Chapter Three
"Ashley just give me a sec please" she said without bothering to check.
"Hey" she heard a too-familiar voice say. "Go away" she suddenly said with malice, "I'm sorry" were the only words he said taking a seat from next to her. "Leave me alone" Amy yelled her hands balling up into fists, "What's your problem I'm trying to apologize" he said angrily "I'm sorry too that I actually gave you something that I never should have. I'm sorry I lost my virginity to something as worthless as you" Amy whispered but with so much venom in her words it almost sounded like a scream to Ricky.
"I'm not worthless!"
"Yeah you're just valueless, insignificant, useless, and a waste of flesh" Amy now screamed at him.
"Get away from my sister!" Ashley screamed pulling Amy away from him. "You hurt my sister you hurt me" Ashley said dragging her sister away, "Wait" Amy said pulling away from her sister and walking back where an angry Ricky sat. "I hate you and I feel disgusted just being in your presence, I would hit you but you're not even worth all my hate. You treated me like vermin and that's exactly how I see you, have fun hurting other girls" Amy said calmly but before she could turn to leave his hand was gently holding her arm. She roughly pulled away and turned back to her sister where they walked to the small community clinic.
Dr. Hightower was the girl's doctor since Amy was in fifth grade; she was a married forty-year-old woman who was very kind. The pale white walls of the waiting room made Amy feel more trapped than relaxed and the screaming little boys and girls made her feel out of place. "Amy Juergens" a nurse said finally calling her name, "Do you want me to go with you?" Ashley asked her sister. Amy only nodded and followed the nurse throw the familiar hallway covered in fading murals of cartoons and princesses. "Dr. Hightower will be with you shortly Amy" the nice nurse said walking out of the office.
"Amy I didn't expect you until next summer" Dr. Hightower told her with surprised walking into the room. "Care to tell me why you're here?" Dr. Hightower asked kindly, "I think I'm…I think I'm…pregnant" Amy responded quietly. "How far along do you think you are?" Dr. Hightower asked still with kindness in her voice, "About one month now" Carter responded. "We'll run some test to see? I need you to come back tomorrow after school for your results. Amy, please follow me to the examination room" the older women replied. After her examination Dr. Hightower said she was free to go but not before Amy and Ashley made her swear not to tell her parents yet, "See Ames, that wasn't so bad, right?" Ashley asked her sister. "I'm starving" she replied choosing to ignore her sister's question, "Then let's go get a burger and a milkshake and some smoothie's for mom and dad" Ashley suggested. "What I really want is a pizza" Amy explained "With cheese and pepperoni and sausage and breadsticks and a coke ice cold"
"That's probably the most you eat in a week" Ashley joked. "Lets go to David's Pizza I don't want to go home and have mom see me eat like a pig" Amy explained looking down at her flat stomach, "So you'd rather strangers" Ashley joked.
"What are you going to do if you are?" Ashley asked getting serious, "I'll have to look at my options, I guess and can we please not talk about this lets just have fun and pig-out like before it happened" Amy pleaded opening the door to David's pizza. "Okay fine so Hunter seemed really nice to you" Ashley said suggestively wiggling her eyebrows, "Yeah I'm going to miss everyone from camp. I already miss Morgan and don't look at me like that Hunter was just a friend" Amy said a deep blush rising on her cheeks because of embarrassment. Both sisters stopped at their tracks when they saw who sat in a booth way in the back with some of his friends having the time of his life. Right when Ashley was going to stomp out Amy said "Like before remember, nothing happened"
"Hey Amy what would you like to order?" Jessica a friend from school asked her, "We'll have one large pizza with cheese and pepperoni for here with breadsticks and another large pizza with sausage to go with another order of bread sticks to go" Amy said, "What's the to go for?" Ashley asked, "For mom and dad and maybe some for us later" Amy answered. "Just take a seat and will call your number when it's ready" Jessica said giving her their recite; they took a seat farther away from where Ricky and his bad-boy gang sat. "What do you want to drink?" Ashley asked getting up and walking to the vending machine close by, "Coke please" she responded looking at her nails not noticing when someone sat down in front of her until they said "Hello"
She looked up to see Ricky in front of her, "Your making me loose my appetite please leave" Amy said looking away from the brown eyes that made her fall for him in the first place. "Can't you just forgive me I said I'm sorry" he pleaded grabbing hold of her hands on the table to have them snatched away, "I'm sorry too" that you got me pregnant Carter wanted to say but kept the last part to herself. "Look what the cat dragged in, the man-whore table is over there were you were before" Ashley said pointing at his table of friends. "Number two" Jessica said from behind the counter, "That's us" Amy said getting up and walking to the counter.
After eating and going back home Amy fell asleep exhausted not knowing what was going too happened tomorrow but hoping it was a fatal disease instead of pregnancy.
"Amy wake up or you'll be late for cheerleading try outs" Her mom screamed up the stairs. After choosing what to wear she went downstairs "Your dads going to take you while I'll take your sister in an hour" her mother explained to her, "Good luck, you'll do great" her mom said giving her a tight hug.
The ride to school with her dad was comfortable, "Have a good day, and don't worry if you don't make it on that stupid cheerleading team. The uniforms are way too reviling anyways" he joked kissing his daughter on the forehead, "Bye daddy and don't pick me or Ashley up we're going to catch a ride with Laurens's brother" Amy lied jumping out of the car before questions were asked. She walked inside of the large school and walked to the gym where at least thirty girls were on the bleachers where only five girls would be able to join. Amy found the cheers easy and uncomplicated unlike most of the other girls and when she left the gym she knew she had done great by the approving looks the three judges gave her. She went straight to the locker room to change out of her practice clothes, "Hey Amy right? You did great out there" Grace the head cheerleader said to her kindly. "Thanks I tried my best" she answered lying she hadn't tried her best she had only used half of her brain because cheering came naturally to her while the other part of her brain worried about her doctors appointment.
After finishing dressing Amy walked to her locker knowing it was only a few minutes after the rest of the school got here. She stood frozen in place with fear of the upcoming day, she was only a sophomore and she was already pregnant. She knew she was pregnant with Ricky's baby she could feel it deep down and all the symptoms were there, mourning sickness and craving. It scared Amy that in another two or three months her stomach would start to grow. What excuses could she say? I ate a lot of cheeseburgers? People weren't stupid!
"Amy how did practice go?" a sexy and too-familiar voice said from behind her, "How did you know about my practice?" she asked Ricky without turning around momentarily forgetting her locker combination. "Because you told me you were going to tryouts before—"
"Nothing happened!" Amy said turning around to face him his face only inches away from hers. "We had sex" he finished not caring her about statement.
"We didn't do anything and nothing happened. Why are you even talking to me shouldn't you be fooling some other innocent girl into your room because I assure you it won't be me." Amy responded, "Don't deny it Amy I wasn't the only one in my room that night" Ricky said harshly. "Just leave me alone, and nothing happened" she said turning away from him. "Come on Amy, please talk to me" Damon pleaded, "Go away" Amy said her voice breaking. "Come on don't do this" Ricky said turning her around to see her flushed cheeks and shining tear filled eyes. "I'm a slut" Amy stated pushing him away, "No your not" Ricky said trying to hug her for comfort, "Don't touch me" she shrieked wiping the tears away. "I already apologized what else do you want from me?" Ricky asked gently shaking her shoulders, "I know I hurt you but why do you hate me so much?" he asked his forehead on hers their noses touching. "I hate you because not only did you take something that was important from me and then treat me like crap I hate you the most that you ruined my life no matter what the doctor says today it's your fault" Amy responded not leaving his 'embrace.' "I don't understand" he said truthfully, "You! Got! Me! Pregnant!" Amy yelled her voice echoing in the deserted hallway. She pushed him away and ran.
