Cursed Blessing

Chapter 4

Third Person P.O.V

Jackie stared at he man in disbelief and chuckled dryly, he stopped once he realized the the doctor was dead serious. "This has got to be some joke, I'm a guy for Christ sake! Maybe it's a tumor" Jackie shook his head and refused to believe it, he actually preferred if it being a tumor.

"This is no joke Jackie, all the test shows signs of pregnancy- if you don't believe me then we can do an ultrasound just to be sure?" The doctor got up and brought all his equipment then turned it on, Jackie's fingers were trembling as the doctor pressed the wand on his stomach and searched around and after a few minutes a tiny dot showed up on the screen. 

"There it is, that's your baby" The doctor looked at Jackie with fascination meanwhile Jackie was having an internal crisis and was on the verge of tears, he slapped the wand away and got up; frantically pacing back and forth around the room. 

"I don't want to keep it, I want to have an abortion" e sniffled as he sat back down.

"Think about this carefully, this isn't a everyday occurrence the last time something like this happened was 20 years ago!" The doctor got out of his chair and stood in front of him.

"I don't give a fuck, "my body, my choice" right? I'm making my fucking choice right now and i want this virus out of me!" He started panicking and turned away from the doctor, the doctor sigh and at back down.

"I have to get permission from your father to perform the surgery, I'm told to report everything to him before i make a decision" the doctor picked up his phone, Jackie quickly stopped him.

"NO! He can't know about this- forget it, I'll deal with it myself jus- just don't  tell anyone, please" Jackie pleaded, the doctor sighed but he agreed and told Jackie's mother that he just had the stomach flu, when Jackie got home he quickly went to his room and tried to call Andre but he never answered. He spent the rest of the day crying in his room and contemplating his options between telling his abusive, homophobic father that he's pregnant or running away and giving the baby up fo adoption when it's born. He chose the choice that would not result in him getting beaten to death and started to plan for the day he would escape.

He went to school the next day and slept through his first period and when lunch rolled around he avoided the hall as much as he could because the smell of the cafeteria food would surely make him throw up and he already lost his breakfast on the way to school that morning so he went into the garden since almost everyone in the school had allergies this time of year. When he found a good bench with nice pillows on the seats, he laid on it and fell asleep but woke up a he felt the end of the bench sink and opened his eyes to see Andre siting there.

"Andre? Where have you been, I've been trying to call you" he quickly sat up and looked at him, Andre's eye's were red and his clothes looked like he slept in them.

"You know, here and there and yeah, i blocked your number" He said coldly, sniffling.

"I hav something i need to talk to you about.." Jackie looked away and he felt that telling him might not be the best idea

"Oh for real? Me too, I'm moving back to South Africa" he looked at Jackie but quickly looked away to prevent himself from crying.

"What? Why???" Jackies heart sank.

"My mother- she's sick" He sniffled and laughed dryly, Jackie couldn't help but think maybe this was a good thing...? Not his mother dying but the fact that  he would be away for a couple of months and Jackie would run away and give birth then come back like nothing ever happened.

"Andre.....I'm sorry to hear that, this must be hard for you" Jackie rubbed his back but Andre moved away, getting up.

"stop pretending like you care Jackie!"

"Hey that's not fare, you know I care about you and pull yourself together, your being dramatic" Jackie stood up and looked him in the eye, "are you really gonna let this little disagreement tear our friendship apart?" Jackie sobbed, he felt as if his heart was getting broken.

"Dramatic? WOW! And also that's kind of the main issue here, I don't want to be friends Jackie. I love you and seeing you love someone else would drive me insane but you keep pushing me awa and I know you feel the same way....So I'm gonna put myself first this time and you can fuck off" he gritted his teeth and walked way, Jackie stood there for a few minutes and then decided to go home.

When he got home he went straight to his room and got out his secret piggy bank and counted the money he had saved in the pass 7 years and it all came up to $8,000, he was planning to take his brother and knew that it wouldn't be enough because that kids eats enough food to feed two orphanages in a week and the would burn though it....He needed at least $13,000 to cover transport to wherever the hell the were going, down payment on a decent apartment and enough money to last them at least a month in case he couldn't find a job. 

Suddenly he the crazy idea to sneak into his parents room and look for money, surely his father had a wad of cash somewhere in there. He got out of his room and tip toed to his parents bedroom:when he got there he started searching around the drawers but found nothing so far.

"What are you doing, honey?" His mothers voice startled him and he turned around to find her looking at him from the door, a soft smile on her face as she moved towards him and placed him to sit down. "Why are you looking through my stuff my love? It's okay, I'm not upset" she caressed his face, looking at him with so much love he felt like shit because he was just about to steal from her.

"I'm gonna run away with Alex, somewhere far away from dad and I'll finish school online but i needed money..." He looked away feeling ashamed, his mother smiled and lifted his chin. "You could have told me baby, I would have giving as much money as you needed" she kissed his cheek and patted his head.

"But do you know where your going? What about Alex's school? How will you find a place far enough that your dad won't reach you?" She bombarded him with questions that he didn't know the answers to and it made him flush red from the embarrassment, she shook her head and sighed. "I'll send you to my friends hometown, it's a small village near the ocean and your father can't step foot in the area or it's, as you kids say, on sight?" His mother chuckled and he smiled, "Don't worry my prince, I'll handle it so you just stay home and deal with the morning sickness or it'll overwhelm you" His eyes widened as he mother got up.

"How do you kno-"

"I've been pregnant twice and seen countless women have children and you show all the synth symptoms ....plus i overheard the conversation at the doctors office, the walls are very thin" She kissed his cheek and hugged him. "You don't think it's unnatural? That I'm a monster?" He buried his face in her neck as she rubbed circles on his back. "Of course not, this is a blessing from the gods Jackie" She pulled away and gave him once last kiss before leaving, he sat down on the bd and sighed.

He knew that this journey wouldn't be easy and he was quite scared but he'll pul through, he was determined to not let his life go down the drain.