Running Away: A Camaya Pregnancy Story
Katie's POV
5 minutes later and before I knew it I was in the boys locker room being stared down by a bunch of hockey bozo's. They all looked at me, and I looked at all of them. "What do you want from me?", I asked them, obviously annoyed with them. "Tell her.", Dallas said to a teammate. Luke spoke up, "Me and my sister saw you go into a clinic with Maya yesterday…". I looked away from the team, "Can I go?", I asked, I raised my voice. "Why was Maya walking into a clinic?", Dallas raised his voice at me in return. They aren't that stupid, they obviously pieced it together. I looked back at them and sighed. "She's pregnant isn't she?", Dallas said, I heard his voice crack, it sounded like he was about to cry. "With Cam's baby?", he continued. His eyes were filled with tears. "IS SHE OR IS SHE NOT?", Dallas screamed at me. "What's it to you?", I asked. "He was our rookie, we have a right to know.", Dallas said to me, trying to stop tears, but he was failing. "How could you even help?", I just basically implied that, yes, she is indeed pregnant. "Oh my god.", Dallas said. "Our rookie was supposed to be a father.", said Owen, he sat in shock, as did Dallas. "Yeah, and he just went off and killed himself, grade A father!", I said. Then I realized what I had just said, I looked down to the ground. "Sorry.", I said immediately after. "We want to help.", said Luke, he was already sitting down, he rose to his feet, Owen and Dallas followed. "How could you help?", I raised my voice and continued, "You wouldn't even know how to do anything! You're just a bunch of hockey obsessed morons anyway!", I stood, shaking, I knew I crossed the line with Dallas. "And what would you know, Girl with the dragon tattoo?", Dallas said, he knew I hated his stupid nickname for me, but, I let it slide. "Look, I'm sorry, I don't mean to be so offensive. I mean, how would you feel about finding out your sister's pregnant with a dead guys baby?", I asked. The room fell silent. "Just let us help.", said Dallas. "With what?", I asked. He had a smug look on his face, then looked at Luke. "I'm sorry… my sister kinda told everyone what she saw yesterday, the whole school knows. But, we want to help her for when she comes back. People will be giving her a lot of negativity, and we want to stand up for her. And, keep Cam's legacy known.", said Luke. Anger built in my chest, I wanted to murder him, his sister, Dallas, everyone. Even Maya. Fuck.
Dallas' POV
It's been another week. Maya finally came back, everyone was staring at her and laughing at her. Calling her names like 'Mama Matlin' and stuff like that. We already had walked her to class, but as she walked in the room I heard a kid say "No wonder Cam killed himself, I mean, look at her, She must have really pushed him to the edge." That's it. Time to kill a bitch. I ran in there and grabbed the boy by the collar and pushed him up against the wall. "You ever joke about Cam's death again, and there will be knife in your skull. You got me?" "Yes, Yes!", the kid screamed and squirmed as I was lifting him off the ground. "Good. Because I wouldn't want to add another person the list of deaths this year.", I dropped him and backed away from him. I gave Maya a smile and walked out.
Maya's POV
I watched Dallas walk out. I looked at the kid, his name was Damon, he was friends with Zig. What a scumbag. I put my bag down on my desk, and opened the second biggest pouch, where I found Hoot, my stuffed owl I got when I was a little kid and afraid to be alone at summer camp. I smiled at it. Cam had a connection with Hoot, weird isn't it? He had a connection with a stuffed animal. But, whenever I would hold him, I felt Cam's presence. I felt Cam, like he was standing over my shoulder like he used to do when he visited my class in the middle of the day. Tristan, Tori, and Zig walked into the classroom, they all sat in their usual seats for this class. Tori next to me, Zig behind her, and Tristan behind me. "How ya feeling?", I heard Tristan ask me from behind, I turned, with Hoot in my hands and said, "I'm feeling ok. The bullying has already begun.", I looked over at Damon, then back at Tristan. Zig seemed confused, "Why'd you look at Damon?", he asked, he obviously didn't know that Damon was a secret douchebag. "He said something… kinda nasty before you came in.", I said to Zig, still looking at Tristan. "No, he wouldn't do that. Are you sure that it was him?", Zig asked, he knew I was telling the truth, but wanted to stay in denial, just like he was with Cam's death. Well, everyone was that is. "Why would I lie about that?", I asked him. Did he really think I was a liar? He looked at me, I tried to avoid eye contact, but, I gave in and looked back at him, he said to me, "Maybe the pregnancy is going to your head or something.", he looked at me bluntly. I couldn't help but get this rage of anger. My face turned red, I picked up my notebook and threw it at him. It hit off his arm and onto the floor, making a loud noise, drawing attention to me and Zig. "Hah, the pregnant girl is already going on hormonal rages!", said this kid sitting in the back of the classroom, everyone began to laugh, except for Tori, Tristan, and Zig. I looked around the classroom, everyone was laughing, staring, and pointing. I got out of my seat and ran out of the classroom. Tristan followed me. "Don't let them get to you, Maya.", Tristan said calmly. I turned to him, i scoffed, and ran out of the building. A few minutes later I was walking on the sidewalk, when I felt a hand touch my shoulder. I turned around to see a much taller figure staring down at me, it was Dallas. "I saw you walk out.", Dallas said. He didn't have much of a tone to his voice, he just sounded flat. "You don't need to do that. Ignore them.", he said after a short pause. "Look. First, Cam dies, then, I get pregnant! What is there to want to stay there for! That stupid school is cursed! It's a hellhole and I'm not going back.", I sighed, and paused to catch my breath, then I continued, "I'm just not the same girl I was before…", I paused, he didn't say anything, so I continued, "Where did I go wrong? I could have saved him. Stayed up with him all night and just let him vent. I lost a friend. I wish I'd known how to save a life.". I felt a sudden warmth against my body. Dallas had pulled me into a hug, a tight bear hug. It felt nice. It's been a while since I got one of these. Since Cam, I haven't been one for being touched, but, this was different. I actually didn't want to ever let him go.
Katie's POV
I walked into my house, furious. I ran to Maya's room, where she was sitting on her bed. "What the hell was that stunt you pulled earlier?!", I said, I was pretty pissed off. "I just needed to come home, ok. People were bullying me.", she said to me. She looked up to me, I wasn't buying anything she was saying. "Well, this is what you get for being a stupid, irresponsible child, Maya!", I screamed. "Just please, get out of the room. NOW!", Maya said to me. I knew this was her last straw, so I walked out, and as I left, I heard faint cries. I walked downstairs, my mom and dad walked through the door. I was still very angry with Maya, and what I would do next was out of spite and would ruin me and Maya's friendship forever. "Mom, Dad, I have something to tell you…", I looked at them and they looked at me.
Dallas' POV
Maya didn't show up to school today. I wouldn't blame her. Word got around. Her sister betrayed her in the worst way. Katie walked into school, and all people could do is look at her is disgust. She walked up to me. "Dallas…", she began to say, but, I interrupted, "Is Maya ok?", I asked. I was actually concerned. With everything Maya is going through, she could do anything to herself, to someone else, to the baby. "You didn't even try to bring her back! You just let her go home! Now she feels like she can come and go as she pleases! Just stay out of it! This has nothing to do with you!", she screamed at me. I responded very calmly, "Katie…", but before I could finish she snapped another comment at me, "You're irrelevant, Dallas. Just… irrelevant.". She walked away too quickly for me to stop her. I sighed, then began to walk to class, when Maya's little friends came up to me, they seemed unfocused. "Have you seen Maya?", Tristan asked, he seemed like he was in a panic. "No. What happened to Maya?", I asked. I felt tears forming in my eyes, Tori was already crying, and Zig was just expressionless. No one answered. "WHAT HAPPENED?!" I screamed. "We, we don't know. SHe isn't answering her phone. We saw a tweet of hers, she said that she was running away.", Tristan got more worried. So did I. Katie probably doesn't even know. No matter what happened between Maya and Katie, she had a right to know. "Let's go find Katie. She needs to know about this.", I said to the three niners standing in front of me. "She's the reason why she left! Why would I ever want to see her face again?!", Tori finally spoke up through all of her tears. "Because, she's her sister. She'd know her best. She'd know where she would go.", I said, looking down at Tori. We made our way around the building, trying to find Katie. The 4th classroom we got to, Katie was sitting front row. We stood in the doorway, until the teacher noticed us. "What do you need?", Mr. Perino asked us, in his usually annoyed tone of voice. "Katie.", I said. Mr. Perino looked to Katie, and before she could get up, I said, "Maya has run away." Katie quickly grabbed her stuff and bolted out of the room with us.
Tristan's POV
It's been 2 weeks since Maya has run away. We still haven't heard from her, we still haven't found her. Every tree I pass on my way to school, I see Maya's "Missing" poster stapled onto it. Maya's parents contacted the police, and they set up an investigation. Katie didn't know where she went, like we thought she would. She hasn't come to school since Maya ran away. I heard Katie has threatened to kill herself, and that's why she's been put into the hospital. She thinks it's her fault. Well, it kinda is, but, I can't put all blame on her. She was trying to balance a lot of stuff, especially with Maya. I was invited, along with Tori and Zig to come to the hospital to visit Katie, which we were going to do after school today. Also, her parents probably wanted to talk about what concerned them the most, Maya. I walked into school, and saw Tori waiting for me at my locker. I walked up to her. "I want to check Maya's locker.", Tori said, she showed no emotion, just s straight face and arms crossed. "Why?", I asked her, still upset about Maya. "Maybe there's evidence of where she went.", Tori said. And with that, we went to Simpson's office and requested Maya's locker combination.