Paige sat alone on the gymnasium bleachers, she had asked JT to meet with her during free period. JT seemed to know what had happened at Ashley's party weeks ago. Paige sat and thought about how much time she had spent in this room perfecting spirit squad routines and now her time in the squad was on hiatus if not outright over.
She already felt sick to her stomach from lack of sleep, now she had to have this conversation with JT. She didn't even know who the father was which added to her anxiety. She was trying hard to hold back the tears at least until after her talk with JT, she knew there was a high possibility whatever happened it wasn't going to be an ideal situation. Finally the gym doors opened as JT made his way in, he sat down next to her.
"You said you needed to talk? Sounded pretty urgent." Jt said.
"This is going to sound weird but I need you to think back to the night of Ashley's party, I want you to tell me everything that happened." Paige said, worried. "
"Paige, you were there how could you forget all that, were you drinking or something?" He asked confused and maybe a little worried.
"Just please explain what happened, pretend I wasn't there and you're telling it to someone who wasn't there." Paige said, needing answers.
"Okay so that day, me and Liberty had a talk about how she wasn't interested in a relationship, she wanted to focus on student council and other school stuff." He sounded upset as he said this, Paige knew him and Liberty had some back and forth attractions in the past.
"So when you invited me out to the party, I thought it'd be a good distraction from that. I guess Spinner wasn't happy you invited me because I remember you 2 arguing. After that we started talking and joking about our luck with relationships and then...we kissed...how could you forget that?" He asked.
Paige took a moment taking in the events. "Did...did we do anything more?" She asked nervously but she was sure she already knew the answer.
"Yeah...yeah we did." He said, confirming her fears. Paige's heart sank. "
"JT there's a few things I need to tell you..." she said hesitantly but knew she needed to tell him. "I recently learned I have DiD."
"That multiple personalities disorder? I didn't know that was actually a thing." Jt said.
"I guess, I don't know the exact terminology or details yet all I know is my family and friends knew and didn't think I needed to or should know." Paige said, the knowledge upset her still.
"That's why you were mad at them, wasn't it?" Jt said, realization dawning on his face.
"It gets worse and gross...the other person or whatever the term is...it's Heather Sinclair. Me and her are the same person I guess. She was the one at the party that night." Paige continued.
JT knew about Paige and Heather's ongoing rivalry but honestly couldn't ever remember seeing her, he knew most people at Degrassi had issues with her.
"Wow, I don't even know how to react to that, I thought you didn't mention anything from that night because you were embarrassed or regretted it." He said, chuckling nervously. "Anything else I should know?"
Paige knew this was the moment she'd been dreading but she had to tell him the whole truth. "...JT, I'm pregnant."
As the words left her mouth it was like all the colour in his face vanished. He sat motionless looking down. She waited for him to actually answer, at first she was worried when he didn't reply but began growing worried and annoyed.
"JT, hello?" Paige said, also waving her hand in his face.
"Sorry, it was just a lot to take in." Jt said quietly.
"I'm sorry for springing this on you and dragging you into this, I just needed to know. When I found out my immediate response was thinking about everything this is going to affect. School, spirit squad, dating, college..." her voice became more frantic. "...it's like everything I spent years working on..."
JT could tell something was wrong. "Paige, are you okay?" Jt asked, now frightened.
"JT...I...can't...breathe..." she said hyperventilating. It was like her chest was in a vice.
JT immediately jumped up, helping her out of the gym to the nurse's office.
As they sat in the nurse's office Paige's breathing returned to normal. They knew they had to acknowledge the situation but neither wanted to be the one to bring it up.
"I guess we should talk about this..." JT said.
"Yeah...guess so."Paige said weakly. She didn't know how to begin to deal with this.
"This is...such a weird situation." Jt said uncomfortably.
"JT I'm sorry Heather got you into this, if you don't want to be involved I understand, I won't say anything." Paige said sadly.
"I didn't say that, Paige. I promise to do whatever I can to make this as easy as possible for you." Jt said, trying to be supportive.
Paige gave him a smile, the first one since she found the test the night before. "So we're really doing this? Paige asked.
Despite the smile on her face, JT could sense how scared she was. "Yeah just two friends having a baby together, totally normal right?" He said jokingly trying to lighten the mood.
"Right, totally normal." Paige said, trying to lighten the mood.
"Do...do you think...would it be okay if Liberty knew?" JT asked nervously. Paige had forgotten about her. She didn't want this getting out yet but she knew since Jt and Liberty were together she should know, she didn't want to cause anymore problems between them.
"Do you think you can trust her not to say anything right now? Like just keep it between us?" Paige asked, afraid of the answer.
"I'm sure we can trust her." Jt stated.
"I just don't want it getting out yet." JT noticed how vulnerable she sounded and again how unlike Paige it sounded.
No one knows until you're ready." His reassurance helped her to feel less stressed even if just momentarily.
"When you do decide to tell people can I be there when you tell Spinner?" Jt asked nervously. Paige thought about how well he'd take the news, it'd be a sight.
"He'd probably be crazy jealous." She said enjoying the thought.
"I'm sure a lot of guys are going to be, I got the coolest baby mama ever." Jt said, trying to be funny.
"At least I got that going for me." She said but she was still terrified, not just of the pregnancy but of how Heather had gotten her into this but for the moment she tried to push the thought from her mind.
authors note: so to anyone still reading I appreciate and any feedback you may have rather just reviews or ideas you may have
