Sammy walked down the hall with Craig, Marco, Spinner, Jimmy, and Paige behind her. Terri walked up with Hazel.

"Sorry," Terri said.

"For what?" Sammy asked.

"I was telling Hazel about what Paige told me because she's our friend, too," Terri replied, talking fast.

"But we didn't know that Ashley was in the bathroom," Hazel said. "And then Ashley told Manny."

"So?" Sammy asked.

"So? Craig's dated both of them," Terri said. "And Craig got Manny pregnant so…please don't be mad at me."

"It's ok, Terri," Sammy replied. "I'm not mad at you."

"Thank you," Terri said.

"Get to class," Mrs. Kwan said, walking pass them, shuffling her papers at the same time.

Spinner, Marco, Jimmy, and Paige parted down the hall and Terri and Hazel went the opposite way and Craig walked with Sammy.

Ashley and Manny were standing at Ashley's locker talking to each other. Ashley looked over and snarled her nose up at Sammy. "Slut," she muttered.

Sammy stopped mid-step and turned and looked at Ashley. "What did you say to me?" she asked.

"I called you a 'slut'," Ashley said. "You stole my boyfriend from me and now you're going to have his kid. That just means one thing. You're a slut."

Sammy clenched her fists.

"Ooh, what are you going to do? Hit me?" Ashley asked.

"I might," Sammy said.

Craig stepped between them. "Ashley, I don't want to hear anything from you," he said. "I couldn't stand it that you couldn't trust me."

"Oh, yeah, like I trusted you last year? When you had sex with Manny?" Ashley asked.

"Leave me out of this," Manny said.

"We were broken up," Craig replied. "Plus, I don't even remember it."

"I'm sure," Ashley said. "You got amnesia after screwing around with her."

"Ashley, I don't want to hear it," he replied. He spun and grabbed Sammy's arm and walked down the hall with her. "Stay out of it. This is between me and Ashley."

"She was calling me a slut," Sammy said. "A month ago I was a little ho."

"Sammy, I'm sorry, I got you caught up in this," Craig replied. They walked into Mrs. Kwan's class.

"It's ok," Sammy said.

"No, it's not," Craig replied. The two of them sat down in their seats.

"Ok," Mrs. Kwan started the class as soon as everyone was in their seats. He walked over and closed the door. "Class is now in session."

Mrs. Kwan started talking about Shakespeare, but Craig didn't hear any of it. He was spacing out. Thinking about what he was going to do.

Would he have to marry Sammy? He thought about looking up as she came down the aisle, their baby off to the side in Jane's arms and Gabriel being the ring bearer, Joey and Caitlin sitting with big sister/Aunt Angela with their baby on the other side.

But how would he help support her? He might have to take on more than one job, like Joey said, he didn't pay him enough. Enough, to pay rent on his bedroom and food and to buy CDs. If his dad were still alive he could ask for money, that's all Albert Manning was good for. He was rich. But Albert was dead and Craig could've cared less.

"Craig," Mrs. Kwan said. "Do you know what the passage I just read meant?"

Craig's face burned and he shook his head. He wasn't even on the right page.

"Anyone else?" Mrs. Kwan asked.

Sammy looked at him and then passed him a note.

What's wrong?

She slid it over to him. He read it and passed it back.

Nothing.

You sure?

Yeah, I'm sure.

"Sammy, Craig, pay attention," Mrs. Kwan said. Sammy folded the note up and slid it into her notebook. She picked up her book and read along with Mrs. Kwan.