Chapter Twenty-Four
The Rumors Are True
The next day at Kennty High School the rumors were flying. It seemed that the entire school had found out about Ruthie's pregnancy. Todd had gotten his revenge, but the irony of it all was that the entire student body thought that Todd was the father. Every person seemed to have their own opinion on the subject of Ruthie's pregnancy. They all seemed to be treating her differently.
A girl she'd talked to once last year came over to her and asked her if she needed help carrying her books or anything. In the cafeteria when Ruthie went to get a Dasani water out of the machine there were two girls blocking it and when she asked them to move nicely they completely ignored her. The school gossip, Rachael asked her if she was getting married. The football team called her crud names as they passed her in the halls. Even the teachers had somehow found out. Mrs. Better had been really tough on her and she obviously disapproved. Mr. Thomas on the other hand had been really nice. He'd even hinted that he would give her extra time for her book report if she needed it. The only ones who seemed to be treating her, the same were Freddie and Olivia and it was a close call. The final straw had been when the school's quarterback who was known for sleeping around, came up to her and said, "I should have gone for you when I had the chance."
Ruthie begged Freddie and Olivia to skip their last two classes with her. She needed to get away from it all.
"We're fugitives from the law." Freddie declared, "We're so bad!"
"You don't have a bad bone in your body." Olivia snorted as they pulled out of the schools parking lot.
"Where are we going?" Freddie asked ignoring Olivia's comment as usually.
"I don't know." Ruthie said, "My clothes are starting to not fit and I was thinking…"
"Shopping trip!" Freddie yelled before she could finish.
"Looking not buying!" Ruthie said, "When I completely can't fit into my clothes, then I'll buy maternity wear."
"You're no fun!" Olivia said turning onto the highway.
After browsing and trying on a ton of maternity clothes, Ruthie came to one conclusion. She was short.
"I'm not tall enough!" Ruthie said with a groan.
"You've said that each time." Olivia said leaning up against the dressing room doors.
"The store is running out of clothes!" Freddie declared from the chair he sat in.
"I'm giving up!" Ruthie said as she put her original jeans back on, "I'll just have to wear a potato sack or a pillow case when I get too big."
"Very funny." Olivia replied as Ruthie walked out.
"I've got it!" Freddie said.
"Got what?" Olivia asked curious.
"You'll see eventually." he replied with a secretive grin.
Lucy was organizing her desk when Bailey from her teen class walked in.
"Hey you're early," Lucy said, "Teen class doesn't start for another hour."
"I know," Bailey said, "but I have to talk to you."
"Take a seat." Lucy said gesturing towards a chair, "Now what do you want to talk to me about?"
"I can't believe you skipped class." Annie said making Ruthie a plate of macaroni salad.
"I just couldn't take it the whole school knows now." Ruthie replied taking a bite of her food, "I really do love macaroni."
"Wait!" Annie said bringing the conversation back to it's original subject, "Your whole school knows?"
"Yeah."
"You're not exaggerating?"
"No." Ruthie said.
"Oh No?!" Annie yelled, "Lucy doesn't…"
"Ruthie's pregnant?!" Lucy yelled as she angrily barged into the kitchen, "And no one told me!?"
Note: I'm going to try and pick a day soon and that will be when I update…as for now I'm just going to update when I can