5
I aced the coding competition.
MIT, here I come.
At the pep rally, I was chosen to give the big
speech.
I used simple words to fire up the students:
“The game’s not over. You can still be a dark
horse.”
“You have one last shot to change your life.”
“But you have to grab it.”
く
Jason was about to fumble his.
Brittany was pregnant.
Not her first time, either.
She got pregnant during our junior year, three
months after they got together.
But she was too proud to tell Jason. She went
to a clinic and had an abortion without him.
Jason felt terrible about it.
He blamed himself for causing her so much
pain.
So this time, he was obsessed with protecting
her.
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He was always by her side, watching her like
a hawk.
During study hall.
While everyone else was cramming, Brittany
and Jason were holding hands and whispering
sweet nothings.
“Pregnancy ages you,” she said. “And I’m a
month older than you. What if I get old and
you don’t want me anymore?”
“What if the baby comes and you love it more
than me?”
“Jason, I’m going to be a burden on you. I
can’t go to school with a baby.“
