A One Time Thing

Chapter 8: The Big Anouncment

The time went by too fast. At the end of the day faith and Skylar were at my locker. Faith looked at me, "Keiths waiting for you in the parking lot." She said. She gave me a hug, "good luck babe. I love you."
I hugged her back and told her I loved her.

When I got outside I could see Keith leaning on a car smoking a cigarette. He watched me as I walked towards him. When I got close he said, "now are you gonna tell me what's going on?" I looked down then looked at him. "I don't want to talk here. Can we go somewhere else?"

He looked at me and put out his cigarette. "Alright get in." He said as he got in the car.
"Is this your car?" I curiously asked.
As he pulled out of the parking lot he said, "No but I work on cars and I was testing this one out."
The rest of the ride was pretty silent.

When we got to the river he stopped and looked at me. "What's up doll face?" He said. I got out of the car as he followed. I couldn't help it but I needed some air.

I stared at the river as I just said it bluntly, " I'm pregnant." I didn't even look at him to see his reaction. "You don't have to worry. I'm gonna get a full time job. Maybe mom will help me out. I'll try to get money for everything. I'll even get..." right then he stopped me and grabbed me.

He hugged me. "What about me sammy?"
I pushed him away and looked at him.
"What about you?" I asked.
He looked at me hurt. "That's my baby sammy. I want that baby. I want you."
I didn't expect anything like this.
"You do?" I asked
"Sammy! You can't just kick me out of my babies life. I want you sam. I'm not letting you do this alone." He said as he grabbed me and kissed me.

I was kind of glad that he actually wanted to be part of our lives. I cried into his arms. I hated being emotional all the time. He probably thought I was a baby.

I looked into his dreamy eyes, "I haven't told my parents. How are you gonna tell yours?" I asked.
He looked at me with sadness in his eyes, "Well we definitely don't need to worry about that, sweet heart." He said as he hugged me tight.

As he drove me home I asked about his parents and he told me everything. His dad was in jail for being drunk and beating his mother. His dad would hurt Keith too. Keiths mother wasn't strong enough to control her habits. She had a drug problem and was in rehab. Turns out Keith had been staying with Skylar.

The stuff he had told me about his life made me realize how easy I had it. Somehow it gave me courage to tell my parents that I was pregnant.

When we got to my house he gave me a kiss. "We can figure this out okay. I'm gonna find a way to support you." He said. I got out of the car and headed to the house.

When I walked in, mom and emma were in the kitchen and dad was on the couch watching football. I blocked the TV and looked at dad, "I need to talk to you and mom alone." I said
I could tell my dad was aggravated because of his game, "can this wait another time."
I had a stupid lump in my throat and my voice cracked, "No dad I need to do this now."

I noticed my mom had stopped doing the dishes. She told emma to go outside and play. Dad changed his expression, "what's wrong baby doll?" He said with a worried look.

We all three gathered in the kitchen. I couldn't stop the tears from rolling down my face. "First, promise you won't yell or be mad." I said as I started to shake.
I could see my dad tensing up. "Okay." He said.

I breathed in deep trying to say it, "I'm pregnant." I could almost see my dad's heart drop. My mother started to cry. Before I let them say anything, "look I'm gonna get a full time job and try to keep going to school. Keith said he would help and..."
My father cut me off, "Keith? It's Keiths. I told you to stay away from him! Look what he done to my baby girl! You've changed sam! You started lying, sneaking out, and being a slut!"
My mother cut in, "frank she is not a slut! We can take care of this. You'll have the baby and put it up for adoption."

I couldn't let them decide this. "No. I'm keeping my baby. I've already decided. You can't just decide my life." I said.
My father stood up, "you decided? What?! Well is he going to even marry you and take responsibility!?" He yelled.
"I don't know we haven't planned that far yet." I said.
"Oh you don't think of consequences. Having sex with random guys. You are no daughter of mine! You're a disgrace! A tramp!" He yelled.

I'd never been hurt so bad in my life. My mother gasped, "frank!" She stood up and looked at him disappointed. I cried, "I'm still the same person." I said.
My dad started to leave and said, "yeah but you're no daughter of mine." He said.

He slammed the door and drove off in his police car. I was hurt. I never thought it would be like this. I looked at my mom, we were both crying. "Sammy, you need to figure this out yourself. You deal with the consequences." She said.

I had to breath. I had to leave. I ran out of the house. Ran past my sister. Ran into to the woods and just kept going until I made it to my favorite place. The river. I was hurt. It started to rain. I looked down realizing I had no shoes on. There was blood on my feet where I had stepped on Twiggs and thorns.

The world around me had stopped. I walked slowly into the river. I could feel the squishy sand in my toes as I walked to the deep part of the river. I floated on my back listening to my heart beat. Listening to rain hit the water. Feeling each drop as it beat my face.

Then as I closed my eyes I heard someone yelling my name. "Sammy!" Keith was yelling.