I paced around the room, my heart filling with fear a bit as I thought about calling the guy, Jack was his name. Finally after twisting my hands nervously while I stared at my phone I reached out to grab it. With shaking hands I found his number and stared at it for a moment. It took a moment but I gathered up enough courage to hit call.

"Uh, hello?" he answered after it rang four times.

"Uh, hi, Jack?" I questioned nervously.

"Yeah…uh…who is this?" he asked.

"Josie…..from the party back in the beginning of November."

"Oh….hey. Uh, what's up?"

Nothing, I was just wondering if you'd like to grab a cup of coffee with me or like grab a bite to eat?" I inquired as I tugged on my hair nervously. He could very easily say no.

"Uh, well yeah, that'd be cool."

"Uhm, okay. Is tomorrow night, say around eight find?"

"Yeah."

"Okay. Can you meet me at Chinatown Café in Baltimore?"

"Yeah."

"Okay, bye." I said awkwardly before hanging up.

That went so well I thought sarcastically as I fell back on my bed but when I saw what time it was I quickly jumped up, I had classes. I pulled on my jacket and hat, cursing the fact that it had of all a sudden gotten cold and started snowing in the past week. After grabbing my bag and keys I walked quickly out of my room.

"Josie!" Audrey screeched as I was rushing past her and to the door.

"What? What? I have class and really need to leave." I said while stopping and moving from foot to foot impatiently.

"Did you tell him?"

"Not yet but I gotta go." I said dipping out of the door before she could even call me back. I knew she would try to give me a long speech and I refused to listen.

Classes were uneventful, me attempting to pay attention but eventually just losing and thinking about tomorrow night. Should I dress up or should I wear like normal everyday clothes? Should I just come out with it right away or wait until he's about to leave so I don't have to see his reaction? I was so lost in my thoughts I didn't notice the class had been dismissed and practically everyone had gotten up to leave.

"Josie? Can I talk to you real quick?" my professor said as I was going down the stairs. I hesitated wanting to run out but instead I nodded and went towards him.

"Yes sir?" I questioned.

"You seem a little off today, is everything alright?"

"I'm okay, just tired."

"Oh, I'm sorry. Then maybe…." he said while trailing off and I raised an eyebrow suddenly interested.

"I was just going to ask you if you could help another student of mine? You're just doing so well in class but if you're-"

"I can do it." I said quickly cutting him; it would be nice to have a distraction from everything going on.

"Great! Thank you, here's his name and number and you guys can just set up a meeting that's good for you both." he said while handing me a slip of paper.

"No problem, see you next week." I said before walking out of the classroom.

I sat outside in my car watching the snow swirl and looking at the slip of paper a couple minutes later. I wanted to call the guy before I left school just in case he wanted to meet here but I also wanted to just go home and sleep. Finally I decided to just call him and I pulled my phone from my pocket. My fingers easily slide across the touch screen, punching in the numbers and then pressing call.

"Hello?" the person on the other side of the line said.

"Hey, uh, professor Richards told me to call you. He said you needed some help in the History class, my name is Josie."

"Oh! Josie! He said you would call, uh, when do you want to meet up?"

"Well I'm actually free right now if you want to meet up at the Starbuck's around the corner from school?" I said unsurely.

"That would be great, I'll meet you there in ten minutes?" he asked.

"Yup, see you. Oh and I'm wearing a white Hollister hoodie and I have red hair, you won't be able to miss me." I said once I remembered that he had no idea what I looked like.

"Okay, bye."

Once I hung up I sighed and put my phone into my hoodie pocket. I had thrown off my jacket a couple minutes ago when my car had gotten too hot. I drummed my fingers along the steering wheel before placing the car into the drive and pulling out of my parking spot. I drove to the Starbuck's, getting there in three minutes and easily finding a parking spot. I slipped on my hood as I turned off of the car and then I walked swiftly into the place wanting to avoid the snow.

I did a quick sweep of the café and when I didn't see anyone who seemed to be waiting or looked like they were staring at the door I went into the line.

"A gingerbread latte and a chocolate croissant please?" I ordered.

After paying and getting my food I took a seat over in the corner but only just sat down when someone came over to my table.

"Josie?" the guy said unsurely.

He was tall and skinny with short black hair, a crooked nose, gauges, and a lip ring. This kid was quite cute actually.

"Yeah, you're name is uh…." I said trailing off and feeling so stupid.

"Matt, Matt Flyzik." he said while sitting down across from me.

"Nice to meet you Matt, so what are you having trouble with?" I questioned.

An hour later we were laughing and I decided I liked Matt a lot. He was really funny and kind of sweet.

"I'll see you on Monday afternoon." I said to him as we went our separate ways.

"Okay, bye Josie." Matt called at my retreating back.

When I got home I was pleased to find that Audrey wasn't home so she couldn't bother me. I went straight to the kitchen and opened the fridge, frowning when I found it was practically empty. Hopefully Audrey would go food shopping soon because I was broke I thought to myself as I pulled out a jar of pickles.

I was just munching on a pickle when the door slammed shut. "Audrey?" I asked timidly when I didn't see anyone walk past the kitchen.

"Nope!" Charlie shouted jumping suddenly into view, a bag in her hand.

"Hi Charlie." I said and she frowned at my halfhearted welcoming.

She came closer to me and wrapped her arms around me before saying "Aw, is the baby bothering Jo-Jo?" she cooed

I jumped away at her words, great, Audrey told her I thought. "Perhaps, why are you blessing me with your presence?"

"I bought you some books." she said dumping the bag onto the table. A couple different books fell out, all brightly colored.

"Charlie, you really shouldn't have." I said but she didn't seem to get it because she beamed.

"I'm glad I did, you need it and you know daddy doesn't care if I buy whatever I want with the credit card." she said as she walked over to the fridge.

I sat down at the table to look at the books and shook my head. Charlie was the most spoiled person I had ever met; she literally got whatever she wanted.

"You don't have anything to eat or drink Josie! Come on, we're going to the store." she said while grabbing my arm and pulling me away before I even had a chance to crack a book.

Twenty minutes later we were in the grocery store fighting over a package of grapes.

"Josie, you need healthy food! I talked to my mom and she told me so!" she shouted.

I rubbed at my temples before putting a hand on my hip; of course she would talk to her mom. "I can't let you buy all that for me Charlie!" I said while pointing to the carriage that held a ton of healthy and organic food.

"Josie! Just let me get it!" she screamed and I scowled.

I was just about to yell back no when someone called my name and I turned to see Matt Flyzik coming towards me.

"Fucking shit." I hissed under my breath as I smiled fakely.

"Who's that Jo-Jo, your baby daddy?" Charlie whispered suddenly down by my ear. I swatted her away and gave her a look.

"What's up?" he questioned while adjusting his hoodie.

"Oh, just shopping." I said kind of feeling nervous as he looked into the carriage.

"Very healthy, surprising after that chocolate croissant." he said.

Before I could even say anything, Charlie opened her mouth. "She shouldn't be eating chocolate. She should be eating healthy because of the baby." she said and I stomped down on her foot.

"Uh, baby, you're a, pregnant?" Matt asked, his face falling a bit.

"Yeah…." I said as I awkwardly twisted my hands together.

I hated Charlie; I was so going to kill her later. Matt was a really nice kid but now any chance I had with him flew out of the window.

"Well, that's cool I guess. Uh, I'll see you on Monday, okay?" he said to me sweetly before walking off.

As soon as he was out of sight I turned and glared at Charlie. She scoffed though and rolled her eyes. I knew she wasn't afraid of me, nobody was. I think it was the height because my looks were deadly.

"What the hell Charlie? Why did you say that?" I whined as she threw the grapes in the basket and began pushing the carriage.

"What? I was just being truthful." she said and I resisted the urge to kick her.

The shopping trip didn't last longer after that, me sulking behind Charlie while she tossed random stuff into the carriage. When we got back to the house she started putting food away and I dove down on the couch.

"Where's Audrey?" Charlie shouted from the kitchen.

"Dunno."

"Are you still sulking in there Josie?"

"No." I said and I heard her scoff.

A few minutes passed where only the sound of my breathing and her moving around in the kitchen could be heard.

"Have you gone to the doctor's yet?" she questioned suddenly beside me and pushing my feet from the couch.

"Tomorrow." I answered while twisting a red piece of hair around my finger.

"Hm, so who's the dad?"

"This guy."

"This guy? What guy Jo-Jo? I know all your friends besides that kid at the grocery store so it's either him or some other friend I don't know." Charlie said and I just wanted to roll over and ignore her.

"It's not Matt and it's some kid I met at the party you dragged me to a while back." I answered as the door swung open and we both looked up to see Audrey.

"Hey grumpy." she said while dropping her bag and jacket on the floor, kicking off her boots beside them.

"Don't leave your shit there." I instructed but instead of listening she walked away from the pile on the floor.

I sighed before standing up and going over to her pile of stuff. I picked up the backpack, boots and jacket before hanging her jacket on the hook by the door, lining her boots up next to mine, and then lugging her backpack to her room.

"I'm tired of cleaning up after you sweetie pie." I said as I tossed the bag onto the floor of her messy room.

"Stop acting like a mom." she snapped surprising me.

"I'm sorry I don't want to live in filth." I growled back surprising myself. I was never the one to fight with people, I was a total pushover.

"Whatever Josie, go be a bitch somewhere else." she snapped and I frowned. I wanted nothing more but then to go away but instead I decided to see what her issue was.

"I'm sorry for snapping at you. What's the matter Audrey?" I questioned.

I stood in the doorway for a moment waiting for her to answer but after she continued to dig around in her room for something and not even acknowledging me I gave up. I sighed and turned around, going to lie in my room.

"Josie, I'm leaving. I'll come back tomorrow and here are those books." Charlie said appearing in my doorway and dumping the books onto my bed.

"Thanks Charlie, for everything."

"No problem Jo-Jo." she said before shutting my door softly behind her.

I sighed feeling kind of alone as I tugged my pillow closer to me. I was considering a nap but knew I wouldn't get any sleep so instead I pulled one of the baby books towards me. I flipped through the book before tossing it to my side. I didn't want to deal with all this baby crap, especially after today and I rolled onto my side before falling asleep.