The Pregnancy

Chapter One

Two lines. The test says two lines. I'm pregnant, this can't be right. I'm only 17 years old, I'm not pregnant. This test is wrong, and so were the other three tests. No, three test wouldn't be wrong, I'm pregnant. What is my boyfriend going to think? He is trying to start a band, he is trying to become something. Will he even still love me or will he even want anything to do with this child? What if he becomes famous and tries to pretend like me and this baby don't exist?

"What does it say?" Our best friend Ashton said walking over to where I was standing. I was leaning over the sink trying to figure out what the hell I'm going to say to Luke, or if I was even going to say anything to Luke. He doesn't have to know does he? What if I abort it? No I could never do that, I'd give it up if it really came down to it.

"I'm pregnant." I whispered looking over at him with tears rushing down my face. He pulled me into his grasp as I dropped the test. As if it were slow motion I watched it crash to the floor. I cried into his chest thinking about how my life is going to change. How I'm going to go from a seventeen year old in school with a boyfriend in a band, to a mom, potentially a single mom. This all changed within a mater of seconds, my whole life came to a screeching halt and changed directions immediately.

"Shhh." He said rubbing my back attempting to make me feel better. "Everything will be okay." He said walking me over to my bed. "When are you going to tell Luke?" He picking up the test and looking for himself. He shook his head and set it back down.

"I don't know, I don't even know if I really am pregnant, these test can be wrong, I could be having a hysterical pregnancy, you never know. I want to make sure I am actually pregnant, wait awhile and see what happens. Please try not to tell anyone about this. I know if you tell one person they will tell other people and it will get to EVERYONE but Luke and he will think that I am hiding it from him. I just don't want to do that to him." I said as Luke walked into the room.

"Don't want to do what to who?" He asked as we tried our best to conceal the fact that he surprised us.

"Luke, I have to ask you something out in the hallway!" Ashton said grabbing his arm and rushing him out of the room giving me time to clean up all the evidence. I shot up and found all the pregnancy tests and the boxes and everything that came with it and shoved it in my desk drawer and ran and sat back down in my spot.

"Well I guess. You will just have to ask Michael and Calum before we talk about messaging One Direction to be their opening act." Luke said souding as if he thought that would be something they could never achieve. He sat down, pulled me into his lap, and tried to hide the annoyance in his tone. 

"Well I'm sure they would be fine with it, big boy band giving a little boy band the position of being their opening act. Think of all the good publicity they will get from this! Plus, think of all the fans we will get! They are the biggest boy band in the world and if we could even get half as many fans we would be set for life!" Ashton said as Luke just kind of nodded along with everything he was saying, not really paying attention to anything.

I started watching him talk, tuning everything they were saying out. Just watching him smile and laugh like I was the little school girl sitting across the lunch room watching her crush or her boyfriend talk to his friends. She can't hear him but she smiles at the way he talks, the way his mouth moves. He was so cute when he talked smiling when he laughed, clapping his hands together like a retarded seal. His beautiful eyes hiding all of his secrets, all of his wants, all of his needs. I wonder if our kids will look like him or me. I thought as he looked over and smiled at me and cuddled into me.

I saw the look Ashton gave us. It looked like he was looking at a perfect couple. I would love to think Luke and I were perfect together but nobody's perfect, no couple can be perfect but Ashton seems to think we are pretty close. The only thing standing in our way was us being so young, and me being pregnant. Ashton was the only one who knew and that wasn't going to last long. Pretty soon Ashton will come with me to the doctor and we will find out for sure if I really do have a little tiny human growing inside of me. I looked at Luke and watched him look at me scanning my face to find out what was wrong. I felt so bad he has no clue what was going on in my mind, if only I could just scream 'I'M PREGNANT' and get it over with.

"Whats wrong?" He asked looking at me as I was trying my best to hold back my tears. Ashton saw what was happening and that I was about to blow and I needed an excuse as to why I could be crying.

"Her foot has been killing her, she thinks she might have broken it. I keep telling her she just sprained it. But you know girls, always assuming the worst." Ashton said as Luke got up starting to panic. I mentally face palmed myself. Ashton is Luke's best friend and still doesn't know that he overreacts like a girl in this type of situation.

"Alex! Why didn't you tell me about your foot? Instead you let us sit here talking while you are in pain!" He shouted clearly more concerned about my foot then he needs to be. "We have to get you to the hospital right now!" He said picking me up and carrying me out to the car, Ashton shortly on our heels. I pulled out my phone and sent Ashton a text.

To: Ashey!- What am I going to tell the doctor? Clearly my foot is fine!

I waited patiently before getting a text back.

From: Ashey!- I have NO clue!! But you better come up with something soon! We aren't that far away from the hospital!

Wow that was so helpful Ashton, thank you I really appreciate it. I thought to myself as we pulled up to the hospital. Luke came running around to my side of the car, picking me up off the seat and carrying me into the building, making sure I stay off my foot. As soon as we walked through the doors the nurses were shoving me in a wheel chair so Luke didn't have to carry me, well mainly for liability reasons. "Luke can you stay here I have to talk to the nurses, alone." I said as he nodded and let me wheel myself up to the front desk.

"Can I help you?" The lady behind the counter asked.

"Hi my name is Alex, I am 17 years old, and my boyfriend Luke and our best friend Ashton are sitting over there." I said nodding my head in their direction. The lady looked confused as to why I was telling her my whole life story, and honestly I have no idea myself. "My boyfriend was told by our best friend, who's an idiot, that I broke my foot.  Earlier my best friend and I were talking about me possibly being pregnant, and my boyfriend walked in on the conversation. I didn't want to scare him so Ashton, who once again is an idiot, told him I think I broke my foot, and here we are. Long story short I wanted to know if I could find out if I was actually pregnant?" I asked as the lady thought for a moment.

"We will have to keep you over night because our Phlebotomist's are out, but we should have results by morning." She said as I quickly nodded, I didn't care if I had to stay all week, I needed to know.

"Yes that's fine! I just want to know for sure before I tell Luke." I said as the lady nodded and told me my room would ready soon and I should go sit with the boys in the waiting room.

The lady came and got us about ten minutes later telling us my room was ready. "Why are they giving you a room? They just have to take X-Rays." Luke asked clearly not happy  that we will be sharing a hospital bed instead of our bed.

"They have to run a few tests that won't be ready until tomorrow morning." I said as he lifted me into the bed, still not wanting me to use my foot. "Ashton are you staying here?" I asked as he nodded knowing I shouldn't be alone with Luke otherwise I'll spill my guts. "Where are you going to sleep?" I asked before he walked out of the room and came back five minutes later with a cot. He pushed it right up against the bed. We all laid down, of course me in the middle of the two boys.

Luke fell asleep first, like always. "So tomorrow's the day, the day we all know for sure." Ashton said just as a nurse came into the room.

"Excuse me, Ms. Johnson?" The nurse whispered not wanting to wake anyone.

"That's me." I said sitting up confused as to why she was in here. She said the tests wouldn't be back until tomorrow. "Is there any results?" I asked looking from the nurse to Luke who looked so adorable sound asleep.

"Not yet. I just wanted to let you know we just got the blood and urine test back to the lab, and it should be back by 7:00." She said with a big smile spinning on her heels and walking out the door.

I laid back down and cuddled into Ashton because I didn't want to wake Luke. "Is it bad I am already trying to imagine what our baby is going to look like?" I asked Ashton hoping I wasn't being crazy.

"Why would that be bad? I'm imagining he or she will look beautiful no matter what, I mean look at their mom. Plus they are going to have the BEST parents I know." He said kissing my head. If you don't know any better you would think Ashton and I were the ones in a relationship. Before Luke and I met we did date, we talked about getting married and just growing old together but we realized we didn't work as a couple. Ashton introduced me to Luke and we ended up here. But Luke has NO idea about Ashton and I before we met.

"They are going to have the best uncles in the world as well. You, Calum, and Michael are going to spoil them so much." I said as he rolled his eyes but he knew it was true. "Good night Ashton." I said resting my head back on Ashton's chest.

"Good night Alex." Ashton said wrapping his arms around me. I felt his breathing steady and slow, I knew he had fallen asleep. I listened to the beat of his heart, buh bum, buh bum, buh bum, again and again, buh bum, buh bum...... buh bum. As if it were the base drum to my favorite song that I knew like the back of my hand. Buh Bum.

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