Unplanned
We do NOT own Degrassi.
A/N. This is going to be a two shot, as it got a little long :] All warnings we usually have apply even if they aren't found here, why change a good thing.
Alli ran her fingers through her hair for the millionth time, looking at the test sitting on her counter, praying to every god out there that it was negative, it had to be negative. Her parents were going to kill her, she didn't even want to think about what Drew was going to say, things had been so fucking rocky with them...she had though finally sleeping with him would help things a tiny bit. Stupid her, he couldn't even do that right...how did you forget a condom.
Three minutes, probably the longest in her entire life. Taking a deep breath she checked the test and bit her lip so not to cry, positive. Two little lines sealed her fate...she was going to be a teen mom. Her parents were going to be pissed and if they didn't kick her out she would be lucky. She needed Jenna or Clare or them both.
Clare and Jenna were in the Edward's home laughing and enjoying their "girl's night". But, unfortunately it was interrupted with the loud ringing of Clare's cell phone. She got up from the couch after placing the bowl of popcorn on the table. "Hello?" She asked. "Clare! I need you and Jenna to come over, now." Clare frowned, and pinned her eyebrows together, listening to her friend's sudden "cry for help". Clare said okay and closed her phone, looking back towards Jenna saying, "We have to go to Alli's house, something is wrong with her." Jenna didn't hesitate in getting up and both the girls walked out of the house, practically almost sprinting to Alli's house.
Alli pulled open the door a second before the girls could knock; she was barely keeping it together and had to stop herself from throwing herself into Clare's arms. "Upstairs, my mom is home." She said watching them go. Once up the stairs and in her room Alli closed her bedroom door. Clare and Jenna looked at her with a frown. "What's wrong Alli?" Alli covered her face with her hands finally letting herself cry. "I'm pregnant."
"I'm sorry what was that?" Jenna asked. Clare got up and she wrapped her arms around her crying friend. Alli repeated through her hands, "I'm pregnant, I'm pregnant! I can't believe I would let this happen!" Jenna got up and she wrapped her arms around the smaller girl. Alli began walking to her bed and she sat down the corner, rubbing her arms nervously. She sniffled and Clare asked, "Are you sure? You took a test?" Alli nodded.
"It's in my bag." She said nodding to her purse, she couldn't keep it in the bathroom; it was going to be hard enough telling her parents. "Oh god, I just got them to let me go back to Degrassi I'm such a fuck up." Alli said covering her face with her hands again. She was pregnant and her parents were going to kill her and she didn't even know what Drew was going to say.
"It will be okay, Alli. I know it will." Jenna said as Clare got up and walked to her purse. She grabbed a tissue, and picked up the test, eyeing the two lines that indicated she was positive for pregnancy. Clare frowned and she turned to her friend and noticed that Alli was crying harder than ever. She knew she was scared; Clare would be too if she got pregnant of Eli. Clare walked to Alli and said, "You have to tell Drew."
Alli nodded.
"My parents are going to kill me." She took a deep breath she was gonna start hyperventilating in a second.
"And I have no idea how to tell Drew..." This was her fault how could she be so stupid?
"Just call him and tell him that you want him to meet you at The Dot, we'll go with you if you want." Jenna said. Alli nodded and tugged on her bottom lip with her teeth. She sniffled and whispered, "How do I even begin to tell my parents... they're going to shun me out, I just know it." Alli broke down in a series of sobs again, and Clare reached around and wrapped her arms around Alli's quivering shoulders.
Alli stayed like that for several minutes, Jenna and Clare holding her, taking a deep breath she pulled away and walked to her phone and scrolled through the contacts stopping on Drew's and calling him. "Hey, are you busy? I need to talk to you."
Clare and Jenna were whispering to each other, waiting for Alli to tell them if they were going to meet or not. "Drew, I really have to talk to you, it's important, please." Alli began to beg. She smiled lightly when he told her that he would meet her. Alli closed her phone and turned to Clare and Jenna. "Are you guys coming?" They nodded and got up from the bed.
Alli grabbed the test, and put it in the box then back into her purse before grabbing her coat. She knew she looked like hell but whatever this wasn't the best day of her life. ... The walk to the Dot was done in silence. Spotting Drew Alli bit her lip and looked at Jenna and Clare. "I can't do this..."
"Yes you can. We're here for you Alli, okay?" Clare reassured her dark haired friend. Alli nodded and sighed shakily. Jenna and Clare linked their arms with Alli's and the three continued walking. They took a seat around the table where Drew sat. He switched glances with the others and asked, "If all of you guys are here, I figured I did something wrong." He laughed nervously and Clare, Jenna, and Alli smiled faintly, but it soon faded when Alli had fresh tears rolling down her cheeks.
Drew frowned and looked slightly panicked. "What's wrong Alli?" Alli shook her head and looked from Clare to Jenna and then reached into her purse and pulled out the box to the pregnancy test. "I'm pregnant."
Drew started to laugh, thinking she was joking. Alli frowned and blinked a few times. His laughter died down and he cleared his throat asking nervously, "Y-you're serious?" Alli nodded and handed him the box; he took it and the test fell out, he flipped it over and eyed the two parallel lines. "A-Alli you're pregnant? How did this, I thought we..." He trailed off, and glanced up with panicked blue eyes.
"I thought you did too." She said softly swallowing as she reached for the test; she didn't know what else to say so she looked down and tried not to cry anymore, this wasn't completely her fault. "You said you did."
"I thought I did." Drew whispered. He clenched his short hair in his hands and as Jenna comforted Alli, Clare reached over and placed a hand on his shoulder. Drew whispered, "I can't believe it. Alli you said you were on the pill!" He was shouting now. Alli frowned and asked, "So what is this my fault?" Drew shook his head and said, "No, I'm just... sorry Alli I'm just freaking out." Alli sighed, "You and me both."
Alli looked away her bottom lip between her teeth. She was silent until he spoke again. "We only did it once, it could be false." She shook her head. "My period is late too...and that's the second one I took, both were positive."
Drew began to panic and he said, "Are you sure?" She nodded and Jenna said, "I don't think Alli would lie about this Drew. So, now that she's told you, you two are both going to tell her parents. I'm sure that's the best way." Jenna directed the last bit of her sentence to Alli who had a glint of fear in her eyes. Clare joined in, "It's better that way Alli."
Drew shook his head as Alli nodded. "No way, not tonight, I need think about this." Alli's eyes widened. "You need to think about this? You, my parents are going to kill me Drew." or kick her out or something equally bad.
"Drew you have to go with her. She can't do this alone." Clare tried to reason with him. He sighed and looked away. Nodding slowly, Alli smiled and got up to wrap her arms around his waist. She whispered, "Thank you Drew." His hug back was hesitant, but he did respond to it nonetheless.
Alli looked at Clare and Jenna smiling weakly before going over and hugging them both. "I will call you as soon as I can." She said knowing if they stayed any longer Drew could change his mind, so she took his hand and lead the way to her house. "Alli we could do this tomorrow."
"No, we're doing this today." She said. Her hand tightened with his and Alli turned to face him. "I need you there." She whispered. Drew smile faintly and he swallowed hard, trying not to show that he was more nervous than she was.
Alli's parents were sitting in her living room when they got there, and they frowned when they saw Drew, having seen him a couple times when dropping Alli off at school, seeing her daughters red poufy eyes Mrs. Bhandari sat up straighter. "What is going on Alliah?" She looked from her mom and her dad to Drew, wiping a tear from her cheek. She didn't know how to say it...
"Mom, Dad... we have something to tell you." Alli started to say as she walked to the living room and sat down on the long couch, Drew joining her. Her father got up and he asked, "What is going on?" Alli took a deep breath and looked over at Drew. She turned to her parents and said, "Mom, Dad... I'm um... I'm - Drew and I we're going to have a- "Oh my god, Alliah, you're not pregnant are you?" Her mother cut her off, knowing where the conversation was going. Alli had blinked back her tears and Drew's head was hung low.
Her father said something in Hindi and her mother followed shaking her head in disgust. "How could you let this happen?" Her mother asked Alli. "I'm so sorry it was an accident." At least she was telling them. Looking at her mom and she wished she had stayed looking at the floor matching looks of disgust lined their faces. "It wasn't all her fault." Drew said though even he sounded like he would like to say it was then bail.
"Of course it's not all her faults!" Her father yelled. He pointed to Drew and said, "You are going to help her with this. Alliah, you will be dropping out of Degrassi so you can take care of this child." Alli's mouth dropped and she said, "What? NO! I can't just drop out!" Her mother agreed with Alli, but she wasn't the slightest bit of happy, hearing that her daughter is pregnant at such a young age.
Drew was quiet just nodding his head. "I should go, so I can uh tell my parents." He said after a few minutes. Alli nodded. "I'll see you tomorrow at school." He nodded and left quickly leaving Alli to face her parents. "I cannot believe my daughter is pregnant, have you learned nothing, this is not right." Her mother said looking sad. "Go to your room, we will discuss this later." Alli nodded and hurried to her room. This week couldn't get worse...
She sighed and stared up at her ceiling, grabbing her phone she called Clare and told her that she needed her to come over. Clare didn't waste any time in going to comfort her friend, so she sprinted to her house, and knocked on the door.
Alli rushed down the stairs and opened the door, letting Clare in before they headed together up stairs. "They are so mad at me Clare." She said softly as they went, she was trying not to cry again. "And Drew, I don't know..."
"Drew is probably just as scared as you are. He's still young, and so are you." Clare said, rubbing her friend's back. Alli nodded and sighed shakily, her tears continued to fall. She swallowed the lump in her throat and said, "He left me here to go tell his parents. I'm sure his mother is going to blow a gasket." Clare couldn't help but laugh and Alli smiled lightly.
Alli stayed leaning against Clare, she wasn't looking forward to tomorrow. "Everyone is going to talk about this. People just stopped calling me Boiler room Bhandari..." She said sadly yawning. Crying made one pretty tired.
"It will be fine, I don't think Drew is going to go around and tell people." Clare said as she soothed her friend. Alli nodded and yawned again. She asked, "Can you stay the night with me?" Clare nodded and moved away just to call her mother and tell her that she was staying at Alli's house.
Alli got up and pulled out some pajamas for them both, changing quickly and then crawling into bed, Clare followed suit changing and then laying down next to Alli. "I can't believe this is happening."
"It'll be fine, I promise." Clare whispered. "Just try and get some sleep." she said. Alli nodded and turned on her side, and stared out the window and slowly closed her eyes. Clare did the same and frowned, feeling scared for her friend.
Following day at school
Alli walked down the hall to her locker, she hadn't seen Clare since this morning and she was tired and felt kinda sick, even though her parents were pissed and not really talking to her she gotten her prenatal vitamins... and a book to read about what to expect, she also hadn't seen Drew yet.
After grabbing her books, Alli had turned around and walked to class, spotting Drew talking to his friends. She smiled and made her way to him. Drew spotted her and frowned. Alli said, "Morning Drew." He smiled faintly at her and turned his attention back to his friends. Alli blinked a few times, slightly confused at his reaction when he saw her.
Drew ignored her hoping she would leave, he had thought about it and he wasn't ready to be a dad. "Can I talk to you for a second Drew?" Alli asked as she hugged herself. If he was going to be like this she'd say it in front of his friends.
Drew rolled his eyes and sighed annoyingly. He walked with Alli away from his friends and asked, "What is it?" Alli responded, "What's going on? Why are you acting this way?" He shifted his eyes and laughed asking, "What way?" Alli pointed at him, "That way." Drew turned around and refused to listen to her. Alli realized what was going on, he was avoiding her. She turned when she felt a hand being placed on her shoulder.
"What." He wanted to be left alone then fine, but he had stopped her. "This isn't all on my Drew, I didn't sleep with myself." She was not going to cry again, not in school. Not because her boyfriend was being a jerk.
"I know, but I just have to get to class. I'll talk to you later." Drew was gone before Alli could say anything else. She sighed and turned the opposite way and smiled when she saw her best friend walking through the doors.
Walking to Clare she hugged her, needing it. "I hate this." She said softly hanging her head. Her stomach was in knots. "I think he's mad at me."
"Mad at you? For what?" Clare asked, confused. Alli shrugged her shoulders and frowned. She said, "I don't know, I really don't know what I would do if Drew leaves me like this. Now I understand how Jenna felt with KC." Clare touched her friends shoulder and said, "If Drew leaves you Alli, you have me, Jenna, and all our other friends."
Alli nodded and together they walked to class, and by the time lunch rolled around she was feeling slightly better, until she noticed Drew flirting with someone else, and when he saw her he just acted like she wasn't there. She looked at Clare and put on a fake smile. "There's a table there."
Clare nodded and walked with her friend to the empty table. The two were soon joined with Jenna, and Adam joined in too, sitting down next to Alli. "I heard." He whispered. Alli turned to him and her eyes grew wide. She asked in panicked tone, "Who else knows?" Adam said, "Nobody, my parents were screaming at Drew last night." Alli nodded. She sighed and looked away towards Drew, and frowned, realizing that he was indeed flirting with someone else.
Alli swallowed and sat down touching her stomach under the table. She didn't deserve this, he shouldn't be like this. "I'll be right back." She said grabbing her bag and walking to Drew, a frown on her face. She didn't even care that he was flirting with some girl and his football buds were there. "We need to talk."
"About?" Drew asked. Alli glared at him. "You know damn well what." She snapped. Drew blinked a few times and cleared his throat. He got up and walked out of the lunchroom with her. Alli turned and asked, "Did you not remember what we talked about yesterday? Why are you ignoring me?" She asked.
Drew shrugged and glared at her. "It's not my fault the pill failed Alli." Her eyes widened and jaw dropped. "You...you're blaming me? Seriously, you forgot the condom." She shook her head her hand going to her stomach. "So you're done? You can just move right on to the next girl knowing you have a baby on the way?"
"You can get an abortion." Drew suggested. Alli didn't think of her actions and she started to scream. "An abortion? You know I'm pro life, what the hell is your problem? Ugh, just forget it!" Alli turned around and stomped into the lunchroom, heading towards her table.
Drew shrugged his shoulders, it was her problem then. He went back to his friends and acted like nothing happed. Alli didn't sit down; she looked at Clare, Adam and the few others at the table. "I...I'm going home. I'll see you tomorrow." And then she dashed from the lunchroom. She couldn't believe him.
Clare, Adam, Jenna, and now that Eli was accompanying them, they all followed Alli out, knowing that Alli needed a friend right now, they weren't going to take no for an answer. Alli was sitting on the steps of Degrassi, sobbing loudly, not caring who heard her, or what heard her. Clare took a seat next to her friend and wrapped her arms securely around her. Alli hugged her friend, crying, "Why will he leave me like this? Why is he such a jerk?" Adam answered, "Because, Drew only thinks for himself." Clare gave Adam a look that read "you're-not-helping". He shrugged his shoulders and slowly exchanged a few words with Eli. Jenna said, "Alli, it'll be okay, you have me and Clare." Alli looked up through wet lashes and only continued to sob.
And then she laughed and shook her head. "Second time I sleep with someone ever and I get pregnant." Neither times had been all that great either; bad luck followed her in spades. She tried to stop crying but couldn't...after a few minutes though she pulled away. "I really am going home...I can't do this today." She said softly.
"Call if you need anything." Clare said, sighing in defeat. Alli nodded and she reached into her pocket and pulled her phone out, just to call her mother and ask her to come pick her up. Jenna, Clare, Adam, and Eli waved her off, and Alli smiled faintly at them.
Four Months Later
Alli had been keeping to herself, though people where starting to talk, home was hell and seeing Drew and his new thing was even worse. The best part of it all was her belly, she was starting to show now...and the fact that her normal clothes were now replaced with t-shirts and jeans, people pretty much knew what was going on. Head down as she read through a book she got from the library she wasn't paying attention and walked right into the hard wall of someone's chest and ended up dropping everything.
"Sorry." She got down to pick up her book, but the person she crashed into had already picked it up for her. Alli was looking straight into bright blue eyes and she muttered her thanks, trying not to remember those other set of blue eyes she used to love, and she walked around the taller man.
Owen raised a brow. "You're welcome." He said causing Alli to turn around. "Right, uh thank you." She looked down and away, the bright bold girl she used to be was barely there now. "Sorry again, I wasn't paying attention."
"It's fine." Owen said. Alli smiled and turned around, heading down the hallway. Owen blinked a few times and looked down, finding a piece of paper, that belonged to Alli. He called out to her and she sighed and turned around. "Yes?" She asked. Alli wasn't in the mood and she really needed to get to class.
Owen looked down at the paper and then back at her, it was an appointment card at Partners in pregnancy. "You dropped this." He said holding it out. Alli sighed and walked back to him, taking the paper. She knew he had seen it, so there was nothing to say, though it reminded her she had an appointment today. Another she would go too alone.
"Thanks again. Now, can I get to class?" She asked. Owen nodded and watched her turn around and leave. He turned around and left as well, walking around the corner and into the other hallway. Alli walked up to her friends locker, and said, "Clare what are you doing this afternoon?"
Clare smiled and looked at Alli. "Yearbook." Alli nodded, she had forgotten about the yearbook. "Right can you make sure you use picture of me earlier in the year?" She didn't really want her pregnancy splashed through the yearbook. "Of course, what's this afternoon?" Alli shook her head. "Just a check up, I'll call you and let you know how it goes. She said with a smile hugging her friend and then she headed to her class, and by the time she had to go she couldn't be happier.
Alli sighed heavily and she looked down and pat her stomach, smiling lightly. She looked back up when the teacher walked in, the door slamming in the process. She looked away, not wanting to listen to the boring lecture about early history and the civil war. She wanted to get out and leave.
Alli looked at the card with her appointment time and raised her hand. "Is there a reason you are interrupting my lecture Ms, Bhandari?" Her teacher asked and Alli nodded. "I have to leave sir, I have a doctor's appointment." She said holding up her slip, she had thoughtfully grabbed from the office at lunch. Earning a glare the teacher nodded and Alli gathered her things and made her way to the door, she was leaving early, since buses took forever.
She quickly walked out of through the doors and headed to the bus stop, and sat down on the bench, and then looked down at her slightly bulging stomach. Alli smiled and rubbed her stomach. "Just a few more months." She said out loud.
"So it's true." Alli jumped at the sound of someone's voice turning her head she met blue eyes and she had to look away. Staying silent. She kept her hand on her belly, it was small but noticeable. "Yes." She said simply.
"You didn't have to show up out of nowhere, you almost gave me a heart attack." Alli stated honestly as the man who scared her sat down next to her. He only chuckled, "I'm sorry, so um... how far along are you?" Alli arched her eyebrow, "Is that any of your business?"
He held his hands up in defence. "Just asking." He had heard rumours and well he was on the football team with Drew. "Almost five months now." She said with a sigh, she had been close to, two months when she found out. "Any other questions?" She asked still on the defence.
"No." Owen responded lowly. Although he does have many questions, most of them involving Drew. But, he didn't want to make her feel uncomfortable, so he just left it at that. He asked, "Are you skipping school?" Alli shook her head, "Doctors appointment." Owen nodded and she asked, "Are you?" He shook his head.
Alli frowned. "Then why are you sitting out here talking to me?" She reached into her purse and pulled out her wallet dropping a bus token into her hand. Her parents wouldn't take her to her appointments, they were letting her live with them still which was something. They weren't too happy when she said Drew wasn't going to be any help.
"No reason." Owen responded. Alli rolled her eyes and sighed, hoping that the bus would come in sooner than later. Owen asked, "Isn't Drew supposed to be coming with you on these appointments?"
"Sure if he was taking any role in this." She said bitterness in her voice. "Didn't you hear he's dating that grade nine Jess or whatever her name is." That hurt, Drew enjoyed flaunting that in front of her face.
"What a jerk." Owen muttered. She laughed at his comment. Owen said, "Well I have nothing better to do, want me to go with you to this appointment?" Alli flashed him a confused look and said, "No, its fine, no need to waste your precious time with something irrelevant to you." Owen arched an eyebrow.
"You don't have a reason to come, we're nothing to you." She said with a shrug, even though she was surprised and slightly flattered that he would even suggest it. "I can find out what it is soon." Maybe even today. She said it out of the blue and he had no reason to care.
"Well maybe I want to? Since Drew is being a douche bag about it." Owen said. Alli shrugged and she sighed, "Fine, do what you want." The bus came around the corner and she got up and walked to the door, waiting for it to open so she could climb in. Owen followed.
Alli dropped her token in the spot and started for the seats, jerking forward when the bus moved, she hated that, even more now that she was pregnant, she was afraid of hurting the baby, but a strong arm wrapped around her and stopped her. "There are seats right there." Owen said and Alli nodded taking one. "Thanks."
The bus ride was silent, except for the sounds of the people talking around her and Owen. She would occasionally look up at him, wondering what it was that caused him to want to go with her. She knew there had to be another reason. She wanted to know.
"I don't get it." She said looking up at him with a frown, her hand resting protectively on her small belly, a habit now...well around people who knew about it. "This can't be just because you don't like Drew."
"What are you talking about?" Owen asked, cocking his eyebrow up. Alli sighed and said, "Why are you here?" Alli turned to face him and scanned his face for some sort of reaction, but all she got was a confused look.
Alli sighed and looked out the window seeing her stop she pushed the stop button standing up and walking over Owen, not thinking much when she brushed against him. "This is it." She said as she walked to front of the bus and stepped out, walking quickly to the clinic.
Owen followed her out of the bus, and into the Hospital. Alli walked to the front desk and told the receptionist that she had an appointment, and the young woman told her that the doctor would see her in just a few minutes.
Alli stood against the wall she couldn't sit, heck she had trouble looking at all the ladies and their babies. They were all older then her and she could feel them look at her. The one lady who wasn't white shook her head when she saw Alli but she was used to that look. "You can sit." Alli said to Owen when he stood a little awkwardly beside her.
"No it's fine, I'd rather stand." Alli retorted. Owen nodded and he decided to stand with her. She looked up at him and asked, "Why are you here?"
Owen shrugged. "Because I am." She frowned and looked away jumping when her name was called. "Um well you can come if you want...since you're already here." She said with a small smile as she headed back to the room...Today was just an ultrasound so when she was up on the bed removed her t-shirt, so she was sitting there in a tank top. Leaned back and folded her shit up exposing her small rounded stomach, she didn't look at Owen, in fact she looked everywhere else. She felt so big already though Jenna had assured her belly was small and rather adorable. She hadn't shown any one of the male population her body since sleeping with Drew.
"Good afternoon Alli, how are you today?" The doctor asked after walking into the room. Alli smiled and said, "I'm doing good." The doctor noticed Owen and he asked, "Who is this? Is this Drew?" Owen laughed, and responded, "No, I'm Owen." Alli smiled at him and rolled her eyes.
The doctor nodded and started the appointment, measuring her belly before moving to do the ultrasound.
"Any problems?" Alli shook her head. "No, the morning sickness is pretty much gone. She looked at Owen out of the corner of her eye. "I got a part time job; my parents won't help me anymore than they did before." Her doctor nodded. "Just take breaks when you need to, no need to stress you and the baby out." She said as she put the cold gel on her stomach and searched around, soon the steady beat of the baby's heart filled the room and the image appeared on the TV. "Are we checking the gender today?" The doctor asked, so Alli nodded. "If you can."
The doctor nodded and Owen stood by and watched. He glanced at Alli's face and couldn't help but smile just slightly when he noticed how happy she looked. The doctor said, "Well Alli, you're going to have a girl." Alli smiled wide and tried her hardest not to squeal. Owen said, "How can you tell?" He stepped forward and looked at the screen. Alli switched glances between the doctor and Owen, while she lay there, glancing down at her stomach.
She was so excited to be having a girl, a boy would have been fine too, but a girl meant she could better distance herself from Drew. She looked at the screen again as the doctor showed Owen how she knew it was a girl. "She's a bit tiny considering how far along you are now. But we talked about that, given your size." Alli nodded her head. "I printed the pictures, I'll just got get them." Alli nodded again and pulled her shirt down when the gel was removed, pushing herself up into a sitting position, she avoided looking at Owen. But she was still smiling.
"Time for that list of baby names." Owen said, interrupting the silence. Alli looked over at him and she smiled nodding. "If only I knew what to name her." Owen smiled. He reached up and rubbed the back of his head saying, "I'm sure you'll think of something." Alli nodded and the doctor came back, holding a small picture in her hands. He handed it to Alli and she took it gratefully.
"Thank you." She said and he nodded. "See you in a couple weeks, remember to rest when you're tired and try talking to the dad, he might want to be involved now." Alli nodded and put the picture in her purse before grabbing her t-shirt. "Are you going to talk to him?" Owen asked and she shrugged. "He ignores me; this is the first appointment I've been to that I wasn't alone." There was a hint of sadness in her voice but she tried to cover it as she got of the bed.
"He hasn't been to any of them?" Owen asked as Alli hopped off the bed and walked out the door, followed by Owen. She nodded sadly and swallowed the lump in her throat before she answered, "He hasn't talk to me in a four months, what makes you think he'd want to get involved now?" Owen shrugged nonchalantly and responded, "Oh, I don't know I was just making a suggestion."
Alli bit her lip. "Yeah well he doesn't care, he blames me for the entire situation...If I try to talk to him he either ignores me or calls me something rude. Last time I was a desperate slut." She stopped crying over him though. And now she was going to have a baby girl.
"Why would - never mind, I always knew he was a dick head." Alli couldn't help but laugh at his comment. They exited the hospital and walked to the bus stop. Alli didn't have to go back to school, she was going to head home now, but she was still curious about Owen, what he was doing outside of school, and coming along with her to this appointment.
Alli crossed her arms and looked up at Owen. "So why did you come with me? You barely know me." She asked raising a brow as he shrugged. "Just tell me, I mean if you just wanted information, or confirmation on the rumours about me, just ask."
Owen shrugged again and looked away. Alli huffed in frustration. "Did Drew send you?" Owen sighed and said, "Look, I just wanted to come with you, I had nothing else better to do. Drew and I don't talk to each other."
Alli sighed she really didn't understand it. "Whatever." She looked away, sighing to herself, her hand going to her belly as she smiled. "She moves and kicks a lot." And she could now feel it both inside and outside.
"I would be surprised if she didn't." Owen said as he took a seat next to her. Alli looked over at him and asked if he wanted to feel. Owen blinked a few times, but he nodded. Alli grabbed his hand, and placed it gently over her stomach. Owen smiled a little, feeling Alli's baby moving and kicking inside her stomach.
"She's really active around this time." She said when Owen moved his hand to follow the movement. "And at night when I want to sleep." She smiled a bit when he lifted his hand and set it back in his own lap. She was tired, but tried not to show it, though in general she knew she didn't seem like the girl he met when Drew had done that stupid foot ball thing in the hall.
"Are you going to school after this?" Owen asked. Alli shook her head. "I need to rest, I'm super tired." Owen frowned and nodded. He wouldn't mind seeing her in the halls again, even if he hardly knows her, Owen does feel bad for Alli, having her boyfriend bail on her like this. He sighed and shook his head.
"What?" She asked leaning back and looking up at him, then she frowned seeing that stupid look of pity she got it from everyone even Clare, the only person who didn't look at her like that was Jenna, who just had her baby not too long ago. "God, you too?"
"What?" Owen asked, confused. Before Alli could respond, the bus drove around a corner and stopped in front of them. They climbed in and Alli took a seat, Owen followed and asked, "What were you talking about?"
"That look of pity that is a hair better then the look of disgust I get from my parents and Drew." She said sitting down, so she didn't fall down. "I don't want pity, yours or anyone else's." She said almost mad enough to hit something she saw pity on so many faces.
"Well, sorry?" Owen asked. Alli frowned and she looked away muttering, "Sorry... I'm just, stressed out." Owen nodded, understanding completely. Alli and Owen didn't say much after that. The bus ride between them was quiet and just plain awkward.
As the bus approached the school Alli sighed. "Thanks, for coming." She didn't really know what else to say, chances were tomorrow he would go back to being like everyone else and ignoring her.
"No problem." He said as he walked off the bus. Alli watched and smiled sheepishly at him and took her phone out, to text Clare.
Alli sent a simple text to Clare that it was a girl, and then set her phone in her bag. She wasn't looking forward to tomorrow; she would at least tell him he was going to have a daughter
She could only wonder how that would turn out tomorrow. Alli sighed and chewed on her bottom lip, and then pat her stomach. She was content, but still was nervous as to how she was going to tell Drew. Maybe he might want to be involved, hopefully.
The Next Day At School
Alli had gone through her morning classes like a champ, finishing her assignments in class but now it was lunch, she headed to where Drew and the rest of the football team were sitting; she had photocopied the ultrasound picture last night. Pulling it out she stopped in front of him. Not looking at anyone else. "Here, it's a girl."
Drew looked down at the picture and then up at Alli. She smiled faintly and walked away, taking a glance back, she noticed that Drew was engrossed in the picture, smiling just slightly and his friends were looking at the photo too. Alli took a seat at an empty table and waited for her friends to arrive.
Jenna was the first to arrive. "You look pleased." She said smiling happy to see Alli smiling. "I just gave Drew the ultrasound picture and told him it's a girl." She said happily seeing Jess glare at her. "Oh Al, you aren't still hung up on him are you." Alli was quiet as she thought about it; she wasn't in fact other then thinking he was an asshole it didn't go much farther. "No, but I want him to be involved in her life...she deserves that much."
"True." Jenna responded. She said, "So, now that you know it's a girl, what are you going to name her?" Alli rolled her eyes, "The same thing I told O- I mean I don't know. I haven't thought of a name yet."
Jenna frowned. "O?" Alli shook her head and pulled her lunch out of her bag. "Can you watch this? I'm gonna grab a milk, doc says she's a little on the small side." Jenna nodded and watched as Alli headed to the front of the cafe ignoring Drew's table. Until Jess stood and confronted her. "He doesn't want you or your baby. Leave him alone!" Alli sighed and crossed her arms really? She was doing this in front of everyone.
"Really Jess, are you going to stand there and try to make yourself look better because you think fooling with someone else who is pregnant will make everything better? God, can you be any more dramatic?" Alli grabbed her milk, and walked past the girl, and eyed Drew hard, making him shift in his seat uncomfortably. She smirked, hearing Jess sigh loud in frustration.
"Well he doesn't want you." Alli stopped and she looked at the table, people were looking away, the only person who met her eye to eye was Owen. "I got that Jessica, loud and clear. But he had a right to know that HIS baby is healthy and going to be a girl." She looked at Drew in disgust. "Getting your girlfriend to speak for you, way to grow a pair and be man." With that she walked back to her table sat down and opened her milk.
"Confrontation?" Jenna asked as Alli chugged her milk. Alli nodded and rolled her eyes. "So, who is this "O" character, did you meet someone? Who? I want all the juicy details." Jenna poked Alli. Who, in return, just glared at her blond friend?
"It's nothing, really," She was pretty sure he wouldn't even talk to her again, even more so after that lovely scene. "Remind me why I dated him again?"
"Alli quit changing the subject." Jenna insisted. Alli rolled her eyes and said, "Fine, but don't tell anybody!" Jenna nodded, promising without words. Alli leaned forward and whispered, "Owen." Jenna pulled back and her eyes grew wide, wondering if she did hear right. Alli nodded and said, "Yeah, I know. I was surprised too."
Jenna looked over to were all the football players were sitting. "That Owen?" Alli nodded her head. "Yeah he...came with me to my appointment..." She made a face and shrugged. "He was probably just bored."
"Probably." Jenna responded with a hint of sarcasm in her voice. Alli playfully punched her friend's arm, who shrieked from the sudden pain. Alli smiled and she continued to eat her lunch.
Alli frowned and looked at Jenna. "I'll be back." Apparently morning sickness wasn't completely gone. Grabbing her bag she headed out of the cafe, not noticing that someone was following her.
Alli was already in the bathroom, and she locked herself in the stall. Her morning sickness symptoms came and went, but she did feel like she was going to be sick, so she stayed in the stall for a few minutes, before giving in, and walking out of the bathroom.
Alli was just reaching into her purse to pull out a water bottle when she walked into him. "Sorry." She said looking up. "Oh."
"What are you doing here? Are you stalking me?" She asked, realizing it was Owen. He blinked a few times and said, "Maybe I needed to go to the bathroom." Alli laughed and said, "Yeah but the guy's bathroom is over there, not here." She walked around him.
He stopped her with a hand to her arm. "You okay?" She sighed and looked at him. "Morning sickness." She shrugged and looked at him. "Is that what you wanted to ask? If I was okay?" She asked a frown of confusion on her face.
"Yeah, just to make sure you're okay since your dumb baby daddy is being a jerk about all this, and not coming to check and see if the woman bearing his child is okay." Alli arched her eyebrow at Owens explanation and just said, "Well I'm fine." She turned to walk back into the cafeteria.
Owen sighed. "Would you wait a moment?" He asked and she stopped from and turned to look at him. "Okay I stopped, what's wrong?" She asked turning her nose wrinkling as she pressed into her rib. "Thank you for checking on me." Maybe he was looking for a thank you?
"No it's just, god, never mind." Owen walked away and Alli felt a little bad for treating him so badly. She walked to him, and stood in front of him saying, "Sorry. I'm sorry, I'm just not used to you having to come and check on me. You always ignored me so I'm just a little confused as to what you are planning."
Owen nodded he guessed he could understand that. "I'm not planning anything." He said with a shrug. "Well what's with the sudden interest? Because I'm pregnant not, dumb." Okay she was a bit dumb to be sixteen and pregnant.
"Maybe I'm just being a good guy? Unlike Drew." Owen tried to reason with her. Alli nodded and said, "Okay." She turned around and began walking. "Hey good guy, you coming?" Alli shouted over her shoulder. Owen arched his eyebrow and followed her to the lunchroom.
Alli headed to her towards he table looking over her shoulder. "Are you going to sit with me and them or going to be the good guy behind closed doors only?" She asked a frown on her face.
"I'll sit with you." Owen said. Alli nodded and took her seat next to Jenna, and Owen sat down in front of her. Jenna switched glances between the two and asked, "Can we help you?"
"He's joining us." Alli said with a small smile. She didn't get why it made her happy but it did. "Jenna I'm sure you know Owen, Owen Jenna." She looked around then nodded Clare had Yearbook so Adam and Eli went out for lunch.
"Okay, if you say so." She said. "Nice to meet you." Jenna added and Owen smiled lightly in response. He looked at Alli who was picking at her lunch, wondering if what she ate was going to make her sick or not.
Pushing her food aside she sighed and rested a hand on the slight swell of her belly frowning before rubbing, she was being kicked and now she understood when Jenna used to say it hurt.
"You could try eating something light." Owen suggested. Jenna and Alli looked up at him and both of their left eyebrows lifted in unison.
"She's kicking." She said trying to explain the look on her face and her sudden lack of wanting to eat. "I have some crackers in my bag." Jenna reached down and felt Alli's stomach and smiled feeling her little girl kicking in her stomach. Owen watched as Alli ate the crackers, and then took a sip of her milk.
She winced and sighed. "She's been moving since this morning, it's getting painful...I'd love to not be kicked for a few moments." Jenna nodded and patted her shoulder. "I know, I'm gonna call the babysitter. Be right back." Alli watched Jenna leave before rubbing her belly and looking at Owen. "So this is lunch time with us."
"Haha, so I think you should start figuring names." Owen said, trying to start a decent conversation with Alli. She nodded and thought for a minute.
"I like Amelia." She said shrugging; she didn't think she would go with that though. "I really don't know I have some time to think of something."
"Cute." Owen said. Alli nodded and smiled just lightly. Jenna came back and said, "So, what have you two been talking about since I went missing for a few minutes." Jenna laughed at her own joke.
"Baby names." Alli said pressing into her side her face drawn into a wince. "Forget Amelia, she needs something that describes how well she kicks me. Does it stop hurting?" Alli asked looking at Jenna who shook her head no. "Nope but KC was good at calming Jack down."
"Well, what did he do?" Alli asked Jenna. Owen said, "You could try listening to music well, placing something on your stomach and have the baby listen to music. My mom told me she did that with me when I kicked her a lot." Owen laughed a little.
Jenna smiled and nodded. "That helped. But KC usually just rubbed my stomach and he would calm down." Jenna shrugged and Alli sighed. Not likely to happen, hell if Drew offered she'd probably kick him. "Maybe the music will help."
They nodded. The bell rang, signalling that lunch was done. Alli got up and she and Jenna walked to her locker, Owen followed behind since he did say he was going to be "the good guy" Alli yawned and leaned against her locker, she wanted to nap, and sleep hadn't been easy lately. "She needs to calm down." She shook her head and grabbed her history text.
"It'll be okay." Jenna laughed and added, "Yeah I have to get to class, and I'll see you later." Alli nodded and hugged her friend and watched her walk around the corner and disappear, leaving Alli with Owen.
"I should probably go to class too." She said smiling at Owen. "Thanks for coming and hanging out at our table... and walking me to my locker." He really didn't have to do any of it.
"No problem." Owen responded. He waved her off and Alli walked to her class, leaving him standing alone next to her closed locker. Owen turned around and he headed to his class as well.
Alli felt completely drained when school was done, walking to her locker she looked up and spotted Drew, holding back a sigh she closed her eyes and counted to three. "Something I can help you with Andrew?" She asked as he moved off her locker. "I don't want any more pictures or information." Alli nodded. "Fine."
"What are you doing with Owen anyway?" He asked. Alli turned to him and said, "I thought you didn't want any more information." Drew grabbed her hand and said, "That's not what I meant." Alli rolled her eyes and said, "Well too bad, leave me alone."
He pulled her hand again a little to forcefully. "Seriously Alli why are you hanging around him."Let me go, now." She pulled on her hand but he kept his grip. "Tell me."
"Fuck you." Alli growled while pulling on her arm again. Drew sighed and let her go saying, "God, you could at least just tell me that." Alli snorted, "Yeah. You don't want information so I'm not going to tell you shit, get on with your life."
"That's my baby too; I don't want it around him." Alli snorted. "Really, now she's your baby too? Get away from me." He took a step closer. "He isn't me." Alli scowled... "Then he's perfect."
"You say you don't want to know about her and now you're trying to grow some balls and become a good parent after the four months that you HAVEN'T spoken to me? Ha, Drew don't make me laugh." Alli added a sarcastic laugh after she said this. She shoved Drew and walked out of the double doors.
Alli got out the doors and to the benches before she broke down and cried, she wasn't even sad just mad, who the hell did he think he was. She was given a sharp kick and it just made her cry more.
"Drew problems?" Alli looked up to see Eli walking up to her. He sat down next to her and she only sighed and said, "He tells me he doesn't want anything to do with me or the baby and then all of a sudden he gets pissed off that Owen is talking to me and that he doesn't want his kid around him. What the hell!" Eli flinched from her sudden outburst and said, "He's just a douche bag, he doesn't like the fact that you're finally getting help from someone, well... aside from your friends, but you know."
"He isn't really helping, he came to one appointment and sat with us at lunch." she said trying not to cry but she couldn't seem to stop herself. "I hate being pregnant." She said softly though she was hugging her belly protectively.
Eli frowned and placed a hand on her shoulder. Alli sniffled and she whispered, "Why aren't you with Clare?" Eli said, "I'm waiting for her, and besides, it looks like you can use some company, seeing as I just witnessed Drew being a dick." Alli laughed and she reached up and wiped the tears from under her eyes.
Alli nodded and looked at the school seeing her friend and then a very angry looking Owen walking towards them. "Oh no." She wondered what she had done this time...tears came again and Eli rubbed her back.
As Owen grew closer and closer to them. Alli noticed that he wasn't exactly angry, not at her because he said, "Drew, what did he say to you?" Eli arched an eyebrow, wondering when it was this jock started caring for Alli. Not that he minded, but it is Owen they are talking about.
"He mentioned he didn't want anything else from me regarding her...and then he told me he didn't want her around you." She said, leaving out the grabbing part. slightly confused, however Eli thought it was important to add it in so he did. "He man handled her a bit too, wouldn't be surprised if her wrist doesn't bruise." Alli gasped. "Eli."
"What?" He said, while getting up and walking to Clare when he spotted her. Alli mentally thanked him and looked up at Owen. He sat down next to her and grabbed her wrist, eyeing the bruising there.
"It's nothing I'm, Eli only saw part of what happened." she said shrugging and using the hand he wasn't holding to wipe her face. Good thing she had invested in waterproof everything. "I'm fine."
"He should know better, not to grab a girl like that. What a douche." He let go of her wrist and Alli nodded in agreement. She looked up, watching her two friends walk up to her. Clare looked ready to beat someone up.
"I'm fine calm down." Alli said to Clare as she rubbed her stomach. "It doesn't matter he's an ass we all know it." She looked at the doors then away. Drew was scowling though he was holding Jess's hand. "I should go home, she's kicking a lot."
"Call if you need anything." Clare said. Alli nodded and got up to hug her friend reassuringly. Clare hugged her back and Alli waved at Eli and waved in return as well. Alli was soon left alone with Owen again and she blushed.
"Did he say something to you?" She asked looking at Owen her head bowed because her cheeks were pink and she didn't want him to see that she was blushing.
"He tried to." Owen smirked. Alli smiled and laughed a short laugh. Owen said, "I just don't understand that guy. He's so weird, what did you ever see in him?" Alli shrugged her shoulders.
"A pretty face." She said with a shrug. Apparently he didn't come with much else. "Sorry you're being involved in this mess." She watched the bus pull away and sighed. She usually waited mainly because standing was hard on a moving bus.
"Maybe I want to be involved in this 'mess'." Owen smiled at her. Alli rolled her eyes and said, "You don't have to." Owen shrugged. "Maybe I want to."
"Why would you want to be in this mess?" She asked shaking her head, she still looked away her cheeks were pink still. He made her blush and she actually liked him being near her.
"Because, I know what it's like to be alone in a big 'mess'." Owen said using air quotes when he said the word mess. Alli blinked a few times and licked her bottom lip nervously.
Alli frowned. "I see, sucks doesn't it." She sighed and looked away, home sucked right now too."My parents are pretty mad at me..."She don't know why she said it, it just slipped out. "Sorry."
"I understand that. You're young and pregnant." Owen said. Alli nodded and just sighed heavily and winced, feeling her baby begin to kick yet again.
Owen frowned and reached out. "Can I?" Alli nodded and he rested his hand on her belly, a second later he was kicked and Alli winced. "This is ridiculous. All day and last night." She said with a sigh.
"It's normal, shows the baby is alive." Owen responded. Alli nodded, agreeing completely with him. The bus rolled around and she got up to walk inside. Alli took a seat and was accompanied with Owen.
"Yes well it hurts." She said with a sigh. He nodded and sat beside her rubbing her stomach when they were both settled. She sighed happily when her baby settled down. "How come she settles for you?"
"I have no idea." Owen laughed. Alli joined in the laughter and said, "Well, she likes you, enough said." Owen smiled in response and both remained quiet.
Eyes closed she drifted to sleep waking up when she heard her stop called. "Damn it." She sat up and Owen removed his hand. "I missed my stop."
"It's okay; I'll walk you from the next stop." Alli nodded and remained in her seat, waiting for the bus to stop again. Owen sighed heavily and said, "So, what is it that you do for fun now? Nothing?" Alli responded, "I can't really do much, since I'm pregnant and all."
He chuckled. "There has to be something you can do." He said with a small smile. She shrugged. "I spend time with Jenna and baby Jack...Clare is busy with Eli or other school things...I spend a lot of time alone."
"Well, tomorrow we should hang out." Owen said. Alli smiled and nodded. She wouldn't mind hanging out with someone other than her close friends for a change, it's convincing her parents that she's worried about though.
"I'll have to ask my parents, but I'd like that." She pushed the button and the bas came to a stop at the next stop. "I'm pretty much house bound." Other than for school and appointments.
"I see, well here's my number, give me a call if you can." Owen scribbled his number on her hand and Alli nodded. She walked off the bus and was followed by Owen, since he did say he would walk her.
"I can call you on my cell." she said pulling it out of her bag and programming the number into it. "Did you want my number?"
"Sure." Owen said. She gave him her number and watched as he added her to his contacts. It wasn't long after until he started walking her to her house.
Alli stopped in front of her house. "This is me." She said smiling a bit. "Thank you for walking me home and for the short nap I got." She had enjoyed it. Owen nodded his head. "No problem, I'll see you at school tomorrow...or maybe I'll talk to you later." He said holding his phone up. Alli smiled and nodded. "Have a good night." She said before turning and going into her house.
Following week at school...
Alli yawned, she was tired and wanted to home in bed...she had stayed up late talking on the phone with Owen, well that and the baby rolling around in belly made it hard to sleep. This week she was toying with the name Nadia, she had told Owen last night and he had said he was adding it to her list. She hadn't seen him at all today which was weird but it was lunch now so he'd show up sooner or later. Getting to her locker she put her books in and grabbed her binder for her next class. Looking down at her growing belly, it was still a small ball but she was getting bigger. She was kicked in the bladder and she couldn't stop from wincing. "Not right now baby, mommy is tired."
As if her child knew what she was saying, the kicking stopped and Alli smiled lightly. She walked to her next class, and smiled when she saw Owen standing outside the door, waiting for her. When Alli stood in front of him, she hugged him tight, and he returned the hug. "What are you doing here?" She asked. Owen scoffed, "Well I haven't seen you all day, might as well come and see you before class."
Alli smiled. "I figured I'd see you at lunch, one more class then I can feed us." She said patting her belly. Owen chuckled and reached out touching her belly, getting a kick in return. Alli frowned. "She just stopped doing that you know." She shook her head meeting his blue eyes. "How did you sleep?" They had gotten off the phone late, so she wondered if he just crashed.
"I slept well, how about you? Did she ever stop kicking?" Owen laughed. Alli shook her head and rolled her eyes. "I think she kicks when she's hungry." Alli stated. Owen nodded and he said, "yeah, I figured that much."
"Not really, could get comfortable." She said about the sleeping part. To prove her point she covered her mouth as she yawned. "Nap after school I think." She smiled and looked as people headed into class. "I should go. I'll see you at lunch?"
"Of course." Owen nodded. Alli smiled and she hugged him again and walked into the classroom. She took her seat and looked out the window. She was anxious, too anxious to even pay attention to class. The past week was really good for her. She made a new friend, and he was really amazing to her. Alli was content.
Alli looked up when someone took the seat next to her, looking over she sighed. And the good week went up in smoke. She had forgotten she had English with Drew. "I asked you to stop talking to him." Alli rolled her eyes. "I asked you to use a condom, guess we both need work on our hearing."
"This is different-"No it's not." Alli interrupted him. Drew snapped, "Owen is bad news, he doesn't care about you." Alli laughed sarcastically. "And you do?" She snapped. Alli added, "Don't pretend to show some sympathy, because you and I both know you don't give two shits about me, or this baby. So, back off."
Drew growled. "I can take it away once it's born you know." Alli turned and looked at him. "Make threats Drew, make them and see what happens. You haven't done anything, since the day I told you about her." She raised her hand. "Can I be excused please, bathroom." She rested her hand on her belly. "You know how it is." Getting a nod she stood and gathered her things. "Alli I'm not done talking to you." "I'm done with you Drew." God she was so mad, and now she was crying. Hormones fuck them she thought as she left the class room.
Drew sighed and he clenched his hair in his hands, now regretting the fact that karma was biting him in the ass right now. He regretted everything he said to her now. To be honest, he was jealous. Alli screamed in her hands, trying to calm her nerves as she slid down in the stall and furiously tousled her hair.
Sighing when the baby protested against the way she was sitting she pulled herself up and walked to the sink, it was going to be impossible to hide that she had been crying grabbing some paper towel she wet it and washer her face, sighing when the bell rung. Lunch and she was going to have to tell Owen something about her crying, he'd notice. Walking out the bathroom she headed to the Cafe.
"Alli!" She turned around and smiled wide at her friend, Clare, who pinned her eyebrows and asked, "Why are you crying?" Alli sighed and said, "I haven't been crying..." Clare rolled her eyes and said, "I'm not Drew, I knew when you've been crying." Alli frowned. "Okay, I'll tell you in the lunch room. I have to get something to eat." Clare and Alli laughed lightly and the two headed inside towards the line.
Alli grabbed something small from the cafe and some milk before heading to the table they usually sat at Clare following behind her. "So, what happened why were you crying?" Alli poked at the food. "Disagreement with Drew, add in some hormones and you get tears."
"What did he say this time?" Clare asked. It seemed like a normal routine for Alli. Good day, and then it's ruined by her boyfriend. Alli shrugged, "He was just telling me how he doesn't want me talking to Owen. jealous much." Alli opened her milk and took a sip of it. Clare placed a hand on her shoulder and muttered some inaudible words under her breath.
Alli looked around the lunch room sighing when she saw Drew her hand going to her stomach protectively, he was not going to take her baby. But she left that out, even though the thought made her start to cry again. "Sorry hormones are everywhere today."
Clare nodded agreeing. Alli hoped the Owen would come in soon and she took another sip of her drink, while exchanging a few words with Clare, asking how she is and how Yearbook was. She jumped when she heard someone placing a lunch tray down in front of her and smiled, realizing that it was Owen.
Owen frowned at the tears, and the fact that Alli's carefully applied make-up was removed, meaning this wasn't the first time she had cried. "What happened?" He asked looking from Alli to Clare. "Nothing, just hormones, you know how I am lately." Frowning he looked to Clare.
"Alli what happened?" Owen asked, not convinced what Alli had told him. Alli sighed and she said, "Drew is just being Drew." Owen's bottom lip twitched and he got up. Alli began to panic when she watched him move across the lunchroom and head to Drew's table
"Owen?" Alli got up and tried to catch up to him but, being pregnant didn't help. Before she could get there Owen had Drew by the shirt. "What the fuck did you say to her?" Drew looked between Owen and Alli who had finally gotten closer. "Nothing."
"Bull-shit." Owen growled. Drew smirked and before he could answer, Alli interrupted them saying, "Look, just forget it Owen, he's not worth it." Owen glanced down at Alli and then back up at Drew. He dropped him down in the seat and walked back to the table. Alli glared at Drew before turning away and walked back to her table.
"If you get suspended who's going to keep me sane?" Alli asked looking at Owen as she sat down beside him, it was easier to talk this way. "He was just being Drew." Reaching out she rested her hand on his. "okay?"
Owen nodded and sighed, muttering something about wanting to beat Drew to a pulp. But the look Alli gave him told him to do nothing. He only picked at his food and then Alli looked over at Clare, rolling her eyes and mouthing "boys".
Clare nodded in agreement before pushing Alli's food over to her. "Eat." Alli nodded and picked at her food rubbing her belly, sighing she set her fork down and stretched. "I need to walk or something." She didn't want to sit.
"After you eat." Owen said. Alli sighed in frustration and said, "Fiiiine." She quickly started eating, trying not to force the food down her throat and looked over at Clare muttering, "Where's Eli?" Clare shrugged her shoulders and said, "He's probably eating out with Adam." Alli nodded.
Alli pushed her nearly empty plate away and looked at Owen. "Can I go walk now?" He was worse than the doctor sometimes. She looked at Clare who had pulled a book out. "Going to stay and read then?" Clare nodded. "I don't get the chance too much."
"Go on." Owen waved her off and she said, "Come with me." Owen looked down at his half eaten plate and then looked over at Clare. "I'll go with you Alli." Clare said. Alli nodded and the two quickly left the cafeteria, leaving Owen to eat. He will join them later.
Clare smiled. "So you and Owen?" She asked and Alli shrugged. "He's a good friend, and he's really nice." Clare gave Alli a look that she missed since she looks ahead. Jess was there with a few people and Alli wanted nothing to do with the niner. "Can we wait till they go?"
Clare nodded and asked again, "You and Owen." Alli sighed and whispered, "Okay I might like him more than just a friend. He's just, you know he's the first guy to actually come up to me and tell me he wants to help... not counting Eli and Adam you know cause they're just my friends." Clare nodded, understanding completely what Alli meant.
Alli sighed and shook her head. "But it's nothing, I mean look at me." She said waving a hand over her body. "I'm almost six months pregnant, that's not really hot."
"But he's helping you." Clare assured her friend. Alli nodded and looked back, noticing that the groupd was gone. She told Clare and the two started walking again. Clare said, "Owen is good for you, I'm sure he likes you too."
Alli shrugged. "He likes me as a friend or maybe like a brother." She said with a sigh. She had no business liking anyone she was having someone else's baby."It doesn't matter anyway."
"It does too; otherwise you wouldn't be so upset about this." Clare pointed out. Alli sighed loudly in frustration and said, "Why can't people be less annoying!" Clare frowned and said, "Okay, never mind, forget I said anything."
Alli sighed. "Sorry but things are so, confusing and messy and I just want simple..." She shook her head. "Instead I like a guy who is out of my league and my ex is threatening to take my baby."
"What?" Clare asked. Alli looked over at her and said, "Drew, he's sitting there threatening the life of my baby." Clare pinned her eyebrows together and said, "Maybe you should've let Owen beat him up." Alli scoffed, "I thought violence isn't something you enjoy." Clare responded, "I would be the same if someone tried to take my baby if I were pregnant of Eli."
Alli shrugged. "He won't touch her." She said sighing again and wiping her face, she needed to stop crying. She was about to say something else when the look on Clare's face made her look over shoulder. "I thought you said it was nothing Alli." Biting her lip she wondered what he heard. "It is."
Clare hugged her friend and Alli returned it. Over Clare's shoulder she noticed Owen walking up to them. He smiled at her and Clare turned around saying, "Well I have to get to class, I'll talk to you later." She hugged her friend again, and walked off, leaving Alli and Owen alone.
Alli bit her lip. "Hey." She smiled a bit and leaned against the locker behind her, she didn't know if he had heard anything or not, so she kept her mouth shut.
"Hey." Owen smiled at her. Alli said, "How was your lunch?" Owen shrugged his shoulders and said, "It could've been better, besides, when is school lunch good?" Alli nodded and laughed. She said, "So true."
She wiped her face again making sure that she didn't have any stray tears on it for him to see. "The milk is good." She had a thing for milk recently, more so since she got pregnant.
"What's wrong?" Owen asked. Alli shook her head. "Alli what's wrong?" Owen asked again.
"It's nothing, really I cry over stupid things right now." Okay so she didn't cry at the drop of the hat but today she seemed to be crying about everything.
"Tell me." Owen said as he sat down in front of the lockers. Alli joined him. She sighed shakily and asked quickly, "Do you like me?" She added quietly, "Because I like you... more than a friend." Owen blinked a few times.
Alli took that as a no and worked on pushing herself up, not easy when you have a round belly sticking out in front of you. "Don't worry about it." Crying she was crying again, she wished she was skinny again so she could make a quick getaway. Now she could hardly get herself off the damn floor.
Owen stood up before she could leave. He said, "Alli are you crying because you think I don't like you?" She looked up at him with glassy eyes and looked away. She didn't want him to see her crying. "Owen do you?" She asked softly.
Dammit she wished she was invisible. "It's okay if you don't I understand." She couldn't look at him, she didn't want to cry anymore either, and she wiped her face. "Class I should go to class."
"Alli, I thought it was obvious." Owen laughed a little. Alli turned to him and cleared her throat. She said, slightly relieved, "You do like me?" Owen nodded and whispered, "Why do you think I get so angry when Drew talks so much smack about you?"
Alli shrugged her small shoulders looking at something other than Owen. "I don't know I thought you were being friendly, Eli and Adam also gets mad when he says things about me." Which was why she wasn't going to tell anyone other than Clare, that he had tried to say he was going to take her baby.
"Alli this is different. I like you. I like you a lot." Owen took her hands in his and she smiled and reached up to hug him tight. Owen was careful, but he hugged her tightly as well. He smiled and rubbed the back of her head.
Alli looked away. "I'm glad but you could do so much better, you're a great guy Owen." She said stepping away, she should be dancing around in happiness but the fact that she was pregnant and unattractive made her think about the situation.
Owen reached out to grab her wrist, and she turned to face him. Owen said, "I don't want to, I want to be with you Alli." Alli looked at the sincerity in his deep blue eyes and smiled yet again. She leaned up and kissed him on the cheek. Alli whispered, "We'll see about that."
Owen pulled her closer as close as he could with her belly in between them. His mouth close to hers. "We will wont we." She went to says something else but he silenced her with his lips on hers, when he pulled away she had a goofy smile on her face.
"I-I think I should um, g-get to class." Alli stammered. Owen smiled and he nodded, watching her stumble to class. He turned tail and walked to his class as well, a goofy grin plastered on his face as well.
Alli sat in her seat smile still on her face, he'd kissed her, Owen Milligan had kissed little ol pregnant her. She didn't think anything could get the smile off her face.
"Miss. Bhandari. Would you like to tell the class what exactly you're smiling at?" The teacher asked. Alli looked up and noticed that she was being stared at by half the class. She zipped the imaginary zipper across her lips and shook her head; the smile still remained on her lips nonetheless
The teacher sighed and went back to their lesson, Alli barely paid him any mind but that was fine with her. She was a head in this class anyway. She looked down at her note book and blushed, she had drawn hearts on her paper around Owens name. She was silly this didn't mean they were dating this meant they had both told each other that they liked each other.
She felt like a little girl, but that didn't matter. Alli was happy, finally. She didn't think that she would find someone after Drew. And to be honest, she didn't think it would be Owen Milligan, the biggest jock at Degrassi.
Class dragged on and on. When the bell finally rung for her last class she was tired and happy, but mostly tired. And she very much just wanted to go have a nap somewhere. But she couldn't go home.
Alli was standing and waiting at her locker, because she knew Owen would be walking to it soon enough. In just a few minutes, he would be walking around and flashing her that small smile of his. She was excited, a little too excited.
He saw her before she saw him, even though she was clearly waiting, he took a moment to look at her, her belly was bigger than when he had first started hanging out with her but she was as big as she thought. Her head came up and met his."Hey." She said pushing away from the lockers and walking to him.
"Hello." He said, hugging her. Alli returned the hug and listened as he spoke, "You're really happy." Alli nodded quickly, trying not to show it, but she was super happy. Excited. She felt like this was her chance to actually have a normal life, besides her pregnancy.
"Happy and sleepy." She said with a chuckle her arms staying around Owen, she enjoyed hugging him he was just hug-able. "And I'm being kicked again." She wrinkled her nose and Owen chuckled reaching between them and resting his hand on her belly which seemed to settle the tiny being in there.
"How do you do that?" I try and she just kicks me harder." Alli laughed and Owen shrugged his shoulders saying, "I guess he likes me." Alli smiled and asked, "Do you want to do something today? You can always just come over and we can watch T.V." Alli suggested. Owen asked, "Won't your parents be a little upset." Alli laughed and pointed to her stomach, "Seriously?"
Owen nodded. "Alright if you think they won't mind." She shrugged." Not much else can happen I mean I'm already with child..." Who seemed to love Owen, he smoothed his hand over her belly and Alli sighed. "I have another ultra sound soon..would you..." she trailed off biting her lip. "Would you like to come with me again?" She went to her parenting class alone but liked having people with her when she got to see the baby.
"Sure, of course." Owen said. She took his arm and he led her out of the school. They didn't have to take the bus this time, since he drove to school. Owen helped her into the car, and he closed the door, and then took his seat in the driver's side of the car.
Alli dug through her purse to find her keys. "So um, you know I like you...and you like me. We don't have to be boyfriend and girlfriend. I don't want to tie you down or anything." She said it all in a quick rush. Her mind worked in weird ways recently.
Owen looked over at her and then back at the road. He said, "Who says we don't have to?" Alli blushed and turned away. She cleared her throat and said, "Well, it might just be you know, too much- "Too much what? Owen interrupted her.
"I'm pregnant Owen, and it's someone else's..." She said with a sigh looking away."Do you really want to explain that to people? Or your parents?"
"Alli are you worried someone's going to say something?" Owen asked, a little bit upset. She looked over at him and shook her head slightly. Owen asked, "Then what is it?"
"I'm worried that you'll come to your senses and realize your 'girlfriend' was knocked up by someone else and you're the one helping her." She was scared she'd like him too much and he'd walk away too.
"Well that's not going to happen." Owen reassured her. Alli blinked a few times asking, "Are you just saying that?" Owen shook his head and took her hand in his, placing a kiss on her knuckles.
Alli smiled and squeezed his hand. "Thanks." She needed to hear that. "And when the baby comes..." Having to explain it would be interesting. "And having me meet your parents." Her parent knew who the father was, and they were still pissed that he had bailed.
"Do you think they'll like me?" Owen asked. Alli looked over at him and said, "Just be nice and they'll give you a chance." Alli explained. Owen nodded and soon arrived at the hospital. He parked and turned the car off, and then climbed out and walked around to help Alli out of the car.
Alli smiled and took his hand. "I can't wait to see her." She said looking at her belly, where her baby was actually being somewhat still. "Thank you for coming with me." She was still surprised he wanted to come.
"No problem." Owen said as he and Alli walked into the hospital, and then took their seats in the waiting room after telling the receptionist that Alli had an appointment. Moments later she was called into the room.
Alli carefully climbed up on to the bed thing and removed her sweater before she folded her shirt up looked away as she laid back. She never looked at him when she exposed her bare stomach, more because she was afraid he'd think she was ugly.
Owen placed his hand over Alli's stomach and she blushed when his fingers grazed across her engorged belly. He looked up to meet her gaze and Alli smiled faintly at him, not wanting to say something and "ruin" the moment he was having.
"It's not exactly sexy." She said with a smile when he ran a hand over her belly again, very gently kind of like he was surprised that it was actually there.
"Alli, you're beautiful." Owen said. She blushed and looked away. Owen stepped aside as the doctor walked in, and rubbed the cold gel on her stomach, and pulled the machine closer to the bed.
"Nice to see you again Owen." He said with a smile slightly surprised that the boy was back. He moved forward and smiled when he got a clear picture of the baby. "Ah their baby Bhandari is, she looks good, active?" Alli groaned. "To active I don't think she sleeps." She looked at Owen who was looking at the screen.
"That's normal." The doctor chuckled. Owen smiled a little when he noticed that Alli was staring lightly at him. She looked away and looked up at the screen, looking at the picture of her baby. "Have you thought of any names?" The doctor asked.
Owen nodded his head. "A new one every couple of days." Alli chuckled. "I keep changing my mind, I like so many names and I have no idea what she's going to look like..." The doctor nodded. "I hear that a lot. Well everything looks good, she's small but we knew that already, healthy, active. Things are coming along nicely." Alli nodded and watched as he cleaned her belly off.
"Any questions? From either of you?"
They both shook their heads and the doctor nodded and exited the room after telling them that he would see them in a few weeks. Alli pulled her shirt down and hopped off the bed, and looked up at Owen. He smiled down at her, and walked out of the room.
The nurse stopped them to hand them a copy of the ultra sound, and Alli stared at it on the way to car. " Look there's a hand!" She said pointing to it in the picture. "It's so little."
Owen looked at it for a brief minute and said, "Yeah it is." Alli playfully punched his arms and said, "Would you like this picture? I can always make a copy." Owen smiled and said, "Thanks."
Alli smiled and handed it to him. It was weird her first reaction would have been to make a copy for Drew this time her thought was if Owen wanted a copy. "I'll make a copy when we get to my place, you can have this one."
"Okay." Owen smiled. The two walked to his car and he unlocked the door and helped Alli in. He walked around and climbed in and then turned the ignition on. Owen pulled out of the parking lot, and headed to Alli's place.