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As forwith his mom in the sa If anything was going to happen between Howard and ure out a way tosports agent for Dad’s sake and deal with getting a job first before I could even think ofout

“My life is just coe of my nose as I felt an ache start in o about it for now, so I’m stuck in that really aard atmosphere at home, and I don’t think Dad and Katie even notice it”

“Why?” Kayla asked, sipping her drink “Your dad just got rown up It’s not like you’ll live at hoht? You won’t have to worry about it when you finally move out”

I groaned again “That’s not the problem I don’ther Katie, and honestly, for now, she’s just a stranger I have to interact with, but that’s fine What isn’t fine, is the fact that Howard is nowwith for the past couple months?”

Her eyes widened “Oh I don’t kno I forgot about that”

Kayla, of course, knew everything As one ofKatie, I’d gone to her to vent I’d stayed away from Howard for a while at the tis between us didn’t end back then He and I had run into each other while I was out shopping with Kayla, and I’d briefly introduced the two of the back to his apartment with him

I wondered if this really here we stopped, and I felt ht Nowthat would make me happy

“You guys weren’t serious, were you?” Kayla asked “You told ht? So, it’s not like you’re dating Can’t you just end it?”

I grimaced, because no, I couldn’t just end it I didn’t like the idea anyot his shit in order before we continued our relationship, if that hat I could call e had Also, hooking up ‘occasionally’ didn’t sound right, because while we didn’t meet up every day, we met up often I definitely saw ether

Besides, now I had a legitis

“There is a probles off with Howard, least of all now Kayla, I think I missed my period”

“What!”

She was a little loud, and I stared at her ide eyes The music and murmurs in the roo about the noise, and I duckedto be focused on my drink

“Okay, that could be a proble dazed, but at least she was quiet “Crap, Zoe, what are you going to do? If your parents find out, ill they say? Wait, are you even sure? Are you pregnant?”

“I’m not sure,” I admitted “I missed my period and that’s never happened before, but I don’t know if I’ not to think about it since I realized, and then this whole mess happened, so I don’t think I should put it off”

“Of course not!” She hissed “You can’t run away froht now!”