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cheerleader) wrote2022-08-29 09:03 pm
cheerleader) wrote2022-08-29 09:03 pm
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Chrissy's known for a few days that they need to talk. She isn't avoiding him as much as letting their busy lives at school take over, as she gives herself time to think. They still eat lunch together outside so he can smoke, he still drives her to and from school. But there's an edge to her that's anxious, much like she had been in the days leading up to telling him that she was ending things with Jason because she wanted to be with him.
And she thinks he can recognize when she's afraid or nervous, two things that she's very much feeling now. Every time she even thinks about glancing at the pregnancy test hiding in her backpack, she starts to feel terrified. Chrissy feels backed into a corner, like she has no options. And she really doesn't want to force that same kind of pressure on him. He's just gotten his life back together, and they worked so hard together to get him acclimated to being back at school. It wouldn't be right to pull the rug out from under him now.
But she also can't not tell him either. She's not the kind of girl that lies by omission. So she finds her courage on the way to school one day to ask him to go anywhere other than Hawkins High School. They find themselves sitting in his car near the lake, Chrissy anxiously fidgeting.
"There's something that you need to know."
She can barely speak over a whisper, her stomach is in so many knots.
"It's important."
And she thinks he can recognize when she's afraid or nervous, two things that she's very much feeling now. Every time she even thinks about glancing at the pregnancy test hiding in her backpack, she starts to feel terrified. Chrissy feels backed into a corner, like she has no options. And she really doesn't want to force that same kind of pressure on him. He's just gotten his life back together, and they worked so hard together to get him acclimated to being back at school. It wouldn't be right to pull the rug out from under him now.
But she also can't not tell him either. She's not the kind of girl that lies by omission. So she finds her courage on the way to school one day to ask him to go anywhere other than Hawkins High School. They find themselves sitting in his car near the lake, Chrissy anxiously fidgeting.
"There's something that you need to know."
She can barely speak over a whisper, her stomach is in so many knots.
"It's important."
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"I'll look and see what I can find later today. Try to schedule an appointment for next week. We can skip school and make a whole day out of it."
With his arms around her, she's at least able to relax. She's been so stressed and has felt so alone that she's almost feeling exhausted now that things are out in the open between them. "We could skip today too, if you wanted. I'm feeling pretty tired."
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He presses a soft kiss to her temple and smiles. "Yeah? Lookit you, Chrissy Cunningham. Hanging out with me, getting pregnant and married in high school and now skipping? Maybe I am a bad influence." There's a softness to his tone that he only ever has with her at his words.
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"But Billy, we have to be so careful. Okay? My mom can't find out yet." She bites at her lip after insisting on that, even as she leans toward him for comfort and support.
"I'm really afraid of what she'll do when she finds out."
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He nods, gripping her hands gently. "She won't. It's just between us, alright? For as long as we can keep it that way." Pressing his forehead against Chrissy's, Billy sighs softly. "No matter what, we're in this together."