A/n: ok the eagerly awaited chapter 2 ok who am I kidding? Never mind. Oh well I'll er... get on with it now

Chapter 2:

Josie rocked back and forth in the science room. Her stomach felt funny, she supposed it was part of the... Pregnancy. The word hurt. She was scared. She didn't know who to tell. Corrine wasn't really much help. She just kept saying 'tell so-and-so' it wasn't really working. Everytime she tried her mouth went dry. She even tried ringing her mum but it wasn't the kind of thing you say over the phone.

"Do we have to study reproduction?" Moaned Marshall. "It's not like we don't know it all anyway." Added Lucas. Josie bit her lip. Why do they have Science club on a Saturday morning? "When the body is mature it prepares itself for pregnancy..." started Z Josie shook her head she couldn't take this. She stood up, nearly knocking Vaughn flying. She ran out the room as fast as she could. Everyone looked shocked apart from Corrine who bit her lip. Lucas sighed. "Anyone fancy talking about that with her?" nobody answered. "I guess that's me then." He concluded.

He found her throwing up in the bathroom crying. He'd never seen Josie cry. It was unusual to see her looking so small, so frail, and so...feminine? [argh evil female stereotype girls plz dun kill me!] "Jose?" he asked tentatively. She shook her head. "Josie somethings wrong." He said sadly. He felt annoyed at being left out but he couldn't hold it against her.

When she'd cleaned herself up a bit she sat down in the bedroom. He sat opposite. "So you gonna tell me?" he asked. "I want to I really do but, I can't say it, it's my own fault, really, I mean," "You're not making sense Josie." "Lucas, I-am-an-idiot." She stated. He moved to sit next to her and cautiously placed his arm around her. To his surprise she flung herself into his chest and began crying. He'd never seen her as bad as this. She was a wreck. "Is it... is it something Vaughn's done?" "Yes...No...I don't know." "Can you tell me?" at first she didn't answer. She straightened herself up and despite teary eyes looked straight at him. "Can I trust you?" he nodded. "Lucas... I'm... he's got me... I got me... I mean," Lucas waited patiently. "Oh it's no use I can't even say the word I'm hopeless."

"Can you... write it?" he asked curiously. She bit her lip. She grabbed Corrine's lipstick and wrote 'pregnant' on a piece of paper. He looked at it for a moment. She tossed the lipstick into the mess that was her clutter. He didn't say anything. She'd expected him to yell, to possibly even hit her. He didn't. he shook his head. She waited. He wrapped his arms around her gently. She relaxed. "Who else knows?" "Just you, me and Corrine, I'm scared Lucas I don't know what I'm supposed to do." "You have a lot of options Josie but none of them is exactly... favourable for a fourteen year old girl." "fifteen on Monday." She corrected. She seemed a lot calmer now she'd told him.

Monday came and went and Josie seemed to be a lot more at peace with the situation. She seemed to accept it was happening. The problem was how to tell her mother. After a month it was still their secret. "She'll overreact!" Josie wailed. "Come on now are you a woman or a mouse?" Lucas joked. "MOUSE I'M DEFINITELY A MOUSE!" she said hiding under the covers. Corrine laughed. Lucas smirked. Josie suddenly looked shocked. She ran up to Lucas and grabbed his hand. Corrine looked puzzled. Josie placed Lucas's hand up her jumper on her stomach. Lucas looked at her in awe. "Wow." Josie nodded. She looked amazed. Corrine leaned over and giggled.

"Josie I was wondering..." started Vaughn. "Can't talk, I've gotta go meet Lucas see ya." Josie said giving him a quick peck on the cheek and dashing off with a twix in her mouth. Vaughn looked puzzled. 'Lucas?' "Lucas? You ready to go?" They were breaking about a million school rules, Lucas [not Corrine who had point blank refused] had agreed to come with her to the scan. She'd wanted Vaughn to come but she couldn't bare tell him not yet. "You know how we felt it kick earlier?" "yeah?" she asked as they slid out the school gate. "Well, I thought Z said nobody except the mother can feel it kick until about 4 months..." "Meaning," "Meaning nothing I'm just... are you sure you haven't got your dates wrong and it's not Vaughn or..." "My dates are right!" she said firmly. "Well then you're baby is really developed." "Baby." She said the word strangely. "Lucas I'm going to be a mother!" Lucas nodded.

"Congratulations you two are having an extremely healthy baby, infact it's rather developed for 3 months." Said the nurse. "Oh I'm not the..." Started Lucas but Josie cut him off. "Can you tell what it is then?" "You know what Miss Trent... I can!" she said. Josie looked eager. "Of course it's never 100%." "I know," she started. Lucas held her hand to stop her screaming out 'just F***ing tell me' "You're having a baby girl miss Trent." Josie looked excitedly to Lucas. "A girl." She repeated to Lucas. Lucas smiled at her sadly. This made it seem more... real. It was the first time it had really hit him. Josie was carrying Vaughn's daughter.

Josie twirled into Lucas/Marshall's room. Corrine was there studying. "What's up with you?" Asked Marshall who was unused to seeing her so happy. She gave the classic 'I know something you don't know' look to Marshall and glanced at Corrine. Corrine looked puzzled. "A girl, a girl!" she repeated. "A GIRL? ALREADY?" Corrine jumped up and hugged Josie. "What're you talking about what's a girl?" Marshall asked puzzled. Josie was in too good a mood to listen. "I don't believe it, Names, names, she needs a name." "So you're..." "Definitely I don't care what Vaughn says what mum says what durst says!" she said giddily. "WHAT'S GOING ON?" demanded Marshall. "Sorry Marshall." "What're you talking about what girl who is she? What do Vaughn your mother and Durst have to do with it?" he asked. She ran out of the room yelling. "Corrine you tell him!" she crashed straight into someone.

"Oh sorry." She said. "You can't tell him yet." Josie suddenly recognised the woman. It hit her with full force. The woman she'd saved from the Pearadyne explosion 16 years ago. "What..." "You can't tell him about the baby not yet," "How do you..." "I know more than you think Josie, you need to tell Principle Durst." "She'll expell me!" she cried. The woman shook her head her glasses fell for a second revealing deep brown eyes that were terribly familiar. "You'll see Josie." She stated she turned to leave Josie looked puzzled. "Who are you?" "Don't ask questions... unless you need to know the answers..." Josie nodded slightly. "Oh and Josie, You made the right decision... in keeping the baby. You'll make a great mother one day." She said and she left. Vanishing as suddenly as she'd appeared. Ok. So now she had to tell Durst the problem was, how did she do that?

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"You're WHAT?" asked Durst suddenly shocked. Josie bit her lip. "Miss Trent I would expect that from a girl in her senior year perhaps but..." she said. "You are aware of the severity of this?" "Yes miss..." she said. "I'll... pack my stuff then?" she asked she stood up with tears in her eyes. "Miss Trent, now you're being a bit hasty, as you are under age you are not liable to any effects under law. So... I do not see why you should be punished," Josie wasn't sure she followed. "The father however..." "Look you can't punish him..." "And why not Miss Trent?" she demanded. "I... I don't know who it is." She lied. She knew perfectly well it was Vaughn. "Well..." she said slightly ruffled by this statement. "You are aware we are obliged to tell your mother under the circumstances?" "NO! I mean... I want to tell her myself!" she said.

"I understand you have until the end of this week..." "At school?" "To tell your mother, the decision lies in her hands wether to leave you at Blake Holsey..." "But..." "If she allows you to continue here, I see no reason some sort of childcare can't be set up for the infant..." "Thanks Miss Durst, you don't know... I mean.. well... you know, you're not so bad." And she swept out of the room.

"You'll never guess what I've just done?" Josie said lying down on her bed sleepily. "What?" Corrine asked leaning over her science homework. "Told Durst." "Oh that's nice." Corrine said distractedly. "You what?" "I'm welcome to stay at Blake Holsey as long as my MUM consents." "You're kidding? You'll never see her..." "Childcare's being set up apparently." "Durst is acting kind of ...weird." "I don't know maybe she has kids?" she suggested rolling over. "Night Corrine." And she turned over. "Marshall knows." "Ok." "Are you going to tell Vaughn?" "Not ...yet... now bog off and let me sleep!" she moaned and fell asleep.

"Where's Josie?" Questioned Marshall the next morning. "Throwing her guts up." Corrine said. "Gross... Is she really...You know?" "Yes I told you." Corrine snapped angry he didn't believe her. "Great just what we need nine months of screaming crying and hormones." He joked. "What's new?" Corrine asked. "Hey guys... have you seen Josie?" Vaughn asked biting his lip. "No." They both replied suddenly. Corrine glared. Damn this looked suspicious. And where was Lucas?

Lucas sat on Josie's bed. "You ok?" he asked waiting for her. Josie glared. "Shut up." She said. "Sorry?" he suggested lamely. "I've got to ring my mum later..." "Josie that's not the sort of thing you say over the phone..." "Don't you think I KNOW that!" She replied in anger. "I'm inviting her up." "You coming to class?" he asked searching for a change of subject. She was in her yo-yo mood. "Ok... Give me a minute." She said emerging from the bathroom. She was wearing her Pj's. "Er... I'm going to leave..." he said as she began to unbutton her top. "Sorry!" she said suddenly. "My mind's elsewhere." She looked apologetic. Vaughn was about to go into Josie's room when Lucas emerged. This early in the morning? Ok now he had a right to be suspicious.

"Josie I need to talk to you." Vaughn said at break. She was with Lucas sat by the phones. "I'm busy." "Josie it's important." "I have to make a phone call." "Fine I'll wait." He said firmly, placing himself on a chair. Josie suddenly looked devastated. "What you don't trust me to make a stupid phone call on my own." "You're not on your own!" he said angrily glaring at Lucas. "OH SO NOW IT'S LUCAS'S FAULT!" she screamed. "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU DON'T TRUST ME!" and she ran off in tears. Lucas stared in shock. Oh god. Vaughn stormed off in the other direction.

"Mrs. Trent?" Lucas asked "Yes Kelly Trent speaking who is this?" "It's Josie's friend Lucas..." "Josie's... what is she in trouble or something?" she asked distractedly she was evidently busy. He felt stupid now. "Sort of... she wants you to come up to the school as soon as possible." "Oh dear, what's happened?" "It's not my place to say..." "I can't make it tonight." She said. "Tomorrow about 6..." "I'll try to make sure she's available. Bye Mrs Trent." Lucas just prayed to god Josie didn't kill him.

The next day Josie wandered absently into the lunch hall. She had been feeling ill since yesterday it has lasted all day today. It was now 5pm. "Josie?" said a small voice. It was Vaughn "Oh..." she said looking away. "I'm sorry about yesterday I didn't mean to yell at you." he said placing his hands on her waist gently, not too fast. "I do trust you... it's just you've been spending so much time with the guys and I felt a bit..." "Left out? I'm sorry." She said, "I was in a mood yesterday and you just sort of pushed me over the edge..." "Am I forgiven?" "Only if I am." She said grinning. "Keep it Pg 13 guys please I'm trying to eat." Said Marshall. Josie blushed. They both sat down and ate their tea. Lucas noticed Vaughn's hand slide into Josie's under the table. He felt awkward. Had she told him.

"Mum?" she asked in shock. She had walked into her room to find her mother sat on the bed. "Well Miss Trent it seem your mother knows nothing of the... situation..." Durst was there. "I didn't... I mean... I forgot..." "Lucas called... he said you were in trouble." "I'll leave you two in peace." Durst said and left the mother and daughter to their conversation. Josie made a mental note to send Durst a Xmas card this year.

"Well baby..." "Don't call me that." Josie said wandering round the room avoiding her mothers eye contact. "You're my baby..." she said. "I'm not you think I'm SO innocent mum you know nothing!" she cried in despair. Kelly watched her daughter slide into a chair. "Mum... I don't think I told you but... I have a boyfriend." "And..." "And he's a... a little bit older than me." "Oh you're not dating a teacher again Josie." Kelly joked. "Hey just coz Mr. Walker hit on me did NOT make me his girlfriend!" she said in defence.

"Go on..." "Anyway... Mum you never... you never really taught me about... you know... 'stuff'." She said awkwardly. Josie's mother sighed. "And I suppose I'm supposed to give you the talk?" "A little late for that..." Josie muttered under her breath. "Pardon." "Mum don't be mad..." she said. "I'm... pregnant." She whispered. There was no reply. Josie looked to see her mother staring blankly at the wall. "Mum say something please." She pleaded. No answer. Kelly stood up and walked towards the door. "You're not a baby anymore Josie." She stated tonelessly. She left. Josie was left sitting in the chair suddenly feeling very alone. Her and her mother had never seen totally eye to eye but for her to turn her back on her at this point... oh god. She sat and cried at the unfairness of it all.

A/n: Ok so the kids know now. Well all apart from daddy dearest. Poor Josie. REVIEW