Her frosty green eyes were clouded over with guilt, pain, and an unknown grizzly state as silent streams of tears coursed down her washed out cheeks.

She searched through the moon spotted darkness for my hands, her own ice cold and shaking. I held them one at a time to my lips, letting the lingering warmth of small kisses spread across her skin.

"We aren't ready." She choked out, brushing our hands over her already protruding middle.

"Yes we are. I promise we'll get through this babe." Cassia muffled her whimpering in the underlining of my jacket.

"C'mon be realistic! Twins Harry?! We'll be parents at 17 and 18!! Which means all hopes of that dance school or your singing career will be sent spiralling down the drain!"

I sadly held my own tears at bay. I had already come to grips with this harsh reality.

"But we will still be together. Cassia and Harry are infinite." I pressed our palms together, looking once again towards her stomach.

"Just now, there are four of us." I let out a tense, soft laugh as Cassia's eyes visibly darkened. She fell silent, gnawing at her short nubs of fingernails. I could almost see her brain gears ticking away.

"There is another way..." Cass's voice faltered as she dug around in her satchel, pulling out a square business card.

"Dr. Jean's pregnancy specialties. 24/7 abortion servi-oh no. Cassia baby, who gave this to you?! You couldn't possibly want an abo-" My voice cracked at the word as she snatched the paper back.

"It's just a second option. A last resort." She mumbled, squirming away while nervously snapping the rubberband on her wrist.

"No. That's not an option. We are going through with this Cass." She flinched under my touch.

"Just take me home Harry." Was her whispered response, as she began buckling the passenger seatbelt and resting her head on the window. I gazed at her before timidly starting my sputtering engine.

We rode silently to her house, each submerged in our own thoughts. When I stopped in her driveway, I caught her face in my hands, tracing the outline of her jaw.

"I will never leave you. I love you Cassia Grey. I will be here with you through thick and thin. I want this."

She exited the car slowly, looking at me one last time as before she closed her door.

"But I don't want this Harry."

And then, as she receded from my vehicle to her dimly lit front porch, I was able to place that final look in her eyes.

It was fear.

Notes

My quote of the day :-) Decide to be more positive so....alas. Here we are. Hope you liked this prologue. I love you guys. You are my <3...

-Denim