Carol's dorm

[carol]

^{Upon seeing her room, Carol felt like she got screwed. Her room is very small. There wasn't much room for much else than her bed, dresser, and mini fridge, but she made it her own. She hung curtains and fabric all around her room, from the ceiling and down the walls. She laced colored lights in the fabric on her ceiling, giving her room a nice glow. It's almost always at least a little bit cluttered, as she can't handle a clean room for more than a day or two.}

[Avery Fuller]

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Practically as soon as Avery texted Carol about her urgent news that absolutely couldn't wait, she was out of Alexandria Hall and half way to Daniel Hall, where Carol's dorm was. She was very familiar with this path so she didn't even have to pay much attention while she was walking. Plus, it was close to midnight, so there weren't many students in the halls anyways. Luckily, Carol was always there for Avery, so the time of night really didn't matter. This was important.

Appropriately, Avery was dressed in sweatpants, Uggs, and a hoodie, carrying her tote bag that held various things - overnight things mostly, in case she ended up staying with Carol, and a brown bag from a drugstore. The walk to Carol's dorm felt longer than usual, despite the fast pace Avery was walking. It was probably due to all the things on her mind.

Upon finally arriving at Carol's door, Avery knocked twice before letting herself in. She plopped down on Carol's bed and fell onto her back with a groan. "Caaaarrrrrroooolllll..." Avery whined. It wasn't too often that Avery got into bad moods or even got upset like this, so it was likely strange for Carol to be seeing her this way. She dropped the bag from her right hand and it fell on to the floor, most of the items spilling out.

[carol]

Carol was watching Keeping Up with the Kardashians when Avery walked in. She'd only just got the text message a minute ago and was working on texting back, but she didn't mind that she was here so quickly. Though it was surprising that she seemed so upset. Generally nothing was urgent for Avery aside from like...period cramps or something.

"Hey, sunshine," she said with a small laugh and moved the hair off the back of her neck. "What's wrong?" Some of Avery's things spilled out on the floor, so she leaned off of the bed to pick them up.

What the...?

"Hey, Av?" She asked her quietly, turning around. "Why do you have pregnancy tests with?" She knew her best friend was dating Jeremy O'Shea, but she'd said they hadn't had sex yet. So why would she need a pregnancy test? Unless...

No. No way. Avery was Avery. She didn't cheat. She hated cheaters, always had. Especially since the whole Jon thing. She'd never cheat on someone. Especially not the only guy she'd dated in like a year. Sure, Jeremy got a bit creepy when he just kinda...stared at her, but Carol thought it was just because he was so into Avery. And that was what she needed. But if they weren't having sex...

Care sat down on the bed, looking at Avery. "Is this why you're here?" She asked her quietly, eyes growing concerned.

[Avery Fuller]

When Carol asked Avery what the tests were for, she just rolled onto her stomach, burrying her head into the blanket. Even though Carol was her best friend, she couldn't face whatever Carol was going to have for her - whether it be disappointment or support, Avery didn't want to be like all these other girls at the school that were getting knocked up. Hell, Avery saw on Facebook that Esme was pregnant again! Ave didn't want to be another statistic. What was she going to tell her parents?

What was she going to tell Jeremy?

"Carol..." Avery mumbled into the blanket. Finally, she sat up, pulling her knees to her chest. Avery reached into her jacket pocket, and pulled out a little stick. She held it out to her best friend. "Please tell me that doesn't mean what I think it means. I only took one and came over here right away. I have more.. But.. I can't be pregnant, Carol. I just can't. That's not me!!" She wiped her eyes, as tears were starting to form. She wasn't crying yet, but she was scared. She'd seen this happen to too many girls at this school, and she couldn't be like them. Avery wasn't like that.

Right?

[carol]

Carol dropped the bag and took the used test out of Avery's hand. Yep. Two little lines. Just like when Thalia was pregnant. And just like when Esme told her she was pregnant.
She stood there thinking for a moment, feeling sorry for herself because she knew that she would never see that for herself. She'd never take a pregnancy test and get a positive reading. She'd never be able to hold her own child in her arms, and have it smile up at her. She would never be pregnant, not even when she's married or anything. And here all of her friends were, getting pregnant and being upset. Of course it made sense that they weren't too thrilled for being pregnant teenagers. It was just so difficult for her to not be jealous.

When she looked up and saw Avery was crying, she just couldn't let her sit there. She was her best friend, and she was hurting! Carol threw herself at her on the bed, wrapping her arms around her neck like a spider monkey. She did that often, since she was so little it wasn't like she ever hurt anyone. She just knew it had to be fun for people to have a small person wrap themselves around you for a moment. And she knew her friend needed a hug.
"Aves, don't worry. You'll be okay, I swear," she leaned up so she was basically sitting on Avery's lap, but it wasn't weird because they'd done this a million times. "You'll get through this, especially because you have Jeremy. You guys will be amazing parents, I know you will. And I'll be here for you, one hundred percent." She smiled at her and kissed her forehead before moving off of her lap.
She sat back on the bed, legs crossed. "How far along do you think you are?" she asked.


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I realized I never made a set before. whoops
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[Avery Fuller]

Even with all the emotions Avery was feeling at that moment, she felt guilt most of all. Here she was, crying to her best friend, who would never get to be happy or upset or anything over being pregnant. Sure, being pregnant at seventeen wasn't exciting, but at least Avery knew she was able to conceive.

Avery pressed her forehead on Carol's shoulder, as if it was too full of thoughts and emotions to hold it up on her own a second longer. "I just don't know what to do. I know I have you and Thal - I texted her too she should be here soon, she's always late-" Avery smiled weakly at the mention of her other best friend. "- But what am I going to tell my parents? How do I tell them? 'Hey, mom and dad. So you let me go across the country to this school and I've got this boyfriend for a month and he's super sweet. Oh and I'm pregnant. But its not his. Anyways, how are you guys doing?'" Avery shook her head and sighed.

"I'm a failure. I'm pathetic. I trashed on Esme when she was pregnant - You know shes knocked up again?! - and now I'm in her position and I wish I could take it back. Well, some of it. She still stole my boyfriend." Avery laughed a little, more like a sigh, but nonetheless it was a laugh.

"Shit.." Avery said under her breath. "Jeremy. How am I going to tell him? Its only been a month, and I have to tell him I'm having someone else's baby. I am such a fuck up.." She said, more talking to herself than Carol. She was just trying to sort through her thoughts and all these things she was feeling at the moment. How did Esme and Thalia and all these other teens who got pregnant handle it?

[carol]

"Wait..." Carol said with sudden clarity. "You...It's...It's not Jeremy's? The fuck Avery, who have you been sleeping with?!" She thought Avery would have told her if she had hooked up with someone, but apparently this one had slipped her mind, and that hurt a little.
Of course this wasn't the first time one of them hadn't been entirely truthful about their relationships, and last time it was much worse. She didn't want to get in a silly fight like they had over Wyatt last year. Right now she just needed to be supportive.

She sighed, "Look, it doesn't matter. You don't have to tell me if you don't want to. But...does he know? Like...who was it?" She really hoped it wasn't Jon. That would be absolutely horrible. Nothing could be worse than that, not even like...Charlie Sheen.

[Avery Fuller]

"No! It's not Jeremy's.. We aren't having sex..." Avery shook her hair. She could tell that Carol was getting upset, and really, she had good reason. Avery had gone to that party because her brother's friend (the same one that supplied her with weed & booze for the camping trip) convinced her to go out to the city and party with him and his friends. They were all around twenty-three or older, but Avery really didn't see a problem since they were her brother's friends and she'd grown up with some of these boys. They were just as much her brothers as Nic was.

"I went to a party with Nathan.. You know, the kid Nic was always hanging out with and we thought we were cool cuz he'd talk to us?" Avery sighed. "Well I guess I wanted to be cool again.. I dunno. But I went. I was drinking, and I don't really remember what happened to be honest. That was like, six weeks ago maybe? Maybe two months? I'm not really sure. I didn't tell anyone cuz.. I don't know I didn't think it'd really be fun. Nathan just wouldn't stop bugging me to go. I don't wanna believe that I'm pregnant, especially from some guy I met at some party and fucked." Avery sighed and pulled the hair tie from her hair, letting the blond waves fall over her shoulders. "I feel.. dirty.." She poked her stomach. "How common are false positives?"

Part of Avery was honestly excited for the baby. Even though the poor child would probably never know its father, the baby would have a damn good mother and two awesome sets of godparents (Carytt and Conson<3). He or she would have an awesome father figure, too, if Jeremy doesn't leave her once he finds out.

[carol]

Carol pursed her lips and took out her phone to Google how common are false positive pregnancy tests, and she frowned when she read the answer.
"Well," she started not really wanting to answer Avery, "'it's more likely to get a false neg than a false positive... a positive reading says there is the HCG hormone in your urine.' I'm not exactly sure what HCG is but..." she looked back at Avery.

She didn't say anything for a moment, just looked at the pregnancy test. Avery was definitely expecting if what the internet said was true.
"You should probably go to the clinic or doctor or something, Avs," she really didn't want Avery to get an abortion. She didn't know if that's what she was thinking or not, but it was scary thinking of how Avery would raise a child on her own. Or if she did end up with the guy or with Jeremy, how they would do it. She had no doubt about Avery's parenting skills, but money and responsibilities...Esme always had Jon and Thalia had Kegan...she didn't know what was going to happen.
She didn't mention any of this to her though, because it was probably already running through her mind and 10x more terrifying since it was actually happening to her.

[Avery Fuller]

Avery waited while Carol tried to find the answer. Once she did, Avery frowned. "Hmph." She pouted and sighed, then fell back onto the bed again, groaning. She really didn't know what to do. There were so many emotions running through her system at the moment that she really didn't know how to feel. It was like a war in her brain, with different reasonings advising her to do different things.

"I just don't know what to do, Care." She sighed, sitting back up finally. "I mean, what is everyone going to say? What am I going to tell Jeremy? My parents? What am I going to do? I don't come from a rich family, and I don't have a rich boyfriend to buy me a house and whatever I want. Some people have it so easy, and its not fair to those of us that don't. I'm a good person. I don't do stupid things. And the one time I decide to have some fun, I'm fucking pregnant. What now?" At this point, Avery was crying. She wasn't ugly crying and shaking, but she was definitely crying. This was just so much so suddenly, and Avery felt lost.

"My doctor is in Oregon. I could go to someone here, but they don't know me you know? I dunno. I just really can't... Ugh." She groaned. "I just don't know what to do."