Snatched (August Alsina)

Chapter 27: Expecting

So this chapter is really short, but it's the start of everything that happens the the next chapters.

Two Weeks Later

My head was a whirlpool of thoughts and aching pain. My stomach was a mixture of the nauseousness I'd been feeling for weeks and feelings of pure concern and anxiety. I dreaded to know what the results of this test were gonna be; I was hoping for the best, but expecting the worst.

I looked down at the tiny white stick that I held lightly within my dainty fingers. This little thing right here can either shower me with relief, or notify me that my life is going to be changed forever.

I heard a sudden knocking at the bathroom door, which made me jump and glare in the knocking's direction in annoyance.

"Are ya done yet!?!?" Ebony asked from the other side of the door.

"You'll know I'm done when I walk out the bathroom" I grouched.

I never knew why I'd been nauseous for so long, but then it all came to me when I was a week late for my period. I came to a realization that August might not have used a condom that night after the party. And that's when the panic striked me, and the idea hit me that I might be pregnant, so I consulted Ebony and Kyra and they agreed to be here with me while I took my pregnancy test.

If I'm pregnant, this can be really bad. How will I tell August, will he run off and refuse to be in the baby's life, or will he support it and care for it and be a real father? And Cliff... he and I have a relationship going strong since the date - we even had a double date with Kyra and Kevin a week ago (they're going strong too, being one of the cutest couples I've ever seen). If he finds out I'm pregnant and that this is August's baby... I don't know how he'll react. This can possibly ruin everything he and I have together.

Adrenaline paced through me and hacked my body as I began to follow the instructions on the box of the test. If it's a plus sign, i'm pregnant, if it's a negative sign, I'm not pregnant and my life won't come to a hault.

I obeyed the steps of the test then waited five minutes for the results to come in, feeling sicker to my stomach within each second that went by, and the constant knocking from Ebony and Kyra checking up on me wasn't helping... and then finally, my five minutes were up. My hand felt shakey and fragile the closer I moved it to the stick. I felt my heart drill through my chest as the screen came closer to view when I picked it up.

When I read the symbol before me, I dropped the test on the ground.

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Oh shit.