Adele: 16 and Pregnant

Motherhood.

Adele's POV

I immediately get angry at her question. 

"NO!" My face gets red. 

"Why won't you Adele?" Ally says calm as ever, in spite of me snapping at her. 

"How could you ask me this when NO ONE has reached out to me. Not one cared when I was in the hospital when Angelo and I almost died of hypothermia. No one cared when I was going to doctor appointments by myself. No one cared for 9 months about us." I begin to tear up.

"I know this upsets you beyond words and know that I'm coming from a good place, but when was the last time YOU tried to reach out? Huh?"  Ally crosses her arms and waits for my response.

I shouldn't be so surprised by Ally challenging me because that's her personality and I trust her when she says she is coming from a good place so I tell myself to mentally calm down. 

"I never reached out. I never will!" I simply tell her.

"And you've waited almost a whole year for them to reach out right? The waiting game is over now that Angelo is here. You want to know why? Because Angelo is innocent. You are not the only one that is affected by this mess now. It is now your son too. Reach out to them! If they still don't want to have anything to do with you or Angelo, when Angelo gets older enough to understand the situation and questions you about, at least you can say that you tried. That's all I'm saying Adele!" Ally says. 

Ally was right. I sat there silently taking in everything she was telling me and I conceded. Its not just about me anymore. That is one of the biggest things you recognize when you hold your first child in your arms for the first time. My world is his world and his world is my world. That's Motherhood. I refuse to be a selfish Mom. 

I could envision Angelo asking me what I've done to reach out. Me telling him "nothing" could hurt him and me. I would carry that guilt of what-if-I-did for the rest of my life.

 So I will reach out simply for my son. 

"You always have the ability to make me look at things in a different perspective. Even when I don't want to. I guess I have a few phone calls to make." Ally smiles and I playfully roll my eyes.

"That's my girl!" Ally gets up and gives me a hug.

 I motion for her to hand me my phone.  I want to call Alex first. As I'm dialing his number, I my heart starts pounding extremely fast and I start to doubt my decision to reach out. Ally notices my hesitancy. 

"Take a deep breath Adele. You got this!" She coaches me up. I nod my head and dialed his number. 

The phone rang for what seemed like forever and then finally he picks up. 

"Hello" Alex says in a deep voice. 

"Hi" I respond.

"Who's this?" He asked.

"Adele." 

There was an awkward silence over the phone. I knew he was shook at the fact that I called him. 

"Why are you calling me?" He says coldly.

"I called to tell you that I gave birth to a baby boy yesterday. I named him Angelo." I hear Alex take a deep breath over the phone. He didn't respond so I continue talking.

"I know we haven't talked in months. There's a lot of time that was lost in these months, but I want you to be in our son's life. I want you to come and see him! I am willing to put all our issues aside to make this happen." I genuinely say to Alex, but yet again he wasn't responding. 

"Please say something!" I say anxiously. 

"I can't!" Alex finally speaks.

"Why cant you Alex? WHY?" I slightly raised my voice at him. What the hell you mean you can't? That wasn't the reaction I wanted. 

"Because I've been waiting my whole life to have an opportunity to live my dreams and I'm one step closer to that dream. I got accepted to Ohio State. I'll be leaving for school in a few months. I wont jeopardize---" I interrupt him. I couldn't take hearing the bull shit he was spewing. 

"So basically you're are saying that you don't want to be in your son's life. You don't want to be apart of something you helped create all because of football? I was fine carrying him by myself, I'll be fine raising him by myself. Goodbye Alex!" I quickly hung up the phone without a response from him. 

It took everything in me not to burst out in tears and cuss him out. Honestly, it took all the strength within me to not lose control.  Do I really want to call my parents at this point? What if I face the same rejection? 

"Im sorry Adele!" Ally looks at me shaking her head. She holds my hand and looks me in the eye. 

"You don't need to apologize for him Ally. That was his choice and it was the biggest mistake! He'll regret it!" I respond while looking over at Angelo who was peacefully sleeping. 

I begin to dial my parent's number. At this point, Im numb to any reaction I'll receive. I just want to get this over with! 

The phone rings and then goes straight to voicemail. I decide to just leave a message.

"Hi...um this is your daughter Adele. I'm calling to let you know that I gave birth to a baby boy yesterday. His name is Angelo. You are welcomed to come see him. I'll be here tomorrow. Let me know if you are coming! Bye."

That was that. If they call me, they call me. If they don't they don't. 

"I'm proud of you Adele! YOU ARE THE STRONGEST WOMAN I KNOW" Ally tells me!

"Thank you Ally. That means so much to me right now!"  

We both smile at each other. 

Suddenly there was a knock on the door. 

A young man walks in the room and once we lock eyes he pauses and looks at me. I knew he had to be a doctor because he had a long white clinical jacket on with a stethoscope around his neck. However, it was so weird because he was looking at me like he met me before. But I've never seen him a day in my life. 

"Um, Hi doctor!" I say nervously. 

"Wow! I never thought I would see you again, but here you are with your baby. Thank you Lord! What a miracle." He walks up to me in such disbelief. 

"What? Who are you? How do you know me?" Ally and I look at each other confused out of our minds.

"I'm sorry! My name is Dr. Konecki. I was the one who found you on the side of the road that cold night unresponsive."

He was the stranger who saved my life, my baby's life.