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The Announcement

On Monday I was at lunch with the gang when for some reason my phone started ringing. I looked down and saw that it was Sarah calling and Kiara said "Ooh" and I ran out of the cafeteria to answer. "John B?" she said in a scared voice. "Yeah what us it?" I asked. "C-can you come pick me up?" she said, stuttering her words. "Oh, is everything alright?" "N-n-no, and and Kiara drove me to school and she was gonna drive me home but I just have to leave now." "Okay, I'll be right there." I said. I hung up the phone, did a quick search to make sure there were no security guards outside, and I ran to my van and quickly sped out of the school. When I arrived at her school she was sitting on a bench outside. I pulled up in front of her and she got in the car quietly. I put my hand on her hand and said "What's going on?" she replied "Can we get out of here now?" I started driving and I said "Where do you wanna go?" "Not home." She said with tears in her eyes. I drove to the beach where we first met up, and we got out of the car. We found a large fallen tree branch to sit on and I said "What's going on?" Sarah looked out at the ocean and the tears started coming down. I pushed back her hair and said "Hey, hey don't cry." She looked at me and bit her lip and said "John B, I'm pregnant." My heart sank and she immediately started crying. I didn't know what to say or do, so I just wrapped my arms around her and hugged her as she sobbed onto my shoulder. "Sarah how did this happen?" I asked her. She moved back from my hug and pushed her hair out of her face again and said "I don't know. The condom must have ripped because the other time was too recent." "But how do you know?" I said. "I've gained like 10 pounds, and I'm always sick and exhausted, and all my friends seemed to realize before me and my friend brought me a pregnancy test this morning and I just didn't know how to tell you." She looked so sad and I put my hands on her face and said "It's gonna be alright." "No it's not." She said looking away, "I'm 17 I can't be a mom and go to school, and you're gonna leave me." "Sarah I love you," I said touching her shoulder, "And I will never leave you. You deserve the world and I'm so, so sorry this happened." She lightly smiled and said "But every teen dad always walks out." "Well not me." I said. She sniffled and I said "I feel horrible that this happened." Sarah lightly laughed and said "Well my dad is gonna kill us both, but it's not only your fault." "I should've been more careful. I didn't even notice that the condom ripped or anything." "It's okay John B." She said quietly, staring down at her foot moving in the sand. "Can you take me home?" She said quietly. "Is anyone gonna be home?" I asked. "No, my dad texted me earlier saying him and Rose have to go up to deal with Rafe, and Wheezie won't get home until later." She struggled to get up so I helped her up and we got in the car in silence. As I drove she started crying again and I put my hand on her thigh and said "Don't cry Sarah, we're gonna work through this." When we got home she immediately went up to her room and got in bed, and I laid down next to her. She rolled over to face me and started crying again. I wrapped my arms around her and she said "I'm not ready to be a mother." "Well you do have options Sarah." I told her. She shed a couple tears and looked at me and said "I don't know, I've supported abortions forever like pro choice all the way, but I just don't know if I can have one." "Well that's alright Sarah, whatever you decide I'll be here." She soon fell asleep in my arms andI didn't move. She sent an email later in the evening saying she was quitting lacrosse, and we ate pizza from Dominoes together being very quiet and sad.