I was walking down the basically empty streets on this quiet night. I'd just finished dinner with some friends and was walking back to my car that was pretty far away.
I saw a playground a few yards away, as I got closer I saw a girl sitting on a bench with her face in her hands. I was worried so I walked closer, once I approached her head shot up and she jumped slightly.
"hey, sorry, i'm Zach, you okay?"
she had tears running down her face, she wiped them off.
"I-I-I'm-"
"shh it's okay can I sit?"
she nodded and I sat next to her, I stayed until she calmed down.
"thanks"
"of course, you okay?"
"No...I just...found out i'm pre-pregnant and my parents kicked me out"
"oh i'm sorry...can I ask if the dad is still-"
"no he's ghosted me"
"i'm sorry, you need a ride?"
"I don't have anywhere to go"
"I have a free room in my house"
she looked up at me
"I swear i'm not a serial killer"
we both laughed
"you can stay at mine, trust me I don't want you and your baby out here in the cold"
"thank you"
6 months later
Turns out y/n stayed more than one night, we quickly became friends and I told her she could stay. She was now almost 8 months pregnant with a little boy. She was doing little jobs to make some money.
Her parents do give her some money but they don't want her to live with them. We've grown pretty close and i'm not gonna lie, I've always had some part of me that thinks of her as more of a friend.
I just got back from work, I walked into the house and went into the living room. y/n was on the couch doing something on her laptop.
"hey"
"oh hi"
"I brought food"
"yay!"
"how you feeling?"
"pretty sick but it's fine"
"you poor thing"
"trust me i'm good"
she smiled
"cmon give me a hug"
She said standing up and opening her arms, I smiled and hugged her feeling her bump that wasn't really visible on days she wore baggy hoodies like most days. I rubbed up and down her back, she put her head on my shoulder.
"just what I needed, thanks Zach"
"of course I needed this too"
she squeezed me and pulled back
"cmon i'm hungry"
"you're always hungry"
"im eating for two"
I chuckled, we ate together while watching tv, she had her hand on her bump rubbing it slowly. I smiled, she's so cute.
"oh he's kicking"
I looked over, she took my hand and put it on her bump, I rubbed it gently.
"hey Zach?"
"mhm"
"thank you, like a lot, wouldn't be here without you. I don't know where I'd be without you and your kindness"
Fuck it. I grabbed her jaw and kissed her, she kissed me back placing her hand on my neck. We pulled back but stayed close.
"I love you y/n. I knew you were special, I want you to stay here, with me. I want to be the one to keep you safe and happy, and same thing for the baby"
she kissed me again
"that's all I want, finally, I've felt this way for so long"
"you have no idea"
we both smiled and kissed each other again.
a few weeks later
I was in bed with y/n, rubbing her back up and down as she breathed heavy. I kissed her head.
"I think this is it"
"ok you want to go to the hospital"
"5 minutes"
she leaned back against me, I put her hair out of the way.
"you can do it baby"
"can you put everything in the car"
I got up and quickly put everything in the car, I went back up and helped her get in the car and we drove to the hospital. Luckily we quickly got a room and got taken care of. I was sat next to her rubbing her head and hand.
"you can do this baby"
"shit!"
she groaned and squeezed my hand
"sorry"
"it's okay"
After a very long time of contractions and pain it was time to push. She had tears running down her face from pain, I kissed her head.
"you're so strong, you can do this"
"ok you can push, we'll count down"
the nurse said, after about ten minutes, we heard crying. Both of our heads shot up and we smiled, that's nurse put him on y/ns chest. We were both crying, our little son was finally here.
He got taken away to get cleaned up, I hugged y/n and kissed her
"you did it omg"
"dad we need you"
I walked over and cut the umbilical cord, they wrapped him in a blanket and I could finally hold him. I smiled looking down at him and kissing his head. I went over to y/n and laid him down on her chest, she smiled kissing him. We enjoyed our first few moments together not really believing that this was our life now.
"he's gorgeous, I love him so much"
she said looking down at our sleeping baby.
"yeah...i'm so happy"
she looked up and kissed me. A few days later we were allowed to go home and start our new life.
