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"Pregnant?!" Manny yelled.
Emma smiled slightly. She shrugged. She had nothing else to tell her best friend. How could she? How do you explain this situation anyway?
"With Spinner?" Manny asked.
Emma sighed heavily. If it was Spinner this whole thing would be so much easier. But, no, it wasn't Spinner. She shook her head and replied, "Spinner and I haven't had sex, Manny."
Manny's face contorted. "Then who? Sean?"
Again Emma shook her head. "Sean and I were over well before this began. It was... Look, Manny, I'd rather not say right now. I sort of think I need to talk to the guy first, okay?"
Manny didn't know why she felt it, but suddenly the last thing she wanted to know was who the father of Emma's baby was. "Are you okay?"
"I think so. I mean, Mom and I went to the doctor and so far, so good. I'm about eight weeks along."
"Is it just me, or are you taking this whole thing rather lightly?" Manny asked. "Emma! You're about to have a baby! You can't even drink yet and you're going to be a mother! Have you thought about this?"
"It's all I've been doing since I found out. I'm keeping the baby, Manny. You might not agree with that, but I don't believe in any other way. I knew the consequences before I...did what I did. I have almost seven more months to get everything figured out."
Manny sized up her friend and smiled. "You are way too awesome, Em! But aren't you worried about not having a partner to share this experience with?"
Emma frowned. You wouldn't think like that if you knew who the father was, she thought.
"I'm so glad that I have someone like Jay," Manny said dreamily. "I mean, back when I got...in trouble, I had no one. Craig was so busy two-timing Ashley that he never would have been a good father if I had kept the baby. But with Jay? He's in it for the long haul. Did I tell you that we went to look at wedding invitations? They were so..."
Manny's voice droned on, but Emma lost interest. Her mind was elsewhere. How in the world was she going to work around all of this? Manny would never understand and Emma would be out of a best friend.
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