"Wait!" I speak as Liz started to go to bed.

The girls look over at me confused, "what's up?"

"There's this one secret I have to tell you guys," I speak nervously my hands shaking.

"What's going on?" Diamond asks.

I look away from them nervously then turn back, "I-I'm pregnant."

"What?" Diamond asks.

"I'm pr-" I start.

"You don't have to say it again!" Diamond yells. "How?"

I look away ashamed, "Ponyboy cheated on me and I cheated back out of anger."

"With who?" Diamond asks.

"Dallas," I admit.

Diamond stands up fuming at this point, "you mean the guy who literally threw you onto the ground as if you were a rag doll the other day!"

I nod my head, "he was just angry...really! He's no like that!"

"Sure seemed like an ass!" Diamond yells.

"Just stop!" I scream back at her.

Liz looks over at me in shock, "wow."

"What?" I ask angrily.

"I don't know," she speaks. 

"I'm going to bed!" Diamond huffs as she lays down rolling over in bed.

I sigh, "Liz?"

"I can't right now...I'm sorry," she speaks softly. "We'll talk more tomorrow, but I'm really tired."

"Night," I sigh sadly as I sink down in my bed.

"Goodnight Avery, I love you," Liz's voice comes as such a relief to me.

I hear Diamond's voice and know I can breathe, "goodnight Ava, I still love you. Night Liz, I love you."

"I love you too Diamond, night," Liz and I both say at the same time.
***
"Bye Liz," I say as I hug her tightly.

She hugs me back whispering into my ear, "why did you wait until last minute to tell us?"

"I didn't have the gut," I inform her as we pull away. "Love ya Liz?"

"Love ya too," she smiles.

I look at Diamond, "please don't be disappointed in me."

"I'm sorry," she sighs.

"Do I still get a hug?" I ask her.

She runs over to me wrapping her arms around me tightly, "you are so lucky that I love you."

"I know," I squeal. "I love you too though."

"We'll be back for the baby's birth no matter what," she whispers into my ear."

"I knew I could count on you," I smile even though she can't see me. As we pull apart I look at my best friends as they do the same. "Well this is it."

"For now," Liz speaks her voice cracking.

we hear a loud crack followed by, "all people boarding flight 225 back to England please board now."

"Bye girls," I say my voice cracking.

"Bye," Diamond says as they run off.

I place my head on my stomach, "I love you guys." 

I sit down on the bench until I hear a soft voice, "hey Ava."

"Johnny?" I ask.

He nods as he grabs my hand, "what's going on with you?"

I shrug, "nothing."

"You've been wearing sweats and baggy sweatshirts," he looks over at me.

"I've just been tired," I lie quickly.

"You've gained a lot of weight," he looks over at me.

I look away from him, "are you calling me fat?"

"No!" He yells. "You're perfect."

"Thanks," I roll my eyes. "I gotta go."

I go to walk away, but he grabs my arm and pulls me down, "please don't be mad at me."

"I just gotta go! Okay Johnny," I say desperately.

He looks over at me, "are you mad at me?"

"No," I say. "Just let me go."

He sighs, "okay."

Johnny knew something was going on with me, but I just couldn't tell him. I didn't have the nerve to say, I'm pregnant and not with Pony's baby. Ponyboy, Sodapop, Diamond, and Liz knew, other than that it was my little secret. I didn't want anybody to know. I wanted the problem to just disappear, but I knew I had to tell Dally and soon.
***
"Dally," I say as I sit next to him.

He looks over at me, "what's up doll?"

"We have to talk," I say seriously.

He turns to look at me, "spill."

I roll my eyes as I stand up, "we need to talk alone."

"Wanna go to my place?" He asks. 

"Yeah," I speak. We walk to his house in an awkward silence. He wasn't sure what was going on and I just needed to breathe. I was terrified of what I was gonna tell him. That he has a baby. That I'm already a month pregnant and I didn't tell him. I didn't know how to break it to him. I already know that he hates kids, but will he hate this one too? I had so many questions and no answers. As we get to his house I look over at the bed a million memories flooding back. "So..." Dally smirks as he looks over at me. "What's wrong with you doll?"

"Umm.." I say as I think.

"Umm....Umm...Umm..." he mocks me.

I roll my eyes, "will ya give two seconds to think?"

"One...Two," he says blatantly. "Ready to talk?"

I get so angry that I just blurt out, "I'm pregnant!"

He mouth drops, "oh my god. Is it..."

"Yours?" I ask making him nod his head. "It was from the other night."

He nods his head, "how long have you known?"

I look over at him tears forming in my eyes, "a little over a month. I'm sorry."

He sits down acting as if his world just fell apart, "this has never happened before. How did this happen?"

"I don't know, maybe you forgot a condom!" I yell at him.

He shakes his head as he grabs a beer out of his mini fridge, "don't go blaming this all on me! If you didn't go sleeping with me than this wouldn't of happened!"

"Well you're the one who brought the idea up!" I fire right back at him my blood boiling with anger. 

His eyes narrow, "listen, it takes two to tango!"

"I know," I sigh. "Although, you're putting everything on me. Don't you get it? I'm gonna be the one who gets labelled. I'm gonna get called a slut, a whore, a hoe! I'm gonna have to single teenage mom not you! You shouldn't be the one getting this mad because, it's me who's gonna get the brunt force! You're just gonna be the guy who got the slut pregnant! Nobody is gonna believe this was my first time because, you can't get pregnant on the first time or at least that's what people say! So please just shut up!"

He stands up punching a wall, "well maybe you are a slut! You had a boyfriend and you still cheated on him!"

"It was your idea! You wanted to sleep with me! You told me I had to get back at Ponyboy! I wasn't gonna get back at him! I was perfectly fine just being sad! I came over to vent and you wanted to sleep with me! You saw a chance and you took it!" I yell right back at him not being shy to blame it. "I wish I never met you!"

"You wanted to sleep with me because, if you didn't then you wouldn't of slept with me!" That's the last thing he yells before storming out of his room.

I pick up my shirt and look in the mirror and my small bump, "I'm sorry you had to witness that Sam-mie."

I didn't think anything of Dally storming out. He was angry, like typical Dally. I figured he would come around maybe not to the thought of having a kid that he has to take car of, but he wouldn't stay mad at me forever. He couldn't. 

Okay so now four people know and one person thinks. This secret is slowly becoming known, but she can't hind it forever. Stay gold. Do it for Johnny!
-Beth