When He Walks By

Chapter 2

Chapter 2:

Schoolwas boring, as usual. I came home and went to my room. I got on my MacBook and started looking at YouTube videos. After watching three makeup tutorials, I proceeded to look for a video on what to wear to a date- John and I were going on one soon. As I was searching, I heard a noise.

I walked over to my closet and peeked in. I saw Ava, my sixteen-year-old sister, having sex with some jock from school.

"Ew!" I screamed. Ava screamed back, and jumped up, fully naked. Mom frantically ran up the stairs.

"What's the problem sweetie?" Mom said, but then she saw Ava and this boy. "Shit! Leave. You, the boy. Get out of my house." She then pointed at Ava and said, "Put on some clothes and go to your room."

I stood there, shocked. What did I just see?

"Bea? Beatrice Taylor!"

"Sorry, Mom, what?"

"Would you clean up the closet? And then go talk to Ava? I hate to make you do that, but I really need to figure things out."

"Okay."

I went to clean up the closet, and I saw two plastic things sitting under a shirt. Condoms, but they were still in the package. Oh no, that's never good.

After cleaning up, I went to talk to Ava. I slowly walked into her room. I felt bad for the girl, considering my mom basically just disowned her.

"Ava?" I saw her laying in her bed, crying.

"What? Did Mom tell you to come in here and reprimand me?"

"No, she just told me to talk to you. What happened in there, it's not abnormal. But, being the baby of four girls, she just doesn't want you to grow up. She wants you to be her little girl forever. Look, from sister to sister, I'm jealous. I'm a senior in high school and I've yet to be laid. But what I want you to remember is that you didn't wear protection. You could have, and you didn't. I love you, Sis, but that was a mistake that might not be made up for. Goodbye."

"Wait, Bea!"

"Yeah?" I said, standing at the doorway.

"If something were to happen, would you help me out?"

"You know it."

I went back into my room and went to bed, without any dinner.

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The next day I woke up, and both of my parents had already left for work. Weird. This was the earliest they had ever left.

As I walked out of my room, I heard someone bawling in the bathroom.

"Ava?" I asked tentatively to the closed bathroom door. I slowly opened the door to see her on the floor, holding some sort of plastic stick. Was that... was that a pregnancy test?

"Oh my god, Bea! I don't know what I'm going to do!" Ava sobbed.

"What's wrong?"

Ava handed me the pregnancy test without saying a word. It took me a little while to figure out, but I finally did.

Positive.

"Oh Ava, it's gonna be okay." I clutched Ava in my arms. "It really will be."

As I held Ava in my arms, I had to wonder, would it really be okay? Would things get better from here?