Disclaimer- I have nothing to do with The WB or 7th Heaven (sadness). I'm just a fan!

Spoiler for next chapter- Claire sees Melissa and finds out how Melissa got hooked.

NOTES: In case of any confusion, when Simon walked into his room with Claire and closed the door, no, they DID NOT have sex. I repeat: they DID NOT have sex. I CHANGED BRIANNA'S NAME TO SAM.

MY 7th HEAVEN

I'm writing a 7th Heaven Fan Fiction with a new character, and some people are changed by her. Here's a list:

Claire- (new character) Staying with the Camdens, Simon's ex, Robbie's g/f.

Simon- Claire's ex.

Robbie- Claire's b/f

Jess- (new character) Claire's best friend

Sam- (new character) Claire's OTHER best friend

Annie Camden- Claire's mother's best friend

Miss Gresham- (new character) Simon, Claire, Jess, and Brianna's teacher

FIFTH EPISODE WITH CLAIRE

The week was finally over. The weekend finally arrived. Claire could finally get out of the torture chamber some people call school. She put the last of the books she needed for homework into her backpack and locked her locker shut. As she started walking towards the stairs, Sam and Jess approached her. "Wanna go to the Promenade?" Sam asked her.

"Sorry, I can't," Claire answered. "The twins are sick and with Matt and Mary busy with school and Robbie up in Florida, there's only three of us to help her."

"What about the fourth?"

"Lucy's not much help nowadays. She's too caught up in finding a boyfriend."

Sam and Jess giggled. "Maybe we can do something tomorrow," Claire suggested. "Fine by me," said Jess. "I'm free," added Sam. "OK, I'll call you later!" Claire said. She turned and walked away.

"Uh-oh," Claire said to herself as she reached the door. The punks were sitting outside. They were known for getting innocent kids hooked on drugs and cigarettes. Unfortunately, she had to walk past them to get out of school. She could just sit in the library and get a jump-start on homework, but Annie was counting on her. Claire made her final decision. She was walking past the punks.

Claire pushed the door open and quickly walked past the punks. She heard them get up and start walking down the stairs after her. Melissa, a new punk with black hair and bright pink highlights, caught up to her. "Wanna smoke?" she asked Claire. "Um. no thanks." "How about some pot?" "No, that's OK," Claire refused. Melissa stopped walking with her. Instead, the whole group started following her. One boy yelled, "What? Are you scared you'll get hooked?" Claire thought, "No, I'm scared that I'll turn into mindless idiots, like you," but said nothing. "Come on! It takes all your pain away. Just have one smoke." Suddenly, a miracle from God happened. Annie pulled up next to her with the twins. "Want a ride?" Annie asked her. "Yeah, I could use one right about now," Claire answered.

After she got into the car, she thanked Annie and told her what they were saying to her. "Unless they really pressure you, like corner you, just try your best to ignore it." Claire wasn't positive of how this would help, but she nodded.

Annie could see the worried look in Claire's eyes, so she said that she didn't have to help watch Sam and David. Claire went upstairs and finished her homework. She started looking at a magazine when the phone rang. She picked it up.

"Hello?"

"Hi, is this Claire?"

"Yeah. who's this?"

"This is Melissa. The girl that asked you. stuff today."

"What do YOU want?!" Claire immediately exclaimed.

"Look, I need your help! I'm completely hooked on pot and I'm starting to smoke. I hate it! PLEASE help me!"

"Why should I help you? You've done nothing but try to get me to get addicted!"

"Please help me! I'm sorry for everything I've done to you, I really am! The pot turns me into a different person, a person that I hate. I turn into this. this horrible person! Just. could you get Reverend Camden to help me? I know you live with him."

"So you want me to help you because you think that I'm the only one that can get Reverend Camden to help such an idiot like you?! Well, all I can say is that I'll think about it, but the outlook doesn't look very good for you!" Claire snapped. Then she hung up the phone.

God, she couldn't believe Melissa! But. maybe if she did ask Reverend Camden, Melissa would tell the principal about how bad the punks were and they'd get expelled or something. So Claire found Melissa's number on Caller ID and called her.

"Hello?"

"Hi, is this Melissa?"

"Yeah, who wants to know?"

"This is Claire. Look, I'm sorry about what I said. I'll talk to Reverend Camden about helping you."

"THANK YOU!! I need to get out of this."

"You're welcome. Well, I'll see you tomorrow."

"Wait! I have to tell you something."

"What?"

"Well, when I wasn't hooked, before I joined the punks, I had no love life. Then after I got hooked and joined the punks, I was having sex with a ton of different guys because the pot let me do whatever I wanted."

"Um. OK. Why are you telling me this?"

"Because! Claire, I'm pregnant and I don't know who the father is."

"OK. how pregnant are you?"

"I've been trying to hide it, but I'm due any day now." Then Claire heard a moan and then a thud.

"Melissa? Hello? Melissa? MELISSA?!"

"Please. help. me. Claire." Then there was the dial tone.

Claire quickly hung up the phone ran down the stairs. Simon, ready to kiss her, was the nearest person, so she grabbed him and brought him down the stairs with her. "What's Melissa's address?" she asked him. "Uh. she's six houses down from us," Simon answered, clearly confused. Claire ran to the phone and dialed 911.

"Glen Oak Police, please state your emergency."

"There's something wrong with my friend. I'm not sure what happened, but we were on the phone, and she sounded in pain when she asked me for help. She's 9 months pregnant."

Simon exclaimed, "WHOA!! Melissa's pregnant?! She did a good job of hiding it!" Claire gave him a shut-up-or-die look.

The operator said, "If you can give me her address, we'll send an ambulance right away."

"32 Lakewood Drive."

"Thank you, an ambulance is on its way."

Claire then hung up. She sprang out the door and ran to Melissa's house. She could hear the approaching sirens.

Simon caught up to her. He stopped her and asked what happened. She explained it, but not in great detail. Apparently she had spent too much time talking to Simon, because Melissa was already out on a stretcher, unconscious. Claire ran up to a paramedic. "What's wrong with her?" she asked. "Well, she went into labor, but she lost the baby because of the pot that was in her. We have to get her to the hospital quickly if we want the baby out. She might need to be detoxed too. I mean, she'll be fine, but she needs the proper treatment to get the drugs out of her." Another paramedic called his name and the paramedic Claire was talking to said good-bye and got into the ambulance.