The heavy morning fog made the neighborhood look very dull and unpleasant, but like a small town hidden in the middle of a fairly large cloud. There was no sound, nor any movement, except for the sound of a bird chirping its mournful song. Other than that, the gray neighborhood was unusually silent.

Tami sighed as she wiped the fog away from the living room window. It seemed as if the gloominess of the neighborhood would never leave. She had never wanted it to be Monday this badly before.

"Tami? What are you doing here?"

"Oh, hi, Cammie," she said, wiping the window for the twenty-second time. "I was just looking outside at the foggy neighborhood and wondering when the fog will finally disappear. Wanna take a look?"

"Sure. I suppose – "

Cammie was interrupted by the phone, which was ringing like mad. Her older sister jumped up and practically flew to pick up the phone.

"Hello?" Tami said at once, right after she picked up the phone.

"Hi, Tami, this is Brie," whispered her best friend, Brianna Staero.

"Hi! Um, why are you whispering?" she asked.

"Tami, I know this sounds weird, but some time ago, I had sex with Brian and – " she took a deep breath before continuing. " – now I'm pregnant."

Tami gasped. "Wow! That's great news, but why are you whispering?"

"Because my parents will get mad at me if they find out," Brie said.

Tami sighed. She wished she could help her friend, but she didn't know what to do. She would just have to ask for Cammie's advice.

"Brie, do you mind if I call you back later?" she asked.

"Oh, okay. You do that," Brie replied and hung up.

I won't post the third chapter until I get at least one review. From now on, if I don't get one more review than I had when I posted the previous chapter, I won't update the next chapter. Sorry about that. I'm only doing it because if I don't get any reviews, what's the point of updating?