," The counselor stepped in "That's not what we're saying. We know this is a hard choice for you to make but…"

"But nothing. I've already made my choice. I'm keeping my son, I'm going to take care of him, and love him and give him everything he needs. And I'm never going to leave him. Not like his father left him. I love him more than that." And then I just got up and walked back to class.

A month later Tori and her boyfriend broke up and we started hanging out again. We were having a sleep over. It was nice to talk to someone about everything… but it would be a lot nicer if Tori wasn't so, for lack of a better word, annoying.

"So wait, Mike Dallas kissed you?!" She asked in disbelief, her voice all high pitched and squeaky.

"Well yeah… but…"

"How was it?!"

"Excuse me?" Was she really asking me this?

"I mean like was he a good kisser, was there tongue?" She asked with a giggle.

"Tori that's not the point!" I paused. "And yes to both."

"Well of course! Oh my god Maya you get all the fun!" She exclaimed.
"If by fun you mean my boyfriend killing himself, getting pregnant at 14, and being completely confused on my feelings, then yes I do." I rolled my eyes.

"No by fun I mean the fact that Mike Dallas is in love with you! You totally lucked out. You know he's signed to the NHL right? Do you have any idea how much money he's gonna make?! You are going to be totally rich!"

"Not exactly, I told him I never wanted to see him again."

Her mouth dropped "You what?! Why would you do that?!"

"Because… because I… I don't know. But I don't have time for that kind of stuff right now. And I mean he was Cam's captain… like that's just wrong… I can't do that to him."
"Cam would've wanted you to be happy." She said softly.

We were quiet for a moment.

"My mom really wants me to give the baby up for adoption." I muttered finally.

"Are you going to?" She asked.

"I don't know… I keep saying I'm dead set against it but… I really don't know." I sighed. "Maybe it's the right thing to do."
"Oh Maya, maybe it is but… I mean Cam… he would've wanted you to keep him wouldn't he have?"

I sighed irritated. "Why do you keep saying that?! You have no idea what Cam would've wanted. None of us will ever know. He's gone, he made his choice, now I have to make mine."
"Okay… Well whatever you need to do, I'm here for you."

I smiled "Thanks Tor, that means a lot."

"Well you are my best friend for life. And I am expecting to be referred to as super fabulous aunt Tori."

She laughed and at the same time a terrible wave of pain washed over me. And then I was wet.

"Oh my god…" I whimpered.

"Maya, what happened? What's wrong? Is that… Did your water just break or something?"

I was frozen where I sat. It was only October; I wasn't supposed to have my baby for another month and a half, there was no way I was going into labor. "Go get my mom," She stared at me clearly thinking the same thing. "Tori now!" I screamed.

Before I knew it I was being lifted into an ambulance, and everything went crazy. When I got to the hospital, I knew something was wrong. The pangs of pain were few and far in between but excruciating.

The nurse's were all around me, my mom was nowhere to be seen, and I just kept asking someone to call Katie.

They stuck an IV in me and told me to take deep breaths. It was all a blur and then all of a sudden Dr. Pierce was standing next to me.

"Okay, Maya" she said "Take a deep breath and I want you to try to push."

I tried, for hours I tried but nothing happened. They said something about me not being dilated enough, they said something about my body being too small to give birth, they said something about a C-section, they said something about too much bleeding, they said something about the baby being sick or something. I had no idea what was happening and my head was spinning. I just kept asking for Katie and I'm not too sure but as the dizziness really starting setting in, I was asking for Cam; no more like begging.

I was so scared; every single muscle in my body was tense. I just kept wondering why no one was doing anything. Why weren't they helping him? I wished they would just stop talking and do something to help my baby.

My eyelids were getting heavy but I kept forcing them open. The chaos continued around me. Or maybe it really wasn't chaos… there were really only a couple people around me but every noise they made was intensified in my ears. I could hear my heart pounding in my chest.

Someone took my hand but I wasn't sure who it was until Katie's voice sounded in my ear. "Push Maya," she whispered to me and I did as I was told. But the pain was too much for me. I let out one last cry for Cam and then everything faded as I was enveloped in darkness.

AN: Hey so that was short I know. I've been really really busy with this play. We just opened Thursday and it has been a crazy ride. But I'm not going to leave you hanging. I will post at least once every week I swear it. Thank you for reading and for reviewing. I love to hear from you guys and hear your thoughts and feelings. So hit me up! And stay tuned for more. Also hopefully sometime soon I'll be posting a Cam one shot. I think it's a pretty interesting concept so hopefully you can check it out! LOVE YOU!