Naïveté.

Chapter five.

It had been 2 weeks since the incident, and Alex had managed to put it to the back of his mind. Now, all he was worrying about was his health. He had felt sick for almost two weeks now, what could be wrong with him? Did he get an STD or something?

All of his racing thoughts were put to bed when his phone rang; Jack.

"Hey," Alex tried to sound cute, but it came out sounding like a dying cat or something when he spoke.

"Hey," Jack smiled, Alex could hear it. "How you feeling?"

"Not good. My mom is gonna take me to the doctor today, though."

"Any idea of whats going on?"

"My mom thinks it could be a stomach bug, but its been nearly two weeks and I'm not getting any better..." He trailed off. "Jack, can I ask you something?"

"Of course, love."

"Okay, uhh.. How do I ask this, exactly? Um.. Did you... Are you... How often do you get tested?"

Jack laughed, "Define tested?"

"Like, for STDs and stuff." Alex mumbled, his cheeks turning pink.

"I get tested every 4 months, came back clean each time, Lex. Did you think I gave you one?" 

"I don't know! I'm trying to make sense of all this.."

"Alex, come on, we have to go!" Alex's mom shouted up the stairs, disrupting the conversation.

"I gotta go, I'll call you later, okay?"

"Alright, love you, princess."

"Love you too."

It had been 3 hours since Alex's appointment and he couldn't stop thinking of it.

His mom didn't know; Alex had the option to do it in private, so he did.

Once again, Jack was calling.

With tears in his eyes, he answered, a meek "Hi."

Jack was immediately concerned, "What's wrong? How did the appointment go?"

"I can't talk here," He held back his tears. "Can you come get me?"

"Of course," He heard keys jangling from the other line, a door opening and closing. "I'll be over in a few."

5 minutes passed when Jack texted, telling Alex he was there.

"Hey, i'm going to stay the night at Ri's, love you." He called to his mom, who didn't care.

Alex threw his bag over his shoulder and made his way out to the black Honda Accord sitting parallel to his house.

He opened the car door and got in, immediately letting go.

He cried and cried and cried, Jack's hand on his back, trying to comfort him.

"Baby, what's wrong? Did something happen? Did someone hurt you? I swear to God-"

"No! No one hurt me!" Alex cried, shaking his head. "Jack, i'm pregnant."

After a quiet drive to Jack's house, they made their way inside, into Jack's bedroom.

"How..?" Was all the older boy could muster, unsure of how to handle this.

"I don't know!" Alex started to cry again, but Jack took his hand, "Talk to me, princess, what happened at the doctor?"

"It was a normal visit, really.. He asked if I wanted to continue the visit in private, so my mom left the room. He asked if I was sexually active, and if I had been in the past 2 weeks or more, so I said yes.. And.. He didn't say much, just told me to pee in a cup. I did, and I sat in the office for quite a while until he came back and.. Told me. He didn't know what to do, he said this has never happened before."

Jack shook his head, feeling breathless. "What are you gonna do?"

"I don't know."