It was silent for a few moments as I continued to stare at her with wide eyes. I could not believe what I just heard. Pregnant? At eighteen. Eighteen and pregnant. Shit. I was freaking out mentally.
"What?" I said after finally being able to speak.
"I think I'm pregnant." She said with tears in her eyes.
"Wha-a-what?" I said again.
After holding in the tears for so long they eventually came down. She was crying, still holding it in but had them running down her face. I looked at the pregnancy test in her hands and see once again a pink plus sign.
"Wh-wh-who is the father?" I ask although already knowing the answer.
"Niall." She said.
I looked down and sigh.
"New Year's Eve?" I asked.
"Mhm." Was all she said while nodding her head.
"Didn't you guys use protection?!" I asked.
"I don't know! I guess not! We were drunk and having a good time and it escalated." She said.
"Yeah definitely escalated." I said.
Everything felt backwards to me. Usually she was giving me the lectures about life but now it was me.
"Look I know your probably mad at me but it's not like I did it on purpose." She said.
I looked at her and realize how stupid I was acting. I realized that she didn't need a lecture on how stupid she was, she need a friend. Someone who would be there for her no matter what, and I would do that.
"Listen, I'm not mad at you. Maybe a little disappointed but definitely not mad at you." I said.
"Really?" She asks.
"Of course."
She smiles a little and I gave her a hug.
"I'm going to run to the store and get more tests just to make sure." I said.
"It's late though!"
"Yeah but there is that one right down the street that is open all hours."
She nods a little and hands me some money. I got up, put my boots and jacket on, and then head out. When I got to the store I head straight to the aisle that was for women needs.
I looked around a little and found the pregnancy tests. There were so many and I didn't know which to get. I just decided on getting five with my money and five with hers, ten total. I wanted to be sure because sometimes these tests are wrong.
I grab the boxes and head up to the counter. The cashier was a young girl, maybe a little older than me. I handed her the boxes and when she looked at me she gasped a little.
"You're Harry Styles girlfriend!" She said.
"Yeah." I said while trying to smile.
I was really not in the mood to talk. All I could think about was Ellie and Niall and a baby. Would he handle this well? Was she going to keep it? Would she abort it? Would Niall deny it and just leave? No of course not. He is not like that. Is he?
"Um..." She said while looking down at what I was buying, forcing me to snap out of my thinking.
"OH!" I say when I realized what she was probably thinking. "No! No! No! No! These aren't for me! These are for my friend. She doesn't know, well she sort of does but we are just making sure. We don't want anyone knowing. Please don't tell anyone I was buying these."
