Chapter 01: Chocolate Milk and False Pie
Pittsburgh, Philadelphia. December 2011.
"Judy, dinner's ready!" Judith Wilkes pulled her earbuds out. "What?", she called out.
"I said, DINNER is READY!", her mother's harsh voice yelled from the kitchen below. Reluctantly, Judy left the comfort of her queen-sized bed and music and made her way downstairs. Today was a long day at school, and all the High School Senior wanted was to be left alone for the night.
But she knew there was no arguing with her parents.
The meal of the night was of course, grilled chicken breasts and spinach. "Ugh, gross. Bland. Yuck.", Judy thought. She would've preferred something more flavorful like Taco Boom or Choker's Chicken or McSpankies. Especially on a Friday Night, But she wasn't stupid enough to voice her opinion about it. The last time she did, it didn't go well.
"You wanna keep getting fatter than you already are?!"
"Daddy, I'm only ten pounds overweight!"
"I don't give a shit! You're eating like a stupid moron! ARE you a stupid moron?"
"Wha- no!"
"Well then DON'T EAT LIKE ONE! POUR THAT MILKSHAKE DOWN THE DRAIN! IDIOT!"
So tonight, she would do what was always the can't-go-wrong way of dealing with her family: Obey and Survive.
As per usual, Judy tried her best to keep the topic as non-controversial as possible. Talking about literally anything that the three family members could consistantly agree on; Purple Flurp, (Their favorite Soda) the newest superhero movies from Marvel or D.C., even things she hated, like School.
For the most part, Judy couldn't stand School. Most of the subjects were of little to no interest to her, (Even though she was actually quite intelligent) most of the other kids were mean, and she almost never had a boyfriend up until nine months ago. Nine months ago, she managed to get strangely fortunate and found love in the arms of a very...unique boy.
A fact she must keep a secret from her father, lest she ever hear the end of it.
Just her luck, shortly after sitting down with her food on her plate, her father decided it was time to bring up everybody's favorite: Politics.
"I swear to God, man, Mike Reynolds DAMN well better defeat Philani for the election next year. These liberal policies aren't gonna be enough if we're gonna do a decent job fighting Al-Qaeda. We don't need another Vietnam on our hands." America's attempt to kill Osama Bin Laden back in May was unsuccessful. And although no one was happy about that, it absolutely infuriated Judy's father.
"Change the topic! Change the topic!", Judy thought to herself.
"So um...Dad! I hope you liked the grade I got on that test last Friday! I honestly did better than I thought I would, to be honest.", Judy said, stammering a little bit.
Her father paused for a few, uncomfortable seconds. "Actually, Sweetheart," he began. A father calling his little girl, "Sweetheart" was ideally supposed to be a comforting thing.
Judy hated it.
He continued, "I've been meaning to talk to you about something School-related. You did do good on that test, but that's not what I'm thinking about, now."
Judy starting growing a tad concerned. Moreso than before.
"I've noticed when I go to pick you up, that boy Gary is often hanging around you. I actually don't mind. In fact, I encourage it! If you gotta be dating anybody, I'm glad it's a strong, masculine boy and not some skinny loser. DEFINITELY better than you being a lesbian."
"Ugh, is THAT what he thinks is going on between me and Gary Graves? Shit.", Judy thought.
Gareth Graves was six-foot-two, had a six pack, and rather large arms. Had a very handsome jawline and a well-maintained High-and-Tight haircut. Captain of the football team with plans to enlist in the Marine Corps and kill some bad guys.
He would be a fun guy to date, if it weren't for the fact that Gary was a complete unempathetic monster.
Gary didn't give a damn whether or not the men he blew up or shot later in life were good or bad. Not really. He just wanted to blow bloody chunks off of people with a machine gun and shred people apart with a grenade launcher because it would be, "Awesome."
As horrible as people like her dad could be, she could at least take a small amount of comfort in knowing that those kind of people are at least trying to do what they think is right. Gary Graves and other people like him only wished to commit murder and mayhem without having to fear being sexually assaulted in prison, and what better way to legally get away with killing than to enlist in the military during a war? Judy was smart enough to understand that Al-Qaeda needed to be stopped, but she was also smart enough to understand that any man who would use a noble position like a Soldier merely as an excuse to kill people with top-of-the-line weaponry, was a man that was to be avoided at all costs.
Unfortunately for her, Gary's false persona was convincing enough to fool her father.
"Umm...Dad...I'm not-I'm not dating Gary. I don't even like Gary."
Her father paused, then looked up from his flavorless chicken and made direct eye contact with his apparantly stupid daughter.
"...Why?", the middle-aged balding man asked in a moderately annoyed tone.
"Umm..." Judy began, his current tone usually indicated that yelling and swearing weren't far behind. "He's kind of a creep."
Her father looked flabbergasted. "That is absolutely ridiculous, Sweetheart." "Again with the, 'Sweetheart'?!", Judy thought.
He continued, "Gary is the most ideal kid who GOES to that damn school. He's good-looking, Captain of the Football Team, loves America, and wants to kill Muslims-" He paused. He meant to say, "Terrorists.". "What's-what's not to like, Judy?"
She finally summoned all her courage. "What's, 'Not to like', Dad, is that that whole thing is BULLSHIT coming from him. He doesn't actually care about America, or stopping Bad Guys, or morality, or ANYTHING! That gross asshole just wants to blow people up for fun and have sex with girls he can't even remember the name of. He makes me sick!"
Her father's face grew very noticeably angry "YOU"RE the one saying bullshit! Shit like this is EXACTLY what those pussy-liberal kids who go to school with you WANT you to think Gary's like! That's what they want you to think ALL people like him are like! They want you to think all American Soldiers are bad, they want you to think Communism is a great idea, and all kinds of other nonsense! And you know what? You should really appreciate this miracle for what it is! With how fat you are, and how gross that mole on your mouth is, it's a wonder you managed to get the attention of someone like Gary!"
THERE was that tone Judy never quite fully got used to. "I didn't have to hear about what he's like from anybody! HE told me himself while he was breathing down my neck and groping me!", Judy yelled.
Her father was undeterred. "Alright then. I heard you were dating somebody. I swear to God it BETTER not be that NEUTRON boy! What's his name, Hugh? All that dork cares about is Pie! You hang around him, you'll lose brain cells AND get fatter!"
"Oh CRAP! How did he find out?" This was really bad. "I'll have you know,", she began, knowing there was no point denying it, now. "Hubert Neutron may be a little...eccentric, but-"
"'Eccentric?' Judy, he's a RETARD! I saw him at the duck pond with a big old smile on his face like a duck was all it took to make him happy. I see him there a lot, to the point where it's almost concerning. I bet he wants to, 'have his way' one of them, or ALL of them! HAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Tears began to well up in Judy's eyes. Her father had never been this disgusting before. "How-how can you say that!? Hugh is the only person I know who can appreciate the smaller things in life! I think that's a trait people are starting to lose."
Her father rolled his eyes. "Ah great, my only child is dating a retard who's ALSO a hippie. Jesus H. Christ-".
"Hugh is NEITHER of those things. He just wants to be a happy human being in a world where everyone seems to just wanna destroy everything and tear each other down!"
Her mother was eerily quiet during this debacle.
Judy continued, "Oh, and for the record, Dad, I know what a good soldier is supposed to look like, and it's DEFINETELY not a homicidal maniac like Gary Graves!"
Her father laughed. "Oh, lemme guess: You would rather have boy scouts make up the entire military, huh? Well guess what? THAT AIN'T REALITY! Not everyone's gonna be a damn boy scout. Heroes mostly don't exist in real life! Gary might not be perfect, but he's a hundred times better than those bastards in the Middle East who wanna destroy our cities, crack our skulls, and RAPE OUR CHILDREN!"
Judy wasn't able to stop the tears from rolling down her cheeks.
He continued, "I would much rather live in the country where our heroes are somewhat flawed individuals like Gary, than a shithole like Iraq where the men, 'protecting' the towns and cities there like to occasionally mutilate the kids living in them just because their parents MIGHT be supporting, 'The Enemy!' You're living in a GODDAMN FANTASYLAND JUDY!"
Judy simply sat there and softly cried.
"...We shouldn't have to choose between Bad and Worse. I don't wanna live in a world where no one's good."
Judy stood up, and started sauntering towards the front door of the house.
"Hey! Hey where the hell you going?"
"I wanna be alone!"
"GET BACK HERE RIGHT NOW! JUDY!"
Judy ran for about fifteen minutes. Not an easy thing for a somewhat out of shape girl like her to do, but the adrenaline she felt from the fight gave her a painful, but powerful energy boost. She ran in the direction of the Duck Pond. The Duck Pond was a place that she and Hugh liked to hang out at whenever the two teens wanted to have a peaceful moment away from the world together. Though sometimes, even when Hugh had plans to party with his fellow dorks, she would call him asking if he could drive to the Duck Pond to hangout with her alone for comfort after a rough day, and no matter how pre-occupied Hugh was with whatever he was doing beforehand, he would always be her knight in shining armor, and arrive to give her the warmth she needed during her blizzards.
This was one of those nights.
After power-walking for a few more minutes, Judy finally reached the Duck Pond, and after taking a few seconds to catch her breath, she pulled her phone out of her pocket, and began texting her boyfriend.
Judy: Hey, I had a not-so-fun talk with my Dad earlier. :( I'm at the Duck Pond, now. Could you come hangout with me?
Judy then looked around the pond, and realized that she was actually the only one there. It was quite beautiful watching the sun set over the lonely pond, but also a tad unsettling knowing no one else was around. Though, it would be rather romantic if she and Hugh could cuddle there with the pond all to themselves. With that in mind, she hoped that the pond would remain abandoned for the night.
Finally, after three minutes passed, Hugh finally responded.
Hugh: Well, I was actually playing Call of Duty and eating chocolate pie with Bill and Stanley, but for you, Sugar-Booger? Always. ;)
Judy blushed. "How can he call me shit like that with a straight face? It's so embarrassing!", the girl thought, but she secretly loved the nickname. It was original, unique. He came up with it just for her. While she didn't expect him to say, "No", it was still a relief to know that her boyfriend was going to come comfort her.
The sun was almost entirely set, and it wasn't bright enough anymore to hurt her eyes to look at it, so she did just that. It was a beautiful sight, though she hoped that Hugh would get here sooner rather than later. Although it wasn't a very long drive from his house to the Duck Pond, only about twelve to fifteen minutes depending on the traffic, being alone in a public area at night was not exactly safe.
It was then, while she gazed at the red hued cloud where the sun once was, when she noticed another bright star suddenly appeared in the sky above it.
At first, Judy thought she was just seeing things, as she had a very long, hard day. But not only was the, "Star", still in the sky, but it appeared to be getting brighter, and larger by the second.
After a few more seconds passed, the star was covering most of the sky, and was so bright that it was quite painful just to keep her own eyes open. "What!? What the Hell!?"-
It was the last thing Judy remembered before she lost conciousness.
"...Hey! Judy! C'mon wake up."
Judy's eyes slowly began to flutter open, and upon doing so, she was relieved to see her boyfriend's face. "...Hey, Hugh.", she said, groggily.
"Oh thank god, you're not dead.", Said Hugh. It was incredibly rare for him to get serious about anything, but he was stricken with genuine fear when he arrived at the Duck Pond to find his girlfriend unconcious on the ground at night with no one else around.
Judy groaned as she reluctantly stood up from the ground. She winced as a sharp pain from her right thigh made its presence known, but there was no indication of any injury to her leg looking from the outside. No tear of any kind was visible on her jeans. "Are you okay?", Hugh asked. "I...don't know.", Judy answered, honestly.
The sun was now fully gone, and a blanket of darkness with a few stars now covered the sky. But the big bright star was nowhere to be found. The sky was nothing out of the ordinary, now. "Hugh, did you just get here? How long was I out?" "Babe, I got here as soon as I could after you asked me to come. I think that was about twenty-ish minutes ago. So unless you were asleep when you sent me that text, you were only out for twenty-ish minutes. "Did you notice anything strange about the sky over the last twenty minutes? Anything at all?" "Strange? No. Not really. Well, I mean, I've seen prettier sunsets I guess, but that's about it, really. Why?"
Judy didn't answer for a few seconds. "...It's nothing. Nothing...Don't worry about it.", she said, slowly rubbing her sore thigh. She continued, "Anyway, sorry about this. I wanted to have a lovely evening chilling with you at the park, but...I guess it's kinda awkward, now." "No! No, no no. Goodness, no.", Hugh responded. "Well,", he continued. "I suppose if it feels THAT awkward to you...maybe we could just...go back to my place?"
Judy shot a confused look at her boyfriend. "Well, as much as I don't wanna go back to my own house tonight, won't that be even more awkward? What with your parents and Bill and Stanley being there?" "Oh that won't be a problem! I told Bill and Stanley to go home, and my parents just left to go on vacation with some of their old high school friends. Sorry, did I not tell you that earlier today?"
"Oh...", said Judy. Her face then heated up as she began to put two-and-two together. "Oh!", she said.
Hugh's car was a hand-me-down from his Dad, which was a hand-me-down from HIS dad. Needless to say, it was a rather unflattering vehicle to be seen driving around in. But Hugh didn't care, he was just happy to have four wheels and an engine. And while Judy wouldn't like it if it was HER car, she was just glad that they had a quick means of transportation as opposed to walking to Hugh's house in the freezing darkness of the December night for forty minutes.
Finally, the two eighteen year old's arrived at their destination, and wasted no time getting out of the car and into the house.
Hugh's house was rather small, and only one story tall, and could've been somewhat more clean, but if the way Hugh turned out as a human being, as well as the many family photos spread throughout the house was anything to go off of, it was indeed a house filled with love. Or at least, far more love than Judy's house. At first, the two high school seniors merely stood in the living room, awkwardly staring at each other.
Then, Hugh finally broke the silence. "...Well! Why don't you sit down.", he said in his usual upbeat, friendly voice." "Oh! Yeah...that's what couches are for!", Judy responded, blushing.
The two were trying their absolute best not to think about whether or not they were going to have sex tonight.
"I'll go get some...", Hugh opened up the fridge. "...Chocolate Milk?", said Hugh as he saw that was apparently the only decent choice in the fridge tonight, for some reason. "Well, I guess we're having chocolate milk tonight.", Hugh thought to himself. Even HE knew how strange that was. "Uhh...That, sounds great!", said Judy from the living room. After a few seconds of sitting on the couch on her lonesome, Hugh returned with two cups with chocolate milk.
After about 30 seconds of awkward silence which was only broken by the sounds of the two young adults sipping on their childish beverages, Hugh finally managed to come up with a topic worth discussing. "So!", he practically shouted, startleing Judy and causing her to accidently spill a small amount of her chocolate milk. "...What exactly happened back at your house that made you wanna get away?" "Oh...", Judy began. She was hoping that she could just forget about that for the rest of the night, but she trusted her boyfriend more than enough to where she felt comfortable revealing that information. "...Well, at first it was kinda just more of the same. Bland food, Dad was being an asshole, Mom didn't seem to care about any of it, but then the conversation took a REALLY effed-up turn. Like, Dad was way worse than usual for some reason tonight."
Hugh merely remained silent, making it clear that he was paying close attention. No one captivated him quite like his girlfriend. Well, no one except maybe those ducks back at the pond.
"Dad...saw Gary breathing down my neck on my way to the car when he came to pick me up from school. At first, he thought that I was ENJOYING it and that GARY was my boyfriend. Yeah, right! Like, that's some next-level wishful thinking, I must've looked SO uncomfortable when he had his ugly face less than an inch away from mine. I wanted to puke!"
Hugh shuddered slightly at the mention of Gary's name. The jock had beaten him up more than once. On one very unfortunate occasion, the bully gave him a swirly. A particularly nasty one, at that. Although it was about a month ago, he remembered it like it was yesterday...
"Sup, Nerdtron!", Gary yelled as he bounced up from directly behind him. "D'oh! Um...hey, Gary...", Hugh responded sheepishly. As he reluctantly turned around, he noticed that four other football players as well as five of the cheerleaders had accompanied the bully. So, as per usual, Hugh braced himself for the teasing, when Gary instead said, "listen, for real, Hugh. I was thinking maybe I should go easy on you. This whole thing is getting kinda old, to be honest. It just so happens that I got a piece of pie just for you, if you want it. I know you like them." Hugh's eyes widened, he was pleasently surprised. "Umm, yeah! Sure!", he responded, smiling. "Sick! C'mon, Bruh, follow me.", said Gary.
As they all walked down the hallway, a confused look grew on Hugh's face as his seemingly new friends stopped in front of the boys restroom. "Uhhh, why are we stopping? The cafeteria is further down that way. Are you okay?", Hugh asked with genuine concern. If Gary was serious about burying the hatchet, Hugh wanted to try his best to ensure that things were good between him and his new friend.
Gary turned around, grinning, and answered, "No, we're in the right place. What's the matter, Neutron? I thought you liked pie."
As he began to put two-and-two together, Hugh immediately began to panic and tried to run away, only to be grabbed by two of Gary's fellow jocks and hauled further into the restroom. "No! Please let me go! I don't wanna eat poop!" The jocks and cheerleaders laughed at his choice of words. Why say, "Poop", when you can say, "Shit"?
After a few more seconds, the doomed boy was placed in front of the unflushed toilet that Gary had just done his buisness in a few minutes ago. "Look, Neutron! Chocolate Pie with Nuts! Fresh outta the oven, too!" Hugh screamed for help as his tormentors cackled.
While unfortunately no teachers were in the hallway outside to hear the commotion and help, it just so happened that Judy was passing through the hallway when the screaming and laughing pulled her from her thoughts. "That sounds like Gary and...Hugh? Hugh! Oh no, this can't be good.", Judy thought. With that, she put her iPhone back in her pocket and ran into the boys restroom to investigate the debacle.
What she saw when she ran inside made her stomach churn. Some of the cheerleaders and jocks were watching and laughing as Gary forced Hugh's face into the literal shithole. "Eat it all! Eat it all! Eat it all!", the sadistic, small audience chanted. One of the cheerleaders had her phone out to record the event. With how popular the girl was, it took only moments for her fans (in the form of the other students in School) to see the live video. It was currently lunch time, so all of the students had their freedom to watch the video without a teacher stopping them.
Sure enough, most of the other kids joined in on the abuse via insults in the live chat. Hugh was liked by very few, as most of the kids at his school viewed him as a freak. And as far as they were concerned, freaks were not Humans, so why treat them as such?
"Talk about a Neutron BOMB! LMFAO!"
"I bet hes enjoying it! XD"
"I've been to his house once. Lets just say that shit hes eating prolly tastes better than that place smelled! LOL!"
Judy's eyes widened in shock. "NO! You piece of SHIT!" The jocks and cheerleaders all turned around to face Judy, and laughed some more. The live chat wasn't crazy about her, either.
"OMG its Judy! I think shes dating the freak! lmao why"
"I mean, shes kinda fat and thats a gross ass mole on her mouth. Plus she kinda boring. She starved for dick and Neutrons the only one she can suck! XD"
"Nah, I dont think dat dude got a dick lol"
The bullies in the restroom then said, "Yo! It's little miss perfect! You come to see the show?!" "You ASSHOLES! How dare you? Hugh didn't do anything to you! You're all sick in the head, you are!", Judy yelled as she jogged up to Gary and hit him on the back of the head with her backpack. "Ooooooo...", the jocks and their friends with benefits said in response.
Gary was very tough, so he felt almost no real pain from the action. Rather, he turned around, intrigued. Then, he got another horrid idea. He finally released his grip on Hugh, who immediately ran out of the stall and furiously vomited on the floor nearby. "You know what would be a REALLY interesting idea, Judy?", said Gary, making fear creep its way into her body and mind.
"...If you spent the rest of the day naked."
"Wh-what? No!", Judy responded. "What an INTERESTING idea!", the cheerleader holding the phone broadcasting this event to the whole school said. "Yeah, I think it'll be good for you. Make you look really sexy. I dunno, a lot of people think you look kinda ugly with that mole, but like...I dunno, maybe with those big tits on you and that big, squishy butt out, more guys will wanna do you!"
Judy's face heated up as she hugged herself. "You-you wouldn't!", she said, as she started to cry. She was shy about her body even when she had on a T-Shirt and Shorts. She would never emotionally recover from it if the whole school saw her naked on a video they could watch and re-watch whenever they wanted.
"Well...", Gary said. "...Maybe you could just get the hell out and lemme keep having fun with good ol' Neutron over there.", he said, pointing at the vomiting boy. Hugh was unable to pay attention to the world around him, as the taste of Gary's shit in his mouth was unbearable and extremely distracting.
Judy looked down at the floor for a moment, she could avoid a lot of emotional pain if she just tucked her tail between her legs and ran away...
...But she wouldn't abandon her boyfriend. Not ever.
Judy turned her head back up. "No, Gary. Leave. My. Boyfriend. ALONE!"
Gary grinned. "I was hoping you'd say that." With that, the bully aggresively strode up to Judy and smacked her in the face hard enough to make her fall to the ground. The other bullies just watched in amusement as Gary began to rip Judy's green dress off her body. "Ooo! I mean, yeah, kinda squishy...", Gary said as he poked her exposed belly and made a few ripple waves undulate her skin, embarrassing the poor girl.
"...But still pretty sexy, I would say! Now, for the REAL goods...", Gary said as he flipped the sobbing girl over and began trying to unhook her bra. He almost got it off...
...when he was suddenly headbutted by an unlikely assailant. "GET OFF OF HER!", Hugh yelled. Generally, Hugh was the kindest soul within a thousand miles. Not this time. Gary generally could handle pain of that magnitute no problem, but because he didn't see it coming, he was practically launched to the floor behind him. The live chat on the broadcast finally went quiet. They couldn't believe what they were seeing. Judy turned herself back around to get a better view of what had just happened. "He...He's trying to fight him...He's trying to save me...", Judy thought as her face heated up once again. This time, out of a warm feeling in her stomach that made her feel loved.
Hugh then turned around to face his girlfriend. "Judy, are you okay-" Hugh was cut off as a now very angry Gary grabbed him by the throat and slammed him onto the puke-shit pile from a minute ago. "WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE!? YOU ARE NOTHING! YOU ARE NEVER GONNA ADD ANYTHING THAT'S OF ANY VALUE TO THIS GODDAMN PLANET!", Gary yelled as he began quickly and violently throwing Hammer-Fists onto Hugh's face like an angry Gorilla. Finally, after the nineteenth strike, Gary finally decided to let up. After a few breaths, Gary yelled, "You know what? SCREW THIS! This ain't fun anymore. C'mon, you guys. These little shits aren't worth our time!" "...Fine. Let's go.", the recording cheerleader said in a disappointed tone as she at last ended the broadcast.
With that, the group of bullies left their two hurt victims alone in the bathroom.
Judy was the first to rise off of the floor, and after that, she immediately ran over to Hugh, who was amazingly still concious even after that barage of Hammer-Fists. "Hugh! I'm so sorry! I really wish that didn't happen I'msorryI'msorryI'msorry!", the now half-naked girl yelled. After coughing up a small amount of his own blood through his bruised and bloody face, Hugh merely responded, "...Least I could do for you, Milady."
After a few seconds of silence, the two then began to laugh uncontrollably at the insanity of everything that had just occurred over the last ten minutes. But it wasn't funny for long, though. Judy's laughter began to die down as she remembered that she was clad in nothing but her underwear, causing her face to heat up yet again and a sad, pained sigh to escape her mouth as her lips began to tremble. Seeing that his girlfriend was hurt and embarrassed, all thoughts of his own pain and discomfort began to flee his mind as Hugh quickly rose from the floor and took his sweater vest and pants off and gave them to his girlfriend.
"Here.", he said as he handed the clothing over to his girlfriend. "Oh! umm, what about you?", Judy asked as Hugh was now only wearing a t-shirt and an embarrassing pair of tighty-whities. "Oh, pfft, me? Why, I have nothing to hide, Sugar-Booger!", Hugh responded as he began to flex non-existant muscles, prompting Judy to smile and laugh like crazy and say something that cemented Hugh's love for her.
"Hahahaha! Hugh! You're-you're so great! I love you!"
Hugh stopped dead in his tracks, and Judy's hands shot up to cover her mouth as her emotions spoke before her brain could stop them. "Uh..sorrysorrysorry! I didn't mean to drop that huge bomb on you just now. It's just...You're amazing." Hugh blushed. "Oh! No no no, I'm just some guy. Nothing special." Judy walked up to her boyfriend, and caressed his cheek. "You're so much more than that.", she said. Finally, at the end of their brief but insane ordeal, the two hugged each other as tight as they could, pouring all of their love for each other into their hug as they squeezed each other.
"Thank you."
Back to the present, Judy continued to tell Hugh about the events leading up to when he found her in the park. "That's ridiculous! Why would your dad think that you'd want anything to do with Gary of all people?", asked Hugh. "Well, it basically boils down to him wanting me to date an, 'ideal male figure', as opposed to someone weak and non-violent. He particularly didn't like the idea of me liking girls. I mean, I don't, but I think if I did, and he found out, there's like a fifty-fifty chance he would shoot me."
Hugh's facial expression conveyed growing anger. Judy was the most beautiful girl he knew, both inside and out. How could her dad care so little about her? "Anyway, then it got really bad. He found out about you and me, and..." Judy started to tear up. "...And he just started saying the most awful things! He called you horrible names, he demeaned us both as people, and he said that he didn't believe it was possible to be strong and to be good at the same time! I always knew he had issues, but I can't believe how crazy he is!"
She continued, "And my mom? She just...stayed silent. Like, the whole damn time! Like...That woman just doesn't seem to care about anything! Like one of us could've literally killed the other right there at that dinner table, and she would've just got up to go refill her tea or something! I can't believe I'm related to them..." Tears rolled down the girl's cheeks.
Hugh being Hugh, he always knew what to say to cheer her up. "Well...Maybe that just further goes to show how special you are.", he said, wiping her tears away. Judy smiled, and kissed Hugh's hand as it caressed her cheek.
It was no longer a mystery in her mind as to whether or not they were gonna do the deed, tonight. Taking the initiative, she leaned forward, and kissed him fully on the lips. Simultainiously, she softly groped his crotch, causing him to quietly yelp. "Ah-woah! Judy!", Hugh said. "It's okay, baby, I want to...", Judy responded. "It's-it's not that I don't want to, it's just...I don't...I forgot to buy condoms.", Hugh said, blushing with embarrassment. Judy merely laughed quietly in response. "Hugh, I live with a madman and a woman who wouldn't care enough to stop him from doing whatever he wants, and you go to school with a jock who's probably considering murdering you with his bare hands. This could be the only chance we ever get." Hugh's breath rapidly quickened as he realized that they were finally going to do what he was hoping they would eventually get to do together.
"Just shut up and kiss me, Neutron."
Two weeks later, Judy woke up feeling incredibly queasy, and soon after, had to violently vomit. At first, she cursed her bad luck, believing she was merely getting sick out of misfortune.
Then she remembered what she had done with Hugh two weeks ago.
"Oh, shit...", Judy said to herself.
She said nothing to her parents.
She wasn't able to focus well in school that day, for the implications of her unfortunately timed sickness meant that she potentially had a very severe situation on her hands. She said nothing to Hugh, or anyone else at school that day.
Finally, the school day ended, and this time, she told her parents that she would just walk home from school as it wasn't THAT long of a walk away and she, "Needed the Exercise." A lie her father bought no problem. On the way home, she bought a home-pregnancy test in secret so she could discover whether or not her suspicion was correct. She wanted to know for sure that she was indeed pregnant before she told anyone.
When she finally got home, she went to the bathroom upstairs, locked the door, urinated on the stick and nervously awaited its answer. After she was done, she slowly, anxiously gazed upon the result.
Her heart aggressively jumped into her throat when she saw that both lines on the test were visible.
"No...No!...Oh...Oh, crap!..."
Judy already knew that she was in for a bumpy ride, but she had absolutely no idea just how utterly insane the rest of her life from that point on would be...