My Life as a Rhombus by Varian Johnson

Author:Varian Johnson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: flux, fiction, young adult, youth, teen
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
Published: 2008-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Sarah’s pregnancy was the main topic of discussion on Monday morning at school. While I’d like to think that Piedmont Academy was fairly progressive, Sarah’s pregnancy was a big deal. Like me, I was sure there were plenty of girls that had gotten pregnant while in high school, but Sarah was the first girl that actually planned to carry the pregnancy to term.

Sarah wasn’t the only one being dragged through the rumor mill. Because of my theatrics at the party, my name was being thrown around as well. It was just like it had been when Christopher dumped me. Groups of students would turn silent as I neared them, only to erupt into a fit of giggles as soon as I passed. I could feel hundreds of eyes on me as I made my way down the hallways. It was a strange feeling—going from being popular during my freshman year, to being a nobody, to suddenly becoming famous again. No, not famous—infamous.

I had the chance to talk to Sarah briefly, right before my English class. Sarah had abandoned her usual glamorous look—no lipstick, no eye shadow, no fancy jewelry. She looked naked.

I waved her over. A large smile came to her face once she saw me, and she made her way through the horde of students in the hallway to me. Actually, it wasn’t that tough for her to navigate through the dense hallways. The student body looked to be avoiding her like she was diseased.

“How did it go last night?” I asked.

“I’ll have to tell you later,” she said. “Right now, I’ve got to go to the guidance counselor’s office. Supposedly, there are some ‘issues’ she wants to discuss.” Sarah tilted her head to the side and rubbed her chin. “Hmm, I wonder what that could be about.”

“Maybe you should go home.”

“And listen to Mom bitch all day? I’m better off at school.”

I tried to ignore a group of freshmen girls as they passed by. They stared at us as if we were animals in a cage.

Sarah quickly glanced at the students and took a few steps back from me. “I’d better get out of here,” she said, looking away from my face.

“Sarah, what’s wrong?”

She shook her head quickly. “Nothing.”

Another group of students walked past, whispering loudly enough for us to know they were talking about us. Sarah stared at a poster on the wall.

“I’m really sorry about all of this,” she mumbled. “Hopefully, they’ll stop talking about you in a few days.”

“They’ll stop talking about us in a few days.”

Sarah just shrugged, and headed down the hallway.

By the time lunch came around, rumors had started to spread about who the father was. Some folks speculated that it was a teacher. Others were malicious enough to say it could have been any one of the football players, being that she slept with all of them. One pervert was vile enough to suggest that Sarah was carrying her and my love child. If he didn’t sound like such an idiot, I would have punched him.

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