In Hospital
The following months passed quickly. I missed Christmas Day, and New Years Eve came so quickly without me seeing or hearing from Maxi.
It took me a while to find courage, but I finally chose to call Maxi. I rang her home phone but there was no answer; all I got was the answer phone and I didn't really want to leave a message her parents could hear. I rang her mobile but it went straight to voicemail. There was obviously some reason for her blocking me out like this.
We hadn’t spoken about the ‘decisions’ that come with teenage pregnancy. I was thinking that maybe the reason she wouldn’t talk to me was that she’d decided to give our baby away after birth and she felt guilty. I wasn’t sure how I felt about that. I didn't know how I would cope with a baby but I liked to imagine that I would be a good dad. But then would my life be over? I don't mean to be harsh but we were just kids ourselves and we had our whole lives to look forward to.
It sounds really soft but I couldn’t help but think about Maxi’s mum. She must have felt so alone with a pregnant daughter to look after and an aggressive beast of a husband who likes to beat people up.
My brain was messed up. I guess now my life was going into another direction, and it was confusing. Having a baby and taking my exams. Bloody hell, who ever said teenagers had it easy wasn't thinking.
Pick Up the Phone
I was home just in time to celebrate New Year. Kids my age were out for the night, having a laugh and getting pissed. Not me, and hopefully not Maxi. I was in for the night on the sofa watching the BBC and Maggie was on the sofa with a bowl of popcorn and a class of chardonnay. Lilly was at her friend's house with all her mates.
I thought of ringing Maxi again that night, wish her Happy New Year. But would she ever answer her bloody phone?! Being in hospital really made me want to be with her, and my baby.
The dialling tone...
"Hello?" She asked.
"It's me, Maxi, it's me" I said. I heard her breath quicken. "Look, I haven't been able to reach you since I woke up in hospital. Did you know about that? Of course you did. How are you? The baby?" 1 minute left of 2009.
"Err... Listen Simon." She called me Simon again! "Well I don't know how to tell you but... there's no baby!" OMG. No baby?! "Look Simon I have to go" the line went dead.
5...4...3...2...1... Happy New Year!
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