Barely A Mother [A Teen Pregnancy Story]

Barely A Mother - Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Fifteen

.:Julie:. (Jody’s mum)

It was heart-breaking to tell my son and daughter that their father is gay.

I’m not upset anymore like last night; it was just the shock of actually seeing it happen. I knew one day Nick would leave me for another man, it wasn’t his choice in the first place to get married to me but his parents made him, not a forced marriage, as such, more that he had to marry a woman. I guess he couldn’t handle it anymore, pretending to be the person who he’s not; he has been doing that for the last twenty years.

Jody was sat there crying with David comforting her. They understood but it’s always hard to get over the fact that your parents are splitting up, I know what it’s like, my parents divorced when I was twelve. But then I suppose it’s not the same as finding out your father is into other men.

I sat there silent, letting my children get it all worked out in their heads. There wasn’t really anything to say to make this any better. When they grazed their knees you could tell them that it wouldn’t hurt in the morning but this was different.

This was really bad timing especially with Jody being pregnant; she doesn’t need all this stress. Nick and I did decide that we’d spilt up after the kids moved out… that plan didn’t go very well. I wasn’t going to force him to stay with me any longer than was necessary; by the time they had moved out they would be old enough to deal with this.

“M-Mum, can I go see dad?” Jody asked quietly, probably worried that I’d never let her or David see Nick again. I nodded and she gave me a weak smile and stood up.

David stood up with her making Jody give him a confused look. “What? I want to see dad too, I might as well go with you.” Jody gave a quiet ‘Oh’ and they left together heading to the hotel that Nick was staying at.

I went upstairs and ran a hot bubble bath. I undressed and stepped into it. I gave a sigh and sunk deeper into the soothing water, thinking about the day I told Nick I loved him…

*FLASHBACK*

I giggled like the eighteen year old school girl I was. I was piggybacking on Nick and I was having the time of my life.

It was nearly sunset and we had been on the beach since this morning, just to watch in awe at the beauty of it. I was hoping that this was the day he would tell me he loved me and I would tell him I loved him back. I was preparing myself to say it first though, as you know boys don’t do a lot of this lovey-dovey stuff.

Nick gently put me down on the soft sand and sat next to me. The next twenty minutes we sat in a comfortable silence, watching the beautiful sunset. It was breath-taking and I knew that this was the best day in my life so far!

The sun was set and Nick got up, I looked at him curiously but then I saw he went to the portable CD player and played my favourite song: Take My Breath Away by Berlin.

I looked at him gobsmacked, “How did you kno-” But he cut me off by pressing a finger to my lips.