Chapter Eight – Girl Talk.
Rhuben groaned groggily and cracked her eyes open. Her stomach felt awful and she felt like she was going to puke. She felt her bed creak and felt an arm wrap around her waist. Looking over her shoulder, she saw Danny blink open his for a few seconds before smiling at her.
"Good morning, love" he muttered and kissed her cheek. "How'd you sleep?"
"Ok, I guess" she muttered in reply. Danny sighed and rested his chin on her shoulder.
Ever since they had announced that Rhuben might be pregnant, which was a couple of weeks ago, Jake thought it was a good idea if Danny and Rhuben shared a bedroom, just in case it was true and she needed help. Everyone was nervous about the thought at first, but then they agreed that it was a good idea. In the past couple of weeks, besides worrying about Rhuben, things for the others have been going good so far. Sydney turned eight and had invented a long lasting battery on cameras and stuff. It was almost Patrick's and Noah's 13th birthday. Riley and Dougie had currently written two new songs that the two bands were going to record soon. After their first date, Gen and Tom had gone out often and were now going steady. And Harry was thinking of asking Jacqui out, but wasn't too sure so now everybody else was constantly bugging him to do it.
"How do you feel?"
"…Not great" Rhuben groaned and grabbed the wastebasket that was by the bed and held it up to her face before throwing up. "Oh, that's nasty."
"Wow, you've been getting sick a lot lately" Danny commented as he pulled her hair back. Rhuben grabbed a tissue and wiped her mouth.
"That's what happens when you're pregnant" she muttered and placed the wastebasket back on the floor.
"Do you know that for sure?" Danny asked, narrowing his eyes in confusion.
"Yeah, I got Tom to drive me there last night to be sure. I don't have any STDs, but I am pregnant" She replied, looking at him with sorrow filled eyes.
"In that case, I'm going to go shopping today" Danny said and got out of the bed and walked to the door.
"Why?" Rhuben asked in confusion, cocking an eyebrow.
"Well, I need more shirts as it is. But from what happened when Vicki was born and all the things my mom went through, I'm going to need to go shopping" Danny replied and kissed her. "Love you, love."
"Love you too" Rhuben sighed as Danny left the room to take a shower.
"Hey, how are you feeling?" Riley asked as she walked into her sisters' room, fully dressed.
"Crappy" Rhuben admitted and ran her hands over her face and then looked at her sisters suspiciously. "Why are you dressed so early?"
"Well-"Riley didn't get a chance to answer because Gen and Jacqui burst into the room.
"What are you guys doing here?" Rhuben asked, looking at her friends as if they had grown two heads.
"We're here to take you out on a G.D.O and a G.N.O." Jacqui replied.
"Which means?" Rhuben asked, waving her hands to hurry them along.
"A girl's day 0out and a girl's night out." Gen replied and grinned.
"Oh great, now you got that Hannah Montana song stuck in my head" Riley moaned and rolled her eyes. Jacqui grinned and started to sing.
"Don't call me leave me alone, Not gonna answer my phone, Cuz I don't, No I won't See you." She sang.
"Knock it off!" Rhuben growled.
"Looks like someone's hormones are kicking in" Jacqui said in a sing-song voice.
"That was stupid" Riley commented as she shook her head. "She's pregnant you doofus!" She turned to her sister. "Anyway, we're getting breakfast, and then thanks to Gen we're getting a pedicure and then we're going over to her Gran's house later tonight to stay there so we can get some advice from her."
"I don't have a choice in the matter, do I?" Rhuben asked, rubbing her eyes.
"Of course not" Jacqui replied and she and Gen pulled her up to her feet and shoved her to the door.
"Guys, there's just one thing you're forgetting" Riley called after them as they reached the hallway.
"What's that?" Gen asked impatiently.
"She needs to get dressed" Riley replied and rolled her eyes.
"So, Gran, what do you think that Rhuben should do?" Gen asked as she curled up on the couch, a mug of hot chocolate in her hands. She had just finished explaining everything that had happened in the past couple of weeks.
"Are you going to keep the child?" Mrs. Charlier asked Rhuben, who was sitting on the floor, hugging a pillow to her stomach.
"Yeah, she is," Riley replied. "We don't believe in abortions because it kills an innocent life."
"I like the way you think" Mrs. Charlier cracked a small smile. "Do you have people to help you through all of this?"
"Yeah, I have my boyfriend, and my siblings, and my friends to help me" Rhuben replied.
"Then you're doing everything perfectly" Mrs. Charlier replied and patted Rhuben on the head, causing the teenager girl to smile gratefully. "Just make sure you don't let the hormones run your over."
"And on that note, let's listen to some comfort music" Jacqui said and rushed to the stereo. She opened it and pushed a CD into the player. Soon Avril Lavigne's song 'Girlfriend' was pouring out of the speakers and Jacqui was jumping around, singing at the top of her lungs.
Gen laughed and joined in the singing as her grandmother went to the kitchen to finish up the dinner. "Yeah, cause angry girl rock music is going to help."
"You never know" Jacqui replied and continued singing at the top of her lungs.
"And you wonder why we didn't let you join in our singing" Riley teased.
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