Emma said goodbye to Sean and told him that she would call him later. She watched Sean walk a few steps and began to make her way over to Manny. When she sat down next to her, there was an awkward silence and neither of them knew the right way to break it. After five minutes of silence, Emma couldn't take it anymore. "What did you want to talk to me about Manny?" Manny looked down and took a deep breath.
"Remember when I told you that I had the best night ever and that I would tell you about it later and never got around to it." Emma just nodded. "Well, it was Paige's birthday party and Craig and Ashley had broken up, so I followed Craig home and we started talking. Well mostly me talking but whatever." Emma was just absorbing all of what she was giving her but still couldn't piece it together. "That night, Craig and I…" Manny couldn't get the last part out. "What happened?" Manny closed her eyes and just said it. "Craig and I slept together."
Emma didn't know what to say. She thought that Manny and Craig just made out but not that they slept together. "Emma?" Manny knew that she was shocked but she couldn't help that. "Yeah, I'm sorry. That just surprised me a little." Manny scoffed. "Yeah, now I guess I'm the stupid school slut." Emma's eye got big. "Manny that's not wh…" Manny cut her off. "That's not my only reason that I wanted to talk to you. Em, I'm pregnant."
Emma couldn't believe it. How could Manny be so stupid and not use protection. "Why didn't you use protection?" "I swear I thought we did, but I don't know what happened. I guess I was too into the moment to realize that we weren't." Manny couldn't believe that after all of this, that she was once again alone and now pregnant. "Does Craig know about this?" Manny sighed and began to cry. "No, I can't tell him, after what happened with my mom I promised myself that I wouldn't tell him." "What happened with you and your mom?" Manny calmed herself down and started talking. "I told my mom and she told me that I wasn't her daughter anymore and that if I want to be apart of her family then I have to have an abortion."
Emma's mouth gasped open. "Manny, you can't have an abortion." Manny didn't want to hear about Emma's stupid opinions right now and cut her off. "Emma, you don't understand. I'm pregnant, and I have no money, and no place to stay. How am I going to be able to raise a baby?" Emma sighed. Manny was right. But then she had an idea. "Why don't we go talk to my mom?"
"Em, I don't know. Maybe I should just handle this on my own." Emma shook her head. "No, you brought me into this and I'm not going to let you have an abortion. So we're going to talk to my mom. Come on, let's go." Emma lent Manny her hand to help her up off of the curb and they began to walk to Emma's house.
There was that awkward silence again and Manny broke it first. "Em, I'm really sorry about everything. I didn't mean what I said, I was just mad that you were judging me." Emma nodded. "I'm sorry too. I never should have called you a slut just because I didn't agree with what you were doing and I shouldn't have judged you." Manny stopped and gave Emma a hug. "I'm really glad I have you for this." Manny said in a shaky and concerned voice that Emma noticed. Emma just smiled and told her, "Don't worry, everything will be okay."
When they got to Emma's house, Emma took Manny's stuff and put it in her bedroom and walked around yelling for her mom. Manny felt so out of place. This was a loving family that she would never have again. It was almost too much for her to take. Just then Emma's mom came in, and Emma told her that Manny wanted to talk to her.
"Okay, Manny. What's going on?" Manny smiled. Ms. Nelson was just like a teenager except older. "Um, I don't know how to say this in a nice way so I'm just going to say it. "Ms. Nelson, I'm pregnant." Ms. Nelson didn't panic or become some crazy psycho mom, she was calm and reassuring. "Manny, does your mother know?" Manny sighed. "Yeah, she knows and she banished me from the family and told me that the only way I would be back in that family was if I had an abortion.
Ms. Nelson couldn't believe that Manny's mother could be like that, but of course Manny's mother was very religious and believed in tradition, so it's not that much of a shock. "Well, does the baby's father know?" Manny began to cry. "It's Craig, and no I didn't tell him." Ms. Nelson went with her immediate reaction and hugged her and told that everything would be okay. "Well, Manny you have to decide what you want to do." Manny looked at her with bloodshot eyes and asked, "But how can I have this baby? I don't even have a place to live and I can't tell Craig yet. I'm too scared."
Ms. Nelson told Manny to wait a few minutes and after she walked out of the room, Emma walked in. "Hey, how did it go?" Manny gave a little smiled. "I wish my mom was as understanding as yours. Emma just nodded and gave her friend a hug.
Ms. Nelson walked into Jack's room where she had given him to Snake so she could go downstairs. "Snake I have to talk to you." Snake gently put Jack back down into his crib and gave him a teddy bear. "Okay, what is it?" "Manny's pregnant and her mother threw her out of the house." "Wait, Manny's pregnant?"
Spike sighed. Men! "Yes Snake, she's pregnant and she said that it's Craig's." He had to sit down and after a minute to think, he said, "Okay, she'll stay with us until she decides what she wants to do." Spike just smiled and gave her husband a kiss on the cheek. "Thank you."
Spike made her way back downstairs and sat down across from Manny and Emma. "Okay, here's the deal. Manny, you can stay here until you decide what you want to do, but you have to go see a doctor and you have to tell Craig." Manny stood up and gave Ms. Nelson a big hug. "Thank you so much Ms. Nelson. I don't know what I would have done without out you or Emma." "It's nothing. Emma, why don't you and Manny go downstairs and settle in and I'll call your mother and tell her what's going on."
Manny scoffed. "It's not like she cares anyway." Spike gave a weak smile and told her, "Manny, she's just upset. Your mother believes in tradition, she'll come around eventually. You'll see." Manny sighed. "Yeah, I hope so." Emma and Manny made their way downstairs and started to get situated with the new arrangement. "Emma, I'm really scared." Emma stopped what she was doing and walked over to her friend. "Manny, it'll all be okay. Trust me." Manny sighed and hoped she was right.