"Ana's the face of this chapter, so here're three other characters talking about Emily!" Well, I couldn't just NOT address the reactions of her classmates. Keep your pants on; we'll get to Ana. I don't want to open with the big event after all. ;P
But getting to the subject matter at hand, here we have Drew, Rob, and Debbie observing and discussing Emily around roughly midday. The boys don't have much of a relationship with her, so Rob doesn't have much to add besides some dumb jokes, and Drew's just surprised/curious about the whole thing. Debbie meanwhile, for as much of an attitude as she usually has, seems especially irate. Perhaps not much for us to be surprised about as WE have known Emily was pregnant since Chapter 14. Are the reactions about what you expected so far though?
This was to be expected, she is the gossip of the day, and after a while people will adjust, but for now, it is going to be hard for her, and worst of all, her old group of friends are gonna feel betrayed over not being told ahead of time.
I think Emily should tell Debbie who the father is (if she hasn't already done so off-panel). It's not like her relationship with Chase was a secret. And if she keeps that fact a secret, it will increase the chance (however unlikely) that Drew will openly speculate that Rain is the father. And no good could come from that.
I didn't even realize, to be honest. Comic Fury counts pages weird, including chapter covers, Rain Delays, supplemental art, and random doodles in the overall count. This page is actually only p.870 though, and that's the number I keep track of. So, sorry if this is awkward. ^^;
Hopefully these murmurs in the background are as bad as it it gets for emily. Realistically, you'd have to be pretty petty to make fun of a pregnant girl.
These are high school students. The fact that someone has existed at one point or another is justification to make fun of them. She's at a Christian school, where on the surface girls are prim and proper and no kissing until they're 18 (or after college, really).
That was my 51st birthday :-)
Happy birthday to you (in the past)
Happy birthday to Ruth (in the past)
Happy birthday to you ( in the past)
I didn't even realize, to be honest. Comic Fury counts pages weird, including chapter covers, Rain Delays, supplemental art, and random doodles in the overall count. This page is actually only p.870 though, and that's the number I keep track of. So, sorry if this is awkward. ^^;
The slut shaming shall begin in 3... 2...
*sincere applause*
You have summed up high school even better than comic 12.
...I was going to make a stupid Pokémon joke here then decided against it