@mindsunmatched from [X]
She was panicking. Breathing was difficult, her chest tight. God, she didn’t know if she should even tell him. He was supposed to go to art school in the fall, had already started his applications. So had Allegra, actually. Thankfully she hadn’t submitted any, still tweaking her personal statement and her portfolio of original compositions. Because...god, there was just no way she could transfer to music school now!
But she didn’t need to burden Raphael with this. They had only just broken up last month. And though they had remained friends and been amiable enough, Allegra knew horror stories of other girls using tactics like this to get back together with boys and...and she couldn’t have Raph thinking that of her. They just weren’t good long term - no spark, just comfortable warmth. They were better off as friends.
She needed to just walk out of his life and take care of this on her own. Sure, money would be tight, with Luna away at college, but Allegra could make it work...somehow.
To be utterly honest, she hadn’t been listening, following Raphael out to the gazebo and hearing nothing but the blood pounding in her own ears. She’d rather not make this speech in front of the entire Casmere family but...god, the gazebo? This was where she and Raph had had their first kiss, where they had taken their prom pictures...
He was asking her another question but Allegra hadn’t noticed, pacing in a small line and wrapping her arms tightly around her midsection. She should just go, tell him something asinine about making sure he wrote her when he went to college but eventually, she found herself freezing in her spot. When she finally looked back up at Raphael, there were tears beginning to well in her eyes and her voice was barely audible.
“...Raph, I’m pregnant.”










