Love Is Such A Strong Word

Chapter 10

~3 weeks later~

Wait, I've missed my period, I'm 2 weeks late on my period. This couldn't mean...it wouldn't..its not possible.

Me and Joe had been sleeping with each about 3 times a week and I'd been staying at his. But..

I did want us to be boyfriend and girlfriend. Yet whenever I've tried to ask him about it. He straightaway changed the subject, always. But it couldn't happen could it? It couldn't be true? I'm sure he'd always used protection. But just for safety I'll get a pregnancy test.

After getting changed into my jack wills trackie bottoms and Hollister hoodie I drove to boots.

As soon as I'd bought it I got it and went straight to the toilet.

Instructions:

Urinate on end of test then wait 10 minutes for results.

2 red lines=positive

1 blue line= negative

After I'd peed on the stick I waited and waited an waited. It felt like forever. A if life was in slow motion. Finally though ten minutes passed. I look up at the test...

The two red lines were there.

I was pregnant.

Multiple questions filled my head;

what will Joe say? Will he be happy? Will he stick by me? Do I keep it? Where's the money supposed to come from?

I was just scraping by when I had to buy this house. I wouldn't be able to afford any kind of kid. I needed to ring Olivia.

Ring ring, ring ring

"Hello?"

"Olivia, we have an emergency!"

"And that is?"

"I'm pregnant, and it's Joe's kid."

"How do you know it Joe's?"

"I haven't slept with anyone else but him in the last 2 months."

"Well you need to tell him Izzy he deserves to know."

"Okay, bye."

I hung up.

I needed to ring Joe he deserved to know, he needs to understand.

Ring ring, ring ring, ring

"Isabelle? Was up?"

"Joe something's happened."

"What?! Are you okay?!"

"Erm Joe.... I'm pregnant."

The phone went dead.

He had hung up on me, he couldn't give a shit.

I needed Olivia and fast, as I burst into tears I just needed one of her hugs. Something to make me feel reasonably better than I did now. I texted her, telling her to get her, and fast!!

Minutes later the door slammed open then thudded shut with anger. Instantly she ran over to me on the sofa and hugged me. Letting me bury my head in her shoulder. Tears threatening to be realeased yet again. Then suddenly the doorbell went off.

Who was it? Half of me wanted it to be just the postman, yet the other half wanted it to be Joe. Wanting to stick by me, to look after me.

I cautiously opened the door. Revealing a tanned body in skinny jeans an a tank top.

"Joe?!"

"I'm sorry, really I am."

He wrapped his hands around my waist and cuddled me. Letting me know that he cared.

"Isabelle, I care about you so much, but it's just...it's a shock it really is. I'm not really sure what we have to do. For crying out loud we aren't even in a relationship. I only have YouTube as a job and your still in college. I have no clue how this is supposed to happen."

I begin to cry yet again. He grabs my hands.

"Please don't cry, you of all people deserve to be happy."

"So Joe you want to go through with this?"

"Of course I do. I think you should move in with me and Casper."

"But what about Casper and Gabbi?"

"They aren't together anymore. She found out about him and Olivia and so she left him."

Ow

I looked at Olivia she had her head down in regret.

"So then, let's so this."

I looked at him to see his eyes light up with happiness. We really were going to do this. We were going to have a baby, and Joe was going to back me up through all of it because he loved me, he really did love me.