Table for Five

Don't you know who I think I am?

"I'm sorry, I can't drink, she's pregnant." Pete said, wrapping his arm around me.
I shook my head, "Exactly Pete, I'm pregnant! Not you!" I rubbed my temples, wondering if anyone ever told him how pregnancy works. He does this all the time, it's been 2 months now, and he still doesn't understand it.
"Let me say this slowly, I'm the pregnant one. I'm the one to take precautions, not you."
Pete rubbed my back and smiled, "We should go home, all this stress isn't good for the baby."
I don't think I could have rolled my eyes harder, "How do you know that?!?"

<<time skip to back home>>
Pete wrapped me up in blankets and got me some tea, "I've got a surprise for you..."
I smiled, a little afraid. Suddenly, the door opened and smiling faces came flooding into the kitchen.
Patrick, Andy, Joe, Brendon?
"Guys!" I smiled and jumped up to hug them all, I hadn't realized how much I missed them. Joe nudged Pete's shoulder, "She say yes?" Pete looked at him with a smile and they high-fived each other. They all congratulated me on the baby and told I looked great pregnant. We were all laughs until the door opened again,
"Brooklyn?"
Mom? Dad?
My heart sank and I felt my face go pale. I stepped back into Pete's arms as my dad walked closer.
"Brooklyn Rinker! This is so like you, running off to be with some no-good kid. So immature. When you get home I swear to Go-." He paused for a moment, "are you.... Pregnant?"
My head fell low as I held my stomach.
Suddenly I shot my head up, " You know what? Yes! I am pregnant! And I'm getting married! And I'm not coming home! I am home! And if you ever come back, if I ever see you again, I will call the police, because I'm sick of you, and I'm never coming back to you. Don't expect me to come crawling back, because I'd rather die, hear me? DIE!" I pushed out of Pete's arms as I walked back to my parents. "And if you think for a moment that threatening me will make me come back. I'm never coming back. And I never want to see you again. I'm not your daughter and this isn't your grandchild. You will never meet this child." I laid my hand back on my stomach and opened the door, waiting for them.
"Out!" 
As they left, they didn't say anything. I slammed the door behind them and slumped against the door. A single tear trickled down my cheek as I stared down at my stomach.
All of a sudden, Pete's mom came up and put her hand on my shoulder, "You are my daughter now." She said with a smile. I wiped my tear away and went back to Pete, "I'm proud of you." He smiled and kissed me deeply, wrapping me in his arms. I relaxed and melted into his arms. He stepped away with a suspicious smile, "I've got a surprise for you..." He ran off leaving me confused, " You know, the last time he said that, I got pregnant..." I heard Brendon snicker from the other room while Patrick shook his head. I walked back into the living room and talked to Patrick, then Joe, and then Andy. I was beginning to get worried, where's Pete?
I walked over to the garage and called for him. I opened the door and saw a familiar scene, Pete curled up in the corner, crying. I sat down with him and ran my fingers through his hair. He laid his head on my lap as i wiped away his tears. "What's up buttercup?"
He looked at me with those hot whiskey eyes of his, making me smile. My face softened as his tear stained cheeks turned redder. His hair fell perfectly over his eyes, and the light hit his face just right, making him look like an angel, my angel.
"It's just, I-I'm afraid, that I-I won't be a good f-father." Pete said in between sobs. I smiled and kissed his forehead, "Darling, this is a team effort," I placed my hands on my stomach, "Therefore we are a team, if one falls the other picks them up. I love you Petey, and I'm sure the baby will love you too, if they have any of me in them, they will adore you." I leaned down and kiss him deeper, this time on the lips.
"Remember when we did this in the history classroom?"
"How could I forget?"
A blush formed over my cheeks, "It was that day I knew I'd love you forever. It was that day I learned that I needed you to survive." (Beckyecka me when we where supposed to be doing the science project)
"And I know that now and forever I need you, you are my second half. I'd rather die than not have you. Because that day in the history classroom, I saw us, holding each other just like this and I knew that was where I wanted to be. I'm just as afraid as you are, what if I'm a terrible mother? What if the baby hates me? What if I can't do it?" I leaned down  and kissed him again," So let's get back out there and be the best parents we can be."
"But your surprise!"
Suddenly the garage door opened, showing Viola, Faye and Mira, from our high school, all dressed in beautiful dresses. Faye stepped forward holding a beautiful dress. She handed it to me, "Let's get you married!"
A shock came upon me as I was rushed up the stairs. My makeup was done and the dress was put on, my hair was curled. I looked into the mirror and smiled, "It's like a dream."
I was rushed down the stairs and back out the garage. I looked up to see Pete, smiling widely standing at the altar. His father came up to walk me down, he smiled and squeezed my hand.
I walked up to my so to be husband, blushing like crazy.

It's true, I'm going to marry him.