Love Is Complicated

Chapter 11

Friday, 5:30 pm

I am officially 2 months along and today, Anthony and I will tell his parents that I'm pregnant over dinner at his home. I wonder what they will think about me now.

Anthony picks up Zuri from her home. She gets in the car with a chill fit on.

"Baby, I'm scared. What will they think?" I say nervous. "If they say anything, don't worry. I'll talk to them." Anthony says trying to get me to calm down. "Ok," I say. He puts one of his hands on my thigh and he rubs it. I smile at him.

We finally make it to his house after 12 minutes and I can smell food the second Anthony opens the door. I have a seat at their dinner table right next to Anthony and greet Mr and Mrs. Smith. I start to shake a bit. My anxiety is starting to kick in. I excuse myself to the bathroom.

*shakes* *breathes heavily* "Calm down, Zuri. Calm down." I try to say to myself. I can't calm down and look in my purse for my Benzodiazepines. I find it, take a water bottle out of my purse, and take the pill. I started to calm down a bit after 10 minutes.

Anthony knocks on my door lightly asking what's going on. I tell him I'm coming. I walk out of the bathroom and all eyes are on me. 

"Is something wrong, Zuri?" Mrs.Smith asks me concerned. "Yeah, I'm good," I say to her smiling a bit. Anthony looks at me concerned and worried that it may be my pregnancy symptoms. I just smile at him.

After 30 minutes into dinner, I tap Anthony and look him up and down signaling to him that I'm ready.

"So Mom and Dad, Me and Zuri have something to tell you." Anthony says to his parents.

"Well, I recently found out a month ago, that I was p-p-p," I say trying to finish my sentence.

I'm messing up my numbers.

Anthony looks at me confused as my vision starts to go blurry. It feels like I'm falling asleep. I eventually woke up a bit. 

"I'm so sorry. I just wanted to say that I am 1 no, uh what's it called? I am 2 months pregnant." I say weakly. I start to fall out of my chair a bit. Anthony notices and tries to hold me up. I fall and my vision goes black. The last thing I hear is Anthony's Mom's screams. 

*in the hospital* *eyes open* 

I woke up in the hospital. My head hurts a bit.

Anthony

I'm worried for Zuri. I have no idea what's going on with her. I'm still waiting for the doctor to give me an update. I look up from my phone and see Zuri is awake. I run up to her bed and push her hair behind her ears. She looks up at me confused. "What's going on? Tell me what's going on! Tell me!" Zuri starts to panic.

"Calm down. You're okay. You fell on your head and I'm just waiting for updates." I say trying to calm her down. "What did your parents say about me being pregnant?" Zuri asks me. 

Wow, she really cares what my parents think of her.

"It doesn't matter what they think. Let's just make sure you and the baby are ok right now." I say concerned. "Are my parents coming?" Zuri asks me. "No, sorry. They said they can't right now. Zuri looks down and I put my hand on her chin. "Look, everything going to be okay." 

The doctor finally enters the room with the results. I look at her hoping for good results.

"Good, she has woken up. From all the tests I ran, it looks like Zuri overdosed on Benzodiazepines causing her to faint. I also noticed she is pregnant by at least a month. It comes to my attention that the baby wasn't affected. You guys should be good to go too." The doctor says. She walks out of the room.

I kiss Zuri on her cheek and bring her to my home since her parents are "busy".  I bring her to bed and let her rest. I'm scared for Zuri.