Friday, January 1st

The Block Estate

11:30am

The PC had been out all night at Merri-Lee's New Years Yves party and they'd crashed at Massie's place at about four in the morning. While everyone was asleep in their sleeping bags on the bedroom floor, Massie awoke suddenly. She got up and ran to her bathroom and barely made it to her toilet in time before throwing up. Gawd this was so inconvient, she didn't want the PC to susupect anything... .

Claire woke up to the sound of someone puking. She rubbed her eyes and looked around to see Massie's sleeping bag empty. That's weird, she didn't remember Massie being sick... . She knocked softly on the bathroom door, "Hey, are you okay?"

"Um, yeah," Massie's voice was shaky, "I just um, ate some bad sushi last night."

"Oh ok."

Claire went back to her sleeping bag, and then she thought about what Massie said about bad sushi. Claire had been with her almost the whole night and she was pretty sure she hadn't seen Massie eat any sushi. So why would she lie about it? There'd be no point in lying unless, unless she was hiding something... . A little later Massie walked out of her bathroom and she became nervous when she saw the way Claire was looking at her, like she was onto her.

"What?" Massie asked defensively.

"Nothing."

Massie was paranoid now. She was scared that Claire knew her secret, but at the same time she was also kind of hoping Claire did. It had been weighing heavily on her since she found out in November. It had been almost two months and she still couldn't believe it. How could she have been so careless to let that happen? She still wasn't sure what to think of it, so she hadn't told anyone at all. Not only that, but she was scared to tell anyone, even the PC. There were times when she had an urge to tell them, they were her best friends after all, but she'd always talked herself out of doing it. Massie could handle a lot of things, being an alpha required her to be able to, but this was one thing that she wasn't sure she would be able to handle. If Claire knew then that would kind of take some of the weight off of her shoulders. Maybe she should tell her, or maybe even tell the rest of the PC too. They were her best friends, they should know this.

"Is there something you're not telling me?" Claire looked at Massie suspiciously.

Massie inhaled, "Actually there is." she looked down nervously.

"Well...?"

"I'll tell you when the rest of the girls wake up." As if on que, Kristen, Dylan, and Alicia started to wake up.

"What are you two up talking about?" Alicia asked, not liking being left out of any conversation.

"Yeah," Dylan yawned, "What's going on?"

"Once you're all fully awake, I have something to tell you." Massie tried to keep her voice calm. What if she told them and they all judged her and labled her an LBR? Under normal circumstances she wouldn't be worried about becoming an LBR, but now people might actually have a valid reason to call her that, and that was scary.

"How many gossip points is it worth?" Alicia asked eagerly.

"Like a billion."

"Ooh this is juicy!" Alicia was excited now, "The last time something was worth so many gossip points was when you told us you lost your virginity to Landon."

"Is it bigger than that?" Kristen asked, suddenly more interested.

"I doubt it," Dylan said, "I don't think anything could be bigger than that, Massie wouldn't shut up about it."

Massie's mind started racing, maybe this wasn't a good idea. She should've never said anything, because now she couldn't get out of it since they were expecting her to tell them something. It was like Claire could sense her discomfort, because she gave Massie comforting glance like she was encouraging her to say it. Did Claire know? Might as well get it over with... .

"I'mpregnant." that was the first time she'd said it out loud, and in a way it's like that made it more real.

The PC all gasped, except for Claire. She had a look on her face that Massie could tell meant she'd been suspecting it. Kristen, Alicia, and Dylan all looked shocked like they couldn't believe something like that would happen. Massie waited for them to say something, but for moments the room was completely silent.

"Um," Kristen searched for something to say, "That escalated quickly."

"How far along are you?" Claire asked.

"Why didn't you tell us?" Alicia looked offended that she didn't know as soon as possible.

"Do your parents know?" Dylan wondered.

"I'm not exactly sure how far along I am, I haven't been to a doctor yet, but I found out on the fifth of November. I haven't told anyone, so my parents don't know. I really wanted to tell you guys, but I can barely wrap my mind around it. I've been so nervous and scared, I don't know what to do." That's when she felt a tear fall from her eye, then a few more.

Massie had never felt more vulnerable than she did now. She was always acting like nothing was wrong and that life was perfect for her, because she was an alpha and alphas weren't supposed to show weakness or vulnerability. But at this moment she couldn't help it. Since she'd found out she was pregnant she mostly pushed it to the back of her mind because she didn't know how to deal with it, she still couldn't quite believe it. But ignoring it hadn't made her any less pregnant. She was just now beginning to face it by telling the PC, and it was a lot harder on her than she expected.

"Wow," all four girls said in unison.

"Yeah I know, I'm freaking out. I just know everyone is gonna judge me or think of me as a slut now if they find out."

"Wait," Alicia said, "So are you gonna keep it?"

Then Claire added, "Whatever you do, we won't judge you for it and we'll be here for you because we're your friends."

"Yeah," the other girls agreed.

She had the best friends ever, Massie thought. They were being so understanding of this, and that made her feel a whole lot better already. She'd never appreciated them more than she did now. Because no matter what anyone else's reaction would be, she knew she'd have them by her side through this difficult time in her life.

"I still haven't even told Landon yet, so I want to talk to him first and then see what happens."

"You should really think about it," Kristen told her, "You're only a sophmore and you're fifteen. Raising a baby is really hard work."

"I know," Massie exhaled, thinking about what it would be like to have a baby.

The thoughts were scary to say the least. Being responsible for someone's life, was terrifying to her. In her world, she was the center of the universe, and she wasn't sure she could give that position to someone else. Not only that, but she hadn't broke the news to her boyfriend Landon yet. She didn't know what his reaction would be and she kinda didn't want to find out. Sure, he'd always been a good boyfriend to her, but she knew he didn't want any kids right now. He was in his last semester of junior year now, so he was almost done with high school and she knew he was looking forward to going to college. But she also didn't plan on having a baby right now either, and she was dealing with it, so he should too. The thing that worried her the most was him leaving her once she told him, but that was the worst case scenario. Not only all of that, but how in the world would she deal with school? She didn't even want to think of all the things those LBRs would be saying about her if they find out about her being pregnant.

The PC was mostly in shock still, they couldn't believe what they'd just heard, but they were determined to be as helpful as possible to their alpha. Yeah, Massie has done something mean to all of them at least once and she could be controlling, but overall she'd been a good friend to all of them and they wanted to make things easier for her...even if they weren't quite sure how.

"If you want me to, I can be there with you when you tell you're parents," Claire says, trying to be helpful.

"Ehmagawd, thanks Kuh-laire, you're a life saver." She was extremely nervous to tell her parents, and if Claire was there then maybe it would make their reaction not be as bad.

"So when exactly do you plan on telling them?" Claire asked Massie.

"Not sure."

"Well whenever you decide to, let me know."

This was the best Massie had felt since she found out she was pregnant, she now knew for sure that she had her friends by her side and that made her feel empowered and not so alone about this. She still wasn't sure of how to think of this situation entirely, but she had a feeling she'd be heading in the right direction.

Tell me what you think so far, because I've never done a story like this, and review :)