pregnant · high school setting · vulnerable · anxiety · popular · young · isolation · seeking help · drama · student
The classroom air was thick with muffled talk. Where Sasha should have been holding court, there was only an empty desk—a jarring break in the routine. Then, phones lit up. A video, grainy and intimate, showed the curve of her stomach. Two words filled the caption: 'She is pregnant.' The next morning, she pushed the heavy doors open and stepped inside, the girl she’d been yesterday already gone.