Chapter 3

It was about two months after the boys interrogated the girls about the pregnancy test, and fortunately they haven't brought it up again. Sue didn't really have to hid her pregnancy yet due to the fact she really wasn't showing much. But she had terrible morning sickness, she was always tired and slept more, and she was always hungry. Cravings weren't really a problem yet, but she wanted a burger and fries sometimes.

Firewings knew something was wrong, or different with Sue. Usually, she wouldn't even think about eating something like a hot dog, but whenever they past a hot dog cart, Sue always seemed to get one. And her appetite was growing, she was eating almost as much as Tobey, which was saying something!

But the next morning, when Sue woke up, she was met with a surprise. When she stood up, she was hit with a wave a nausea erupting from her stomach. Covering her mouth with her hands, she bolted to the bathroom and threw up.

When she finished, she wiped her mouth on the towel and brushed her teeth thoroughly. She hated the taste of vomit lingering in her mouth, so every time the morning sickness became overwhelming and she barfed, she brushed her teeth. Even in school she started to do it, vomiting after lunch nearly everyday. She didn't care if people watched her when she brushed her teeth, she just wanted that taste out.

When Sue looked at herself in the mirror, she saw that her stomach was sticking out a bit. Sue frowned and rubbed her stomach gently. It was hard, and she knew it was only going to get harder to protect the baby.

"Great, now starts me getting fatter and fatter with each passing day . . ." Sue frowned. She sighed and went through her closet, and pulled out a fresh t-shirt and her red jacket. Immediately she put them on, desperate to hide her now growing stomach.

Sue was about to walk out, but Firewings blocked the doorway. Sue frowned. "Move."

"No, not until you spill your guts." Firewings smirked. "Now tell me why are you eating fried fatty foods? You yell at us whenever we do, and now nearly everyday when we past that guy who sells hot dogs you get one! And did you see the size of those hot dogs? They're about a foot in length!"

Sue glared at her. "Why are you judging my eating habits?"

"You've been eating so differently, and in larger quantities!" Firewings told her.

"Oh yeah? Name one time I ate a lot!" Sue growled.

"Yesterday! You, Gary, Tobey and I went out to eat at the diner a few blocks away. You ate two burgers with three large side a French fries, and two and a half large milkshakes!" Firewings growled. "Even Tobey didn't eat that much yesterday for dinner! You're eating more than the male bottomless pit! I'm the female bottomless pit, but you're getting up there."

Sue crossed her arms across her chest, still glaring at the dragon blocking her way. Firewings then saw her stomach. Knowing it would anger Sue, she patted Sue's stomach, just so Sue would know that it's noticeable.

Sue blushed and wrapped her arms around her stomach. Firewings smirked. "Look who's packing on the pounds . . ."

Sue's whole face turned as red as a tomato. "Okay, so I've gained a bit, no big deal. Now you know, move!" she growled in Firewings' face and pushed her away.

Firewings frowned and moved out of the way for Sue. Sue gave her one last good glare, then stormed out. The dragon sighed, then shook her head. "I'm telling you, something's different with that girl."

School wasn't the best that day. Firewings didn't go to school, but Datenshi and Gary did. Datenshi was in Sid's grade and most of his classes. Gary was Sid's age, though he was in Sue's grade. When he was very young and still in his abusive father's care, he missed a lot of days because of accidents, and his grades faltered, and unfortunately had to be held back. But once he was in Nana's care, he shined. His grades became almost better than Sue's and he had confidence in himself. He didn't mind that he wasn't in Sid's grade, he was happy to at least be able to go to school.

Since finding out that Sue was pregnant, Gary was very overprotective over her. Sue didn't mind, she loved this sense of security around her, especially when she felt so vulnerable carrying an unborn child. They shared most of their classes together, but unfortunately first period was Math, also shared with Zoey and her group of cretins.

Sue was scared to death Zoey would eventually find out that she was pregnant. Since she was starting to show the tiniest bit, she was mentally prepping for verbal 'fat' insults. She knew Gary wouldn't let her be a victim of that kind of abuse, but sometimes he couldn't do anything without revealing their secret.

Gary sat right next to Sue in class. He could tell Sue was nervous, but on the outside she looked calm and ready for math. Sue yawned loudly as the teacher entered the classroom. She took out her lesson plans and started the lesson.

The lesson was the most boring one in Sue's eyes. Her eyes kept closing and her head kept falling, but she jerked herself awake every few seconds. After at least ten minutes into the lesson, a crumbled up ball of paper landed on her book. Sue yelped a bit with surprise, then opened it up. It was from Gary.

"U ok chipmunk? Scared u gonna fall sleep?" was written on the paper. Sue took out her pen and wrote back,

"Yeah, don't know Y. Slept nearly 12 hours last night." Sue yawned again and passed it back to him. In another minute Gary passed it back to her. She opened it up and read it.

"Could it be the baby?" before Sue could write back, Mrs. Wong stood next to her, her arms crossed angrily across her chest.

"Well Ms. Yi . . . Seems the lesson is boring you so you're having your own conversation with Gary Wolff. Hand me that note." Mrs. Wong held out her hand. Sue started to sweat as she glanced down at the word 'baby' on the piece of paper.

Gary thought fast. He moved his arm swiftly, and his math textbook fell off his desk and onto Mrs. Wong's foot. She screamed then bent down to hold her foot.

Sue quickly took her pen and scribbled over the last thing Gary wrote as Mrs. Wong stood up. She threw the textbook back onto Gary's desk and glared at Sue. Sue was done scribbling and handed her teacher the note. Mrs. Wong read it quickly, and smiled.

"Hmm, your boyfriend is concerned over you Sue . . . Since you always get good grades and behave in my class, I will let you off with a warning." Mrs. Wong smiled, then threw the note in the garbage and resumed her lesson.

In merely minutes, there was loud snoring. Everyone paused, then looked to the source of the snoring - Sue was fast asleep on her desk. The whole class burst out into laughter, while Gary on the other hand was scared something was wrong with Sue. When he reached over and shook her, she moaned and pushed him away gently.

"Nooo Nana . . . I wanna sleep . . ." Sue whined and cuddled her textbook like it was a pillow. The class howled with laughter as Gary sighed, a blush covering his cheeks.

"Finally, you guys are home!" Firewings grinned and trotted over to Sid, Tobey, Sue, Datenshi, and Gary. Sue looked like she was about to fall over with exhaustion. "Wow bud, you look awful!"

Sue groaned as the group slid into a booth to talk. "I fell asleep in every class today . . ."

Firewings laughed. "Wow, you're a fail. How long did you sleep last night?"

"Nearly twelve hours . . ." Sue sighed. "But I still feel like I haven't sleep a wink . . ."

Gary smiled and held her hand. "I'll help you up to your room so you can sleep a bit." he smiled. Sue smiled and nodded. The pair slipped out of the booth then walked upstairs. Sid noticed Sue was moving a bit slower, and her stomach looked a bit bigger, but he pushed the thought away when he saw Datenshi moved over a little closer to him.

"Hey Sid, maybe you and I can maybe go out for dinner maybe?" Datenshi asked, a mischievous gleam in her eyes.

Is Datenshi, asking me out on a date?! Sid thought, a blush creeping up on his face. Datenshi frowned when it took him a few seconds to answer.

"Oh, I see you aren't interested . . ." Datenshi sighed, then looked away, trying to hide the hurt in her eyes.

"It's not that!" Sid said quickly. "You see, it was just really unexpected. I would love to!" he smiled.

Datenshi smiled. "Okay, lets go at 7:00."

"Sounds good to me." he chuckled.

"So, tell me what's school like!" Firewings grinned and followed Tobey out to the garden. Tobey sighed and shook his head.

"You never interested, why do you want to know now?" he asked as he sat down on one of the booths. The dragon shrugged.

"I've been thinking, maybe I should go to school . . ." she said quietly.

Tobey grinned. "Sweet! I'll have classes with a dragon!"

Firewings laughed, then frowned. "Hey, do you think that Sue's been acting, differently?"

Tobey shook his head. "No, her eating is different, I'll give you that! But other than that, no."

"I'm telling you, she's so different than usual. She's actually eating!"

Tobey laughed. "She's always ate Firewings!"

"Now she's showing! Haven't you seen her tummy?! It's bigger!"

Tobey sighed. "You've had too much steak Fire."

To Be Continued . . .