Forever Intertwined | Sam Evans

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"I'm Pregnant Sam..." The second those words left Faith's lips, she started crying again. "Sam, I don't understand how this could have happened. We've always been so safe. I don't know what I'm going to do."

Sam hadn't said anything. He just numbly wrapped his arm around his girlfriend, making sure she was comforted even if he was totally freaked out.

After Faith calmed down, at least as calm as she was going to get, Sam finally stood up and ran his hands through his hair.

"What are we....what do we do now?'' he asked. He didn't know his night would have ended up like this. He was still riding the high that winning the election presented to him but now suddenly his girlfriend was pregnant and he didn't know how to feel.

"I don't know...I think it's too new. I think we should sleep on it and I'll probably talk to Quinn tomorrow. She's been through this. She'll know what to do. But Sam, please don't tell anyone. Not right now at least. It's too soon."

He nodded before giving her a kiss on the head and heading to his own room. Even if Faith was going to sleep on the idea, the idea was not letting Sam get a wink of sleep tonight and he knew that.

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The next day, Faith was still reeling. She went to Cheerios practice and acted like everything was normal but she was still dying on the inside. After practice, she used her spare. To run to the store and get another test. She had to make sure it was 100% certain.

It may have been wrong, but Faith decided to use the handicap bathroom because then if she broke down no one was around to hear her.

Once the new stick showed two red lines, she knew it wasn't a fluke. She was pregnant with Sam's baby.

Once a couple tears started rolling down her face, she managed to pull her phone out of her pocket. She didn't want to tell anyone, but she knew she needed advice.

To her surprise, Quinn picked up on the second ring.

"Faith? Everything okay?"

And Faith broke down again.

"Quinny...I think I made a huge mistake. When you first found out you were pregnant with Beth... Did you have some initial Instinct? Like you knew where to go from there?"

Quinn's breath caught over the phone.

"Wait Faith, are you..." She trailed off. Not wanting to say the word if it was a sensitive subject.

"Yeah, I, um took two tests and they're both positive. I don't know what to do Quinn. Sam and I can't have a baby. Like, we're too young and have plans that don't involve this. But at the same time, I can't just act like it didn't happen. It's not something I physically could do...'' Faith said, knowing that termination of her pregnancy and adoption were out of the picture because she knew she would be attached.

"So...you're keeping it? That's a lot of responsibility faith. And adoption isn't the worst thing in the world. I understand if it's not for you but I feel like this is a conversation you need to have with Sam. Or your brother..? Even though he wasn't my baby's dad he was there when I needed him.''

Faith could feel the tears rushing more down her face.

"Um, Finn hasn't reached out since he left for the military. He forgot about me. I don't even have my pre-existing family around to help me, how am I supposed to start one of my own?'' she panicked.

"Faith, I'm in between classes right now so I don't have a whole lot of time but the best advice I can give you is listen to your heart. It might take you a little while to be able to hear it but between you and Sam, your hearts will have a greater decision than both of you. I love you, call me anytime."