[trigger warning: mentions of blood in the end]
Theodore
It felt surreal knowing there was a growing baby in her, our growing baby.
I gently pulled her body closer to mine caressing her lower stomach,
"Don't you think we should at least tell our parents?" I ask
"So my parents get the right to possibly lynch me? No thanks. And I'm sure your mother wouldn't like that as well"
"She would probably be upset first but probably still support us" I admit truthfully
"Lucky for you, my parents would probably abandon me. Especially my mom, she almost lost a nerve when she found out I didn't get into the college they both went to" Imani explains
"So you really want to get rid of our baby?" I ask
"Stop calling it that, it's an embryo"
"Still our kid" I say shrugging
"Of course I have to get rid of it. We don't have the resources to raise a freaking child right now"
"But is that what you really want?" I ask hoisting myself up to which she did the same
"I... I always wanted to have children... with you" she says mumbling the last part "But not right now. I'm not ready to become a mother yet, don't you understand?"
"I do. I get it, is it weird that I feel sad about it?" I ask genuinely concerned but she smiles at me
"It's not weird at all. You know I can totally imagine you as a dad, so you being sad right now just proves it"
"Heyy" she says in a soothing manner when she reaches over to wipe away a fallen tear
"We gotta work hard now so we can give our future children the best chances in life"
"Okay" I say wiping my nose.
•••
After stopping at the pharmacy to pick up Imanis prescribed mifepristone we went back to her place.
"Can I keep this?" I ask holding one of the two ultrasound pictures
"Do what you want with them, I don't want to see it"
Not sure why she was so negative about the pictures I decided to keep both of them.
"Is everything alright?" I ask carefully when we walked into the kitchen
"No it's not" she says filling herself a cup of water
"Why?" I ask
"Because- Because it's not easy for me to do this! Do you know how much I had to pull myself together in the clinic? Knowing that I'm gonna get rid of this tiny innocent thingy!" She explains upset
"And don't give me the 'I don't have to' speech because I have to!" She yells
"Would you calm down please?" I plead in a gentle voice.
I walk over to her and engulf her in a hug when she silently starts crying
"Shh it's okay" I whisper kissing the top of her head.
•••
"I have to take the mifepristone first and 24h later the misoprostol" Imani said before gulping the first pill down while I watched her attentively
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