A/N: So this story is a little different and was inspired by red lighting (.net/u/907916) :)

First chapter (short chapter, I'm sorry!) is Cate and Baze in high school and the next chapters will skip ahead but there will be some flashbacks along the way.

Just give it a chance and please review! :)

Chapter One- Wreck Of The Day

It took Cate Cassidy six days to realize she had made the biggest mistake of her life. Six days, eleven hours, and twenty three minutes.

The realization had hit her like a ton of bricks, smothering her, making it impossible to breathe, and all during a Biology test, six days after she gave up her daughter.

Cate hadn't remembered passing out, or that Nathaniel Bazile, the once rebellious, popular quarterback, had picked her up and carried her bridal style outside onto the oval before anyone else even had a chance to register what had happened.

"Cate?" Baze's voice was softer than usual, more caring; it had been like whenever he was around Cate over the last nine months. The sixteen year old jock hesitantly brushed a piece of Cate's hair back from her face, waiting for her to wake up. "Cate?"

Finally, Cate started to come around and Baze breathed a sigh of relief. "Baze?"

"You passed out." He stated, suddenly unsure of what to say. "The nurse might have- I mean, she would've figured it out, and I knew you wanted to keep it a secret."

Cate nodded, her bloodshot eyes filling with tears. The Secret. That's what they had come to call the pregnancy, neither teen finding the strength to accept the fact that at sixteen years old, they were parents. "Thanks." She whispered.

"Is it- are you okay? I mean, like physically? Do you need to go to the hospital?" Baze sat beside her, looking at her nervously. He had read a book. On pregnancy. He had read a book when he had told Cate he would be there for her. And he knew that there could be complications afterward from the…. birth.

Cate shook her head, tears spilling from her eyes as she covered her mouth. "She's gone." Cate spoke, gasping for breath. "She was ours, and she was perfect, and she's gone. We just gave her away."

Cate bent over and started to sob as Baze sat by her awkwardly, finally deciding to place a hand on her back comfortingly.

"I miss her too." Baze said softly as Cate continued to the sob.

Cate looked up at him, their eyes revealing the same pain. Slowly she moved closer to him, curling herself up in his arms and leaning her head against his chest.

"We'll find her." Baze whispered into her hair, knowing the reassurance was what both of them needed, even though the reality might be different. "We'll get her back."