"Nappanee?"

"Yes, I'm going there with Chandra to visit her Aunt" Leah explained.

"Why didn't you tell me this before, and what does this have to do with us getting back together?" Zach asked, confusion written all over his face.

"Nothing, I guess. It's just that I have a lot on my mind, and I think a boyfriend is not such a good idea right now"

"Oh…."

"Please don't be angry" Leah said quietly

"I'm not angry, just hurt" He replied, getting up from his kneeling position.

"I'm sorry, Zach"

"No need to be, really" he handed her the Seventeen magazine. She took it.

"Thanks"

"It was no problem", well see you later" He opened the apartment door and shut it behind him.

"Bye" Leah said. Leah felt empty. Zach had been so good to her. But she couldn't hurt him anymore, if he found out about her pregnancy, who knows how he would react.

Leah was bored. It was eight o'clock at night, and there was nothing on TV, Chandra had went to visit her grandfather, who had been hospitalized after suffering chest pain, and all of her friends were out partying. Leah had thought about taking a walk, but decided against. Who knows who could be wondering the streets at this hour?

After reading seventeen over three times and trying to apply her makeup the way it told you to, Leah had nothing else to do but sleep.

Leah was in a hospital. Nurses were gathered around her, her mother was holding her hand. "The baby is so beautiful" Zach came to the bedside.

"Why didn't you tell me? Why did you lie?"

"I didn't mean to, I swear…"

"I thought we had something, and then you go and do something like this!"

"I'm sorry, I was stupid" A man came out of the shadows, his face darkened, and Leah could not see who he was.

"Stupid, huh?" The man asked. "I never thought it was stupid, I loved you"

Leah was sitting on a park bench. She watched as old men walked their dogs, and couples strolled by, hand in hand. Leah sighed. The dream she had had last night, had reminded her that the baby was very real, and so was the father. But she did not want to think about him. It had been a mistake, a huge mistake.

The music was blaring, people were dancing, and the party was in full throttle.

Leah had come with Sarah, to release some energy before she would have to hit the books for studying.

She had done her usual routine, talk to friends and people from school.

It was when she had headed for the cooler, that she heard someone call her name.

She turned to see who it was.