“An Unexpected Surprise” ~ Flash Fiction

Straight A student. Prom Queen. Soccer team captain. A TV star, but not in the way she was expecting. First came the pleasure. When he was with her she felt like a bird, soaring high above the water, the trees, the clouds, forgetting all her worries down below. And so they rendezvous every month, going to their secret location where their hearts were one. But precaution, if avoided, has major consequences. And soon, after a few months of harmony, an old friend went missing, and a little gift arrived right beneath her chin. So dainty, so delightful, so deadly — if her parents found out. If her parents didn’t kill her the humiliation will. All those titles, all those accomplishments, but nothing would ever be the same. And now look at her — Season 3 Episode 15: Teen Mom.