Where I'll Always Be
Chapter 11: Rumors can SOMETIMES be true
Manny walked in and searched around. That's when she began to pass by condoms and birth control pills. But that's when the thing she was looking for caught her eye. She looked at the label. It was a pregnancy test. She read the instructions and began to get nervous. She looked at J.T. and he looked at her.
"So are you ready for this" J.T. asked
"Yeah..if I was smart enough to lure a guy into my bed, I think I should be smart enough to check my body" Manny said
"Ok lets go" J.T said as they walked up to the cash register.
The lady looked at them as she held the box. She swiped it and Manny handed over the cash. She grabbed her bag and left the pharmacy without even grabbing her change. She walked down the street quickly. J.T quickly caught up. Manny arrived at the front steps and they both went inside.
J.T sat on the couch.
"J.T I'm so sorry are date was ruined. It was the only chance I had to get this" Manny apologized
"I told you already, it's ok" J.T said
"I'll be right back" Manny said as she went upstairs. She went into the bathroom and locked the door. She opened the box and set it on the sink.
MEANWHILE
Nikkie was sitting on the park bench. She was talking with Jessica and Patty.
"So I thought you didn't hang with Craig. He's a player" Jessica said
"Well he said sorry. He did things that he didn't mean to do" Nikkie said
"Well anyways he's cute but has a girlfriend right" Patty said
"Well he's confused about a few things but...I think him and Manny have a thing. Why do you ask" Nikkie said as she smiled
"I don't know. He seems he knows how to work a relationship" Patty said
"Maybe..but lets talk about something else" Nikkie suggested.
After a while they all headed to Nikkie's house.
BACK AT MANNY'S
Manny had finished taking the test and she was waiting for the results J.T was still downstairs waiting for Manny. Manny then saw the results appear. She lifted the test off the rim of the sink and held it up to see clearly. She then looked around the room as her chin shivered as for she was there about to break down into tears. She dropped the test on the floor and she looked in the mirror.
"I am a slut" Manny said to herself. Then the door opened up.
"No your not" J.T said. She went up to him and hugged him.
"Yes I am. It's my fault I'm pregnant" Manny said
"No.you got what you wanted. But with a bigger price" J.T said
"I wanted Craig. Not a child along with him" Manny cried
"Let's go downstairs" J.T suggested as they walked down the hall.
Manny and J.T sat on the couch. Manny was shocked and depressed. Her sweater was off. He shirt was completely drenched in tears. Her hair was messed up. And she didn't care about her appearance in front of J.T.
"So what are you gonna do" J.T asked after the silence
"I don't know. I can't raise a baby at my age. Yet I could have sex a my age" Manny said
"Exactly" J.T. said "But you didn't think about protection" J.T added
"Of course..but I was so caught up in the moment that it slipped my mind and I enjoyed instead of worried" Manny said
"Well there's only three options, Tell Craig and find a way to take care of him or her. Or give the baby up for adoption. Or..." J.T said and then stopped
"An abortion.. I don't want to hurt a life. That's just crazy. It's murdering a unborn child. It's still a life that you stole" Manny said
"Well then there's only two options for you" J.T said as he got up.
Manny looked down and another tear fell. "Look I gotta go. It's getting late. I'll call you" J.T said. As he headed to the door Manny got up.
"Promise you won't tell" Manny said as she held open the door and J.T was at the door way slipping on his jacket.
"Don't worry. I'll get back to you" J.T said and kissed Manny on the cheek and left. Manny closed the door and leaned her back against it. She banged the back of her head on the door. She was thinking that J.T was great guy. How could she diss him like that. He had asked her out once after her new look. And she turned him down for Sully. She was too over her head about her new popularity that she didn't realize what a great guy J.T had became.
Manny headed to her room and laid down on her bed. She turned on her radio. The song "When will I see you again" from Brian Mcknight played. She fell asleep and dreamt about that night with Craig. She felt so innocent at the beginning. But now she felt immature instead of mature. Just because she has had sex and was pregnant didn't make her less or greater than the kid she is. But all she could do was blame her wrong doing. She didn't mean to do it. She was just checking her e-mail until Craig pulled her towards him. And one thing leaded to another.
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BACK AT NIKKIE'S
Nikkie was lying in bed thinking about how she forgave Craig so quickly. How things were running in the house. Things were going great except that her and Pauly were still not talking. Nikkie fell alseep a few minutes later.
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Manny woke up the next morning feeling a little sick.
Nikkie woke up and went downstairs. But she saw her uncle on the couch. So she went back upstairs.
J.T woke up thinking about how Manny was doing. But he wasn't all that worried.
Emma woke up thinking about Nikkie and how she was dealing with the whole chaos in the house. But she was also getting worried for snake. He hadn't been feeling well. Especially with the Chemo.
But Craig woke up thinking so little. Not once did the thought of Manny being pregnant cross his mind. He wouldn't ever think of that possibility. But soon he would find out that you have to think about the little things before you head out to think of the bigger things.
Manny got up and slipped on a pair of red sweat pants and a white see- through t-shirt that said "Whatever" on it in red. All you could see was her bra through it. Her hair was in a sloppy bun and pieces of hair was falling on her face. But she twirled around her ears. She had silver hooped earrings and a silver chain that had a red pen hanging from it. She slipped on the red matching sweater and a pair of black sneakers.
She stayed downstairs watching T.V. and eating a bowl of cereal. She watched cartoons and listened to music till noon.
Nikkie was at home in her bedroom online just reading her e-mails and surfing the net. Junior walked into the room and looked at the screen.
"What are you doing" Junior asked
"Nothing...what's wrong why didn't you go to the mall with Raylese and all the girls" Nikkie asked him
"You really think me and Johnathan were going to hang around a bunch of girls at the mall" Junior said
Nikkie laughed as she logged off. "True...so only you and Johnathan stayed" Nikkie said
"And Pauly" Junior said. Nikkie rolled her eyes and went onto her closet to find a outfit to wear.
She pulled out a pair of black jeans a white short sleeve t-shirt and her white and black timberlands. She slipped them on in the bathroom. She put on her silver stud earrings and a silver necklace that had a black chinese symbol that meant "Beauty". She walked downstairs. She slipped on her black jean jacket. She walked out the door with Johnathan and Junior. (It's summer, but to me I'm saying it's been getting a little, little, little chilly)
They walked to the park were they found Jimmy, Craig, Spinner, Marco, and Chris playing basketball. He sat down on the picnic benches. She sat on the table with her feet on the seats. Emma came up to her and sat next to her.
"Hey Nikkie" Emma said
"Hey..what's up" Nikkie asked
"Nothing. Hey I tried calling Manny last night but no one answers" Emma said
"Really...well we'll stop by later. Maybe she's sick or something" Nikkie suggested
"Yeah" Emma said as she watched the game. Junior and Johnathan had entered the game. But after a while they decided to take a break. Chris walked up to Emma's side to grab a bottle of water.
"Hey Emma.Nikkie" He said as he drank some water.
"Hey Chris..your doing great out there" Emma said
"Yeah tie game..but I'll woop em" Chris said. Emma and Nikkie smiled.
Chris turned around to walk up to Jimmy. He was walking slowly as he took quick drinks of water.
"Someone's gotta crush" Nikkie said as she bumped Emma in the shoulder.
"He's cute...he's sweet, smart, athletic and..." Emma said until Nikkie said
"And your totally in love with him" Nikkie said
"I am not...it's just a crush" Emma said
"Yeah...and me and BoW Wow are getting married tomorrow" Nikkie said sarcastically.
"Ok fine I sort of had crush on him for a while" Emma said
"I knew it. So then get your butt off the seat and ask him out. I heard him and Melanda are over" Nikkie said
Emma had a worried look on her face. "Go" Nikkie said as Emma got up. Emma looked at her. Then Nikkie pushed her. As she walked Emma kept looking back. Nikkie kept mouthing out the words "Go On". Then Emma tapped him on the shoulder.
"Huh..oh hey" Chris said
"Hey..um I was wondering maybe sometime we could go out to the movies or go to the park" Emma said
"What a date.." Chris asked
"Yeah..if that's what you would call it" Emma said
"Sure.. I was gonna ask you to the Summer/Fall Get Up picnic in 2 weeks at the park...but we could go out before that too" Chris said
"You were..thanks. I would love to go" Emma said
"Great how bout you call me lata" Chris said as he pulled out a pen from his pocket.
"I don't have p..." Chris didn't let her finish speaking because he had grabbed her hand and written his number on her palm. Emma smiled and said "Great" and Chris smiled back. She turned around and walked towards Nikkie and sat back down.
"So what's the deal" Nikkie asked impatiently.
"He gave me his number. Were talking about planning a day to go out , and we are going together to the Summer-Fall picnic next week" Emma said
"Wow...and your going to my party together. And you better be together" Nikkie said
"What party" Emma asked
"Oh yeah I forgot to tell you. I rented out a big basement area at that club kisses and I am gonna throw a party on Saturday for my cousin's cause they are leaving Sunday..so their not going on the trip with us that Sunday" Nikkie said
"AAAWWW.. too bad. But I'll definitely go to the party...with Chris" Emma said and smiled.
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Manny walked out of her house and went to Craig's. She rang the doorbell but Joey said he wasn't home. She stayed sitting on his front steps. Waiting till Craig came home.
Everyone was leaving the park. Nikkie said bye to Jimmy and invited everyone to the party. And she told them to pass it on. Then Emma and Nikkie went knocking on Manny's door. But her parents said she went out. So they went home.
Craig was on his way home. He walked slowly. When he reached the house he saw Manny on the front steps.
"Manny what are you doing here" Craig asked
"I need to talk to you" Manny said
"Ok...let's go inside" Craig said. They went up to his room. Manny sat on the bed.
"So what do you need to tell me" Craig asked
"I need to straighten things out. First off, are we at all more than friends" Manny asked
"Yeah" Craig replied
"Ok...are we like a couple" Manny said
"Well I guess. Unless your still mad about what Nikkie had told you" Craig said
"No.not at all" Manny said
"What is this leading to Manny" Craig asked
"Well Craig..this isn't the best news in the world but.... I'm pregnant" Manny said
Craig's eye's widened. "W-what" Craig stuttered
"I found out yesterday" Manny said. "I knew you would feel wrong about the situation. I don't know what to do. I had to tell you. I couldn't keep it from you" Manny added as tears began to come down her face.
"Who else knows" Craig asked
"Only J.T. he was there with me when I bought the pregnancy test. My stomach wasn't exactly feeling well. So I thought maybe I might be pre- pregnant" Manny said
"Oh..so what are you gonna do" Craig asked
"Me..it's your responsibility too. I don't know.. we can't raise a kid. My mom would probably kick me out of the house. And an abortion is just crazy" Manny said as she cried hysterically
"Manny, Manny, Manny. Sshh, Sshh. Calm down" Craig said as he hugged her.
"What do I say as my stomach starts to grow. I can't walk around like that. I can't have an abortion. I just-I just can't." Manny said as she cried on Craig's shoulder.
"Don't worry. We'll figure something out. And we'll do it together" Craig said as he brushed her hair.
Author's Note: Hey everyone. Sorry this is late. But I was taking care of my brother cause my mom was in the hospital. So I didn't have a lot of computer time. So I'm trying not to put so much juicy stuff and so much situations into one chapter. I was gonna cram 2 more pages to this chapter. But I cut it out and it's gonna be in the next chapter. Which is coming probably tomorrow or Wednesday.
HOLLA BACK
Chapter 11: Rumors can SOMETIMES be true
Manny walked in and searched around. That's when she began to pass by condoms and birth control pills. But that's when the thing she was looking for caught her eye. She looked at the label. It was a pregnancy test. She read the instructions and began to get nervous. She looked at J.T. and he looked at her.
"So are you ready for this" J.T. asked
"Yeah..if I was smart enough to lure a guy into my bed, I think I should be smart enough to check my body" Manny said
"Ok lets go" J.T said as they walked up to the cash register.
The lady looked at them as she held the box. She swiped it and Manny handed over the cash. She grabbed her bag and left the pharmacy without even grabbing her change. She walked down the street quickly. J.T quickly caught up. Manny arrived at the front steps and they both went inside.
J.T sat on the couch.
"J.T I'm so sorry are date was ruined. It was the only chance I had to get this" Manny apologized
"I told you already, it's ok" J.T said
"I'll be right back" Manny said as she went upstairs. She went into the bathroom and locked the door. She opened the box and set it on the sink.
MEANWHILE
Nikkie was sitting on the park bench. She was talking with Jessica and Patty.
"So I thought you didn't hang with Craig. He's a player" Jessica said
"Well he said sorry. He did things that he didn't mean to do" Nikkie said
"Well anyways he's cute but has a girlfriend right" Patty said
"Well he's confused about a few things but...I think him and Manny have a thing. Why do you ask" Nikkie said as she smiled
"I don't know. He seems he knows how to work a relationship" Patty said
"Maybe..but lets talk about something else" Nikkie suggested.
After a while they all headed to Nikkie's house.
BACK AT MANNY'S
Manny had finished taking the test and she was waiting for the results J.T was still downstairs waiting for Manny. Manny then saw the results appear. She lifted the test off the rim of the sink and held it up to see clearly. She then looked around the room as her chin shivered as for she was there about to break down into tears. She dropped the test on the floor and she looked in the mirror.
"I am a slut" Manny said to herself. Then the door opened up.
"No your not" J.T said. She went up to him and hugged him.
"Yes I am. It's my fault I'm pregnant" Manny said
"No.you got what you wanted. But with a bigger price" J.T said
"I wanted Craig. Not a child along with him" Manny cried
"Let's go downstairs" J.T suggested as they walked down the hall.
Manny and J.T sat on the couch. Manny was shocked and depressed. Her sweater was off. He shirt was completely drenched in tears. Her hair was messed up. And she didn't care about her appearance in front of J.T.
"So what are you gonna do" J.T asked after the silence
"I don't know. I can't raise a baby at my age. Yet I could have sex a my age" Manny said
"Exactly" J.T. said "But you didn't think about protection" J.T added
"Of course..but I was so caught up in the moment that it slipped my mind and I enjoyed instead of worried" Manny said
"Well there's only three options, Tell Craig and find a way to take care of him or her. Or give the baby up for adoption. Or..." J.T said and then stopped
"An abortion.. I don't want to hurt a life. That's just crazy. It's murdering a unborn child. It's still a life that you stole" Manny said
"Well then there's only two options for you" J.T said as he got up.
Manny looked down and another tear fell. "Look I gotta go. It's getting late. I'll call you" J.T said. As he headed to the door Manny got up.
"Promise you won't tell" Manny said as she held open the door and J.T was at the door way slipping on his jacket.
"Don't worry. I'll get back to you" J.T said and kissed Manny on the cheek and left. Manny closed the door and leaned her back against it. She banged the back of her head on the door. She was thinking that J.T was great guy. How could she diss him like that. He had asked her out once after her new look. And she turned him down for Sully. She was too over her head about her new popularity that she didn't realize what a great guy J.T had became.
Manny headed to her room and laid down on her bed. She turned on her radio. The song "When will I see you again" from Brian Mcknight played. She fell asleep and dreamt about that night with Craig. She felt so innocent at the beginning. But now she felt immature instead of mature. Just because she has had sex and was pregnant didn't make her less or greater than the kid she is. But all she could do was blame her wrong doing. She didn't mean to do it. She was just checking her e-mail until Craig pulled her towards him. And one thing leaded to another.
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BACK AT NIKKIE'S
Nikkie was lying in bed thinking about how she forgave Craig so quickly. How things were running in the house. Things were going great except that her and Pauly were still not talking. Nikkie fell alseep a few minutes later.
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Manny woke up the next morning feeling a little sick.
Nikkie woke up and went downstairs. But she saw her uncle on the couch. So she went back upstairs.
J.T woke up thinking about how Manny was doing. But he wasn't all that worried.
Emma woke up thinking about Nikkie and how she was dealing with the whole chaos in the house. But she was also getting worried for snake. He hadn't been feeling well. Especially with the Chemo.
But Craig woke up thinking so little. Not once did the thought of Manny being pregnant cross his mind. He wouldn't ever think of that possibility. But soon he would find out that you have to think about the little things before you head out to think of the bigger things.
Manny got up and slipped on a pair of red sweat pants and a white see- through t-shirt that said "Whatever" on it in red. All you could see was her bra through it. Her hair was in a sloppy bun and pieces of hair was falling on her face. But she twirled around her ears. She had silver hooped earrings and a silver chain that had a red pen hanging from it. She slipped on the red matching sweater and a pair of black sneakers.
She stayed downstairs watching T.V. and eating a bowl of cereal. She watched cartoons and listened to music till noon.
Nikkie was at home in her bedroom online just reading her e-mails and surfing the net. Junior walked into the room and looked at the screen.
"What are you doing" Junior asked
"Nothing...what's wrong why didn't you go to the mall with Raylese and all the girls" Nikkie asked him
"You really think me and Johnathan were going to hang around a bunch of girls at the mall" Junior said
Nikkie laughed as she logged off. "True...so only you and Johnathan stayed" Nikkie said
"And Pauly" Junior said. Nikkie rolled her eyes and went onto her closet to find a outfit to wear.
She pulled out a pair of black jeans a white short sleeve t-shirt and her white and black timberlands. She slipped them on in the bathroom. She put on her silver stud earrings and a silver necklace that had a black chinese symbol that meant "Beauty". She walked downstairs. She slipped on her black jean jacket. She walked out the door with Johnathan and Junior. (It's summer, but to me I'm saying it's been getting a little, little, little chilly)
They walked to the park were they found Jimmy, Craig, Spinner, Marco, and Chris playing basketball. He sat down on the picnic benches. She sat on the table with her feet on the seats. Emma came up to her and sat next to her.
"Hey Nikkie" Emma said
"Hey..what's up" Nikkie asked
"Nothing. Hey I tried calling Manny last night but no one answers" Emma said
"Really...well we'll stop by later. Maybe she's sick or something" Nikkie suggested
"Yeah" Emma said as she watched the game. Junior and Johnathan had entered the game. But after a while they decided to take a break. Chris walked up to Emma's side to grab a bottle of water.
"Hey Emma.Nikkie" He said as he drank some water.
"Hey Chris..your doing great out there" Emma said
"Yeah tie game..but I'll woop em" Chris said. Emma and Nikkie smiled.
Chris turned around to walk up to Jimmy. He was walking slowly as he took quick drinks of water.
"Someone's gotta crush" Nikkie said as she bumped Emma in the shoulder.
"He's cute...he's sweet, smart, athletic and..." Emma said until Nikkie said
"And your totally in love with him" Nikkie said
"I am not...it's just a crush" Emma said
"Yeah...and me and BoW Wow are getting married tomorrow" Nikkie said sarcastically.
"Ok fine I sort of had crush on him for a while" Emma said
"I knew it. So then get your butt off the seat and ask him out. I heard him and Melanda are over" Nikkie said
Emma had a worried look on her face. "Go" Nikkie said as Emma got up. Emma looked at her. Then Nikkie pushed her. As she walked Emma kept looking back. Nikkie kept mouthing out the words "Go On". Then Emma tapped him on the shoulder.
"Huh..oh hey" Chris said
"Hey..um I was wondering maybe sometime we could go out to the movies or go to the park" Emma said
"What a date.." Chris asked
"Yeah..if that's what you would call it" Emma said
"Sure.. I was gonna ask you to the Summer/Fall Get Up picnic in 2 weeks at the park...but we could go out before that too" Chris said
"You were..thanks. I would love to go" Emma said
"Great how bout you call me lata" Chris said as he pulled out a pen from his pocket.
"I don't have p..." Chris didn't let her finish speaking because he had grabbed her hand and written his number on her palm. Emma smiled and said "Great" and Chris smiled back. She turned around and walked towards Nikkie and sat back down.
"So what's the deal" Nikkie asked impatiently.
"He gave me his number. Were talking about planning a day to go out , and we are going together to the Summer-Fall picnic next week" Emma said
"Wow...and your going to my party together. And you better be together" Nikkie said
"What party" Emma asked
"Oh yeah I forgot to tell you. I rented out a big basement area at that club kisses and I am gonna throw a party on Saturday for my cousin's cause they are leaving Sunday..so their not going on the trip with us that Sunday" Nikkie said
"AAAWWW.. too bad. But I'll definitely go to the party...with Chris" Emma said and smiled.
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Manny walked out of her house and went to Craig's. She rang the doorbell but Joey said he wasn't home. She stayed sitting on his front steps. Waiting till Craig came home.
Everyone was leaving the park. Nikkie said bye to Jimmy and invited everyone to the party. And she told them to pass it on. Then Emma and Nikkie went knocking on Manny's door. But her parents said she went out. So they went home.
Craig was on his way home. He walked slowly. When he reached the house he saw Manny on the front steps.
"Manny what are you doing here" Craig asked
"I need to talk to you" Manny said
"Ok...let's go inside" Craig said. They went up to his room. Manny sat on the bed.
"So what do you need to tell me" Craig asked
"I need to straighten things out. First off, are we at all more than friends" Manny asked
"Yeah" Craig replied
"Ok...are we like a couple" Manny said
"Well I guess. Unless your still mad about what Nikkie had told you" Craig said
"No.not at all" Manny said
"What is this leading to Manny" Craig asked
"Well Craig..this isn't the best news in the world but.... I'm pregnant" Manny said
Craig's eye's widened. "W-what" Craig stuttered
"I found out yesterday" Manny said. "I knew you would feel wrong about the situation. I don't know what to do. I had to tell you. I couldn't keep it from you" Manny added as tears began to come down her face.
"Who else knows" Craig asked
"Only J.T. he was there with me when I bought the pregnancy test. My stomach wasn't exactly feeling well. So I thought maybe I might be pre- pregnant" Manny said
"Oh..so what are you gonna do" Craig asked
"Me..it's your responsibility too. I don't know.. we can't raise a kid. My mom would probably kick me out of the house. And an abortion is just crazy" Manny said as she cried hysterically
"Manny, Manny, Manny. Sshh, Sshh. Calm down" Craig said as he hugged her.
"What do I say as my stomach starts to grow. I can't walk around like that. I can't have an abortion. I just-I just can't." Manny said as she cried on Craig's shoulder.
"Don't worry. We'll figure something out. And we'll do it together" Craig said as he brushed her hair.
Author's Note: Hey everyone. Sorry this is late. But I was taking care of my brother cause my mom was in the hospital. So I didn't have a lot of computer time. So I'm trying not to put so much juicy stuff and so much situations into one chapter. I was gonna cram 2 more pages to this chapter. But I cut it out and it's gonna be in the next chapter. Which is coming probably tomorrow or Wednesday.
HOLLA BACK