Again, for the First Time

Rating: PG-13

Summary: Scott and Shelby finally prove their love to each other, but when Mother Nature and Mr. Stork decide to give them a "little" souvenir, things go totally wrong.

Disclaimer: UGH!!! I DON'T OWN ANYTHING!!!!!

Enjoy! ___________________________________________

Shelby returned at 4:30 in the morning, plopping into her bed, and falling asleep for the first time that night.

Four hours later, Sophie came into the dorm, waking everyone up.

"Okay guys come on up! Up, up, up, up!"

Kat, Juliet, and Daisy woke up groggily, stretching and moaning.

Juliet fell back into her pillow. "Come on Sophie, give us a break!"

"Nope, come on, up! Shelby, get up!" Sophie bent over Shelby, clapping. All she got in response was her snoring.

"What's wrong with her?" Sophie asked suspiciously.

"She had Kitchen duty shuns." Daisy said quickly.

Sophie nodded. "I see, well, I suppose she will just have to make it up tomorrow. The rest of you up!"

They all groaned. ___________________________________________

At breakfast that morning, chattering broke out as usual.

Juliet was telling Auggie some lame joke she heard off some radio program. Ezra, Daisy and David were in some weird conversation about the band, The White Stripes. Kat was working in the Kitchens for reading past "Lights Out."

Ezra looked around the table. "Hey guys, where's the Merrick Myster?" Scott perked up. "Yea, where is Shelby?"

Daisy glanced at Scott.

"She had Kitchen shuns last night. Remember?'

Scott nodded quickly. "Yea, yea that's right. She's asleep, probably."

Daisy nodded reassuringly.

Scott had not forgotten the night before. He was thinking of it so much that morning, he tried to brush his teeth with his sock. He couldn't concentrate, he, Scott, had slept with his love Shelby. Sure he had slept with other women before, if you call worthless bitch stepmothers women. And there was that one time in Sophomore year that he screwed his girlfriend at the time, Danielle Horrder. But that wasn't important.

What was however, was that Shelby wasn't there. Sure, he had been a bit tired after coming in at 4:30, but he was awake enough to go out into the world. (Oh well.) He thought to himself, chopping up his sausage. (It must be a woman thing.) ___________________________________________

The sun shone through the white curtains of the girl's dormitory. It was 11:35 am, and Shelby had missed most of her classes. She sat straight up, running her fingers through her hair. Her hair was in wild knots, due to last night.

She crawled out of her bed and into the bathroom. She was on her period, and blood had bled through onto the back of her pajamas.

(Wait a minute.) She thought in horror. ( I'm on my period, we didn't use protection and I just had sex. That doesn't add up to equal good.) She thought a moment about being pregnant. Cold shivers ran up her spine.

(Nah, that could never happen to me.) And she went on to brushing her teeth. ___________________________________________

"Okay class, listen up. A new assignment will be put into tact today. You will be writing a 500 word paper on who in this school means to you the most. It can be a teacher, a councilor or even one of your fellow pupils. So, um, that all the time we have for today. Go to lunch!" The teacher, Mr. Finner said shuffling his papers.

Shelby walked in with her backpack, just as everyone was getting ready to leave.

"Scott!"

Scott turned around to see her.

"Hey Shelby, you're a bit late were going to lunch."

"I know, but Scott we have to talk-"

The teacher interrupted her. "Ms. Merrick, what do you think your doing walking into my classroom at the end of the period? Hmm. Well, let me help you. You're thinking of Kitchen duties tonight till midnight. Do you understand?"

Shelby groaned but nodded.

Scott smiled. "Come on lets go to lunch." ___________________________________________

That night, Shelby pushed open the door to the kitchens.

She looked at the sky high piles of pots, pans, and silverware. (Ugh, better get started.)

An hour later, Shelby looked over at the clock. It read 11:00. (An hour to go.) Her eyes then wondered over to the utility cabinet. She could read some of the labels. Bathroom Cleaners, Napkins, and for some strange reason, Pregnancy Tests. She knew that Sophie was probably trying to get pregnant with Peter. They had been married for about 4 months. But why put them in the utility cabinet? It was like fate.

Shelby put down the dirty dishrag and walked into the cabinet. She looked at the different labels. Birth control pills, condoms and pregnancy test. She grabbed a handful of all of them and stuffed them into her cargo jeans. No one would know, she was sure of it. ___________________________________________

~*Author's Note*~Hello, how do you like it? You can probably tell what's going to happen. Review and you'll find out. ~funnybunny7