From the Beginning (One Direction Fanfiction)

Chapter 21

Chapter 21: 

Erica's POV

What happened? If I'm pregnant, Liam is going to kill me. My family is going to kill me! What should I do? I need a pregnancy test, quick. I'll get Beth to bring me to the drug store to get one. Did this seriously happen? I don't remember anything from that night. All I know is that we went shopping and then went to the bar. When we got home, I went to Liam's room but I don't remember anything past that. I called Beth upstairs.

"BETH!" I heard footsteps stomp up the stairs like she was running. She burst through the door of my room.

"What's wrong?" 

"I need you to take me to the drug store. I'm going to get a pregnancy test. This isn't right." I said. I got dressed and Beth ran downstairs to make an excuse that we were going to get some toothpaste because she ran out. I got downstairs and said goodmorning to everyone and then ran out the door. 

While we were in the car, Beth started asking me all these questions. "Do you feel sick? How are you going to tell everyone if you are pregnant?" 

"I don't feel sick and I have absolutely no idea..." The thought of having to tell everyone if I was scared me. I had no idea how I was going to do this. We got to the drug store and I picked one up. We raced home as quick as we could and I ran back upstairs to the bathroom. Beth ran in with the toothpaste, because we couldn't come back without some or they would be suspicious. I closed the bathroom door behind me and gave it a shot. I waited 5 minutes and looked down. It was positive. Beth knocked on the door and asked to come in. I jumped, I guess I was too strung up in my thoughts and the knock scared me.

"Uh, oh yeah. Come in." I unlocked the door and opened it. She politely stepped in and closed the door behind her. She looked down and her eyes lit up. 

"Erica..."

Before she could finish, I interrupted her, "I don't know what I'm going to do!" 

"Are you going to tell anyone?" She asked.

"Hell no. I need to wait. If Liam finds out he is going to be a dad, he is going to kill me with every ounce of force in his body." 

"Don't get too carried away, Erica. I'm sure he wouldn't do that to you," She reassured me. I looked back down at the little stick with a positive sign on it. I didn't even mean to do this. There goes my teenhood. I'm going to need to get a job to support this baby, I am going to need to alter my life so this baby is safe. Everything is going to change. All these thoughts rushed through my head. Beth ran downstairs to join the others and leave me to be for a bit. 

Beth's POV

"Where's Erica?" Liam asked.

"She's just in the bathroom." 

"Is she okay?" Liam sounded worried.

"Yeah, she's fine," I lied. Everyone went back to watching TV and I sat down beside Niall. 

"Where did you guys go?" He whispered in my ear. 

"We went to get toothpaste," I lied again. He looked away and continued watching TV. I put my head on his shoulder and he got up. 

"I'm going to get some pop," he walked away. I watched him and I could see the anger on his face. I got up and followed him into the kitchen. 

"Niall, are you okay?" 

"Yeah. I'm fine. Shouldn't you be going somewhere to get something?" He snapped.

"Ni, what are you talking about?" My voice was soft but his was strong and fierce. 

"YOU'VE BARELY BEEN AROUND LATELY. WHERE ARE YOU GOING? ARE YOU CHEATING ON ME?" I looked at him with disbelief and dragged him into a room where no one could hear us. 

"Are you kidding me, Niall? You know where I have been?! Erica's pregnant, Ni! Cheating on you is the last thing I'd do!" He was surprised when I said Erica is pregnant, but when I ended my sentence, he looked down with a look of shame on his face. 

"I'm sorry, B. I just got a little scared because you don't really seem into me much anymore."

"Niall, I LOVE you. You're not only my boyfriend but you're my best friend. Please don't get jealous ever again. And if you tell ANYONE about Erica, as much as I love you, I will break up with you. She is really shaken up and she's not ready to tell anyone yet," I laughed after I threatened to break up with him but went serious when I mentioned how scared she was. He looked me straight in the eye, promised me he wouldn't tell anyone and then kissed me. We stood there hugging for a minute, he apologized one more time, walked back into the kitchen, poured me some pop, grabbed his and we walked back into the living room together. Erica was downstairs. She looked like she was trying really hard to hide it but I still knew that she wasn't alright. 

I was glad that Niall and I sorted that out quickly. I hated fighting with the people I love, especially him. We sat back down on the couch and I saw Erica stand up and head for the bathroom. She quickly ran upstairs and that was the last I saw of her for half an hour. 

After a while, she came downstairs and wiped her face. Her eyes were red and her hands were shaking. Liam asked if she was okay. Everyone could tell that she threw up but she just brushed it off and said it  was something that she ate. I knew she was lying and she shot me a nervous look but I gave a reassuring look that I wouldn't say anything. My phone went off in my pocket and I pulled it out to see who was texting me. 

Christina 

Hey, I'm still really sorry I left, and I hope you all know that. My family member passed away this morning so I made it home just in time to say good bye. Thanks again for the amazing year with you guys. Love you all. Pass this message on please.

I felt Niall look over my shoulder at the text. We shared glances and I decided to announce the unfortunate news before I texted back. 

"Guys, Christina's family member passed away this morning," I looked up. Everyone turned their attention away from the TV and looked at me with surprise on their face, which quickly turned into a look of depsair. 

"How?" Harry asked

"I don't know," I said quietly.

"You know what we should do? We should all take a trip to Canada to visit her and attend the funeral. We won't tell her we're coming but we can all show up and surprise her," Sara said. 

"I really like that idea," Harry agreed. Everyone joined in. 

"Okay, it's Tuesday... We'll book the plane for Thursday. You guys have all day to pack tomorrow morning, we leave the next morning and make it home. Sara, you're from Canada, you know your way around. You can find out from your parents where the funeral is and we'll go from there," Louis smiled.