Rich Girl | Ashton Irwin

the waiting game

This was it. I had to pee on a stick to see to determine whether there was a child growing inside of me. I didn't really think about how my family would react. Aunt Mia had flown to Adelaide months ago to have her baby. So it really just was Mum, Jase, Jax and I. I can't concentrate on my thoughts, I was thinking about Aunt Mia and if she was alright. I was wondering if my mum would disown me. I was just so nervous. I'd have to tell Ashton. Oh god. What if he doesn't want a child. We're eighteen for christs sake!

I pee on the stick and wait. The waiting game once again. That's all this is. If I am pregnant, I have to wait for nine months to have it. It was a nerve racking process. I really have to grow up if I am. But I'm not I just had the flu.

The timer went off. I couldn't look.
"Jase!" I shouted. He can look at it. Almost immediately he opens the bathroom door.
"What's wrong?" He asks. I explain the fact that I can't look at it. I sat on the bathroom tiles as he picked the blue stick up. A smile grew on his face.

"What?" I ask him.

"You're pregnant." Oh My God.

I stand up. I was happy but I wanted to cry. So I did. I hugged Jase and cried. I was going to be a mother.

The only problem was, I needed to tell Ash.

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It was the morning where I was planning to tell Ashton. It was the first day back from break and I hadn't seen any of them since the incident in the pharmacy. I was just tying my shoes while Jase entered. He sat on the bed next to me.

"I think you should tell mum first." He announces. It swam round my head for a moment and maybe it was a good idea. I mean, telling the father first, when he might not even be there for the child whereas my mum will be. Hopefully. I let out the breath I didn't even realise I was holding. I stand up.

"Let's tell mum."

"You're what!" She shouts.
"I'm pregnant mum." I say, tears springing to my eyes.
"Okay." She says. I think she didn't expect it but I think it's okay. "Whose is it?" he asks.
"Ashton's." I whisper. I was scared she was about to flip. We all know how she feels about Ashton. She lets out a breath.

"Mum, she's been stressing for the past couple of days thinking that you will disown her. But it's just the same as me. I got Sam pregnant when she was eighteen. What's the difference, because she's a girl?" My mum stood there, her arms crossd. She knew Jase was right.

"Okay, I love you Mercury so much." I was still sitting there crying. She came over and put her arms around me and Jase did the same thing.

"We love you, so much Mercury Gemini. We will help you through everything." My mum says. She kisses my cheek.

"Right, now get up, bright eyes. Stop crying and show them what you're made of."

I got all my things together and left. I didn't want to cry anymore, so going to the bus stop wasn't a good idea.

So I got in my car then Jase came outside, "I'll drive you. Go get in my car." Jase was staying with us for a bit. Sam and Noah had gone home, to their house a neighbourhood away. Jase needed a break and so did Sam. They weren't going to break up. Jase just said that having a child was sometimes stressful, but now with my situation, he decided to stay longer. He explained to Sam and she now is going to move in with us. Staying for a bit at least.

I was comfortable with Sam knowing. She knows what I'm going through so, it will make us closer which I'm glad about.

I sat in Jase's car. It was a new Audi and I was loving it. It was jet black with jet black seats. He opened the door to his side and jumped in.

The ride to school was short as he drove so fast. Before I knew it we were sitting outside school.
"Do you want me to come in?" he asks.I shake my head. If I go in with Jase people are going to know that there is something wrong and will question it. I open the door and everyone's looking at me, looking at the car and my brother.

A boy in my year, Jason comes up to me.
"Come on Mercury, I'll be here for you." I wasn't close to Jason. Our dads were friends and they did business. But just because our dads were friends that didn't mean we were.

"Thanks but no thanks Jason." I say politely. I was confused on how he knew but I'm guessing either my mum told his about it or that everyone knows that me and Ash have gone separate ways. He gave me a sympathetic smile and then turned back to his friends.

I walked through the gates of hell and through the crowded corridors. I walked to the seniors room. It was a privilege that seniors go to sit in a cosy room, but only staff and seniors were allowed in. I walk in and it all goes quiet. I go to the vending machine and bought a water. Everyone's eyes were burning into my body. Luke clapped his hands.
"Nothing to see here, get on with your boring lives." I smiled up at him while he stood beside me. He looked down at me and smiled back. "Anything for my Gemini." He smiled kissing my head. He pulls me out and into the janitors closet.
"Is there something you need to tell me?" he asks. I explain all what has occured over the past couple of days.

"Congratulations! But Ash need to know." He says. I bow my head in shame.

"I know." He hugs me again. We open the door and Michael, Calum ,Linda and Melody all fell through. Their guilty faces came back.

"Congratulations!" Calum said awkwardly
"Don't tell anyone, if you do my reputation is ruined and there's no point we're graduating soon." They all nodded in agreement.
"We promise, on my life." Melody says, for once I actually believe her.

"Let's get out of this closet." Luke chuckles. We leave and heave a group hug, this is what I needed. A pair of familiar hazel eyes look at us. He didn't look a lot different from the pharmacy. He had put his dark jumper on again, looked similar to when I met him all those months ago. He made eye contact with me and panicked and walked the other way.

"I hate you!" He shouted. Luke tensed and I told him to stop. I was so confused, why did he hate me.