Moran & Horan

20. Schooltime

Layla

At 5 1/2 months pregnant, I really just don't want to go to school. It's like torture, dragging my pregnant self out of the nice, warm, comfortable bed.

Cade and Olivia were heading my way in 30 minutes like they always are at 7:05. I went to my closet and decided on my skinny maternity jeans with my favorite shirt at the moment, it said 'Baby Potorffs'. Sam bought it for me, he said it would tell people that both me and the babies were his.

I just unbraided my hair and let the loose waves fall down to my lower back. I went with a little bit of foundation, eyeshadow, and lip gloss to give my face a little more color than its had lately. I've been so ghastly white and its unfair.

*Honk*

Cade knocked on my door, while Olivia sat in the car on her phone. "Her mom called, said that Olivia was to come straight home after school today because someone called her house asking for her because her pregnancy test was in and its urgent." Cade laughed. "Just kidding. That's from mean girls. It is her mom though. Her moms getting remarried or something."

Heading down the hallway was worse than I expected it to be. I had Olivia and Cade by my side but the stares from the others were like daggers. I couldn't stop them from being thrown towards me. I finally made it to my first class, and thank goodness Cade is in it with me.

"Oh look, It's the Pregnant Slut and her bestest friend, Catie." Kathleen said. The whole class turned their attention to the back of the class, where I was trying to sit down. I heard whispers from all around the room but none of them were clear enough for me to make out.

"First off, Kathleen, my name is Cade, you pronounce it like Kayde, like arcade without the AR at the beginning. And Layla isn't a slut. You, on the other hand, have slept with half the school. Like you slept with every guy in this classroom, and let's not forget that I WAS THERE DURING EVERY SINGLE PREGNANCY SCARE YOU HAD. AND YOUR ABORTION.. because you didn't know who the father was." Cade said. I gasped.

"Miss Turner, Miss Horan, and Miss Peters go to the guidance counsler and stop interrupting my class." Mr. Grey yelled from the front.

    "Don't touch me." Kathleen said harshly to Crystal. Kathleen had tears in her eyes.

    "As for you two.. I hate you. And I'm transferring out of here. I don't want to be brought down by you." Kathleen said, scanning my body.

    "Hi, Mrs. Wheeler." I greeted the guidance counsler. She had just seen me this morning.

    "Hello Layla... and Cade... and Kathleen..? What happened?" She asked concerned.

    "Mr. Grey said he'd email you." Kathleen huffed. Her eyes widened as she read down her computer screen.

    "Kathleen, were you pregnant?" She asked concerned.

    "I was. I had an abortion. I didn't want it." she shrugged. I felt my arms move to my baby bump.

    "Cade, why'd you tell everyone?"

    "Because she had no right calling Layla a slut."

    "So you tell the whole world I'm pregnant?!" Kathleen screeched.

    "Kathleen?" I said, astounded.

    "Okay! Alright. Yes I'm pregnant. I had an abortion 5 months ago. But I got pregnant again. I'm 2 months along. I couldn't just kill my baby again." She said, the tears spilling down her face.

    "Shhh. Why don't you come with Cade, Olivia, and I today after school? We're going baby shopping.." I said. Kathleen looked vulnerable. She looked like me...

    "Okay. I just want this friendship to be a secret for now." She said, through her tears.

    "I'm going to call up Olivia and let you four go for the day." Mrs. Wheeler said, kindly.

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We ended up finding out a lot about Kathleen. She wasn't as bad as she always acted towards us. She was really just scared and alone. And sadly for her, Jake was the baby's father.