The next 6 weeks flew by, the days were filled with school, tutoring and working on posters and buttons for their competition of homecoming queen and king. Penelope and Derek spent several hours a day working on his math and she was certainly not surprised when he got an A on his exam, she was so happy for him, she knew that all of his hard work had paid off and now he would get to play in the final game of the season.
Penelope, Emily, Erin and JJ were watching as their final practice ended, Derek smiled when he looked up in the stands and saw his baby girl, he felt his heart beating faster as she waved at him as he jogged across the field. Penelope, Emily and Erin walked down to meet their boyfriends, JJ laughed at Hotch and said, "how do you think the game is gonna go Hotch"?, he laughed and said, "we are gonna win of course".
Jordan was laughing and talking about something with Tamara when she suddenly ran into the bathroom and emptied the contents of her stomach into the toilet. She rinsed her mouth out with water and said to herself, "it must be the stomach virus that is going around", she tried to get up off the floor but her stomach had other plans for her.
A few minutes later when she was finally able to get up she decided to head to the nurse, the nurse smiled and said, "what can I do for you this afternoon"?, Jordan rubbed her stomach and said, "Mrs. Hinkle I don't feel well, I have been throwing up for the past several minutes", she walked over and felt Jordans head and said, "you don't feel warm, how often has this been happening"?, Jordan bit her bottom lip and said, "off and on for the past several weeks mam".
The nurse motioned for Jordan to sit down, she walked over and sat down, Mrs. Hinkle said, "Jordan are you sexually active"?, Jordan said, "I was a virgin until about 6 weeks ago". The nurse nodded her head and said, "and when you had sex was the sex protected, did you use protection"?, she looked up at the nurse and said, "mam I don't know, I don't think so".
The nurse said, "when was your last period"?, Jordan pulled her calendar out of her purse and looked back and said, "the middle of July, but what does that have to do with anything"?, the nurse said, "I think that you need to go the the drugstore and take a pregnancy test". Jordans mouth flew open and said, "ohhhhh god do you think I'm pregnant"?, the nurse nodded her head and said, "yes honey I do", Jordan looked at the nurse and said,
"thanks mam I will go and get one and take it now".
The nurse watched as Jordan walked out the door, as soon as she got out of sight of the nurses office she rested her back against the wall and slowly slid down and wrapped her arms around her ankles. She leaned her head back against the wall and said, "ohhhhhhh my god, this can't be true, I can't be pregnant, I just can't be".
Flashback
Penelope had been feeling off for the last several weeks and her period or lack there of wasn't a concern because she was never on what most would call a normal cycle. The thing that worried Penelope was the day of the homecoming game she woke up and ran to the toilet and emptied the contents of her stomach into the toilet.
A few minutes later when she was able to get up off the floor she walked to her calendar and saw that the last period she had was in July, she then covered her mouth and said, "ohhhhhhhh noooooo". She grabbed her keys and purse and headed to the local pharmacy, she looked around until she found the home pregnancy tests, she paid for one and headed home.
Once inside her bathroom she followed the directions on the back of the box, she then headed into her bedroom to wait for the results, she walked back and forth across her room as she waited on the results. As she paced the memories of her time with Derek flooded her mind, she saw them laughing and talking, she saw them kissing and having sex, she couldn't believe that there was a chance that she could be pregnant.
Penelope anxiously walked to the bathroom, she slowly walked inside and over to the counter, she took a deep breath and picked up the little white stick. She stood there with her eyes closed for several minutes before she had the courage to open her eyes, when she finally did she saw a pink plus sign in the window.
Penelope was pulled from her memory as JJ said, "are you alright Garcie"?, she smiled and said, "of course I am lovebug", Derek kissed her lips and said, "would you girls like to go get something to eat after we showers and change into something more comfortable"?, the girls all nodded their heads and said, "sounds good".
They watched as their men headed toward the locker rooms, Penelope said, "I need to go get something out of my locker", JJ smiled and said, "hang on I will go with you, I need to get my coat". The friends took their time as they headed toward the lockers to get their stuff, JJ looked at her friend and said, "I know that something is wrong, please tell me what it is".
Penelope looked up at her friend and said, "Jayje I'm pregnant", JJ hugged her and said, "ohhhh honey it's gonna be alright", she wiped away the tears and said, "but what if I lose Derek"?, JJ said, "that isn't gonna happen honey, he loves you as much as you love him". Penelope smlied and said, "come on Jayje let's go get our men", they both laughed as they headed out to the parking lot to meet up with the rest of the gang.
Jordan looked down at the counter top and saw a positive sign in the window, she said, "ohhhhhhhhh no, please, please, please don't let this be happening to me. She picked up the stick and closed her eyes, when she opened her eyes she was hoping that her eyes were playing tricks on her, she took a deep breath and looked down at it and saw the same positive sign in the window, she said, "ohhhhh what am I gonna do now"?
Tamara was heading from her locker when she heard a gang of people talking about how they voted for Penelope, Tamara was furious, this couldn't be happening, she couldn't and wouldn't lose to Penelope. She looked out the window and saw Penelope and JJ heading to the parking lot, she ran out the door and started screaming Penelopes name.
Penelope turned around and said, "not now Tamara", Tamara said, "I can't believe you Penelope", she said, "what the hell are you talking about"?, she said, "you know what I am talking about. Penelope walked over to her and said, "if you have something to say to me say it", Tamara laughed and said, "you are cheating".
Penelope said, "cheating at what"?, Tamara said, "you are stuffing the ballot box", Penelope said, "I am not", Tamara said, "oh yes you are and I am gonna go tell the principal". Derek walked up and said, "Tamara what the hell are you bitching about"?, Tamara laughed and said, "welllll here comes the big man on campus to defend his cheating bitch".
Derek said, "I have you know that Penelope doesn't have to cheat at anything", Tamara stood there shaking her head, she said, "she is cheating, she is stuffing the ballot box". Derek said, "no she isn't and what you are mad about is that people like Penelope, actually like someone other than you or Jordan".
Tamara opened her mouth to say something and Derek said, "shut up and listen to me", she stood there and he said, "Penelope is the most honest and loving woman that I have ever met and she is not and would not ever cheat, now leave us alone or I will report this to the principal" Tamara opened her mouth and Derek leaned in and said, "do you hear me"?, Tamara said, "yesssssss I hear you", everybody smiled as they watched Tamara tuck her tail between her legs and run off.
