Alicia

She walked towards the bleachers set totally content with herself as she saw Will sitting down and reading a book. She had his hoddie on with her skinny jeans and chuck tailors in which she knew it was his favourite outfit of hers. They hadn't seen each other since that night and as he looked up to see her walking towards him she took in his wide smile. She watched him stand up and pull her onto the steps before carefully pulling her against his chest, making sure that she wouldn't fall over, he hugged her tightly. She felt awkward in his embrace especially because it wasn't the most comfortable but nonetheless hugged him back equally tightly.

"Hey" she whispered as they pulled away and made eye contact

"Hey" he beamed and sat down, she did as usual and placed her folders and backpack on the seat before sitting behind him and slipping her arms around his waist while resting her chin on his shoulder and staring out into the field, laughing as Will's baseball friends goofed around.

"How was your weakened?" she asked and felt him sigh

"Other than my time with you, it was horrible" he threw his hands up in the air and she furrowed her brows worriedly.

"Why?" he sighed before throwing his head down and running his hands through his hair which made her worry even more.

"What is it Will? Did you have an argument with your father again?"

"Yea, something like that"

"Do you want to talk about it?" she asked softly and he chuckled lightly before entwining his hands with hers.

"I'm so pissed off at him, I can't stand to be around him anymore, he just gets under my skin about everything. You know what he said to me Saturday night? He said that he thought it was best that we break up, because of some bullshit about not focusing on my studies hard enough" he turned around to face her and she tensed as she took in his last words.

"He said that? What did he say exactly?"

"That he likes you, I mean really likes you but that you're some kind of distraction, I don't even know what that means? Honestly, he's just looking for a reason to keep me home, miserable and studying all night. I told him that my grades are doing well compared to the others in our class and that I was working twice as hard but he still seems to believe, judging from the rejection from Georgetown that I'm not working hard enough and I need to quote; focus more. God I hate him" he shook his head frustratingly causing Alicia to shake her head sternly.

"Will, don't say that. You don't mean that, now take it back"

-"But.."

"Take it back" she eyed him sternly and he sighed defeated

"Okay, I take it back" he rolled his eyes half-heartedly with a smile playing on his lips. She pecked his forehead before falling into silence, over analysing his words. She was the main cause of his distraction, of course she was.

"You know it doesn't mean anything right?" he asked pulling her out of her haze, back to the present.

"What?"

"What my father's saying about us, he's wrong, you're not a distraction, if anything, you're my biggest encouragement. He can lock me up in prison for all I care, it doesn't change the way I feel about you"

She smiled contently at his words and tries her best not to laugh but to no avail, chuckles softly before placing her hands on his shoulders. "I think that's the sweetest thing anyone's ever said to me" she smirked making him laugh.

"I'm serious though" he says firmly and she nods her head understandably

"I know you are." She replied before kissing him passionately until he pulled away and grasped her left hand. She watched him pull something out of his pocket and stared at him suspiciously until he revealed its content. A simple silver ring that had love engraved on the front. She widened her eyes in shock etched with concern eyeing him suspiciously causing him to chuckle and shake his head. "It's not what you think"

He paused before slipping the ring on her finger in which it fitted perfectly. "I got it last week, it reminded me of you when I first saw it and I want you to know, that no matter what happens next year, even if you move to Georgetown, meet new people or maybe even a guy" –she shook her head but he still continues. "I don't want you to regret or question anything we had because all that matters is that you know it was real."

"I love it Will, thank you"

"You're welcome" he smiled warmly before pulling her in for a kiss one in which she wrapped her arms around his shoulders and basically straddled his lap before reluctantly pulling away and laughing at their intolerableness to let go of each other.

"Now I remember the passion of Saturday night" she said and witnessed him burst into laughter.

"I'm offended Cavanaugh. Did you forget already?" he joked, she slapped him against the chest before sitting comfortably beside him and staring down at what she now had the privilege of calling the ring.

"How's everything at home?" he asked bringing her back to her senses and reality.

"Hmm?" she hummed in bliss

"At home, your parents? Owen? They alright?"

"Uhh" –she paused and giggled "I wouldn't call it alright but it's slowing down into a steady pace. I think they're actually serious this time"

"Serious about what?"

"Splitting up" –she shrugged "Getting a divorce, I remember them talking about it when I was younger but I always thought they were fooling around. I haven't spoken to my father since Saturday and I intend on keeping my distance from now on" she even said it with anger clear in her features and watched him shake his head.

"If I know you as well as I think I do, I know that you can't hold grudges for too long" he giggled and she rolled her eyes amusingly.

"Sometimes I wish you didn't know me as well as you do"

"I could say the same about you." He replied and she hummed in conformation

"You should come over tonight, Aubrey says she misses you and my father's out of town so we don't have to deal with him" he suggested making her chuckle and then falling in silence.

"Sorry, I can't, I have to go home and help Owen with his homework. He's falling behind in school work" she explained.

He nodded understandably "Okay" he squeezed her hands tight and pecked them softly.

"Actually that reminds me, I have to go see Mrs Robinson for my assignment. I'll see you later" –she stood up abruptly and gathered her belongings.

"Well, I'll come with you"

-"No" she cut him off and felt extremely guilty for leaving him so suddenly but her mind was racing. "Stay here, have a game with your friends. I'll see you soon okay?" she slipped her arms around his shoulder and leant her body into his while cupping his face.

"Okay" he replied reluctantly and she kissed him lovingly. "I love you" –she said and with that let go and rushed down the steps. She could feel his gaze on her from behind and she felt tears spring in her eyes. He had basically poured himself out to her including giving her a ring which she thought was the most adorable thing anyone had ever done for her but that didn't stop her mind running wild. She didn't want him to blame her presence for not getting accepted into Georgetown or Harvard or even Chicago Uni. It was obvious that on some level she agreed with his father's words but that didn't mean she wanted to break up with him. She just wanted the best for him, but she also wanted him in her life completely, not halfway across the country, as selfish as that might be, it was the truth. She couldn't imagine going to a different college than him and living separately but maintaining a relationship, the sudden realisation of their future together hit her hard.

She walked into the girl's bathroom and was met with something like whimpering and sniffing. The bathroom door was wide open and as she glanced into the stall the sight she was met with made her stomach clench. It wasn't like she had the authority to feel sorry for her but they had shared so much over the past few years that she still cared for her. "Liz?" she asked perplexed and the girls face popped up before trying to cultivate the tears off her face.

"Oh, sorry" she stood up abruptly covering her stomach and brushed past towards the sink placing water over her face.

"Are you alright?" Alicia asked worriedly and noticed the girl flinch before wiping her face with a paper towel and nodding through the mirror.

"Yea, fine thanks" she smiled hesitantly before walking out hurriedly. Her heels clicking with her movements.

Alicia stood there puzzled for a few minutes before deciding to drop everything and just follow her former best friend. She walked towards the common room and found Liz sitting alone in the room on the sofa with her head in her hands. She gently walked over, careful not to disturb the piece and sat beside her awkwardly before placing a hand on her back. She felt Liz flinch and then she must have recognised Alicia's familiar touch and smell as she kept still and remained with her head faced down.

"What happened?" she asked softly and heard Liz sigh

"I think I've really fucked up now"

"What do you mean?"

"Maybe you should go Leesh, you really don't have to listen to my problems" she recommended making Alicia shake her head sternly.

"No, I'm staying here" she said firm and witnessed Liz sigh before creating a long silence.

"God my parents are going to kill me" Liz mumbled under her breath.

"Liz, what's going on?"

"I'm pregnant"

Alicia jaw dropped instinctively and her eyes widened in shock. She seemed speechless for a few minutes before taking in the situation and the fact that Liz looked absolutely miserable and she felt truly sorry for her. Liz came from a wealthy family but her mother was as distant as ever and her father was never home. Her parents were stern in maintaining a good reputation in their family and for their only child to get pregnant, was set to be a ticking time bomb.

"What are you going to do?" she finally asked through the long silence

"I don't know" Liz mumbled and as warm as Alicia was, she shifted closer to her former friend and wrapped an arm around her in which after a tense moment, Liz fell into her arms and covered her face bursting into a pool of silent tears. She rubbed Liz's back up and down in sooth motions.

"Who's the father?" she finally asked the question she had been dreading for the past five minutes. She was just praying that it wasn't Peter's; not because he was her ex but because he was too young an immature to be raising a child.

"Chris" she replied causing Alicia to sigh in relief.

"But he can't know" –and suddenly Liz's face popped up revealing the tears among her face. "You can't tell anyone Leesh, please, no one can know" she was begging and it was evident. Alicia lightly shook her head "I won't tell anyone Liz, you have my word"

She nodded indifferently forming a grateful smile before falling into her glum state. "Why don't you want to tell Chris?" –she asked softly and carried on as Liz shrugged. "If you think that he won't want anything to do with the baby, I think you're wrong. He loves you Liz, I've seen him when he's around you, he's crazy about you and he's really good with children. I used to babysit his little sister…"

-"No" –she interrupted, her voice hoarse and broken. "He doesn't want anything to do with me Leesh" –her voice broke "He found out about….. Peter and he just lost it, he was completely heartbroken and he told me that he didn't want anything to do with me and now he's dating that whore Helena and it's just over"

"He deserves to know Liz" –she said softly and rubbed small circles on her back.

"I don't even know if I'm going to keep the baby" –that made Alicia cringe. "I don't want my child to grow up with me as a mother. I was thinking about adoption, but I don't want to give her away"

"Her?" Alicia's eyes widened in slight excitement.

"I don't know" she chuckled "I just feel like it's a girl you know?" she said and glanced down towards her stomach. Alicia noticed for the first time in her entire lifetime of knowing Liz, her eyes shine with a small glimmer of hope and a huge amount of love. Alicia felt a smile spread across her features.

"When did you find out that you were pregnant?"

"About four days ago" –she said and Alicia's eyes widened.

"You've been holding this in for that long?" She asked in shock and Liz nodded indifferently.

"I'm three weeks late. I hadn't even noticed with all the stress about school work and stuff but on Thursday night I was cleaning my bathroom and I found some of our stuff" –she smiled. "You remember that night we had that girls night in thing and painted our nails and danced and sung until my mom told us to go to sleep?" she said making Alicia laugh.

"Yea, I remember. How could I not, that was the best night of my life" other than this past Saturday. –she thought to herself.

"Well anyway, I found that box of nail polish and pampering stuff when I came across a pack of tampons and that's when I realised I hadn't gotten my period in well over a month. I brought like, five pregnancy test which were all positive"

"Well I'm sure at least one of them were right" –she grinned causing to Liz chuckle before falling back into her glum state once again.

"What am I going to do?" her voice broke and her eyes were pleading Alicia to give her a simple answer but as Alicia recently learnt, life isn't always simple. "I have no one, my parents are probably going to want me to give the baby away and the father to my child wants nothing to do with me"

"You have me" Alicia simply replied and watched Liz's eyes widen in surprise.

"Leesh, you don't have t…"

-"Elizabeth Walker. I'm not going anywhere, even if you try and kick me out" she threw in her first name much to the other girl's amusement. "I know the past couple of months we haven't necessarily talked but just in case you wanted to know, I've forgiven you for all that crap that went down all those months ago. That's all in the past now and we should probably go see a doctor or something" she gestured and watched as a delicate smile spread across her best friends features.

"You're the best Leesh" she smiled making Alicia laugh. She shifted over with her arm still slipped around her shoulder and rested her head on her shoulder. "I'm sorry for being a bitch" Alicia mumbled and Liz laughed.

"I'm sorry for screwing everything up." She replied and together they sat there staring towards the ground with Alicia's head on her shoulder.

"I have a doctor's appointment this afternoon, will you come with me?"

"Of course"

Will

He was packing his bags into his truck when he saw her familiar silhouette walking towards her car with what looked like Liz beside her. He furrowed his brows confused, they looked closer than usual and he wondered what the hell was going on. He made eye contact with her and watched her say something to Liz before jogging towards him. "Hey" she smiled brightly and it always seemed to take his breath away.

"Hey" he replied hesitantly

"Are you alright?" she asked worriedly

"Yea, I'm fine" he took her hand and leant in to kiss her passionately. He could feel the hesitancy in her body language and slowly pulled back and looked at her curiously.

"Is something wrong?"

"No" she replied indifferently. "Have you done all your homework?" she asked out of the blue causing him to chuckle.

"No" –he laughed "Why's that?"

"Maybe you should" she replied hesitantly "I can help you if you want?" she asked and he gently shook his head.

"Alicia, what's going on?" he pulled her out of her haze and she stared at him suspiciously.

"What?"

"You've been acting weird, ever since lunch you've been off, did I do something wrong?" he watched her face falter and she sternly shook her head before moving closer and grasping his forearms.

"No, no, you didn't do anything wrong, I'm just a bit lost right now Will" –she wrapped her arms around his stomach and rested her head on his shoulder.

"What do you mean?"

"I don't even know" –she chuckled "I love you Will"

"I love you too" they stood for a couple of minutes before she eventually pulled away and glanced back to Liz who was sitting patiently in the car.

"Since when are you and Liz friends again?" he grinned

"It's a long story. I'll see you tomorrow morning" she smiled before pecking his lips and walking away.

"Yea, see you tomorrow" he said and watched her walk away.

He arrived home earlier than expected and as he opened the front door and walked towards the kitchen area he was met with his mother and father sitting at the kitchen counter looking rather nervous and expectant.

"What is it?" he asked as he noticed their hesitancy and moved towards the counter.

"Harvard sent your results in" his father said and he eyed them quizzically before following their gaze towards the large envelope set on the table.

He grasped the envelope immediately and oddly there was a part of him that was hoping it wouldn't be the answer that he was anticipating mostly because New York was the furthest from Washington where Georgetown was and he wanted to be as close as possible to her except that was no longer an option as he was greeted with a big 'Congratulations' sign with capital letters.

"I got in."

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