Hey! I know it's been a long time and I cannot promise any updates at the moment. School is literally body slamming me and life have been hectic and sorta rough, not going to lie. But I'm here and I hope you all are as well. This idea came to me some time ago and I had a bit of free time today so I decided to write it. Hope you enjoy it in the meantime of my writing drought. Haha. Take care!

The Unexpected Journey

"No, no, no, no, no… This cannot be happening. Not now at least. What am I going to do? What are we going to do?" She stopped her ramblings and turned to look at him in the small space of the bathroom, holding onto a pregnancy stick with two red lines. He said nothing but continued to watch as she frantically paced back and forth in the narrow space as he mulled over the thought of becoming a father at the age of 22.

"My parents are going to kill me," she vocalized on a sigh, nervousness was the most prominent emotion. With their upcoming college graduation in two weeks, what should've felt like a happy time to be done with one chapter of their lives and begin a new one, have now been overcrowded with feelings of anxiousness, at least on her part. He had yet to say anything about the news.

A few seconds later, silence fell upon the room like a wet blanket quenching a blazing fire, effectively killing any remnants of heat. With a heavy sigh, she looked at him and was relieved to see a positive reaction marring his face in the form of a smile etched at the corner of his lips. Within a split second, firm hands reached out for hers that held onto the pregnancy stick with a death grip, pulling her in his direction. He smiled even more but this time showing teeth. "It's going to be okay. I promise you that it's going to be okay."

She was glad to hear him say those words because she desperately needed to believe them. "Fitz, are you sure?" She asked hesitantly, raising both eyebrows at him. "Having a baby is tough."

"I'm sure," he assured simply. "We're going to be okay." He stopped and connected his forehead with hers before continuing, "our baby is going to be okay, Livvie."

Olivia closed her eyes as she absorbed some of his strength, reveling in his calmness. As crazy as it sounded and as nervous as she felt she wanted this baby with her boyfriend of three and a half years. They'd met in their English class during the second semester of freshman year at NYU. Fitz was a cute, shy, computer nerd that accidentally bumped into her in the hallway right in front of their English class. Olivia always a friendly outgoing person, had told him it was not a big deal when he profusely began apologizing to her. From ever since that moment the two had sort of a kindred spirit and would talk mostly about school and shared interests until Fitz had worked up enough courage to ask her out for coffee after one English class. Although he was a very reserved person, once Olivia got to know him she found out that he can be very Alpha male when the situation required it. Like at the present moment.

Fitz took the pregnancy stick from her and tossed it into the small waste basket beside the porcelain throne before leading her out of the washroom to his made up bed. Now seated, he proceeded to speak calmly, "This is not the ideal time but we were always planning this. Instead of having to wait how many more years, we get to have our baby sooner. It'll be great."

"Aren't you being a bit naive?"

"Maybe," he admitted with a shrug of his shoulder. "Look, I know that you're worried that we are too young and I am too, but I know we can do it. And we don't have to worry so much about money. With the job offer I got, it will be enough for us. We'll just have to table somethings like traveling for later but we'll be fine, Liv."

He had a point, she mused. Luckily, during their college breaks, he would intern at Amazon in New Jersey and the Tech supervisor of the department he worked in loved him and always vouched to recommend him for a computer software job with the company upon completion of his Bachelor's degree. It was practically his. It was just a matter of formalities he would have to satisfy, really. He was great at what he did and was recognized for it. Olivia, on the other hand, wanted to be a lawyer and her dream of becoming one was still in process and no doubt would have to be put on pause until the baby. That thought scared her but she pushed it to the back of her mind.

"Well now we know why I've been so sick lately," she stated to lighten up the situation. For the past two days, she was feeling nauseous and lightheaded, at the time thinking to herself that it was just the aftereffect of pushing herself too hard for finals week. But boy... hadn't she considered that a baby was the reason for her current state.

Fitz snickered at her rationalizing and moved his hand to rub her flat stomach. "True. At least now you can stop looking up your diagnosis on google and freaking out."

Olivia grinned at his action and placed her hand on top of his. It all felt so right despite it being untimely. "I love you, Fitz, and as crazy as it sounds I want this baby even though it's not an ideal time."

"Doesn't sound too crazy to me," Fitz responded happily. "And I love you, too. There's nothing I won't do for you and her."

"Here we go already picking out a gender." Olivia shook her head at him.

"I just have a feeling," he smiled.

"Sure you do."

Fitz exhaled deeply, relieved, nervous and happy to see her smiling and looking somewhat like the carefree Livvie he'd come to love and care deeply for. He pulled her into his lap and held her tightly, to convey how much he loved and cherished her, silently letting her know that he was in this journey of parenthood with her no matter how scary.

"We're having a baby," he voiced for the first time, his statement making it all the more real for them.

Olivia inhaled deeply, taking his scent deep into her nostrils, before retorting, "we are."

"And no matter how difficult it gets, we'll make it work."

The finality in his voice melted her heart. "We will."

For the remainder of that rainy afternoon, they laid on his bed and made plans for their future and how they were going to tell their parents, which will be no easy feat.

Do you want to read about them breaking the news to their parents? Let me know and tell me what you think of the drabble? Hope you enjoyed it! XOXO.