Just to let everyone know. Jimmy was never paralyzed.

As Paige and I watched the band perform one of their songs in Marco's basement, I could feel two pairs of eyes on me. One pair belonged to Craig, the other was Spinner's. No they didn't stare at me the entire time; they had to look down at their instruments a few times during the process. Paige was beginning to get nervous. She had decided to come to the band's practice so she could talk to Spinner, which made him very uncomfortable to see her there. I could tell that Paige was uncomfortable as well; she looked down at her lap the whole time. When the band finished playing, Craig and Spinner both smiled at me, which I returned. Paige and I clapped.

"You guys are excellent." I approved.

"Yeah, very good." Paige stated awkwardly.

Jimmy, Marco, and Craig all removed their guitar like instruments and placed them in their cases. Spinner just sat on his stool and placed his sticks on the floor.

"Man. I'm starving." Jimmy stated. "Got any food?"

Marco laughed. "Of course. Who do you think I'd be if I didn't have food for the guys? And ladies of course."

We all laughed and began to head upstairs. Paige, Spin, and I were the last to walk toward the stairs.

"Spin? Can I talk to you for a second?" Paige asked quickly.

Spin turned and looked at her puzzled. "Sure?"

I stood close to the stairs, making sure Paige went through with it.

"You might want to sit down." Paige said motioning toward the couch.

They both sat down. I could tell Spin didn't know what was coming at all.

"Spin, you know how we--." She paused. "'Did it' a few months ago?"

Spin nodded as he turned red in the face. "Your point?"

"Well, umm." Paige paused again. "I'm pregnant."

I watched Paige's face go to relief but then back to worry. Spinner's face was blank, expressionless, and pale.

Spin shook his head. "You can't be. We used--."

Spinner thought for a moment. His face went even paler and he put his face in his hands. "Shit."

"You're telling me you didn't use protection?" Paige accused.

"I thought you were on the pill." Spin shot back. "My mistake."

"Damn right! You're such an idiot!" Paige said angered. "I thought the condom somehow broke."

Spin shook his head. "Did you learn anything from Dr. Sally?"

Paige rolled her eyes. "You are so irresponsible! Because of your mistake, I now have an embryo in me!"

Spin's face shot up from his hands to glare back at her. "You're blaming this all on me? You didn't exactly take much responsibility either! You weren't exactly telling me to slow down either!"

I felt a pang in my stomach, not a good pang either.

"Well maybe you're the one that didn't learn from Dr. Sally! No glove, no love!" Paige yelled back.

They both glared at each other for a little while. The tension was ridiculous. Spin spoke first.

"Are you keeping it?" Spin asked quietly.

Paige heaved a sigh. "Yes."

Spin went speechless again. He rubbed the back of his head with his hand. "I guess that means I'll be working everyday this summer. And I'll have to find a second job"

Paige frowned. "Well, I'm going to look for a job too, and then we won't have to drop out. We'll have so much money saved up for this."

Spin nodded. "Hopefully."

I was now sitting on the stairs, waiting for them to speak.

"Does this mean we have to get back together?" Spin asked.

I felt my heart as it sank down toward my hurting stomach. I wasn't sure what the response would be. I was now shaking. My breathing was slowing down.

Paige bit her lip. "I don't think so, unless you would want to? If you think it's the right thing to do."

I could feel beads of sweat roll down my forehead. My chances were definitely gone.

"We could." Spin said. "But it's up to you, it is our baby."

A small grin crept onto Paige's face. "We'll see how it goes."

Paige placed her hand on top of Spinner's. That was all I could take, I quietly got up and went upstairs. It felt like I couldn't breathe, panic attack maybe? As I made it to the top step, the guy's were about to head down with their junk food. I nearly knocked over the plate of nachos that Marco was holding.

"Slow it down there speedy." Marco joked.

"Sorry, sorry." I stammered as I fled down the hall.

"Em?" Craig asked panicked. "Where are you going?"

He gave Jimmy what he had been holding and jogged after me. I opened the front door and walked out. It had gotten late, the sun had nearly gone down, and the temperature was dropping a little. I sat down on the first step and looked up at the sky. I started to take little breathes, trying to return back to my normal breathing. Craig came out, shutting the door behind him. He walked down the steps and then sat next to me.

"Are you okay?" Craig asked gently. "You rushed out pretty qui--."

"Craig, just give me a few minutes before the questions, okay?" I asked

He nodded. "Alright."

We both just sat there on Marco's concrete steps for a little while. We both leaned back on the steps to get a better look at the sky, it wasn't exactly comfortable, but it was peaceful. Craig leaned up to look at my face.

"Can I ask now?" Craig asked a grin on his face.

I smiled slightly. "It's nothing, I just felt a little light headed."

"Light headed? I don't think anyone can run that fast out a door when they are light headed." Craig chuckled. "Now tell me the real truth."

I sighed. "It's hard to explain."

"Try me." Craig said scooting closer to me.

He was practically hovering over me. His brown eyes looked down at me, with an emotion I couldn't figure out. Craig looks at me all the time, but the way he was looking at me now, seemed so much more different. It made me melt on the inside. And something went through me to make this next move.

I leaned up and kissed him, gently, on the lips. Electricity ran through my veins as our lips touched. They felt soft and warm against mine. It caught him by surprise, which I was expecting. I pulled away to look at him for a response. It was definitely full of surprise.

"Sorry, I shouldn't--." I began to say but I was interrupted by Craig's lips being pressed against mine.

I knew he had wanted to kiss me. But why was I doing this? Was I just really upset about the whole Spinner and Paige thing and decided to just go for Craig as pay back? Or was I really doing it because I knew Craig was the one I really wanted?

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