June 29th, 2022
Two Days Later
Ayariah Chanel Jackson-Anthony
After almost four hours of doing Eryss's hair, I am finally finished. She had been throwing up all morning, so it took longer than it usually would to do her hair. It's almost 2 pm now. We had to move from my room to my bathroom to get her hair done. I'm starting to think she's pregnant, but she claims she isn't pregnant and doesn't want to take a test. So of course, I told Trin and Yonna to bring one, but they think it's for me.
"Hey bitches" Yonna comes into my room.
"Hey," Eryss mumbles.
"Here's your test" Trin hands me the pregnancy test.
"I already told you, it's not for me"
"Then who else would it be-" Yonna pauses and looks towards Eryss.
"Oh my god. Jo said he was shooting that shit up"
"I'm not taking it 'cause I'm not pregnant" Eyrss shrugs.
"You a lie, my bathroom smell like vomit. Take the test" I pushed Eryss in the bathroom.
"I hate it here"
"Too bad, take it" I pulled the stick out of the box and handed it to her.
"Y'all gone watch?"
"We already know what that pussy looking like" Trin shrugs and sits on the sink.
"Nice and pretty, now piss on the stick" Yonna closes the bathroom door.
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"What it say?" I turned my timer off.
The silence in the room is loud. So loud that I already know the answer. Looking toward Eyrss, as she stands at the bathroom door, I can see the tears falling down her face. I sit up and glance over at Yonna, then back at Eryss. Yonna gets up from my beanbag and takes the stick from Eyrss. The second she looks at it, she covers her mouth and looks up at me. She slowly walks to me and holds it out for me to read it. The two lines clear on the stick show pregnant.
"Can somebody speak what the fuck.?" Trin snatches it from Yonna.
"Oh shit"
"You going to keep it?" I ask Eryss.
"I don't know" Eryss mumbles.
"Are you gonna tell him?" Yonna ask.
"I don't know" Eyrss wipes her face.
"Would you get an abortion?" Trin ask,
"I Don't Know" Eryss raises her voice.
"Okay bring it down, 'cause I ain't get you pregnant" Trin spoke harshly.
"You right, but I don't know Trinity. Y'all asking question after question and I don't fucking know okay" Eryss's voice cracks as she starts crying.
Leaning against the headboard, I take a deep breath. I feel bad for Eryss because I know she's not ready for a baby. Although she's financially stable and can afford a baby, she still isn't ready. Both mentally and physically where she is in life. She's still in college and has been working her ass off none stop. The four of us don't believe in abortions, but at this point where we are in life none of us need a baby right now. Even though we have each other and can help each other, a baby is the last thing we need. Especially with what we trying to do with our lives.
