!JAKE'S POV!
I had invited Alyssa to dinner. That much was done... but I was just so nervous about the whole thing. What if she said no? What will I do then? I mean, I was as nervous as could be, and I thought she would say yes, but what if she didn't? How was i ever supposed to face her again if she said no? And another thing was that I had to get a ring, but I had no money. And it had to special for Alyssa. I was nervous to ask my parents. But I decided that I needed to do it as soon as I could, so it'd be over with! So I jumped in the rental car and headed over there. When I got to my house, I walked right on in. It seemed really quiet, not what I was use to. It was so weird. I found Mom and Dad in the kitchen. I asked them if I could talk to them for a moment. "Sure honey, what's up?" "Well, you know how you suggested me and Alyssa get married?" "Oh honey! You're going to ask her to marry you aren't you?" said my mom. "Yeah, but don't tell the rest of the family, I want it to be a surprise, and don't' tell Alyssa's mom either." "Alright, we promise" "But what I came here to do is to ask you if you could lend me some money to pay for the ring." My parents were silent for a moment. My Mom finally spoke up. "I think we can do that." I realized then how hard my heart was beating. I sighed; well that part was over with. "Thanks, mom I am so stressed I don't know what to do." She stood up and hugged me. "You're doing the right thing, though." "I know." "So, when are you going to buy it for her?" asked my dad. "Well soon, can you just give me the money now?" My Dad stood up. He walked over to the counter and picked up his wallet. "How much are you going to need?" "However much you're willing to give me." My Dad pulled a wad of money and handed it to me. "Thanks." "If you need anymore, just come back." "Alright, I will, oh and if you can, could you go somewhere Saturday night? I'm planning on asking her then and I want her to come over here to do it." "Sure son." The kitchen was silent again. I just realized how much my parents did for me. "Thank you guys so much. I don't know how to repay you." "Ah, you don't have to do anything, I know how stressful this can be...trust me" my Dad said.
!AUDREY'S POV!
Things were going so great right now. My boyfriend and I were better than ever and Alyssa and Sarah had finally gotten everything together. I also hadn't cut myself in over a week. I was just so happy. I had finally gotten everything straight and the play would start right when we got back from spring break and I had all my lines memorized. My homework was manageable now. Saturday night, after another date with Kevin, I unlocked the door. All the lights were off. I knew Alyssa was having a big date with Jake, but Sarah was supposed to be home. I didn't bother to turn the light on and started to go through the living room. All of a sudden, I hit something and fell over. I got up. "What the heck?" I walked over to the light switch and turned on the light. Sarah was lying in the middle of the floor, curled into a ball. She was crying. "Sarah... what are you doing." I walked over to her and squatted down to where she was.
!ALYSSA'S POV!
Things had been getting a little better, I was used to the baby kicking and being around Jake hadn't been as weird. He asked me to go out with him tonight so I agreed, not thinking anything would happen really. He came to pick me up at a round 6:30 and he wouldn't tell me where we were going. I guess when we were getting close, he told me to close my eyes. I did so. Finally, the car stopped. "Open your eyes." We were at his parent's house. He told me they went out for the night and he had something special planned for us. We went in and he told me to go out and sit by the pool. I went out by the pool. There was a little set up with a little vase and flowers in it. I was wondering what Jake was up to. I sat for a few moments and then Jake came out carrying a bowl of something. It was pasta. We ate, and it tasted really good! I didn't know Jake could cook that well! After we ate, I helped him clear the table and wash the dishes. When we went back outside, I sat down but almost immediately after I did, he grabbed my hand and asked me to dance with him. "But there's no music." "So? You don't need music to dance!" I smiled, it was so romantic. I stood up and we just stood there by the pool, dancing. I couldn't help but find myself grinning. I buried my face into Jake's shoulder. I loved him so much. He finally pulled away. "Alyssa, I brought you out here to ask you something." My heart started beating really really fast; I now knew what was going to happen. I couldn't act like it though, he didn't' know that I knew. "Alyssa, we've been through a lot, and there's so much more we're going to go through together, with a baby and all, and I love you more then anything in the world --" I smiled he was so sweet. Before I could say anything he got down on one knee and said "Alyssa, would you make me the happiest man in the world and marry me?" I looked absolutely shocked but a huge smile crept across my face. The answer came easily, "YES!"
!SARAH'S POV!
"Bye Alyssa!" Alyssa had just left to go out with Jake. Audrey had been gone most of the day with Kevin and Kyle was in his hotel room... sleeping. I was alone in this stupid hotel room. I sat in a chair, thinking about everything. The sky started to turn dark, but I didn't bother to turn the lights back on. The baby started to kick in. "STOP IT!" It was too much. Everything was happening too fast. I couldn't do much else, just sit there and think... I wasn't that tired considering I had slept a lot, I just sat there and thought. I thought about me and Kyle, the baby, Jake and Alyssa, their baby, Audrey and her problem (that was hopefully resolved), and what would happen in the future. I got up and started pacing. I thought about actually giving birth to this baby and I started to cry. I crouched down on the floor and curled up into a ball. I wish things would go back the way they were when we were younger. We just liked being with each other. We didn't have to worry about babies or marriage. Now things were way too complicated. I decided to just give up on thinking and go to bed. I was too tired to get up so I just fell asleep on the floor. I woke up in the morning and Alyssa and Audrey were still asleep in the beds. I looked at the clock it was 7. I stood up and got in the bed with Alyssa and around 7:30, Alyssa and Audrey woke up, the twin thing I guess. Audrey turned to me with sleepy eyes. "Are you ok, Sarah? I found you on the floor last night. You were sleeping really well, though, so I didn't want to wake up." "Yeah, I'm fine. I was just thinking last night and fell asleep while I was doing that." "Oh, ok, well that's good." "Yeah" I suddenly remembered that Alyssa went out with Jake last night. I turned around. "So Alyssa… how was your date last night?" I said and gave her a little nudge. She beamed and that answered my question. "Congratulations." "Thanks." We all got out of the bed and made our way to the kitchen. We sat down and started to have breakfast and talked about the nights we had. I told them about my, oh, so exciting night of sitting around and thinking. Apparently Audrey had gone out with Kevin to a movie and dinner... the classic date. Never failed. I really wanted to go out with Kyle but I don't know. I was just too tired. Audrey's may have been good but Alyssa's night was the best. But as she explained what happened I had a twinge of jealousy.
!KEVIN'S POV!
On Saturday night, Audrey and I went out for dinner and a movie. I bought her a pizza and then we went to go see a romance. Audrey loves those. Watching the movie made me want to kiss her so bad, but there were some old people behind us. After the movie, we decided we should probably be heading back so we went back to the hotel and I gave her a goodnight kiss and went inside my room. It was 12 and Jake and Kyle were already asleep so I just snuck in and went to sleep. The next morning, I woke up and saw Jake lying on his bed staring at the ceiling, grinning. "How did things go last night?" "Pretty well, if I do say so myself." "Oh really, tell me more, I'm listening." "Well... she said yes." He grinned some more. "Congats, bro." "Thanks, man." he said. Well this was going to be officially weird. But I was happy for them anyway.
!KYLE'S POV!
I had asked Sarah to go out with me one night because it was almost time to go back and we hadn't gone out hardly any. I know she was feeling down and I just wanted to make her feel better. But she just told me that she didn't feel like... she was too tired. I hadn't spent hardly spent any time with her lately; this couldn't keep up for long could it? I was dying to spend some time with her. I knew she was pregnant and everything but I still wanted to be with her. The next morning, I went over to her room. Audrey answered the door and let me in. Sarah was at the table, just eating some cereal, but she didn't look like her normal self. She had bags under eyes and she all slumped over like her back hurt or something. She didn't look like her usual, bright, happy self."Hey baby, are you ok?" I asked her out of worry. She gave a faint smile "Yeah, I'm fine." "No, this is not fine, what's the matter?" "Can we talk about it alone?" She glanced at Audrey and Alyssa. "Oh, we'll leave. Let's go for a walk, Audrey." Audrey and Alyssa left the room. "Ok, now what's wrong? You haven't been acting like you usual self lately and it's scaring me, what's wrong?" "Kyle, I'm scared. You don't know what it's like. You've never been pregnant. It scares me every time the baby kicks and Audrey and Alyssa are always out and I'm left here to think about everything and I just end up throwing a fit." "Why didn't you tell me this before? You know you can always come to my dorm if you need me. And I'm sure if you talk to Audrey, Alyssa, or even Jake would help. Alyssa and Audrey are you best friends and Alyssa knows what it's like to be pregnant. But just remember, I'm always here for you. Always." Sarah looked down at her hands for a long time. I think she was crying. She finally looked at me. "Kyle, I'm just scared... but thank you." She wrapped her arms around my neck. "Anytime, now do you want to go somewhere? You know, get away from this place and go somewhere where you don't have to think about everything?" "Absolutely."