Enid knew she'd be in bad pains, have morning sickness, and other awful things. But the thing that alarmed her most was how she would say it. How she would tell Carl.
It was that afternoon when she would find out for real. Maggie had kept a pregnancy test handy in case. Enid gratefully took it and raced to the bathroom. When Enid came back with the grief that she actually was pregnant, she felt a heavy burden rise onto her shoulders.

Enid felt tears as Maggie gave her a big sincere hug, but Enid let go quickly.

"Maggie, how the hell am I supposed to tell Carl? He's the freaking father!" Enid cried, burning tears in her eyes.

Maggie smiled softly, and even despite Enid's worries, she put an arm around her. The smile would've comforted Enid, but Enid felt so sick to her stomach that she didn't say anything or smile back.

"Just tell him. And remember, this is your baby, and you can't let anyone else tell you otherwise. You will keep this baby if you want to." Maggie said calmly, and released Enid to go.

With tears in her eyes, nails bit down to the skin, and heart pounding against her chest, she walked towards the large building alone, in fear.
Enid stood at the doorstep, her stomach full of burning pain and her thoughts blank. She pushed open the door without even realizing she did, and she saw Rick and Carl walking towards the door.

"Hey Enid," Carl said smiling, his hair covering his white bandage plastered on his socket.

"H.... hey Carl. I.. I need to talk with you about something. It's..... it's really important." Enid stuttered nervously, her eyes averting in all directions.

"Are you feeling okay? You look a little sick..." Carl said, placing a hand on Enid's forehead. "Enid, your burning up!"

"Carl! I don't care!" Enid said fidgety. "Please, just listen to me!"

Rick walked outside, giving the two the privacy that they'd need.
Enid's eyes locked on Carl's, her face covered in sweat and her lip quivering.

"Enid, what's wrong?" Carl asked.

"Carl.... do you.. do you remember when we... when we had sex?" Enid asked, her voice low in a whisper.

Carl, who looked uncomfortable with the subject, only nodded.

"You know how.... how we didn't use protection?" Enid whispered, tears building up in her eyes.

She peered up at Carl, who looked as if he knew what Enid was going to say. He hadn't accepted it, but he soon would.

"Carl, I..... Carl I'm pregnant. With our baby."

"I... I'm seventeen! I can't raise a baby!" Carl cried fiercely.

"Carl, please! I want this baby to have its real father!" Enid cried, tears running down her cheeks.

"I can't do this! You think I can handle this?!" Carl asked, his voice cracking weakly.

"Please! This is our baby!" Enid cried.

"Enid, you're sixteen!"

"Who cares?! There's a baby in here and I'm willing to raise it! Why can't you just accept that your a father?"

"Be... because I don't want our baby to live in this shitty world!" Carl shouted angrily. The room fell silent. He finally looked down at Enid with a tear running down his cheek. "You have to get rid of it...."

"Y.. you want me to get rid of it?" Enid whispered through sobs. "I.. I can't!"

"We can't raise a baby." Carl said plainly, and began to walk away.

"Yes, we can!" Enid said, grabbing onto Carl's hand and spun him around to face her. "Judith is still well and alive. Do you know why that is?"

Carl said nothing but his angry eyes began to soften.

"Everyone pitched in to help. Maggie is having a baby, and everyone will pitch into help her." Enid said.

"Get rid of the baby." Carl whispered in a low voice, and began to walk again.

"I'm not getting rid of this baby!"

"Yes, you are!"

"Why? Why don't you want this baby?! You're baby?!" Enid cried, tears running down her cheeks even more.

"Because I don't want you to turn out like my mom!" Carl shouted with tears, and the room fell silent.

"Carl.... what happened to your mom?" Enid whispered.

"J..just forget it." Carl said and walked out.

Enid let a tear bring her to the ground, she sat with her legs stretched out in front of her and stared at her stomach. She saw a figure walk towards her and her head shot up.

"Enid.... you're pregnant?"