A Beautiful Mistake

Chapter 4

I woke up to someone poking my face.

"What?" I say swatting the hand away.

"Where were you last night we looked everywhere for you!" Katie said sternly.

"I was out doing something. I should have let you know. I'm sorry." I said remembering last night.

I thought back to last night with Cody. Regret filled my stomach. I can't believe what I did. I'm so stupid. No one can find out about this.

"What we're you doing exactly?" Grace was all about the drama so of course she wanted to know. I mean I could tell them because they are my best friends.

"I was with Cody." I said looking at my hands.

"Doing what exactly?" Katie raised her eyebrows.

"Something I'm not proud of." I wanted to cry because of the shame but I need to stay strong.

"Oh my god. You did not. That is crazy." Grace said clapping. "Maybe you're not a goofy-two-shoes after all"

That's what I wanted, was for people to stop calling me that but I don't think it was worth it. I was an innocent girl who did what I was suppose to but now I'm not so innocent. Oh god. What did I do?

"Why are you clapping. I did something wrong" I said brushing a tear off my cheek.

"Because you did something crazy for once. I mean that's not what I expected you to do and it probably wasn't the best idea. But still." Grace said with a smile.

"Well, don't cry. It's not that big of a deal as long as you used protection and he didn't hurt you. But he's a player and I thought you would have known better." Katie said. She was right. Although she did sound like a parent. But now that I think about it I didn't use protection. How could I have forgotten about protection.

I stood up and ran to the bathroom. I couldn't breathe. This is really bad. I slammed the door and sat on the ground. Katie and Grace ran to the door.

"What's the matter. Are you okay?" Katie yelled banging on the door.

"I didn't use protection" I said in between sobs.

"What!??" Grace yelled. "You didn't use protection? Have you lost your mind" I guess I have lost my mind.

I opened the door. It was probably nothing. I can't get pregnant, that's not part of my life plan. I have had my life planned out since I was 9. I was gonna graduate high school with all A's and go to Harvard Law School and become a lawyer. Then get married and have kids. No where in that life plan is there a child in high school. I mean I'm 16, almost 17. I'm not pregnant. It's nothing.

"I'm fine. I'm not pregnant. I can't be pregnant it's nothing." I said reassuring Katie and Grace.
"Okay but no matter what happens we are here for you." Katie said grabbing my shoulders.

"Thank you." I said with a smile. "Now let's go hit the mall"

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We stopped at a bunch of stores. I got a white flowy tank top with a lace fringe, a pair of light blue ripped skinny jean from Aeropostale, a white daisy flower crown, and a tribal print shirt. We entered the food court to get some late lunch seeing how it was 3 o'clock.

"Where do you want to eat. There's Chinese, Burger King, Pizza Shop, Thai food, or Subway." Grace said pointing to all the food places.

"I want Subway" I said rubbing my stomach.

"Okay let's go there." Katie said. We walked over to Subway. There was no line so we didn't have to wait. Katie ordered a veggie sub and Grace got a Turkey sub, while I ordered an Italian BMT. I love subway. I could eat there everyday.