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Chapter Three

It was a week later, I had already told my parents, and Simone hers about our expecting new addition into the world. I was sitting in my room at my desk when I heard a loud noise from the backyard. I looked out my window and saw nothing. So I decided to climb down into the back yard, and looked into ginger's old back yard. The new neighbors were a gay couple in their mid-twenties. They had a little girl who looked to be about two. She was sweet, and so were her fathers. They were very polite.

I looked into their yard and saw them removing the terrace that I climbed almost daily to Ginger's room. I felt a rush of pain and hurt as I watched them pull it off of the side of the house, and then cute up the wood, which they were saying they were going to use for firewood.

I peered into their yard and watched them, as memories flew through my mind, our first kiss, when I went to the Avalanche Arts Academy to tell her I love her, and even our first day of high school.

I never really understood why I dumped Ginger for Simone. I later on realized it was because I was so caught up with the new Darren, the football player, and I didn't get why Ginger didn't respect that or even care as much as I did. I realized I had changed and I couldn't blame her for wanting the Darren she loved, and grew up with back.

More than anything I wanted to be that Darren for her. I would do anything to get her back, but I realized I couldn't waste my time missing her. I had to be there for Simone and our baby. The next seven months were going to be tough.

I went to school the next morning and I knew that word had gotten out that Simone was pregnant. Everyone stared at me as I walked by and whispered to the people next to them. I went to my locker to find Simone waiting there.

"Hey babe what's up?" I asked smiling at her.

"What's up? Really all you have to say is what's up? How about explaining why the whole school knows I'm pregnant?" She snapped angrily.

"I don't know I though you told them didn't you?"

"No I only told my best friends on the pep squad and that was it!"

"Well one of them had to tell because I haven't told anyone." I replied as I attempted to get my books out of my locker. Simone stood there with her arms crossed and tapping her foot.
"So you're saying one of my closest friends betrayed me for the sake of gossip without any regards to my feelings what so ever? Wow brilliant Darren thanks!" She yelled as she began to cause a scene in the hallway. She stormed off and I sighed. I closed my locker and went to my first period class.

At lunch I decided to go to the library to start one of my class projects. As I was flipping through a book in the reference section my favorite red headed girl walked past.

"Oh, hey Darren, what are you doing here?" She asked surprised. She had a notebook and pen held in front of her chest.

"History report research. Why aren't you eating with Doddie and Maci?" I asked surprised to see her.

"Oh just felt like being in the library today." She replied smiling.

As she turned to walk away she stopped and turned back at me and said, "So there's this rumor going around Doddie told me, that Simone's pregnant. Is it true?"

I nodded, "Yeah it is, and she thinks I spread it around." I replied sighing.

"Well, if it makes you feel any better I know you well enough to know you don't spread rumors like that, or even tell the whole school something so private as that. Well, at least the old Darren wouldn't have." Ginger replied nervously.

"Ginger, I'm still the same guy I've been just grown up. You still know me well enough to know I wouldn't do something like that." I replied as she started to walk away.

She stopped but didn't turn around, "Good to hear." And with that she was gone.