"Hey, can anyone tell me where the gym is at?" a girl came up to Joe's locker during break, where all the guys were hanging out.
"Yea," Nick said turning to face this girl.
"Whoa, you Nick Lucas," the girl sighed as she saw him.
"Yea, you must be new," Joe came into the conversation.
"I didn't know Jonas came here. That's pretty cool," the girl replied. "My name is Harper," she added.
"Welcome to Horas Mantis High!" Kevin smiled coming over and hugging Harper.
"Thank you," Harper smiled widely, she couldn't believe Kevin Lucas was hugging her. "So anyways, can you tell me where the gym is at?" she asked.
"Oh! I have gym next I can take you," Macy smiled happily.
"Okay, thank you," Harper smiled following her down the hall.
"I really like that girl," Kevin smiled watching them go.
"You like everyone," Nick pointed out.
"This is true, but she gives great hugs," Kevin told them.
"At least she didn't freak out like the other new girls that always come," Joe told them.
"This is true," Nick shook his head in agreement.
"We should like, welcome her to Horace Mantis," Kevin smiled. "Like, I know!" he screamed excitedly. "A box social!" he screamed happily. "I got to go plan everything, see you later," he added running off.
"What the heck is a box social anyways?" Nick asked Joe.
"Who knows," Joe shrugged.
"So what brings you to Horace?" Macy asked Harper.
"Change of scenery, you know," Harper shrugged.
"You're going to love it here. I mean I think the best part is having Jonas here. I mean Nick is so great, Kevin is so sweet, Joe is really hilarious," Macy went on one of her JONAS rambles.
"Yea, they seem pretty cool," Harper shrugged.
Macy and Harper became instant friends as they walked to the gym.
"Hi, this is Coach Madden," Macy smiled introducing Harper to the teacher.
"Hi," Harper smiled. "Umm I have a doctor's excuse saying I am not allowed to do anything, for the moment at least" she explained trailing off.
"So why can't you play gym?" Macy asked sweetly as they headed for the cafeteria.
"They think Ihave a condition, I'd rather not talk about it," Harper said awkwardly.
"Oh, okay," Macy said quickly. "Hey Stella, this is Harper," she said seeing her sitting at a table sipping milk.
"Oh hey, Joe told me there was a new girl at our school," Stella smiled pulling out a chair for Harper.
"Thank you," Harper smiled sitting down and eating her salad.
"So Harper, where did you come from?" Stella asked.
"Umm Ohio," Harper smiled.
"Why'd you come here?" Stella asked.
"Ohio sucks," Harper shortly said. Just then, Kevin, Joe, and Nick came over and sat down.
"Hey Harper," Kevin smiled. "Guess what, I am planning a box social on Saturday for you," he explained.
"No way!" Harper smiled. "For me? Why?" she asked.
"Because it's fun, it's going to be at our house, and we are going to print out fancy invites and everything," Kevin smiled happily.
"That sounds like so much fun," Harper smiled. "You guys are the best," she said standing up and hugging Kevin.
Stella found Macy after school.
"Hey, so about Harper, do you know a lot about her?" Stella asked.
"Yea, of course, we've become really great friend," Macy said with assuredly.
"Well ummm I really don't want to jump to conclusions, but she has a baby bump," Stella said awkwardly.
"What are you talking about? Baby bump?" Macy asked very confused.
"She looks like she's pregnant," Stella implied further.
"That's ridiculous," Macy laughed. "She's only seventeen," she added.
"I know, that's why I don't want to jump to conclusions," Stella said feeling awful.
"I'm sure you're just imagining things," Macy insisted. They were about to turn a corner when they heard Harper talking, sounding very upset. Stella and Macy stopped dead.
"Really? That's what the doctor said?" Harper asked sadly. Macy peaked over the corner to see her talking on her cell phone. "He got me pregnant?" she choked. "Okay mom, thanks I will see you in a bit," she said hanging up the phone.
"Omigosh, Stella you were right," Macy said quite shocked.
"I've never been more ashamed to be right," Stella said sadly as she peered around the corner to see Harper walking off sadly.
"I really, really, really like that Harper girl," Nick admitted to Kevin, Joe, and Stella at their JONAS meeting.
"What!" Stella asked very outraged, while the guys went, "oooo!"
"So?" Nick asked Stella. "She is so beautiful," he added. "And really nice," he said.
"You can't like her!" Stella said jumping out of her seat.
"Hey, the only people who get to have a say in girls that Nick likes is us," Kevin told Stella.
"It's just, you can't Nick trust me," Stella said not sure if she wanted to tell everyone about what she overheard in the empty school hallway.
"What do you know?" Joe asked suspiciously, getting up and staring into her eyes.
"Nothing," Stella lied horribly.
"You do know something," Nick realized walking up to her and staring her down.
"All right, but it's not something I wasn't supposed to hear," Stella told him.
"What?" Nick asked seriously.
"She's with child," Stella admitted. "She's going to have a baby," she explained further.
"She was with a child?" Kevin asked. "That isn't bad at all, it's quite cute, I love being with children," he told them.
"Not like that Kevin," Joe told him. "She's saying that Holley was going to see a baby," he said a matter-of-factly.
"No, she's pregnant you bozos," Stella screamed.
Nick, Kevin, and Joe's jaws dropped.
"What, I think are ideas are more plausible Stella," Joe told her.
"No, Macy and I heard her on her cell phone say, 'so he got me pregnant'" Stella told them. "So brings me to the conclusion that Nick cannot like Harper," she added.
"They all silently agreed. But Nick wondered what the whole story was, so he did not want to give up on her yet.
The next day at the lunch table, everyone was awkward while Harper was there. They all tried to be nonjudgmental and still be her friend, but it was really hard.
"What's up with you guys today?" Harper asked trying to laugh. "Kevin you haven't said one word to me about the box social at all today, yesterday, that was all you could talk about," she pressed on.
"Oh yea, I forgot all about it," Kevin face lit up.
"Hehe," Harper giggled. "You're so funny," she added.
After the lunch bell ran, Harper got out as quickly as possible, but Nick caught up with her.
"Harper," Nick said seriously. "I need to ask you something," he said.
"What?" Harper smiled for the first time after sitting down to eat.
"Do you want to go to the football game tonight?" he asked.
"With you?" Harper asked.
"Yea, if that's all right," he added.
"Yea, okay," Harper smiled widely. "When?" she asked.
"Well, I want to take you out to dinner, so is five okay? Two hours to get there and eat," Nick explained.
"Yea, that's fine, I'll see you later," Harper smiled.
Just then Kevin and Joe appeared out of nowhere.
"So you're still going to go out with her?" Joe asked.
"Yes, I have a feeling that maybe, there's more to the story," Nick told them.
"Like what? That she was fake crying on the phone," Joe asked.
"No, well maybe, I don't want to shun her just because of what Stella thinks she heard, I really like her," Nick told them. "Please back me up on this one," he added, hoping the guys would understand.
"We're there for you bro," Kevin finally said putting his hand on Nick's shoulder.
That night, Nick went and got Harper at five.
Harper was wearing a simple blue t-shirt with a pair of pants. Nick thought she looked beautiful. But he did notice a little bump on her stomach, which made him nervous.
"Are the guys coming to the game?" Harper asked.
"No, they are going to finish their parts on our finishing music," Nick lied. They just didn't want to go cause they'd have to hang out with Harper.
"Do… do you brothers like me?" Harper asked awkwardly. "I mean, Kevin was so into giving me a box social yesterday, now he's not so into it," she explained. "Did I do something?" she asked.
"No, Kevin is super psyched about the box social, he just has other things on his mind right now," Nick assured her.
"But it's also Joe, Stella, and Macy, I can't help but think I've done something wrong to them," Harper told Nick.
"No, and if they do have a problem, it's them, not you," Nick said seriously.
"Thanks," Harper smiled.
The football game was intense. Nick loved watching Harper yell and cheer for the team.
"I love this," Harper smiled. "Thanks for inviting me," she added yawning.
Horace one 42-14.
"That was so great," Nick told Harper as they left for the parking lot.
"Don't go with her Nick," a girl name Stacy came out of nowhere.
"Why wouldn't I?" Nick asked politely.
"Because, she's got a bun in the oven," Stacy said evilly.
Nick looked nervously at Harper. Harper was dead frozen. "How did you know?" she asked hurt.
"It's all around the school, you might want to get away from JONAS, before you affect them," Stacy laughed. Harper ran off as fast as she could, and Nick followed her.
Nick found her at the main entrance of the school.
"Harper are you okay?" Nick asked coming over and sitting down beside her.
"No, I didn't want you to find out this way," Harper cried.
"To tell you the truth, I already knew," Nick admitted.
"You knew? How?" Harper asked.
"Stella overheard you talking to your mom on the phone yesterday," Nick said softly.
"Did she tell everyone?" Harper asked.
"No, she wouldn't do that, we had to pry the information out of her," Nick assured her.
"What hurts me is the fact that no body will want to hear the full story on what happened," Harper cried.
"There's more to the story?" Nick asked surprised that his gut was telling him the truth.
"Yes, Nick, I'll tell you what happened," Harper said softly. "If you want to hear of course," she added.
"Of course I do," Nick told her.
"Back in Ohio, I was raped," Harper said softly…..
A/N- Okay, I think this is a great place to stop since I have to go to school tomorrow.