After school, Shailene ran over to Chris before he got into his car.
"Hey. Wait." Shailene yelled.
"Oh, hey." Chris replied.
"Where were you? You didn't come back to tell me where Darren went."
"Oh. Um.. I lost him." Chris said, lying.
"Oh. You did?" Shailene said, not knowing he's lying.
"Yeah. I'm sorry. But I could ask him about it later."
"Okay. That sounds good."
"I'm sorry, Shailene." Chris said, genuine."
"It's okay. Bye."
"Bye. Hey do you need a ride?"
"Sure. I was gonna get on the bus."
"This surely beats the bus."
"Thanks."
"No problem."
Chris drops off Shailene at her house then pulls in his driveway and Darren is sitting there.
"What you doing here?" Chris asked.
"Shailene got a ride from you?"
"Yeah."
"Okay. You didn't tell her anything did you?"
"No. I didn't. I had to lie to her too! I don't know how you could do it."
"It sucks don't it." Darren said, standing.
"Yeah. It does. Wanna come in and hang out?" Chris asked.
"Yeah." Darren said, walking in.
"Basketballs on." Chris said, sitting on the couch.
"Awesome."
The next couple of days things at school was decent. Except this one girl, Chris has been seeing around the school. Her face was familiar but he couldn't place her name, or where he'd seen her from. One day he bumps into her.
"Oh. I'm sorry." Chris said, bending down to help pick up her things.
"It's fine." Gathering her things she hurry's off."
"Hey," Chris said, talking to some girl, "Who is that?"
"Monica. She went here I guess a long time ago. She had a baby. You don't remember?"
"No. I don't. She's a senior?"
"Yeah."
"She's hot. I wish I could remember her."
With Darren and Shailene outside for gym.
"Chris told me about this hot girl he ran into today."
"What's her name?"
"Monica."
"Oh. She new?"
"No, she's been here before. He's seen her before and I have a feeling I have too."
"Where?"
"I don't know."
"Oh." Shailene said, not taking her eye off of Darren's wondering eyes."
"She had a baby."
"She did?" Shailene asked."
"Yeah. Then that's when I loose my though of her. I don't remember ever having a pregnant girl in our school."
"That sucks. I wasn't here."
"No. You weren't. But hey." Darren said. "Forget about her." he kisses her passionately.
After school Chris sees her getting into her car. He runs over to her.
"Hey." Chris said, catching her before she gets into her car.
"What?" She said, turning around.
"Why don't I remember you?"
"I went here my freshman year."
"You did?"
"Yeah. I moved away after 3 months of being here."
"Oh. For some odd reason I feel like I know you or something really weird."
"I don't know. I have no clue who you are but I have to go."
"Alright." he watches her walk away.
A girl walks over. "Hey, Chris."
"Hey, Brittany." Chris said, giving her a kiss.
"Who was that?"
"Nobody. I ran into her earlier and grabbed her book by mistake."
"Okay, good. Can't have my man running around on me."
"I wouldn't do that." Chris said, kissing her.
Vanessa and Ashley are watching.
"Ew, I heard they were 'dating'."
"Why the air quotes?"
"Because he really doesn't want anything to do with her."
"How do you know?"
"Because he doesn't want a relationship with anyone."
"Maybe he does."
"Think again."
The next day, before Chris drove off, Vanessa caught him in the driveway.
"Hey, you dating Brittany?"
"Yeah. Why?"
"No reason. I seen a specific women come by your house at midnight, but she wasn't Brittany."
"Does it really matter?"
"Kinda. When your dating Brittany."
"Look, she knew how I was before she got into this whole ordeal."
"Oh so it's her fault you can't keep it in your pants."
"Yeah, kinda like you."
"Oh really?"
"Yeah. You knew how I was, you tried to change me, look what happened."
Vanessa walks away. At school.
"Hey, Chris. What are you doing with old yearbooks." Jared asked.
"This was my freshman yearbook."
"Why?"
"This girl. I can't get her out of my head. There's something about her that's... untold."
"Untold?"
"Like, I can't figure her out."
"What's her name?"
"Monica Wallace."
"Really?"
"Yeah, you know who she is?"
"Don't you?"
"No."
"She was the one, at our victory party, who kicked Summer Johnson's ass."
"Yeah, yeah." Chris said, remembering. "But that doesn't explain why she's in my head."
"You two went upstairs afterwords."
"For victory sex. She called it."
"Sure. Maybe that's what it is. Your hormones remember her." Jared said, with a little laugh.
At Lunch.
"Chris, where's your friend." Hayden asked.
"Who?"
"Brittany." Vanessa answered for her.
"Oh. Well, Vanessa since your so much into my life, why don't tell her she dumped me third period."
"Why?" Jared asked. "I liked her."
"Yeah. So did I. But Vanessa here couldn't keep her mouth shut."
"What's going on?" Ashley asked.
"Chris slept with some girl last night, which wasn't Brittany. I thought she had a right to know."
"She has no right to know what I do."
"She doesn't?"
"No."
Chris and Monica have English together, so at the end of class Chris started talking to her.
"Were you pregnant?"
"Yeah, I had a baby."
"Oh."
The bell rings, Chris stands up and Monica gives him a piece of paper. It says to meet at this restaurant near the bus station at 5:30.
5:30, Chris goes to the restaurant near the bus station When Chris is walking in, he felt extremely weird. He didn't know why she wanted to meet with him. He sat down.
"Hi, Chris. You don't remember me do you?" Monica asked, taking a seat across from Chris.
"A little." Chris mumbled.
"I had a baby." Monica told him.
"You told me."
"What I didn't tell you was, your the dad."
"What?" Chris said stumped.
"We had sex and I got pregnant.
"How would you know It's mine?" Chris said, rebelling against her.
"Apparently you don't remember. I was a virgin."
"Oh." Chris mumbled.
"I moved away when my parents found out I got pregnant. You never gave me your number. My conscious ate me every moment. Then, I moved back a month ago, seen your mom at the store. Luckily, she remembered me. She gave me your number. I finally got the nerve to call you."
"Wow, okay. So where are you staying?"
"I'm renting this apartment. I've been working since I was 16. You could say that I have enough money to last me a while. I'm not here for money, or for you to help me with him. I'm only here to let you know you have a son."
"I'm not going to not be here for you."
"You don't have to be."
"I want to be."
"Why? You barley know me."
"It's my fault you got into this mess."
"No. It's mine, I shouldn't have slept with you."
"I should have been protected."
With Hayden and Vanessa.
"Are you serious? A baby?" Vanessa asked.
"Yeah. Darren said he skipped practice to go see Monica. Monica had a baby, they slept together."
"OMG! I knew this was going to happen. I thought a lot sooner."
"Vanessa, that's not nice."
"I don't care! He deserves this."
"Nobody deserves to have a baby at a young age."
"If their not protecting themselves and making sure their clean."
"Imagine what Chris is thinking right now."
"Why?"
"He's probably scared out of his mind." Hayden said sitting back.
"I'm glad this happened to him."
"Or are you just jealous."
"I'm not jealous. I have nothing to be jealous about."
"That this girl won."
"She won a lying, cheating, dick head of a boyfriend."
"You are." Hayden said, laughing at V's expense.
"I am not. I'm happy that he has something better to worry about, then him worrying about me 24/7."
"V, he loves you. I'd be worried if he didn't care."
