Isaac had not stopped thinking about Maeve. He just couldn't wrap his head around the fact that she was pregnant. If he was being honest, he had taken an active step back from pursing her because a part of him truly believed that she would find his way back to him. But with a baby in the mix, everything had changed. He knew he had to speak to Maeve, see how she was feeling. So Isaac decided to go speak to Maeve as soon as he reached school.
"Hey Maeve." Isaac said.
"Hey." Maeve said, without even looking at Isaac.
"Can we talk?" Isaac asked.
"What do you want to talk about?" Maeve asked, shutting her locker.
"I want to talk about what's going on." Isaac said.
"Which is?" Maeve asked, already getting annoyed with how cryptic Isaac was being.
"I know about the pregnancy." Isaac whispered, looking around to make sure no one heard.
"How?" Maeve asked.
"I overheard Ola and Otis talking before class." Isaac said.
"You were eavesdropping on Otis? This shit is getting old." Maeve said, rolling her eyes.
"It wasn't my intention. I was waiting for class to start." Isaac said.
"Of course you were." Maeve said, starting to walk away.
"No wait." Isaac said.
"What?" Maeve asked, turning around.
"How are you doing with this?" Isaac asked, the concern evident in his voice.
"What do you mean?" Maeve asked.
"I mean this is going to change your life." Isaac said.
"Not really. It's going to change Otis' life a lot more than it will mine." Maeve said.
"What?" Isaac asked.
"Yeah well, it's his responsibility." Maeve said, like it was obvious.
"Well, won't you be a part of raising the child?" Isaac asked.
"I mean sure, I guess. My involvement will be more indirect. It's mostly going to be on Otis. Oh and on Ola." Maeve said.
"Ola? What does she have to do with this?" Isaac asked.
"What do you mean what does she have to do with this? She has everything to do with this. She actually has as much to do with this as Otis does." Maeve said.
Isaac just stared at Maeve. He had no idea what to ask her next. How the fuck did Ola have as much of a part as Otis in getting Maeve pregnant? Wasn't she dating Lily? Were they some kind of throupe?
"I didn't know Ola, Otis and you were that close." Isaac said, trying to tread as lightly as possible.
"We aren't really. I guess we've gotten closer recently." Maeve said.
"Close is one way of describing it." Isaac said under his breath.
"What?" Maeve asked.
"Nothing." Isaac said. He decided not to push it, he could tell how pissed Maeve already was.
"Why are you so interested in this anyway?" Maeve asked.
"Well because it's related to you and I want to make sure you're okay." Isaac said.
"I'm fine, you don't have to look out for me." Maeve said, getting slightly annoyed that they were back on this shit, again.
"Of course I do." Isaac said.
"No you don't and I'm not going to do this again. Don't try and pull anything, Isaac." Maeve said.
"I'm not, I swear." Isaac said.
Maeve just rolled her eyes and walked away. She honestly did not have the patience to deal with yet another creepy conversation with Isaac. Whenever she was on the verge of warming up a little towards him, he would go and completely fuck it up. It was like his special talent. A talent Maeve had no time for, especially with everything going on.
Ruby was in similar headspace as Isaac, if the headspace in question was not knowing what the fuck was going on. She couldn't believe Maeve was pregnant. Both she and Otis were so young and she knew for a fact that Otis wasn't ready to be a father. He was barely ready to be a teenager, let alone raise a baby. So when she spotted him walking down the hall, she decided to chat to him about everything going on.
"Hey." Ruby said, catching up to Otis.
"Hey." Otis said.
"How are you doing?" Ruby asked.
"Are you okay?" Otis asked.
"What? Yeah, why?" Ruby asked.
"Well because you just asked me how I was doing and looked genuinely interested in my answer. I don't think that's happened once in all the time I've known you." Otis said with a teasing smile.
"Shut up. I can be a caring person." Ruby said.
"Uh hun.." Otis said.
"Anyway, how are you doing?" Ruby asked.
"Alright I guess, my mind is all over the place but what else is new? How are you?" Otis asked.
"I'm fine. You know you can talk to me about anything, right?" Ruby asked, suddenly stopping.
"Yeah, of course. What's going on?" Otis asked.
"I know." Ruby said, trying to be discrete.
"Know what?" Otis asked.
"About the pregnancy." Ruby said.
"What? How?" Otis asked, looking around to see if anyone was listening.
"I heard you and Ola talking about it before class on Friday." Ruby said.
"Can you please not tell anyone? She's not ready for people to know." Otis said.
"Yeah of course. How are you doing with it?" Ruby asked.
"I'm shocked, of course but I'm just trying to be there for her and support her." Otis said.
"That's sweet. How are you planning on supporting her? Are you going to get an after school job?" Ruby asked.
"No, I don't think so. I guess the clinic is an afterschool job." Otis said.
"Oh will she be okay with you running it after the baby is born?" Ruby asked.
"I don't know actually, I should ask her." Otis said.
"Isn't she a little young to be having a baby?" Ruby asked.
"What? Some would say she's too old." Otis said.
"How were you planning on supporting her?" Ruby asked, taking a sip of water. She decided to just ignore what Otis had said; she just assumed he was being sarcastic or awkward the way he usually is.
"I was going to start by helping her tell the father." Otis said.
Ruby responded by choking on her water.
"Are you okay?" Otis asked.
"Yeah. What do you mean help her tell the father?" Ruby asked between coughs.
"He doesn't know yet and she's nervous so I'm going to help her do it. Well Ola and I are going to help her." Otis said.
"And you're okay with this?" Ruby asked.
"I wasn't initially, I was really a dick to him but I'm okay with it now. Whatever makes her happy." Otis said.
Before Ruby could say anything, she was interrupted by Maeve joining them.
"Hey." Maeve said with a smile.
"Hey baby." Otis said, giving Maeve a quick peck on the lips.
"Wow." Ruby said, not meaning to say it out loud.
"What?" Maeve asked.
"Nothing, you guys are really something." Ruby said.
Otis and Maeve just looked at each other and smiled because they just assumed Ruby was complimenting how cute they were.
"I'll see you guys around." Ruby said.
"Bye." Otis said.
"Was she okay?" Ruby asked.
"I'm not sure, she was being very weird. She knows about my mum." Otis said.
"So does Isaac and he was being super weird about it too." Maeve said.
"What the fuck is wrong with everyone today? It's not a big deal." Otis said.
"Yeah well, whatever. Let's get some lunch." Maeve said, grabbing Otis' hand.
"Okay." Otis said with a smile.
Maeve and Otis forgot about what Ruby and Isaac had said, mostly because they were too happy just being together. Isaac and Ruby on the other hand had not stopped thinking about their conversations with Maeve and Otis. They couldn't for the life of them understand how both of them were being so chill about this pregnancy. They were super confused and wanted to get more answers but it was okay because things can only end well, when there's confusion and miscommunication.
