A blessing in disguise

Three

“NOOOOO THIS CAN’T BE HAPPENING TO ME”

I’m crying in the bathroom all alone. I picked up my phone and texted Maddie “Positive”

My pregnancy test was positive.

It’s been exactly one month since the night Zach Porter and I had sex. Drunk sex at that. How could I be so stupid and let him seduce me like that? No condom, no birth control, nothing. Now I’m paying for it.

My phone buzzed. “What??!!!!! I’m coming over right now”

I lied down on the bathroom floor and wept to myself.

Before I knew it Maddie was by my side.

“Mads what am I going to to do? What will my mom think when I tell her that I pregnant with the lead singer of my favorite band’s baby at age 16?”

“Well wasn’t that a mouthful” She said failing to lighten the mood.

“I don’t know. All I know is that I’ll be here for you ever second of the way” She said grabbing my hand.

-----------------------------------------------

“MOM, I’m sorry! Ok. I’m truly sorry, I don’t even know how to express that to you. You have to understand that I didn’t go to the concert with intentions of getting pregnant”

“Grace I’m unbelievably disappointed in you. You’re 16 years old and you think that you’re going to have at 22 year old man’s baby? Are you fucking crazy?”

“Mom, please..” I begged with tears streaming down my face.

She began to trail off into a lecture when I became dizzy. I lost hearing completely, my surroundings began to fade. I could heart my heart beat. What was happening to me? My world was spiraling down on me as I sat there defenseless.

I woke up in a hospital bed. It took me a few minutes to come to terms with myself and realize where I was. I saw my mom next to me, I tapped her arm lightly.

“Mom, where am I?” I barley croaked out.

“Honey your in the hospital. You blacked out and the doctors are working on test to find out what’s wrong.”

Just then the doctor knocked on the door.

“Hello! Oh good miss Grace is up. Well I have good news and bad news. Good news, Grace doesn’t have a serious condition as of right now. Bad news, she will need to have more frequent check ups if she wants to keep that baby safe. She is very young and often times in teenage pregnancy we see more serve symptoms. Which explains why she blacked out earlier.”

My mom’s face was horrified.

“Thank you doctor.”

He smiled and waved as he left the room.

“Mom, I don’t, I can’t, I’m just..” the tears burst out of my eyes before I could finish.

She grabbed my hands.

“Grace listen to me please. When you blacked out I honestly thought I was going to loose you. No matter how disappointed I am in you for what happened I’m not going to risk loosing you for it. I will take you to all of your appointments, I will buy you what you need, I will make sure that you make it through this alive. I refuse to loose you, both mentally and physically. This doesn’t mean that you’re off the hook, but for now your health takes priority.”

My heart stopped. I’m speechless.