A/n: Rated T for talk of rape, etc. Because there just isn't enough GretchenXVince stories these days. ENJOY!(:

Summary: Gretchen gets raped during the summer after her sophomore year. Her friends notice the dramatic change in Gretchen instantly, everytime someone asks if anything's wrong she denies it. She finds out that she's pregnant & everything changes. Vince is desperate to help her, he reaches out to her. Will she accept his help? Or reject it?

Disclaimer: I don't own Recess, obviously. They don't talk about rape.

Gretchen Grundler wished it was a dream. She felt like she could hardly breathe when she thought about that afternoon. During that horrible afternoon something happened to her that ultimately changed her life forever. Everytime she thought of his hands touching her body, she felt like she wanted to kill somebody. After that day she was never the same again. She knew right away what happened to her. She had read about it in books and magazines but she never imagined that it would ever happen to her. Gretchen had no idea what to do after that day. She walked around with a big secret and never told anyone. What was the secret exactly? She was raped.

*Flashback*

"Come on, Gretch! Everybody will be at Ashley A's end-of-the-year party!" T.J. pleaded as they ate ice-cream at Kelso's. It was something they did every thursday afternoon. This was so that they wouldn't grow apart with the daily pressures of high school. I know what you're thinking. Wouldn't Gretchen be friends with the geeks and nerds? Well, technically she was. That didn't mean she couldn't keep her old elementary school friends as well.

"I don't know. I have a ton of Advanced Chemistry homework and I have to finish writing that column for Third Street High's weekly newspaper." She responded, feeling a bit indifferently about the event. Anything involving other people her age made her feel totally uncomfortable. In fact, she could hardly talk to the five of her closest friends without worrying about screwing up. So, she kept to herself in hopes to avoid actual human confrontation.

"Seriously Gretch? You haven't been out with us since whoever knows when! You spend all of your time in your room with homework or at chess tournaments or even worse, science fairs! You really need to learn how to be a teenager before time's up and trust me if anybody knows how to be fun it's us! If you come with us I promise we'll leave you to the library this summer." Vince tried his best to convince her. He had this sparkle in his eyes as he focused on Gretchen. How could she no to him? She didn't know but she really wanted to say yes now. Just so he'd be happy.

"I'll think about it." She finally murmurred before standing up to throw her trash away. Why did Vince want her there anyway? He was the youngest boy on the Varsity Basketball team and the most popular guy in their grade. He could have any girl that he wanted. So why would he care if she wasn't at Ashley A's party? By the time she had got back to her seat T.J. and Spinelli were arm-wrestling.

"You really think you can beat Third Street High's only girl wrestler Teej? I mean I know you think you're cocky but Spinelli can kick ass!" Gus laughed and nuged Mikey in the ribs.

"If you want to back out now, I understand. About 90% of my competetion is a lot bigger than you. Including my older brother Joey." Spinelli said with a giddy laugh as she slammed T.J.'s wrist down on the table in front of them. T.J. let out a sigh.

"I'm going to beat you by the end of the summer! Make that a promise. Mikey can you write that down? August Thirty-First is our re-match date. Our last and final arm wrestling match. Spread the word!" T.J. pointed to Spinelli who scowled at him. Gretchen observed as her two friend's interacted with each other. She knew very well that Spinelli adored Theodore, but he was far too oblivious to see it. Either that or he was just dumb, even though she doubted that was the case because he was the second smartest in their grade with a 4.0. While Gretchen herself managed to achieve a 4.7 with extra credit.

"Oh what sorrow! I don't have a pen, Gus could you remind me to write it down later?" Mikey declared in a dramatic yell.

"Sure thing buddy. So, Teej are you planning to run for Class Pres again next year? If so you're going to need some awesome advisors and secretaries." Gus told T.J. with a smirk.

"I may run again. That just depends on one thing and one thing only." He answered before looking at Gretchen. She was staring blankly out the window and wasn't even trying to pretend to pay attention. Some days, she just wanted to disappear into her own mind.

"If what?" Mikey wondered carefully, unsure of his friend's intentions.

"If a certain someone agrees to go to Ashley A's party with us tomorrow. That way we can go as a group but it will only work if she agrees. Gretchen? Woo-hoo? Hello?" T.J. waved his hand in front of her glasses. Still, she stared out the window. It wasn't until Vince put his hand on her shoulders that she flinched back into reality.

"Gretch? You okay?" He whispered in her ear.

"Yeah, totally. I guess I've made up my mind. I'll go to her party." She finally agreed to her friend's. They had been trying to get an answer from her all week. So far, nothing had even come close to a yes. Until now that is.

"Awesome! You can get ready with me at my house before, then we can meet up with the guys and Vince can drive us in his fancy new and expensive red sports car. I can't wait. And it's not just so that I can finally get payback from the last prank that annoying little bitch pulled on me at her New Year's party. Ahem." Spinelli winked at Gretchen, saying that's exactly what she intended to do.

"Great. Can't wait." Gretchen faked a smile. She wasn't sure why she felt so out of place suddenly. Something inside her told her that she shouldn't go to that party. Inside her head a voice was saying 'you better stay home'. So, why didn't she just listen to it? She wanted to please her friends over her own selfish needs. Besides she always had time to do homework. After all she didn't have a boyfriend or anything.

*End Flashback*

That was a total of five months ago. Now, she and her friends were in their junior year of high school. She was still friends with geeks and nerds as well as her five best friends that she would never get tired of. T.J. was now class president and he was one of the most popular guys in their grade. Vince was vice president and captain of a travel basketball team. Spinelli was champion of the boy's wrestling team and she was for some odd reason dating Lawson (Gretchen guessed it was to make T.J. jealous). Gus was training for the military so he could leave by their senior year and finish school over seas. And Mikey was head of the drama club and choir departments.

Her friends were having such a great time in High School and here she was staying in place. She was now five months pregnant and nobody knew. Could she honestly trust her friends with this information? What would they think? She wasn't sure. All she knew was that she had to keep this a secret as long as she possibly could. If not, her world would spin out of control. And she couldn't possibly let that happen. Not if she had any say in it.