Atlanta sat on the couch, a tub of ice-cream in her hands, watching a sappy romance movie. Atlanta rolled her eyes, she never thought she would be doing this, but under the circumstances, anything could happen. She mentally hit herself for being so stupid. Atlanta then realised that that must the hundredth time that month she had done that. But she loved him so much and it felt so right.
Atlanta then brought her knees up to her chin, not a good idea as she felt another bout of morning sickness over come her. Atlanta quickly grabs the bin next to the couch and throws up into it. The others thought she was sick. But she was actually 2 months pregnant. No one noticed because she had started to wear baggy clothes. They did comment on why she had changed her wardrobe, but she just came up with these stupid comments. Atlanta picked up the tub of ice-cream again and started eating. She seemed to be doing this a lot lately. No one knew it was her and Herry was the only one complaining.
Atlanta sighed when she realised that the ice-cream was finished. She was so bored; the others were out fighting Cronus. They all thought it would be a bad idea for her to go as she was sick. But that brought up a new concern, how was she supposed to fight Cronus when she was expecting a baby? Cronus could figure it out and know her weakness and kill the baby! No, she couldn't let that happen. Atlanta then felt nauseous again and threw up into the bucket. The others then came in and Archie was by her side.
"You feeling ok Atlanta?" he asked. She nodded and lay back on to the couch. But she forgot one minor thing. Theresa spotted the empty ice-cream container.
"Why did you just eat a whole container of ice-cream if you are sick?" She asked. Everyone looked at Atlanta, who was getting really nervous now. She couldn't tell them; Jay and Theresa would shout at her, Archie would be angry at her from keeping it away from him. At least Odie, Herry and Neil won't get angry and shout at her. Atlanta looked down at the floor.
"I was feeling better and I was hungry." She said. Odie, Herry and Neil liked that idea and left the room. Jay nodded, knowing that that wasn't the case, but he left. Archie stayed to look after Atlanta and so did Theresa, but she wanted to know the real reason. After a while Archie left.
"Atlanta, are you pregnant?" She asked, but softly. Atlanta nodded looking down at the ground, she couldn't face Theresa. She heard the other girl take a deep breath, she knew what was coming next.
"Who's the father?" The one question she didn't really want to answer. Not because she didn't know who he was, but because she did not want this to happen and ruin both their lives. Atlanta looked Theresa in the eye.
"You promise me you won't tell anyone, not even the father of this baby?" She said. Theresa nodded, this was a serious matter and she wouldn't tell anyone. Atlanta took a deep breath, but looked away from Theresa.'
"The father is….Jay." she said. Theresa's jaw dropped but Atlanta looked back at her with a huge smile on her face. Theresa glared at her.
"Don't do that to me again. Come on Atlanta, no joking around, this is serious! Is the father Neil?" Theresa asked, teasing her friend. Atlanta scrunched up her nose.
"No way Theresa! I would never do that with Neil! Gross!" she said. Theresa smiled at her, now realising who the father was.
"Archie?" Atlanta nodded and looked back at the TV. Theresa nodded; everyone knew that they were 'secretly' going out. Theresa sighed.
"What are you going to do when the time comes for you to give birth? What are you going to do before that? What about Cronus? How long have you been hiding this from us?" Theresa asked. Atlanta turned to look at her friend.
"Please Theresa, one question at a time!" She said. Theresa nodded and watched Atlanta think over the questions.
"Ok, I'm 2 months pregnant, I don't know what I'm going to do about Cronus, all I know is a can't go into battle. I don't even know how long I can hide it from the boys. Maybe another month, my stomach is getting really big." She said. Theresa nodded and bit her lip. There was one thing still bothering her.
"Are you going to tell Archie?" She asked. Atlanta sighed.
"Yes, but not right now. I don't know if he could handle this. I can't handle this, look at me!" She said, tears coming into her eyes. Theresa hugged Atlanta.
"I don't want anything bad to happen to the baby, but I don't want us to lose to Cronus. What am I going to do?"
