A/N: Sorry this chapter is not that long. I had a lot of stuff to do.

Chapter Four-School Part One

"Dude, wake up all ready. We can't be late for school." Zigzag said in a tired voice as he repeatedly hit Squid with a pillow. He just groaned and rolled over, avoiding being hit once more.

"I just had the scariest dream ever," Squid muttered. "Icy told me she was pregnant."

"She is and we're going to be late if you don't get your ass up!"

Squid shot up in bed as his eyes widened and his mouth fell open. "You mean it wasn't a dream? What if the others find out? Worse, what if your parents find out?"

"I don't know what they'd do, I never got a girl pregnant so, they can try a lecture on you," Zigzag responded as he pulled a light blue t-shirt on over his head. "If anything, they'll ground you for some unknown reason."

"Do you know if she's going to keep it?" Squid questioned as he pulled on a pair of baggy jeans.

"She never told me. You should be the first one to know, anyway. You're the father, after all."

Squid just nodded as he pulled a black baggy shirt on over his head. He tied his doo rag on over his hair and bent over to lace up his shoes. Sighing, he grabbed his backpack, the one that the Kasch's bought for him, and lifted it up to his shoulder.

"You all right, man?" Zigzag asked as he placed a hand on Squid's shoulder.

"Mhm. Just thinking about some stuff. Let's go."

Across town Icy held her head over the toilet bowl as she threw up again. Glare leaned against the bathroom wall while Shorty wrote something down on a notepad. Icy soon came out, wiping her mouth with a towel, and a grossed out look was on her face.

"How're you feeling?" Glare asked her.

"Sick," Icy responded as she looked over at him. "But other than that I'm just fine."

"Ok…so, I've been thinking and…I don't think you should go through with having the baby," Glare said quietly as he held her gaze. Icy didn't glare, didn't shout, she just looked at him, as if studying his intentions.

"Why?" She finally asked after a while.

"Well, you're only fifteen," Shorty interrupted in a gentle voice, so she wouldn't test Icy's nerves. "That's too young to be having a kid. I wished you would've talked to me before you and Squid…did it. I don't want you to go through all of this stressful mother stuff yet. You have your whole life to do that and you're throwing it away. Soon, you'll have to drop out of school. You won't be able to get a job that easily because you got into trouble with the law and you would be a teen mother."

"She is right," Glare said softly.

"So you want to kill it too?" Icy questioned him calmly.

"Well…no, but I don't want to see you go through rejection all of your life. If you give up the baby, Squid will understand. If you keep it…then you'll have to work hard to get your life going the way you want it to."

"The real question is…do you want to keep the baby?" Shorty reminded her. Icy ignored the question as she stuffed her backpack with books and moved towards the front door. "What do you think she's going to do?" Shorty asked Glare as he helped her put on her backpack and led her towards the front door.

"Hard to say, knowing Icy," he responded as he closed and locked the door behind himself. "I just hope she makes the right choice.

"Yeah. Me too."

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"Mom, I'll be fine. It's just school. I've been there before," Caveman said as he stood with her on the sidewalk in front of Greenlake High.

"All right. If you need anything, I'm just a call away." She said before kissing his cheek. She gave a wave, got into her car and drove off. Caveman waved until she was a speck and turned around to see Zero grinning up at him. "What?"

"Nothing. I'm just excited. I've never been to a school before," Zero responded as they started to walk into the school. "I've never been around this many people."

"You get used to it. Just try and stay away from the older kids, they have a tendency to pick on freshmen. As long as you're with one of us from D-Tent, you'll be fine."

"If you say so."

The two walked into the school and headed straight for the offices. In there they saw Squid and Zigzag sitting in chairs. Squid was listening to music and bobbing his head while Zigzag drew in a sketchpad.

"Hey guys," Caveman greeted them in a loud voice so Squid could hear him over the music.

"Hey dude," Zigzag said as Squid pulled his cell phones off of his ears.

"Sup man?" Squid asked as he slapped palms with Caveman.

"Nothing much. Have you seen anyone else yet?"

"Nah, man, we got here first I think."

"We would've been late if Squiddy didn't get his ass outta bed," Zigzag explained. "He was tired from the party."

"About that, how're things between you and Icy? I heard you guys talking and–"

"And what?" Squid demanded as he stood and glared down at Caveman.

"Calm down," Zigzag said as he placed a hand on Squid's shoulder. "He doesn't mean anything by it. He doesn't like people talking about his girlfriend like that," he told Caveman.

"Ohhhhhkaaaaaay."

"C'mon Caveman, let's get our schedules," Zero said as he pushed Caveman past Squid and Zigzag.

"You have got to relax or else someone will find out," Zigzag scolded him.

"Thank you, mommy!" Squid snapped as he rolled his eyes and placed his headphones over his head again. They were soon yanked off his head and he turned to see Glare and Icy looking at them; Glare was spinning the headphones around his finger. "H-hey."

"Hey," they responded in unison.

"How're you feeling?" Squid asked as he locked eyes with Icy.

"A little sick, somewhat irritated, but other than that I'm fine," she responded with a shrug.

"So…have you decided…about the thing?"

"Yeah," she responded with a sigh. "And…I don't want to keep the baby."

"What?" Squid asked quietly.

"Can I ask you why you made that decision?" Zigzag questioned.

"I'm not ready to have a kid yet. I'm only fifteen. I can't be a teen mom. I still have to take care of Shorty, get a job, get my schoolwork done, play sports…I just don't have enough time."

"But…you'll be killing it," Squid reminded her as he took a step towards her. "You'll be killing a live person."

"Squid, it's her decision," Glare reminded him as he took a step closer to his sister, incase he had to defend her.

"She can't do that!"

"You can't tell me what I can and can't do!" Icy snapped.

"But…I wanted to – "

"Start a family, I know! But I can't do that! I don't have time and it will be a lot of stress on my part. And, frankly, this whole baby thing is starting to bother me."

Zigzag's eyebrows raised at her straightforwardness. He knew that she always spoke her mind, but was there ever a time when she kept quiet? He knew that this was angering Squid a lot but he didn't want to intrude on their conversation. It was basically about their own lives and he thought that they should deal with it on their own.

"And since you're being so bothered you just want to crush my happiness?" Squid hissed as he glared.

"I'd rather crush your happiness and be happy myself then being miserable with a kid!" Icy snapped back.

"Icy…" Glare started.

"Shut up!" Squid and Icy yelled at him in unison.

"You're being selfish, y'know that?" Squid demanded.

"Excuse me for wanting to start my life over again." Icy took a deep breath and continued. "And I think the only way I can do that is if you stay away from me!"

"Are you breaking up with me?"

"I'm surprised you got that through you thick skull!"

"Fine! Do whatever you want! Date whoever you want! Just don't come crying to me when the guys dump you after you won't put out!"

"Dn't come crying to me when you get sent to jail for being a sex predator!"

They glared at each other before Icy shoved him and left the office.

"Icy, wait!" Glare called after her. "Zig, can you get our schedules please?"

"Of course," he responded. He waited for Glare to leave before saying to Squid, "You made a big mistake."