The last bell rang for the day. Manny walked slowly outside and put her diskman on. While she was walking to the drugstore
she tried to kid herself into thinking she was just going there to get some advil for a head-ach or something. She was trying
hard to concentrate on the music playing from her diskman but it was almost impossible. She looked up at the street sign. Her
stomach tightened as she walked past it an read it. One more street and she would be at the drugstore. Her heart was beating
fast and she turned to the door of the store. She opened it and walked in.
Once she was inside, she walked down to the girl products row. She saw different brands of pads and tampons. She then
realized that she hadn't gotten her period for almost about 9 weeks. Her stomach grew even tighter. She walked more down the
row. There it was. The test. The test that would determine the rest of her life. It looked harmless. Just a little stick thingy. She
wanted to run, but, she knew she couldn't. She just grabbed the test and walked up to the cashiere. She looked down at the
floor when she put the pregnancy test on the counter.
"That would be $5.99 please," said the lady. (A/N-I don't know the real price so I just made it up!)
"Thanks," said Manny.
Another person walked up to the counter just as Manny turned to the door to leave. Manny felt tears coming on as she heard
the other cashiere lady whisper to the other one," These teen sluts don't understand the word birth control."
Manny wanted to scream at the lady! This lady knew nothing about Manny or her life and she was judging her? What gave her
that right? Manny was ready to turn around a go back in the store to yell at the lady but Manny then bumped into someone.
"Manny?" said Emma
"What do you want?" said Manny in the rudest tone she could use at the moment.
"Nothing. I was just surprised to see you here...that's all!" said Emma
"Why it's a free country!" Manny screamed, "I can go anywhere I want!"
"Okay, whatever," said Emma defending herself.
And with that Manny walked off. "Ugh! Emma!" she thought to herself. She despised Emma with all her heart. No matter how
confused and depressed Manny was feeling, she couldn't let that get in her way of her enjoyment of tormenting Emma with
mean and nasty comments. She couldn't believe the two of them used to be friends. Manny had always had to put up with her
enviromental crap. Manny felt bad for Emma's mom. She had to deal with that daughter. Wait a minute. Manny then thought
of something that she found useful. An incredible idea came to her head about this whole pregnancy thing she was starting to
have to deal with. She started to run. And this time she felt good about where she was going.
she tried to kid herself into thinking she was just going there to get some advil for a head-ach or something. She was trying
hard to concentrate on the music playing from her diskman but it was almost impossible. She looked up at the street sign. Her
stomach tightened as she walked past it an read it. One more street and she would be at the drugstore. Her heart was beating
fast and she turned to the door of the store. She opened it and walked in.
Once she was inside, she walked down to the girl products row. She saw different brands of pads and tampons. She then
realized that she hadn't gotten her period for almost about 9 weeks. Her stomach grew even tighter. She walked more down the
row. There it was. The test. The test that would determine the rest of her life. It looked harmless. Just a little stick thingy. She
wanted to run, but, she knew she couldn't. She just grabbed the test and walked up to the cashiere. She looked down at the
floor when she put the pregnancy test on the counter.
"That would be $5.99 please," said the lady. (A/N-I don't know the real price so I just made it up!)
"Thanks," said Manny.
Another person walked up to the counter just as Manny turned to the door to leave. Manny felt tears coming on as she heard
the other cashiere lady whisper to the other one," These teen sluts don't understand the word birth control."
Manny wanted to scream at the lady! This lady knew nothing about Manny or her life and she was judging her? What gave her
that right? Manny was ready to turn around a go back in the store to yell at the lady but Manny then bumped into someone.
"Manny?" said Emma
"What do you want?" said Manny in the rudest tone she could use at the moment.
"Nothing. I was just surprised to see you here...that's all!" said Emma
"Why it's a free country!" Manny screamed, "I can go anywhere I want!"
"Okay, whatever," said Emma defending herself.
And with that Manny walked off. "Ugh! Emma!" she thought to herself. She despised Emma with all her heart. No matter how
confused and depressed Manny was feeling, she couldn't let that get in her way of her enjoyment of tormenting Emma with
mean and nasty comments. She couldn't believe the two of them used to be friends. Manny had always had to put up with her
enviromental crap. Manny felt bad for Emma's mom. She had to deal with that daughter. Wait a minute. Manny then thought
of something that she found useful. An incredible idea came to her head about this whole pregnancy thing she was starting to
have to deal with. She started to run. And this time she felt good about where she was going.