SHIVANGI POV
"You walkin' out, you comin' back again!"I sung into the mirror while Denala recorded me. Her mom dropped her off to spend the night at my house and right now we had the surround sound speakers blasting our music.
"You got alla questions, I got alla answers."She chimed in.
"Long as I'm swimmin' in Benjamin's!"We shouted together. I plopped down on the bed next to her. After our school project, we stayed cool. We got a B on the project and I was okay with that.
I was going to ask my god-brother, Jeremiah, to give us a ride to the mall and she was helping me pick out an outfit to wear. "Who knows, we might run into some fine boys."I kicked my foot out and went in the bathroom to change.
She bust in the door just as I was putting my hoop earrings in. Well, they're not actually mine. They're for my mom but she lets me use them sometimes.
I watched her drop to her knees and hover over the toilet with a scrunched up look on my face. I turned the music down and danced my way into the bathroom but stopped when I noticed that something was wrong.
"What're you doing?"I asked. Throw up landed in the toilet. "I feel sick."She hiccuped, throwing up some more.
I moved her hair out of the way and rubbed her back.
"I need to see a doctor."She laid her arm on the tub and rested her head on it.
"Ima go get Miah. Stay here, okay."
She nodded her head faintly and I practically ran across the street. "Miah!"I screamed, banging on his bedroom door.
"What?"He opened the door.
"I need Jordan!"I grabbed her hand and took her across the street.
"My friend just threw up."I told her. She followed me upstairs to my bedroom.
"There's multiple reasons as to why you could be throwing up."Jordan told her.
"I need a doctor."She muttered.
"Finish getting dressed, okay? Lemme go throw on some clothes."Jordan ran back across the street to get ready.
"Is it recent?"It hurt me to ask her this but I couldn't help it. My mind was telling me something that I didn't want to believe.
"It last happened a month ago."She replied, knowing exactly what I was talking about. I fixed the pins in her hair and helped her brush her teeth again.
We left Kody and Colten at the house and the four of us went to the doctor. My sister Kalea texted me back with the iMessage game we were playing. I shot three balls into the hole before sending it back to her.
Jordan and Miah waited for us in the lobby and Nala and I went to the back with the doctor. After running hella tests on her, the doctor came to the same conclusion as I did back home.
"You're a month pregnant."She smiled at Nala. "Oh."Nala mumbled. The doctor talked to her about a few other things she needed to know and I was listening as well. I could tell Denala wasn't happy about her pregnancy. I mean, the baby was conceived through rape. But as a friend, I'd support her and try to keep her spirits up. The doctor shook our hands and walked out of the room just as she burst into tears. I got up from my chair and hugged her. She needed it.
"I don't need a baby, I'm only fifteen!"She whined. "I know."I rubbed her back.
"It's okay. This is God's way of taking an ugly situation and making it into something beautiful."I advised.
"I'm still a kid myself. I have a life to live before children were supposed to come along."
"I'll help you take care of it. I'm here."
"I don't want to burden you. I can't,"
"You can. And if God says so, you will! So dry those tears before we both end up crying."I wiped her face. I know it pained her to smile through her hurt. As a good friend would, i'll help her with whatever she needs. She needs someone on her side and I'll be that someone. Unknowingly, I was signing up for so much responsibility.
??? POV
"I just landed in Florida."I spoke into the earpiece.
"Great! Now get an Uber to Miami. We don't have money for a rental."My dad told me. I followed his next step, traveling to Miami. I was held by oath to carry out this plan against the Gaulden family. And if I don't execute it correctly, my life could be on the line...
Who was that? Thoughts on Denala's pregnancy?
