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fourteen.

a/n yall I just watched crybaby- oh what I would do to be a glass window in jail 😳

TW// vomit mentioning ⚠️

Heather

"Heather, are you okay?" Courtney asked through the bathroom door in the early hours of our second to last day in Italy. Bridgette chimed in. "We could hear you throw up in the bathroom" her voice echoed. "I'm okay. Must be some kind of stomach bug" I responded. Deep down, you know, past the barf that I've been belching all morning, I knew there was another possibility of why I may have been serving my insides to a toilet. I wiped my vomit-infested mouth and left the bathroom. The girls were outside the door bunched up against it. The funny thing was, is that I still had an appetite after being that sick. I mean, my head was in that porcelain bowl all night and I was in the mood for some bacon and eggs. "Let's gather everyone and head to the buffet!" I announced. "But you just threw up?" Bridgette questioned. "It must've been a one-time occurrence," I said shrugging my shoulders. Bridgette and Courtney shared a look, similar to the look they share whenever they are concerned. Courtney shrugged her shoulders and said, "whatever it's your body, just don't get ME sick". I nodded my head and the boy's room was our next destination.

We could hear Duncan, Cody, and Geoff cheering and patting Alejandro's back while Noah and DJ ate their cereal on the small rounded table. He must've told them about our "special" night.

" I hear news travels around," I said leaning in the doorway. "Yeah! Al got some!" Duncan cheered while Geoff whooped like an idiot. Courtney just rolled her eyes at her boyfriend and invited them all down for breakfast. By the time we got dressed and ready to go, the dining room was filled to the brim with laughter and the rich smell of food. We found a table and got to decorating our plates with the beautiful variety of Italian breakfast foods. I was pretty hungry so I stuffed my plate with ciambellone and got the line moving. I made sure to talk to Alejandro later today. Probably over dinner. I hadn't spoken with him since our.... night and I was feeling guilty. I never should've listened to Leshawna and her "oh make sure you're ready for a serious relationship before getting into one" stupid advice. We ate at a table close to the pool. Then Cody had a bright idea. "Guys let's go to the pool!" he said in his chatty voice starring through the window. "Meh" Noah responded. "Hell yeah, I'm down! How about you guys? Duncan? Deej?" Geoff said. "Sure" DJ answered. "I'll go, only if Princes does" replied Duncan grabbing Courtney by the arm. "Why not?" she giggled. That was rare. Seeing her giggle with Duncan. I guess he truly was making her happy again. I could see this, after all, her behavior changed when they got back together. He must've really won her over. "Course I'll go," said Bridge "So will I" chirped up Alejandro. Their eyes all turned to me. "So is EVERYONE going?" I asked bluntly. "Ugh fine I guess I can go," I said too. When we finished our meal that's what we did.

Splish. Splash. I had to admit, the pool was entertaining. DJ and Courtney were splashing each other, Noah and Cody jamming out to music, Blainely, and Ms. Dalton minding their business tanning but supervising. Which they actually did because Ms. Dalton was there. Chef and Principal McLean over by the BBQ, applauding Duncan in his sudden grade rise, Bridgette swimming enjoying the flow of the pool, and Geoff dancing around like a maniac. Then there was me and Alejandro, chatting in the water. We were laughing and he was smiling. I felt secretly guilty because I had basically just used him like a puppet. I couldn't help it. I wasn't ready for a serious relationship. Oh, look at me, sounding like a female Joey Tribbiani. But I was serious, my parents didn't sleep in the same bed anymore. So how am I supposed to know how to handle love without an example? Exactly.

Suddenly, Bridgette swam close to me. "Wow, that tampon is really working! it's been like four hours since you put it in! geez, what brand?" she asked in her joyful tune. I was puzzled. Then I remembered. Our periods usually were in sync. Shit. I played dumb because I didn't want to believe what I'd been dreading since that night. Alejandro was like the mature gentleman he was and gave us space. He'd probably thought this was "girl talk". I gave him a nod of appreciation to which he responded in his cute smile, then turned my attention back to Bridgette. "Whatever do you mean Bridge?" I plastered on a weak smile. "Heather, get out of the pool. Now." She grabbed my arm and pulled me out of the pool, and handed me a towel. "What about Court?" I asked, trying to delay the conversation I knew was coming. She glanced at Courtney who was now chatting and smiling with Duncan in a cute embrace. These teachers really sucked ass at supervising huh? "We can tell Courtney later," she said as she pulled me to the bathroom. We made it to the relatively clean bathroom behind the gate to the pool. We waited patiently for the mob of people to leave and then Bridgette pulled something out of her bag that I thought I wouldn't see for a long while. She placed it in my hand gently. "I had a feeling something like this would pop up, so I brought one in my free time from the store. I was scared. But I had to face whatever happened next. I looked up at her with my eyes as big as tennis balls. "A-and how accurate is this?" I said in a tight tone. "Listen, I'm not going to rush you, but, this test is very accurate, and I believe that it is a good option to take the test right now," she started to ramble on. "And you've been showing the symptoms, changes in appetite, missing your period, throwing up then feeling fine, and don't forget you've been complaining about feeling nauseous from that night-" "okay, okay, I will take it!". She quickly shut her mouth and gave me a reassuring smile. I gave her one back. This was it. The odds were 50/50. If I wasn't pregnant, well phew, but if I was, I wouldn't know what to do then.

a/n I THINK YALL KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN NEXT- also thank you to whoever voted all the chapters. absolutely love you ♥︎

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