Absolutely no one could know about her little surprise now. She knew if word got out, she would be kicked out of the school indefinitely. Keeping it a secret was the best idea at the moment. It bought her some time to decide what she was going to do with the baby.

Only a week had gone by but Carolyn knew time was running out. She wasn't going to have forever to make a decision. Abort the baby and continue with school or keep the baby and destroy her future.

Carolyn decided that before she even made a drastic choice such as that, she had to call Andy and tell him. He deserved to know and maybe he could help her make up her mind.

She stood there in her small kitchen, the cellphone sitting in her shaking hands. She clicked on the contacts button and the first name on the list was Andy's. Just as she was about to press send, the door to her dorm room flew open and Melanie barreled in.

"Carolyn! I have great news!" Melanie exclaimed.

Carolyn pressed the red end button on her phone, locked the keyboard, and shoved it in her back pocket. It seemed Andy could wait.

"You got... the part... of Clara..." Melanie tried catching her breath between words.

Carolyn could feel tears sneaking their way up. Ever since she was a little girl, she always wanted to play the part of Clara in the Nutcracker. Now was her chance but by the time the Nutcracker rolled around, it would be too late. Everyone in the school would know about her pregnancy and she would be discharged.

Melanie saw the concerned look on Carolyn's face. "Why aren't you smiling? This is great news!"

Carolyn breathed deeply. "I..." She looked down at her stomach.

Melanie's mouth dropped open. "But you told me--"

"I know what I told you." Carolyn snapped, cutting her off.

"So you lied to me..." Melanie sounded upset.

"I honestly thought I would have resolved this already." Carolyn sounded frustrated. And she was. Melanie didn't understand how big of a decision this was to make.

"Does Andy know?" Melanie ironically asked.

Carolyn sighed. She had forgotten about Andy. She shook her head. "No, I was about to call him when you came running in."

"Call him. Now." Melanie urged.

Carolyn pulled out her phone and brought up his contact page again. This time she hit the green button and listened to each slow, painful ring. The anticipation was enough to make her drop dead.

"Hello?" That deep voice was almost too seductive. He knew it was her.

"Andy, there's something I've been needing to tell you." Carolyn could hear the shakiness in her voice.

"What is it? You sound scared. Is everything okay?"

"Yeah, I just... I just found out I got the part of Clara in The Nutcracker." Carolyn informed.

"That's amazing! I'm so proud of you. I'll have to fly out and see you when--"

"That's the thing, Andy. I can't be in the production because..." Here it was. The moment of truth. It was now or never. Just spit it out now while you're on a role. "I'm pregnant."

The line was silent for several minutes. Carolyn was sure Andy had hung up on her but when she looked, it said they were still connected.

"Andy?" She finally said.

He only had one other thing to say next and it completely shocked her. "You're not aborting that baby." And he hung up.

Notes

A huge thank you to:

-Kvengeance
-MonicaKeya