When Everything Changes

Chapter 17

"Oh my," Mom came into my room to see me sitting on the floor in a cold sweat and huddled up in my blanket. "What's wrong?"

I felt so sick that I couldn't even answer her question. Instead of speaking to answer her i groaned in response. "Okay come on, I am taking you to the hospital right this second!" I slowly got up off of the floor and trudged down the stairs to the front door barely keeping my balance as imade my way out to my mother's car. Mom opened the door for me and I crawled into the front seat, and closed my eyes. It felt like only seconds had passed by the time my Mom pulled into the parking space at the hospital.

She practically pulled me out of the car and into her arms, as she almost carried me through the front doors. As she went to the triage desk I eat down and waited for my name to be called. About forty-five minutes later the doctor called out "Elizabeth Chambers.."

"That's us!" Mom called out back to the doctor and dragging me behind her and into the small examination room where Dr. Evans (according to his nametag) poked and prodded my abdomen as I sat hunched over about to hurl.

"We're going to take a few vials of blood and we'll call you back in here in about half an hour," Dr. Evans informed us as a nurse brought in the vials, and sharps on a cold steel cart. I winced as I felt the cold antiseptic wipe across lbow and the needle enter my arm. I watched as my blood slowly filled three vials, and eventually I felt the pressure release as they extracted the needle from my bare arm and tapped a cotton ball to the entrance of where they had recently injected the needle.

My mom gently pulled me from the room and back into the waiting room where I waited in complete agency as theDr. Evans examined my blood. Not more than thirty minutes later we heard the familiar voice of Dr. Evans call my name , and I was led back into the examination room where he told me the news that I immediately dreaded. My mom dropped her open water bottle on the floor upon hearing what was coming out of the doctors mouth. I could not hold back any longer a vomited on the smooth, white tiled hospital floor and told my mom I wanted to go home. The doctor quickly objectified telling me that he had more news.

Oh god, what else could he have to tell me!? I thought to myself with complete shock and horror written plainly across the features of my face.

"You're not recently pregnant. You've been pregnant for nearly 12 weeks, but havenot been showing any signs until now." He then handed me a pamphlet and asked me to book an ultrasound for next week.

It wasn't until I was on Jake's doorstep that reality came crashing down on me. Before I could even knock I crumpled to the ground and sobbed for almost two hours before Jake's father opened the door on his way to work.

"Elizabeth! What's the matter?!" He exclaimed. When I didn't answer, and just kept sobbing on the cement, Jake's father called for his son.

"Lizzie what's wrong?" Jake immediately started to worry when he saw the state I was currently in. "Dad, go to work. I'll take care of her, and I'll call you as soon as I can"

Jake's dad hesitated, but soon decided to leave me in his son's capable hands. Jake sat next to me on the sidewalk and pulled me into a warm, soft embrace and whispering sweet nothings into me ear.

After what felt like forever I ran out of tears to cry, and felt very dehydrate. Jake led me into his kitchen and got me a glass of cold water as soo as he had me on his plush couch. "Can you tell me what is going on now?" He asked softly.

I took a long, deep breath before I answered, setting the glass of water on the coffee table. "I'm three months pregnant, and I don't know if the baby is yours or Jesse's" I answered slowly.

"Why would the baby be Jesse's?" Jake fumed jumping to conclusions.

"Three months ago you caught me in bed with Jesse's." I said and cutting him off before he could say anything else, "I booked and ultrasound for next Friday at three thirty, and I want you to be there. While we're there we can take a paternity test, and find out for sure." I stopped to take a breath, but soon continued. "That is if you want to. I completely understand if you want no part in me or the baby. I love you so much, but this is your choice to make."

"Lizzie, I love you with every ounce of my heart. Even if the baby's father is Jesse I am not going to leave you. I am going to sit right beside you through everything. Every birthing class, every ultrasound, everyday I'm going to be right beside you. I pinky promise you" jake said looking deeply into my eyes and holding my hands in his, as he wrapped his pinky finger around mine, making me laugh.

That night it didn't go home. I slept curled up right next to Jake, thinking about what I'm going to do, and what I'll tell Celina, and Maegan, as well as Mackenzie who just got back from Grand Prairie from her Mom's. I am too far along to get an abortion, but that wasn't an option anyways.

What am I supposed to do..?

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