Never Tear Us Apart
By:  Jaimie

Jaimie sat on the beach, watching the waves crash against the shore. Her long, curly brown hair blew wildly around her as the wind picked up. Tears flowed steadily from her soft blue eyes, she didn't even bother to wipe them away. Over the last few months, she had become so accustomed to crying. Her long time boyfriend, Lance, had left to go on tour three months prior, but before he left she found out she was pregnant. She didn't want to ruin his career so she broke up with him, never telling him about the baby. Her best friend, Athena, constantly nagged her about it, saying it was unfair to Lance to deny him the knowledge and the choice of whether or not he wanted to be a part of his child's life. She told her that if she didn't want to be with him anymore it was one thing, but she shouldn't deny him his child. To Jaimie, it wasn't whether or not she wanted to be with him. She loved him so much she felt as if she couldn't breathe when he wasn't around her, but she didn't want to ruin him just when they really started to take off. Despite Athena's attempts, Jaimie still kept quiet about the baby. Jaimie constantly returned to this same beach. The same place Lance told her he loved her for the first time. She could never forget the look in his green eyes when she told him she didn't love him anymore. He was crushed. It took all the strength she had not to fall into his arms and tell him she was lying and confess everything about the baby. She hadn't spoken to him since that day. She eventually stopped asking Athena how he was doing. Jaimie was lost in her thoughts when she heard someone speak from behind her.

"I thought I'd find you here."

Jaimie quickly turned around and saw Lance standing behind her, a solumn expression on his handsome face. Just one look into his eyes and she knew he knew everything. She buried her face in her hands and began to cry harder. Lance sat down beside her and pulled her into his embrace. Jaimie clung tightly to him, afraid to let him go once again. He just held her until her tears subsided. She slowly pulled away from him, still refusing to look into his eyes. She was afraid of what she would see reflected in their depths. Lance lifted her chin and turned her to face him.

"How could you not tell me?"

"I....I didn't want to ruin your career. Your popularity was growing more and more with each passing day and I just didn't want to ruin that for you. I'm so sorry Lance."

"That shouldn't have been your decision to make Jaimie. I had a right to know you were carrying my child."

"I know." Jaimie whispered as more silent tears began to fall. Lance sighed heavily and wiped her tears away with his thumb.

"Did you really stop loving me?" he asked, the pain from her last words to him still obvious in his eyes.

"I'll never stop loving you Lance. I never did and I never will. I just told you that to justify my breaking up with you."

Lance just looked at her for a moment. He knew she was telling him the truth. He could tell just by looking at her that the last few months had been hard on her. Her normally fair skin was even paler than usual. Even though she was pregnant, she looked like she hadn't eaten in days. She wore no make up on her beautiful face, allowing all of her freckles that ran across her nose and cheeks to stand out. He had always loved her freckles. She of course hated them, but he thought they made her even prettier.

"It looks like you've aquired two more freckles since I've been gone." he smiled down at her.

Jaimie laughed softly, "Really? Well, you'll have to name them then. You can't make them feel left out."

"Hmmm," Lance said thoughtfully. He pointed to a spot on her nose, "This one is Darcy, and this one is Jack."

"Well, I'm sure the others will make them feel right at home." Jaimie smiled. They sat there silent for a moment. "I really am sorry Lance."

Lance looked away towards the ocean for a moment, "Well, we need to figure out what we are going to do."

Jaimie's heart sank. She knew she shouldn't have gotten her hopes up that Lance would want to be with her again. He just wanted to be a part of the baby's life. She ruined her chances the day she broke up with him. "Yeah..um what did you have in mind? Visitation? Joint custody? I won't keep you from the baby."

"I appreciate that, but I figured I'd be able to see the baby as often as I wanted since..."

Jaimie cut him off, "Like I said Lance, I won't keep you away..."

"Jaimie would you hush for a minute. I was going to say I could see the baby as often as I wanted because you and the baby would be with me."

"What? You...you mean you want to be with me?" she choked.

"I love you Jaimie. I always will. I want to be with you and raise our baby together."

"How can you forgive me for what I did to you?"

"You were wrong, and you know you were. You apologized for it and I know you did what you thought was in my best interest. Just don't do it again. I don't think I could take it."

"I promise you I'll spend the rest of my life proving how much I love you. I missed you so much Lance."

"I missed you too Jaim." Lance gently brushed his lips across hers. Jaimie hoped that in time, she could help fix the heart she broke. She vowed to herself that she would do everything she could to show him every day just how much he means to her.

"I love you."

"I love you too." Lance smiled.

Lance went to kiss her again, but Jaimie pulled back slightly. "By the way. How did you find out about the baby?"

"Athena let it slip last night. She feels really bad about it, but under the circumstances I think we should be very grateful to her."

"I am. I owe her my happiness. If it wasn't for her, I'd still be without you." Jaimie smiled. "But...I'll still let her sweat it for a while."

"You're so bad."

"Don't ever forget it buddy."

Lance laughed and pulled her to him in a sweet kiss. They both knew everything would work out alright in the end. They were meant to be together and nothing would tear them apart.

The End

 

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