Damn, I know I shouldn't have blown up at Miranda but how could she do something like this? I thought her of all people would be happy for me. Oh SHIT! I'm late.

As I entered the 'Digital Bean' I noticed that people seemed to be staring at me. Man chill you're just seeing things. Yet I also heard people whispering as I passed on the way to the table where Beth was already seated, okay, so I'm hearing things too.

"Hey" I said sitting down.

"Hi, David" she said obviously trying to sound flirty "I missed you"

"Um, yeah...so did I" I said. Okay so I 'did' intend on breaking up with her today, but now I'm not sure. After what Miranda said, I guess I just want to prove I 'can' get a popular girl to like me.

"So, David.." she was cut off when some guy I didn't know came up to the table.

"Hey good job Gordon!" then walked off. What the hell was that?

"What was that?" I asked aloud more to my self than any thing.

"Umm...I don't know, people are weird" Beth responded, if I didn't know any better I'd think she were nervous.

As we continued talking, or trying too, people kept coming up to us saying similar comments, until I finally got fed up and went to talk to one of them.

"Excuse me," I said as I reached a guy I didn't know but recognized as a football player and the last guy to approach the table.

"Yeah?" he asked turning around.

"Um, could you possibly make any sense as to why everyone has come up to me today?"

"What do you mean?" he asked.

"Well since I entered the room it seems everyone is staring and talking to me, not to mention the people going up to the table like I believe you just did, for no apparent reason." I blurted out.

"Well duh, man everyone wants to congratulate the guy who finally scored Beth! Plus just so you know rumor has it she's knocked up, just thought you should know." He said.

"WHAT!?! Who the hell said that?" I asked.

"Well I heard she was knocked up from my girl friend, she's on the squad with Beth."

"No not that, who said I slept with her?" I asked irritated.

"Oh, well every one, even Beth, why?"

"Wait Beth said this? To you?" I asked in some what of a shock.

"Well yeah I mean she told every one, the way you act I'd think you didn't." he said obviously thinking he made a joke.

"I 'didn't'!" I said almost to the point of outrage.

"Man, really? No, sure you did, but why would anyone deny nailing her?" he looked at me for a minuet and I just stared at him daring him to not believe me. "You 'didn't'!?!" The shock in his face was evident.

"That's what I've been trying to tell you! Thanks, I've got to go take care of this." I walked back top the table leaving a very baffle jock behind Well, I'm not really sure you can 'baffle' a jock but oh well. "Beth what the hell is up with you!?!" I asked once I was standing next to her.

"Um, what do you mean?" she asked trying to sound sweet but obviously shaken.

"Beth, don't fuck with me, I heard what you said. Now I want to know why, and don't you dare give me any of you're 'I don't know what you're talking about' crap" I demanded restraining myself from yelling.

"Um, well.."

"Are you pregnant?" I asked cutting her off.

Her eyes started to tear up as she nodded.

"Do you know who the father is?" I asked still pissed off.

Once again all I got was a nod.

"Who?"

She looked at me for a while as if not sure whether to say or not.

"Okay, easier question, why me?" I asked finally sitting down and lowering my voice to almost normal, though the rage behind it evident.

"Because, you're perfect." She responded quietly, I hadn't seen her like this since we were in middle school.

"Perfect? For what?"

"Everyone always wanted us to be together, we were the perfect couple, even our parents wanted it to happen. So when I found out, I couldn't tell my parents, I couldn't tell them I'd gotten knocked up by... Well any way, I didn't know what to do. Then I remembered you, it seemed perfect, I figured I'd go out with you get you to fall for me again, we'd sleep together, and then when the baby came, you'd naturally take responsibility, thinking it was yours." She said.

"I can't believe you'd do something like that, I thought you were less shallow, and what's so bad about this other guy anyway?" I asked furious.

"Gordo, you have to listen to me! I 'can't' tell any one that 'Tudgeman' is the father I'd be ruined!" she yelped.

"I can't believe you" I said standing up, "and Lizzie you know what, Larry's a great guy, and you don't even deserve him." With that I left.

When I got home my head was spinning from today's events, it was as if for the first time every thing was sinking in, that's when I realized she was right.

I'd blown up at Miranda for trying to warn me, I'd fucked up. How could I have been so blind? I knew that Miranda wouldn't do that to me but I was just so scared of telling her how I felt and having her reject me, that when she told me that Beth wasn't interested in me. I figured that meant that I wasn't good enough for her, now I see what she meant. That Beth wasn't good enough for me.

I can't believe what I've done, especially now when she's going through all this shit. Now when she'll need a friend the most, I go and do damage that may very well be permanent to our friendship. All she ever did was help me, I have to win her back but how? I mean she was there when Beth hurt me, and through all the shit with my parents, she sang to me when I felt I couldn't go on.

That's it!