She ran down the hall thinking of all that had just been said, and what she was going to tell Kwan. Should she trust Craig, and give him a chance to make things right, or should she let J.T. take responsibility for things? What would Craig tell Ashley? Would she completely freak out? Would everyone at the school want to kill her? Would she start to show before Craig said anything? There were so many questions running through her head. Then, there was Emma. Would she accept the fact that she was trying to make up for all of her mistakes, and raise this baby, or would she refuse to t5alk to her again like things were before last night? She just needed to get away from it all.
She couldn't think about that now. She had to think about what in the world she was going to tell Kwan. She could say that she had gotten lost on the way to class...no she would never buy that. She could say that her mom had forgotten to get her up...that wouldn't work because she would call her mom, and her mom would tell the real reason. Then she had it, the perfect thing to tell her. She would say that she had to go to the washroom very badly, and was willing to take a late to class for it because she really had to go. She hoped that she would buy that one. She took one deep breath, and entered the room.
"Ah...Miss Santos...You've finally decided to grace us with your presence."
"Sorry, Miss Kwan. I really had to use the washroom."
"Couldn't you have come here first? I would have been more than happy to let you go.?"
"I couldn't wait."
"Fine...take your seat."
Manny took the empty seat in-between J.T. and Emma, as Kwan continued on with her lesson.
"I just talked to Craig..." whispered Manny to J.T.
"Yes, I know...and?"
"Well, he's trying to get Ashley back, and he's going to tell her about it, and then he's going to tell the school. I gave him two weeks. If he doesn't tell everyone by them I'm going to announce my pregnancy to the school as yours. Does that work for you?"
J.T. had seen that coming, and he wasn't shocked. He could see the look in her eyes when she talked about the baby. She wanted Craig...not as more than a friend, but she wanted him to help raise her baby. She didn't want J.T. to help her. He knew it, and if he was going to get her at all he was going to have to accept the fact that now and forever more she was going to have Craig in her life. It would be hard, but J.T. would be able to accept it eventually.
"Yeah, Manny. That's perfect."
"Thank you so much J.T. I knew that you'd understand."
"Yeah, no problem."
"So, I think that I'm going to talk to Emma, and get the news off of my chest one more time. "
"Whatever you say."
"J.T., what's wrong with you, and don't you give me the 'nothing's wrong' story cause I'm not buying it."
"You really want to know?"
"Yeah,"
"You keep jerking me one way and then another. First you want me to be the father, and then you don't. Please make up your mind. I can't life like this. Incase you haven't noticed I've grown very attached to the idea of being a dad. So, if you want me to be a part of this you're going to have to give me an answer right now."
"J.T. be reasonable"
"Be reasonable? Be reasonable? No, Manny you be reasonable. Think about what this has to be like for me. First you get my hopes up, and then you crush them over and over and over again...I'm getting tired of it, so I'm going to ask you again. Who's it going to be? Me, or him?"