One more night//Braddison

chapter 22

"you're pregnant". I go back and forth from looking at Dixie and the doctor. I don't say anything, I am just so stunned

"congratulations?" the doctor asks with hope "so this is what you meant when you said you didn't know if it was a good or bad thing" I say in between little breaths 

He nods. "I was also hoping you two weren't dating because that would've been an awkward conversation" he says trying to lighten the mood

"you're only 2 weeks pregnant which is earlier than normal when people find out" the doctor says "we only found out now because you came in for your stomach bug, otherwise you wouldn't have known for another 2-3 weeks" he explains. I nod trying to take everything in

"I'm going to give you two a minute but before I go you know your options right?" he asks. I shrug my shoulders

"okay you can obviously go through with the pregnancy, you can terminate the pregnancy, you can give it up for adoption" he lists 

"thank you" I croak "I will be outside, I will come back in, in about 10 minutes if you need anything" he says before walking outside and closing the door 

Dixie sits on the bed thing beside me "lie down" she says and I do. She lies down beside me and strokes my hair without saying anything 

I start to cry "I cant believe I'm pregnant" I say "shh, just take a minute to breathe and relax" she says still stroking strings of my hair 

"I don't know what I'm going to do" I mumble "you don't need to know right now" dixie says "and whatever you do, I will be here right beside you through it all" she says giving me a hug

"thanks Dix" I say getting up and wiping my tears "I have no idea when I'm going to tell Dylan" I say "are you sure it's Dylan's?" Dixie asks 

"well yeah" I start but stop myself "fuck" I say starting to sob. "either way it's bad, Dylan and I were not good together and a pregnancy is not going to help us. Bryce is dating Elle so I cant even tell him!" I say still sobbing

"okay well you could always terminate" Dixie offers "I just, I can't" I say "I cant spend the rest of my life wndering what could happen. and what if in the future I cant have children and this was my one shot?" I ask

"it's unlikely but I know, it would be too hard for you and you aren't like that" she says "adoption?" she asks "no, that's even worse. my kid would be out there and It would eat me alive" I say

"well that only leaves us with one other option" Dixie says looking at me "well, looks like I'm keeping this baby" I say trying to smile in between cries

Dixie hugs me and says "I'm going to be the best aunt ever" I laugh. We leave the doctors office and we drive back home

I cant stop touching my belly. I don't want this but I don't want to have an abortion either. "what am I supposed to tell my parents? what am I supposed to tell the father. Who ever he is" I ask 

"it's okay. We will get you a paternity test" Dixie says "what if I don't want one?" I ask Dixie looks at me weirdly "what?" she asks "well I don't want either of them to be the father" I say

"I could just say it was some random guy from tinder I was using after Dylan and I broke up" I say "but addi. whoever the father is, they deserve to know. That's their kid too" she says

"I know" I groan "but neither of them are ready for this" I say. dixie hugs me again "everything will be okay" she says 

Two weeks have passed and Dixie is still the only one that knows about my pregnancy. My morning sickness is terrible and I have been sneaking off to the bathroom as quietly as possible not to give any hints to my parents

I'm going to tell the other girls today, and hopefully all goes well. I arrive at Mads' house where she stands with a bottle of pink whitney 

She hands it to me "hold this for now, everyone else is here so we can start drinking" she says I see Dixie, Nessa, Charli, and Avani sitting on the bed waiting for me there

"okay addi open up the bottle" Avani says. I open the bottle and offer it to her "you're not going to take the first sip?" she asks "no, I'm not drinking tonight" I say 

All the girls start laughing, except Dixie because she knows I'm serious "I'm not drinking tonight because I'm pregnant" I blurt. The other girls stare at me in shock

"what, Addison" mads says coming over beside me "are we happy? or sad?" Nessa asks "I don't really know!" I say trying to put on a smile

"is it Dylan's? or Bryce's?" Avani asks "once again I don't know" I say wiping a quick tear off my cheek. Mads gives me a hug 

"how far along?" she asks "that may give us a clue of who's it is" Nessa adds "only 4 weeks, I found out 2 weeks ago" I say and the girls look at me weird. I explain why we caught it so early and they all end up going "ohhhhh" 

All the girls support me and agree with Dixie that I need to get a paternity test because it isn't fair to the father, whoever he may be. 

I'm going to get one today. I go to the doctors office with Dixie and they take my blood. They tell me that they are going to have the results in 2-5 days and I should come back to pick up then.

I go home and basically eat all of my finernails because I'm so nervous. my mom ntoices I'm tense and asks me "what's wrong?" I told her I was just tired but she knows I'm lying

Thank God she doesn't bring it up again, or interrogate me about it. A couple days later  I get a call on my phone saying the test is in. I go alone for this one because the father deserves to know before Dixie or any of the other girls do

They all promised not to tell their boyfriends because that would be really really bad. I walk into the hospital and they hand me an envelope. "congratulations mama!" the receptionist says 

I press on a smile before walking out to my car. I open up the envelope and my baby daddy is..

wow u guys literally all knew she was pregnant lmao I did make it kinda obvious. I have a lot of drafts but this week I am v busy with school and cpts so I wont be writing more. Hopefully the drafts can cover me this week. Happy Tuesday love u guys