In Love With Mr. Green [student/teacher relationship]

Chapter 9

"I just don't know what to do"

"Well the first step should be to tell Max, and then have a think about it...and if you want to keep it I'll pick up some extra shifts and we will get a bigger apartment and" Zoe threw herself at me and hugged me tight. For the last couple of hours after I got back from school we'd been discussing the baby. She got off and smiled at me before reaching for her phone,

"Okay" she breathed and started typing out a message

"Please don't tell him over text" I rolled my eyes, she laughed quietly but kept typing, I picked mine up and saw a text from Jack, 'how's your evening? Zoe ok?' My excuse to having to go straight home was because Zoe was 'really ill', I tapped back, 'it's okay, she's a little bit better now, how's yours?' Within minutes I had a response, 'thinking of getting in the bath, interested?' I smiled at my phone, 'don't tempt me mr green' 'no? But I want to tempt'

"Ok, he's replied and says he'll be round. I just said I fancied company rather than needing to talk" Zoe looked up at me, her face showed exactly how scared she was.

The buzzer went and I nodded at Zoe, she could do this. I left the room and shut myself in my bedroom, this was her business to share and I didn't want to make it awkward by being there. I stayed quiet and listened to Zoe greet Max at the door and walk in to the living room, I suppose I could lay down for a bit and close my eyes until they need me.

I woke up to my phone vibrating on my chest, shit I fell asleep. I squinted at my phone and rolled my eyes, it was my morning alarm. I took my time in getting out of bed and poked my head in Zoe's room, i knocked gently and she rolled over already awake,

"i'm sorry Zo, i fell asleep. Did you tell him? Is everything okay?" I hurried over to the side of her bed and she sat up giving me a weak smile,

"it's okay, yeah i told him, he was angry, upset, blamed me, then himself, then loved the idea and then hated it"

"so where has it left you?" i ask, sitting on the edge of her bed wide eyed, "is he still here?" i whisper. She shifted uncomfortably, sitting up and pulling her knees to her chest,

"no he's not here. He left early hours of this morning, we were talking for hours. I really like him and i feel like he likes me too...but neither of us are ready for a baby...I'm going to the doctors today...we've agreed that um, an abortion is the best option" Zoe whispered and looked down, "in all honesty, i'm doing it for the baby. I want to give it the best life possible and i know that at the moment i'm not capable of doing that"

"You need to think about this properly, you don't want to go through with this and then regret it..."

"I've been up all night thinking about it. I won't regret it. I want to wait until the right time, i want the best for my future baby. I praise anyone who has had a baby at my age and coped, but i know that i am not ready" I nodded slowly,

"i support you with any decision, okay?"

Once i'm dressed i head in to the living room where Zoe is packing things in to her handbag,

"Grace? What are you wearing?"

"clothes..?"

"why aren't you in your uniform?"

"i'm coming with you" I knew i was going to have to hold my ground, Zoe looked at me about to fight back but her face changed,

"you have to go" she said softly, i knew inside she needed the company

"come on, i never not go. I don't care what you say, i'm coming with you" Zoe smiles at me and sighs. After making sure we had everything we headed off to the train station.