Sweet Misery

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Chapter 3 "Bree's Secret"

The rest of Chemistry wasn't so bad and her next period class, English was non-eventful. Finally it was time for lunch. Piper sighed and wasn't quite sure if she was happy it was lunch time or not. She walked to the lunch room hoping with ever fiber of her being that Bree had the same lunch period that she did. Piper looked around the crowed lunch room, seeing Phoebe sitting at a table cross the room with some of her friends. Piper was about to go over and say hi, but she remembered her promise to Phoebe the previous night and decided to stay put.

After looking around some more she decided that Bree didn't have the same lunch as she did. Piper sat down dejectedly at an empty table and took her brown paper lunch bag out of her backpack trying to ignore the snickers she heard around her because she was eating alone.

When she was half way done with her peanut butter and jelly sandwich a guy plunked down in the chair next to her. Piper looked up, startled; most people had been avoiding the table she sat at like the plague, so she was surprised to actually see someone sit next to her. Especially when she was how good looking he was and realized it was Matt Dobson, a popular junior. He had light blonde hair and mossy green eyes. He looked up and saw her watching him, "Hey" he said with a smile.

Piper smiled too, "Hi" she said, "Um, I'm sorry, are you lost? The football players sit over there" Piper said pointing to a table a few rows from hers filled with obnoxious guys in letter jackets and giggling cheerleaders.

He laughed and shook his head, "Nope, I know where the brainless jock table is" he replied, "But if you don't want me to sit here, then I won't" he said, about to get up.

"No!" Piper said immediately, "I mean, you can sit here, if you want, I'm just surprised you want to. No one ever wants to sit with me" she admitted, blushing as she listened to herself babble.

"Well, I do" Matt said, "I actually have a question to ask you" he said, looking up at her earnestly, "You're really good in chemistry, right?" he asked. Piper nodded. Matt smiled, "Well, would you mind tutoring me sometime? I'm sort of failing that class, and I'll be kicked off the football team if I don't raise my grade"

"Okay" Piper said, "I wouldn't mind, um, you could come to my house, or something" Piper said feeling herself bush, she wasn't used to talking to cute guys, especially ones who weren't making fun of her.

"Great" Matt said, "You live on Prescott street, right?" he confirmed.

Piper nodded and then paused, "How do you know where I live?"

"I've been stalking you" Matt said with mock seriousness. Piper's eye's widened and Matt laughed, "I'm jut joking Piper, lighten up" he said, "I know Bree, she told me where you live"

"Oh" Piper said, "Well, when do you want to come over?" she asked.

Matt shrugged, "Whenever, I have football practice until 4, but I could come over anytime after that" he told her, standing up, "Okay, well. I'd better get back to the brainless table before they miss me too much" he joked, walked back to the popular table.

"Okay, bye" Piper said, grinning from ear to ear, she really couldn't believe that Matt Dobson was going to come to her house!

The rest of the day was a haze to Piper as she partly floated along, imagining Matt at her house and wishing that Prue was here to see her now. So what if she was only tutoring him, he'd still sat at her lunch table for a few minutes.

"Well, well, well, proud of yourself that Matty's talking to you?" Kelley's voice snapped behind her after school. Piper whirled around coming face to face with Kelley, Tina and Mira.

Piper looked at the floor, "He's just coming over to my house to study" she said quietly.

"Study?" Kelley hissed, flipping her flawless blonde hair behind her shoulder, "Well you'd better only just study, loser" she said, looking around before shoving Piper against a locker, pinning her there, "Because he's going to be my date for homecoming, and I don't want you screwing it up" she snarled.

Piper gasp in surprise and looked away trying not to cry, she'd hit her head when she's gotten slammed against the locker. It's just not fair, Piper thought, Why do they always pick on me?

Kelley let her go again, smoothing down her skirt and glancing down the hall again to make sure no one saw her. "Stay away from Matt or getting slammed against a locker will be the least of your worries, freak" Kelley told her. "Theirs no Prue around to protect you now" she said, sneering at Piper before walking off. Tina and Mira glared at Piper and then followed Kelley obediently.

Piper sunk to the floor and buried her face in her hands, trying to take deep breaths and calm down so she didn't just burst into tears right there. After a few minutes she stood up again shakily and walked down the hall towards the gym in search of Bree. She found her by the locker they shared.

"Why aren't you at cheerleading?" Piper asked her the second she reacted the locker.

Bree shrugged, "I didn't feel like going" she said, slamming the locker shut, "Let's go home" she said, walking briskly ahead.

Piper gritted her teeth in annoyance and followed after her, "Bree, wait!" she said, running up to her. Bree ignored her and kept walking until she reached her car, unlocking it and getting in the driver's seat.

Piper got in the passenger seat and turned to Bree, "Please tell me what's wrong" she begged, "I'm really worried about you Bree" Piper admitted.

Bree rolled her eyes, "Just leave me alone Piper, I can take care of myself" she snapped looking away and sighing.

Piper shook her head, "Damn it Breanne, if you don't want to tell me then fine, but then don't just act all mopey all the time. I've had such a bad day and I can't take it, I can't take you acting weird with me too" Piper said, tears filling her eyes. Bree sighed and laid her head on the steering wheel, starting to cry.

"What's wrong?" Piper asked again softly, rubbing her back as she cried.

Bree shook her head, "You're going to hate me if I tell you" she cried, "You'll think I'm a total whore".

Piper shook her head, "I won't, I promise. Please just tell me, I want to help you."

Bree nodded, wiping her eyes and turned to Piper, "I'm pregnant" she whispered.

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