Losing Romeo Read Online Free Page B

Phoenix being pregnant I’m starting to worry that that pathetic performance might turn me into a baby mama, too. God, I hope not.
    More than anything, I’m mad at myself. Now, I’m not going to sit here and claim to be so self-righteous that I waswaiting for my wedding night to lose my virginity, but I was hoping that my first time would be with someone special. I’m not saying that I believe Christopher was that guy…I mean, I think I was more or less overwhelmed that someone from the cool set was paying me any attention. After all, Anjenai had Romeo, so why couldn’t I attract his best boy? In truth, the whole evening went so fast. We were kissing, his tongue was down my throat and the next thing I knew he was taking me to a bedroom where the lights were out. I don’t know how I lost control of the situation. In the end, I can’t claim that Chris forced himself on me or anything like that. The bottom line is that everything happened too fast. Afterwards he treated me like trash.
    I sniff, and Nicole, who I forgot was walking beside me, glances over at me. “Are you all right?”
    â€œYeah. I’m fine,” I lie and glance over. “So where’s your sister today?”
    Nicole rolls her eyes. “Half sister,” she reminds me. “I don’t know. I don’t keep tabs on what the hell she does.”
    There’s no question that Nicole and Phoenix have no love lost between them. In a lot of ways it’s kind of hard to believe that they’re even related. Whereas Phoenix is this ultra-evil skinny bitch, Nicole is an overly sweet, plus-size klutz just struggling to fit in somewhere—anywhere. Sure, she can be a little annoying from time to time with her overeagerness, but you can’t help but like her. She gets mad respect for jumping into that fight at the party. It takes a lot to go against your own sister. Since that time the BFFs have adopted her. She’s officially a part of our group. We’ve never done that before. Sure, we have other friends outsideof our group, but we’ve never invited any of them into our close circle. Loyalty means a lot to us.
    â€œWhy are you asking about Phoenix?”
    â€œI don’t know. I guess I was just wondering if having the whole school gossip about her situation was getting to her.”
    â€œOh, please. Phoenix loves being the center of attention. I wouldn’t put it past her if this was part of some huge master plan to sink her claws back into Romeo.”
    â€œWhat? You think she’s faking a pregnancy to get him back? Wouldn’t that be a little—”
    â€œExtreme?”
    â€œI was going to say crazy.”
    â€œIt could be either or both,” Nicole laughs.
    â€œYou know her better than I do, but I don’t see it. The type of gossip going around isn’t what I imagine her risking her spot on the varsity cheerleading squad over.”
    Nicole shrugged. “Good point. I hadn’t thought about that.”
    â€œYou hadn’t?”
    â€œNope.”
    â€œWhen was the last time you saw a pregnant cheerleader bouncing around, yelling, ‘Give me an R! ’?” Nicole laughs.
    I can tell that the idea of Phoenix losing her spot on the varsity squad is tickling her fancy. Her smile is stretching wider than her face. We enter the cafeteria as I remember how disastrous it was for Nicole when she tried out with me for the freshman cheerleading squad. Let’s just say graceand coordination aren’t exactly my girl’s strong suits. She landed on the pep squad instead.
    â€œHas she told her parents?” I ask. “About the pregnancy, I mean.”
    â€œI doubt it. I’m not aware of my father having a heart attack—which he will when he finds out.”
    â€œAnd you haven’t been tempted to drop a dime on her yourself?” I’m not advocating that she try to induce a heart attack in her father, but given how