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[sub]Starring [color=D2652C]Chanel[/color] | [color=ec008c]April[/color] | [color=CF5685]Julie[/color] [/sub][/center]
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April’s signature white Maserati roared through the small suburban streets as she made her way to Julie’s house first, the phone still ringing on her end of the call. [color=ec008c]“Come on Julie, pick up!”[/color] she practically shouted, coming to a stop at an intersection. After looking both ways, she slammed down the throttle and took off once again, only slowing down as she passed her red-headed friend’s house. She looked down at her phone and raised a brow. April hadn’t noticed the voicemail originally, but it looked to have been there for a good ten minutes now. Damn it.

After listening to the rather awkwardly worded voicemail, April pulled a quick three point turn in her car and took off back toward Chanel’s house. As it came into view, she slowed down and drove like a relatively normal person who wasn’t just about to explode with emotions, before pulling into the driveway slowly. She quickly straightened her hair in the visor mirror above her before exiting the car, walking right up to Chanel’s front door. With a deep inhale, she calmed herself back down a bit before pressing the doorbell. [color=ec008c]“Here goes nothing.”[/color] she muttered to herself.

Only about a half of a second had gone by before the door was suddenly pulled open; a freshly showered and neatly groomed Chanel Martin stood in the doorway, her hand placed on her hip and a bright smile spread wide across her face. [color=D2652C]"Well, long time no see, [i]stranger[/i],"[/color] the young woman said with a laugh as she quickly pulled April into a hug and pushed the door closed behind her, [color=D2652C]"I missed you at the homecoming dance, girl. We could've taken some pics together or [i]something.[/i]"[/color] As soon as Chanel had released the girl from her embrace, she began to lead the way back to the kitchen. It was upon their entrance that the pair would be able to spot an assortment of snacks and sweets that Julie and Chanel had laid out on the counter not too long ago. [color=D2652C]"Julie already told you about the good news in the voicemail, I think... right, Julie?"[/color]

Julie’s head snapped up from her phone when she heard the two girls enter. A nervous smile lighting up her face. [color=CF5685]“Oh, yes… I think I did!”[/color] She stood up and walked over to the snacks taking a few skittles and popping them in her mouth. Not really because she was craving the sugary sweet taffy but mostly she wanted her mouth to be busy with something else to do than talk. But, alas the skittles only lasted so long. [color=CF5685]“So uhm…”[/color] she began as she fiddled with her phone. [color=CF5685]“You said you had something to tell us? Something about your dad’s new flame?”[/color] she asked confused to why this was important for April to tell them.

April smiled to Chanel before being led into the kitchen. She nodded to Julie before taking a few Skittles for herself. As the candy flavour filled her mouth, she looked up to Julie and inhaled deeply. She’d had it with the awkwardness between herself and the redhead, it was time to break the ice once again and rid themselves of whatever tension hung between April and Julie. [color=ec008c] “Before anything, I want to clear the air between us Julie. We’ve been silently avoiding the topic for ages now and I’m tired of it hanging above me.”[/color] she’d look to Julie, April’s hands playing with the hem of her own t-shirt nervously. This was not what she had planned on doing and had no game plan to drive the conversation. She was winging it.

[color=ec008c]“I want to apologize Julie...for taking Santi’s side over yours way back even though he treated you like shit. I don’t know why I did, but I’m sorry.”[/color] Hopefully that was enough. It’s all she had.

This was something that Julie had been waiting for almost their whole high school career. And now that it was happening, she couldn’t keep the shock of her face. [color=CF5685]“Oh… uhm.”[/color] She began looking to Chanel for some sort of help. But this was between her and April and it was time. [color=CF5685]“You know April. I’ve had this conversation in my head so many times.”[/color] she looked down at her hands as they fidgeted on the countertop. [color=CF5685]“But I don’t think we need to go any further. I’ve put it behind me now.”[/color] It was true she couldn’t care less what Santiago did or said now, but hearing April apologizing did make her heart lighten. Julie looked at her friend with a warm smile. [color=CF5685]“I’m just glad to have my friend back.”[/color] The redhead whispered holding back the tears she could feel building up in her eyes. She stood up and closed the distance between them and embraced April in a long overdue hug.

[color=D2652C]“Aw, well would you look at that,”[/color] Chanel said with a cheesy grin as she stood by the snack counter and watched her two best friends hug it out, [color=D2652C]“It’s about time you guys got your shit together. For a while I thought I was gonna have to lock you two in my bedroom until everything was resolved.”[/color] And although Chanel let out a chuckle as she stated that last sentence, she was being completely candid and meant every word that she had said. Although Chanel would always try to lighten the mood and contribute positive energy to the group, a certain tension had been lingering heavily in the air whenever the trio would hang around one another; it would’ve only been a matter of time before Chanel would snap.

When they finally pulled away from each other Julie sat back down dabbing at her eyes letting out a small laugh. [color=CF5685]“Well, So I’m guessing that wasn’t the only thing you came here for. What was so important?”[/color] 
  
[color=D2652C]“Yeah, what did you have to tell us?”[/color] Chanel said as she reached for an unopened bag of gummy bears and took a seat next to Julie. [color=D2652C]“Something about your pop’s new fling, right? He didn’t get her knocked up, did he?”[/color] She said jokingly.

April went quiet following the questions from the two of them, looking down at the floor for a moment to collect her thoughts. [color=ec008c]“Yeah, as I was leaving this morning I caught him ass-naked in the living room with a woman. I didn’t even ask, just got out of there as quick as possible.”[/color] She laughed nervously, shaking her head as the images of the morning ran through her mind.

[color=ec008c] “That’s not actually my big news though.’[/color] she said quietly, looking to both of her friends. [color=ec008c] “This can not...will not leave this room, promise?”[/color] The brunette waited for an answer from each of them. Life-changing news was not something she took lightly and if this spread through the school, it’d only be a matter of time before her father found out from other sources. She had to stay on top of the situation. April nervously grabbed a handful of Skittles and snacked on them, once again breaking eye contact from her two best friends to look at the floor. 

Julie’s eyebrows knitted together as she watched her friend twisted and turned where she stood. She nodded slowly and shot Chanel a concerned look before turning back towards April [color=CF5685]“Sure… of- of course…”[/color] she sputtered.

[color=D2652C]“Of course, I promise…”[/color] Chanel said slowly as she returned Julie’s concerned look with one of her own. [color=D2652C]“You know you can tell us anything. April, what’s going on?”[/color]

[color=ec008c]“I...I may be slightly….pregnant.”[/color] she’d say, not even looking up to Julie and Chanel. She felt her heart pounding hard against the walls of her chest and her head was spinning. God she hoped they wouldn’t hate her for this.

As soon as those words had finally come tumbling out of April’s mouth, Chanel found herself frozen in place; her mouth had stopped mid-chew, and her eyes grew wide as they flickered from the stomach of her “slightly pregnant” best friend to Julie’s face, eager to see if her facial expression matched her own. A million thoughts began to race through Chanel’s mind as she slowly continued to eat her candy; She was at a loss for words.

Julie’s hands dropped to her side, dumbstruck her face blank with shock. She didn’t know what to do or say. [color=CF5685]“Are you...sure?”[/color] she asked softly almost a whisper. [color=CF5685]“I- I mean…”[/color] she stopped. What could she say? Her eyes searching April’s face for even a trace of this being some sick kind of joke. She found nothing.

[color=ec008c]“Y-yeah...I’m sure..”[/color] she said reluctantly, her voice quiet. Looking up to her friends, both in some sort of shock, she’d offer a small smile to them both. [color=ec008c]“I’m going for an ultrasound in a few days.”[/color] She inhaled deeply, going to get herself a glass of water. After retrieving a glass from the cupboard, she’d look back to Julie and Chanel as she filled it. [color=ec008c]“Surpriiiise?”[/color] she said in a slightly sarcastic tone. 

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