Oh my gosh, sorry I poofed for a few days. I totally forgot about it being a holiday weekend, and we were busy with that, and then I kinda sprained my wrist o.0 Anyway, glad you guys liked the last chapter! Thanks for all your reviews. I love 'em. And to the guest that wants to see the chapter where Sinjin is the only one there when Jade goes into labor, let me tell you, I really want to see that one too. XD I've got some ideas for it...

Okay, so this chapter fills in the gap in the chapter 'tests' between when they were at school, and when Jade took the pregnancy test. And I'm so dedicated to bringing you the most informed chapters I can, I even checked how much a pregnancy test costs at the store. LOL I'm so weird...

Responsibility? What's that?

Responsibility? Not quite yet

Responsibility? What's that?

I don't want to think about it; we'd be better off without it.

I'm still young, and I'd like to stay that way,

Cause growing up won't make everything okay.

Responsibility - MXPX -

Beck pulled up to Jade's house a few minuets before seven o'clock. Although it was April in California, a wind was blowing that was cold enough to make him pull on a heavy flannel shirt. Locking his car doors, he made his way over to where his girlfriend stood.

Said girlfriend was leaning against the hood of her car, purse draped over one shoulder, Pearphone in hand. Appearantly the cool breeze didn't bother Jade, even as it hit her bare arms and blew her dyed hair into a mess. Black boots. Black skin tight jeans. Black lace tank top with a blue cami underneath that showed off just enough, without showing too much- What? Couldn't Beck take a second to appreciate his girlfriend? He smiled as he reached her.

"Going somewhere?" Beck asked curiously, starting to wrap his arms around her. She pulled away before he could finish the hug.

"Duh." she said, opening the drivers side door. Confused, Beck followed suit on the passenger side. They both sat down, and seatbelts were fastened. After a few seconds of silence, Jade sighed, and answered his question. "Walmart."

"What for?" asked Beck, as Jade carefully pulled out of the driveway.

Jade gave an exasperated sigh as she started down the road. "You're the one who kept bugging me about taking this test." At Beck's still confused face, she groaned and explained in a overly-patient voice, "We're going to Walmart to buy a pregnant test. It's not like they're something I carry around with me every day."

"Oh. Right." Beck said, shifting uncomfortably in his seat. Jade smirked at his embarrassment and then reached over to turn on the radio. They sat in silence for the rest of the car ride, and that only made the tension between them worse.

Of course, it had to be Friday night, so the parking lot was packed. This put Jade in an even worse mood, as they had to park out in 'the boondocks'. Beck was going to try and enjoy the long walk, but Jade had other plans. She speed-walked her way across the parking lot, leaving Beck behind. By the time he caught up, she was already through the doors.

She hurried past the old lady sitting inside the doors, ignoring the employe's, "Hi, welcome to Walmart, how are you?" Beck rolled his eyes at Jade's back, then, as politely as possible, answered the old lady with a, "Fine, thanks", then hurried to catch up to his girlfriend, again.

Jade was now standing at a clearance rack of clothing, skipping over any of the pinks and pastels, and pulling off a bunch of dark items. Beck resisted the urge to pull her away from the clothes, and towards wherever it was you bought pregnancy tests. Instead, he simply joined her, pointing out things he thought she might like.

"What about that shirt?"

"Yellow? Really?"

"No, the one under it. The stripes."

"Oh. Well, that one's okay. Go get it for me."

"Magic word?"

"Now."

"...Fine."

By the time they had finished looking, Jade had an armload of things to try on. Mostly jeans, with a few thermal shirts left over from winter that were nearly eighty percent off. Jade made a beeline for the dressing rooms, while Beck was forced to stand outside, surrounded by lingerie. Really, why did they put the changing rooms in the middle of the ladies underwear?

Beck busied himself with his pearphone, scrolling through updates.

"How comes if a tiger and a lion have a baby, it's called a liger, but if a zebra and a giraffe have a baby, it's called a freak of nature? Mood:confused o.0"

" Hangin' in Northridge. Had to drag along the curly haired freak with me. He's ruining the moment with his lame song about glass. Mood:irritated :/

"Shopping with my mom at Walmart, can't believe I-"

Beck was interrupted in the middle of the last update when Jade came storming out of the dressing room. She marched back to the clearance rack, and angrily stuffed the skinny jeans back into their places.

"Didn't like them?" Beck asked, straightening up the rack a little.

"Didn't fit." Jade mumbled.

"Too big or too small?"

Jade glanced at the floor, then avoided Beck's eyes as she answered, "Too tight."

Beck considered this for a moment. There was a nagging voice in the back of his head that whispered, "obviously the reason those jeans were too tight is because she's preg-"

Beck mentally shook those thoughts out of his head. Taking Jade's hand in his own, he said casually, "Hey, whatever. It's just a pair of jeans." She gave him the smallest of smiles, then pulled him along towards the health and beauty department.

Halfway there, however, they happened to walk by the entertainment section. More importantly, the big screen TVs. Beck, like any other male, was immediately and unexplainably attracted to them. He gave Jade a pleading look.

"Fine." she conceded, as Beck led her to the wall of televisions. "But only because they're showing hockey highlights."

They stood in front of several dozen TVs, Beck pointing out the color and clearness differences between brands, while Jade cheered on the hockey fights.

"See, that one has better quality in the blacks and whites, but really, who even watches just black and white anymore?"

"Oh man, did you see that?"

"On the other hand, this TV has better color quality, but the definition isn't any good."

"Oh, that was right in the nose. Look, Beck, look, he's bleeding on the ice."

This continued for several minuets, until the hockey highlights were over, and Beck had examined at least seventy-five percent of the TVs. Of course, they couldn't get out of the entertainment department without going through the CD aisle, and this turned into another distraction. Jade had to pick out all of her favorite music, then shove those CDs in front of the popular ones. Beck frowned, but let it go.

They continued on their way, going past at least three aisles before they got side-tracked once again. This time by the pet supply department. Along the back wall was a row of plain fish tanks populated by several kinds of tropical fish. Beck and Jade both walked towards them.

"Look at that tank!" Jade exclaimed, pointing to a tank inhabited by goldfish. Or rather, used to be inhabited. Two-thirds of the fish were lying dead on the bottom of the tank, and the other third were eating them.

"Look. They're eating each others guts." Jade commented, completely captivated by the grisly display in front of her. Beck stared at both the fish and Jade, with something like disgust and amusement on his face. Finally, Jade tore her gaze away and pulled out her pearphone to check the time.

"We better get going, my mom will be back at eight thirty, and it's almost eight now." she said, grabbing Beck's hand and heading towards the pharmacy area. They had to search up and down several aisles until the found what they were looking for. Pregnancy tests lined half the wall, with pads and tampons lining the other half.

To tell the truth, they were both incredibly nervous about this, although they would never let each other know that.

"Why are there so many different kinds?" Beck asked in amazement, staring at all the pink and purple boxes.

"Shh." Jade hissed, although there was no one else in the aisle, "Just find the cheapest one and let's go."

"Holy chiz, these things aren't cheap. $12.99 $14.95, $16.99, $21.75!" Beck exclaimed, as Jade frantically tried to shush him.

"Shut up." she whispered, as she grabbed the $12.99 box off the shelf. "And what do you expect? You think testing for-"

"Jade? Beck? What are you guys doing here?"

The sudden sound of their names stopped Beck and Jade in their tracks. Standing at the end of the aisle, curly hair surprisingly tamed within a beanie, tampon box in hand, was Sinjin.

In an almost comical manner, all three stood perfectly still, frozen to the spot. Sinjin eventually broke form as he turned his head to peer at what Jade was holding.

"A pregnancy test?" he asked, confused. "Wait, does that mean that-"

Seeing as Sinjin was not going to let them off the hook easily, Jade quickly came up with a plan.

"Sinjin," she sad, crossing her arms, and using that teasingly evil voice that she did so well, "Why, exactly, are you holding a box of tampons?"

Sinjin stared at Jade in confusion for a second, before glancing at the box in his hands. His eyes became wide with shock as he frantically tried to explain.

"Oh. Oh. You think, no. I mean, no! No, no, no, it's just, my mom, and it's not, oh chiz." He threw his hands in the air, giving up trying to explain, and rushed out of the aisle. Beck and Jade shared a look, then silently decided it was time to go.

As they stood in line to check out, Jade kept turning the box nervously in her hands. "I feel weird checking out, and the only thing I'm buying is a pregnant test." she muttered, eyes downcast. Beck was quiet for a moment, then reached over and grabbed a candy bar off one of the shelves. Handing it to Jade, he smiled.

"Feel better?"

Jade didn't answer, although the corners of her mouth creeped up just a little. The line moved quickly enough, and soon they were at the front. Jade gave the cashier a hard stare, as if daring her to say anything.

The cashier, a young college-aged girl who snapped her gum at random intervals, never even gave them a second look. With a bored expression, she scanned their items, and then said in a mumbled, monotoned voice, "Your total is fourteen ninety-seven."

Jade counted out the money and handed it to the cashier, while Beck grabbed the shopping bag. As they made their way out of the store, Jade noted Sinjin across the parking lot, helping his mom unload their cart. Strange that such a normal looking woman could have produced Sinjin.

They rode home much the same way they rode to the store, in silence. If they had known what was in store for them, they might have savored the shopping trip, and the ride home little more. It was their last adventure as just Jade and Beck. That crazy, unexpected couple who, on the outside, seemed to have one of the most hot-and-cold relationships ever. One minute fighting, the next, they were making out beside the lockers at school. Even though Jade was pregnant at the time, they didn't know it, so they could continue to be that couple. Until they pulled back into the driveway at Jade's house, and everything changed.

So, the ending felt a little weird, because I couldn't actually end it. The ending is (obviously) in the chapter 'tests' so go ahead read it! I'll wait...

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Done? Okay, so anyways, I'm leaving on Sunday to go to the beach for a few days. I'm not sure if I'll have another update out by then, but I might be able to get a short one out while I'm there. Else you'll just have to wait till I get back ;D

Btw, a lot of their Walmart adventures were based off of me and my family at Walmart. Little old ladies always say "Welcome to walmart!". The dressing rooms really are in the middle of the lingerie department, we always have to stop and look at the tvs, my dad sticks his favorite CDs in front of all the popular music, and the fish are usually either dead or dying. xD

AND! I found Our Existence a theme song! :O It's a seriously awesome song. Go listen to it!

Live And Die - Avett Brothers

Idk, I think the lyrics are epic by themselves, but I think some of them describe this story pretty well. ( or any bade pregnancy story for that matter.)

All it'll take is just one moment, and

You, can say, goodbye, to how we had it planned.

Great song :33

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