Only Time Will Tell

Chapter 2

the weeks went by ..

alicia: ok your not getting nay better this isn't the flu anymore ariana

ariana: i dont know what it is it wont go away i throw up everytime i eat im just huh i think its the stress from school and work and everything mom ill be ok dont worry about me

alicia pulled her into her room and locked it

ariana: whats wrong with you?

alicia: did you sleep with clyde?

ariana: mom what the hell? im 17 please ok let me

it hit her

alicia: it hit you didnt it?

ariana: fuck.. ill be back tell dad i need to close the store ill be back in a bit

alicia stopped her before she could leave

alicia: ill tell him but if its positive ?

ariana:i need to find out first if it is mom ok?

she nodded .. she grabbed her moms car keys and left

ariana- i haven't talked to him in a while why whats up?

marisol- bitch where are you?

ariana- haha at the dollar store picking up school supplies sorry for the noise whats up though he ok?

marisol- i saw him at a kick back thats why i been seeing him more out an about so i wanted to ask you i asked him he just shrugged his shoulders

ariana- yea we went our ways its for the best

marisol- so you wont be mad when i tell you

ariana- i dont wanna hear it i wont be mad at you i just dont want to ok? i cant go back for a while i didnt wanna hold him back from anything thats why i just ended it ok? please?

marisol- im sorry ariana

ariana- dont be it happens i should've listened to all of you .. but let him be ok dont tell him anything if hes dating someone else or talking to someone else im happy for him i want that he deserves to be happy and live his life

marisol- im proud of you and im proud to call you my cousin cuz girl i wouldve dragged a hoe

ariana- not worth the fight or my energy but ill be back i just have to deal with life right now thats all

marisol- i get you dont be a stranger

ariana- i wont ill always be here for you cousin

she ended the call as she stood in front of the pregnancy tests .. her heart broke she grabbed a bunch and went home

ariana: mom i dont wanna hear it i dont care ok

alicia: he should know dont you think?

ariana: no i dont think he should know because then it'll become something big and i dont want dad to loose his shit

alicia: i wont let him get in your way i promise things are getting better?

ariana looked at her mom and rolled her eyes

ariana: yea you always say that i swear

alicia and her dad had always had a bumpy marriage but things had only gotten worse since ariana turned 15 ..

she took the tests .. all 5 came out positive she sat on the bathroom floor holding her head crying her eyes out looking at her phone screen at the picture of him and her she wanted so badly to call him and text h im and tell him but she didnt wanna hold him back she didnt wanna truin his life .. she wiped her tears and got up and walked out

alicia: you ok?

ariana: there positive all of them .. you have to promise me to tell no one and i mean no one im gonna do this ill drop out work doubles until my babys born im sorry mom

alicia walked up to her and hugged her

alicia: you have me ok? your dad

ariana: dont tell dad a thing i have 4 checks saved thats like first and last lets get an apartment in the hood mom lets just leave? we can do this?

alicia: i want you to graduate at least your dad wont hate the idea?

ariana: but he wont like it and he'll tell all his homies back home and it'll get to clyde i dont want that

alicia: i get that and i respect that but you cant hide this baby from clyde hes the father? he loves you?

ariana: hes already talking to someone else mom this baby is a blessing but i did this to myself i dont wanna hold him back ..

alicia: ok then but i cant leaveyour dad i love him and

ariana: choose yourself for once or wanna know what choose me mom choose me! im pregnant with your grandchild i need you! please ok we dont deserve to live like this?

alicia looked down and nodded

alicia: ill look for an apartment ok? ill pull my savings out give me till Friday get an appointment set for yourself make sure your ok?

ariana nodded with tears in her eyes as her mom hugged her

alicia: im sorry .. im sorry i always put you second but i promise we'll get threw this i got you no matter what it'll be ok baby

ariana: i love you mom

alicia: i love you too babygirl ..

as the nerves set aside she sat down and looked at the tests over and over again it broke her heart

ariana- i get to have a piece of you with me forever now im sorry clyde i truly I am

months went by ..

clyde: yo haha

marisol: babe come on?

clyde: i ain't your babe i ain't nothin i told you from the start you where just a fuck mari so calm the fuck down fooreals

marisol: just a fuck but yet your over hear blowing up my phone every other night

clyde: yea at night cuz your just a fuck to me so fuck off

marisol: fuck off fuck you clyde! what you dont want me cuz i ain't ariana that it? she has a man she moved on from your ass and look at you look at you here stuck being a fucking whore!

he stepped back and looked at her confused