One and Only

Prologue

Thirty years ago, fifteen year old Kim Daniels was finally attending what she thought was going to be the coolest party of the year. The best part of it all was that she was going with her best friend Lisa, her longtime boyfriend, Matt, and Matt's best friend, Kevin. As soon as they got to the party, they realized the house smelt badly of smoke and alcohol. After a while, the four became very drunk. Kim and Matt decided to go somewhere quiet. They found an empty bedroom. Things got out of control.

Lisa looked around to see if she could find Kim, “Kim, where the hell are you?”

Kevin staggered over to Lisa. His words were slurred, “Her and Matt are upstairs. They're probably getting it on.”

Lisa laughed loudly. Kevin then spoke again, “I gotta say, your looking pretty damn hot today.”

Without hesitation, he grabbed Lisa by the hips and pulled her towards him. He started making out with her. Lisa led them to another empty bedroom.

Once the party was over, Matt decided he would drive the four home. He was so drunk he could barely see. He drove around for a while. He had no idea how fast he was going. He drove the car right into a large tree, instantly killing himself and Kevin. Kim saw Matt's motionless body in the front seat. Blood was dripping from his face. Tears rolled down her face as she tried desperately to wake him up. Kim pushed her long blond hair away from her face and buried her head in her hands as she sobbed. Lisa tried to comfort her, however, she was just as upset. Surprisingly, Kim and Lisa survived the crash with very minor injuries.

For weeks, Kim locked herself in her room and cried for hours. She refused to do anything or talk to anyone. One day, her mother came into her room with a phone in her hand, “Kim, it's Lisa. I know you are upset but she said that it's very important.”

“Hello...” Kim said while wiping the tears from her eyes.

Lisa seemed very upset, “Kim, I found out yesterday that I'm pregnant. I know this isn't what you need to hear, but I think you should take a test also.”

Kim was in shock. She never thought about that. She took Lisa's advise just to find out that she was indeed pregnant.

Eight and a half months later, Lisa gave birth to a baby boy, Ryan. Ryan looked exactly like his mother. He had jet black hair and very dark brown eyes, just like Lisa's. A month after that, Kim gave birth to a baby girl, Hannah. As Kim held her baby girl she saw Matt. Hannah had Matt's face and his deep blue eyes. She did have Kim's blond hair though. Kim then realized why this baby was born. Hannah was Kim's reminder that no matter what, Matt would always be with her.

Hannah and Ryan grew up together. They were best friends since the day they were born, just like their mothers. Even as they got older, the two were inseparable. They did everything together. Over the years, the two developed huge crushes on each other. Soon after they turned twelve, they started dating. Lisa and Kim knew it would happen eventually.

Almost a year had passed since Hannah and Ryan started dating. Hannah's thirteenth birthday had passed a week before Kim and Hannah received a call from Lisa's mother. When the phone rang, Hannah rushed to answer it, hoping that it was Ryan, “Hello?”

Lisa's mother said, “Kim? Is that you?”

“No this is Hannah. Who is this?”

“Oh, hello, Hannah. This is Lisa's mom. Can I talk to your mom please?” Hannah thought she sounded upset.

“Hi! Sure, I'll get her for you.”

Hannah got her mother's attention and handed her the phone, “Debbie? I haven't spoken to you in a while. How have you been?”

“Not so great. Listen, I have some bad news. Lisa is in the hospital. She's not in good shape. I'm not exactly sure what happened to her but I'm nervous to find out. Please, come to the hospital as soon as you can.”

As soon as Kim hung up the phone, tears came to her eyes. Hannah became curious and asked her mother what was wrong. Kim told her what Debbie had said and together, they went to the hospital. Soon they found out that Lisa suffered a heart attack. She died later that night. Ryan was very close with his mother. This took a large toll on him. Kim was Ryan's godmother so he moved in with Kim and Hannah after Lisa's death.

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Chapter 1

Ryan had been living with the Daniels family for two months. He was still not completely himself since Lisa died. Hannah did her best to comfort him whenever possible. The two were the perfect couple. They always respected one another. They never did anything the other was not comfortable with.

One Saturday, Kim was at work. Hannah and Ryan were in Hannah's room, watching TV on her bed. They snuggled up next to each other. Hannah rested her head on his chest. Ryan looked down at his girlfriend. She was so beautiful, “Hannah...”

She looked up at him and kissed him lightly, “Yeah?”

“I love you.” Hannah looked at him. She had been waiting for him to say this for such a long time. She smiled from ear to ear, “ I love you, too.”

Hannah leaned in and kissed him. Hannah leaned back against her pillows. Ryan got on top of her and they started making out. Ryan rested his hand lightly on Hannah's stomach. He moved his hand under her shirt and slid it up towards her breasts. Even though this isn't the first time this has happened, Hannah knew that something about today was different. The fact that Ryan told her that he loved her made all the difference. They continued making out. Hannah then felt her bra strap unbuckle. She knew what was going to happen next. She looked at Ryan who looked back at her, “Hannah, I don't want to do anything that your not comfortable with. If you want to slow down, I understand.”

Hannah smiled, “I want this, too.”

Ryan lifted off Hannah's shirt. She unbuckled his pants. They continued to remove each others clothes. They had sex for the first time and loved every minute of it. It was magical. Hannah was so happy. Even though they were so young, Hannah knew that Ryan was the guy of her dreams.

Then they heard the garage door open. Hannah's wonderful feeling turned to fear almost immediately, “Shit! Mom's home!”

Hannah threw Ryan's naked body off of her and she grabbed her clothes. She got dressed as quickly as possible. Ryan did the same. Hannah ran over to her bookshelf filled with hundreds of books and grabbed one at random. She sat down at her desk and pretended to read it. Ryan quickly fixed the sheets and jumped on the bed pretending to be watching TV.

Within about a minute or two, Kim walked into the room. She seemed tired from her day at work. Her long blond hair was tied into a tight bun. She worked as a teacher at the local dance studio and a few nights a week, she works as a bartender.

“Hey guys, how was your day?” She asked nonchalantly.

Ryan could tell that Hannah was too nervous to answer, “It was fine.”

“That's good. Did anything exciting happen?”

Hannah giggled nervously but luckily Kim didn't notice. Hannah and Ryan answered in unison, “No.”

“Okay, I'll leave you guys alone. I'm going to go start dinner,” Kim left the room and went downstairs.

“Ryan, that was really close. She almost caught us. She would have killed us!”

It took Hannah a while to stop worrying about Kim finding out what happened between her and Ryan. She was even making herself sick over it. Ryan began to get worried.

Hannah just got out of the bathroom when Ryan approached her, “Hannah, are you okay? You really should stop worrying so much. Kim didn't find out and she's not going to. I don't see why your so nervous. This is like the fifth time you've thrown up in the past two weeks.”

Hannah looked at her boyfriend. Tears started to swell up in her eyes. Without saying a word she just grabbed him and cried into his shoulder. He had no idea what was going on but he knew that she needed him so he hugged her tight, “What's the matter? I told you she's not going to find out.”

Hannah took Ryan into the bathroom and closed the door to make sure that Kim wouldn't hear them, “Ryan, she is going to find out. But that's not why I'm upset,” Hannah said between sobs.

“What are you talking about? You're starting to scare me.”

“Ryan, I'm not exactly sure how to tell you this or how you're going to take it... But... but... the reason I've been throwing up so much isn't because I'm nervous about Mom finding out what we did-”

“What is it? Just tell me!” Ryan said, nervously.

“I... I think I'm pregnant,” Hannah finally just let it out, “I couldn't believe it at first, but I'm almost certain.”

Ryan stood there in complete shock. He couldn't find words to speak. He never thought this would happen, neither of them did. “Are you really sure? I mean, just because you're throwing up doesn't mean that you definitely are, does it?”

The tears continued rolling down her face, “No, but I'm a week late. Ryan, I'm so sorry.”

“It's not your fault. It's both of ours. We were stupid about it. It's okay, we'll get through this,” Ryan hugged her and brushed his hand through her hair.

Hannah still couldn't believe that she was actually pregnant. She buried her head in Ryan's chest, “What are we going to do?”

“We have to tell your mom. She's gonna be mad, but she'll help us out. Remember she went through the same thing. And it won't be good for the baby if you don't tell anyone,” Ryan felt a bit uncomfortable talking about it but he knew he had to.

Together, Hannah and Ryan found Kim. She was in the basement exercising. She saw right away that Hannah looked upset. She also noticed that Ryan didn't look very happy either. When she asked them what what wrong, they just sat her down on the couch. She began to get nervous for what they were about to tell her. Hannah started crying once again as she started talking, “Mom... please, please don't be mad. Please.”

Since Hannah could barely speak, Ryan held her tight and continued, “Kim, Hannah and I made a stupid mistake and now we have to pay the consequences.”

Kim knew exactly what the two were trying to tell her. But she hoped it wasn't true, “No. You didn't. Please tell me you didn't...”

“Hannah's pregnant,” Ryan finally said. Hannah held Ryan even tighter and hid her face in his chest once again. She didn't want to see her mother's reaction. Ryan tried his best to stay strong for Hannah's sake, “Please, Kim. Don't be mad. We are truly sorry.”

“Don't be mad? How could I not be mad?! I trusted you guys! How could you do this to me? I have to work two jobs just to get food on the damn table! Do you know how hard it is just to earn enough money to take care of the two of you? And now I have to take care of another child? I'm only twenty-eight years old! I can't be a grandmother yet!” Kim continued to yell at the two. Hannah wouldn't stop crying. Ryan did his best to comfort Hannah while trying to calm Kim down.

Finally, Kim took a deep breath and calmed down. “Look, I guess it would really be unfair of me to give you two such a hard time about this, considering that I made the same mistake at fifteen. Now because the damage is already done, this is what we are going to do. You want this baby to live as normal of a life as possible. I will allow you guys to share a room and turn Ryan's room into the baby's nursery. If you promise me that this never happens again.