Maybe she’d mentioned it to one of her guy friends, and they’d mentioned it to someone else?But … no.I still couldn’t see any of them spreading drama, not when Sakura herself was pregnant.They wouldn’t do that to someone.
“I’m sorry,” Diya cried, head in her hands.“I’m sorry.I should tell everyone that it’s me.”
“No,” I said, shaking my head.“No.No.No.No.It’s okay.”
If I had to protect my best friend from the bullying by taking it myself, then I would.I wasn’t actually pregnant, notreallyhormonal, only when I needed some dick.I could endure the abuse for the first month or so.
But what about the guys?I’d have to tell them, right?
I scrolled back through the messages on my phone.
Calix: Where are you??
Arch: It’d better be mine.
Cairo: I’ll make sure you can make up your Physics exam.Stay home.I’ll see you soon.
Frasier: Tell me what you need, and I’ll pick it up after school for you, baby.
Heat rushed through my body, and I pressed my thighs together.It probablywasn’ta good time to be turned on as my best friend cried in the seat beside me, but tell me why they all seemed to be … okay about it?Excited almost?
Calix was searching for me.Arch wanted the kid to be his.Cairo was being the cute, loving guy that he always had been.Frasier was going to get me anything I needed.And Rush …
My gaze dropped, scanning to see if I had missed a message from him.
I guessed Rush really didn’t care.
He didn’t want to hang out after school.Barely spoke to me.Didn’t message me.
“I’m sorry, Astrid.”Diya sobbed.
“Diya, I already said not to worry.We’ll just play this off.It’ll be cool.”
“Cool?!”
“You know how much Redwood Academy loves drama,” I said.“Let’s give it to them.”
While she was in the middle of crying, she cracked a small smile.“How?”
“You wipe these tears,” I said, pushing them away with my thumbs, “and get to first period.I’ll stay home today to really stir everything up.People won’t be able to stop talking about why I’m not in class.”
“B-but why?”she asked.
I tucked some hair behind her ear.“Because I love you and I care about you.”
“People will wonder whose it is,” she said.
“Tell them that it’s Principal Vaughn’s … before Poison chopped his head off.”
That’ll really make everyone go nuts!
“B-but?—”
I hopped out of the car, ran over to her side, and yanked her out, pushing her off toward her first period.I might’ve had a Physics exam today, but Cairo had me covered.This would surely spice up second semester, even more so than fucking five best friends.
Once she disappeared into the building, I headed across the parking lot toward my car.
A car sped up beside me, and Rush rolled down the passenger window.
