If it wasn�t dark out you could have seen her breathe flowing through the cold air. �Your right we should probably get back to our homes.� John replied. �Homes.� Marlena said sarcastically. �You don�t want to go home then? You can come back to my house.� John replied. �Ohh, I um don�t know.� Marlena replied.
She got off John�s body and stood up. �I�m sorry, I shouldn�t have asked that, I mean it�s not like we haven�t �slept� together before, and I mean that�s all I was asking.� John replied now standing up. �It�s okay John, it�s just that I have a lot of homework to finish and I have a big track meet tomorrow and I just need to get some rest.� Marlena blurted out. �Oh, its okay, I understand.� John replied.
They gathered their things and went to the car. The ride home was almost dead silence and they both didn�t even look at each other. Marlena was thinking about why she didn�t agree to go with John to his house. She wanted to go; she wanted to spend the night with him. John was thinking about Marlena and why she didn�t want to be with him. John pulled up to Marlena�s house as he broke the silence. �Well, I�ll see you tomorrow.� John told her staring at her.
Marlena looked up at him and gazed into his hazel eyes. John slowly leaned over and kissed Marlena slightly across the lips. �Bye.� Marlena said gathering her backpack and getting out of the car.
Marlena walked into her house never looking back at John as John stared at her until she shut the door of her house. The next day Marlena awoke up with the feeling as if she had a hangover. She slowly made her way to the bathroom and splashed cold water on her face. She was staring at her reflection in the mirror when she got a huge cramp in her side and curled over grabbing her stomach. Marlena let out a painful gasp and quickly moved her body over to the toilet as she vomited. She slowly removed herself from the floor and splashed her face with cold water again. �Why do I feel so sick?� Marlena said to herself.
She looked at her watch and realized she was already an hour late for school. Surprising even herself she didn�t seem much to care as she walked back into her room and threw on some sweats. She grabbed her backpack and went off to school. She walked into her History class as everyone stared at her. She looked so pale and her hair was up in a messy bun. �Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed.� Cindy said from the front row of the room as everyone else laughed along with her.
Marlena just ignore her as she toke her seat. �What�s the reason for your tardiness Marlena?� The teacher asked her impatiently. �I just slept a little late.� Marlena replied. �Well, good for you, you can make up that time in detention then.� The teacher replied.
Marlena ignored his words as she could barely think. Her head was spinning and her palms were sweating. Marlena didn�t even notice that John was trying to get her attention. �Marlena.� John whispered across the seats to her.
Marlena just smiled at him and opened her book but the words all seemed blurry.
�Marlena.� John whispered again.
Marlena heard his words faintly. She suddenly blacked out in her seat and fell unconscious to the floor.
�MARLENA.� John yelled standing up. �Mr. Black sit down and nobody else move.� The teacher said walking over to Marlena.
�Ms. Evans.� The teacher said bending down to her.
John got up and moved towards her. �Mr. Black I told you to sit down.� He said sternly to John but John didn�t care, he wanted to make sure Marlena was okay. �Can�t you see she�s sick, call an ambulance?� John said. �Mr. Black, there�s not need for that but you can go get the nurse for me.� The teacher told him.
John ran out of the classroom to get the nurse. He ran into the nurse�s office and got her. She followed him back to the classroom. �What seems to be the matter here?� The nurse said walking into the room right behind John. �Ms. Evans seems to have collapsed in her seat. The teacher replied.
The nurse walked over to her as Marlena laid put, still unconscious. �Can you hear me?� The nurse said to Marlena but there was no reply.
The nurse felt Marlena�s head which was burning up. �John, can you go get me some water.� The nurse told him. John did and brought it back to her. The nurse toke it and splashed it on Marlena�s face as she awoke. �What happened?� Marlena said faintly.
The nurse and John both helped her up. �Marlena, you collapsed.� John told her. �Oh.� Marlena said. �Okay dear, why don�t you come with me.� The nurse said to her.
John wanted to follow them but the teacher forbade it. He sat through the rest of class worrying about Marlena. Marlena was now in the nurse�s office as she was questioning her. �Marlena, maybe you should go to the hospital to have some blood test run, you could have the flu.� The nurse told her. �You know what I�m feeling much better, and you even said I don�t have a fever.� Marlena told her. �Did you just throw up in the morning?� The nurse asked. �Well, yah.� Marlena replied. �Have you felt sick any other mornings or any other times of the day� She asked. �Well, I have been feeling a little sick in the mornings but nothing really extreme; I mean I barely even notice it.� Marlena replied. �Hmm.� The nurse said. �What is it?� Marlena asked curiously. �Well, I know about what happened a few weeks ago and I wonder if it has something to do with that.� The nurse replied. �You mean when I was raped.� Marlena asked her. �Oh my god, am I going to die from it?� Marlena asked in awe. �Oh no, nothing that serious.� The nurse replied. �Well then what is it.� Marlena asked nervously. �Well you could be pregnant.� The nurse replied. �WHAT!?� Marlena blurted out. �Well, it could be possible.� The nurse replied. �No, no way am I pregnant.� Marlena said furiously as she stormed out of the nurse�s office. �Marlena.� John yelled down the hallway.
Marlena ignored him and stormed into the girls bathroom crying. John came in after her though. �Marlena, what�s wrong.� John asked her. �John, what are you doing in here?� Marlena snapped at him. �I�m just making sure your okay.� John replied. �John,� Marlena said through her tears �the nurse thinks I might be pregnant.�
John didn�t say anything, he couldn�t think of any words. He moved her body into his as he held her as she cried in his chest. Tears rolled down John�s face as he felt the pain coming from Marlena. �John, please I have to go.� Marlena said wiping her tears.
She walked out of the girl�s bathroom without looking back at John. She finished the rest of her classes in silence. When school ended she went straight to her car, taking the warning from the nurse not to go to her track meet. She drove straight to the drug store. She searched through the aisles and went down the aisle with the pregnancy tests. �Which one do I get?� Marlena said to herself.
She roamed the shelf and finally picked out one that looked accurate and got to of them. She checked out of the store not looking at the cashier in embarrassment. When she walked out of the store she bumped into Cindy, scattering the contents of her bag on the floor. �What�s this?� Cindy said picking up one of the pregnancy tests. �None of your business.� Marlena said grabbing the pregnancy test from Cindy�s clutches and the other one on the ground. �Is Marlena Evans pregnant?� Cindy asked her.
Marlena didn�t respond, she just stormed off into her car and drove away.