(6) - The Test

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"What?!" I shout. "What the hell do you mean you think I'm pregnant?"

"It's what I just said, Autumn. You are pregnant." She said in a unfazed tone. How is she not freaking out? A minute ago she was nervous, and now she's not?

"H-how? Why? H-how?" I stutter, the idea not wrapping this whole thing around. I'm pregnant? No, there's no way. I am always careful and I know for a fact that's not possible. How did this happen?

"It's simple, really, it happens when a guy puts his penis and he slashes it int-"

I cover my ears, slightly squeezing, "Ahh! Stop, Ness. I know how it happens. I want to know how it happened."

She looks at me with two heads, "What the? What are you talking about?"

"No, we are not having this conversation," I dismiss, waving my hands in the air signaling no. Still denying any fact that I am indeed-pregnant.

"We have to. Lately, your throwing up every morning. Signs of morning sickness and when was the last time you had your period. Be real with me,"

Now that I think about I'm late. Crap! No, this can't be happening. God Autumn, ever heard wrap it before you tap it. Don't you ever listen!

I'm only twenty one. I barely graduated a seven months ago and I don't even have a job. Oh my god! How am I supposed to have a baby? I can't. Oh, no. No.

Nessa runs my way, rubbing my back. I guessed she noticed my uneasiness because she coos me. "It's okay. I'm here. We still need to take the test to be sure, but it's okay,"

That seemed to calm me down, there's a chance I may not be pregnant. You know false alarm, those happen a lot of times. People skip periods somethings so it shouldn't be a big deal. Haha, funny. I hope.

"We need a test," Nessa nods, agreeing with me.

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After getting two pregnancy tests at CVS down the street, and judgey look from the cashier we made it back in fifth-teen minutes, quick if you ask me.

"Pee on the stick," Nessa hands me the test. I shoo away in disgust.

"I don't wanna," I whine, pleading with Nessa not to make me do it.

"Autumn!" She whisper yells. "Do you want to find out or not?"

I groan, "You do then."

Annoyed she sets the test down in the sink, "I would but I'm not the one possibly pregnant," She looks at me, telling me to go on.

"Okay, fine." I reach to take the pregnancy test, my index and thumb carefully lifting it into the air. Not wanting to touch the pre-pee part.

I look at Ness, giving her a tight smile. "What?" She asks, a hand on her hip.

"Can you please leave? I need to pee,"

"B-but," I cut her off.

"Please,"

"Okay, fine. Come out when you're done. Take them both." She instructs before leaving the room.

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"How much longer?" I ask, looking down at the disgusting pregnancy tests I did my business with.

"Two minutes, Autumn, try to calm down," She said as I was frantically pacing back and forth. That could be possible if I wasn't too busy freaking out. You never tell a person who's freaking out to calm down. It never works!

"Don't tell me to calm down! I might be pregnant, Ness! If I am I don't know what to do, I can hardly take care of myself. I'm not ready to become a mother. I don't know what to do, I don't even know who's the father is an-" She grabs a hold of me, a small gasp escaping from me. Holding onto my shoulders, she stops my pacing.

"Snap out of it," She snaps her fingers in my face, echoing a snap sound throughout the quiet room.

"Look, Autumn you probably are not really to be a mom, I get that I really do but that doesn't mean you won't be a great one. I'm here for you, one hundred percent. Besides, it's a baby. Its should be too hard,"

"Did that help?" She releases the hold on my shoulders, giving me time to rely.

"No, not at all," I honestly state. No amount of advice can literally prepare someone for motherhood. All those preparations or things they show you in tv are wrong. I'm fucking terrified, this is no Disney channel fairytale crap. This is life!

Nessa glares, yeah that's totally not scary at all.

"I mean uhh... yeah. It helped." I lie. Of course, she saw through my bullshit. I'm a bad liar when it comes to her.

"You had to ruin the moment didn't you?," She said crossing her arms uninterested.

"Yup," I express popping the p, leaning my toes up and down.

She rolls her eyes, "Only you."

Beep.Beep.Beep.

The sounds of the alarm fill the room, indicating the test is ready to be checked on. Oh, no. I'm not ready. I'm going to puke. I'm so not ready.

That's what she said. My mind retorts.

Stop it! Now, is not the time.

"Ness, oh god. I can't. I'm not ready. Can you check? I can't." I plead her, grabbing a hold of her hand.

"Why me?" I glare at her. Nessa, I'm scared! I scream in my mind. I think she senses it because she does it. "Okay, I'll do it."

I reluctantly let go of her hand, bracing myself for the news. A new mother or a false alarm? Both sound so weird and foreign to me.

"So? What is it?" I question, wanting to know the so desired answer.

She grins like a child on Christmas morning, "Your not pregnant!"

A surge of disappointment flows through me as well as relief. I can't really explain it. But I guess that what fate wanted. Well, that was close. That really had me going there. I mean really me-a mom, we just avoided World War three right there. I chuckle to myself.

I wouldn't even know what I would have done if it was true. Thank god, it isn't. I mean that couldnt be possibl-

Nessa stops my thoughts, when she opens her mouth to speak, "Oops, my bad. You are pregnant! Sorry, I read the label wrong. It's two lines for pregnant right, I thought I saw one. How did I even do that?" She mumbles a few more words, none that I can hear because my mind can't hear anything. My mind is blank, I'm shock. I-I'm pregnant?

I-I'm going to be a mom. Me? Two seconds ago I was safe and now I'm not.

I feel my legs give out. My body crashing to the ground right before everything turns dark.

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That's it for this chapter. What do think about Nessa and Autumn's reactions? Also, what do you think Autumn will do? I also want to thank the people who kindly voted and commented. You don't know how much that means. Until next time.

Love, The Author

-Katherine

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