About two weeks later at school Adrian and Grace were standing in the middle of the hallway arguing about the baby.
"Adrian, you have to go see a doctor!"
"No, Grace, I don't have to see a doctor!"
"But what if something goes wrong? You would need a doctor for that!"
"Not everyone goes to doctors when they're in this situation, Grace."
"But you should! I'm only looking out for you."
Just then Adrian noticed that they were attracting quite a crowd. They hadn't exactly been keeping their voices down. Great, Adrian thought, now everyone's gonna know there's something going on with me. Actually Adrian suspected that people were already wondering. She had only gained one pound, but she was definitely having mood swings. It wasn't very fair to Ricky; one minute she would be making out with him and the next she would be telling him she just wanted to be friends and then she would start kissing him again and it never ends. And the other day she had started tearing up at a TV commercial.
"Fine. I'll go to a doctor. Happy?"
Grace sighed with relief, "Yes. It's the right thing to do."
So that afternoon after school Adrian drove to the free clinic with Grace in the passenger seat reading a book on pregnancy that she had gotten from the school library.
"Did you know that you probably won't start to show until the third month?" she asked with her nose in the book.
"No, Grace I didn't know that."
"And you won't have morning sickness until the second month."
"Can't wait."
"It's also normal for you to be experiencing dizziness and—
Adrian cut her off, "Grace, I'd rather not know what I'm going to have to go through. It's not exactly something to look forward to."
"Oh. Ok."
When they finally pulled up to the clinic Adrian was the first one to hop out. "Okay, lets get this over with."
Once they were in the room with the Doctor, Grace agreed to wait in the waiting room. She sat there for about twenty minutes before Adrian walked out, frowning. Adrian and Grace looked at each other for a moment before Adrian said, "I want to slap you."
Amy and Ricky were standing in Amy's kitchen when suddenly Ricky's cell phone rang.
"Hey," he said, knowing it would be Adrian.
"Is tonight good?"
"Yeah."
"Okay, I'll be over there soon."
"I can go to your place."
Adrian tried to think of something to say without letting him know she was staying with Grace, "Uh…you can't. Reuben's going to be home. I'll just go over there."
"Okay, see you then." He closed his phone and looked over at Amy who was twirling a lock of her hair.
"Was that Adrian?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Look, I don't really want you seeing her. It's not appropriate. You have a son and you're sleeping with her…it's just not right."
Ricky exhaled in exasperation, "You can't control what I do. And besides, you're dating Ben."
"But I'm not sleeping with him!"
"Really? Why not?"
"Because I don't want to. And if you're going to be with Adrian, then I'm afraid I don't want you around John."
"You don't make the rules. I have every right to see John, no matter who I'm with. He's my son too."
"You don't have every right," Amy screamed at him, "You don't even do all the hard stuff! I'm the one who has to do everything, and then you just get to come over and see him, for like an hour every day and then leave to go be with Adrian. It's not fair, it's just not!"
"That's not true and you know it. I don't know why you're always in such a bad mood. You're not the only teenage mother in the world." Just then John started crying.
"Why can't he just sleep for once?" Amy asked.
"I'll get him," Ricky said, heading for the doorway.
"Wait."
Ricky stopped and looked at Amy. Out of the blue, she started to cry too.
"Is it something I said?" Ricky asked cautiously.
"My life stinks," Amy sobbed. She walked over and rested her head on Ricky's shoulder. Ricky backed away and said, "I have to go get John." He walked out of the room leaving Amy there wondering what had just happened.
"I know I can't stay with you forever. I'll start looking for some place cheap tomorrow."
Grace who was sitting on her neatly made bed looked up at Adrian who was leaning against her desk. "Won't your parents let you come home?"
Adrian shook her head, "No. I called Reuben last night and he told me that ever since he met me all I've done is complicate his life. And he doesn't want me anymore."
"Adrian, I'm so, so sorry. You can stay with us as long as you need to. We want to help you."
Adrian looked at Grace. "We? Who's we? You didn't tell anyone did you?"
Grace bit her lower lip and looked away. Adrian opened her mouth and shouted, "¡La mierda, hace no usted está a mí, la Grace! Si usted piensa por un segundo que yo no estoy en a usted —
"Okay! I told my mom and Tom! Don't be mad! Please, please, please! I tell them everything and I couldn't keep something like that from them…" she trailed off.
Adrian looked up towards to the ceiling and sighed, "¿Por qué mí?"
"Could you at least speak English? I have no idea what you're saying, and it's confusing to have a conversation when you don't know what the other person is saying and—
Adrian held up her hand to stop her, "But really, Grace. I'm going to find my own place to stay. It's something I want to do for myself, so don't try to stop me."
"But why? You are welcome to stay with us."
"Just for now."
Grace sighed and gave in. But then she smiled and said, "I made up with Jack."
"Finally. I told you there was nothing going on with him and gossip girl," Adrian rolled her eyes, for the millionth time.
"Her name is Madison, and I invited her to have lunch with me tomorrow. I want to let her know that I have no hard feelings toward her." Grace smiled and tucked her blond hair behind her ear. Adrian sat there frowning. "What's the point? She probably won't even know what you're talking about, anyway. You don't always have to be so nice."
"But I do, Adrian. And maybe you should follow my example. You and Amy can still be friends, you know."
"I'm not the one who's not being nice! She calls me a slut every chance she gets, and I don't want to be friends with her! I don't even want to talk about her, so why do you always have to bring her up?"
"Because it's important that you have a positive relationship with the mother of your boyfriend's baby? I don't know, it can't hurt is all I'm saying."
"Yeah, well maybe it can hurt. Listen, I have to go. I'll be back by midnight."
Grace's eyes widened, "Where are you going?" Adrian smirked and said, "Where do you think I'm going?"
"Adrian! You're pregnant!"
"So? It doesn't affect anything. See you." And off to Ricky's apartment she went.
