seasons

part 5

Part 5

Ciara (2003)
Val had been acting strange for the last month or so. Normally we did everything together. She had been missing class and everything. I worried she wouldnt graduate if she kept this stuff up. I was however, enjoying spending time with Rico. We had planned to go to the movies tonight so I had gotten dressed and was in the middle of doing my hair when the phone rang. "Hello?" "Hey its val I need to come over like now." Well considering she had been acting crazy the last month it surprised me that she actually wanted to come over. " Come on fool. I have a date with Rico tonight so hurry up." She said she was walking over so I hung up the phone and went downstairs just as she was crossing the lawn. I unlocked the door and a few seconds she walked in. The look on her face was very confusing. Puzzling even. " Okay val what's going on?" I pushed her down on to the couch and sat  beside her. " Are your parents home?" She asked, looking all around the room. " No they're both at work. Now are you gonna tell me what's going on? You're starting to creep me out." " You have to swear you wont tell anyone." I rolled my eyes at her.  " You know I wont tell now what is going on?" She sat straight up and looked at me. Then she pulls a box from her pocket. A pregnancy test. A used pregnancy test. " I'm pregnant " I sat there in disbelief. Pregnant? Valerie Porter, my best friend who had never even told me she had been sexually active, pregnant? " Your kidding right? " she stood up and started pacing back and forth around the room. " I wish I was kidding. What the hell am I gonna do cc? My parents are gonna kill me. How am I gonna explain this?"  " just calm down. Maybe we should talk to your mom. I'm sure she would know what to do." She looked at me as if I just spit in her face. " Are you crazy? I cannot tell either of my parents. And you cant either. I just have to figure out a way to get to that clinic over in hagerstown. I was hoping you could let me borrow the money from your trust fund. I promise I will pay back every penny." Did I make a mistake by telling her about that? My grandmother had died a little over a year ago. I was the one that took care of her until she passed away, so she always told me she would take care of me when she was gone. I never knew what she meant by that until a week after her funeral. I naturally assumed everything would go to my mother since that was her daughter. She left me 800,000 and all of her assets. Two homes, three cars, a few stocks and all of her jewelry. The family was not happy about that. So in honor of her giving nature I shared the assets with my mom and her two half sisters. I felt it was only right even though obviously that wasn't what she wanted. " Val you cant. That's an innocent life your playing with. Your not God you dont get to decide that." "So what.....I go tell my parents I'm pregnant? They'll kill me." I looked at her unbelievably.  " Come on val. Of course they're gonna be mad, they're not gonna kill you." "Please cc, just give me the money. I promise I will pay you back." I was silent. I knew I couldnt help her abort an innocent baby. A precious little life that hadnt even began yet. So much promise, so much hope, I just couldnt, my heart wouldnt allow it. " I'm sorry val. I cant do it. I promise I will be with you every step of the way. It will be just as much my baby as yours. Aunt cc will babysit, I'll come over when you're exhausted, I will help buy everything I will protect you, but I'm sorry I cant help you kill my niece or nephew. I just cant." We both began to cry and for the longest we just sat there. " You never told me who the father was
Is it that cute guy paul that's been all on you ay school lately?" She looked ahead blank. She seemed to be hiding something. Or maybe she didnt want me to know who she had been sleeping with, but we always told each other everything. Why was this different? She kept her gaze straight forward, never making eye contact  with me. " Yes he is the father." Tears continued to roll down her face. Something just didnt sit well with me though. We had been friends for ever but this was the first time I could tell valerie was lying to me.......

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