The Pregnancy Pact (COMPLETED)

Chapter 28

**Chapter 28**

Delilah leaves with the mass of teenagers as they flee the classroom. Biology is always a drag.

She pulls her backpack farther up her shoulder as she walks to her locker. She is almost there when she spots a familiar figure leaning casually against her locker. She gulps and completely around and walks back the way she came.

"Delilah!" She hears him shout. "Hey, wait up, Delilah!"

Delilah keeps walking as if she never heard him until a hand on her free shoulder stops her. He spins her around so they can look at eachother.

Zach's hair is so disheveled it looks like he just rolled out of bed. His green eyes are shining bright as he stares down at her. He bites his lip and just stares at her.

"Can we talk." He gulps. "I mean privately somewhere. We can go back to my place and talk."

"Thanks, but no."

"Please. I really need to talk to you."

"I can't Zach. I have a date tonight with a nice little boy and his family. They insist that I come for dinner tonight. John already said I could go so I'm taking my time with this." Delilah rambles. It feels awkward around him now.

"Date? John? Dinner?" Zach names off. "What have you been doing?"

"Well jeez, it's not like were married Zach!" Delilah snaps at him.

"But," Zach starts but Delilah cuts him off.

"No," She shakes her head and takes a step to the side. "I really have to go, Zach. Bye."

With that Delilah leaves him with his mouth gaping wide open.

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Cassandra parks the car closest to the building as possible and shuts off the engine. Kassidi opens the door but leaves her bag on the seat.

Cassandra helps Onah out of his booster seat and holds his hand as they walk to the sidewalk. He reaches out for Kassidi's hand with his free hand so she smiles down at him and gladly takes it.

"Can I play here?" He asks in a tired raspy voice. He gets worse by the day and no one can do anything about it. "'Cuz I'd really like to play."

Cassandra has to choke down her sob and Kassidi frowns at her.

"Yeah sweety," Cassandra almost cries. "We can even read a book together if your like."

He smiles at her and then looks at Kassidi. "Can Kass read to me?" He asks as he stares up at her.

Kassidi weakly smiles down at him. "Of course I will read to you." She says happily.

She swallows the lump forming in her throat. It's not fair. Onah is only six years old. He doesn't deserve to be sick. He has barely started to live as it is. Now his life is in jeopardy and could end at any given moment. He's not even old enough to know what he wants in life yet. Hasn't even discovered girls yet, or boys. He hasn't gotten the kitten he wants because he has to be allergic to them. He never got his comodo dragon because Wes got scared by it. They will probably never know what he will achieve in life. He was going to be the good kid. He was going to do great in school because he is so smart. He was going to be in sports and graduate at the top of his class. He was going to go to college and get a degree and his dream job. Maybe he could become a laywer, or even the president. No one will ever know. Only if his life could change and go down a better path. One that didn't involve him getting sick, one that involved him being able to do all the things he wants to do in life. He could be a great person someday. But all he gets to do right now is be a great kid.