The Teenage Mom

Chapter 2

After dropping off the girls at the daycare center, I drove to the school. I walked in thirty minutes late, as the girls refused to get up on time. Vernon was in his office across from the library, where detention was held. I entered the library, making five heads look up at me. I smirked and strolled to a a back table.

"Wow, Van. Even late to detention?", my old friend, John Bender, taunted from his seat in front of me. I rubbed my brow harshly with a sigh. "Lee and Winnie didn't want to get up this morning," I told him. "How are the kiddos?", he asked. "They're amazing, as always. Motherhood sure has changed me, though," I said, crossing my arms and leaning back in my chair.

"Everyone's allowed a little bit of fun," he said with a smirk. I smiled and looked away. I noticed a very nerdy-looking guy sitting at the table across from John's. He was glancing back at me as John and I talked. Two popular kids were looking back at us as well as the talked to each other. "Great, another delinquent. That's all we need," the blonde guy said to the red-headed girl.

"I heard that she gave it up to Jeffery Gibbins and got pregnant," Red gossiped. Blondie smirked and said, "Don't doubt it." I gritted my teeth and glared at them harshly. "Not being very discreet up there. Want me to come damage your vocal cords so you can learn how to whisper?", I threatened. I rolled my eyes and took off my heavy coat, exposing my pale arms to the heat of the library. "Must be tough. Being a mom and all," John said, crossing his arms and leaning on my table.

I nodded. "They're great kids, but it's really difficult sometimes. I'm constantly working to put food in the cabinets, get the bills paid. I work six days a week, and Saturdays are the only days I have off. Now I have to send the girls to daycare just to come here and sit in this library all day," I ranted.

"Might as well make it fun," John said with a wink and a smirk.