Bad Things Can Happen On This Journey Called Life

Telling Family and Friends, easier than I thought!

At seven o'clock Beau and his parents arrived.

"Hey Love," Beau said, greeting me with a kiss on the cheek.

"Hi" I replied.

"Well that wasn't the usual crazy response, what's up with you?" he asked caringly.

"I don't know, just tired I guess, I didn't get to much sleep last night, worried to much about tonight."

"Oh, well I bet I could change that," he snickered.

"Stop it! I'm really not in the mood," I said really grumpy.

"Whoa, something must really be wrong," he told me sternly.

"Yeah something is!" I yelled.

"Okay, well what is it then?" Beau asked.

"I'll tell you when I tell your parents," I explained

"Fine"

About an hour later, after dinner, my parents, Carrie, Zack and I were sitting across from Beau and his parents, Jim and Carol.

"So, why the sudden need to have a 'family' talk with our family?" Jim asked my dad.

"Well, Anna has some news to tell all of you, Anna?"

"Um, yeah I have some not-so-good news to tell the three of you. Beau I know I'm not supposed to tell anyone this but I kind of have to now. So like a month ago Beau and I, how do I put this, here I'll put it this way, Me and Beau had unprotected sex about a month ago and now the result is that I am about 4 weeks pregnant!" I explained very quickly and as soon as I was done the looks on Jim and Carol's faces were unexplainable. Then looking to Beau, his expression was very angry at first but as I keep looking at him his expression goes from angry, to sad, then surprising me turns into a very caring expression.

"Well then, my one question, for now, are YOU and the baby okay?" Beau asked, enunciating on the word you.

"Yeah, I am fine. I actually feel great, just grumpy when I don't get enough sleep. And the baby, it is doing very well, I just need to get started on prenatal medication as soon as possible and I am not allowed to do any heavy duty lifting." I explained to Beau and his family.

"Okay and here is my question. What are your plans with this pregnancy? I am assuming you are going to go through with the pregnancy, but what are your plans for afterward? And do you want Beau, Carol and I to be involved?" Jim asked, directed at me.

"Yes, I am going through with the pregnancy, and I haven't made any decisions about afterwards because I wanted to talk to you, Carol and Beau first. And of course I want all of you to be involved! Beau is the father for Pete's sake!" I explained.

"You can expect that Jim and I will want to be involved in the decisions about our grand-baby, but Beau? You are going to have to talk to him at another time, his involvement is not our decision," Carol slowly explained to me, and then looked at Beau, "And I strongly advise and encourage you to stand by Anna's side during this pregnancy and be very involved with this baby, as you are the father and are also responsible for this situation that you have put yourself in!" Carol firmly explained.

"Spoken like a true mother. And I completely agree with everything just said. Of course, Bill and I will no doubt be involved with this pregnancy as it is our daughter who is pregnant. We would also like to advise to Beau that Anna is going to need him during this process, and that they have been together for so long that it would be a shame to see their relationship crumble to pieces because of Anna becoming pregnant. I know Anna and Beau and they seem to be able to work out all of their problems and find a solution to everything so I think they could work this out." Mom confessed to all of us, bringing tears to my eyes.