*One Month Later*

"What's happening to me?" I whispered into the phone, leaning my head back against the wall.

"You're throwing up, but you want to keep eating. You're insanely emotional. Your period's late. Honey, we all know what this is." Garrett said.

I started crying silently. "Garrett, I can't. I just can't."

"You had sex with him, unprotected, and the pill doesn't always work. Babe, you're preggers." He said.

"No. No. No. No!" I nearly yelled.

"Deep breath, Annie." He ordered.

I took a deep breath and let it out in a rush. "I guess I should probably get a test."

"Probably." He said.

"I can't be that girl, Garrett. I'm seventeen. This isn't... This isn't supposed to happen!" I sobbed.

"Annie. Listen to me. You need to calm down. More importantly, you need to talk to Alex about this." Garrett said slowly.

I sighed and ran a shaky hand through my hair. "You're right. I should just get it over with."

"Talk to him. Then text me later, okay?"

"Yeah." I whispered.

"Bye, honey. I love you." He said.

"Bye. I love you, too." I hung up the phone and flushed the toilet.

I stood up and brushed my teeth, twice, before walking out of the bathroom into the main part of the bus.

"Alex." I muttered when I stepped into the lounge.

He looked away from the video game he and Zack were playing and smiled at me. "Yeah?"

"We need to talk." I whispered, new tears forming in my eyes.

He immediately dropped the game controller and hugged me. "What's wrong, baby? Are you alright?"

"Alex, I, um, I think, I might be..." I sobbed. "I might be pregnant."

He froze. "Pregnant? With my baby?"

I nodded. "Alex, I'm so scared. I'm so, so scared."

"I know." He pulled me into his arms. "But, we can go get a test and maybe you won't be. Maybe you're just sick or something."

"What I'm not sick?" I whispered.

"Then we'll raise that baby together." He said.

"I love you." I whispered.

"I love you, and I love that little human that may or may not be growing inside your tummy." He kissed the top of my head.

I smiled.

"Should we tell the guys?" Alex asked.

"No!" I said. "Not yet. I want to have an answer before we go around telling people."

"Good idea." He nodded. "Next time we make a stop, we'll find a CVS or something."

I nodded.

I leaned in to give Alex a kiss but before I could, I had to run to the bathroom.

I fell onto my knees in front of the toilet and threw up noisily.

Alex knelt beside me and held my hair with one hand and rubbed my back gently with the other.

When I was done, I leaned against the wall.

"You'll be okay, babe." Alex said when I flushed the toilet.

He helped me up so that I could brush my teeth for the fifth time that day.

"I'm going to lay down." I whispered and walked to my bunk.

Alex kissed my forehead and whispered, "Sweet dreams, baby girl."

I was able to sleep for a few hours before Alex woke me up. "Hey, we're stopped. I noticed a CVS a block back, do you want to go?"

I nodded and climbed out my bunk and got dressed.

Alex and I walked to CVS hand in hand.

When we got inside, I ran to find a pregnancy test.

There was a large display of them and I was immediately overwhelmed. "Which one?"

I picked up one that I'd seen on tv and we went to pay.

I hid the bag in my jacket pocket before we got back on the bus.

"Do you want to do it now?" Alex asked.

I nodded and went in the bathroom.

After I peed on the stick I wrapped it in toilet paper and let Alex in.

We sat on the bathroom floor for 15 minutes, waiting for the results.

When the time was up, I looked at it.

"Oh!" I gasped and my hand flew to my stomach.

"Oh." Alex echoed.

The little pink plus sign taunted me.

I was pregnant.

~!Author'sNote!~ Short chapter, but a loaded chapter. I hope you guys like it. Let me know what you think. xoxo, Aly.