Children // Faya

Chapter 7: When I Fail You'll Still Be Here

4 Weeks

Maya

I wake up to knocking on the door. I knew it was Farkle because he only knocked this early. I hated when he did it too.

I groan and force myself to the door. I open it and he was standing there. He brought me the usual things. An apple and hot chocolate. It was an unusual combination. I always told him to keep the apple for himself, but I wanted it this morning.

"So, you remember how Halloween in coming up?" He asks. I almost choked on the part of the apple I bit. I keep forgetting it's been this long.

"Yeah, it's October." I say.

"Riley's wondering if you are going to go out this year." He asks me, but he doesn't make eye contact. He knows I don't like it when he mentions Riley. I feel like a piece of shit when he mentions her.

"I.. Don't know." I sigh.

"What about a doctors appointment?" He suggests. "Have you made one?"

"Whoa, getting a little ahead of yourself there." I tell him.

"Well since you are so-" he stops himself. I have a feeling I knew where it was going so I didn't ask. "I just recommend you make an appointment. And tell Riley."

I sigh and feel queasy. I puff out my cheeks and realize I'm going to throw up. I make a run to the bathroom and hurl. Farkle was not long behind me and holds my hair back.

"You're a little early for this aren't you?" He says. He keeps pulling strands of my hair back.

"What the hell does that mean?" I say when I catch a breath.

"Usually woman start vomiting when they're six weeks. You're four." He tells me. I feel a sharp pain in my stomach.

"Ow." I say. Farkle gives me a sympathetic look and hugs me. My vomit-faced, pregnant me.

I was laying down on my bed. I told Farkle my mom wouldn't be here before long. I couldn't believe it, but Farkle actually skipped school today. I didn't even realize what day it was. He told his parents he was sick and then he snuck off after they left him in his room.

"How much have I missed?" I asked him.

"Enough to keep you busy" He says, making me groan at the thought of it. "Please come to school tomorrow, Maya. Riley and Lucas are worried. They don't know what's going on. They should know but the least you can do is to show up to let them know you're doing okay." He says. I stare him right in the eyes.

"But I'm not okay Farkle. I'm not okay and I won't act like I am. I'm not going to lie about this. It hurts like hell. It's not all about me either, I've been thinking about how this baby. Oh this poor, poor baby. He or she will have to grow up knowing how he or she was created." I was in tears now. Farkle was obviously not used to this side of me, so he just tried his best to comfort me.

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I cannot believe he actually coaxed me into going. I do not want to go to school.

I quickly grab my things out of my locker and go to homeroom. My homeroom teacher excused me to go to my classes to get my make-up work. I went without hesitation.

I quickly got my work without letting them explain it to me. When I came back to homeroom it was time for our next class. I grabbed my things and rushed out to History before Lucas could ask me anything.

I sighed as my first class with Farkle started. I didn't have to feel eyes staring into me.

"Okay class were going to start with a video about Jamestown and Plymouth but that's all we'll get to today." I sigh, I knew I'd already learned this in an earlier grade.

I sat back at watched at boredom at the video. I watched when John Rolfe came to Jamestown, then it showed what happened before..

"About three weeks before John Rolfe had arrived to Jamestown. It was a living hell. The starving time came around and no one knew how to grow crops correctly. One man became so hungry, he killed his pregnant wife and tried to eat her. He was burned at the stake for his actions."

I couldn't bear to hear that. For some reason I could smell what that smelt like. I get up and throw up in the trash can. This was not going to be a good day.

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Hello! I know I don't really make noted at the end but I will this time. Oh and that video was true, I learned about it in class and I almost threw up. Even though it was the most exciting thing my teacher has taught so far .-.

Anyways, some questions:

Do you like the story so far?

Who do you think the father is? '~'