Chapter One

I guess this is it, thought Marietta; sitting on the living room couch at her boyfriends house. THIS is what I've been waiting for all my life? she thought, glancing at her very pregnant belly. Marietta screamed when she saw the baby kick.

“I can't believe this is happening to me out of all people! How did this happen? Oh dear God, what did I do wrong to deserve this cruel punishment?”

As her Coldplay CD blasted Clocks, Marietta knew what’d she done to become pregnant but it was by whom that she couldn’t believe.

Walking into the living room with an upset look on his face was Blake. When Marietta saw him she could see that he wasn’t in a good mood. Hoping that he hadn’t heard her rants she smiled at him and offered him a place to sit. Her sapphire blue eyes focused on his hazel ones. Blake chose to sit down beside Marietta on the far end of the couch, not believing that she was 7 months pregnant with a baby that was his.

He had tried to get her to have an abortion but she refused. “Marietta, what in the hell is wrong with you? You didn't bitch 7 months ago.”

As he waited for her to answer him Marietta’s mind wandered to the night that she had given her virginity to Blake.

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It was during a college party that she shouldn’t have been going to in the first place. She was going out with Julian, Blake’s step-brother, at the time but blew him off to hang out with what her 'clique' called the college jocks. Blake was working his way around the room when he’d caught her eye. She knew he was Julian’s older step-brother because he’d flirted with her during her first Thanksgiving dinner with Julian’s parents but since they weren’t blood related she went for him.

Marietta had never been that bold in her life. The image of Blake’s golden blonde hair glistening under the light as they danced heavily against one another made her heart race. Now, she'd do anything to take back that moment.

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She was thinking of how she ended up naked in his dorm room when she felt Blake nudge her.

“Hello? Marie, answer my question”, Blake said, remembering the look on his step-brothers face when he found out Marietta had been unfaithful. He remembered the way Julian punched him after finding out Marietta was pregnant.

Marietta looked at Blake but found her mind wandering off to how she used to sit with Julian and talk about anything. She shook off the thoughts and looked at the carpet. “Blake, nothing is the matter.”

Blake nodded before asking, "What took you so long to answer me?”

“I was just thinking about the baby, again.” Marietta shifted uneasily as she felt the baby move around and kick some more.

That’s all she thought about. Ever since she’d showed up at Blake’s dorm crying, screaming at him, that’s all she seemed to care about.

Blake remembered how she looked at him when she showed him the pregnancy test. Blake looked at Marietta and saw that she was still the beautiful brunette he’d hooked up with but she was carrying his child. He realized then that he would have to focus on Marietta and the baby, not himself.

"If you don't want to be with me, get out! Pack your stuff and go. I've been nothing but nice to you only to hear you bitching about how miserable you are, like this is some sort of punishment."

None of this should be happening, he thought. I shouldn't have to put my college courses on hold for this baby. Besides, she came on to me. I have a life to live. I'm through being nice.

Just then, the phone rang.

"Blake, I'm sorry. Its the hormones."

Anger rose in Blake. "Screw your hormones. I know you still want Julian."

Before Marietta could protest, Blake added, "Get the damn phone, whore! I'm outta here!"

Blake slammed the door as he left the house. "I don't need this. I'm going to Stephanie's."

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