“Are you alright?” Brian asked as I took my seat at the back of the class as I returned from the restroom
“I’m fine,” I muttered “Just a little sick, that’s all,”
“Sure you’re not pregnant or something?” Brian joked, punching my arm lightly
“Very funny Bri, but we all know she’s still a virgin,” Zacky laughed
“Shut it Baker,” I snapped and they both stopped laughing and the bell sounded, I grabbed my bag and stormed out of the class as they called my name from behind me, I didn’t want to talk to anyone I just needed to get today over with.
“Hey girl!” Val called as I walked into History class and walked to take my seat beside her “Are you feeling alright? You look like shit,” She said
“Thanks, I’m fine, I just keep throwing up, must have been that awful curry Emmet bought last night,” I said with a sigh, pulling out my books and laying them out on the desk.
Luckily, the rest of the day went pretty quickly and without anymore vomit, finally it was lunch and I was leaving Maths with Johnny when some sophomore ran by and knocked me, causing me to lose my balance, luckily Johnny caught me and held me up.
“You alright?” He asked gently
“I’m really dizzy, man, I need to eat something,” I said with a small chuckle before linking his arm and walking outside to lunch.
We walked to our spot on school grounds where we always ate lunch, it was almost out of sight of the building but close enough so you wouldn’t be late to your next class and it was right under a huge tree.
“Hey Charles!” Jimmy called over when he saw Johnny and I walking across the grass
“Stop calling me Charles, James!” I shouted back before laughing and taking a seat next to him “After I eat something I have to talk to you,” I whispered in his ear and he nodded and took another bite out of his apple.
I ate my ham sandwich and drank my apple juice box, I didn’t like change so my lunches had stayed the same basically my whole life. Jimmy finished eating his role on… something disgusting and drank his 1ltr bottle of coke before letting out a massive burp and deciding it was time we talked, so he stood up and helped me up by taking my hand and walking away from the tree to the benches that were far enough away so everyone else couldn’t hear what we were saying even if they tried.
“So, what’s up? Do you finally want some more Jimmy lovin’?” He asked cockily
“No actually, but it is about that,” I sighed, clasping my hands in my lap and looking at them like they were the most interesting things in the world.
“Spit it out dude, we don’t have all day,” He laughed
“I… We’re… I’m pregnant, Jimmy,”
“Oh shit,” Jimmy whispered
“Yeah, oh shit,” I sighed again
“So, what are you going to do?” He asked, leaning forward with his elbows resting on his knees and his hands clasped between his knees.
“What’s that supposed to mean?” I asked, stunned that he would ask me what I was going to do about it.
“Well you’re the girl, don’t you get to decide?”
“Wow… that’s… cool,” I chuckled, standing up
“Charlie, I didn’t mean it like that,” Jimmy sighed
“No, you know what? It’s fine, just forget about it, I’ll take care of it,” I said with a fake smile before turning away from him and walking to the parking lot
“Charlie come back!” Jimmy called out “Where are you going?”
“Home!” I yelled “I don’t feel like bringing my lunch back up at school!” I screamed before hearing all the guys and Val calling after me, I just waved behind me and kept on walking.
‘Going home, sick again,’ I hit send to Emmet
‘Rosie’s at the house, I think she has Ava,’ was his reply. I totally forgot that Rosie had a 2 year old daughter, this was great, I found someone I could tell.
I was almost home when I couldn’t hold it in anymore, I pulled over to the side of the road, rested my head on the steering wheel and let the tears flow down my cheeks, some dripping off my nose and landing on the wheel, I was sobbing too loudly to hear my phone erupting with messages from the guys. 10 minutes later I pulled myself together and drove the rest of the way home.
Jimmy’s P.O.V
I can’t believe I fucking said that, I got her into this mess and I should be there for her, but once again I said the wrong thing, and what about the band? If Charlie decides that she wants to keep the baby, I have to be there for her, it’s my duty as the father, but my career would surely go down the toilet, I can’t keep thinking about it alone.
I’ve been pacing back and forth in front of the tree since Charlie left and ignoring everyone asking me what happened, they were all texting Charlie but to no avail, I knew this was driving them up the wall but it was clear that she didn’t want them all to know about it until we made a decision.
“Bri, come with me,” I said and started to walk back towards the school and he quickly caught up with me
“Jim, what the fuck is going on?” He asked, walking alongside me.
“Charlie’s pregnant dude,” He looked at me blankly “And it’s mine,”
“Oh shit,” He breathed
“That’s what I said, I also asked her what she was going to do, I said that as the girl she was the one to make the decision but she took it completely the wrong way and went home early, fuck man, I don’t know what to do,” I was rambling, I knew I was rambling but I didn’t know how bad until Brian’s palm collided with my cheek “What the fuck was that for?!” I asked, stunned that my best friend just slapped me.
“Three reasons, you got Charlie pregnant, you made her upset and you weren’t going to shut up unless I made you,” He said matter-of-factly
“Alright fine, I deserved that…” I agreed “What do I do?” I sighed
“You’re going to finish today, try texting and calling her if you feel the need to but we’ll all be doing the same, give her some time to come around and she’ll talk to you eventually,” He told me, the bell rang to tell us lunch was over and that we had next class “Congratulations buddy, you’re a dad,” He teased, patting me on the shoulder and leading me inside
“Gee, thanks,” I said sarcastically as we walked.