Through his eyes

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To everyone considering to end their journey here please finish reading this chapter at least before you form any conclusions xx

Imani

Pregnant.

That's what was written on the pregnancy test.
I was hoping for it to be a false alarm again but I guess I really messed up this time.

"Imani you got mail from different colleges! Come open them up!" My mom said through the door and I jumped hiding the test

"Y-yeah!" I shout thankful that she didn't enter the bathroom.

I placed the positive test back in its box and hid it in my bedroom before I went downstairs.

Today was one of the rare days were both my parents were at home,

"And what do they say?" My mom asked eagerly

"Stop rushing her, take your time darling no one's rushing you" my dad said looking at my mom

I opened all the letters first and then read through their responses,

"I got... accepted, accepted, ... rejected" I state loudly

"What? Who rejected you?" My mom asks taking the letter in hands

"Columbia?! Did you not tell them that your father and I both went there?" She asks

"No mom, I wanted them to take me because of me and not because you are my parents"

"Hey it's okay baby, you still got accepted by two other colleges of your choice. So it's not the end of the world" my dad says supporting me

"Yeah but I've been actually thinking of taking a year off before starting with college" I admit

"Why?" "Oh" they both said in unison

"I need a pause" I say truthfully

"But why?" My mom nags and I roll my eyes

"If that's what she wants to do" my dad says shrugging

"Mom I just finished 12 years of school and I would at least like to have a little bit of time to myself before I practically go back to school and work for the rest of my life" I explain

"Okay, fine. If that's what you want" she simply said mimicking my dad's words.

•••

I texted Theo that we needed to talk not expecting an answer but he could at least read my message.

I was feeling nauseous but there was nothing to help me get rid of this feeling. Ugh I hate being sick.

I got up and stared at myself in the mirror,
I looked at my slightly round stomach since I've stopped working out for a while and had a few more snacks here and there.

It felt weird knowing that there was a teeny tiny embryo growing inside my stomach in this exact moment.
But I know I can't keep this baby.

But I still think I should tell Theo about it, he deserves to know about it too.

•••

Hours went by and he still hasn't responded so I asked Ezra if he knew where he was and what I got next shocked me.
Almost as most as seeing the positive test.

Ezra told me that Theo was leaving early and is already on his way to the airport.

I got dressed in record time and drove as fast as I could to the airport.

•••

His plane was boarding in 30 minutes and I was 20 minutes away from reaching the airport.

The drive there wasn't that much of a problem, the real problem was finding a parking spot and since it's officially holiday season the airport was extra packed with people.