My baby: A Teen Pregnancy Story

Ch. 2

When I finally opened my phone, Snapchat, of course, took FOR-EVER to load. "C'mon!", I urged it. I reloaded it several times, and then * beep *.

One new message from Kylie. I opened hers first, and it read: Is everything alright, Ri?

I quickly responded with: Yeah, just mom. Txt or later?

Which she then said: kk ttyl 👋

I then eagerly flicked open the message from Parker. It was surprising only three words. 

You me-skating?

The hyphen did not count. I blushed right there, nestled into my little beanbag chair, and a single tear ran down my cheek.

I forwarded the DM to Kylie, who then said: you totally made that up!

<No way! It 4 real !!! can you believe it?

<Uhh, Nah. r u gonna answer ???

<Yes, I just don't know what to say.

<Say "Yeah, sure. That sounds fun."

<Ughhh. 

<What?

<Nothin '. KK I'll say that.

<kk. bye

<byyyyyeeee.

Back to Parker's DM, I went. Click-click-click. And send-omg- I sent that! I actually sent that ... wow. I'm impressed. 

It wasn't until 1 am that he responded. I'd been waiting around for 2 hours. 2 hours! I did homework, I read, I danced, I drew, I called Kylie. I even did a fashion show-for my stuffed animals ...

And then the * beep *. A notification from Snapchat. One new DM from Parker. I swiped, and luckily it loaded in a matter of seconds. 

<Great! Can't wait to see you 😊

<Can't wait to see u too.

<Yeah, cool.

<😎

That was our awkward little conversation. Not counting the set-up for the "date". That went something like this:

<So, meet me after school and we can walk there together? 

I melted at that one! Walk together ... how sweet ...

<Yeah, sounds good. 

<My friends are planning on meeting on us there.

<Cool! The more the merrier! I asked my friends Chad and Paisley to come.

Paisley? A girl ... okay ... this scared me a little.

<I don't think I know Paisley ...

<Oh, She's the tall one with blond hair and glasses.

<Oh.

<Yeah.

Awkward ...

<So, I'll see you tomorrow.

<Yeah, looking forward to hanging out with you!

<😳

<😃

<See u tomorrow!

<K! bye

<👋

SO THAT PRETTY MUCH WRAPS TODAY'S CHAPTER UP ... I'LL SEE YOU GUYS IN CH.3 !!! BYEEE!