It was the first day of school; I walked through the crowded hall, and saw Ricky holding hands with a girl. He didn't even notice me. 'I am so stupid' I thought as I walked to my locker and opened it for the first time.

My friends, Lauren and Madison came racing up to me.

"We saw him," Madison said.

"Saw who?" I asked.

"Mark Melina, that's who," Lauren said.

"Who's that?"

"The new counselor," Lauren answered.

"The new, single, delicious counselor," Madison added.

"Oh…" I said.

"Oh? You have something better then Mark Melina?" Lauren asked.

I looked around, and then turned to my friends, "I…I had sex"

"No you didn't," Lauren said.

"With who?" Madison asked, shocked.

"You couldn't have," Lauren added.

"How was it?" Madison asked.

"Impossible," Lauren said in denial.

"Back to who!"

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Ricky's POV

Down the hall

"So I had a fun time last night, Ricky," Adrian said.

"Yeah…Maybe we could do that again some time?"

"My mom's out of town for the entire week…Just come over"

"What time?"

"Any time you like," Adrian said just as a blonde girl came up to us.

"Hi!"

"Hi Grace," Adrian said.

"That's a really nice name…Grace," I added.

"Can we help you with something?" Adrian asked, annoyed.

"Oh, I'm sorry…I shouldn't have interrupted. I just saw the two of you together and thought you might go to the game together and I wanted to invite you to both to the youth fellowship hall at our church for a post-game celebration! You know, with the gym being repaired, there's nothing at school so we'd thought we'd try to invite everyone to our church. We have a gym…in the youth fellowship hall," she said looking at us and continuing, "There won't be a sermon I promise. Just music and dancing and we always have really good food. And it's free, to everyone"

"We'd love too…but we can't. You see my mom's out of town so we're going over to my house to drink beer and have SEX," Adrian said, emphasizing the word, and walking away.

Grace laughed, "She's so funny…"

"Funny?"

"Well, I'm sure she didn't mean that…Just trying to shock me, and it worked," she laughed again.

"So will you be there, Grace?"

"Of course," she said smiling.

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Amy's POV

Down the hall

"You have to give us something more than one night at band camp!" Madison argued.

"It was nothing!" I said, knowing that wasn't exactly true.

"Okay…By nothing you mean what?" Lauren asked.

"I mean it was nothing!" I said slamming my locker and storming off down the hall.

As I walked down the hall, a guy came up to me.

"Hi…I was just watching you…"

"Hey," I said, brushing past him.

I walked down the hall and saw Ricky with yet another girl.

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Ricky's POV

Grace walked away and I saw Amy walking towards the band room.

"Hey you," I said and she turned around.

"It's…Amy, right?"

Amy looked down at the floor.

"I'm just messing with you kid. You don't think I could forget the time we spent together at band camp, do you?" I asked pushing her bangs behind her ear.

I walked away, hoping I wouldn't be too late to class.

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Amy's POV

After band class

By her locker

Lauren and Madison rushed up to me.

"Amy, you have to tell us!" Madison said.

"Tell you what?" I asked arrogantly.

"Who was it?" Lauren asked.

"What do you mean?" I asked, annoyed.

"Amy!" Madison and Lauren said together.

"What?"

They both sighed, "Amy, pleeease just tell us," Lauren begged.

"It was just some guy at band camp. He doesn't go to this school. Okay?"

"Fine…if you're not going to tell us..." Madison said, disappointed.

"Why are you even telling us this?" Lauren asked.

I looked down at my stomach, suddenly reminded of how I was pregnant. 'Pregnant. Why does this have to happen to me?' I thought. When I looked up, Madison and Lauren both had shocked expressions.

"Amy, please don't tell me you're…" Madison said before I interrupted, "Be quiet! There are other people in this hall you know!"

"But are you?" Madison asked.

I paused for a moment, then nodded and walked off to math.

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At Lunch

Madison ran into the bathroom, "Get out! I'm going to puke!" Madison said before making barfing noises. The girls ran out and Madison walked over to the stall me and Lauren were in.

"Here, Amy…We want to make absolutely sure so we got you three," Madison explained.

"Thanks you guys," I said.

"You're welcome," they said together as they walked out and closed the door.

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I leaned against the wall in the stall and said to Lauren and Madison, "I still can't believe it. I just can't believe I'm…pregnant"

"Maybe you're not pregnant," Lauren suggested, "Maybe there's something else wrong with you that's making your pregnancy test positive"

"Like what? Face it, you guys! I'm pregnant!"

"I'm sure there's something…" Lauren said thoughtfully.

"Maybe you should see a doctor," Madison suggested.

"No, I couldn't. It would be so embarrassing. And I'm not telling my mom!"

"Amy! You're going to have to!" Lauren said.

"No! I'm not telling my mother!"

"Well maybe you could go to your doctor anyways? Without telling your mom?" Madison asked.

"How would I do that?"

"I know! You could tell your mom when she gets the doctor bill that you had to write a paper on someone you admired and the only person you could think of was your doctor. So while you were there she decided to give you a check up since she hadn't seen you in so long," Madison said.

"That's a great idea!"

"Amy, I don't think that plan is such a good idea…" Lauren started.

"And why not?" I demanded.

"Won't you think that your doctor will tell your mom that you're pregnant?"

"Well…I…I just will tell her not too, that I'd rather do it"

"Still…" Lauren started to say.

"Lauren, just stop! I have to go; maybe there is something else wrong with me"

"Fine," Lauren said.

"How about we come with you?" Madison asked.

"That's okay, you guys don't have to. I think I'd rather do it by myself"

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At Amy's house that night

Ashley came over to me in the living room, "Amy, some guy is on the phone. He wants to talk to you"

I grabbed the phone, wondering who it was. "Hello?"

"Hi, Amy, it's Ben. I tried to talk to you in the hall today, remember?"

"No…No, I'm sorry, I don't remember"

"Well…I was wondering if you wanted to go out some time?"

"Umm…Sure"

"How about we go to the game this Friday and the party afterwards?"

"Sounds…good," I said.

"Okay, I'll talk to you later," Ben said, before hanging up.

I put the phone down on the coffee table and realized Ashley was standing there, listening to what I had said.

"Ashley!" I yelled.

"What?"

"Don't listen in on my phone conversations!"

"Fine…Who was that?"

"None of your business," I said getting up.