A/N: Hey! This chapter has some very, very, very, very, very (a million more very's) suggestive themes. (It has to do with the pregnancy!)
Songs for this chapter: I can't think of any right now. Sorry!
I settled in pretty quickly; I became known as the new girl that nobody hung around with. The months went by so fast; I came in March and before I knew it, it was June. The year end dance was coming soon. I was sitting by myself doing some homework, as usual, when a guy named Daniel came to my table. He was pretty popular with blonde hair and blue eyes. He usually wore striped shirts with tan coloured Soc-style pants.
"Hey," he greeted, wearing a smile on his face.
"Hi," I murmured quietly as I was hunched over my homework.
"So… dance, this Saturday," he said, trying to start a conversation. I flickered my eyes up.
"Yeah?" I asked.
"Do you have a date?"
"I don't even know if I'm going," I told him as I got back to my work.
"Really?" he asked, sounding confused.
"Yeah, I'm not exactly in the mood for partying lately," I explained.
"Okay…" he muttered, thinking of a response. As he said that, I was thinking about him just capable of sitting around while watching his buddies push people like me around. Reading my mind, he burst out with some information unrelated to the subject. "Look, I know what girls like you think about popular kids like us. You think we're the people who talk about you behind your back and gossip and stuff. You know what? The only gossip going around about you is how pretty and mysterious you are. We want to know you, Sherry,"
"My friends back home called me Cherry," I explained as I digested what he said. Was this really true or were they just messing with me?
"Right," he said. "I'll try to remember that. Anyways, Cherry, I'm telling the truth!" he added, practically reading my mind again. I glanced up at him. His blue eyes were pleading.
"Alright, I get it," I caved. "I used to be popular in my old school back in Tulsa, so I guess I can relate,"
"Great!" Daniel suddenly perked. "So you'll go to the dance with me?"
"Don't you know?" I asked him, thinking about what was growing inside of me.
"No, know about what?" he asked, confusion on his face. I looked around to make sure no one was listening.
"You promise you'll keep it a secret?" I asked him, my face getting hot.
"Yeah," he answered as he leaned in. When his ear was close enough, I told him.
"I left Tulsa because I'm pregnant. I don't know how it happened, it just did. I can't date anyone right now because I had a boyfriend back in Tulsa when I found out," I explained as I whispered into his ear. When he leaned back, his eyes were wide and his mouth was dropped.
"Wow," he whispered, then was speechless. I nodded in a way of saying I know.
"Do you want to be friends?" I asked him suddenly. I realised that I didn't have any friends.
"Sure," he said as he grinned and walked off. I had a new friend. Now I couldn't wait for the dance!
*****
It was Saturday night and I was at the bathroom mirror putting makeup on. I had a white dress that was on a slant down to the bottom and Ann had a light purple dress. My eye shadow was silver and my lipstick was red. Ann had purple eye shadow on and purple lipstick on and she also had painted her nails dark purple.
"Are you almost done?" she called out from the hall, waiting for me to be ready to go to the dance.
"Almost!" I called back to her as I was finishing my eye shadow. When I had finished, I walked out and came face to face to my hot-tempered cousin. I nearly jumped.
"Come on, let's go!" she said through clenched teeth as she stomped through the hallway. I followed after her and we drove together in her mustang. We didn't do much except for listen to the passing by noises of fights, smashing of beer bottles, etc.
When we got to the dance and walked in, the gym looked amazing. There were colourful lights flashing everywhere, people dancing, a band playing, a buffet table, and some tables and chairs. Ann went to her business and I just went to the buffet table. I was craving a lot, and my dress was pretty tight since it was due in the early summer, in about two weeks. After about ten minutes at the buffet table, I started for the dance floor. It was crazy! The band was amazing and, well I just don't know what else to say!
At about 7:30 p.m., I started getting some pain and cramps. I ran to the bathroom because I thought that was all, but when I saw my underwear, it was soaking through. I was suddenly hit by a pang of pain. I didn't know what to do, so I screamed out for Ann. I was in EXTREME pain. Suddenly, I heard the door of the girls bathroom fling open and I heard footsteps mixed with panicked panting.
"Cherry?" I heard a voice call. "Where are you?"
"In the second stall!" I told her as I saw her purple shoes from under the gap of the stall. She banged on the door.
"You kind of locked it!" she said, slightly panicked and slightly annoyed.
"I don't know if I can get up!" I grunted through clenched teeth.
"What's going on anyways?" she asked. I hadn't realised I didn't tell her yet.
"I think I'm in labour!" I answered as I puffed out a breath of air mixed with screams.
"But it's due in two weeks!" she yelled, still panicked.
"Just go and call and ambulance and get some help, please!" I ordered.
"Alright," she responded as she bolted for the door. The next few minutes were the longest ones in my life.
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