"Kiya thank God!" Teddy exclaimed, pulling me into his arms as I walked up to the porch. I just dropped Beth and Shelby off at the sorority and made it back to my house, where Teddy had been waiting for me to come home since the wedding I'm assuming. "You weren't answering any phone calls or texts from anyone and we were all worried."

"I'm fine," I simply said, pulling away from him. I wrapped my arms around my torso, still getting used to the feeling that my stomach was growing bigger each day that passed by.

"I can see that but I just- why'd you run away?" He asked.

"I wanted to be the one to tell you. I've hid it from everyone for so long, especially because I was scared about the reactions. Then I finally told Natalie because she was confused about why I wasn't fitting my regular size four/five dresses. I couldn't hide it forever, I guess. She convinced me to tell my parents and such but then Pete-"

"Wait, Pete knew?" He asked, a look of hurt on his face. 

"Yeah, but we were talking so I could congratulate him and such then he began to tell me all these things and I blurted it out. It was right before I told you, and then Ashley had to ruin it." I felt tears prick at my eyes.

"So she heard you telling Natalie, right?" He asked. "At least that's what she was saying."

"Why was she even there at the wedding? Pete didn't even like her all that much from what I gathered." I sighed.

"Can I just say that whether she ended up being the one to blurt it out or not, I want you to know I'm not going to just stop talking to you or anything," Teddy said.

"Can we sit down? Or at least go inside before we talk about this?" I asked. He obliged and we walked into the house successfully getting up to my room without either of my parents stopping us.

I sat on my bed, leaning my back against the headboard as Teddy did the same, our arms and thighs touching lightly. It was silent at first, both of us trying to collect our thoughts.

"Pete knows because he was telling me he's the reason he messed things up between us." I admitted. "He was apologizing and saying you really like me, which I knew but it just, the things he was saying, that's what got to me,"

"What was he saying?" Teddy quietly asked.

"Well, that no matter what you'd stick by me. Something like that at least. That no matter the baggage and trouble and heartbreak. That you're going to be there to try and fix me. How you told him about how you were there after what happened with Michael. Which I thank you for." I glanced at him, before back at my hands.

"I mean, it's true," He mumbled.

"I know. Then I blurted there's no way you'd wanna be with me when I'm pregnant with that unknown guy's baby." I stated.

"That's not true. You could lose all your hair and I think I'd still love you," I looked at Teddy with wide eyes, and he immediately realized what he had said. "I mean- I mean like."

"You already said it," I said. "You love me?" 

He sighed, looking down at his lap before he looked back to me. "Yes Kiya. I love you. I hate that you were with Nash, Michael, and I hate what that guy did to you. I hate that that's his child in your stomach, because you weren't ready for such a responsibility. I love you and it's taken me so long to realize that."

The words flowing from his mouth caused tears to roll down my cheeks, and it was in that moment I realized that my feelings for Teddy were there, and had been all along. It's not that I only want him due to the things he was saying, I've just tried to push them back due to getting hurt by him once and getting my heartbroken over and over again by other boys.

Teddy has proven he's sorry and has made up for it, so for realizing I do love the boy with all of my heart I rested my hand on his chest and leaned in, connecting our lips. He was surprised but immediately kissed me back, his hand resting on my cheek. We stayed like that for a few moments before pulling away, going back to our previous position.

"I love you, Teddy."

"I love you too, Kiya."

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"Can I feel your stomach?" Beth asked, her eyes continuously looking down at my clothed belly. I was finally able to show my bump without being too worried, as it was going to get out sooner or later, and now that the main people in my life know about it it's not as big of a deal. Especially with Ashley knowing, she was probably out spreading the word as we know it. 

We're having a sleepover at my house tonight, and it was me, Beth, Nora, Shelby and Natalie. Natalie and Shelby get along pretty well, their personalities matching each other's perfectly.

"Um, sure." I fixed my position, lifting my shirt off of my belly. We had giant pillows and blankets spread out along the floor, and I was sitting on one with my back leaned against the foot of my bed. Beth smiled as she scooted closer to me, gently resting her hand against my belly.

"It's crazy that there's a baby growing in there," Nora looked at my stomach.

"You might not be able to feel much movement yet though, I've been reading books and for first pregnancies they might not kick or such till twenty five weeks. But it just depends on the mother," I explained, gently massaging my stomach with my hand. Beth pulled her hand away and the others took turns feeling my stomach.

"Your child is going to be spoiled." Natalie smiled at me. Although it's sad how the baby was made, I've learned to look at the positive side instead of the negatives. Ever since my talk with Teddy, and since we've begun a relationship I've been happier, and learned to be less negative about everything.

"I love how positive you are about this, Ky," Shelby spoke.

"Well, I mean I can't always be positive. I'm still scared to do a lot of things, and I'm still affected by everything that happened, and I still have nightmares and such, but I don't want to have this baby and look at her as a mistake or disgrace. No child should feel that way, no matter how they were conceived," I explained.

"Just know that none of us are going to make him or her feel like that." Natalie shook her head. "Everyone's agreed that we won't look at her as a bad thing - even Nash." She lightly laughed at her brother's name. "I'm going to be the best aunt ever!"

"Wrong, I am." Shelby lightly slapped Nat's arm.

"You guys are all wrong, I am." Beth smiled. The girls began to lightly banter about who was going to be the best aunt to the child, and I just looked at my stomach and lightly ran my fingers along it.

I really do hope I'm able to continue looking at this child as a blessing, even if they were made in the worst way possible. I don't want them to feel as if they're unwanted or loved just by who their birth father is, and I know none of my friends, parents, or Teddy will either.

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slightly short chapter but i'm sorry i really had writers block for this story tonight for some reason.

so i was going to end this story even though i said i had more planned, because i don't want to drag it on. i'm going to try and have everything wrapped up, but it might not make complete sense as a lot of this was written in a rush. hope u understand, love u