Hola mi amigos :D! I'm winging it because I need to update but I have no clue where to start. So I'm taking it from Joy's doctor's appointment at the hospital. And cue scene!
Joy's POV
Danny helped me into the passenger seat of his car. I was not looking forward to this particular doctor's visit. I didn't want to see the disapproving looks I'd get from the doctors and, when the baby bump actually started showing, from everyone I passed. Being pregnant is so embarrassing when you're a teenager!
For most of the ride there, Danny and I were silent, Danny concentrating on driving and I staring blankly out the window, dreading what was to come.
I was numb all through the appointment. I didn't hear a word the doctor said about prenatal vitamins and trimesters and all that medical baby stuff I wasn't supposed to know until I was older and married and actually ready to have a baby.
The car ride back seemed as doomed as the first to silence. I didn't want to talk, but it was just too quiet and it grated on my nerves. I turned on the radio but no good songs were on. Things were just getting worse and worse, and suddenly, I just felt depressed. I burst into tears and grabbed Danny's arm so quickly that he pulled over on to the side of the highway.
"What's wrong, love?" He asked me, true concern in his voice.
"Everything!" I sobbed, "Everything is wrong!" I couldn't control my flow of tears. Everything was just so screwed up right now, even my relationship with Danny was gliding on thin ice. This little person growing inside of me, a son or a daughter, was the only thing that was holding us together.
Danny's POV
I didn't know what to do to make Joy feel better, so I just wrapped her in a hug and let her bury her face in my chest.
Eventually, Joy calmed down, and in a frightening change of moods became very happy and perky. Then she became royally ticked off at me, seemingly for existing and I had to pull over again because she was punching me. Mood swings. This was truly creepy. When she was finished punching me, she settled back in her seat and fumed.
I was relieved when we arrived back at school and I quickly herded Joy out of my car and into our house. I laid her in bed and told her to take a nap. She went out like a light. Fatigue.
I went into the common room and sat down in a chair, rubbing my temples. I had a major headache coming on. I closed my eyes, and before I knew it, I was fast asleep, the struggles of the day having taken their toll on me.
Jerome's POV
(A/N Jara time X3)
After our embarrassing encounter the other day because of Tim and Patricia's prank, I tired to avoid Mara as much as possible. I didn't want her to laugh at me because of me being stupid and knocking myself out. But, of course, I had to talk to her sometime.
"So, Jerome," Mara plopped her tray down next to mine at lunch, "About that thing you said the other day…" she trailed off and looked over at me
"… Er, what about it?" I asked, trying to sound cool, but probably failing epically.
"Did you mean it?" she asked nervously
"Did I mean what?" I asked, furrowing my brow, pretending not to know what she was talking about.
"Did you mean what you said about loving me? You know, right before you got knocked unconscious?"
I took a deep breath, closed my eyes, and pressed my lips together, screwing my courage into the sticking place so that I could tell her, "Yes."
There was a moment of silence and I opened one eye. I was nearly blinded by Mara's radiant smile. She threw herself at me, and we somehow ended up on the cafeteria floor. There were a couple of catcalls and whistles at us. I picked myself- and her- off the ground and said, "Let's finish this conversation somewhere a little less… not here."
I led her out into the hall, which wasn't where I wanted to be, but I didn't know anywhere else that was more private. Luckily, Mara seemed to know a good place because she led me outside and a little ways into the woods.
"It's so calm and quiet out here, don't you think?" Mara murmured.
I didn't respond, instead drawing her close to me and kissing her on the lips.
"Mara Jaffray," I whispered against her lips, "being around you makes me act so strange. You go straight to my head, and I love you for that."
"Jerome…" Mara melted into me, kissing back. Then she looked up at me, her chocolate brown eyes meeting my blue ones, and I saw the words that she left unspoken as we went back to kissing. She tasted sweet, like toffee and I hugged her even closer to me, never wanting the moment to end.
I. AM. SO. TIRED. I really need to go to bed now. I have a headache coming on so I'm just going to upload this and then SLEEP. Oh, yeah, I DO NOT OWN!