• The Morning After 

  by C.S.

  “Oh no!” Michael’s brown eyes that I loved so much met mine and everything went quiet. My lip began to quiver.  “The condom came off,” he said.  My heart dropped to my stomach and I grabbed his arm for support; I felt lightheaded.

• Three Tales of Teen Pregnancy 

  by Jezaida Rivera

  When we first became teenagers, my three best friends and I never believed that we would get pregnant in the near future. Even though there were a lot of young mothers in my neighborhood, we thought that it wouldn’t happen to us because we were too smart.