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A FRIEND IS A FRIEND

A bit later, somewhere high above the Atlantic Ocean..

"So you made it with her twice," Sean was fishing for details as usual.

"Yeah. man, let's not talk about it." Jericho was feeling miserable.

"Wait a minute!" Sean exclaimed, "You aren't actually into this girl, are you?"

"I don't know, she's different Sean." Jericho replied, "She's not like the other ones."

"Look man, stick to the rule: love 'em then leave 'em. No strings, no attachments, and no ball and chain. Get what you need from them and move on; life's too short to waste on one broad."

Sean tried to rationalize with him not even knowing that he was quoting a conversation Jericho had with Benoit on the day he got engaged. It was the way he lived his life, until he had met Lori, only yesterday. Somehow, the plan just didn't work with her. Chris was mad at himself for letting it go as far as it did with Lori. He genuinely liked her and wished her first time wouldn't involve him taking off for a tour the next day. And that was exactly what was confusing him so much. He never got attached, he did them and moved on just like a lot of guys he knew. Maybe it was guilt because she had never done it with anyone before and she was the only virgin he'd ever had. Yeah, he decided that had to be it and he tried to put it out of his mind.

"Yeah, whatever Sean. Hey buddy, I'm a little tired right now. I'm gonna catch some zzz's." Chris told him and tried to take a nap.

Two weeks later, back in the States.

"Hey Lori, do you have those reports ready for me?" Asked Lori's boss, Luke Danners.

"Yeah, here they are." Lori fished them out of her binder hurriedly.

"Hey Lori, you feeling okay today?" Luke looked at her with a puzzled expression.

"Yes Luke, why?" Lori answered quickly.

"Uh.these are the ones from last week." Luke pointed out handing them back.

"Oh!" Lori blanched. "I'm sorry, here are the right ones."

"Thank you, that will be all." Luke took the reports and retreated to his office.

"Ugh.I don't feel so good." Lori commented to her co-worker Amy. "I'll be right back."

"OK, see you in a bit." Amy smiled and watched her go.

A short while later, Lori returned to her place behind the teller line.

"Lori, you really don't look well, maybe you should ask Luke if you can go home." Amy looked at her with concern.

"I'll be all right," Lori downplayed it not wanting to face her boss again, "It'll pass, I think I just had some bad Chinese."

"OK, but you should really take care of yourself girl. You don't want to be sick when Chris comes back to town." Amy scolded her.

"Yeah, I know." Lori muttered holding her stomach.

"Lori, I just had a thought." A light had gone on in Amy's head; "You used protection that night, didn't you?"

"No Amy I didn't" Lori admitted, "But I'm sure it's not that."

"OK then, when was the last time 'Aunt Flo' came to visit." Amy pushed her.

"Like six weeks ago," Lori grew pale as she realized that it was a definite possibility. "Oh no Amy, it could be possible."

"Damn girl," Amy commented, "You'd better get yourself a test A.S.A.P."

"Yeah." Lori muttered and felt another wave of nausea start to hit her.

Two days later..

Lori sat on the bathroom floor crying. She'd bought a test and had tested positive. 'I really don't feel like going to work today.' She thought feeling very alone. She got up and dialed the dreaded number of her boss.

"Hello?" Came his stern voice.

"It's Lori, I'm not well. I need to call off sick today." Lori told him meekly.

"I see." Came Luke's gruff reply. "See you in tomorrow then." *click

She spent the day in front of the television, curled up on her sofa. Amy had called her at five o'clock and she'd told her the news. She'd been sympathetic, saying all those things people say in situations like this one. But as usual, they never really gave you any kind of a long-term answer. Abortion was out of the question. Lori strongly felt it was wrong and could never bring herself to even consider something like that. 'What am I gonna do?' She cried out at the sky, but no one seemed to hear her.