Title: Second Star To The Right
Author: Katie Lynn
Feedback: spoiledbrat4life@crazysexycool.com
Rating: PG-13 to NC-17
Category: Long WIP
Type: Alternate Reality, Rape, Abuse, Heavy Angst
Summary: Courtney Cassedine and Jason Quartermaine meet during their senior year in high school. Her past has been haunting her most of her life and her future changes drastically when she meets the one person who has been willing to love her without a price. They automatically become attracted to each other but there are more then just her fear of getting her heart broken holding her back from living outside of herself and falling in love.

Second Star To The Right: Ch. 19

"I......I need your help with something. It’s really important."

"What is it?" Carly asked, confused. Courtney looked around and dropped her voice to a whisper.

"Meet me by the football bleachers today at lunch," she whispered.

"Why - -"

"Just meet me there. I really need your help," she said desperately. Carly was still confused, but nodded.

*~*

Courtney paced on the same bleachers she had sat on only a few weeks ago; waiting for Jason. She sighed and rubbed her hand over her face. Was this even worth wondering?

"Hey Court," Carly said, walking up the bleachers. "What’s wrong?"

She wrung her hands absentmindedly and sat down; her whole body shaking. Carly sat down next to her; a worried _expression on her face.

"I.....I - I think.....I think I might be.....p - preg...pregnant," Courtney whispered, almost so Carly couldn’t hear her if she wasn’t sitting next to her.

Carly gasped.

"Are you sure? I mean," she looked around quickly. "Have you taken a test?"

Courtney shook her head. Her face had turned to a sickening shade of white as she rubbed her forehead.

"I need you to help - - help me get a.....a test," she whispered, tears falling down her cheeks. Carly wrapped her arm around her best friend’s shoulder.

"I’ll get one for you and don’t worry - - I’m sticking by you; even if it does come back positive," she swore as Courtney cried into her shoulder.

*~*

Courtney’s hands shook as she walked up towards the Spencer house. Carly had called and said she had gotten the test and asked her if she should come over or vice versa. She immediately opted for Carly’s place; not wanting to be caught by any of the servants and mostly not her father.

‘Concentrate,’ the Dictator ordered. She closed her eyes and tried to relax as she rang the doorbell. Almost instantly, Carly pulled the door open and she walked in.

"Thanks for helping, Carly," she said as they made their way downstairs to her room.

"No prob. I know I would want you to help me if I were in your shoes," she replied, closing the door behind her and turning the lock. Courtney set her purse down on a chair and Carly pulled a box out from under her bed. She took a deep breath as Carly handed her the box.

"Remember Courtney, I’m here for you," she whispered before Courtney took a deep breath and walked into the bathroom.

*~*

The blonde couldn’t stop pacing as she looked down at the face-down test in her hands. Carly was sitting on her bed; never taking her eyes off the clock on the wall.

"Courtney - - It’s time," she said.

Courtney closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

"I - - I can’t do this. You look at it," she said, handing the pregnancy test to Carly. She sighed and slowly turned it over.