𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 | s. lopez + b. pierce

Pot O' Gold

"Why are we at Carmel High?" Jayden asked, dragging her feet as she followed Sue into the school's performing arts building.

"There's a friend that I want you to meet."

"What friend?"

"A dear friend of mine who was close with my sister." Sue held the door to the auditorium open, and Jayden hesitantly stepped inside. "She went through something similar to you last year, and she agreed to meet with you."

Jayden followed Sue up to the stage, where a girl with curly blonde hair was sitting with twin girls just a few months old. She smiled when she saw them, and she stood up to give the cheer coach a hug.

"Dimples, meet Bailey," Sue introduced them. "Bailey, this is Jayden."

"It's nice to meet you," Bailey smiled, holding a hand out to shake Jayden's.

"You look like Taylor Swift," Jayden said, hesitantly shaking Bailey's hand.

"I get that all the time," the blonde chuckled.

"I'll let you two talk," Sue said. "If you need anything, I'll be right outside."

The woman gave them both a small smile before walking away. One of the twins crawled over to Jayden, placing a tiny hand on her leg. The brunette smiled and sat down on the stage, and the baby crawled into her lap.

"That's Maya," Bailey said as she sat down. She picked up the other twin and pulled her into her lap. "And this one's Ava. She's a little troublemaker."

"They're both so cute," Jayden smiled, laughing a little when Maya gripped her finger tightly. "So, they're yours?"

"Mhm," Bailey nodded. "I hooked up with my best friend's older cousin the summer before I started my sophomore year, and these two cuties were born 9 months later on the night of prom."

"Did you ever have any doubts about keeping them?" Jayden asked, carefully hugging Maya when the baby leaned into her chest.

"Not really," Bailey shook her head. Ava reached up to hold one of her blonde curls, tugging gently. "I mean, I was scared at first. I had no idea what I was gonna do...But at that first doctor's appointment...when I saw them on the sonogram for the very first time...I knew in my heart that I wanted to keep them. And I'm really glad I did, because they saved my life."

Jayden looked down at the baby in her arms, who smiled a gummy smile up at her. She smiled softly and gently brushed her blonde hair out of her face.

"So, what about you?" Bailey asked. "What's your story?"

"You mean my baggage?" Jayden rolled her eyes. She sighed, lowering her gaze to the floor of the stage. "Uh, well...My friend got dumped by his girlfriend so that she could date another guy, and he was pretty hurt. I was hurt too because that same girl had practically led me on all year...He texted me and invited me over to his place. His parents weren't home, so we went up to his room...We talked for a while, a-and then he kissed me...He said that he was wanting to do that ever since we first met at the beginning of the year, and things kind of escalated after that...Now I'm a little over 6 months...I have no idea what I'm gonna do."

"Is it a boy or a girl?" Bailey asked.

"Boy," Jayden said. She took the latest sonogram picture out of the pocket of Santana's leather jacket and handed it to Bailey. "I heard my girlfriends talking when I was pretending to be asleep...They want to keep him, a-and part of me wants to, too...But I'm just scared? I guess?"

"Girlfriends?" Bailey questioned, smiling softly. "As in more than one?"

"Y-Yeah, we're, uh...we're poly, so..."