Anti Fan Fiction
The Beat Goes On
By: Ima_genie_ina_bottle@email.com
PROLOGUE
I walked along quietly. It was a beautiful day. But it was so sad. I didn’t want to think of what had been happening the last few days. I saw some of my friends. My mom, dad, brother, sister, and I (Britney Spears) hurried to catch up with them.
As we walked into the building, I looked around. The place was beautiful. There were flowers everywhere. Beautiful huge bouquets of red and yellow roses…Maleah’s favorites.
We hurried to find a seat. The building was filling up fast.
Shortly after we sat down, the speaker stood to speak. "Ladies and Gentlemen, we are here today to……"
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CHAPTER 1
It was a beautiful day. It was also the first day of school.
Maleah rummaged through her closet trying to find the perfect outfit to wear. She had to look just right.
After about 20 minutes of searching for the perfect outfit, she finally settled on a pair of khaki capris and a sky blue shirt with flowers on it.
She hurried to get dressed before Brian, her boyfriend of a 8 months, arrived. She really loved Brian. There wasn’t anything she wouldn’t do for him, and vice versa.
The smell of frying bacon drifted up to her room., causing a sudden wave of nausea to sweep over her.
Britney Spears was excited for the first day of her senior year. She was going to finally get out of that hellhole! She threw on a pair of denim daisy dukes and a pink crop top.
Excitedly, she picked up the phone and dialed 482-9631.
"Hello?" came Buffy’s voice on the other end.
"Hey, what are you wearing today?"
"I haven’t decided yet. I have to look just right for Jordan. Hey, I have to go. Krystava is on the other line."
"Oh, O.k. I’ll see you at school I guess. Bye."
Britney hung up the phone.
She thought back to her date with Kyle last night. It was fun. They tested to see what brand of condoms were the most efficient.
"Britney! Hurry up and come to breakfast! You are going to be late for school, and don’t forget to drop off Jamie Lynn!" Mrs. Spears called.
"I’m coming!" Britney answered.
Lunch that day
"So how is your last first day of school going?" Brian asked Maleah, obviously happy to see her.
"It’s going ok, I guess. I feel terrible. I want to throw up. Besides that, I have 2 morning classes with Britney, and then another one with Kierstyn. How much worse can my day get?" Maleah replied giving Brian a hug.
"Well, look on the bright side, you could have EVERY class with our wonderful friends from the street corner."
Maleah laughed.
"Hi, Brian. How are you?" Ally Stokesberry asked, rubbing up against Brian.
"I was fine, but now I suddenly feel ill. I wonder why. Do you smell something, Babe?"
"Yeah. It wasn’t here a few minutes ago," Maleah noticed Britney, Kyle, Kierstyn, Chantel, Ike, Krystava, and Tyler approaching. "It’s getting even worse. It smells like a friggin’ landfill in here."
"Oh, you’re so funny." Ally bitched.
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CHAPTER 2
Maleah and Brian were enjoying their dinner together at the Lonestar Steakhouse. Well, Brian was anyway. Maleah didn’t really feel like eating. The thought of food made her sick.
"Honey, you really need to eat. It’s not healthy to not eat." Brian said.
"I don’t really want to."
"Is Britney bothering you again? Is she and her friends telling you that you’re fat? Cuz you know, me and Paul can take care of it."
"No, Bri, nobody’s bothering me. But I appreciate your concern."
MEANWHILE…ON THE PHONE
"Kat, I’m really worried about Maleah." Selena confided in her best friend.
"I’m kinda worried too, she’s always clinging to Brian. I think she’s just trying to prove a point to that bitch, Ally Stokesberry. She was all over Brian at lunch today. Leah was really pissed!"
"I know. Britney and her friends are up to no good. This year is going to be very interesting."
"Tell me about it…" Selena groaned. "Have you done the government homework yet?"
AT KIERSTYN’S HOUSE…IN HER ROOM…IN HER BED
"Luke, you are soooo awesome!" Kierstyn exclaimed.
"I know, you don’t have to keep reminding me. Just kiss me."
"Whatever you want, Baby"
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CHAPTER 3
CHURCH ON SUNDAY
"Repent! Repent from your sexual sins! Turn from your wicked ways, ye fornicators!" the preacher shouted.
Britney and Josh were passing notes….
‘What do you want to do after church?’ Josh scribbled on the offering envelope.
‘Well, we could go out for lunch then go to your house.’
‘That sounds good to me.’
‘Can you take me by my house to get some clothes?’
‘I wasn’t planning on wearing any, silly!’ Britney wrote, giggling all the while.
STILL AT CHURCH
Maleah fought the urge to throw up. She was sick not only from her physical condition, which she thought to be the flu, but also from the message she was hearing. The preacher hit her life really hard. She knew she had been doing wrong.
‘God, I know I’ve been doing wrong. Please, Lord give me the courage to go forward when it’s time for the invitation.’ She prayed silently.
She glanced at Brian, who was ripping up a piece of paper.
‘I wonder if he’s even paying attention. I really hope so.’ She thought.
Everyone was standing to sing "Just as I am."
" Heads bowed and eyes closed! Nobody looking around!" the preacher was fired up. "Come and repent to the Lord God Almighty. Come just as you are! Nobody will think badly of you! Give your burdens to the Lord!"
Maleah silently slipped out of the pew and walked down the side aisle. She was scared to death. She had never gone forward at an invitation before.
She heard footsteps behind her. She was too frightened to look and see who it was. She hoped it was Brian.
When she reached the front of the auditorium, she knelt down and started to think back to last night.
******FLASHBACK TO THE NIGHT BEFORE******
Maleah sat in her room crying. She was scared to death. What was she supposed to do next? What was everyone going to think?
She picked up the phone and dialed Brian’s number, but quickly hung up.
She blew her nose, then looked again at the test, hoping she had misread it before, but sure enough, it was positive. She was pregnant.
******END FLASHBACK******
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CHAPTER 4
"What?!?" Brian exclaimed.
"I’m pregnant." Maleah whispered a second time.
"I heard you the first time….I just can’t believe it. I thought you were on birth control." He retorted.
"Birth control isn’t always 100% effective."
"Oh, you think?"
"Why are you acting like this is all my fault? It’s your fault too." Maleah started to cry.
"Did you take your pill everyday like you were supposed to?"
"Yes."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
Brian knew he wasn’t getting anywhere in this conversation. "Ok, I’m sorry. I know it’s my fault too. I just can’t believe this. Do your parents know yet?"
"No."
"Maybe we should tell them together."
"O.k."
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Maleah and Brian watched as tears silently slipped down Maleah’s mother’s face. Her father was out of town on business. They would tell him when he got back.
"Well, this is quite a shock. My daughter is 17 years old. Very trustworthy. And not like the other girls. Or so I thought. What the hell were you thinking?" Mrs. Zachovsky said, quietly, the getting louder.
"Well, Mom, uh, I don’t know, um, what, um, exactly I was thinking."
"Exactly. And you know why? I’ll tell you why. You weren’t thinking. Brian have you told your parents yet?"
"No, ma’am."
"Then I suggest you go tell them before I do."
"Yes, ma’am. I’m going right now." Brian replied getting up to leave.
"Maleah Dion, go to your room."
"Fine."
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Chapter 5
Britney, Buffy, Josh, Chantel, and Aaron all sat around the table in the Spears’ kitchen, discussing the bizarre conversation Britney had just had with Mrs. Zachovsky.
"I wonder what is going on. It has to be bad if she was almost crying." Buffy said, hoping that it would be something good.
"Well, why don’t you go listen to what your mom is saying. Maybe you can figure out what is going on from her end of the conversation, Brit." Chantel suggested.
"That’s a good idea. Go for it, Brit." Buffy agreed
"O.k. I’ll go listen. You guys stay here, though." Britney gave in.
Conversation overheard by Britney
"I just can’t believe it." Mrs. Spears was saying.
She was silent for a moment.
"Have you told Rob yet?" (authors note: Rob is, duh, Maleah’s dad)
"Oh, that’s right. I forgot……When are you going to take her to the doctor?….Well, I don’t think you should force her to have an abortion….."
That was enough for Britney to hear. She had the info she wanted.
"You guys!" she exclaimed, bursting into the kitchen.
"What?" Chantel was jumping out of her chair.
"Maleah’s pregnant!" Britney beamed at her discovery.
"What a slut! And everyone thinks that we’re whores. But look who’s pregnant! Not us!" Chantel reveled in the fact.
"Umm, actually, you guys, Maleah’s not the only one pregnant." Buffy started to say.
"You’re so funny! That was a good joke." Aaron said.
"I’m not joking, guys. I found out last week." Buffy gave a side-glance at Aaron., who was extremely embarrassed by the situation at hand.
"What am I going to do, Tia?" Maleah was crying to her best friend. (author’s note…Tia is short for Mattia, aka maleah’s best friend. Mattia and Maleah were kinda confusing together)
"Mal, everything will be ok. I promise! It may seem bad right now, but it’s not as bad as it seems. As soon as the initial shock sets in, everyone will calm down."
"Thanks. I needed to hear that.
3 MONTHS LATER
At the gynecologist
Brian held Maleah’s hand as the doctor positioned the sonogram equipment.
"Do you hear that?" The doctor asked.
"Yeah, it’s the baby’s heartbeat!" Maleah exclaimed.
"That’s exactly right." The doctor became silent.
"What’s wrong?" Brian asked
"Nothing, I’m just hearing 2 heartbeats."
"What?" Brian shouted.
"Yeah, two heartbeats. Let’s take a look at the baby or babies and see if we can see two." The doctor said as he did those things.
He turned the screen for Brian and Maleah to see. Sure enough there were to little bodies visible on the screen.
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****WARNING**** in this chapter the terms white trash and porch monkey are used. i hope it doesn't offend anyone..if it does, i'm sorry.
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Buffy sat in her room crying. Why was everything going so wrong for her? She sat on her bed and thought back to 3 months ago when they found out that Maleah was pregnant and she announced to her friends that she was also pregnant.
***flashback***
"What do you mean you’re pregnant?" Jordan was furious. (author’s note: Jordan is Buffy’s boyfriend)
"Well, when I say I’m pregnant, I mean that I have a little baby living inside of me and in about nine months that baby is going to come out to live with us." Buffy explained to him as if he were 2 years old.
"I know what it means to be pregnant. Do I look that stupid? I’m just wondering how you can possibly be pregnant, since we always used protection."
"Well, there is no 100% protection. Jordan, don’t get pissed at me. You have no right to be pissed at me." Buffy was almost in tears.
"I have no right to be pissed at you? This kid probably isn’t even mine is it?"
"What?!"
"You heard me!"
"How can you accuse me of sleeping with somebody else?"
"Very easily. I open my mouth and the words come out."
"Ok. So if it’s not your kid, then whose do you think it is?"
"Well, you and Aaron have been awfully close for about the last month and a half."
Buffy just stared at him. She was unable to say anything. Was it really that obvious that she and Aaron were messing around? They thought they had all of their ground covered so that no one would find out.
"Hi, I’m waiting for an answer." Jordan shouted.
"You bastard! How could you even think that?" Buffy held her ground.
"Am I right?"
"Of course not!"
"Well, we’ll just wait until I talk to Aaron." Jordan yelled, and then left.
***end flashback***
That had been three months ago. Now Buffy was starting to show. Jordan had broken up with her after talking to Aaron. Aaron would not do anything to help Buffy. As far as he was concerned, it was her fault for not being more careful.
Now Buffy was trying to make the painful decision of whether or not to abort her child.
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AT SCHOOL THE NEXT MORNING
"Honey, can I have some of that candy bar?" Maleah said with big puppy dog eyes.
"Mal! I hate it when you make that face. You know I can’t say no when you do that." Brian leaned over to kiss her.
"Why do you think I make this face when I want something?"
"Oh look! It’s the school slut." Britney said snottily.
"Excuse me?" Maleah asked standing up.
"I said, ‘Oh look! It’s the school slut.’ Did you hear me that time?"
"I heard you the first time, bitch. Why don’t you go find your boyfriend and cousin and go have a threesome? We don’t need white trash like you around here." Maleah kept her cool.
"Oh, whatever porch monkey."
"Oh my God! You are so fucking retarded. Do I look like a porch monkey to you? I’m so pale I look like I’m from freaking England."
Britney moved forward to shove Maleah, but Brian interceded.
"Ok, Bitchney—I mean Britney, I think it’s time for you to leave." Brian blocked her from Maleah.
"You just wait until your boyfriend’s not around, hoe. We’ll finish this." Then Britney left.
"She is hella retarded. We’re going to finish what? She’s going to continue making a fool out of herself and I’m going to make fun of her some more?" Maleah said in a pissy tone.
Brian just laughed.
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THE FINAL CHAPTER
Maleah and Brian sat on the bleachers watching Buffy. Buffy was so alone; they couldn’t help but feel bad for her. After it came out the Buffy was pregnant by Aaron and not Jordan, Britney and the rest of the group shunned Buffy.
"I wish there was something I could do for her." Maleah said.
"After all the shit she’s done to you, you want to be her friend?" Brian was shocked.
"Yeah, I mean, she is a bitch and all. She is an ass to everyone she comes in contact with, but she’s going through a really hard time right now. She needs friends and support. If I was in her position I would have killed myself by now. It’s hard to be a 17 year old senior in high school, knowing that in less than a month you are going to be a mother and your whole life is going to so dramatically change that nothing will ever be the same again."
Brian sat and thought on what Maleah had just said. It was very true. He hated having to go through all of this with Maleah, and saw how hard it was on her. But to be all alone and going through a pregnancy must be terrible.
"You’re right, hon. She does need friends." Brian finally agreed.
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SITTING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GYM
"Oh, look, everyone! It’s our favorite whore." Chantel exclaimed.
"I hope the skank doesn’t come over here. I so do not want to be seen with her. She gives us a bad reputation." Britney agreed.
What none of the others in the group knew was that 2 weeks ago Britney and Krystava both had gone to have abortions. While Krystava had no regrets, Britney felt terrible for ending the life of her unborn child. But there was no way she could let the others know that she had an abortion or that she felt bad about it.
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BACK ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GYM
"Hey, Buffy! Come over here!" Maleah called.
Buffy slowly but surely walked over to where Maleah, Brian, Selena, and Nickolaus were sitting.
"What?" she asked snottily.
"Well, we thought maybe you’d want to hang with us since your "true" friends ditched you." Maleah replied.
"Well, I don’t need you to be my friend. That’s the last thing I need is to be caught hanging out with you and your loser friends." And with that, Buffy was gone.
"Well, you tried, and that’s all that matters." Selena said.
"Yeah, sure." Maleah replied.
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LATER THAT NIGHT AT THE ZACHOVSKY’S
"Maleah! Phone!" Mrs. Zachovsky shouted.
"OK, I got it….hello?"
"Maleah?"
"Yeah."
"This is Buffy."
"Hi, how are you?" Maleah tried to sound cheerful.
"Ok, I guess. Umm, I wanted to apologize for the way I acted at the gym today."
Maleah was silent, unable to believe what she was hearing.
"Are you there?" Buffy inquired.
"Yeah, I’m, I’m speechless. I didn’t think I’d ever hear those words come out of your mouth."
"Well, I never thought I’d be saying those words either. But I realized that what you said to me today was true. Britney and Josh and them aren’t really my true friends."
"I never said that."
"But you implied it."
"Yeah." Maleah wasn’t sure whether or not to believe that Buffy was truly sorry, or if Britney was listening in on party line.
"Umm, I wanted to take you up on the offer to hang out sometime."
"Yeah, sure! That’d be cool."
"Great! Are you doing anything after school tomorrow?"
"No, as of right now I’m---OH MY GOD!" Maleah shouted out in pain.
"What’s wrong?"
"I don’t know. I think I’m having a contraction."
"What? You’re not due for like a month. You can’t be having contractions."
"Well, I am! Ok, I think it’s over."
The conversation continued for about 15 more minutes, and Maleah had 2 more contractions, which caused Buffy to panic.
"You need to get to the hospital!" Buffy shouted into the phone.
"I can’t! My mom just left about 10 minutes ago. I’m home alo—OH God! Buffy, Oh my god! It hurts so bad!" By this time Maleah was crying her eyes out because she was in so much pain.
"Hold up, I’ll ask my mom what to do!"
For a few minutes Buffy was gone from the phone. Maleah was in so much pain she couldn’t stand it. But she couldn’t get to the Tylenol. She could hardly sit there, there was no possible way she could move.
"Hey, my mom is on her way. Is your front door unlocked?"
"Yeah." Maleah replied, comforted by the sound of someone’s voice.
"Where are you?"
"In the living room."
"Ok, my mom should be there in, like, two minutes, if that."
"I think she’s here."
"Maleah, where are you?" Mrs. Timmons called. (author’s note-since Timmons is Buffy’s last name it’s pretty obvious that Mrs. Timmons is Buffy’s mom.)
"I’m right here!" Maleah tried to say. She was short of breath and extremely dizzy.
"Ok, honey, tell Buffy that you’re going to hang up so I can call an ambulance."
Maleah started to black out. She was vaguely aware of what was going on around her. She thought that she heard several male voices. The next thing she knew she was being taken outside on a stretcher. Then she totally blacked out.
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AT THE HOSPITAL
"Mrs. Zachovsky?" the doctor asked as he walked into the waiting room.
"Yes?"
"We have some news on your daughter. I’m afraid at this point it doesn’t look very good. There were complications. We had to perform an emergency c-section. Your daughter had a boy and a girl. Unfortunately the boy was stillborn. The girl seems to be ok, but we are keeping her in ICU under observation. Maleah lost a large amount of blood during the operation. We cannot stop the bleeding." The doctor paused and looked at Mrs. Zachovsky, who was crying. He then noticed Brian, Mattia, Julia, Seana, and Nickolaus sitting there all crying. "We don’t expect her to make it through the night."
With that Mrs. Zachovsky broke down in tears. Mattia was crying uncontrollably. Everyone was a mess.
"Would you like to see her?" the doctor asked.
"Yes."
The doctor led Mrs. Zachovsky and Brian to Maleah’s room. Maleah was conscious, but very delusional.
"Hi, sweetheart." Mrs. Zachovsky greeted her daughter.
"Mom?"
"Yes, honey, it’s me."
"I want to go home."
"I know you do, but right now you have to stay here and get better."
"I want to see them."
"Honey, I don’t know if that’s a good idea right now."
"I heard the doctor say it didn’t look good. I’m not stupid. I want to see them now."
"I don’t know if they told you, but one of the babies was stillborn. A little boy. Your little girl is in ICU right now. They want to make sure she doesn’t have anything wrong with her. But she’ll probably be ok."
"Excuse me, Ma’am," the nurse interrupted. "The little girl is going to be ok. We can bring her in if that’s what Maleah wants."
"Ok." Mrs. Zachovsky consented.
The entire time Brian just sat there. He was so confused. How could Maleah be dying when she seemed fine? It couldn’t be possible. She was so strong. So full of life. Now she was laying in a bed about to die.
Just then he nurse came in with a little baby.
As Maleah looked down at her little daughter she whispered, "She’s so beautiful."
"What’s her name?" the nurse asked.
"Christina. Christina Maria."
Maleah looked down at the baby again, then laid her head back against the pillow and closed her eyes. A few seconds later the heart monitor went from a beep beep beep to a long beeeeeeeeeeeeeep, indicating that her heart had stopped.
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FROM BRITNEY’S POV (POINT OF VIEW)
The speaker was speaking, but I didn’t hear what he was saying. I was so shocked that this could happen to someone so young. Maleah had her whole life ahead of her, and now it was suddenly cut short. I looked over at Brian, who was holding baby Christina.
The preacher said so many kind things about Maleah, and I realized for the first time since I had met her that all of those things were true. She was one of the sweetest, kindest people that there were. Now she was gone. I had missed out on a wonderful friendship.
THE END