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Chapter 34: Lovely

Isn't she pretty
Truly the angel's best
Boy, I'm so happy
We have been heaven blessed
I can't believe what God has done
Through us he's given life to one
But isn't she lovely made from love – Isn't She Lovely by Stevie Wonder

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'that explains it,' Shannon stared at the wall in awe. 'why they all left as soon as they did when Nadine hit her in the stomach.'

'Mallory Roux, pregnant...' Krystel trailed off in thought. 'no, I really don't see it.'

'it-'

'what the HELL?' Jen all but shrieked, seeing the wall and she ran off quickly, rushing to Mallory's dorm.

'okay, it's so true,' Shannon said. 'did you see her face?'

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The weekend passed quickly, two more shows were performed, to perfection; Lea arrived "home" from the hospital, and with her holding her baby, directed people in helping her move into her new dorm, which she hadn't had time to move into before she gave birth. Mallory had hid out in her room, and her roommates only entered to sleep, knowing she was hiding, which meant it was true.

If only because Mallory Roux never hid from anything.

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'Isn't she lovely, isn't she wonderful,' Lea sang softly as she rocked Harmony back and forth. 'Isn't she precious, less than one minute old. I never thought through love we'd be making one as lovely as she, but isn't she lovely made from love.'

Lea looked up and saw someone standing hesitantly by the ajar door to the dorm.

'you can come in, you know,' Lea said to her, and Mallory hesitantly entered the room.

Mallory peered at Harmony, who was sleeping peacefully. Lea was watching Mallory curiously; the gossip hadn't reached her, with all that had been going on in her life. Mallory realized she was staring, and suddenly looked away, walking around the room, not looking at Lea.

'did you ever think about having an abortion?' Mallory asked.

Lea blinked, surprised. Where the Hell was this coming from?

'uh, no,' Lea confessed. 'I...well, it crossed my mind for a moment, only a moment. But then I knew that I wouldn't be able to live with myself, having an abortion. They're people from conception. It would be murder, and therefore wrong.'

'what about adoption?' Mallory still didn't look at her, and she struggled to keep her voice from breaking.

'again, no,' Lea looked down at Harmony. 'I knew I couldn't see my child and give her to someone else. I would forever wonder what was happening to her, forever wondering if I did the right thing, how she was, did she know about me, would I ever see her. And I just wouldn't be able to truly live with that much on my mind. She would be my child, and I would be as good as abandoning her.'

Mallory choked back a sob, she hated how hormonal she was now, she hated not being in control of her emotions, but what if people would think she was horrible for abandoning her baby, in the words of Lea. But wait: when the Hell did she start caring what they thought of her? Ugh. Hormones.

'Mallory?' Lea asked hesitantly, for Mallory's back was to her, and she couldn't see her crying.

'um, uh, um,' she muttered. 'God, I can't believe I'm going to say this, but Leanne...I'm sorry that I ever called you a slut for being pregnant. I never realized how much it hurt until...'

'until what?' Lea asked, she was still completely clueless.

Mallory turned around and let out a small laugh. 'you haven't heard? The one person I'm willingly talking to, and you haven't heard?'

'heard what? Why are you crying?' Lea asked, and then something clicked, and she felt stupid for not realizing it before. 'how many weeks?'

'about nine, ten,' Mallory said. 'it's fitting that it was broadcasted around the school underneath the place where your pregnancy was broadcasted.'

'the wall outside of admin.?' Lea asked. 'that sucks. The most seen place in the school.'

'that's why they pick there,' Mallory sighed. 'Sorry for making you go through the shit everyone put you through.'

'it's okay,' she said sincerely. 'any time you want to talk, Mallory...you know, about being pregnant and stuff, or just anything...I'm here, okay?'

'okay,' Mallory smiled.

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'...so what I am asking from you all,' Mr Alpert said later that day at the assembly in the auditorium. 'is for your complete cooperation in making our school the best candidate for students for next year. Tomorrow is the one day I'm asking you all to not smoke in between classes-' he looked pointedly at the group which was Sawyer, Sin, Charlie, Sammy, Rosemary, Matt, Darren, the Lewis twins, and Raz. '-to not drink during school hours-' this time he looked at Sawyer again, Maddyson, Roma, Raz again, Darren again, Matt again, Sin again, and Bo. '-as I've also said before, please do not do drugs-' he looked at Charlie, Dak, Darren, Sin, Matt, Raz, Roma and Lila. '-please refrain from relieving your sexual tension in awkward places-' he gave stern looks to Sin, Raz, Sawyer, Maddyson, Sammy, Leo and Lila.

'Mallory maybe should have tried that!' Sin called out, but didn't take into account that Jen happened to be sitting right behind him, and a well aimed kick to the head made him see stars.

'which brings me to my last point, Jendayi,' Mr Alpert said pointedly. 'keep your personal dramas until after tomorrow. I don't want any of you fighting,' he looked around at them all, obviously remembering the twelve person fight that had somehow involved half the school pulling people back.

He surveyed the room again. 'now, please be on your best behaviour.'

Sawyer scoffed.

Yeah, that was going to happen.

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The next day came, and Maddyson joined Sawyer, Sin, Charlie, Bo, Jessica, Charlotte, Sammy and Raz at the entrance of the school, smoking and generally looking intimidating. Maddyson lifted a vodka bottle to her lips and then passed it off to Raz.

'I love making people uncomfortable,' Charlotte announced, as a girl walked towards the school.

'hey, baby,' Sin winked at her. 'what's your name?'

The pale girl went even paler, if possible, and uttered her name quietly. 'Emiliana,' she quickly darted into the school and breathed a sigh of relief as she saw other people in the same boat as her, prospective students.

The next person to walk towards them had dark brown hair and wearing tight jeans and a low cut top. Bo wolf whistled at her, and she took off her sunglasses, giving him a disgusted look.

'like what you see?' Zooey Malone asked. 'call 1-800-YOU-WISH!'

Charlotte choked on the vodka she had been drinking and spat it out, laughing madly.

'well, hey beautiful,' Bo said to the next girl, recovering quickly. The girl somehow managed to drop her phone in surprise, and Bo picked it up, programming in his number as he did so.

'here's my number,' he said. 'call me if you ever want to get with a real man,' he winked.

Cerise Jacobson looked at the number, tilted her head to the side. 'then why are you giving me your number?' she asked, deleting it. 'no thanks.'

And with that, she walked inside, and everyone laughed.

'twice in a minute and a half,' Raz said. 'you seem to be an expert at breaking records. First you get two Roux's to attack you within five minutes, and now you get knocked back twice in 90 seconds.'

'yeah, we were all there, thanks Raz,' Bo said irritably.

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Mallory ignored the conversations starting like wild fire as she passed, and became intent on her destination. The middle of frickin' nowhere, otherwise known as the photography rooms, where no one went unless they had a class, or liked photography that much that they went in their spare time.

Someone walked into her and she sighed.

'walk much?' she snapped to the boy.

'oh, yeah, sorry about that,' the boy, who she had never seen in her entire life, said to her. 'hey, you're a student here, right? Can you help me out?'

'no,' she snapped.

'oh, please? I'm Nick, by the way. Nick Pullman,' he introduced.

'and I should care...why?' she asked.

'this is traditionally where you say your name,' he prompted.

Mallory ignored him, and quickly walked into one of the toilet blocks, feeling a wave a nausea coming on. She was right, and she threw up, hating it.

Morning sickness sucked.

She walked back out into the hallway, and began walking, the boy falling into step beside her.

'I'm sorry that you're sick,' he said, although he said it brightly.

'oh great, you're still here,' she rolled her eyes.

'yeah, I wanted to say I'm sorry that you're sick.'

'you don't even know me,' she said.

'we could get to know each other. Now, again I'm Nick Pullman.'

She remained silent.

'you're pretty antisocial, aren't you?' he asked conversationally.

'I'm not antisocial. I just don't like you.'

'you don't even know me,' he took her own line from her.

'hmmm...let's keep it that way,' she said. Walking down another hallway, Radovan joined them.

'hey. You going to the photography rooms?' he asked, seeing the way they were heading.

'yeah,' she nodded.

'and who's this?' he looked at Nick.

'I can't seem to shake this loser off,' she shrugged. 'I decided to just start ignoring him.'

'I'm Nick Pullman,' he introduced.

'Radovan Rush,' Radovan said. 'are you here because you're thinking about it next year?'

'yeah,' he nodded.

'and you're lost?' Nick nodded. 'c'mon, we'll show you.'

'"we"?' Mallory scoffed. 'I am not involved in this.'

'c'mon Mal,' Radovan said. 'this will be a nice thing. You do get the concept of nice, don't you?' he teased.

'no...foreign concept,' she smiled.

'you're name's Mal, is it?' Nick asked. 'Mal, I'm Nick.'

'that's great,' she gave him a sarcastic thumbs up and turned back to Radovan. 'I'll meet you there,' she said. 'I cannot stand this guy.'

She began walking off, and Nick yelled after her.

'it was nice to meet you, Mal!'

She rolled her eyes.

Persistent, much?

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'don't worry,' Radovan said. 'she's actually really nice.'

'oh yeah, I think she is,' Nick nodded.

'you just need to try, but not too hard. my brother tried too hard, and she hates him. I tried not as hard, let it go at her pace, and she loves me.'

'isn't that a little full of yourself?' he wondered.

'no,' he smiled, knowing he was right to say she loved him. 'but don't call her Mal, only a few people can. Her name's Mallory, okay?'

'cool, cool,' Nick said.

'and don't try to get her to kiss you, and be in a relationship with you,' Radovan said, he may as well warn him now.

'why not? Will she attempt to kill me?'

'no,' he smiled a little. 'I will.'

Nick let out a nervous laugh.

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So, a couple people for the next year were seen, and more will next chapter, but after that they will be only seen in the next year.

I have also accepted:

Lucas "Luke" Rivers – the younger brother of Jason, like him, but not as wild.

Devlin "Dev" Chase – the guy who left home and used to deal drugs.

Jude Marvin – the guy who has dreams in becoming a huge football star.

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