Post by frontpagenews on Dec 12, 2004 13:32:14 GMT -8
Megan sat perched atop the sink of the girls bathroom, her best friend Kelly sat opposite her on a toilet staring at the small tester. It was hard to believe that her, the picture of a "good" kid, was here in the dingy public bathroom waiting for the results that could shape the rest of her life. "What if it was positive?" she wondered "How will I tell Adam? He wont want to deal with this."
The stress of wondering finally got to her so she asked. "So is it pink or blue?" A barely audible sigh escaped her mouth as she waited for the answer.
"Pink but maybe its wrong." was all she heard.
"Oh crap Oh crap, no this isnt real..." the words ran around in her head. "pink, shit."
"Come on Kelly we've used six kits, they cant all be wrong." she hadn't meant to use such a harsh tone, but that was the worst news ever.
"Jeez Meg I was just trying to stay optimistic."
"What do you care. Besides I told you before, I hadn't planned on it, he just wanted..." she paused exhaling a sigh, "we just decided its what we wanted."
"Whatever, its your life, but you could have used protection."
"Ya know, you are right its MY life, so get off my back, you aren't the one whos going to have a kid."
"Exactly, it isn't me, I'm not stupid enough to sleep with someone at 16. "
"Don't call me stupid, Adam and I were ready, quit being jealous." She couldnt help the words they were just running out of her mouth.
"Heh right. Speaking of Adam, when are you planning on telling him?"
"Who said I am going to tell him at all, he doesn't have to know."
"Be serious Megan, its his child, he has a right to know."
"So what he won't help me, even if I told him. Its a waste of time and effort."
"I think you are too chicken to tell him, maybe he wont like you that's right isn't it? I thought you were braver than this."
"Shut up, you don't know what I am going to have to deal with, even without telling him. And stop telling me how to live my life and what Im thinking."
"Fine since I'm not needed here," Kelly said getting off toilet she had been sitting on, "I have better things to do, than sit here in a bathroom with you." As she pushed open the door she looked back and thought, "I guess some people change."
"I havent changed have I?" Megan asked herself as she watched the door of the bathroom slam shut. " No I'm still me, I think."
The stress of wondering finally got to her so she asked. "So is it pink or blue?" A barely audible sigh escaped her mouth as she waited for the answer.
"Pink but maybe its wrong." was all she heard.
"Oh crap Oh crap, no this isnt real..." the words ran around in her head. "pink, shit."
"Come on Kelly we've used six kits, they cant all be wrong." she hadn't meant to use such a harsh tone, but that was the worst news ever.
"Jeez Meg I was just trying to stay optimistic."
"What do you care. Besides I told you before, I hadn't planned on it, he just wanted..." she paused exhaling a sigh, "we just decided its what we wanted."
"Whatever, its your life, but you could have used protection."
"Ya know, you are right its MY life, so get off my back, you aren't the one whos going to have a kid."
"Exactly, it isn't me, I'm not stupid enough to sleep with someone at 16. "
"Don't call me stupid, Adam and I were ready, quit being jealous." She couldnt help the words they were just running out of her mouth.
"Heh right. Speaking of Adam, when are you planning on telling him?"
"Who said I am going to tell him at all, he doesn't have to know."
"Be serious Megan, its his child, he has a right to know."
"So what he won't help me, even if I told him. Its a waste of time and effort."
"I think you are too chicken to tell him, maybe he wont like you that's right isn't it? I thought you were braver than this."
"Shut up, you don't know what I am going to have to deal with, even without telling him. And stop telling me how to live my life and what Im thinking."
"Fine since I'm not needed here," Kelly said getting off toilet she had been sitting on, "I have better things to do, than sit here in a bathroom with you." As she pushed open the door she looked back and thought, "I guess some people change."
"I havent changed have I?" Megan asked herself as she watched the door of the bathroom slam shut. " No I'm still me, I think."