Miranda sat on the couch watching Kate and her friends take shots from small glass cups. Suddenly she felt someone sit down next to her.
"Want one?" said a familar handsome boy holding out a can of beer.
"Justin! Hi! And...no." Miranda said sadly.
"Is something wrong?" Justin asked, sounding genuinely concerned.
"Yeah..I'm just having trouble with Liz--"Miranda started but was interrupted by Ethan's cheers of "Toga! Toga! Toga!"
"You wanna get out of here? Go some place where we can talk?" Justin offered.
"Yeah...we can go into upstairs...I really just need someone to talk to." Miranda explained.
Justin and Miranda headed up the stairs silently. They opened up the door to Lizzie's room but were surprised to see two kids kissing fervently in her bed.
"Oops! Sorry!" Miranda called, closing the door quickly.
Miranda led Justin into Matt's room.
"Is this Lizzie's little brother's room? Where is he?" Justin asked.
"When a few more kids than Lizzie planned showed up, she forced him to go over his friend Lanny's house." Miranda explained.
"Oh." Justin said sitting down on Matt's bed. He patted the spot next to him, motioning for Miranda to sit.
Miranda sat and stared into Justin's eyes. They were big and light brown. She barely even noticed as he leaned in closer towards her. She jumped back as his lips touched hers.
"Justin...I wanted to talk. Just talk." Miranda explained.
"Yeah...just like you invited Larry in just to talk." Justin said matter of factly.
"Larry...he told you?" Miranda said with her eyes on the ground.
"Yes...now stop acting like you've never done this before." Justin said, pushing Miranda down on the bed.
She closed her eyes as she felt his lips on hers again. She felt him slip his hands under her shirt.
"I am a slut..." She thought to herself. "I am a whore."
She froze as he unzipped her low rise jeans. Suddenly she came to her senses. She opened her eyes.
"I am NOT letting this happen again!" She cried.
She hit him in the head with a gigantic plastic dinosaur that was lying on the bed next to her.
"OW! You bitch!" Justin yelped, clutching his head.
Miranda jumped off the bed and ran out of the room, down the stairs and towards the front door. She grabbed the knob but stopped as she heard her name. She looked over to where the voice was and saw Claire talking to a group of kids. All their backs were turned to Miranda and they didn't notice her standing behind them.
"Yup..pregnant. Miranda Sanchez." Claire giggled.
"But...she doesn't have a boyfriend." Ethan said amazed.
"So? You know, she's a complete whore! Didn't you see her go upstairs with Tudgeman's cousin just now?" Claire said looking disgusted.
"Dude...I thought they just went up there to talk." Ethan answered.
"Ethan? You're more clueless than I thought." a girl Miranda recognized as a cheerleader laughed.
"Clueless? Dude! That movie was off the hook!" Ethan cried.
All the kids in the group groaned at Ethan's random outburst.
"Well anyways, I heard that she's already gotten an abortion." Kate announced.
"Really? I don't think so. She looks like she's getting a little chunky!" Someone called.
They all started to laugh and didn't even notice as Miranda slipped out the front door.