Rock Valley

Morgaine, who has been feeling ill for a while now, visited the family doctor who infomed the girl, and Faith who had accompagnied her daughter, that she was with child.
In the car back home, Faith exploded and demanded that the girl reveiled who the father was, but Morgaine kept her silence. At home, her father shouted at her, demanded to know who did this to his daughter so that he could take actions, but still, Morgaine said nothing.

The next day, while her parents had left for work, Gaheris, who had heard everything the night before but didn’t dare to react, took matter into his own hands and proposed to Morgaine.

“Morgaine, my love, our child has decided for us. Marry me, and I promis I will protect you and our baby. Life might be hard at first, but we will survive. Will you be my wife??”

Of course Morgaine said yes. They decided not to tell Luc and Faith untill they were actually married but to plan the small wedding themselves.
Two months later, it had taken some time to find a priest willing to marry them, Morgaine being with child and the whole wedding having to be a secret, Morgaine and Gaheris were wed by a local priest in a small private ceremony at home. Nobody was there, but the pair could not have been happier.

Morgaine decided they were going to tell her parents the nex day over dinner. When she brought the subject to her pregnancy, her parents looked surprised. The girl had never wanted to talk about it to them.

“Mom, Dad, you know I’m pregnant. And I think it’s time to tell you who the father is” Morgaine took Gaheris hand under the table. “We couldn’t help it mom, but we’re in love” she said and looked at her husband.

Her mother’s face suddenly lost all color. The woman got up from the table, took a large glass of scotch, drank it all and then said to her daughter in the coldest tone: “So, this is your thank you for letting you stay in the house? For raising you? You impregnate my daughter under my own roof?? Leave, and never return. I shall take care of my own, but you are to leave. Right now, you hear me? Morgaine, don’t worry, mommy will take care of the baby, you don’t have to…”
“NO!” Morgaine interrupted her mother “No mom, he’s not leaving. He’s the father of my baby and my husband. Yes, we’re married. And HE IS STAYING!!”

Morgaine got up and left the table, dragging Gaheris after her into her bedroom.

A week passed without her parents speaking to her but Morgaine was happier than she had been in a while. She was now able to show how much she loved Gaheris, without having to fear their relationship leaking out.