The Three Little Words I Never Thought I'd Say

Chapter 17

Anna's POV:

     As soon as Lucy left, I felt regret fill my body. What had I just done? One minute I hated her, and the next she had convinced me to let her take care of me. Now there would be no time for Daniel and I. A few minutes after lucy had left the room, I ran to the bathroom and vomited once more. Is it too much to ask that I not be sick? I started at myself in the mirror, in shock. I looked like a monster came and ate me and then spit me back out. One of my hands made its way up to my forehead and the other to my belly. I just stood there, rubbing my tummy and trying to make it feel better. I abruptly froze as a wave of anxiety swept through my body. There is no possible way. Right? I couldn't be...pregnant. Could I? Still frozen, I watched a single tear roll down my cheek.

     "Anna?" I heard Daniel call. "Anna, are you okay?" He asked, quickly coming towards me.

     "I think we need to take a trip to the store..." I whispered, still frozen in shock.

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     "Here's the moment of truth" I whispered to myself as I picked up the stick, my eyes squeezed shut. I opened my eyes and nearly fainted. I heard Daniel banging on the door. "Anna, please let me in. Are you okay?" he said, over and over again. Feeling as though my stomach dropped down to the floor, I slowly opened the bathroom door. I was immediately pulled into a tight hug. Daniel must have known by the look on my face. "It's okay. We will figure this out together" he said, trying to comfort me. Even though I had no idea how we were going to make it through this, I tried to believe him.

     So we stood there, hugging for what seemed like forever, when, finally, he convinced me to cuddle on the couch with him and watch a movie. Of course as soon as we popped the movie into the DVD player, I was out.

     I woke up to the sounds of hushed voices. "I came here to help her," one said. The other sounded more anxious, "Can't you see she's in my hands right now?". "She needs a woman's help". I opened my eyes and they both looked at me, their mouths agape. My eyes met Daniel's stressed ones and then drifted over to Lucy. I wanted to glare at her, but I didn't have the energy. Instead, I looked back into Daniel's beautiful brown eyes. He seemed to have calmed down a bit. I wondered what he was so anxious about. Feeling sick again, I ran to the bathroom and locked the door behind me. Seeing as I hadn't eaten in so long, I had nothing to throw up. So I just sat with my head on the floor, thinking. Panicked, I thought about how I would tell my parents. Then I started thinking about the baby. I couldn't wait to hold it in my arms and know it was all mine. Well, Daniel's too, but I could share with him. After I thought about it, my heart swelled with love for this little unborn baby that wasn't even three weeks developed. I knew it would be hard, but in the end it would all pay off and I would have a tiny version of me or Daniel in my arms. Coming out of the bathroom, I was much calmer than I had been in a while. A bit happy, even. Daniel must have noticed my change in mood because the first thing he said to me was, "what were you doing in there?", "Just thinking" I replied with a small grin. "About.." he prompted me to elaborate. "Well.." I started, "I was thinking that this baby might actually be not so much a bad thing. I mean I don't know how we'd tell my parents or how we'd pay for it, but don't you want a mini-you?". His expression changed slightly to a carefully thought mask. "Anna, you can't really think it's a good idea, do you?". I looked at him as disbelief colored my face. Instead of blowing up at him, I just shook my head and stormed off.

Daniel's POV:

    I watched her walk away and felt guilty. I should have just told her yes...but then I would have been lying. There is no way a baby could be a good thing for this family. As I thought about that, I realized that I was in no way part of this family. I felt a wave of sadness wash through me but it quickly went away when I remembered my dreams. I'm going to make it in this world, and no baby is going to stop me. I just had to keep remembering my plans and everything would be alright..I hoped anyway.