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It was nine-seventeen in the morning. Allegra Sauvagess could think of one distraction, and that was looking over and over again at her phone. The ride would be long and the taxi driver didn't even ask why he'd seen Allegra flipping off a doctor on her way out of the hospital. If he was Allegra, he would have flipped him off, too; who wouldn't have?

Now, after the appointment that had gone disappointingly short, Allegra laid her head against the leather seat and watched the city outside the window. As always, Metro City was covered in snow and even looked neon-blue in daylight, even though it happened to be an overcast day. It was huge, but not that huge; everyone knew each other and everyone knew who the SSX competitors were, including Allegra. Word had already spread among the competitors that Allegra was going to the hospital for some reason today, thanks to Kaori. If Kaori said one more word, Allegra swore she would -

Allegra's phone vibrated; it was Kaori. Allegra growled.

"Everything all right back there, miss?" the taxi driver asked, and Allegra ignored him.

Your appointment go well? was Kaori's text. Everybody worried about you! See you soon friend! =)

Allegra shut her phone. She wanted to rearrange that piece of junk so that smiley face could break into pieces. Everybody was worried? About what? Kaori didn't tell them anything - did she?

"Dammit." The taxi driver adjusted his mirror. "Morning traffic. This always takes awhile, miss…"

Could this day get any worse? Allegra asked herself.

"Better not take too long, or soon there'll be another person in this car."

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Back at the Green Station Lodge on Peak One, the usual morning-riot was ago. In that lodge, Mac and Viggo shared a room, Griff and Nate shared a room and Kaori and Allegra shared a room. All four 'newbies' were present as this lodge, and you couldn't rent an apartment in Metro City until you'd earned enough money from winnings. They were halfway through the season, and cabin fever was apparent but ignored.

The five competitors that were there that morning sat around the place, yawning and drinking coffee, except for little Griff; he was running around from person to person, asking who knew about Allegra yet. Mac, who was hanging upside down and listening to his iPod, was the first to lose it over Griff.

"I've had it, dawg," he said, turning over and tossing a pillow at Griff. "Someone take that lil punk up to the daycare center or something!"

Griff glared. "Shut up, Mac! Aren't you worried about Allegra?"

Mac sat up fully. "Damn, I don't know. She's only been gone a couple hours."

"She got up at the crack of dawn," Nate added, not looking up from the novel he was reading. "She ran outta here before any of us were even awake. Something's weird with her."

Mac spread out his arms. "What could be weird, dawg? Al's da shit - she ain't gonna go to the hospital just 'cuz of a little bruise."

"Oh, it's not because of a bruise."

Mac turned around to see Elise entering the room.

"What are you doing here, Elise?" Griff asked.

"I'm here to see my boo," Elise said, kissing an unenthusiastic Nate on the head. "And to tell you all the news about Allegra."

"Yes!" Griff bolted to the table and jumped up and down. "Tell me! Tell me! Tell me! Is she okay?"

Elise wrinkled her nose and nudged Griff down with one long fingernail. "She's okay, more or less. Yesterday, I -"

Rolling his eyes, Mac laid back on the couch and plugged in his earphones. "Probably some stupid bruise that Rolig told her to go to the hospital for -"

"I said it wasn't an injury, geek," Elise sneered. "And - pssh - Viggo Rolig sure as hell doesn't know about it -"

Griff's eyes were huge. "Why? Why doesn't Viggo know? Does it -"

"Shut up, scrub," Elise said. "I wasn't finished. Viggo doesn't know about it, because - well, um …" She motioned for Nate, Mac and Griff to move closer, and at least Griff and Nate listened. Mac had to be pulled by Griff. "You all knew that Viggo was in love with Allegra, right?"

Nate groaned and went back to his book; he wasn't big on things this girly. On the other hand, Mac raised his eyebrows and stared at Elise, while Griff gasped.

"Really? Are you sure? Viggo LOVES Allegra? Why didn't he tell me that? Why didn't anyone tell me that?"

"It's obvious, little guy," Nate drawled. "The way he always gets worried about her, and freaks out whenever she talked about other guys…and you remember that night a couple weeks ago, right?"

"Oh my God." Elise shook her fake, blonde head. "I am never, ever gonna forget that night. But, anyway, here's how I know what's happening: It's the other day at Ruthless Ridge, right? Psymon's in first, I'm right behind, and Allegra's in third. That was first heat. Well, right after first heat, I go to the bathroom to change outfits when I see Allegra. And get this - she's a carrying a pee -"

All of a sudden, the four of them heard a squeaky outburst of Japanese swears from the other room. Kaori, looking furious, stormed into the room, yelling at each of them turn by turn.

"You're all bad! Bad, bad, bad! How you like it if someone talk mean about you when you at the hospital? Allegra's no well, you must be nice to her!" Kaori cried, waving her finger like a mad teacher. "I should have NEVER tell you where she go! When she come back, you give her hugs and tell her it okay, not ask her why she go! You make her sad! You hear me, Elise? And you, Mac! NO MORE MEAN TALK!" And then she left.

The others stared after her, trying to believe that someone would actually care that much about gossiping. Then, Griff laughed.

"A pee? She was carrying a pee?" he asked. "Wouldn't it leak out of her hands?"

"That's nasty, dawg." Mac shook his head. "Grow the fuck up."

"Shh! Will you two just stop it?" Elise asked under her breath. "Do you want Kaori to come back in here?"

Griff quickly shook his head. "No way! I've never seen her so mad, man…"

"I have," Mac said.

"Whatever!" Elise sighed. "To answer your question, Griff, she wasn't carrying pee…she was carrying a pee stick."

There was silence. Other than Nate, who was muttering, "oh shit," Griff kept up his confused look and Mac just stared. This went on for at least a minute and a half.

Nate looked like someone had hit him in the head. "Jesus, I can't believe it."

"Can't believe what?" Griff grabbed some of Nate's shirt. "What's a pee stick? What's wrong with Allegra?"

"Shh! Shut up, fool!" Mac hissed. "I know what's wrong with Al. Viggo fucking went and knocked her up. Damn, this sucks!"

Griff covered his mouth in shock.

Elise nodded. "That's right, guys. Allegra is pregnant."

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