A/N- Oh goodness me… I am so sorry to all my readers. It's been over two years since I last updated. Isn't that horrible? I confess that I was really busy with school and everything. Although I must admit that I kind of lost interest in the story. I kept getting all these reviews and was like, 'Okay, I'll write another chapter tomorrow when I'm not so busy.' Well tomorrow never came. School starts tomorrow and I doubt I'll be able to update regularly but I thought I should try to get chapter 8 up before school. So without further ado, the eighth chapter!

Chapter 8 – Panic

Alex's POV

I paced back and forth across my room. How could this have happened? Maybe it was a mistake. I took my birth control pills faithfully. I never missed a day. Ever. I continued to wear down my carpet as I thought to myself. Wait! It was three weeks ago… I realized with dread.

I had slept over at a girlfriend's house to get away from the constant testosterone for once and I didn't bring my pills with me. It was a spur of the moment thing and I didn't even have a toothbrush, let alone my pills. I knew that could take it as soon as I got home so I wasn't worried. But I didn't end up going straight home after the sleepover. In fact I didn't go home at all. I was on my way home, walking along the street in the cool fall air, when a car pulled up alongside me. I tensed a little bit, not wanting to have to deal with any socs right now. I turned slowly to see who was in the car, and was a bit startled by what I saw. I didn't know the driver, he seamed vaguely familiar but I couldn't put a name to the face. This wasn't uncommon for me, considering the boys were always bringing home someone new from work or something. I never really remembered their names and wasn't really concerned with them because most of them just wanted to get into my pants, and frankly I was already taken. This guy however, was definitely not a soc so I was happy. It took me a few moments before I realized who the passenger of the car was. Dally!

"Hi," I said with a grin.

"Hey you," came his response. "Need a lift?"

"Sounds good," I replied as I slide into the back seat. Dallas introduced the driver as Jake Andrews and when set off.

We drove around for a while but I ended up back a Dallas's without ever going home. His house was empty so we decided to use that to our advantage. I called home where Soda Pop answered. I told him that I wouldn't be coming home that night, and he caught on right away.

"Have fun," he told me and I could hear him grinning.

"I will."

And I did. All night long. With Dallas. We had lots of fun, let me assure you. After we had had lots of fun I slept over at Dally's. His dad had disappeared again, which at the moment, was fine with us. The next morning I showered at Dallas's… with Dallas… and then he walked me home. I took my pill for that day when I got home, but I never took the one I had missed. I totally forgot about it. Until now.

"That's all it takes." I mumbled to myself. I felt like a moron. When we had started dating I had made the decision to go on the pill. Dallas had been tested for STDs since he had been sexually active before being with me, and I had not. Neither of us liked condoms. The way the felt, the hassle they created, the way they wrecked the mood. So we thought this was the perfect solution. Nether of us had any diseases so all we had to worry about was getting pregnant. The pill was perfect. The only problem was that I was not. Perfect that is. And I had screwed up. I had missed one pill, and one pill was all it took.

'What am I going to tell Dallas?'

There. At long last, here is chapter 8. I know its pretty short but I haven't written in ages so there. Take what you can get. Anyways, R/R please!