Lu pushed the curtain back and looked at the young girl lying back on the table reading a teen magazine. "Tell me, Kristen. Do you know why your parents want you to come in monthly for a pregnancy test?" Lu asked.
"It's not monthly," the jet-black haired teenager pointed out throwing her magazine aside. "It's only when my period is a couple of days late."
Lu raised an eyebrow and proceeded with the pregnancy test.
"They think I'm going to be a slut like Nikki and pop out three kids before I graduate."
Lu remembered Nikki. She had helped Nikki get through her pregnancy with her first daughter, Tonya, when Nikki was only fourteen. At fifteen she had her second daughter, Amy, and that at sixteen Nikki had her son, Nathan. "Ah, Nikki. How is she?" Lu asked.
"Pregnant," Kristen said. "To the daddy of Tonya and Nathan. Billy found out that Amy wasn't his and he left Nikki, but came back to her when she found out that she was pregnant again with his kid."
"Wow," Lu said. "Don't the believe in birth control?"
Kristen laughed. "Nope," she replied. "Apparently not."
Lu sent the pregnancy test off and told Kristen to get dressed again. "Kristen?" Lu asked. "Have you ever had sex?"
Kristen shook her head, after a distant look crossed her face. "No," she said.
Lu smiled and then left Kristen to dress.