E'Lana's Story(COMPLETED)

C-3: Thirty Five Weeks, Two Days

|The thought of moving in with Dalton is dawning on me more and more. Even though I have my doubts and hesitations I have found myself more ready than I thought I could have ever been. I know I don't have much of a choice in the decision, and my dad lives too far for me to make arrangements for his place instead. Dalton has been acting less like the person he used to be and more like a dad.|

Thirty Five Weeks, Two Days

It's been easier to focus in school now that I have less to worry about. My studies have been more frequent and I've been excelling in my tests. The only troubling thing right now is the fact my due date is nearing and so is the school year. Eventually the principal is going to call for my leave, in order to prepare for the birth and be there for my baby, but I am a face-to-face learner. I've always been afraid of online classes. This is another thing I don't have a choice in. I don't know when my child will make its arrival, it could be sooner, or it could be later, but I know when final exams are and they are rushing towards me quicker than I'd prefer them too.

Dalton has been trying to take the majority of the weight off my shoulders, and agreed to bring back as much as school home to me during my leave. That meant we'd be seeing each other on just about a daily basis minus him coming for his kid. I wonder how we're going to manage all of this. I'm about to be a mother and he's about to be a father, and we're about to be graduates all at the same time. If I don't succeed in school, parenthood will be that much harder. I won't be able to devote myself to my child in the way I should.

Dalton lives with his parents, but he's been working a lot more for us to afford an apartment. I like that he's doing all this, but I wish we could stay at his place for a little bit. His mom is such a warm, welcoming soul. She makes me feel comfortable and accepted and she's ecstatic about meeting her grandchild. I figure it would be easier to be around people who've already experienced life as a mother and father, than to jump right into it.

Yet at the same time I know that the consequences of having sex at such a young age often results in learning as you go. I just hope this all works out as it is supposed too, but right now the future is a haze.