!SARAH'S POV!
After my lunch with Audrey, Alyssa asked Audrey and me to come over. She eventually told us she was pregnant. I still can't believe it. Alyssa would never do that... but I guess she did. Apparently, Jake isn't being a good sport about it either. Poor Alyssa. I'll have a talk with Jake; ill call him when I leave. I wasn't having much luck with Kyle either. I tried to call him one night, so we could talk about it, but he hung up at me. And one at the cafe he was there, and when I walked up to him, he walked away. I'm not sure what to do next, or who to talk to. I don't know who could help. Alyssa is having trouble with Jake, so it wouldn't be good to ask her or Jake. And Audrey is having trouble with Kevin... so it wouldn't be right ask her either. Ug, life is so complicated. It sucks. I decided I needed to talk to Jake; he was being totally unreasonable as far as Alyssa told me. I called him and told him I needed to talk to him. He came over a few minutes later. Audrey was down at the cafe, so we could talk alone. "I understand that you and Alyssa are having some trouble." "Yeah..." "And I also understand that you're blaming it all on her." "Well, it's all her fault! I mean I won't go into details but it usually is the girl's fault!" I was astounded. "Jake! You sound crazy! It's both the guy and the girl's fault! They both made the decision to do that! You can't just blame it on Alyssa because you don't want her to be pregnant! It doesn't work that way..." He sighed, "Whatever, I won't argue even though you're wrong. But correct me if I'm wrong, you're not having the best luck n that department either!" I looked at him for a long time. More like glared. He had crossed the line. I didn't know what to say and I could feel my jaw clench together. "You just had to go there didn't you? That is absolutely none of your business! It's not my fault either! I was raped, you can't control that and I can't control he got me pregnant. So just shut up!" I said tearing up. His eyes got big. "Sarah... I didn't know..." He stared at me for the longest time. I knew he didn't know how to help me. I started to feel the tears going down my face. I started remembering everything about that night and it made me upset. " Come here" he said pulling me into a hug." Wait, did Kyle rape you?" he asked. "No! Kyle wouldn't do that... It was some guy that has lacrosse with me. Adam..." "Oh...Sarah, I'm so sorry" he asked "Yea, but I didn't bring you over here to talk about me. I called you down to talk about Alyssa." I said trying not to tear up. I could see he felt bad about what he said to me. "It's ok Jake... you didn't know." He still didn't say anything. "JAKE! Its fine, I swear I'm not mad, but I really need to talk to you about Alyssa." "All right..." His head still kind of hung. "But do you want me to tell Kyle?" I shrugged my shoulders, but on the inside, I was screaming YES! "OK, I'll tell him, it's the least I can do." he said. "K, anyway...about Alyssa... u can't be mad at her, it's not all her fault, we already talked about it but I really want you to know it."
!JAKE'S POV!
After the conversation I had with Alyssa, I basically ignored her. I didn't want to talk to her or look at her because it was her fault and I can't believe that she had done that. I had lunch with Kyle a few days later. I told him what was going on. He helped me a little bit, but I still don't think I had anything to do with it. Then the next day, Sarah wanted to talk to me. I went over to her dorm, and she tried to talk to me. I brought up something that was a bit uncomfortable for her and I hurt her feelings. I eventually found that some joker on her lacrosse team raped her and now she's pregnant. I'm going to help her and tell Kyle what's going on. Before I could leave to go talk to Kyle, she told me she needed to talk to me about Alyssa I really didn't want to but it was the least I could do because I hurt her badly. "Listen, you can't blame her for everything, she couldn't have done that by herself... it takes 2." she said. I sighed, "That's exactly what Kyle said but I still don't blame myself." "Don't blame anybody... just face the facts. Alyssa just wants someone to be there for her and she's really hurt right now. You're not the one having the child... she is. So maybe you should help... well, you SHOULD help her..." I thought about it...I guess she's right but I'm still not convinced. I mean, a GIRL gets pregnant; it's her choice, not mine! I'm positive I'm right; too bad the others can't see it too. Sarah and I were pretty much done talking after that. I left and I started to think about what she said. I kept remember how she told me that Alyssa was hurt. I didn't want Alyssa to be hurt... even if I was mad her, I still loved her. The more I thought, the more I wanted to go apologize to her. I finally talked myself into it. I walked down the hallway to her room and knocked on the door. Megan answered and I saw Alyssa sitting on the floor with a bunch of papers scattered over the floor. She was smiling but when she looked up, her smile faded. She glared at me for a second and then looked back down at her papers and started to work on them again. "Alyssa... don't be like this..." She didn't respond. "I know... I've been a real jerk..." "you got that right..." she replied angrily. "Listen, I'm really sorry about the way I acted, I thought it was your entire fault, but now I know better." "Since when?" She didn't look very convinced. "Everybody had been telling me that I had an equal part in this." I came over and sat down by her on the floor. "And I know that if you're going to have this baby that it's partly my baby too... I want to be there for you Alyssa. I know it's a really rough time for you right now and I'm so sorry I've treated the way I did. I regret every second of it." She looked at me for a second then a huge smile spread across her face and she hugged me. I forgot how good it felt to hold her. Now that Alyssa and I were OK, the only thing I had to worry about was telling our parents...
!AUDREY'S POV!
The days seemed to be getting longer and the weeks too. It might have been the fact that I stayed up most the night, high on coffee. Alyssa had told me and Sarah that she was pregnant and that Adam guy raped Sarah. I knew that their problems were much worse than mine. But somehow I seemed to be getting sucked into my little problems... and spending my days in a zombie-like mode. I didn't have anymore time to worry about Kevin. As long as he wasn't bothering me, I was fine. Ethan was becoming an annoyance, though. He called every night asking if we could run lines. I tried my best to think of a different excuse every time. "No Ethan... I have to go see my sister. She's really sick." "Oh... well, maybe tomorrow." "Yeah..." I would hang up and take another sip of my coffee and continue to work on the endless homework. I wasn't sure if other people having as much trouble or if it was just me. I was also struggling to remember the lines. During practices, Ms. Calloway would get frustrated with me because I had trouble getting the lines at times. All through the practices, I could feel Ethan's eyes on me. I tried to ignore it, but it just distracted me even more. Not even the weekends could give me a break. I felt two hours from a shut down. I felt like my eyes weren't open all the way that everything was unreal... like I just came home from pulling an all-nighter at a sleepover. Alyssa hardly ever made it to drama and some of her other classes. She still managed to semi-keep up. I was actually proud of her. She wasn't getting too distracted by anything. And Sarah... well, Sarah's life is sports... and that's her passion. I don't think anything could get her mind off that. On one of my many sleepless nights, the phone rang while I was working on my lines for Romeo and Juliet. "Hello?" "Hey." "Who's this?" "Kevin."
!KEVIN'S POV!
Things hadn't gotten too much better, in fact, not better at all. I was really starting to miss Audrey but told myself to because she cheated on me. I noticed changes in everybody. Jake finally came back to the dorm, late at night, actually happy. "What's up with you?" He grinned at me. "Alyssa and I are back together." He told me what happened and how good it felt to hold her in his arms again. I started to think about how I used to hold Audrey... and she felt so soft. I'll be right back. I walked into the bathroom with the cordless phone and dialed her number. She seemed surprised but she didn't hang up thank goodness. I really wanted to talk to her in person so I asked if she could come over so we could talk. She agreed and a few minutes later, she arrived. When she came in I noticed she looked really different. She wasn't the girl I used to know who hadn't a care in the world. There were bags the size suitcases under her eyes, her shoulders were slouched over, and her hair was a mess. "Sorry I don't look so great..." "It's all right." "Listen, about the night I came in during your play practice thingy..." "I know! Just let me explain, we were practicing and he wouldn't stop kissing me, I tried to pull away and he wouldn't let me go, I really did try to get away from him." "I know...it's OK ...I just want to talk to you." She seemed less tense then. "All right. You forgive me then?" "Definitely." I reached out my arms and she seemed to fall into them. "You don't look so good though, are you OK?" I asked. "Well..." she began.
!ALYSSA'S POV!
After a while of talking to Sarah and Audrey, they left and I had some time to think. Not that much time though, Megan came back to the room and I started to work on assignments I had missed. After a while of working and laughing with Megan, there was a knock on the door and Megan answered it. It was Jake... I really didn't want to talk to him then. He was getting on my nerves. He sat down and started talking but I ignored him. But the words "I'm sorry" caught my attention and I couldn't help but forgive him. A smile crept across my face and I gave him a hug. It felt good, to be back together again (even though technically, we had never broken up to begin with). Jake stayed for a while and helped me with my work and we had a chance to catch up. It felt really good.
!KYLE'S POV!
A few nights after I had the talk with Jake, I was doing my homework. Someone knocked on my door and I answered it. It was Jake. He was smiling from ear to ear. "Hey man. What's up?" "Well... I came over to talk about Sarah. "Oh... But why are you smiling so much?" "Well, Alyssa and I are together again." "That's awesome!" "I know... but about Sarah... you don't know the whole story." "Look...I know she cheated on me and is now pregnant with some other guys baby, how could she possibly have a GOOD explanation for that?" I asked. "This guy from her lacrosse team, Adam or somethin' " Jake said but I cut him off. "So that weird kid is the one she cheated on me with! That's pathetic." I said aggravated "No, listen dude, he raped her, he followed her back to her dorm and raped her, it's not her fault, and she loves you and wouldn't do that to you!" he said calmly. I repeated his words in my head over and over again. "He ... raped her?" I couldn't get my mind around the concept. Jake nodded. I walked backwards and sat on my bed. "He... raped her?" "Dude, I am so sorry... That guys a jerk..." "No kidding..." I couldn't believe it, I had been mad at her for all this time when she was a victim. I should've known she would never do that to me. How could I even let that thought cross my mind? "I feel like the worst person on the planet right about now." "Dude, don't sweat it, it was an honest mistake." That's not how I felt though. "I gotta go." I hopped up and ran out the door and down the hall. I stopped at Sarah's door and hit the door, hard. I was waiting impatiently, until Sarah finally opened the door. She looked horrible. Her eyes were swollen and hardly open and she looked very tired and sick. I grabbed her and hugged her. "Sarah, I'm so sorry. I never gave you a chance to tell me. I was so stupid. I'll be here with you the whole time. Are you all right?" She looked at me kind of weirdly but then smiled and hugged me back "I'm fine now that I have you back. I love you."