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OK, here it goes on. It's two days later now.

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Knock. Knock. Knock.

"sigh."

Knock. Knock. Knock!

"Go away!"

Knock! Knock! Knock!

"Alright already!" Devi screamed, leaping off of her couch . She threw the door open. Tenna bounced inside, squeaking Spooky. Devi looked at Tenna and the little doll tiredly.

"Shit Devi, what's the matter?"

"Nothing."

"Devi, I know when something's wrong."

"Nothing's wrong. I haven't seen you in almost a month, you know?"

"Yeah. Something's wrong Devi. Tell me! Please?"

"I can't. I don't want to talk about-"

"Tell Spooky! Pleeeease?"

"OK fine. Do you really want to know?"

"Yeah. C'mon, talk to Spooky about it!"

Devi sighed.

"OK fine. I......I'm pregnant."

Tenna gasped loudly.

"No way! I thought you were a virgin!" she said, eyes wide, mouth hanging open.

"I am....I mean....I was."

"Ooh. So who's the daddy?"

"Tenna, don't you think that this situation is a little more serious than that?"

"Yeah. Sure. So, who's the dad?"

"It's really kind of weird but.....it's Nny."

Tenna's eyes got bigger.

"That Johnny guy?" she asked.

"Yeah. One and the same."

"But I thought you hated him."

"I do. I mean, maybe I did," Devi said, confused at even herself. It was kind of a bad thing to hate someone whose baby that was half theirs was getting carted around inside of her.

"If you hate him, why'd you....you know...do what you do to end up with a baby with him? That's kind of intimate, right?"

"Yeah but....it was sort of an accident," Devi said, realizing how hard this was going to be to explain to people.

"How do you do THAT by accident?"

"OK, here's the whole story, if you're sure you want to hear it," Devi said, sighing.

"Sure. C'mon, talk to Spooky," Tenna said. Devi was so worried about the whole pregnancy thing that she was only slightly annoyed at Tenna's obsession with that toy. And suddenly all the problems she'd had before; work, painting, money, didn't seem so big now, and she wished she had her old problems back. 'My life was great before, now that I think of it,' Devi thought. But she began her story.

"A few months ago, I went to visit my ex-boyfriend, Robbie. I found out he was cheating on me for some bitch. So I went to a bar. I ended up getting pretty drunk. And Nny was there, and he was too. He looked pretty sad, now that I think about it. I surprised I remember so much, considering how drunk I was. So anyway, I don't remember what happened after that, except for at some period in the night we ended up sleeping together and...now two days ago I go to the doctor about something and I find out that he's going to run a pregnancy test on me."

"No way."

"Yeah. And I was really afraid. But I kept telling myself to think of the best, that I couldn't possibly be pregnant. But then I found out I was. I was thoroughly terrified, and then I got mad. I was mad at myself, so I decided to take my anger on the guy whose fault it partially was, Nny. It was kind of funny how he reacted to me telling him, now that I think back. His eyes were bulging out of his head, and he was all shocked. It's strange how the only guy I've ever met who wasn't obviously horny all the time was the one who got me pregnant," Devi said. It WAS kind of ironic.

"Yeah. So, are you totally falling apart now?" Tenna asked.

Yes, Devi was falling apart completely. She was going lose it or something. Her life was totally going down the drain. She'd never been worse. Devi smiled.

"No, I'm completely fine."

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Later, after Tenna had left, Devi was going to sit back down when the phone rang. She groaned and picked it up.

"What?" she asked.

No answer.

"Johnny. It's you, isn't it? What do you want? Hello?" (sound familiar? Heh.)

Click.

"Hello Devi."

"Johnny? Hello?"

"Don't bother talking. This'll only play once, so I hope you'll listen to me..."

"Nny? What are you-?"

Devi was cut off by Nny laughing, hard.

"You-you thought I was playing the recording again, didn't you? Heh," Nny said. Devi was slightly amused.

"You little fuck," she said, the annoyance in her voice a bit feigned.

Nny's giggles died down a bit (A/N: Imaging: Nny giggling. Hee.)

"What do you want? Sorry, that sounded bitchy."

"No, you can be bitchy at me if you want. I just called to see how you were doing," Nny said. This struck Devi as slightly odd, considering the less than friendly terms they were on, despite Devi's pregnancy.

"I'm alright. How about you?" Devi asked, still surprised he'd called and risked being yelled at again.

"I've been better," Nny said.

"Nny, there's something I've been meaning to ask you."

"Yes?"

"Why were you drinking in the first place?"

"Well, you see, I was quite depressed, more so than usual. I had a friend. Her name was Amy. And she got into a car accident, which was entirely my fault. She...didn't make it," Nny said solemnly, looking up at the ceiling. He hoped Devi wasn't going to start blaming him for it.

"I'm sorry to hear that," Devi said quietly.

"I just don't know why she had to die," Nny said, his voice starting to get all shaky and cry- like.

"Nny? Are you alright?" Devi asked.

She heard him sniffle.

"Good-bye Devi. I have to go now," Nny said, his voice shaking uncontrollably with unshed tears. He hung up the phone. He couldn't let her hear him cry.

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"Hello? Nny? Are you still there?" Devi asked.

He'd hung up.

When he'd said goodbye he'd sounded so very close to tears. Devi was surprised.

She hadn't thought that heartless monsters COULD cry.

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As soon as Nny hung up the phone he threw it and sunk to his floor again, sobbing. He hugged his knees to himself and buried his face in them, trying to shut out everything. He cried for a long time, until it seemed there was nothing wet left in him.

And still the sadness did not relent.

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More soon. This chapter was actually as long as it was supposed to be! Yay! All the others came out too short.