Forever

Mike was frowning at the girl in front of him, wondering what on earth the news could be. It couldn’t be bad, could it? He knew he couldn’t handle it if it was, he needed Ave now more than ever, and having no idea what was going on was scaring him and hurting him at the same time. He stood quietly, listening as she stumbled over the words to begin with, frowning again. “Ave?” He said quietly, stepping a little closer to her. When the words finally spilled out of her mouth, he found himself slightly shocked, but not entirely upset. “What?… Really?” His voice was quiet, and he shook his head and stepped towards her, pulling her into his arms, “Babe, hey, don’t cry. It’s okay.”

Avenly was quite terrified about how Mike would react, she figured that he would act like really any other teenage guy would to finding out their girlfriend was pregnant, he would leave. She wasn't able to really respond to him, she had to focus on the words in order to get them out. After she had admitted her pregnancy she was able to breathe more, but a few tears still slipped out. She looked up at him and nodded, "Yeah, and it has to be yours" she mumbled, knowing that unless she was carrying the nest messiah, the only person the baby could be was Mike's. She leaned against him as he puled her close, letting out a bit of built up emotion. "Is it though, Mike? Is it really okay? Are you mad? What am I going to do?" 

 Ave, please, what’s wrong?

"I don't know if anything is really wrong Mike.. I mean..." she trailed off, biting her lip. When he spoke she looked up and nodded a bit. She looked back down again and chewed on her lip a minute before she took a breath and started to speak.. "Mike.. I'm.." she closed her eyes and let out a shaky breath, her eyes stinging with tears, she opened her eyes and looked at him as a couple tears and the last few words let her, "I'm pregnant"

I just don’t know what you mean by more permanent than seasickness? You’re worrying me, Avenly.

I'm meaning I may be like this for awhile.. 

You’re confusing me, baby.

How am I confusing you?

More permanent? What? Are you okay? Ave?

Yeah, more permanent, like for awhile you know. 

 Yeah.. I guess.

Uhm... not really.. 

I dunno. I threw up this morning - no, wait, I didn’t need to share that, sorry. And I’ve been kinda shaky all day, I dunno, I just feel quite sick.

That's okay Mike, you should tell me things like that.. I threw up a lot this morning too, I guess we're in the same boat, literally and otherwise...

Nothing.. I just don’t feel so good.

W-Why? 

.. Oh, hey, babe.

Hey.... what's the matter?

I’m sick of this shit.

Mike?

Mike wasn’t sure he could explain just how much he had missed the girl over the holidays. It didn’t matter how long he spent with his family - something that would previously have been enough to make him feel better - it just wasn’t enough this time. He needed Avenly, something that was still overwhelming and frightening at times, but something that he needed nonetheless.

"Is he really going to do it though?" she asked smiling, the thought of getting to experience a bouncy castle was almost overwhelming for her. It was the little things like that, which she enjoyed the most. She had never had much of a childhood, and being able to experience the things she had missed out, especially getting to experience them with Mike, made her extremely happy. "Are you even allowed to put those on the beach?" she wondered out loud as Mike spoke, smiling up at him as he laughed a little. 

You’d think it’s strange that I hadn’t even thought about sunscreen yet.. Thanks for the tip!

Well you'll definitely need a lot of it! Welcome

Yeah, I know, but I haven’t been sleeping well anyway. I’ll probably still be awake when you come over, but if I’m sleeping just come in anyway, yeah? I love you, too.

Alright, I will 

Ohh, well, not as new as me, but still new.

Uhm not really.. Just really have fun and make sure you use sunscreen, you wouldn't believe how many people walk around looking like lobsters. 

Yeah, that does kind of suck.

Yeah.. Alright, but Mike with that head injury you need to sleep, but how about I just come over after anyway? I'll just try and slip in quietly and just go try not to wake you up...? But I have to go now, Love you. 

Oh, right, okay.

Yeah we have a worksheet to do too.. A pretty bullshit thing to do on the first day.