The next morning it was Johnny shaking her awake, his lips biting at her earlobe, "Wake up now, come on." he smiled and shook her softly, "We're gonna be laaa-aaateee."

That seemed to work because she was no long on the bed and was rushing around, throwing on her uniform.

In a matter of about 2 minutes, Sally was dressed for class.

Johnny, however was nowhere near as fast as her and was tugging on his boots as she seemed to be rushing for the door. Women.

She stopped at the door and looked to Johnny, "Come on. Come on! Come on!" Men.

He got up quickly, "I'm coming." he said walking over to her quickly.

She smiled and quickly lead the way to Bullworth, "Later on today, I'm going over to Dillan's for a personal visit. I'm going by myself so I can talk to him without you two getting all strange. Why don't you go and spend time at the Tenements or with Mary?"

He frowned, "Fine. I'll go t'mama so she doesn't get all humpy-on-Dillans-arm while you're talkign." he grinned

Sally froze at the mental image and shuddered, "Oh, come on!?"

"don't tell her I said that, kay?" he grinned childishly

With a laugh, Sally nodded, "So long as you never say it again."

"Why? Did you get funky mental images?" he smiled.

"Unfortunately." she then pecked him as they reached where they were to part ways, "See you later, then. Just head on over to Mary's after school. See you at home."

"Okay baby- bye" he said softly kissing her.

Sally sighed as she entered Dillan's study where he more often than not, ended up being. "Hey, Dillan?"

He looked up, "Oh! Hey Sally. How are things going?"

"Well…" she dragged on, "I need to see a doctor."

"What?" he was instantly on his feet, alarmed. "What's wrong?"

"I think I'm pregnant."

So, Dillan took her to the doctor, albeit, Dillan was faint and pale at any indication towards her being pregnant. Then, he took her home, "I'll let you know when I get the results back."

"Alright. Thank you." and she hugged him tightly.

He nodded and left as she walked up to her apartment and entered.

Johnny was already there- glaring hatefully up at the ceiling. Muttering curses to himself.

"Hey, Johnny. What's wrong?" Sally asked curiously, locking the door behind her.

"Mama lectured me about my 'faulty relationship' with Dillon." he snorted.

"Oh?" she asked, tossing her jacket onto a chair then went over and sat next to him, "Wanna talk 'bout it?"

He pulled her down to sit on his stomach, "Not really." he said, "I'll only get angry."

Sally smiled and leaned down, pecking him softly, "Don't get angry. Just know that things will get better. They have to."

"Since when were you an optmist?" he asked and kissed her back

"Since we both desperately need it." She chuckled, now simply laying on him.

He held her close, "Fair enough." he said.

She felt his lips nipping her ear and kissing her softly, she almost didn't feel it.

With a content sigh, Sally buried her head into the crook of his neck, "We're going to graduate in a few months!" she prayed that she was not pregnant… That the tests were really faulty…

"Mhm. And go to work." he nodded, "You gonna go to college or somethin'?" he asked.

"I'm gonna talk to Crabblesnitch and see what I need to do in order to take a teaching job. So, I might need to go to college." She shrugged lazily.

"I'll bring in money" he said, "So we'll be able to keep the apartment."

Sally smiled, "Alright. Just don't turn into a work-a-holic."

"I won't" he said, "I'm the biggest bum you know!"

A laugh escaped Sally's throat as she nodded, "Indeed you are!"

He grinned and cuddled up to her, "Wanna sleep?" he asked.

"Yeah. Sleep sounds good." she muttered.

She immediately felt herself curled up in his arms and wrapped up with him, close to his chest. His head rested on hers and he was smiling.

"Love you, Johnny." She whispered, lulling quickly to sleep.

She awoke the next morning to his drool rolling down her shirt. He was out- his forehead against her collar and the rest of his face near hr cleavage. He was such a pervert even in his sleep.

She shook her head and yawned, then weaseled out from under him and shuffled off to take a shower.

When she got out, he was still asleep. "Thank God for the weekend." then went and made breakfast.

Johnny woke up when he smelled food cooking, "mmm- what ya makin'?" he asked, yawning loudly and stretching.

"Bacon, eggs, pancakes… The works." she responded easily.

Johnny climbed over the back of the couch- he yanked off his shirt as he did so and then slid into a chair near her, "That sounds fuckin' delicious" he smiled.

Sally nodded, "Damn right it does!" then moved to distribute some eggs onto a plate in front of Johnny. His plate was already set up and everything.

He laughed and kissed her once she served him, "Our kids are gonna wind up looking like Hal" he said, "what with your cooking and all."

"No they won't and you know it." she shook her head at him.

"You and I both HOPE not!" he grinned.

"Have you forgotten who and what I am, Johnny? My habits? I won't let those kids get any larger unless it's with muscle." she nearly scolded playfully, moving back over to the stove and turning it off before sitting across from Johnny with her own plate.

"So long as you aren't too much of a health-freak" he said, "That don't seem t'help so much.."

Of course, with him in the house his junk food would balance anything TOO healthy she instilled in them.

"There really is no such thing as too healthy, Johnny. And I highly doubt, with you around, I'll get them to eat their veggies rather than throw them at each other." Sally said sarcastically.

He grinned, "You sayin' I'm a bad influence?" he teased her.

"Mm-Hm." she nodded, the prongs of the fork between her lips… It was almost an innocent look, but any one who knew Sally, knew that Innocents did not apply to Sally. She was devious in many ways and it was kinda hard to miss that.

He scooted his chair closer- his legs now on either side of her one knee and he rubbed their legs together sensually.

"You ain't a good influence, neither" he said.

His hand now snaked under the very, very small table to touch her thighs himself.

"But I do know when to say no." She said quickly, even though she had instantly become turned on... But, the thought of being pregnant totally ruined the mood for her.

He pouted, "That ain't fair. Here I was hopin' for some action t'night." he said and his legs retreated but his hand stayed put. Hoping to push her just over the edge into what he wanted.

"Johnny..." She sighed, "Maybe later."

"Promise?" he asked.

"On a maybe. Sure. Promise." she stated, teetering her fork to cut through the pancakes.

He seemed to except that and backed up and began to scarf down his food.

With an eye roll, Sally continued eating as well, the weekend rolling on, then the school week and finally, after Sally had momentarily forgotten about the test, she got a call from Dillan."I have to speak to you and you alone, Sally." Dillan said."Uhm... Alright. I'll be there in a few." Sally responded and hung went to Johnny in the kitchen, working on more homework. "Dilan wants to talk to me... So, I'm gonna go over there and see what's up."

Johnny nodded- he looked up and watched her walk away.

The hell was going on NOW? he thought and sighed and just went back to his math.

Sally quickly got ready, pecked Johnny good bye, a little surprised he didn't want to follow her like he always did, then quickly left for Dillan's. When she got there, she was lead to Dillan's study where he was sitting, waiting with some paper in his hands."Hey, Dillan... What is it?" She asked, walking over to plop down on the antique a heavy sigh, Dillan handed the paper to her, "Your results.""Resu- Oh My God! What do they say?" she exclaimed, snatching the paper to read was silent for a long while."... I'm..." she paused, letting the paper fall to the ground, "Pregnant?"Dillan nodded, "It would seem so.""Shit..." she then counted five months left of school, "Shit. Shit." she continued to state."I can take you to get an abortion." Dillan offered."Uh... No thanks." she muttered, eyes shut and right hand running through her hair."You both could stay here and I'll help you both raise the child.""No. I don't want to burden you... And we want to handle it on our own." She then stood "I gotta go..."Dillan stood before she passed and hugged her tightly, "It will all be okay, Sally."She nodded, "I know. It always is."He sighed and let her go, watching her leave before picking the results up and shoving them into a drawer of his walked around for a few hours before returning was left to her own thoughts for a while, and when she did get in the door, she dropped her coat to a chair, then flopped onto it, silent.

Johnny looked up from where he was at and looked at her, "Sally- doll- you okay?" he called.

She continued to sit, unmoving, unblinking, and didn't hear a word he said.

The next thing she knew Johnny was kneeling in front of her- his hand on her forehead- "Baby what's wrong?" he asked.

Her eyes snapped to his face and suddenly, she felt terrified and she began to doubt everything and everyone. Putting on a weak smile, she shook her head, "Just feeling a little weak and tired."And, for the record, that actually was not a lie.

He sighed, "Why? What happened?" he asked.

"Dillan drama..." She sighed, "He takes my energy with said Drama."

"You gonna tell me about that 'drama'?" he asked.

"As if it really matters to you, Johnny." She sighed, "I'm gonna take a shower and go from there..." she then stood up and moved off.

He grabed her arm, "I DO care." he said firmly, "Of course I do!"

"About Dillan?" She asked incredulously.

"If its makin' ya this upset yes. Just tell me." he demanded.

"I'm fine." she nearly snarled, yanking free and continuing on her way. She grabbed a towel, shuffled into the bathroom, then locked the door to shower in peace.

He groaned, "Why do you DO this?!" he shouted, "We're a couple! Your problems are my problems too! When we get married are you gonna leave me in the dark about bills too?!" he shouted through the door, "Why can't I ever HELP you? All I wanna do is help you!"He wasn't even angry- just exasperated- he sounded lost. He didn't understand. He didn;'t know why she insisted on leaving him in the dark.

She sighed, "I'll tell you later, Johnny. Just let me think." she called through the the hell was she going to tell him? Last tme they had a scare like this, but it wasn't real, he stood by her! But now that she KNEW she was REALLY pregnant, she felt quite lost herself. That walk she took was mostly about coming to terms with the simple fact that she was indeed pregnant.

Johnny sighed, "Okay." he said and sank down on the couch. He hated this.

When she was out of the shower, she paced about; what the hell was she going to do? Surely, this would gray her hair. Neither of them had jobs... Both were still in school! She wondered... Could she get an abortion? The more she thought and the more she paced, the more tired she became. Finally, she left the bathroom and trudged to the bedroom where she climbed into a pair of shorts and a tank top then curled up on meaning to, her hands went to her stomach. She couldn't help but think, "I'm pregnant... There is something growing inside of me." It was terrifying and thrilling, good and bad.

Johnny soon came in and curled up around her- his arms slid over hers and he glanced down at their hands. He didn't see they all settled on her stomach- he only knew his were over hers and that she wasn't shoving him away.

"So- what is it?" he asked softly.

"Well... You remember when we were in the Tenements and I was freaking out because I thought I was pregnant?"

"Sure do." he said and nodded.

"Well..." she inhaled, then grabbed his hands and placed them on her stomach under her shirt, "It's not a hunch this time..."

His eyes snapped wide, "W- you're prego?!" he gasped and hugged her tightly, "Sally that's amazin'!" he gasped and kissed her cheek the best he could from their angle and didn't remove his hand.

She nodded, "Neither of us have jobs... We still have a few months left of school before we can graduate..."

"A few months until the babies born." he said, "A few months until I get a job at the garage." he said casually like he wasn't concerned. He wasn't in all honesty, he understood her concern but sometimes he had the habit of being an optimist. Usually when she wasn't being one.

Sally sighed. She wasn't about to argue again. She was too damn tired. "Quiet time." she said quietly, snuggling backwards into Johnny.

"Go to sleep." he said softly into her ear and held her tighter, "It's all gonna work out right."

"I hope so, Johnny." and she was quick to fall asleep.

He stayed awake a little longer- giddy over the idea he was going to be a dad. Nervous- but giddy.

To her shock the next morning Johnny was up and showered by the time her alarm went off.

Sally glanced around, "Johnny?" Where could he be? He was never awake before she was.

That was when he walked through the door of their bedroom- dressed and everything! "Hey, you're awake!" he grinned at her, "I didn't use all the hot water." he said cheerfully.

Standing, she backed away, "Who are you and what have you done with Johnny?"

Johnny laughed a bit awkwardly and rubbed the back of his head, "I expected you to be startled but not that much!" he said and looked back at her, "I guess I just couldn't sleep 'cause I was so excited."

"So... What did you do all night?"

"Watched you like a creepy stalker." he smiled.

Sally nodded slowly, "Alright… I'll uh… Start on breakfast, then…"

"Okay." he said and leaned in and kissed her.

So, she did. After setting the table, she felt right as rain again. "Johnny! Food." she called, sitting down.

He was there in a second, chowing down, "This is great" he told her. Grinning as he ate more. He loved her cooking.

Smiling Sally watched him a moment, then pushed away all thoughts.

"Boy or girl?" she finally asked.

He shrugged, "I dunno." he said, "I'd like any kid who'd fix cars and not be a fat pig. I mean, hell, as if it's gender matters. What do you want?" he asked.

Sally thought for a moment, then shrugged, "Not sure. I wouldn't mind a girl."

"So long as she don't turn out like Eunice, Beatrice or Pinky I'm okay." he said firmly, then gasped and added quickly: "Or Lola."

Sally snorted, "Yeah."

"If it's a boy.." he said, "Damn. Hm.. so long as it ain't like them Nerds."

"I highly doubt you and I could raise a Lola, Beatrice, Pinky, Lola, or a Nerd, Johnny."

He smiled, "You think that highly of me?"

She smirked with a quirked brow, "Nope. I just think that low of them." she teased jokingly.

"You're so cold!" he said dramatically, smiling at her.

"Oh and you're such a bundle of sunshine yourself!" she chuckled.