Just Good Friends

Chapter 48

SAM's POV

The final bell rang, freeing us from this jail.

I couldn't wait for the day to be over; today was extra long for some reason. I couldn't even focus either. That stupid party was running through my mind...

I was extra quiet and to myself today, too. I just didn't feel like initiating conversations or really listening to people talk about BS like schoolwork, or boys, or teachers, or anything. Becca kept asking me what was wrong and trying to get me to talk about last night, but I didn't really wanna talk about it. There's nothing to talk about.

"Sam! Are you okay?" Becca snaps her fingers in front of my face.

I sigh and stand up straight, moving away from the school lockers. "Yes," I reply exhaustively.

"You've been zoning out all day, girl! Avoiding conversations. And you're really quiet. That's not like you," she comments while closing her locker and filing her books into her backpack.

"I'm just real tired, Becca," I reply.

"Because of the party? We didn't even stay out that late. You requested to go home early."

We start walking down the hall.

"So?"

"So?!" Becca twists up her face and looks around, then lowers her voice before asking: "When are you gonna tell me why you were so mad last night?"

"I wasn't mad! I was just-- bored."

"I know when you're lying..."

I roll my eyes and check my phone.

"Did somebody say something to you?" She questions.

"Becca."

"Was it a guy? Ugh, I bet it was a guy that made some stupid comment or tried some lame pick-up line. Ugh--"

I cut her off. "I have to go to work. I'll talk to you later."

I rush down the hallway and out the school's front entrance.

JULIE's POV

I made myself a bowl of popcorn with chocolate drizzle and marshmallows. My appetite seems to grow every day, I swear. So does my lower back pain. My headaches are more frequent too...

Can't believe I'm already three weeks pregnant, almost a month. I haven't told anyone... except Daniel last semester. And that didn't go so well, so I don't plan on telling anyone else -- especially not my parents. I can imagine the looks of disappointment on their faces finding out their baby girl is having a child out of wedlock, let alone having sex. Ugh. Honestly, I think that if I told them, they would make me get rid of it. They're some of those Christians that judge everything bad about people, but can't take the heat when someone points out their own flaws.

I remember when I was younger, there was this older girl at church and she was always nice to me, giving me candy and coloring pictures with me, and she was pregnant. Her boyfriend left her, but luckily her grandma was supporting her decision to keep the baby. My mom would always tell me to stay away from her, thinking that her sin will somehow rub off on me. She literally thought that girl was dirty, and she would badmouth her so much when we came from church. 

I know that my parents would want me to abstain from sex and wait until I'm married... but things happen. If I told them that I was pregnant, I wouldn't hear the end of it. They'd probably throw me out; the elders at church would definitely give me the side eye.