Someone I've always wanted

3

A week later

Claire's POV 

Hayden and I were walking to school and I spotted Eileen crying on a bench by herself outside the school.

"Go ahead of me, I'll see you later" I told Hayden and she nodded and left. I ran up to Eileen "what's wrong Eileen?" I asked her, she looked up and then cried more. I sat down next to her.

"I don't know what to do" she said between tears. I rubbed her back

"You can talk to me, tell me what's wrong" I said. I barely know Eileen, but she's so sweet and I didn't know what was wrong, she rarely is ever upset

 "I..." She stops and pulls out a positive pregnancy test "Greg got me pregnant" she says and puts her hands to her face "I'm so embarrassed" she says

 I didn't know what to say because I couldn't see Eileen doing that... So that means the rumors were true! "Have you told Greg yet?" I asked

 "I haven't told anyone except you" she said "I don't wanna face this, it's too much" she said, she was starting to clear up "what do I do?" She asks 

 "First you have to tell Greg" I say

 "I can't, Savannah will kill me" she replied

 "You can't hide this, Greg is the father, he needs to know" I tell her. I stand up "we'll tell him together" I hold my hand out and she takes it and smiles

"Thank you, you don't have to do this Claire" she tells me

"I want to" I say and we go to Greg's locker where he and Savannah are talking "hey Greg" I say in the most generic voice. I don't really like him clearly

"Hey Claire..." He stops and opens his eyes wide "hey Eileen" he says and turns to Savannah "you don't wanna miss 1st period, I'll catch up later" he says and Savannah nods and leaves. I nudge Eileen and she sighs

"I have something to tell you" she says and hands Greg the pregnancy test. He looks at it and nearly faints 

"No... No way... I... It was only once" Greg says and then I nearly faint... Only once?!... No I'm fine

"I'm pregnant with your baby" Eileen says 

"It has to be someone else's, I can't... I'm only 16" he says and throws the test back at Eileen "you better get an abortion" he says

"Greg! I'm not getting an abortion, it's not just your baby!" Eileen yells 

"Well I'm not taking care of it!" Greg yells back "have fun being a single teen mom" he storms off and Eileen breaks down and cries. 

Should I take a test too? I haven't had any symptoms but you never know

"How long did you start getting symptoms?" I ask her

"Like last night and this morning, so 2 weeks" she says "why?" She says 

 "Henry and I..." I was about to choke "last week and... We didn't know you could get pregnant after one time" I tell her

"Do you have any symptoms?" She asks me

"No, not yet...  Should I take a test?" I ask

"Maybe wait another couple days and then take a test" she says "if you are pregnant, you should wait till you miss your period" she adds

"I'm not supposed to get my period till next week" I say

"You can come back to me if you want me to help you" she says "then we don't have to face pregnancy alone" she adds and I thank her.