A/N: The chapter titles are now included on the blue thing...
Chapter 5: A Month Later
Abby and Carter have been together for month. Nothing else really happened; they just went out a lot and hung out together. Susan has become attracted to this guy named Chuck at school, and they have been hanging out pretty often, as have Deb and this kid named Greg. Elizabeth had someone, but she wasn't willing to tell anyone, at least not yet.
"Susan, I don't feel so good," Abby tells her as the wait in the hallway.
"That's just cause you didn't study last night and you have to go take a test," she tells her. "Well, I do too, and you don't see me pretending to be sick," she adds in.
"No, Suz I really think I'm gonna be sick. I'm not pretending," Abby tells her as she starts to feel sicker.
"Yea, sure Abs, come on let's get in the classroom before the bell rings," but she can't get her to the classroom because Abby is already running to the nearest bathroom. Susan follows her in, and can hear her retching in the toilet. "Abs, you okay?" she asks, knocking on the stall door.
All she gets is a grumpy "I told you I was gonna be sick," from Abby and more retching sounds. After a few minutes, Abby comes out of the stall.
"Abby, you look kinda pale, maybe you should go to the nurse and see if you should go home," she tells her.
"Yea," Abby reluctantly agrees and starts to make her way to the nurse's office while Susan goes back to class to take the test.
"Hmmm. Well you don't have a temperature. I don't see what can be the problem," the annoying little nurse tells Abby as she takes the thermometer out of her ear.
"I just retched up all my breakfast- that could be a problem," Abby says a little sarcastically- she was getting cranky.
"Well, I don't know what to tell you dear," she says, as she starts to walk away. She then turns back around. "Is there any chance you may be pregnant?"
"No," Abby says with a hint of uncertainty in her voice, but the nurse doesn't notice it a bit. "I think I'll just go home and rest," she tells her.
"Okay dear, I sure do hope you feel better," the nurse tells her before Abby leaves.
As she's walking towards her car, she starts to freak out. What if I am pregnant? I did have that one night with Carter. But it was just one night. What am I gonna do if I'm pregnant? Shit, shit shit! Abby bangs the steering wheel and the car horn beeps. "There's only one way to find out," she tells herself as she pulls out of the parking space and then out of the school parking lot.
I've been staring at them for ten minutes, just pick one already Abby! With that she picks up one of the boxes of pregnancy tests and goes up to the cashier to pay for them. She walks out of the pharmacy and looks at her watch to make sure no one was going to be home. She then gets into her car and to drive to her house.
"Mom!" she yells, just to make sure nobody is home as she walks in the house. No one answers, so she goes upstairs to her room and into the bathroom. Now's as good a time as any to do this, she assures herself.
She looks down at the stick, but then looks back up quickly before she can see anything. What am I gonna do if it's not negative? She finally decides to look back down…
It's lunch time and Susan picks up her cell phone, realizing that there is a message on it. "Hey Suz, um, I'm really scared right now and I think I screwed up and I don't know what to do and I really need you here cause you are my best friend," Susan can hear sniffling as Abby's message continues. "So I guess just come over when you get this. And only you, not Lizzie or Deb. Just get over here quick I really need you." After hearing the message Susan stood up to go leave.
"Where ya going?" asks Deb.
"Um, I think Abby needs me," Susan tells them, still confused about Abby's message. She sounded really freaked. "I'm gonna just go over to her place and see what she needs, I'll probably be back soon," she tells them before she gets in her car to go over to Abby's place.
Susan knocks on the door, but gets no answer so she let's herself in and goes up to Abby's room. "Abs?" she asks, opening up her door a little.
"Susan," she says, a rush of relief sweeping over her. Abby goes over and hugs Susan, her only comfort since she found out.
"Abs, what happened?"
"Suz, I'm pregnant."
"What? When?" Susan questions, still in disbelief.
"I don't know. I went to the nurse and she suggested it," Abby starts to cry. "So I went to the store, and I got a test, and it came out positive, and now I'm pregnant!" Abby is becoming hysterical; as any teen would do if they found out they were pregnant.
"Abs, who?"
"There's only one person," Abby pauses. "Carter."