The Host

Chapter 7

I'm pregnant?!? How am I supposed to tell Ian or Logan? Melanie and I walk back to her room, shocked about what we just heard and learned.
"Hey Wanda, hey Melanie," Maggie says walking towards us. "How are you two?"
"Fine," I say quickly.

I walk back to my room, I don't want to talk to anybody right now. I sit in my bed and put my head in my hands. How am I supposed to do this?
"Are you okay?" a male voice asks.
It's Jared. I look up and Jared sits beside me on my bed.
"Not really," I say.

"You can tell me," he says.
"Only Melanie and Doc know, don't tell anyone. Especially not Logan or Ian," I say. "I promise."
"I'm pregnant with Ian's kid."
"You're what?"
"Shut up, I don't want you to call attention."

"You have to tell Ian. And why can't I tell Logan?" Jared asks.
"He's my older brother, Ian knows," I say.
"Tell Ian or Logan, I just want you to tell one of them. Okay?"
"Okay."
"Good bye."
"Good bye."

Jared leaves.
Who would take it easier? Ian? Or Logan? I can't believe who walks into my room next, Ian.
"Jared told me to come in here," he says.
"He did?" I ask, "I told him not - never mind..."
"Wanda, you can tell me. Please tell me what's going on."

"I want to tell you, but I don't know how," I say.
"Life is like pulling off a bandaid, sometimes it hurts and it's hard, but at the end, it will be better," he says.
I still don't know how to tell him.
"I, um, I'm pregnant with your kid," I say.

Ian looks shocked and unsure what to do. I feel the same way as he does, what are we supposed to do? I bet that Logan is going to beat the crap out of Ian when he finds out.
"Does... Does Logan know?" he asks me.
"No, only Doc, Jared and Melanie," I say.
"He's going to beat the crap out of me, isn't he?"

"Yeah, but I got your back," I say, smiling.
"Thank you," Ian says.
We're only seventeen years old, how are we supposed to do this? As if Ian is reading my mind, he wraps me in my arms. I start to cry, Ian starts to stroke my hair and it's very relaxing.
"Shhh... I'm here," he says.