It's the whole "three false positive pregnancy tests" that ruins the idea of a scare, really. Granted, the whole fic is melodramatic as all hell regardless, but at least Cori could have made the pregnancy scare halfway believable by omitting the tests (would they even have TIME or money for Jessie to buy the tests, considering how ~poor~ they are?) and just having Jessie assume that missing a pill, being late, and having symptoms = unplanned baby.