Wrapped Up

16 • Test

  Meghan's POV:

  I wake up to Jojo shaking me. I groan slightly as I turn my head to face her. There were bags under her eyes, and her face was all red from crying.

  "Jo, what's wrong?" I ask as I stand up from my bed. Charlie stirs, and that's when I realize that he was still here. He thankfully doesn't wake up.

  "Put a robe on and come in the bathroom," she says through tears. I then realize that I'm naked, and I quickly grab my light blue robe. I take Jojo by the shoulders and guide her into the bathroom. I quietly shut the door, and I hold her shoulders to try to calm her.

  "What's wrong?" I ask her.

  "Ryan...Ryan and I–" she was interrupted by a sob that leaped from her throat. I pull her into an embrace and hold her as she cries.

  "Take a deep breath, and start again," I say calmly. She sniffles and clings to me tighter.

  "I'm 4 days late on my period, and I just ate a hotdog with ice cream and spinach on it," she says. I gasp, and she sobs some more. I didn't gasp because of her, I gasped because of Charlie. I wasn't going to let her know that, though.

  "Jo, here," I say I pull a box of pregnancy tests out of the cabinet. I hand them to her and exit the bathroom.

  I walk back in a few minutes later, and she standing there with her back to it, staring at me.

  "I don't know what it says," she tells me. I slowly but gently walk towards the counter and flip it over. Right there, plastered on a piece of plastic, it said 'positive'. I put it against my chest walk towards her.

  "Do you want to know?" I ask gently. She nods her head. I hand it to her, and she screams with terror. She hugs me and starts crying into my shoulder.

  "Joji, it is a good thing. Don't you love Ryan? Don't you want a baby?" I ask.

  "I do love him, as I do what a baby, but that was literally the first time we had sex. I'm not ready for this I'm only twenty three," she sobs.

  "Can I tell you something?" I say to her. She nods her head, once again.

  "I'm about to go scold Charlie because he didn't use protection either," I giggle. She pulls away immediately and stares at me with wide eyes.

  "This could ruin your career, Meg," she says.

"No it won't. Tons of celebrities get pregnant and still make music. Fergie, for example," I say.

  "You let him?" she asks.

  "I'm not going to explain anything in detail, but let's just say I wasn't in control and he didn't want to listen to me...at all," I say.

  "Oh my god, Meg," she whispers. "It's not a huge deal for me, but it is for you because you're famous," she says.

  "Look at me," I say sternly as I turn her around and stare at her with blazing eyes, "Your baby is just as important as mine is. Your baby is just as big of deal as mine is. You are as big of a deal as I am. Stop. You. Are. A. Big. Deal," I say. She nods, and we walk out to wake Charlie. I open my mouth, yet nothing leaves it except a sigh. I silently walk out of my bedroom and turn to Jojo.

  "I'll tell him when I know for sure because I don't want to get his hopes up," I say.

  "Reasonable," Jojo says with a nod. I smile at her as we walk downstairs together.

  "Does Ryan know?" I ask. She shakes her head.

  "I mean...maybe. He has an idea. He's been worried since we had sex, and he's waiting to find out. I'll tell him later, though. I'm still in shock myself," she says. I nod my head to her.

  We end up watching movies for the rest of the day. It was our couch day. We watched Despicable Me 1 & 2, Dumb and Dumber, 21 & 22 jump street, Dumbo, and The Jungle Book.

  I love how I can do this with her. She's the person I can trust with anything. Well, besides Charlie. She's the person that pulls me up when I'm down, and I'm the person that pulls her up when she's down.