The small town girl, and the country boy's baby (teen pregnancy story)

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Arias pov
I woke up and last nights events flooded in. The fight. Him calling me a whore. Everything. I could feel the tears coming then I felt a pain in my stomach. It was constant. Then I realized it was my daughter kicking away. She is why I need to be strong. Everything will be ok. Thank goodness Nolan was there to protect me. Ok I'm kind of falling for him but... I don't know his feelings. Other than the 'I love you' last night but I don't think he wanted me to hear that.

Nolans pov
Daniel sat in the stool in the diner eating his eggs and toast while coloring a dump truck in his coloring book. His preschool bag sat on the chair next to him. The door bell jangled as I was talking to one of my local customers. When I turned around to tell Jake the cook the order I saw her. She sat to the left of Daniel and the two were chatting about stuff. I called in the order. Then her eyes caught mine. Her wrists were bruised and her eyes red from crying; I suspect. "Nolan can we talk?" She hesitantly asks. I lead her to the storage room. "I wanted to thank you for helping me last night. I always knew he wasn't a good guy but I didn't think he'd ever really go that far. I just- now I have to tell my mom and she'll probably hate me and take away the house because the two of us couldn't make it work" she was completely sobbing. So I pulled her into me.  She hugged back tightly. "Daddy" Daniel stood in the doorway. "Are you gonna marry Aria?" He asks me "is she my momma?" He asks again she looks at me. Is she waiting for a reply. But I don't have one. "Daddy do you lo-ve" he drags out the love "Aria" he finishes his thought "uhh no Aria and I are just friends" I say he reaches for arias hand and he drags her away. Gosh id give anything to have her back in my arms. In my embrace.

Arias pov
I dropped Nolan off at preschool. "Are you friends with Nolan?" The teacher asks "uhh yeah" I say Daniel kisses me on the cheek then runs off to play with some other classmates. I leave and decide to go to the pavilion in the center of town. I pull out my phone and stare at my contacts. I have to call my mom. She has to know. "Sorry I'm not available right now. Leave a name and number and I'll call back as soon as possible" the voicemail says "speak after the beep" *beep*
"Hey mom I just thought I'd update you that Tyler and I got in a big fight and my friend had to call the police. We have a trial in a couple weeks. Just call me back when you can" I end the call and head back to the diner. Nolan is cleaning the counter when I come in. He stares at me and flashes me a grin. I stand next to him and he brushes his arm against mine. I lace his fingers in mine then he looks at me and I look at him. I can feel his breath coming closer and closer. His lips are a mere centimeter away when the door opens we back apart and our hands drop. "Good morning Nolan and Aria" a customer says to us.