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Part Four: That's Just My Baby's Daddy

     Sweet Sunny was abuzz about SweetOne's return. She hadn't returned to school yet, but everyone knew that she was back.
     Suzanne was glad that her dear friend and fellow Girl Gang member was alive and safe, but Suz's mind was preoccupied with other matters. That wench she had seen kissing her boyfriend was starting her first day at Sweet Sunny. As luck would have it, that home wrecker Strawberry was assigned to Ms. Mosby's class. Suz would have to look at that freckled face every day now.
     "Blowfish didn't kiss me. I kissed him," Strawberry had told her that fateful day when Suz caught them in a lip lock. "I came over to see if he was available, but he said he loved you. I tried to convince him to come back to me, but he loves you so much. I was giving him a goodbye kiss, that's all."
     Suz didn't want to believe her, but Blowfish backed Strawberry's story. Suz didn't think that Blowfish would lie to her. She could accept the fact that he had kissed her, but a lie would be unforgivable.
     "Just stay away from us," Suz had told her, "Get the hell out."
     Suz thought of going to Principal Claudia and begging that Strawberry be transfered to another class, but she knew that it wouldn't work. Claudia had enough to deal with.
     The morning bell rang. Students rushed down the hallways, racing to class. Suz turned to walk toward Ms. Mosby's class, when she literally ran into Chuckkkkky.
     "Hey, watch where you're going!" he snapped at her.
     "Oh excus.... oh, it's you." Suz wasn't about to apologise to Chuck.
     "Nice to see you too," Chuck replied sarcastically. "How's the campaign going? Still think you can beat me? I'm the only president for this school. You don't stand a chance."
     "I don't have time for this. I have to get to class." Suz fumed, brushing by Chuckkkkky.
     Chuckkkkky always had to have the last word.
     "Just wait til lunch!" Chuck called after her. "We'll see how well your campaign's working then!"
     Suzanne knew Chuckkkkky was up to something. He looked too cheerful. She had no idea what he had in store for her at lunch, but knowing the Chuckster, it wouldn't be good.
     Suzanne walked into Ms. Mosby's class a few seconds before the final bell rang.
     Strawberry sat in the back of the class. She saw Suz walk into the room and a huge smile came over her face.
     "Hey, Suz!" she said, waving dramatically.
     "God, I hate Monday's," Suz thought, sitting in a desk next to Blowfish.
     Suz swung her head around, and stuck her tongue out at Strawberry.

Meanwhile....

     TheDeuce had ordered all the memebers of The Tainted Taints to skip school. He was calling for an emergency meeting. He had beers and blunts ready for them when they arrived at the secret clubhouse.
     TheDeuce needed his gang's help more than ever. Tiama's phone call scared the hell out of him. Tiama said that he had only two days to live. One day had already passed.
     When the gang had all arrived, TheDeuce told them all about the call. He informed the gang's new members, Sugarhigh and Willameena, of the Taint's history with Tiama.
     While TheDeuce recounted Tiama's vendetta against him, Axlotl secretly rolled his eyes. Ax had an ax to grind, so to speak. After TheDeuce turned goodie two shoes by getting hit with that baseball, Ax temporary took control of The Taint's. Just when he was getting used to being the main man, TheDeuce comes strolling back into the gang, reclaiming his so-called throne. Axlotl didn't put a fight giving TheDeuce back his crown. He knew that the Taint's would stand behind TheDeuce. Ax secretly hoped Tiama would kill TheDeuce, so he could have the power again. However, he told no one of his evil fantasies.
     "Together we can keep Tiama at bay," TheDeuce told them. "He can't mess with The Taint's."
     Zhora patted TheDeuce on the back.
     "We'll watch your back, man. Tiama ain't getting to you," he said.
     "Yeah, I'm down" Sugar and Willa offered.
     TheDeuce turned to Ax.
     "You with us, Ax?" he asked.
     Axlotl smiled and replied, "Don't worry. I'll be watching you like a hawk."

Meanwhile......

      "You're pregnant....."
      The doctors words repeated themselves over and over again in SweetOne's mind. He had told her she was two months pregnant. She was in utter disbelief. She thought she had always used protection with her ex- boy friend Clot, and that one time with Justin Timberlake.
      She didn't get any sleep. She didn't feel like going to school. Sweet only wanted to know who was the father of her baby. It was in the shower when she figured it out. Ureka in the bathtub, as some would say.
     PsychoDuck wanted to meet her tonight. She hadn't seen him since she reappeared on Audrey's porch. He was worried about her.
     Sweet decided that she had to tell him about the baby.... tonight. If she ever wanted to have any future with PsychoDuck she had to be honest with him. He had to know about her baby's daddy.
     Sweet prayed that Psycho would take the news with an open mind. She had lost her last boyfriend in that horrible explosion. She wasn't prepared to lose another so soon.
     Sweet cradled her stomach with her hands. She was beginning to show already.
     It had only been a few hours since Sweet discovered the news of her pregnancy, but she already in love with her unborn baby. She wanted to be a mother. And even though Psycho wasn' t the biological father of her baby, she prayed that he would accept this baby as if it were his own.
     "Don't you worry, my sweet," Sweet said to her baby, "We're gonna be ok. Your mama will take care of you, no matter what."