Rejected For My Secrets

Chapter 9

Chapter 9

Waiting is hard.

Three minutes certainly pass slowly when you wanted them to pass quickly. Casey arrived ten minutes ago, and as soon as she entered my room, I took the brown paper bag that she was holding and entered my bathroom. Here I am, standing nervously in front of the five pregnancy tests that I peed on (Just taking precautions) and waiting for the answers. I could hear Casey’s feet moving in my room.

If I am pregnant, I would never even consider aborting it. To me, abortion is a crime. It is practically killing a baby. It isn’t the baby’s fault that I went the wrong path in my life, and I should take it out on it by aborting it.

Three minutes has passed, and I picked up one of the tests, mentally crossing my fingers, hoping to see a negative. I closed my eyes, trying to build up the courage to find out what the result is.

“Did you check the results yet?” Casey asked softly outside, as if afraid that if she raised her voice more than that, I would shatter like a fragile glass. She respected my privacy and told me that she’d wait outside until I get ready to tell her.

“Uh, not yet. Just give me a sec.” I said shakily. I don’t have the courage to do this. I can open my eyes! I don’t want to be a teenage mother! How will I tell Hunter? I’m the one who broke it off with him anyways! Will he help me? Or will he scurry away and never look back?

What about Alex? I’m his mate and I’m pregnant with another man’s baby! It’s true, he rejected me, but now there’s no chance that he’ll ever want me back! I groaned internally. The thought of that kills me inside.

I realized that Casey is still waiting for me outside, and that my eyes are still clamped shut. I opened my eyes and was not surprised to see a positive. I started panicking as checked the second test, then the third, then the fourth, then the fifth. They all had the same answer! My eyes started watering. I will be a teenage mom! I could be one of those girls on sixteen and pregnant! I hate my life! I wish I was just heartless enough to abort the baby, but I can’t stand the thought.

I cried out in anger, sadness, and agony. The last thing I remember before blacking out is Casey shouting: “Shit! I’m coming in!”

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Alex’s POV

As soon as I got home from yet another day at school, my dad told me that he was heading to the hospital.

“Who’s in the hospital?” I asked, the curiosity killing me.

“Hailey” That one word sent shivers through my spine. I must go check up on her.

“What’s wrong with her?”

“According to her father, she was sick in the morning. He left her upstairs, and surprisingly, Casey visited them. When he asked her why she isn’t at school, she said that Hailey called her and asked her to come over for an ‘emergency’” he paused to take a breath, and then continued, “twenty minutes after Casey’s arrival, she came down the stairs shouting that Hailey fainted. They escorted her to the hospital, and I’m heading there to check up on her.”

“I’m coming with you,” I said as I rushed to my car. I can’t believe myself. I’m supposed to hate her! But I can’t. This mate bond has me stuck caring about her.