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woke up after that. I’m still lying in the bed when I feel a rumble in my stomach. 
    Oh no . I jump out of bed and run to the bathroom. This is the second day in a row I’ve woke up sick. I spend the next ten minutes with my head hung over the toilet. I clean myself up and make my way downstairs to the kitchen. I start to open the fridge, but I freeze when I look at the calendar. Oh my God, I’m late. This can’t be happening. I run back upstairs to Bethany’s room and barge in without knocking.
    “Bethany, you need to wake up , now,” I say as I shake her.
    “What?” she says sleepily.
    “You need to go out for me. Please! I think I’m pregnant, and I don't want anyone seeing me buying a pregnancy test."
    With that , Bethany hops out of bed and rushes to get dressed. She turns around to face me, looking panicked. “When did you sleep with Jase?”
    “The night at the garage, during the welcome home party at Pop’s garage,” I say with my head hung down in shame.
    Bethany comes over to me and wraps me in a hug. “It’s ok ay, we’ll figure this out. I’ll be back as soon I can.” Then, she runs out the door.
    I’m pacing in Bethany’s bedroom when I hear her come back. I look at the clock and notice she was only gone for twenty minutes. She must have sped through town because I know it takes longer than that to get to the store and back. She charges in the room and throws me the bag. I look inside and there are about five different brands of tests.
    I clench the bag in my hand and run to the bathroom. One after the other , I take the pregnancy tests. I sit them all on the bathroom counter and go back out to Bethany. We sit side by side on the bed. 
    “Five minutes ,” I say quietly, and she nods. It feels like we’re waiting for an eternity before it’s time to check the tests. “I can’t look. Will you do it for me?”
    Bethany gets up off the bed and goes to see what the results are. She comes back holding all of them with a sad smile on her face. “They’re positive , Jules.”
    No, this cannot be happening again. “Are you going to tell him?” Bethany asks hesitantly.
    “No. Yes. Maybe? I don’t know.”
    “You need to tell him. Jase didn’t get to be a part of Jenny's life, but he deserves to be a part of this one ,” she says with determination.
    “He deserves to be a part of this one? Are you kidding me? Do you not remember me coming home last month after finding Jase? Do you remember me telling you what happened? What he was doing?" I shake my head. "He hasn’t changed, Bethany.”
    “Maybe not. He might not deserve to be with you, but he does deserve to know about this child. I agree that Jase is a crappy boyfriend, but he's a great father to Jenny. No one can deny that.”
    I think about what Bethany says and nod my head in agreement. She ’s right that I have to tell him, but I am not going to do it right now.
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    Jase
    I picked up Jenny from Julie's today. I was hoping to talk to her first, but she wouldn’t even look at me. I don't blame her. When Matty told me what really happened, I wanted to kick my own ass. If I would have stayed out of the bar, Julie and I would be together again. I can still see her face when Brittany walked out of the bathroom. I don’t know how I could have fucked up more.
    I brought Jenny to the lake today. She has been telling me that she’s been in swimming lessons since she was four, but has never swam in anything except for a pool before. It’s getting a little late in the year to swim, but it’s a warm day, so I figure this will be great.
    We just got out of the lake. My Sweet Pea can swim like fish, but she’s tired now , so we’re sitting by the lakeside skipping rocks. It takes me almost twenty minutes to teach her how, but she’s having a ball now. I’ve just tossed a rock when I hear my name being called. I look up and it’s Brittany again. Is she stalking me?
    “Hey there , handsome. Fancy seeing you here,” she says,