Hello :P It is Wednesday and I am back with a new story. This one is about Justin and Katie but it takes a different direction compared to the ones that usually focus in the months surrounding their intimacy together. You will see! It's something that I'll go on to write more about and I am excited to tackle all of the points of view and stories involved. But for now, I hope you enjoy this one :3
Ages:
Katie: 17
Justin: 23
Disclaimer: I own the story and the OCs mentioned!
Katie had never had so many mixed feelings over seeing Justin before in her life. But when the deep purple haired male and I walked along the decking of the dockyard and located her boat before poking our heads inside her cabin, she was overcome with a flurry of emotions. But at first, she didn't see him. She didn't see me either. She was far too busy sat at her desk chair and looking down at her lap. And it was only when we both entered her cabin properly that we saw she was clutching onto her new pocket watch for comfort.
"Hey." Justin mumbled; I on his shoulder and his hand tilting backwards as he held his backpack secure while he rested it loosely on his shoulder. That was all he said. He didn't say anything else. But as he lightly flicked his hair from his eyes - that simple word made Katie almost double over. Whether it was relief, anxiety or another unfathomable emotion, neither Justin nor I could tell. She listened to a couple more of his footsteps from his boots on the wooden floor before she bravely stood up and turned around to face us.
And as soon as she saw us standing just a little bit further in from the doorway – or rather, she saw Justin and his gentle smile – she couldn't contain any of her feelings anymore, whatever they were. Katie was suddenly forced to gulp back a sob. She dropped the pocket watch on the floor and darted nearer to Justin, collapsing in his arms.
"Hey…" was all the deep purple haired male said once more as she fell against him and he dropped his own belonging – his bag – on the wooden floor of her ship. And following that, he didn't hesitate to embrace her. There was never really much of a height difference between them but in that moment, she seemed to be far smaller than the eldest Morgan male. He bent down to hold her tight, his hand softly rubbing the middle of her back. He could only utter the same one word. "Hey…"
Katie didn't say anything. Katie didn't make another sound. I didn't believe that she was crying but even so, I naturally moved from Justin's shoulder to hers and lovingly, but hopefully not too overbearingly, touched my cheek against hers. When I did this, she finally breathed out. She breathed out against Justin's chest and clung onto him tighter, her nails almost digging into his back. Automatically, one of his hands slid from her back and stroked the back of her hair instead. And it was after he did this that she was finally able to pull away from him. The orange haired female was able to pull away from us both.
"You… You didn't have to come all this way…" she found herself mumbling as she fiercely wiped her eyes with the back of her sleeve. Though I didn't see any water there, perhaps it was to see Justin's face clearer when she finally managed to look over at him. And when she saw him continuing to not saying anything and still smiling gently, showing off a tiny shake of his head, the rest of her words slipped out. She shut her eyes. For her, it was easier if she didn't act like any of it was real. "Did you get…? Did you get…? The thing?"
"I got the thing, Katie. We got the thing." Justin stopped shaking his head and nodded it instead, including me in his words and nudging his backpack with his foot to indicate where it was. But looking over at the orange haired female from her shoulder, I knew that she hadn't noticed. Of course she hadn't; her eyes were still closed. And on top of that, she started pressing her palms over her eyelids too. But after that only lasted a couple of seconds, her hands moved to rub her own arms. She was visibly cold. The deep purple haired male were perfectly in sync when I moved down to jump onto the desk while he reached for her sailing jacket on the back of her chair and wrapped that around her shoulders. He didn't look away from her. He reassured her. "You… You don't have to do it now…"
"I need to find out…" Katie breathed out and spoke rather adamantly in contrast to all of her conflicting and contradicting and most of all confusing emotions that she was dealing with. She made sure to give her good friend a grateful smile at him looking out for her but she couldn't stop herself from taking a step back, her hands going back to rubbing her arms even though she then had an extra layer on. She looked down at her feet. Maybe she looked down to the pocket watch that she dropped. She swallowed. "I… I have to know… I have to know if I should actually freak out or you can laugh at me for this whole thing…"
"I would never laugh at you, Katie." The deep purple haired male told her with the same certainty as she had given him and with an added gentle furrow of the brow. But after she finally managed to look at him properly and give him a slight knowing look, he retracted his statement. He smiled back at her. "Well I won't today. But I do mean it. There's no rush. We're both here for you."
The orange haired female breathed out and slowly nodded her head. She furrowed her brow and perhaps for a number of different reasons and possibilities. But after she looked back at Justin and knew that I was behind her on her desk, she knew that she could believe him. She always knew that she could believe him. And she definitely knew that she could always believe us both. It was true; we were both there. We were both there, no matter the outcome. And maybe it was because of this reason that Katie's legs started to wobble and her voice did too.
"I don't know if I even want to know…" she admitted and she tried to make her voice come out in a brave trying to be playful tone but it wobbled vulnerably for real. She squeezed her eyes tightly shut and fell back against Justin for comfort. She didn't wrap her arms around him that time, however. It was if she thought that if she did, she'd be overcome with even more worry. Needless to say, it didn't stop him from hugging her. He hugged her in his own way and put both of his hands on her shoulders. As I edged forward and nudged her hand, I couldn't help but feel like that hug was the best option. Katie eventually added. "But I need to get it over with… Now…"
"Well then we'll both do this with you, won't we?" Justin asked her caringly and after pressing a simple kiss to the top of her head, he used his hands on her shoulders to carefully push her away from him. She sniffed at this but he made sure not to get deterred. Instead, he bent down to pick up his backpack. He unzipped it. Katie winced. Justin reassured her. "You don't have to be scared, I promise you. Whatever happens, whatever the result – it's going to work out for you."
And after Katie groaned anxiously and I nudged that same hand for good measure, Justin put his backpack on his shoulder and took hold of her hand, tugging at it gently to encourage her along. He almost had to drag her but he didn't mind. However, I did. I couldn't help but feel like if she wasn't ready, then she probably shouldn't do it. But after Justin managed to lead her out of the doorway and I perched myself back on her shoulder, though she was rather weary from worry, she finally squeezed his hand back. She squeezed his hand back and she touched her finger against my cheek, following him along properly.
Katie knew what she had to do. It wasn't the most ideal task or situation in the world but she knew she had to own it. She knew that she had to be brave. And I hoped that she could be that with every little bit of her with Justin and I by her side.
The deep purple haired male knew the orange haired female's boat inherited from her Grandad Jordan almost like the back of his hand. He led her down the passages towards where he knew the bathroom was. And when he reached there, he stopped outside, squeezing her hand back once more before letting go. After he did that, he reached into the bag that he unzipped previously and took out the object that he and I offered to buy her. Justin pulled out the test in question. Justin pulled out the pregnancy test. He handed it over to her as casually as he could. But Katie could barely look at it.
"There you go, lovely…" he mumbled to her and as one of his hands extended that little package to her, the other hand pushed his newly grown chin length locks out of his eyes. He managed to look at her the entire time, even when she wasn't looking at him. He found himself nudging her gently with his foot. He encouraged her. "You go in there and take it and I'll be right out here."
Justin looked over at Katie. I looked over at Katie, from her shoulder. Her expression had become unreadable. I bit my lip and couldn't look at Justin in fear that he was beginning to get a pang of worry in his stomach, the same as I was feeling when I saw her oncoming numbness. But brilliantly, one of the traits that she got from both of her parents was resilience. The eldest Ketchum daughter swallowed and forced herself to snap out of it.
Gingerly and rather shakily, she took hold of the pregnancy test packet that was in Justin's hold. I imagined that her own touch was cold. She held the object in her hands and nodded her head. She nodded her head at his words and turned towards the door. She turned the handle and got ready to go in. and then she showed off some vulnerability.
"Come in with me until I actually do it. I need you." Her words were said hurriedly. Once again, she tried to speak in a playful voice to hide her anxieties but the way she sped through her sentence and stammered spoke volumes. She cringed but clung onto Justin's hand and touched my cheek with her finger once again. Her touch was cold. I wanted more than anything to warm her through with my support. "Both of you."
Justin didn't say anything. It was true that he was often the most talkative of that pair but in that moment and in moments like those, he knew that words weren't the important thing. Actions were. So he decided to just politely smile and nod his head too, using his free hand to push open the door of the little ship bathroom properly. After Katie let go of his hand but kept touching my cheek and slowly made her way into the pokey room, I could almost imagine the deep purple haired male wondering if he was smiling too much. I knew the truth – I knew his truth. He was definitely as concerned as her!
The eldest Morgan son shuffled into the bathroom behind Katie and I and his hands slid into his skinny jeans pocket. I found myself wondering if he was starting to feel cold as well. He shut the door behind us all with his foot. He looked at Katie. He simply looked at Katie. But because she was starting to feel increasingly anxious, she got a little bit defensive.
"Don't hurry me, I'll get there." She told him and to make herself feel better, she started to properly stroke both of my cheeks since she rid herself for the pregnancy test for a few minutes by putting it on the edge of the sink. Justin furrowed his brow at her reaction but other than that, he didn't do much at all. He just leaned against the closed door, his hands still in his pockets. However, after Katie caught him giving her more glances, she knew that she had been too impatient with him. The truth was she feeling very impatient with herself. And she was angry at herself too. For many things. She apologised in her own way. "Okay fine… I'll do it now. I'll do it now, I will. So you'd better go."
I glanced over at her, my cheeks tingling from the chill of her touch but I didn't mind. I didn't mind at all. I felt the way that I had always felt about her – I would do and go through anything for her. I couldn't help but wonder if her words applied to me as well. I continued looking at her. After Justin showed off another easy-going smile and continued saying nothing – maybe that time due to Katie's slight telling off – he opened the door and got ready to leave. As he did so, he simply reached his hand out to her and patted her arm. And once he did this and stepped over the line joining the passage and the bathroom, Katie weakened all over again. Perhaps at his touch. She blushed.
"Wait can you stay? Can you both stay some more?" she asked almost apologetically than after her impatience and clenched her jaw rather bashfully. Following that, she even mouthed a proper "I'm sorry" to the deep purple haired male. But of course, he didn't say anything. He really didn't seem to be bothered either way. Though I was certain that it would most certainly affect him if Katie was having his little brother's baby. While I breathed out in a little bit of relief that I had been invited to say also, Justin shuffled back into the bathroom and shut the door behind him for good. He spun back around to face Katie. His hands came out of his pockets. Earnestly, he nodded his head.
"Certainly." He told her and he showed even more that he was going above and beyond through that whole situation by picking the pregnancy test back up off the edge of the sink and taking it out of the packaging for Katie. She could still barely look at it but she watched his fingers working. Her fingers had to reach out and accept it as he handed it back over to her and I hopped onto the edge of the sink instead.
The orange haired female breathed out. Katie breathed out and she finally forced herself to look at it. It was just a thing. It was just a plastic thing that wasn't scary. She tried to tell herself this. But her brain couldn't stop itself from thinking that the result was the scary thing! The result would change a lot of things. The result would change everything. She just hoped that the result wouldn't change how Jayden felt about her. And maybe even Justin too.
"Okay…" she mumbled out and she started to inspect it properly and look at the instructions on the bit of paper. When she found herself looking at me dauntingly and helplessly, I didn't hesitate to hop back on her shoulder and help her. I had been there for many of her mother's ones! But it didn't do to think about that then. Otherwise I would've become very choked up and maybe even bordering on hopeful also. Katie and I read the instructions together while the deep purple haired male grew distracted with looking at the pattern on the ceiling. Katie furrowed her brow and decided she had to bite the bullet. She instructed Justin herself. "Okay… Okay, I'm going to give it a go. You had better go."
"Of course." The eldest Morgan came quickly came back to the real world from pondering the ceiling pattern (or perhaps getting a song idea out of it) and nodded his head at Katie once more. He smiled at her and reached to squeeze her shoulder all over again. But he barely had time to pull his hand back away from her let alone open the door because the orange haired female changed her mind all over again. I was seemingly invited to stay since the beginning.
"Wait!" her voice came out hurried and high-pitched and she blushed at that. But after Justin just glanced her way, she furrowed her brow and clarified. She fiddled with the rest in her hand. I kept my paws firmly on her shoulder for comfort. "Do you think you could stay the whole time?"
I found myself glancing at Justin. I made the assumption that he had never been in that situation before at all. On top of not needing to worry about that kind of thing in his own relationship, I didn't believe that he'd had somebody close to him have to take one of those tests. But I couldn't be certain! I looked at him anyway. I saw more than the orange haired female saw. He looked a bit apprehensive. But he didn't dare object. After all, he wasn't the one who really had to directly worry about the result. At least he didn't think so.
So he wouldn't make a fuss over staying. And after just a few seconds, all of that uncertainty that he had melted away. He was just supportive all over instead. He smiled.
"Absolutely." He told her and he leaned up against the door of the bathroom, folding his arms over his chest. And as he looked over at the orange haired female, he couldn't stop himself from raising a slight eyebrow when he saw the way she was looking at him. She was tilting her head, her eyebrows knotted. For once as she gestured her hands to him and signalled with expression, he wasn't catching on at all. She had to ask him out rightly.
"…Can you turn around, please?" she requested as seriously as she could but she couldn't stop herself from smirking a little bit at the way that his eyes widened and he bowed his head and hit her with a succession of the word "of course". I smirked as well. I understood that he had never really been in that position before but he had to know how a pregnancy test got their result! Justin pulled an apologetic and bashful face that was rather comical before he turned around. Katie thanked him and after she glanced at the test one more time, she had another instruction for him. "And put your fingers in your ears."
The deep purple haired male briefly turned back from turning around and shot her a glance, his head titled. But after he took in her own expression and saw that, while it was a bit more light-hearted than it had been in previous moments and he was glad for that, he knew when she was being serious. He turned back around, putting his fingers in his ears.
"Sure…" he told her and to lighten the mood just the once more, he purposely spoke in a loud tone of voice, as if to pretend that he had gone deaf upon Katie's request. She actually managed to giggle at little bit at this and as Justin smirked as well, his dimple showing, while she moved over to the toilet to prepare to take the test, I decided to stand right by Justin's side. I knew that I was probably okay with seeing everything but I made the decision to support the deep purple haired male as well as Katie. I stood right next to him. Both us boys stood by each other while the orange haired female took the test. And as I thought about us boys, I found myself thinking of the other ones who would be affected by the result if it was positive.
There was my best friend. There was Ash. He had become a parent young as well and while I knew that he would be endlessly supportive, he would be concerned for his daughter and her boyfriend too. He knew how much of a responsibility a child was. No doubt that although he respected her as a young woman, he most definitely viewed her as a child too. It would be hard for him to see her wondering if she was ready for that commitment. But I knew that he would be a dedicated and supportive grandfather, like he was a father.
There was Jordan. After Misty hadn't got much use out of his beloved sailing ship, he had bestowed it upon Katie when she decided to travel the world with Jayden. I knew he definitely didn't take into account what she would be getting up to on that boat when she wasn't sailing it! He knew that her dual haired boyfriend was a good kid. But I felt that he would be a bit protective also.
And then of course, there was Jayden. He and Katie had stayed put in the same city for a couple of days because while travelling once more, they had found an art course that he really wanted to participate in. It was a bit of a camp and he stayed there overnight, meeting up with his girlfriend on his lunch break. Hence him not being around while she took the test. Hence Justin and I being there for her instead.
Jayden was a completely dedicated, loyal, warm-hearted and gentle kid. There was no doubt in my mind that he would be empathetic and supportive and encouraging when it came to his girlfriend. But when it came to having a kid, I had to wonder if he was ready. Though his family often described him as the one who was husband material from the age of fifteen, being a father was a whole different scenario. He was not even twenty one. He was wonderful. But even I had to question how he was going to take the news if it was positive.
"I'm done…" Katie murmured out and I snapped out of my thoughts and turned around right away so I caught her pushing her hair from her eyes and looking down bashfully. I didn't hesitate to move closer to her legs and nudge them. Justin took a couple of seconds before he turned around. I saw him open his eyes. The wondering thoughts of what he had been thinking about during that time crossed my mind.
"Alright, Katie…" Justin mumbled and after he nodded his head at her and smiled her, he glanced to the edge of the sink. I knew what he was getting at and she did as well. It was apparent that he did know a little bit about those kinds of tests. The deep purple haired male watched as she placed the plastic object where he was looking and when her empty hands went by her sides and she started to look a little lost and overwhelmed too, he didn't hesitate to move forward and wrap his arms around her. "It's okay, I'm here…"
"I know you are…" she breathed out and like he had before her, she took a couple of seconds to react to him. But when she did, she moved forward into his arms and clung back onto him, that time her arms wrapping around him once more. She buried her face against his chest before pressing her ear against it. And then following that, she buried her face against him all over. She shut her eyes. She didn't say anything. He didn't either. He just held her and wrapped his arms as tightly around her as she was doing to him. He contrasted that by stroking her back softly. I looked up at them both, lurking between their ankles. I couldn't help but wonder if they were thinking of each other. I was.
It was perhaps naïve to believe that a positive result wouldn't change things between them. Of course it would. They had been through so much; they had been through so much together – especially in recent months. If Katie was going to have a baby then that would absolutely change some things. Maybe not negatively but it would have its difficulties. One thing that was for certain, however, was that nothing could change the way that they felt about each other. The fact that Katie called him first above anyone when she suspected that she might be pregnant spoke volumes. He was her person – he was her person to go to. And I had a feeling that he was going to not hesitate to step up mightily if she got the result that she was nervous about.
After they embraced, both of their heads tilted towards the large nautical clock on the wall. Most of the waiting time at passed. I looked over at it too. For the last few seconds, we all looked over at it. I had a feeling that all of us had a bit of a lump in our throats. But we didn't exaggeratedly react when the clock showed that it was time.
I nuzzled Katie's ankles once more and Justin's too. They held one and other a second time. They squeezed one and other. The deep purple haired male looked at Katie and he wondered if he should reach for the rest. But after he saw it in her eyes and saw her hand reaching out, he knew to take a step back. His hands went back into his skinny jeans pockets. I took a step back with him.
Katie's shaky fingers reached out and took hold of the pregnancy test. With an understandably dry mouth and even paler cheeks, her blurry eyes looked at the result. Before she even had a chance to tell us both what it read, we read her expression and understood right away. Her eyelids twitched with shock. Her mouth hung open. She paled even more. Justin found himself closing the space between them all over again. He reached his hands out to her. My eyes pooled with tears. I didn't know if I was happy or if I was sad or if I was anything at all. I just knew that the result was positive.
"Katie…" Justin mumbled and he tried to speak in an as level tone as he could but I knew that his own heart was hammering. He had been focused on getting her to actually take it, he hadn't really fretted too much over the result. The deep purple haired male's hands reached out and they stroked Katie's fingers. They didn't react. She didn't react. So Justin tried to take the test from her. He repeated. "Katie…"
She took a step back and dropped the test on the floor. I wouldn't have cared if it hit me. I was too busy wondering whether I should hold onto her ankles and comfort her with teary eyes. Instead of doing anything and making things worse I, perhaps cowardly, left it up to Justin. He subtly swallowed and tried to embrace her but she wasn't having any of it. Especially when he said her pet name to try and get her to include him. He didn't know what else to say.
"Lovely…" he tried to begin but to both of our utter surprise, her head suddenly jerked right towards him and her eyes pooled with tears. She quickly tried to cover that up by pressing her palms over her eyes, her shoulders shaking. Justin's expression quickly stopped being calm and supportive like it had been that entire time and became very empathetic and concerned. He attempted to move her hands from her face but I felt like she would have felt even worse upon seeing the look on his face. So as he tried to ease her fingers away from her eyes, she suddenly moved away from him. In the process of her pulling her arms away from him, she almost accidentally whacked him in the belly. Her arms soon wrapped around her own.
"N-No… No! Don't you dare say nice things to me, Justin! Don't comfort me!" she began telling him and my own eyes widened in surprise. But that time, I stopped being a coward and I moved round towards her legs and held onto them, nuzzling my nose against her black tights. She didn't seem to notice anyway. She gulped and continued while Justin looked very worried indeed. "Just tell me that I'm an idiot! Tell me off! Say I've ruined everything! Be angry with me!"
"Why would I do any of that…? Why would I do any of those things…?" Justin breathed out in a voice that I hadn't really heard before. Maybe it was one that he just saved for Katie. He shook his head. His eyes didn't fill with tears but they looked rather heartbroken at her reaction. He insisted softly. "I'm most certainly not going to tell you that you've ruined anything…"
"But I have!" Katie emotionally insisted herself and her shoulders shook all over again as she leaned forward to bury her head back in her hands. Justin didn't try to stop her. I had been around for many pregnancy test results in my time but I had never seen a reaction like that. It made my heart bleed for her. The orange haired female whimpered. "N-No… No… I have ruined things… I've ruined things for Jayden and me… A-And for… I've ruined things for him… I'm such an idiot."
"Please don't say that…" Justin began and he wanted to reach back out to her, anyone could tell. But he also knew not to smother her in such an understandably overwhelming moment. He took his own step back, perhaps needing to calm his own thudding heart also. He ran his hand through his hair. He looked at her. He knew that all he could be was honest. "I don't know how my brother is going to react, Katie, but I don't believe for a second that he's going to feel ruined or angry... I'm sorry but no, we're not like that."
"Oh please!" Katie cried out and out of frustration, her hands moved away from her eyes and tugged on her own hair. In that moment, the deep purple haired male knew that he had to move closer to her all over and take hold of her hands. And we were both glad that he did because that time, she didn't push him away. But she did seemingly shake his hands as she clung onto them. She looked right at him. "I've heard as good as anyone the way that you've said how freaked you are at the idea of being a parent. He's going to be the same!"
And upon hearing that, Justin had a rare moment of silence. It was so rare and it was so telling that it sent a shiver down both me and Katie's spines. He didn't know what to say. The deep purple haired male didn't know what to say. He was trying to be calm and collected and gather his thoughts and be truthful but he couldn't help but feel like Katie had a bit of a point.
However, after thinking some more and hearing her sniff and seeing me hugging Katie's legs and offering her all of the wordless support that I could muster, Justin suddenly shook his head. Justin suddenly looked very annoyed, though I knew that he wasn't that. He was just adamant. He stopped Katie from shaking his hands and squeezing hers back. He looked right back at her.
"Jayden is not me, okay? But if I was him, even I would put my qualms aside and support you no matter what. So that should give you an insight to how Jayden is going to react." He informed her firmly and her eyes filled with more tears. I suspected that they were relief. But they might be fear that Justin was actually annoyed at her. So after having a quiet sigh, he touched one finger against the side of her cheek lightly and then properly entwined both of his hands in hers. "I don't want to hear you say anything negative anymore, especially about yourself… Just come with me instead."
It was clear from the way that I found myself blinking that Justin and I were no longer on the same page. But maybe that was okay. Katie was left gulping but she was left feeling a little bit oddly calmer at Justin's matter of fact-ness. She held back onto his hand while he led her back down some of the passages of her and Jayden's ship. She led her to a room. He led her to a room, one in fact that they had found themselves in together only a few months before that. It was a secret lounging sort of area with duvets and pillows all on the floor.
Justin lead by example and laid down on it, still holding onto Katie's hand while she stood and his other arm going behind his head. And after standing and staring for a few more seconds, the orange haired female finally caught on. She didn't stop herself from lying down with him. In fact, she almost clung to him and rested her legs on his as she buried her head back into her neck and hugged him. She broke down. She cried. Whether it was relief or shame or guilt or sadness or frustration – I didn't know. I didn't care either. I curled up next to her while Justin and Katie cuddled. And the deep purple haired male wordlessly held her while she got all of her feelings out.
But after a few seconds and feeling his chest dampening with her tears but not caring at all, he just had to say something. He didn't make her look at him. He allowed her to bury herself against him and he stroked the back of her neck while he offered words to her. He spoke in such a soft tone that I really got a feeling of how much he unconditionally cared for her.
"Katie… I wish I could promise you all kinds of things but I can't…" he began thoughtfully and Katie didn't stop sniffling and allowing all the tears to come out of her eyes. But he could tell that she was listening. I could too. I could tell as much as I rested my cheek against her ankle. I didn't let her go either. "But I can promise you that I will be here no matter what, okay? And if you listen to any of the crap that comes out of my mouth, can it please be this? Change is okay. It's scary but it's necessary. This baby is going to change everything. Whatever you decide, this baby is going to change everything. But not for bad. It could never be for bad. You might feel scared and you might feel overwhelmed but don't fight it. And just know that change can be brilliant. Change is wonderful. And this could be wonderful."
Katie didn't know what to say. There was nothing that she could possibly say. Justin was right in my eyes. She was so very scared. She was so very overwhelmed. She felt a bit uneasy that he was reading her like a book but along with not fighting her emotions, she knew not to fight that either. She choked back some sobs before letting them go and held further onto him. She buried even closer to him. And that allowed him to say even more. He was almost getting things off his chest too, as she got them out of hers and sent them dripping onto the material of his t shirt.
"I may be afraid to have a kid of my own… But I'm not afraid to love you. And I won't be afraid to be there for you for whatever you decide for you and your kid." Justin whispered but he spoke with all of the certainty in the world. You could tell that it was a little bit difficult for him to say these words but like he had said to her, it was necessary. He bit his lip rather bashfully before continuing, stroking the front of her hair. "Whatever happens, nothing is going to change for the bad between you and me. I will always be here. I will support you. I will support Jayden. I will support that kid. And nothing could stop me from supporting you. I know that none of this is about me but I think you need to hear this. You won't have to do this alone, okay? You don't have to do anything alone while I'm here. And I will never stop being here. However you want and need me."
Because I felt every inch of Justin's words and felt them from my own point of view to Katie as well, as my eyes filled with tears, I nuzzled against her leg even closer. I breathed out. She did as well. She couldn't say anything. She still couldn't say anything. But she listened. And after she finally pulled away, her cheeks a little red and her eyes watery but still resilient as ever, she made sure to look at Justin. She made sure to thank him. She made sure to thank him with her gaze. Then, she reached for his hand and with one of hers she entwined her fingers with his in the special way that they did. And with the other, she gently tapped him upon the dimple that was on one of his cheeks. He didn't hesitate to do it back. And then following that, they had a little bit of a chuckle.
It was seemingly out of place but that was them all over. I didn't know if it was shyness or relief or fear - I didn't really care to analyse it. They chuckled and they fell back towards one and other and embraced all over again. I breathed out once more. I was part of that hug but I wasn't really and that was okay.
Katie had found her person. She had found her person who she could tell anything to, who she could share anything with and who she could express any emotion to. And he would always be there. And she was right. Justin was too. Not only was he there for her and for Jayden like he promised, but he ended up being there for that baby also.
He was however, wrong about just the one thing. When that child came along, it did start to be about him. For after seeing Katie and Jayden be the wonderfully young but wonderful parents, he finally realised that he could do the same. After he and his boyfriend were god-parents to Jayden and Katie's daughter, they knew it was time for them to have a family of their own.
So no, it wasn't just about Justin, but that experience certainly engulfed him also. And his deep admiration, love and respect for Katie most definitely engulfed him as well. And when she was engulfed by fear, she knew that she could turn to him. She had found her person but he had as well. They had found each other. And through each other, not only had they found themselves but they had found their destined paths also.
The End.
There you go! Thanks so much for reading and I hope you enjoyed :3 So yeah, just a couple of months after her diversion with Justin, Katie makes things right with Jayden and ends up pregnant with his baby. And she keeps it. It's absolutely unexpected and a challenge for all involved but they make it work. And I feel as though it's the making of Katie, actually. Along with her time with Justin months before and all of the lessons learnt there, having a child really makes her have faith in her own needs and her wants and the path she wants to be on in life - even more than she felt before and for good. I definitely want to touch on how everyone else does indeed feel about it as well and especially Justin! :P Thanks again for reading and I'm not sure when I'll be back actually. I'm planning on not uploading too frequently in February because I want to focus on writing instead and writing on a variety of new characters and subjects. I'll see you once or twice though. See you soon!
AmyBieberKetchum signing out :3