A/N-Anything in italics from now on is Lil's thoughts. Hope you enjoy.

Lil woke up, realizing it was only 3 in the morning, feeling suddenly ill.

"Great," she mumbled to herself, "here comes the morning sickness already."

Lil honestly didn't know how far along in the pregnancy she was. Without her mother's support, it would be next to impossible and very expensive to go to a doctor for help. She could go to Planned Parenthood, but she didn't know if she felt comfortable. Though she knew it wasn't in her health's or the baby's health's interest, she figured she'd hold off from going to the doctors as long as possible; or maybe just wait until Ms. Smith suggested something. After all, Ms. Smith had proven to be a better mother in the past 3 days than Lil could ever remember her own mother being.

Lil felt herself getting more nauseous by the minute. She began to gag and quickly ran to the bathroom. Jessica must had heard Lil running and was standing outside the door while she exited.

"You know you can't hold back from going to the doctor. It's important you go see one." said Jessica.

There goes my idea already

"Yeah, but I really can't go to one without my mom's approval because of the insurance issues" argued Lil.

"I'm sure my mom can help, now go back to bed and rest, you've had a rough week."

Why does she have to be such a good friend, I much rather have done this on my own. Kimi would have let me made my own decisions. I guess I should be grateful that someone cares about me so much during such a rough time in my life, let alone two.

Lil walked slowly back to the Smiths's guest room, still not feeling the greatest. She laid down and tried to fall asleep. Before she knew, it was 5 A.M. and she hadn't gone back to sleep. She had too many thoughts on her mind and she needed to figure them out. She left her phone off since Tommy sent her that final text message;she was hesitant and anxious to check it again. The truth of the matter was Lil was terrified to know the truth. The truth about how Tommy really felt. The truth that she may be raising this baby on her own. The truth that she had wasted her feelings on Tommy. She just laid there in her agony and grief for hours and hours, before Ms. Smith came in her room to check on her. Lil pretended to be asleep to avoid confrontation with one of her only friend's mothers.

Lil had no intentions of going to school that day, but she wanted to avoid Jessica and Ms. Smith, so she left the house quietly before anyone knew. She would love to go back to her old neighborhood, but that was out of the question since all of her friends were at school. Plus, she didn't want to be seen my Didi or Stu in case they were to start any drama. She had no idea what Tommy had told his parents or anyone else back there. She could sneak to her house to get some items, but there was a risk her mom or grandma would be there. Lil needed to think of somewhere to go quick, before anyone she knew saw her.

Maybe I'll go to the drugstore to get another pregnancy test or two. Maybe I had a false positive.

Lil was exhausted and decided to take the bus to a drugstore across town. She figured it would be far enough away for anyone she knew.

Shit, I have no money to pay for another pregnancy test. I left my debit card at my home home.

Lil got off at the drugstore anyways and went to the feminine needs aisle and discreetly shoved a package of two pregnancy tests in her backpack, hoping no one would notice and went to the drugstore bathroom. Lil again used both of the tests to see if she was really having a baby at sixteen. She stood there leaning against the wall thinking about how many mistakes she had made these past few weeks. Again, fifteen minutes seemed like an eternity to her but five minutes into the waiting period, Lil heard a knock on the bathroom door.

Should I ignore the knock or just reply?

Lil told the woman she'd be a few minutes, and spent another ten minutes, angry at herself. After the ten minutes were up, Lil's stomach sank when both tests came back positive. She quickly opened the door, forgetting to throw away the packaging of the pregnancy tests away and that there was someone else in line to use the restrooms. She realized the other woman was a drugstore worker in her mid-50s and saw the empty packaging on the edge of the white sink.

"Did you use these without paying for them, young lady?" said the employee sternly.

"Yes I did.", replied Lil nervously."I don't have any money and I needed to because -"

"I don't care if you have any money or not, it's against the law, and why aren't you in school? I have every right to call the cops or your parents."

A single tear rolled down Lil's cheek as the lady said that. Suddenly, a boy around Lil's age intervened into the lady's scolding.

"Hey Margret, lay off of her. She's just a kid."

Yeah, I wish I still was just a kid.

"But-"

"Margret , calm down, she's poor and whatever she stole must have been important. This girl looks like she doesn't mean any harm"

Margret shrugged and left the boy and Lil alone towards the back of the store.

"I'm Seth by the way. I'm sorry she treated you like that. Margret can be a little harsh."

"Hi, I'm Lil and it's my fault anyways, I'm dumb for stealing. I've never done that before, but I guess I've been doing a lot that I never thought I'd do since I've moved to this town."

"No need to explain. Everyone makes mistakes"

Some more than others.

"Thanks for being so understanding."

"No problem. Hey, I have to get back to work but I get out at 4:30 today. Why don't you call me? You seem pretty cool."

"Sure. I'll put your number in my phone."

Lil had butterflies in her stomach. She wasn't sure if she was more nervous about the instant crush she had on Seth or if he knew about her pregnancy. When Lil reached for her phone in her side backpack pocket, she realized she never turned on her phone that day. There were 22 new texts and 4 missed calls. None mattered at that moment because she knew who they were all from. Lil put Seth's number in her phone and vice versa, before Lil left the store for a nearby coffee shop.