Craig looked up attentively every time the door opened, and every time he was disappointed. Manny was running late and he couldn't hold off the waitress for much longer. Finally, Manny walked through the door with her head down. She didn't have her usual aura of confidence. She looked up to find Craig. Their eyes met and she quickly looked down again. She sat down slowly across from him

"Manny, I'm really worried," Craig said nervously.

"Craig. Please just let me talk. Don't say a word until I'm finished," she said looking him dead in the eye. Craig nodded in agreement. "Do you remember that night after you and Ashley had a fight?" Craig nodded again. How could he forget? "Well, that was my first time...." She paused. "It all just happened so quickly." Craig's heart started to race. What was this leading to? "Well, I'm pregnant Craig. It's.....ours." She waited for his reaction, eyeing him apprehensively. When he didn't say anything, she burst into tears. He got up quickly and sat beside her.

"Manny....Manny, don't cry," he said wrapping his arms around her.

"You hate me," she accused through her tears. "You regret choosing me. It's all my fault. I'm so sorry."

"Manny, no. Manny don't cry," he said hugging her tighter. "Why would you say a thing like that? Manny, I love you. It's NOT all your fault. We're going to be okay. The baby's going to be okay," he said kissing the top of her head.

"You mean...you want to keep the baby?" Manny said looking up. "You don't hate me?"

"Manny, I could never hate you," he said drying her tears gently. "This is going to be hard. We ARE pretty young, but we'll find a way...."

"Oh Craig!" Manny said burying her face in his chest. "I love you. We just have one more problem." Craig opened his eyes wide.

"Wow...okay. I'm sure it's not that bad," he said in shock.

"My parents are going to kill me," she said seriously.

"Oh Manny, I'm sure it wont be..."

"It's going to be bad," she interrupted. "My favorite cousin in the Philippines now," she said looking him in the eye to show she wasn't joking. "They WILL disown me."

"Whoa. Wow, those Filipino parents sure are harsh," he stated shaking his head.

"It's hard," Manny said. "What am I going to do? Where am I going to live?"

"Well, we need to tell Joey first of all. Who else knows?" he asked trying to figure out a way to deal with their surprise.

"Just Emma and Spike," Manny said thinking.

"Well, first ask Emma if you can stay with her and if that's a problem, Joey will have to let you stay with us," he said confidently.

"Craig you're the best," Manny exclaimed.

"Manny, it'll be alright. I promise. We'll get through this. We have each other. That's all we need." Craig leaned in to kiss her. She could not resist.

~*~*~

"I told you everything would be alright!" Emma exclaimed. "I can't believe we're going to be roommates! This is so cool!"

"Em! I can't put your lip gloss on if you keep talking," Manny said smiling.

"Sorry," Emma said trying to hold still.

"Okay, there," Manny said taking a step back to look at her work. "Em, you look great! Chris is going to love it." Emma was wearing jeans with a baby blue long sleeve off the shoulder top.

"Are you sure?" Emma asked nervously.

"Positive!" Manny answered. "Chris is a lucky guy!"

~*~*~

Toby answered the door when Jimmy arrived. "He's here!" Toby yelled as he walked off. Ashley walked down the stairs in low cut jeans and a black mesh long sleeve crop top with the words, "Hottie" written across the front in pink. She wore a black newsboy hat to match.

"Ashley, you look...wow...you look great," Jimmy said while checking her out.

"Thanks," she said grabbing her jacket from the hall closet.

"What's with the new look?" Jimmy asked with excitement in his voice.

"You don't like it?" she questioned knowing his answer.

"No, I mean...of course I do. It's wow....I mean...wow," he said in awe.

'That's exactly what I hoped you'd say,' Ashley thought to herself.

~*~*~

JT walked slowly to Liberty's house. What did he get himself into? He knocked on the door and after waiting one second he started to walk off. "Well, I tried. Darn," he said out loud.

"JT? Where are you going?" Liberty asked. JT turned around slowly.

'Damn,' he thought. "Nowhere," JT said. "Just keeping warm."

"Why are you wearing sunglasses JT? It's really dark out," Liberty asked confused.

"Oh these?" JT said touching the dark black glasses on his face. He didn't want anyone to recognize him. "I have this eye condition."

"You're such a jokester JT," Liberty said laughing. "Take them off!" JT reluctantly took his glasses off. He did a double take at Liberty and his jaw dropped.

"Liberty?!" JT exclaimed loudly.

"Yes, I'm not deaf you know," she answered shaking her head. Her hair was down and she was wearing contacts. Her lips were painted maroon and her eyes...they were beautiful. She wore jeans and tight white ski jacket. JT was stunned. He had never seen Liberty look so pretty. "Hello? JT? What's the matter?"

"Nothing," he said shaking his head.

"Is it my look? It's goofy isn't it? I'll go back and change," she said turning around. No one from school had ever seen her like this and she felt insecure.

"No. Don't," JT almost screamed. She stopped. "You look great. I'm serious." Liberty smiled shyly. JT had never complimented her before, especially on her looks.

"Really?" she asked sincerely.

"Really," he answered honestly.