In Her Footsteps 10

Beth cried into Charlotte's lap. The two were at Charlotte's house, and Beth had broken down when Coach Sylvester told her she was off the Cheerios. She knew it was going to happen sometime, but she didn't expect it to be so soon. Her mother had told her that when she was pregnant with Beth, after Coach Sylvester found out about her being pregnant, she kept Quinn on the Cheerios for about a week and a half before kicking her off.

So that's how she found herself, in Charlotte's house, in her room, on her bed, crying into Charlotte's red and white plaid skirt. She hadn't even changed out of her own uniform yet.

"Everything'll be alright," Charlotte soothed, lightly playing with Beth's blond hair.

"No it won't!" Beth sobbed. "Have you been listening to me lately, Charlotte? I'm pregnant and off the Cheerios! People are bound to be mean to be now!"

"Don't worry, I'll kick their asses if they do," Charlotte whispered.

Slowly, Beth heaved her limp body off of Charlotte.

Santana came into the room just then. "Beth, do you have a ride home?" she asked. She had an apron wrapped around her skinny waist. She was holding a bag of raw, cube sliced chicken in one hand and a butcher knife in the other. "Um, I'm afraid not, Ms. Lopez, as my mother drove me to school this morning."

"Well, collect your things and meet me by the front door. I'll be ready in a minute."

Santana had gotten pregnant with Charlotte not long after Quinn gave birth to Beth. She got pregnant with a high school boy who ran away after finding about getting her pregnant. She had Charlotte, and then managed to crawl through the rest of high school and college. She now worked at a low pay job as a secretary.

Beth slowly gathered her stuff, and then headed for the front door, leaning against it and making small talk with Charlotte and Santana.

Santana came, and then they headed to the car. Santana opened it, and then they all got in. Beth didn't pay much attention to the way Santana was driving, because she was thinking about the effect "No Cheerios and pregnant" on her at school. Most of the kids at school had never seen her in regular clothes.

Just then, the car swerved, jolting Beth out of her thoughts. And then, another car came at them, and Santana didn't have time to swerve…