"About what? Stella are you ok?" Mac asked starting to panic.
"I'm fine….for the most part…" Stella trailed off, "Remember how we had sex about 2 months ago?"
"Yeah….." Mac trailed off with thoughts of the night.
Stella brought him back. "I'm pregnant."
"With what? How?"
"A baby and if you don't know how then talk to your parents or the health teacher."
"I know. Did you tell your parents yet? Do you want the want the baby? What about an abortion? Or how but adoption?"
"No not yet. Yeah I wan the baby! You mean killing your FIRST child?" Stella threw her hands in the air, "Mac I get it, and we are young. But do you really want this kid? Because I know Danny will help me. And so will Flack, Jess, Sam, Adam, Lindsey, Hawks! Everybody Mac!" Stella took off in tears leaving Mac behind. She whipped the tears away and walked into class. The sub that was reading something just looked up and looked back down again. Stella sat in between Danny and Adam in the corner of the classroom.
"Stella what's going on?" Danny asked.
"You remember that text right?" Stella asked as both boys nodded. Stella didn't say anything after that, just staring into space. Danny waved his hand in front of her face. She was completely in another world. The bell rang and Stella got up and sulked out of the classroom. The team met up for art. The class that none of them really liked, which was art. Jess was the only one that could draw, but everybody else hated the class. They took their seats. Stella sat down next to where Mac was supposed to sit but he wasn't there, Lindsey sat next to Stella who sat next to Jess, who sat next to Flack, who sat next to Danny, who sat next to Hawks, who sat next to Adam, who sat next to where Nikki sat when she was in school. The bell rang and the art teacher, Ms. Moffet told everyone what to draw and they all got started chatting away.
"Alright Stells, what is going on? I haven't seen you this quiet, since, I have never seen you not talk for this long," Flack said attempting to draw an oval to make a face but failed. Jess took the pencil and paper from him and drew a perfect oval and handed it back to him.
"There and don't mess that up," Jess kept drawing Flack's face on her paper.
Stella took a breath, "I'mpregnantwithMac'sbaby,buthedoesn'twantit, andhetoldmeIshouldn'thavethisbaby,wellhedidn'tsaythatbutheimpleiedit!"
Her friends just looked at her.
"What? OMG!" Jess jumped up and ran and hugged Stella, "We are here for you ALLLLL the way! No matter what! And I am sure Mac will come around; I mean he is nice and sweet and kind but he can't avoid you forever!" Jess walked back to her chair with a smile.
"Yeah Jess has a point! And we all will be there for you!" Adam said.
"Don't worry, Danny and I will put him in his place," Flack said trying to draw eyes.
Danny's phone beeped and he looked at it.
"Who is it?" Hawks asked.
"Missy," Danny said.
"Who?" Lindsey asked.
"Some girl who has this over obsession crush on me," Danny said again as Stella stole the phone out his hand and read with a giggle. And she gave it back to him.
"Mr. Messer no phones in school," Ms. Moffet said.
"Sorry, Stella is hanging out with me tonight and her phone died but she needed to ask her mom," Danny said putting his phone away and picking up his pencil.
"Don't let it happen again," she said and walked away.
"But my mom died when I was 2," Stella said.
"What was I supposed to say? Stella's mom died so we were texting her foster mom?" Danny said.
Stella shook her head and looked at everybody, "Are you guys going to be there for me even if Mac isn't?"
"No Stells, we are going to dump you on your ass outside the school," Flack said sarcastically. Which made Jess punch him in the ribs.
"Language," the teacher said again.
"Ow! Right sorry," Flack started drawing again. Stella smiled.
"Thanks guys." The bell rang and the class walked to science, the class that they were all good at. The girls walked into room chatting about Stella and Mac. The guys were shoving each other. Adam had to tie his shoe so he gave his books to Hawkes. After he was done. Flack picked Adam up and put him over his shoulder.
"Flack! Put me down!" Adam demeaned. He wiggled himself just far enough down where he could kick Flack in the groin.
"Nice try buddy, that's what cups are for!" Flack grinned.
"You are gross!" Jess said, "I don't go announcing to the world when I'm wearing a tampon!"
"Ok that's gross!" Flack said as Danny and Hawkes made faces.
"If you were a girl you wouldn't, Donny trust me," Sam Flack's younger sister said walking by with her friends making her older brother jump, "And put Adam down before I hurt you."
"No," Flack said and kept walking.
"You will be sorry," Sam said walking a laughing an evil laugh. Which made everybody look at him
"You are in for it," Adam said still on Flack's shoulder.
"Yeah ok," Flack said and walked to class.
