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Let's blame this on no self control, writers block for my other stories, and One Tree Hill... :P
"Senior year is supposed to be the best year of our lives. It's not supposed to be filled with loads of work!" Lita Helmsley exclaimed to her best friend as they were packing up their backpacks so they could go to their next period which was lunch. They were currently the only ones left in the classroom. Even their teacher left before them. "Why are these teachers hellbent on making our final year of high school miserable?!"
"Easy," Edge said before placing one last book in his bookbag and zipping it up. "They hate us," he answered which earned him a glare because Lita wasn't expecting an answer.
"Charles Dickens? Really? Charles Dickens?! I wanted Ernest Hemmingway!" Lita continued her rant about school while she tried fitting one last book in her bag which didn't seem like it was going to fit, but she wasn't going to stop trying any time soon. "I don't want to read three books by him, write a paper about the universal theme present in the books, and then present it to the class who doesn't care. I already read a couple of Hemmingways books and this could have been a walk in the park, but nope. I actually have to read three books I don't want to."
Edge rolled his eyes at her attempt of fitting the book in the bag even though she knew it wasn't going to fit. She could be really stubborn sometimes. He snatched the book from her hands and spoke before that could earn him any sort of physical abuse. She could also be really violent sometimes. She definitely lived by the redhead stereotypes. "Chill before you kill me. It's not going to fit. I'll carry it for you if you're that lazy."
Lita lifted her bag and handed it to him. "I rather you carry my bookbag instead, it weighs a ton."
"Just the one book. Take it or leave it." Lita rolled her eyes as she slung her backpack over her shoulder and started to head out the room and towards the cafeteria along with Edge.
"About the final English project," the blonde teen began to say referring to the assignment in particular Lita was complaining about, "we all have to do it, not just you. Plus, no one else might listen to you but I will. Unless it's really boring." The redhead was about to reply but Edge smirked when he thought of something else. "By the way, you're a nerd because you voluntarily read those books."
"So what?" Lita shrugged. "I like reading good books. I know people like reading Dickens but the thing is, I'm basically being forced to read his books and I don't want to. There's a difference between doing something on your own and being forced. And it sucks that you all got to pick which author you wanted to read and Mr. Regal assigned my author for me."
"You have been absent the last two days when we went over choosing authors. So yea, he assigned the author for you."
"It's not my fault my immune system sucks," Lita whined which caused Edge to chuckle. "Why am I being punished for that? Wasn't puking my guts out punishment enough?"
"Apparently not. November is right around the corner which means Thanksgiving break is soon. And-"
"That's a month away," Lita interrupted as the two stopped by their lockers so they could put the books they were done with for the day in their respective lockers which were right next to each other.
"Then we have winter break to look forward to, spring break, and then we'll graduate," Edge continued after his friends mini interruption as he put two of his books away and shut his locker. "And let's not forget the random days off in between and the Philly winter which brings us plenty of snow days which we don't have to make up because we're seniors."
"May is so far away." Lita asked after she was done with her own locker and slammed the door shut. "Let's not forget all the work in between."
"It's school, what do you expect?"
"I'm just ready to graduate and study something I actually want to study," Lita replied as the two began to walk to their final destination once again.
"Which is?"
Lita shrugged. "Still haven't picked something final."
Edge was about to say something until he saw two familiar figures out from the corner of his eye. He stopped walking in place with Lita doing the same when she noticed he wasn't walking next to her anymore. The redhead turned around to face her blonde friend who had a scowl present on his face. Lita didn't have to follow his gaze to see why exactly he looked like that, but she still did anyways. She wasn't surprised to see John and Chris standing across the hallway where Edge was looking. Her breath caught in her throat when she saw the younger of the two friends smiling right at her. It took all the willpower she had not to return the gesture. Fortunately for her, that smile quickly turned into a smirk followed by a wink.
"Assholes," Edge said which made Lita come back to reality and became aware of her surroundings once again. She glanced up at her friend and saw how pissed he looked. He and John always butt heads with the other teen's best-friend being brought into the mix as well as Edge's cousin. Those three, including Christian were always fighting about one thing or another. Sometimes, although rarely, those verbal arguments resulted in physical bouts. The animosity between the four seemed to tone down a little the end of Junior year when Christian moved and consequently had to change schools. Little did Edge know, it had nothing to do with the numbers not being even anymore. Why would John and Chris care about the numbers when it was in their favor?
"Let's go," Edge said before turning and and walking again. Lita sent one last look where the two blondes were previously standing, but they weren't there anymore. The blonde turned around to look at his friend when he realized she wasn't walking with him.
"I just remembered I accidentally put the wrong book in my locker so I need to switch the two." Edge looked like he was headed towards her, but she continued. "You should go. I'll just see you there."
"You sure?"
"Positive." Edge simply nodded before he went to the cafeteria with Lita waited a moment before she walked away as well. Only, the teenaged girl didn't go to her locker like she told the boy. She had somewhere else to be.
Lita took a turn and entered the next hallway which was basically empty for the moment. It was almost always empty which was why she always met the person she was about to meet with right now when they were at school. There was no way they could interact while at school without getting caught and potentially causing drama which was why they always met in the storage closet where she stopped right in front of. She looked around to make sure there was no one nearby who could see her before she opened the door and entered the small room. Before she even knew it, Lita was being pulled into the room by the other teen. She leaned back against the wall while he closed the door and turned on the little light in the closet. Sure it was pretty dim, but it was better than nothing.
"You sure took your sweet time," John said after he was standing right in front of her. There wasn't much distance between them, it wasn't like it was a big closest. But it wasn't like either of them minded anyways.
Lita rolled her eyes at her boyfriend. "I was doing something. Plus, you know I had to-"
"-ward off the dogs first?" Her boyfriend innocently suggested. "Or dog since it was only Edge."
Lita let out a sigh before she spoke. "John, please don't start with that."
"That's not why I wanted to see you even though it is always fun. How are you feeling?"
Lita rolled her eyes at his question. He asked her that so many times the last couple of days. It was sweet that he was concerned about her, but it was also very irritating. "Like I told you the other billion times you texted me throughout the day, I'm fine."
"Then why didn't you come over when I called you last night? I told you both of my parents had the graveyard shift."
"Is it really appropriate to call it the graveyard shift when they work at the hospital?"
John shurgged. "Who cares? So why were you missing if you're fine now. I missed you. It's been a while since we have been together without being in this closet."
"I know. And I miss you too, but Stephanie was over last night and well, her and Hunter are now engaged and she's moving in so it's going to be a bit hard sneaking around at night with her around. I almost got caught once. Anyways, I'm here now and Dawn and I decided I would take the car so I will be coming over after your practice ends and she'll catch a ride with Trish after cheer practice."
"Good," John smiled before closing the already hardly existent gap between them and crashing her lips with his own. Lita was surprised when he pulled away quickly. He usually took full advantage with his kisses.
"What's wrong?" Lita asked when she noticed he looked like something was disturbing him.
John said nothing for a moment before sighing. "I know you don't want me to bring it up, but I'm really getting sick and tired of this closet being the only place we can actually be together. Or the dark movie theater."
"I don't hear you complaining when we're making out instead of paying attention to the movie," Lita joked which only went ignored by her boyfriend who continued after the interruption.
"Or somewhere where we know would be a long shot to be caught by someone. You know I don't like being at your house that much with Hunter eyeing me like he wants to kill me."
"He has two teenage sisters he feels fully responsible, so yea he gets over protective."
"More like crazy," the brown haired teen muttered under his breath before continuing aloud. "We have been together, what, eight months and we're still keeping it a secret."
"No," Lita shook her head. "Dawn, Hunter, Stephanie, Chris, and your parents know."
"You know that's not what I meant. I love you and I still have to say some mean remarks about you around Edge and some of your friends and my friends to keep up with appearances. I don't like doing that."
"Keeping it a secret kind of makes it hot though," Lita smirked hoping it would lighten up the mood, but it didn't.
"Babe, I'm serious."
"I know, but... Edge really doesn't like you."
John shrugged as he interrupted his girlfriend. "I'll get over it."
"But I won't. He's going to be pissed and I have to break it gently. I don't want to have to do something stupid like pick between my best-friend and boyfriend."
"He would be stupid to ask you that because you would pick me." That earned him a glare. "I'm kidding. Sort of."
"Look, he doesn't know you like I do so he doesn't know that you're not much of an asshole. You're not a jerk to me at all which is what should matter. Even though you should probably tone it down with some others. For example, Edge."
"Hey, I'm a full on asshole, but he's worse. You just make me soft," John joked hoping it would lighten the mood because he knew how upset she got when she thought how she could lose her friend because they were together. He was glad it worked, even though only for a moment when he saw her smile and let out a small laugh.
"Soon okay? Promise. Soon. Just not right now because I'm not ready for all that potential drama. You know Chris wasn't too happy when he found out the truth and he didn't even hate me like Edge hates you. He only disliked me because of association. Kinda like how me and you started."
John knew that was the truth. Lita didn't like him because he was always getting into it with her best-friend and John didn't like her because she was close with the other two. That all changed when they were paired up for a class project that took up the whole school year their junior year. Neither of the two were very happy about the pairing and thought they were doomed. But they soon found out how wrong they had been about one another. Spending a lot of time together meant they actually got to know one another better. Initially, the duo thought they were being played but the other, but they learned to trust each other. Before they knew it, they started liking one another as more than just friends. John struck first when he sent her a secret admirer messages a few days leading up to Valentine's day. He found it hilarious that Lita complained to him how she had a stalker, but boy was she ecstatic when she found out the true identity of her secret admirer. They began dating in February of that year and things just escalated from their.
"Fine. But you know football season still has like a month and a half left-" The brunette was about to continue only to be ignored by the redheaded teen.
Lita rolled her eyes. She loved him, but football, not so much even though he knew she would be at every game possible. "I know. Don't worry, we're still finding time to spend together during the season like we have been."
He smiled at her before leaving a quick kiss on her lips. "I love you."
"I love you too."
John moved away from her and opened the door just a little bit to see if the coast was clear for them to leave without someone seeing them. "All clear," he said as he turned to face Lita. "You can go first. I'll be out in a couple of minutes."
"Alright," Lita nodded. "I'll see you after practice then," she left but not without John kissing her again, this one lasting longer than the two before. It seemed like he was feeling better after their talk.
Lita finally made her way to the cafeteria a few minutes after John who left the storage closet after her. It wasn't something that didn't go unnoticed by him. He would just ask her why she took long when they met after school.
"You just had to switch one book with another and now we only have five minutes left until the bell rings for the next class," Edge said to Lita when she joined him, her faternal twin sister, and Trish, who was his girlfriend and Dawn's best-friend, at the round table in the lunch room.
"I had to go to the bathroom." That wasn't a lie because she did begin to feel a little sick again and she thought she would stop by there before she vomited all over the hallways. It also just wasn't the truth either.
"Eat," Dawn said before Edge could question her any longer because unlike him, she actually knew where her twin went and who she was with. "You only have three minutes left now."
Lita scrunched her nose at the pizza her sister slid closer towards her before she got up chair. "Not hungry. I'm gonna get a head start to class." With that said, she left.
"What's with her?" Trish asked Dawn. "I thought she was feeling better. She seems out of it."
Dawn shrugged. "I honestly don't know," she said although she had an inkling. She was just hoping and praying she was wrong. She looked over at a table which was a few feet away and saw John was looking towards where his girlfriend just disappeared. She could tell he was worried about her too even though Dawn had a feeling he wasn't thinking the same thing she was because if he was, then he would probably be freaking out. Their eyes met and Dawn shrugged when he silently asked her the same question Trish did not long ago. Both of them thought they would just have to ask Lita at another time where they weren't surrounded by others.
John and Lita were at the former's house later that afternoon. His house was one of the very few places where they could actually be together without having to worry about getting caught by the wrong people. But they still had to be extra careful because there was always a possibility of someone seeing either of the two walking around the other's house or even seeing their car parked nearby which was why they always parked a block away from the destination.
His house was also a place where they could be together without the brown haired teen having to worry about the redhead's older brother going through with his various threats to beat him with a sledgehammer every time he got close to Lita. John would be on the end of very familiar death glare from Hunter every time he put an arm around his Lita or when it looked like he was getting close to her for her brother's liking. Being at his house was a different story because he didn't have to worry about anyone threatening him at all, but he did have to endure his parents giving him a long lecture about being alone with his girlfriend when they found out that Lita was over when neither of his parents were home to supervise.
"I'm bored," John announced for what felt like the billionth time that hour.
Lita looked up from her notebook where she was writing down some notes from the chapter she was currently reading for one of her classes. She rolled her eyes when she saw John lying on the couch and playing around with a pen instead of doing his own homework.
"The point of you being here wasn't so you could do your homework and force me to do mine-"
"Be my guest and fail all you want," Lita cut him off before he could continue, "but I will not date a two time senior in high school. You're going to be like nineteen when you graduate."
John rolled his eyes at her and got up from where he was lying before walking over to where Lita was sitting on the ground with all her books scattered around her. He moved some of the books out of the way so he could sit down next to her.
"Unlike you, I'm not a slacker and I would like to get my homework done," Lita said in protest as she tried to grab the books that he moved away but he wouldn't let her.
John smirked before he spoke. "And I would like to do something else."
"I don't care," Lita shook her her head as her boyfriend moved closer to her. Next thing she knew, John's lips were on her neck. She closed her eyes shut as he continued the assault on her neck. "Stop," she managed to get out but to no avail.
"No," he spoke against her neck, not taking a moment to remove his lips from her.
"We're not... We're supposed to... No hickey." That was the last thing she wanted. There was no way she wanted to walk in the front door and have Hunter see a mark on her neck. "Oh God. Screw homework," Lita said as she finally gave in.
John smirked as he stopped the assault on her neck and crashed his lips onto hers with her responding immediately. He gently pushed her onto the part of the carpeted floor where there was actually an empty space with her taking him down with her. She raised her arms to him slowly until she clasped them behind his neck as the kiss deepened. They were completely oblivious when someone walked in a couple of minutes later.
"Ahem," the two heard someone say which made John get off of Lita with her sitting up. They looked over to the entrance of the living room and saw John's mother standing there with her arms crossed. Lita looked away in embarrassment with her cheeks turning red to match that of her hair.
"Hey mom," John casually said as he walked over to his mother, Anna, like she didn't walk in on him in a middle of a make-out session with his girlfriend. "When did you get home? Your shift end already?"
"I just got home a moment ago. My shift ended hours ago, I had to stay back for an emergency."
"Oh," the blue-eyed teen said as he glanced over at the still quiet hazel-eyed teen who was gathering her books, papers, and writing utensils and putting them away in her backpack. He decided to go back over to her and help her. Their hands met when they were reaching for the same thing. Lita instantly pulled her hand away because she was surprised by the sudden contact. She hadn't noticed her boyfriend had joined her until now.
"Calm down. It's just me."
Lita said nothing in response as she placed her last book in her bag and zipped it up. She got up from the ground and stood up with backpack in hand. She was still avoiding looking at Anna but she finally got the courage to do so when she was near her. She looked up and forced a smile although she was still pretty humiliated by what just happened.
"Hi," the redhead greeted the woman who sent her a smile of her own.
"Hello Lita. Leaving already? Wouldn't you like to stay for dinner?"
"No thank you. I still have some homework left to do and my brother's probably still waiting for me. I should get going now. Bye."
The teen began to walk away after Anna returned the farewell greeting with John following behind. The couple stopped at the door like always. They never stepped outside either of their house together unless he was her ride, but she had the car she shared with Dawn.
"Are you okay?" John asked. "You look-"
"Embarrassed?" Lita suggested. "Because your mom just walked in on us-"
The brunette shrugged as he interrupted the redhead. "So what? We weren't really doing anything."
Lita rolled her eyes and shook her head. "Whatever." She paused for a brief moment before continuing. "Just remember that I'm not dating a two time senior," Lita laughed. She didn't give John a chance to say anything as she opened the door and left so she could get to her car and go home.
John wasn't surprised when he walked back into the living room and saw his mom sitting down on the couch with her arms crossed and was frowning. He grabbed his books and was about to head up the stairs to his room, hoping his mom wouldn't say anything about what she walked in on, but that wasn't meant to be.
"Sit down," Anna ordered her son and gestured to the empty spot right next to her. John did as he was told. "How many times are me and your father going to have to tell you that you two cannot be in this house alone before you actually listen? This is the third time either of us has caught you and I'm sure it has happened more than the three times you have been caught. Would something else be going on had I not walked in? Are you two sexually active?"
"Mom," John groaned. "Can we not talk about this. I rather talk to dad about this if this is a necessary conversation."
"It is a necessary conversation and unfortunately for you, your father is stuck at the hospital for another couple of hours so I will be the one having this discussion with you." Anna took a brief pause as she looked at her son who was avoiding eye contact after her last question which she repeated once again. "Are you two sexually active?" She didn't give him a chance to answer and continued. "You both are in high school. What's the rush? What if she gets pregnant?" John grimaced at that thought. "Don't give me that look. If you are engaging in sexual activities, then that is a possibility. You both are too young and have the rest of your life ahead of you."
"Okay," John interrupted before his mom could get any further. He definitely didn't want to have a discussion about the sex with his mom. He rather have that with his dad.
"You still didn't answer my question which makes me think you two are sexually active. I know I cannot stop that from happening and I would like it if you weren't having sex with your girlfriend, but, as your mother, I am going to tell you to be careful." Anna was about to say more, but was cut off from her uncomfortable son.
"Dad already talked to me about this before," John said glancing at his mom for a moment before looking away again.
"Okay. Then remember everything he said. I'm too young to be a grandmother so don't make that happen. More importantly, you are too young to be a father. Same goes for her. Remember, the best way to prevent pregnancy is abstinence."
John stayed silent as he got up from the couch so he could go to his room. He was glad that awkward and uncomfortable conversation finally came to an end.
Lita was so glad when she finally arrived home a couple of minutes later. She was so tired and just wanted to get the last assignment that was due tomorrow done so she could go to sleep. She entered the house and closed the door behind her. The noise of the door caused Hunter to show up. He called out to her before she could make it up the stairs and to her room.
"Lita," she heard her brother which made her stop in place and turn around to face him. "It's seven. You said you would be home by five. Why are you three hours late? Why didn't you call?"
"First, your math is off. Second, maybe you should have called if you're so concerned. The phone works both ways," Lita shot back. She was about to head up the stairs once again so she could get to her room, but was stopped by Hunter once again.
"I don't think so," Hunter shook his head as he gently grabbed her by the arm. "Living room, now."
Lita rolled her eyes as she pulled her arm out of his hold but said nothing as she went to the other room with him right behind her. She was surprised to see Dawn, who was on her phone, sitting down on the couch where Hunter gestured her to sit down as well.
"Dawn, phone," Hunter said as he held out his hand for said object.
Dawn rolled her eyes. "I'll have to talk to you later. The warden wants my phone. I think my sentence is about to begin." Lita chuckled and Hunter simply rolled his eyes as Dawn handed him her phone.
The blonde man stood there in front of the two and shook his head at their behavior lately. They were both equally stubborn and Lita lived up to the stereotype of redheads being hotheaded. He had his own flaws too, but those two were testing his patience lately and he had a feeling they were going to drive him to the loony bin soon.
"Is there a reason we're just sitting here and you're just staring at us?" Dawn asked with Lita nodding like she wanted to ask him the same thing.
"He's probably plotting for a way to kill us," Lita added which caused Dawn to snicker and for Hunter to send a glare to both of them.
"This is no time for jokes. You two are getting going to turn me insane soon. You're getting out of control," Hunter was about to say more but Dawn decided this was the best time to interject.
"Because we make jokes?" Dawn asked confused.
Hunter closed his eyes and shook his eyes before taking a deep breath and opening them again to continue with their talk. "Let me finish." That earned both teen girls to roll their eyes, but they said nothing so he continued. "Like I said, you two are getting out of control. Both of you said you would be home by five but neither of you got here until a few minutes ago. Neither of you had the decency to call me and tell me you would be late."
"Like I said," Lita began to interrupt Hunter who was getting irritated by the interruptions, "the phone works both ways."
"You're staying out past your curfew," Hunter continued after the mini interruption which he decided to ignore. He turned his attention to Lita before he added more. "You stay up half the night talking to that boyfriend of yours. I don't like that."
"So me talking to John on the phone means I'm out of control?"
"Neither of you listen to the rules," Hunter continued after what felt like the billionth interruption from one of his sisters "Would you be doing any of this if mom and dad were still here?"
"Don't do that," both Dawn and Lita said in unison with the former continuing. "Don't bring them up to try to make us feel guilty."
Hunter shook his head. "I'm not doing that."
"Look, we're thankful for everything you have done for us," the younger of the two twins began to say. "We're lucky to have a brother like you. You moved home after the accident to take care of us," she said referring to the car accident both of her parents were victim time due to a drunk driver who also ended up dead three years ago. Their mother died right at the scene with their father succumbing to the injuries three days later after it was initially believed he would survive. Their father had asked his oldest to take care of the two younger ones in case something were to happen to him and Hunter had fulfilled his request since then. But it was really difficult dealing with the two of them sometimes. "But I'm pretty sure we would do what we're doing now if mom and dad were here. We're teenagers, we're supposed to be a pain in the neck. I know your teenage years were a long time ago, but you should remember you were a pain to mom and dad too."
"But that's different, you two are girls."
"I know he did not just say that," Dawn said glancing between both of her siblings. "Tell me he did not just say that?"
"He did," Lita said as she glared at her brother who was regretting what he just said. "It's different because we're girls? That is a double standard."
"Okay," Hunter cut off Lita before either her or Dawn could continue with the tirade. "Bad choice of words, but I'm pretty sure you know what I meant."
Both Dawn and Lita shook their heads with the latter continuing. "Not really."
Hunter groaned in frustration and shook his head. He was about to say something but was interrupted by his fiancé who none of them knew had joined them a couple of minutes ago.
"They're right," Stephanie said as she made her presence known. "That was a horrible explanation and definitely a double standard."
"I don't need you to start either," Hunter said as he turned his attention to Stephanie.
Stephanie rolled her eyes. "I'm not. Leave them alone. They're doing what most teenagers do. They're better than me when I was a teen and I turned out perfectly fine."
"We could be doing drugs," Lita muttered under her breath which earned the attention of the two older individuals in the room.
"Drugs?!" Hunter exclaimed with a look of anger on his face to match that of his voice.
"It was a joke. I mean, I have been offered drugs a few times and I'm sure so has Dawn, but I have declined every time."
"So have I," Dawn said after Hunter looked at her. "Don't look at me like you think I'm a druggie just because Li said that. I do not want to get wrinkles or get fat. I will not lets drugs ruin my physical appearance. No decent guy will ever want to get near me ever again."
"Maybe you both should start doing drugs then no guy will want to get near you," Hunter said which earned him a slap on the arm by the brunette woman standing next to him.
"Guys will still be attracted to them if they do drugs and possibly not the good kind so don't say something stupid like that again."
"I hate when all three of you gang up on me."
Dawn and Lita glanced at one another before they got up from where they were seated. They walked over to their brother and stopped directly in front of him with the redhead speaking up. "Look, this is who we are and it's not like we're going out of our way to make you insane."
"Look on the bright side," Dawn continued where Lita left out, "we're not doing drugs. We don't commit crimes. We're perfectly fine in our own way."
"They're right. They're not of control so just let them be. We're going to be late if you continue with this any further. We're supposed to meet Shawn and Lilian in," she looked down at her watch, "ten minutes ago." Stephanie looked at her soon to be sister in laws before she addressed them. "I made a lasagna earlier today, all you have to do is heat it in the oven for thirty minutes."
Dawn smiled at her. "Thanks Steph."
The twins were about to leave the room, but Hunter stopped them. "I would appreciate it if both of you would stay home tonight."
"You don't have to worry about me," Lita said before Dawn could say anything, "I'm about to finish up one last assignment and call it a night. I am so tired."
"Are you sick again?" Hunter asked to which Lita shook her head. "Alright. I guess we'll see you two later." He and Stephanie left soon after leaving Dawn and Lita alone.
"Do you want to eat right now or later?" Dawn asked Lita as the two stood there.
Lita shrugged. "I'm not that hungry so I don't care." She headed up the stairs to her room which was connected with Dawn's room and separated by a bathroom.
"I need to talk to you about something," Dawn said when she entered the room behind Lita.
"What's up?" Lita asked as she sat down on the bed, placing her bookbag in front of her and taking out the lone book she needed to complete her next assignment. "I want to get this done before I can sleep. I have until Monday to get all that I missed the last two days and I don't want to spend all weekend doing school work."
Dawn knew she had to be careful with what she was about to say and thought about the right words to choose but she couldn't find any which resulted in her to just blurt out the point.
"I think you're pregnant."
Lita looked up from her book and at her sister. The redhead said nothing for a moment as she looked at the brunette and then she proceeded to laugh. "You're joking, right?"
"You have been sick the past few days, puking, sleeping a lot and so moody and temperamental." Dawn paused. "Well, more than usual."
"That doesn't mean anything. Do you know what a flu is?"
"When's the last time you had a visit from mother nature?"
Lita thought about it for a moment and realized it had been a few weeks. "I don't remember, but that doesn't mean anything."
"Wait right here," Dawn said before she went to her room through the bathroom that separated both of their rooms from one another. She came back with something in her hands and tossed it on the bed next to Lita who merely stared at it. "I need you to go to the bathroom and pee on the stick."
Lita shook her head and tried to get back to doing her homework. "No. There's no reason to take that test because I'm not pregnant."
"Please, just please take it," Dawn plead to her sister who glanced at her and could tell she was anxious which was the only reason Lita grabbed the box and headed to the bathroom.
The redhead came out of the bathroom a couple of minutes later and placed a couple of napkins onto the nightstand nearby and the test on top of the napkins.
"I know I'm not pregnant so you can check the test yourself when the timer goes off," was all Lita said as she sat back down on her bed and took the book from the bed and in her lap before she continued the last assignment again. She was hoping for no more interruptions, but unfortunately for her, that wasn't meant to be.
"Before we find out the results, just know I'm always going to be here for you no matter what. You'll always have me."
"That's sweet Dawn," Lita said as she took the chance to glance at her sister who kept looking at the timer. She was definitely more nervous about the results of the test than was the one who was actually taking it. "But I'm not pregnant, so save it for another time."
The two sat in complete silence for the next three minutes as Dawn nervously waited for the timer to go off. The sound of the timer going off caused both teens to look up towards the table where the test was, but Lita immediately resumed with her assignment with Dawn taking a deep breath before she walked over to where the test laid.
Dawn gasped in shock when she saw the results even though she had a feeling they were going to be positive. "Two lines. According to the box, two lines means you're pregnant."
John finally finished his homework some time before eleven that night. He would have been done earlier if he actually worked on it when Lita was their earlier and working on her own. Her forcing him to do his homework and motivating him worked out sometimes, just not today. Senioritis was definitely a disease in his mind. The only good thing about school was getting to play football. He wasn't a total fan of school. But he had to try to be a good student if he wanted to get a scholarship to play football at a collegiate level.
John hung up the phone for what felt like the hundredth time after Lita wouldn't answer his calls. The phone usually rang for a while before it went to voicemail, but it went straight to voicemail without any rings the last couple of times he called her. That made him think she was ignoring him on purpose. He didn't know what was wrong because everything was fine when she left earlier that evening, but he was hoping he would find out soon.
He decided he would stop calling her because it wasn't like it was getting him anywhere. She could just be sleeping as far as he knew. He decided he would just have to talk to her tomorrow some time during or after school. Maybe she had a perfectly good reason to not answer any of his calls.
Thanks for reading. Hope you liked the start. Tell me what you think, please and thanks. :)
Others chapters will not be this long, I just didn't want to split it up.