The next day had came. After school, Craig took Katie with him to the movies and even got some fast food together. Katie was enjoying her time with Craig. He was now walking her home. “Thank you so much for taking me out today. You’re really a nice friend!” Katie smiles at Craig.
“You aren’t upset that Robert doesn’t really love you, are you?” Craig asks.
“I been over him now…” Katie looks down. Her smile vanished. “I gave him up. I know he likes Lacy.”
“He does like Lacy. I think truthfully he’s in love with her. I think Ronnie is too. It’s complicated for all three of them.”
“I know that. Lacy really was pregnant and lost it? Sorry. All of us seem to know about it. I feel bad for her, but… she is too young to be pregnant.”
“That’s true.”
“Does anyone even know who the father was?” Katie asks. Craig shook his head.
“I am not sure. It’s not really out business.” Craig replied. Katie stopped walking. Craig stared at her. “Is something the matter?”
“Well… Alana and Max are together now. Robert and Ronnie have their hearts set on Lacy and that’s just weird. But… I don’t even have a boyfriend yet. I know I am still young. Madison just seems like she doesn’t want to admit to her true feelings. I already have a gut feeling who she truly likes even though she denies it. I can tell he likes her too.”
“You really want a boyfriend?” Craig asks.
“It’s silly. But there can be double dates. We all can even have fun at an amusement park when it’s summer, but… I don’t know. Are we even all friends?” Katie asks and stared at Craig.
“Robert, Ronnie, and Lacy are distant but I still consider them friends.”
“I guess you’re right.” Katie started to walk and Craig followed her. “The weather sure is getting a lot better. It’s more warm than cold now. Only bad thing it keeps raining. Lucky today is a sunny day.”
“Yes, today is a pretty day.” Craig agrees with Katie.
Robert and Ronnie were helping Lacy’s family put things in the moving van. Rick was also putting boxes into the van too. Peg had came over to spend time with her dad, but it really wasn’t a good time since everyone was packing.
“I was pregnant! I miscarried! I went to the hospital!” Peg lies. Lacy glares at her and then puts a box into the van. She then went back inside to get another. Peg followed her. “Didn’t you hear me, you bitch? I went to the hospital because I miscarried.”
“No one gives a damn.” Robert said to Peg.
“Fuck you. I was pregnant! You know I am suicidal! I tried scratching myself to see if I bleed to death!” Peg said but Robert, Ronnie, and Lacy just seem to ignore her. “I was pregnant by Nikki.”
“Nikki is a kid. He’s about 9 or 10. And how old are you?” Ronnie asks and she glares at him.
“FUCK OFF! That’s not what I said! Lies! I was really pregnant by Tj! The school playboy hunk!” Peg lies. Ronnie walks away holding a bag.
“You know, I honestly don’t believe that. Tj is a playboy and sleeps around, but I doubt with you.” Robert said and carried a box out of the room. Peg was angry.
“HE DID SLEEP WITH ME!” Peg shouts.
“No one cares you stupid hoe. Get out if you aren’t helping.” Lacy rudely said to Peg.
“You can’t talk like that to me! You’re a dumbass and need to go get therapy! You totally are violent and crazy!” Peg says to Lacy.
“Shut up.” Lacy grabs a bag and left the room. Ronnie came back in. Peg stared at him.
“It was you! You impregnated me! You sexually assaulted me last night and got me pregnant! Then you made me miscarry!” Peg points at Ronnie. He was confused on what she was talking about.
“Did you come over here high or drunk?” Ronnie asks.
“Fuck off rapist!” Peg shouts and ran out of the bedroom. Peg ran into her dad in the living room.
“Peg, while you’re here why don’t you help out? You can start by putting this in the van.” Rick hands his daughter a box.
“But father! I don’t want to do this!” Peg complained but Rick made her. Lacy got back into the room and stared at Ronnie.
“Almost everything has been taken out of here. Do you think my life will be okay living with my dad now since he came back?” Lacy asks.
“I am sure it will.” Ronnie replied. Peg came back into the bedroom.
“Not you again. Why don’t you go talk to yourself somewhere else?” Ronnie asks her.
“Fuck off! I am the prettiest girl here! Also the skinnest! Lacy have you been putting on some weight? I wear a size small and if you wear anything above an XL that’s totally fat hood.”
“Lacy, is your half sister high or drunk?”
“Both.” Lacy responds and left the bedroom. Ronnie followed Lacy out. Robert came back into there.
“What are you doing in this bedroom talking to yourself?” Robert asked Peg.
“Oh Robert!” Peg turned around and looked at him. She was blushing red and pushes him to the wall. “Remember last night? You came over to my house and made love to me. You nibbled on my earlobe and grabbed my huge breasts. Then we had so much fun. Remember me mewing?”
“Uhh… what? What the hell are you talking about?” Robert asks confused. “Get off of me.”
“You’re the one that got me pregnant and then I miscarried. You were the father of my unborn daughter. I know it was you.”
“Bitch if you don’t back the hell off I will punch you.” Robert threatened Peg. Peg ran off crying.
Alana felt nervous. She was sitting at her desk in her bedroom. She finished writing in her diary. “I never told anyone. I didn’t tell anyone about what Max and I did. I am not sure if I want to. I can’t even believe what we did. I haven’t been able to talk to him since he left. I feel so nervous.” Alana thought to herself.
“Everything felt good, it felt so right and so wrong at the same time. I felt like all I wanted was more and more. When I woke up and looked at his naked body next to mine all I wanted was him. I didn’t have him though. I can’t just keep thinking that or doing that. It’s wrong. Am I really a bad girl?” Alana started to cry.
Craig had taken Katie home. “Would you like to come in?” Katie asks him.
“Are you sure?” Craig asks and blushes a little.
“I don’t think it will be a problem. My parents are at work.” Katie said and lets Craig in. She shuts the door when he came into the house. “You can sit down. Do you want anything to eat or drink?”
“I am fine.” Craig responds. Craig sat down on the sofa. Katie sits down on the love seat near the sofa.
“Why did…Why did you decide to take me out?” Katie asks nervously.
“Well… I thought I liked Lacy. I mean she really is cute.” Craig said. Katie felt upset when she heard that. She glares at Craig.
“I don’t want to hear about her. Why does every guy like her?”
“Are you jealous?” Craig asked. Katie blushes.
“Jealous?! I am not!” Katie couldn’t believe it. She was jealous.
“But being with Lacy just made me have bad memories.” Craig looks down. Katie stares at Craig.
“Bad memories?” Katie asks. She didn’t’ understood what he meant.
“I really don’t talk about it to anyone. Only ones that know are Lacy and Max.”
“Craig, what happened?” Katie asked.
“Nothing that can’t be reversed. It can’t be changed.” Craig pulled a cigarette out. “Do you mind if I smoke?”
“No.” Katie didn’t even know Craig smoked. He always just seemed to be a nice guy and more of a gentlemen at times. But sometimes he was weird. Craig lights the cigarette and starts to smoke. Craig just wanted to let go and get loose and tell Katie more about him. He knew she probably wouldn’t like it, but he liked Katie and wanted to tell her.
“I really am a jerk. Never used to want to form a relationship with any girl. I just date them, used them and just left them. I can’t even remember all their names or how many girls I slept with.”
“Craig, you really did all that?” Katie asks. She couldn’t believe it.
“It’s not a lie. I never got any girl pregnant though. I used to buy condoms off Tj. I don’t anymore but I still buy cigarettes from him. I really wasn’t right in my head. But when I started dating Lacy. I wanted to change. But we broke up. And when we did, I couldn’t really go back sleeping with girls anymore. I never slept with Lacy.”
“Craig, why did you used to do that with so many girls?” Katie asks.
“Raped. I guess I cracked and flipped out. I just felt like there’s no use to worry anymore. I wasn’t a virgin.” Craig responded. Katie stared confused and couldn’t believe it.
“Raped? You were? By a babysitter?” She asks. Craig took a deep breath and blew smoke out of his mouth.
“By my uncle. I hate that bastard.” Craig responds. Katie felt weird hearing that.
“Y-Your uncle?”
“He’s in prison now. But… What he did was unforgettable.”
“Craig… I am so sorry.” Katie felt sorry for Craig. She never knew. She felt sad hearing about it.
“I feel like my whole life is screwed up. My dad was a drunk and used to hit my sister and me. But he got better. We’re living with him now and everything’s doing a lot better. My mom… I never seen my mom in a long time. And my dad found her. She was getting help and is doing better. Dad has been seeing her, and wants to bring her home one day to live with us again.”
“Is that going to happen?” Katie asked.
“So far, yes. I really want to see my mom again and I know my little sister does too.”
“I hope you’ll be able to see her again.” Katie said. Craig smashes his cigarette out in the ashtray that was on the coffee table.
“Don’t tell anyone that I told you this. I don’t want the whole world knowing.”
“I won’t.” Katie promises. She looked at Craig. He looked upset. She could tell. Katie felt bad for him. She didn’t know all that happened to him. It seemed as if not every teenager or kid has a good life growing up as she thought. Katie, grew up with nice parents. They worked a lot but still cared deeply for her. Katie remembered as a kid she used to get upset about it, but as she got older she got used to it. Madison’s father was in the hospital for sometime but managed to come out and everything seems happy for Madison now. Katie knew Alana’s dad was always sick and she barely spends time with him. Alana’s mother was also not someone very nice and Katie knew Alana’s parents were divorcing. Katie often wondered if everyone else she was friends with was having it rough.