Got uber bored. So here's the next chapter. I don't know what to call this one yet. When I name it I'll just type what comes to mind. This one is going to be kind of short. Oh, and I'm not sure what the principal's name is at Cheever's, but I think Carry and Moesby said it was Miss Millitisk, so that's what I'm using until someone tells me the actual name. If you know it, PLEASE tell me!

Chapter Twelve: Don't Put Baby in the Corner

Victoria's POV--The Following Monday
After the fall formal on Friday, the five of us (five equalling me, Cody, Lili, Trevor, and...you can probably guess that last one) went out to dinner...er, breakfast...uh, I don't know at IHOP at about eleven P.M. That was fun...especially when we got kicked out for "making too much noise". Then we just decided to go home.

Now, it's time for school. I grabbed my backpack and me and Cody left the suite, waiting outside the Cullen's suite for Lili. She came out, running her purple hair brush through her hair, then shoved it in her backpack.

We walked to school casually, meeting up with Trevor along the way. The conversation kept turning back to me, but I always tried desperately hard to change the subject, and typically it didn't work.

Finally, we reached Cheever's. The students were talking gaily amongst themselves as always. But when they saw the four of us, their chatter ceased to hushed whispers. One person even started giggling when we walked by, and I had no idea what was going on. We all gave quizzical looks as we passed.

We got inside Cheever's, and the whispers continued as we walked the halls. It was very distracting. It felt like...I don't know. It just didn't feel right. We stared at the questioning eyes as we passed. I grew more and more and even more uncomfortable as we walked. The other three also tensed beside me.

"What's going on?" Cody asked as I reached my locker.

"I don't know," I said. I dialed my combination and opened my locker. About a million scraps of paper fell onto the floor around my feet.

"You need to clean out your locker, Tori," Lili said.

"I didn't put these in my locker," I told her, bending down to pick up the papers. I glanced at them as I picked them up.

Slut!

Oh my God you're such a whore!

I hope you're proud of yourself skank.

LOSER.

You're so stupid! What the hell!

Get the frick out of Cheever's, slut.

Stay away from Cody!

I gasped, dropping the papers on the floor when I read the latest one. It shocked me too much. I leaned against my locker, practically hyperventilating.

"What?" Cody asked, bending down and picking up the one I referenced in particular. He read it, then froze. "Oh, my God," he whispered.

"What?" Lili took the paper and read it, Trevor reading it over her shoulder. His mouth fell open and Lili's eyes went wide. Her hands started shaking and she dropped the note. I took one last look at it to make sure I wasn't imagining it.

I thought only cheerleaders got knocked up...apparently nerds do too.

Someone told the school I was pregnant.

In first period, I tried concentrating on the teacher, but I had a hard time concentrating, what with someone revealing my secret. I knew we wouldn't be able to hide it for long, but I had hoped Cody and I would have been able to reveal it, not someone else. This was horrible; I felt stares from everyone in class. I sank lower in my seat, trying to stay hidden, but that made everyone more interested in me.

The phone rang. The teacher picked it up, listened for about three seconds, then turned to face the class. "Miss Baker, the principal wants to see you."

Oh no oh no oh no oh no, I thought to myself, standing on wobbly legs. I started to take a step forward, when the teacher stopped me. "Take your bag." I gulped, grabbing my bookbag and walking out the door. Everyone stared after me. I shut it behind me.

I went to the principal's office. I hadn't been called to the principal's office before, other than to accept some kind of reward. I knew this couldn't be the case now. Why would the principal want to give me an award the day everyone found out I was pregnant at fourteen? That would be a bad coincidence...and kind of ironic.

As I stepped into the front office, I saw Cody sitting in a plastic chair. Apparently, he, too, was called to talk to Miss Millitisk. I sat next to him. He said nothing. I was silent as well.

Finally, the principal stepped out of her office. "Hello, Miss Baker," she said dryly. "Come in."

I stood up. Cody straightened (he had slumped down in his chair) and mouthed 'good luck' as I stood. I slung my bag over my shoulder, walking to Miss Millitisk's office. I found it surprisingly hard to breathe. I sat down in the chair across from her desk, not taking my bag off my shoulder. It felt awkward in the limited space, but I refused to take my bag off as I awaited my fate.

"So, Victoria," she said. I nodded once, not sure what she wanted of me. She sighed. "Victoria, I got a call from your mother..."

My mother?

"...and she told me...certain things." She paused. "Like you went to sea school--which is incredible, by the way, considering not many people get that opertunity. And she said some other things...like that you and Cody Martin are...well...that you're pregnant?"

I sat there, not able to breathe. "Um..." I finally found that I could breathe, so I inhaled deeply. I exhaled slowly, not trusting my own breathing or my own voice. Finally, I said, "Well, yes. That is true."

So I had one question for her, though she wouldn't know the answer: who had called the school pretending to be my mother?

Yeah, it's short, but whatever. Thank you for reading.