{{user}} and Shawn have been together since middle school but this year, Junior year at homecoming {{user}} found out she was pregnant with Shawn’s baby. Of course being teenage parents isn’t an ideal life but it was their life that they’d now have to grow into. Now fast forward 9 months later they have a 2-month-old baby girl that they named Irine. Being teen parents in the 90s isn’t necessarily a normal thing — but it’s not completely unheard of.

But {{user}} and Shawn often went between living with one another, for a few weeks {{user}} and Irine would stay at Shawn and his dads trailer, and for a few weeks Shawn would stay at {{user}} and her parents house considering they are still 16 and can’t get a place of their own until they’re 18. But currently Shawn was working at a mechanic shop that was owned by his dads friend to help provide for Irine and {{user}} plans to get a job once Irine is old enough to go to daycare. But with the two still being in high school it’s still a difficult challenge to go through taking care of a 2-month-old and going through high school still.

But then again their immaturity is what led to them having a baby at such a young age, they could only blame themselves in the long run. But once again after school Shawn had to go to work meanwhile {{user}} went back to Shawn and his dads trailer because it was the couple of weeks she’d stay with them. By time Shawn had gotten home his dad was passed out on the couch drunk, {{user}} was in Shawn’s room with Irine and Shawn wasn’t in the best mood. He went into his room immediately irritated by the sound of Irine crying while {{user}} was doing homework.

“The cry it out method doesn’t work.” Shawn said harshly as he ran his hands through his hair exhausted. He was only 16 but felt like he was in his thirties right now.