!JAKE'S POV!
I was so happy that Alyssa and I were back together again. It was almost like we had just started going out for the first time. Alyssa would still get sick, but that's ok because I was there holding back her hair. I love everything about her and I didn't realize how much I missed her. There were plent of nights that I would stay with her in her dorm, just to keep an eye on her. I felt that now that she's pregnant, i have to take extra good care of her. Just to be safe. We still needed to tell our parents. We decided to do it together. I came over the next day, and we sat at the phone together... just staring at it. For a long time too. "So... whose parents are we going to call first?" I asked hesitantly. "I don't know... I'm starting feel sick... but I don't think because of the baby." "Me too." "You know what, Jake?" Alyssa asked me. "What?" "I think we ought to tell them in person, it would probably make it easier ...at least a little bit" she told me. "You know, you're right." She smiled at me. I put my arm around her and tried to comfort her. "I know this is really hard and stressful, but just take it one day at a time... that's the only way we'll make it." "You're right too." "How about, we go check the flights and we'll leave first thing tomorrow morning, since it's a Saturday" I suggested. "All right" she said weakly. We went down to the computers and bought some tickets online for 8:00 AM flight to Chicago. It was getting pretty late and so we both went to bed after packing. We got up in the morning, loaded our bags into the back of my car, and drove to airport.
!KYLE'S POV!
After spending a long time talking to Sarah about just about everything, I headed back to my dorm and crawled in my bed to get some sleep. Today had ended great, I couldn't be happier. Not only because Sarah and I were back together, but because our trust for each other had grown. Then, I started to think... we had to tell our parents... at least she did. And I knew they wouldn't be happy about, especially they were going to get a double blow with Jake and all. My stomach started to feel weird... but then I thought about Sarah. Then I wondered what she was thinking. I quickly got out of bed and went to Jake's dorm. I knocked on the dorm and asked him "hey, when are you gonna tell your parents about Alyssa being pregnant?" He said "Alyssa and I are flying up there tomorrow, why?" "Well...Sarah and I need to tell your parents too...mind if we come with you?" "Uh no, not at all He gave me the flight information."OK see ya". After that, I went to Sarah's dorm and when she opened it I said "hey, pack your bags, we're leaving on a plane tomorrow at 8 to go to Chicago, we need to tell your parents, and mine about what happened." "Tomorrow?" Her eyes got wide and she sat down. "Are you all right?" I walked over to her. "Yeah... except I'm scared out of my wits. My parents don't take these kinds of things lightly. I mean, me and Jake are just going to arrive at their front door... both pregnant. They're going to flip! What if they never let me see you again?" "Why would they do that? I didn't even do it! Plus, you're an adult now, Sarah." "Yeah, I guess you're right about that... but they may never forgive me and that breaks my heart." "It's not your fault though." "But they won't understand that!" "Of course they would! It wasn't your choice or anything! I mean, you were raped!" "I guess you're right" "plus, they'll be too busy dealing with Jake and Alyssa to do anything I joked. She didn't seem to find it too funny.
!AUDREY'S POV!
Kevin came over that night he called. He apologized and everything and I felt so relieved. Even if I felt totally exhausted and like I was going to pass out any moment, I felt like I was flying at the same time. When he hugged me, I felt like stayed there forever. "You don't look so good, though... are you OK?" "Well... I've been pulling all nighters for the past week or so trying to get everything done. And I haven't been able to take care of myself at all and I've been worrying about Alyssa and Sarah and everyone else and my stupid homework... I just fill sick and run down. And..." I pulled up my sleeve and showed him my cut up arm. He stared at it for awhile. "Audrey... what have you done to yourself?" He pulled me into another hug and rubbed my back. "Everything will be all right. I'll make sure of that. We're going to pick up your pieces and put you back together. First things first, you need to go to sleep." "Not yet... I still have lines to go over." "Not right now. You can wait till tomorrow. You may have to miss a class." "Miss a class? Why?" "You need to take care of yourself. Come here..." I was half asleep by the time Kevin said come here. He picked me up off the couch and carried me over to my bed and laid me down. "Just sleep until you can't sleep anymore. I'll stay with you." Kevin lay down beside me and wrapped his arms around me once more.
! SARAH'S POV!
Things had been going great, Jake and Alyssa had made up, Audrey and Kevin had made up, and Kyle and I had made up. I was so caught up in the good things that I had totally forgotten about one huge obstacle. My parents. I had to tell them, I mean it would come out sooner or later. About 11 o' clock on Friday, Kyle came over and told me we were leaving for Chicago with Jake and Alyssa at 8 o clock tomorrow. I packed quickly and went to sleep. I woke up at around 6:00 to get ready. We were supposed to meet Jake and Alyssa at the airport at 6:30. That would give us plenty of time to get everything done. All morning I felt sick. From the baby and from the fear of telling my parents. I tried to take deep breathes and such... but it was no good. "Kyle... I'll be back in a second." I ran into the bathroom and hurled. I still felt sick and Kyle came in and held my hair back. After what seemed like forever of going through security and other things, we finally boarded the plane. We all four sat together in a little 4 person row. It was perfect. I sat at the very end of the row and Alyssa sat next to me so we could make a quick trip to the bathroom if needed. Jake sat next to Alyssa and Kyle sat next to Jake. Right when we landed, Alyssa got a call from Audrey on her cell phone. Her and Kevin were on the next plane and were only 45 minutes away from Chicago. We waited for Audrey and Kevin's plane. We all checked in to a hotel. To avoid further problems, Jake, Kevin, and Kyle shared a suite and Audrey, Alyssa, and I got the next door suite. We decided to go to the Baker's for dinner (even thought they didn't know we were coming) around 5 and maybe they could invite Alyssa and Audrey's Mom over. We got there around 4:45 and rang the doorbell. Dad answered. He was surprised to see us. He brought us in and we had a little reunion with mom and dad. Mom invited over Alyssa and Audrey's mom for dinner. When she got here, we all just sat on the couch and talked along with the other Baker kids that lived there still. There were both sets of twins, Mark and Mike. Nora was also visiting. When dinner was ready, we all went and sat down at the table and my stomach was as wild as ever.
!ALYSSA'S POV!
Now that Jake and I were back together again, we decided we needed to tell our parents. We bought the tickets for the next day. Saturday morning, Jake, me, Sarah, and Kyle headed for the airport and after going through security and everything, we boarded the plane. I got a call from Audrey and she and Kevin had boarded the next flight. After all 6 of us had gotten our luggage (we had waited for Audrey and Kevin) we headed for the hotel and the girls roomed together and the boys roomed together. We showed up at the Baker's house around 5 for dinner, we figured we'd surprise them. I was really nervous because we were planning on telling our parents about us being pregnant and I had a feeling that Audrey was going to tell Mom about her having a total breakdown and resorting to cutting. The Bakers were very excited to see us and invited my mom over for dinner. When mom got there, we had a little reunion with Mr. and Mrs. Baker, my mom, and 7 of Jake's siblings (both sets of twins, mark, mike, and Nora) and we sat down to dinner. I didn't have much of an appetite and my mom kept asking if I was ok. I just smiled and would say yes, but I wasn't. I felt bad and I was nervous...really nervous. After dinner, we talked for a little while and then Sarah started crying. She stood up and told her parents she was pregnant. After they freaked out, she explained what had happened with Adam and they just held her. I was fidgeting really badly and I had to throw up. I ran to the bathroom and when I came back, everyone started bombarding me with questions. All I could do was stare at them. Then i started crying Audrey stood up, and started hugging me. When I looked at my Mom, I could see the question in her eyes. I nodded my head. She started to bawl too and walked over to me and held me too. I felt bad, though, because I didn't have a story like Sarah's and I didn't know how to explain it to Mom. All the Bakers (except for Jake of course) looked at me with questions in their eyes. "What's going on?" asked Mike. "Mr. and Mrs. Baker, mom, I am so sorry, it was irresponsible" I stuttered. "What's wrong, honey?" asked Nora. "I'm pregnant too!, but I wasn't raped. I don't really have a good excuse except I didn't know what had happened when it did happen!" All of the Bakers sat and looked at me and Jake with their mouths open. After my mom was done crying, she started yelling. "I can't believe you were irresponsible! This isn't like you Alyssa, how could you DO that! You have given shame to the family!" After the Bakers were out of their shock, the boys were over giving Jake high fives, Nora , Jessica, and Kim were comforting me, and Mr. and Mrs. baker were yelling at Jake. I would've stood up for him but I was dealing with MY mother and I couldn't get a word out because I was crying so hard.
!KEVIN'S POV!
Audrey had explained to me everything that was going on. It made me feel horrible for everything I had done to her to cause a lot of it. I felt like it was my duty to put her back together. I decided that I was going to spend as much time with her as I can. We heard that Alyssa, Jake, Sarah and Kyle were all going to Chicago to see their parents and to tell them the news. I decided that Audrey needed a break and that we were going to go too. We left on Saturday at around 9:30. We got to Chicago and checked into the hotel. Around 5, we all went to the Bakers. So Sarah and Alyssa and Jake could give the news of pregnancies and so Audrey could tell about her cutting problem. I wanted to be with Audrey the whole time because I knew it was hard for her to talk about. While we were eating dinner, though, everyone found out about Alyssa and Sarah. There was a lot of crying, hugging, and yelling. I wasn't sure who to comfort so I stayed in my seat. Audrey and Alyssa's mom was yelling at the top of her lungs at Alyssa, Jake's parents were yelling at him, Jessica, Kim, and Nora were hugging Alyssa and the guys were giving Jake high fives. Sarah and Alyssa were both crying their eyes out; Jake was pretty close to crying, if he wasn't already. Audrey and I just sat there trying to think of how to tell them. After things calmed down a bit, Alyssa was still crying a lot and Jake was holding her, Kyle and Sarah were just sitting there staring into space and that's when Audrey came out and said it "Mom, I have something to tell you." "You're not pregnant too are you?" "No, nothing like that, but you see I've been dealing with a lot of stress lately, dad dying, Kevin and I were fighting, Alyssa and Sarah were pregnant and fighting with Jake and Kyle and I resorted to cutting" She lifted her sleeves and showed her the scrapes. That's what did it, Mrs. McCool fainted. Alyssa didn't move but Audrey ran up to her to see if she was OK. Audrey tried to wake her Mother up, but then just gave up. She sat back and started to cry her eyes out. Alyssa did the same and Jake and I both came to the rescue. I put my arms around Audrey and started telling her everything was all right. "It was the wrong time... it's my entire fault." She kept saying over and over. I just kept my arms around her and we rocked back and forth.