Manny woke up the next morning at 5:55. She had spent the night at Emma's. She didn't care that she had school the next
morning. She didn't want to go home. She had her cheerleading uniform and pom poms with her. The cheer off was tomarrow.
She had spoken on the phone with Paige about wheather she wanted to do it or not. Manny said she wanted to. She had been
working for 3 months on this cheer and she wasn't going to miss it.
Emma's alarm clock beeped at 6:00. Emma slammed her hand on it and groaned. She turned over and smiled at Manny.
"Good Morning," said Emma, "Did you sleep well?"
"Not really. I woke up in the middle of the night to barf," said Manny.
"Well I hope you're feeling better now," said Emma, "Your cheer off is today."
"Yeah," said Manny, "I'm so nervous!"
"Don't be," Emma said, "You'll do great! You just need to be more confident in yourself."
"I guess so," said Manny.
The girls ran downstairs to the kitchen. Spike was feeding Jack and Snake was reading the morning paper.
"Hey girls," said Spike, "How did you sleep?"
"Fine," said Emma, as she opened the fridge to get some orange juice.
"Yeah," said Manny, "We slept fine."
"Manny," said Spike, "Do your parents know you're here?"
"I left a message on their machine," Manny said.
Emma eyed Manny, "Ummm...Mom...me and Manny have to tell you something."
"What is it girls?" asked Spike.
"Do you want me to leave?" asked Snake.
"No it sort of involves you too," said Emma.
"Okay then what is it?" Snake asked.
The four of them sat down at the kitchen table and Emma began speaking, "Manny is going to have to go to some special
teens program and it's far away and you sleep there. Like a boarding school or something. And Manny doesn't want to go but
her parents are pretty much kicking her out. So do you think Manny and her baby could live here...with us?"
"Emma," said Spike, "That's a huge thing."
"I'm not so sure how well we can handle two teenage girls and two babies," said Snake.
"It wouldn't be that hard," said Emma, "Me and Manny would help out a lot."
Spike and Snake eyed eachother. Spike then said, "Emma will you please put Jack down for a nap so I can talk to Manny for
a second."
"Sure," said Emma, "No problem."
Spike handed Emma Jack and Emma walked upstairs to Jack's room.
"Manny," said Spike, "I can tell that you don't want to do this. What's really on your mind?"
"It's just," Manny said while she started to cry, "I'm 14 years old. There is so much I want to do in life. I had plans and being a
teen mom was not in those plans. I would be ruining my life. How do I know that I would be as lucky as you, Spike? You said
your mother was supportive. Mine was in the begining but my dad got the best of her. I mean I would love to be a mom
someday. But right now...well...I just want to be a teenager. Worrying about normal things like boys, clothes, make up, and all
of that kind of stuff. I don't want to worry about making sure someone is watching the baby, or giving the baby a bottle or
buying the baby diapers. I just don't know okay. I just don't know."
"So what are you saying?" asked Spike.
"I don't know," said Manny, "Maybe I'm just not ready. I'm not ready to take on the responsibility of being a mom."
"Do you want an abortion?" asked Spike.
"I think so," said Manny, "I don't want to give the baby some crappy life with a mother who isn't ready yet."
"Manny, being a mom is the greatest gift a woman can have," said Spike, "And if you don't see your pregnancy as a happy
thing..." Spike started to say
"If it's such a great gift why do I feel like I want to return it, "said Manny, "Why do I wish I could take everything back that's
happened?"
"Manny, this choice is your's and your's alone," said Spike.
"But what about Craig?" asked Manny.
"If he really loves you," said Snake, "Then he'll understand."
"But he said he'd be there for everything," said Manny.
"How do you know he'll be here 10 years from now. Or once you go to collage?" asked Spike.
"I don't know," said Manny, "I just feel so lousy for making this huge mistake."
"We learn from our mistakes," Spike said softly, "I just hope you really learned from this one."
"Give me one more day and then I'll finally decide what I want to do with the baby," said Manny.
Manny ran upstairs right when Emma was running downstairs.
"I'll wait for you in the car," said Emma, "Snake are you ready?"
"Yeah," he said, "I'll go get the car warmed up."
"I'll come too," said Emma.
Manny changed into a pale blue tank top and blue jeans. She tied a black jacket around her waist. She packed her uniform in
her backpack and threw her other books in there too. She then ran downstairs.
"Bye Ms. Nelson," said Manny, "Have a good day."
"You too," said Spike.
Manny got in the car and Snake started driving. They reached the school.
"Thanks for the ride, Snake," said Emma, "Me and Manny are going to walk home from school after the cheer off."
"Okay," said Snake.
Emma and Manny walked through the halls of Degrassi. They rounded a corner and Manny saw Paige.
"Hey, Em, I'll catch up with you later," said Manny as she walked twords Paige.
"See Ya," said Emma as she walked to her locker.
"So, Manny, you're all good to go, right?" asked Paige.
"Yeah," said Manny, "Paige, you can stop worrying. I'll be fine."
"Okay so remember we're doing the Back V formation and then a summersault at the end and then you're going to do your flip
thing, right?" Paige asked.
"Paige, I know the whole thing by heart," said Manny, "The squad's been practicing it for 3 months now."
"I know I just want it to be perfect," said Paige, "That's all."
A few girls walked by Manny and Paige and started laughing. Manny felt very awkword.
"Paige you didn't tell anyone, right?" asked Manny.
"Of course not," said Paige, "You know I live for gossip, Manny, but this is your personal buisness."
"Thanks," said Manny.
Sully walked behing Manny. He slapped her butt, "Hey Manuella-Big-Butt," he said.
Manny rolled her eyes at him, "You're gross," she said walking away.
"That isn't what you said the other night," Sully said very loud while a bunch of boys laughed and whistled after Manny.
"Just ignore him and the others," said Paige.
"That's what I'm trying to do," said Manny.
"Okay well I have to set up the gym for the cheer off with Hazel," said Paige, "So I'll see you later."
"Bye," said Manny. She walked to her locker. She was surprised to see Craig standing there. He didn't look happy.
"Hey," said Manny, "What's the matter?"
"Like you don't know," said Craig, "The whole school's talking."
"About what?" asked Manny. Had they found out her secret?
"You, Sully, and the party," said Craig, "And of course I'm finding all of this out now."
"What did you hear?" asked Manny, close to tears.
"That you did it," said Craig, "With Sully."
"I did not have sex with Sully!" screamed Manny.
"Yeah," said Craig, "Well, that's what I heard."
"Well what you're hearing is wrong!" Manny shouted.
"So you didn't. You weren't with Sully on Saturday night?" asked Craig.
Manny looked down. "Ummm, Craig..."
"So you were with Sully!" screamed Craig, "Doing what?"
"We made out on the couch, okay!" screamed Manny, "I'm sorry but..."
"I'm your boyfriend though!" screamed Craig, "We're a thing again!"
"Look," said Manny, "I'll break it off with Sully. But you shouldn't even be talking. You were seeing me and Ash at the same
time, weren't you Craig, weren't you?"
"You came on to me!" Craig shouted.
"Like that matters anymore!" yelled Manny, "I have to get ready for class so get away from my locker."
"Look Manny," said Craig, "I know your pregnant and you need me."
"It's not about that Craig!" yelled Manny, "It's not about me having your baby. It's about the fact that I'm late and I have a cheer
off to do today."
Craig stormed off with an angry look on his face. Manny got her books and headed for homeroom.
Emma turned to Manny and said, "Manny do you know what's going on?"
"What?" asked Manny, "Is something wrong?"
"People think you and Sully went really...far," said Emma.
"They think we..." said Manny.
"Yeah," said Emma.
"I mean I heard that Craig though we did it but the whole school thinks that!" Manny yelled.
"I'm really sorry," said Emma, "But it could be worse."
"Really how?" asked Manny.
"I don't know," said Emma, "I'm just saying..."
"Whatever it doesn't matter," said Manny, "I'll make it clear to people that nothing happened."
"How are you going to do that?" asked Emma.
"I don't know," said Manny, "I don't know anything."
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morning. She didn't want to go home. She had her cheerleading uniform and pom poms with her. The cheer off was tomarrow.
She had spoken on the phone with Paige about wheather she wanted to do it or not. Manny said she wanted to. She had been
working for 3 months on this cheer and she wasn't going to miss it.
Emma's alarm clock beeped at 6:00. Emma slammed her hand on it and groaned. She turned over and smiled at Manny.
"Good Morning," said Emma, "Did you sleep well?"
"Not really. I woke up in the middle of the night to barf," said Manny.
"Well I hope you're feeling better now," said Emma, "Your cheer off is today."
"Yeah," said Manny, "I'm so nervous!"
"Don't be," Emma said, "You'll do great! You just need to be more confident in yourself."
"I guess so," said Manny.
The girls ran downstairs to the kitchen. Spike was feeding Jack and Snake was reading the morning paper.
"Hey girls," said Spike, "How did you sleep?"
"Fine," said Emma, as she opened the fridge to get some orange juice.
"Yeah," said Manny, "We slept fine."
"Manny," said Spike, "Do your parents know you're here?"
"I left a message on their machine," Manny said.
Emma eyed Manny, "Ummm...Mom...me and Manny have to tell you something."
"What is it girls?" asked Spike.
"Do you want me to leave?" asked Snake.
"No it sort of involves you too," said Emma.
"Okay then what is it?" Snake asked.
The four of them sat down at the kitchen table and Emma began speaking, "Manny is going to have to go to some special
teens program and it's far away and you sleep there. Like a boarding school or something. And Manny doesn't want to go but
her parents are pretty much kicking her out. So do you think Manny and her baby could live here...with us?"
"Emma," said Spike, "That's a huge thing."
"I'm not so sure how well we can handle two teenage girls and two babies," said Snake.
"It wouldn't be that hard," said Emma, "Me and Manny would help out a lot."
Spike and Snake eyed eachother. Spike then said, "Emma will you please put Jack down for a nap so I can talk to Manny for
a second."
"Sure," said Emma, "No problem."
Spike handed Emma Jack and Emma walked upstairs to Jack's room.
"Manny," said Spike, "I can tell that you don't want to do this. What's really on your mind?"
"It's just," Manny said while she started to cry, "I'm 14 years old. There is so much I want to do in life. I had plans and being a
teen mom was not in those plans. I would be ruining my life. How do I know that I would be as lucky as you, Spike? You said
your mother was supportive. Mine was in the begining but my dad got the best of her. I mean I would love to be a mom
someday. But right now...well...I just want to be a teenager. Worrying about normal things like boys, clothes, make up, and all
of that kind of stuff. I don't want to worry about making sure someone is watching the baby, or giving the baby a bottle or
buying the baby diapers. I just don't know okay. I just don't know."
"So what are you saying?" asked Spike.
"I don't know," said Manny, "Maybe I'm just not ready. I'm not ready to take on the responsibility of being a mom."
"Do you want an abortion?" asked Spike.
"I think so," said Manny, "I don't want to give the baby some crappy life with a mother who isn't ready yet."
"Manny, being a mom is the greatest gift a woman can have," said Spike, "And if you don't see your pregnancy as a happy
thing..." Spike started to say
"If it's such a great gift why do I feel like I want to return it, "said Manny, "Why do I wish I could take everything back that's
happened?"
"Manny, this choice is your's and your's alone," said Spike.
"But what about Craig?" asked Manny.
"If he really loves you," said Snake, "Then he'll understand."
"But he said he'd be there for everything," said Manny.
"How do you know he'll be here 10 years from now. Or once you go to collage?" asked Spike.
"I don't know," said Manny, "I just feel so lousy for making this huge mistake."
"We learn from our mistakes," Spike said softly, "I just hope you really learned from this one."
"Give me one more day and then I'll finally decide what I want to do with the baby," said Manny.
Manny ran upstairs right when Emma was running downstairs.
"I'll wait for you in the car," said Emma, "Snake are you ready?"
"Yeah," he said, "I'll go get the car warmed up."
"I'll come too," said Emma.
Manny changed into a pale blue tank top and blue jeans. She tied a black jacket around her waist. She packed her uniform in
her backpack and threw her other books in there too. She then ran downstairs.
"Bye Ms. Nelson," said Manny, "Have a good day."
"You too," said Spike.
Manny got in the car and Snake started driving. They reached the school.
"Thanks for the ride, Snake," said Emma, "Me and Manny are going to walk home from school after the cheer off."
"Okay," said Snake.
Emma and Manny walked through the halls of Degrassi. They rounded a corner and Manny saw Paige.
"Hey, Em, I'll catch up with you later," said Manny as she walked twords Paige.
"See Ya," said Emma as she walked to her locker.
"So, Manny, you're all good to go, right?" asked Paige.
"Yeah," said Manny, "Paige, you can stop worrying. I'll be fine."
"Okay so remember we're doing the Back V formation and then a summersault at the end and then you're going to do your flip
thing, right?" Paige asked.
"Paige, I know the whole thing by heart," said Manny, "The squad's been practicing it for 3 months now."
"I know I just want it to be perfect," said Paige, "That's all."
A few girls walked by Manny and Paige and started laughing. Manny felt very awkword.
"Paige you didn't tell anyone, right?" asked Manny.
"Of course not," said Paige, "You know I live for gossip, Manny, but this is your personal buisness."
"Thanks," said Manny.
Sully walked behing Manny. He slapped her butt, "Hey Manuella-Big-Butt," he said.
Manny rolled her eyes at him, "You're gross," she said walking away.
"That isn't what you said the other night," Sully said very loud while a bunch of boys laughed and whistled after Manny.
"Just ignore him and the others," said Paige.
"That's what I'm trying to do," said Manny.
"Okay well I have to set up the gym for the cheer off with Hazel," said Paige, "So I'll see you later."
"Bye," said Manny. She walked to her locker. She was surprised to see Craig standing there. He didn't look happy.
"Hey," said Manny, "What's the matter?"
"Like you don't know," said Craig, "The whole school's talking."
"About what?" asked Manny. Had they found out her secret?
"You, Sully, and the party," said Craig, "And of course I'm finding all of this out now."
"What did you hear?" asked Manny, close to tears.
"That you did it," said Craig, "With Sully."
"I did not have sex with Sully!" screamed Manny.
"Yeah," said Craig, "Well, that's what I heard."
"Well what you're hearing is wrong!" Manny shouted.
"So you didn't. You weren't with Sully on Saturday night?" asked Craig.
Manny looked down. "Ummm, Craig..."
"So you were with Sully!" screamed Craig, "Doing what?"
"We made out on the couch, okay!" screamed Manny, "I'm sorry but..."
"I'm your boyfriend though!" screamed Craig, "We're a thing again!"
"Look," said Manny, "I'll break it off with Sully. But you shouldn't even be talking. You were seeing me and Ash at the same
time, weren't you Craig, weren't you?"
"You came on to me!" Craig shouted.
"Like that matters anymore!" yelled Manny, "I have to get ready for class so get away from my locker."
"Look Manny," said Craig, "I know your pregnant and you need me."
"It's not about that Craig!" yelled Manny, "It's not about me having your baby. It's about the fact that I'm late and I have a cheer
off to do today."
Craig stormed off with an angry look on his face. Manny got her books and headed for homeroom.
Emma turned to Manny and said, "Manny do you know what's going on?"
"What?" asked Manny, "Is something wrong?"
"People think you and Sully went really...far," said Emma.
"They think we..." said Manny.
"Yeah," said Emma.
"I mean I heard that Craig though we did it but the whole school thinks that!" Manny yelled.
"I'm really sorry," said Emma, "But it could be worse."
"Really how?" asked Manny.
"I don't know," said Emma, "I'm just saying..."
"Whatever it doesn't matter," said Manny, "I'll make it clear to people that nothing happened."
"How are you going to do that?" asked Emma.
"I don't know," said Manny, "I don't know anything."
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