The next day "SAMANTHA! Please come downstairs. I want to talk to you," my mother exclaims frantically. "I am coming, Mom!" I scream down the stairs. I walk down stairs at a snail's pace and my mother is giving me a concerning look. I'm praying that Liz didn't tell her. My hands start shaking and I don't want to talk right away. My voice might tremble because I am nervous. "What's going on with you lately...? I know you haven't been telling me the truth. You eat everything with mustard now, which is disgusting. You never did that before. You wake up about 5 times during the night," She blurts out, but right after she says it she looks shocked that she actually said it. "I do not...Why are you even watching what I'm eating? What, do you think I'm Zack's age or something?" My trembling voice gives it away. "Samantha, it's obvious when we all sit down for a meal and you put mustard on mashed potatoes. Half a year ago you told me you didn't even like mustard so what's with the new taste? I also hear you wake up, and sometimes you are throwing up. You are not discreet about it either," She proclaims. I have no idea what to say by this point... So I just looked away... Mom looks nervous. There is an awkward silence and suddenly she says, "Are you pregnant..?" "NO!! I am not pregnant!" I am trying to think of what to say. My brain is working a mile a minute. "Samantha..." She gives me the "mom look," when she looks at me to make sure that I'm not lying. God...I shouldn't tell her, but here goes "Yeah...I am, but I don't want to be," I surprised myself and started crying.. "Samantha I am so disappointed in the both of you...," she said quietly.. "Excuse me? Who are you disappointed in?" She gives me that look of "you know what I'm talking about." "It's not his baby..." I know who she's talking about now. She thinks Jared is the father of my baby. I wish. She will never know how much I wish that he was the father of this child. "I don't want to hear it Samantha... You have been dating him for three month! How could it not be his baby?" "IT IS NOT HIS BABY!" My mother walks out of the living room and I am dumbfounded that she didn't want to hear what I had to say.
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"Mom guessed..." I sigh. There's a pause on Liz's end of the phone.
"Guessed what..?" she asks. I don't say anything. "Gasp! That you're pregnant? So is she gonna go tell the police with you!?!? About what happened..?! I'm so proud you told her!" Liz cries. "I didn't tell her, Liz. She guessed. And no. She assumes that Jared is the father..." "Did you reject to that?" "I was still in shock ,Lizzie! What was I suppose to do! Be like I GOT RAPED?!!? Um no... I was in shock that she found out. Honestly I'm still surprised that I'm actually pregnant..." Liz sighs. "I'm sorry... I didn't think about it that way. Gah...Have you told Jared that you're pregnant...?" "What am I suppose to do? Be like 'Oh hi, Hun. I'm sorry I'm pregnant!' I've been hiding this for about 2 months from him!" I tell her. "Go and talk to him," Liz sighs. Again. "I'm so scared..." "Be honest, Sam." "Okay... Here goes... I'll talk to you later. I'm gonna go meet him at the park," I say. I'm not even sure if I can really do this. Who knows if I'll even make it to the park. "Stay strong and good luck, Love!" "Oh thanks..."
