Being Nyla

𝗢𝗻𝗲

                               
𝖭𝗒𝗅𝖺 𝖤𝖽𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖽𝗌
𝖫𝗈𝗇𝖽𝗈𝗇, 𝖤𝗇𝗀𝗅𝖺𝗇𝖽

"Congratulations Ms Edwards you are 20 weeks pregnant." The female doctor walked in with a smile on her face

I blinked my eyes to stop the tears from falling. This couldn't be happening. Not right now. I shook my head and used my arm to wipe the tears that had decided to leave my eyes. The woman sat next to me and handed me a box of tissues and rested a hand on my shoulder.

"It's alright love. Would you like to see the baby? If not then that's ok." Her thick Birmingham accent began to annoy me

I nodded my head and rested my body against the ultrasound bed. I flinched at the cold feeling of the gel on my stomach. I looked up at the screen and my face softened at the sight of the little baby. I closed my eyes and rested my head in my hands. Loud sobs soon escaped my mouth and filled up the room.

She printed me out some pictures and handed them to me along with some colourful leaflets. I said my goodbyes and went to go and find my friend, Rhea, who was sitting in the waiting room.

"What you gonna do now? Are you alright?" She hastily got up from her seat and engulfed me into a hug

"I don't know yet," I sighed, pausing to wipe my nose on my sleeve. "I'm not sure yet, I just wanna go home."

She nodded her head and took her handbag off of the floor and slung it onto her shoulder. We walked out of the clinic and strolled to the bus stop in silence. I took my AirPods out of my jacket pocket and plugged them in my ears. I turned my music up high and slowly bobbed my head along to the beat of the song. We waited at the bus stop for our bus and as soon as it came, I tapped my oyster on the card reader and made my way to the back of the bus. We had passed about four or five stops now and the bus was coming up to the next one. I looked at everyone that was standing there waiting for the bus, but one person in particular stood out the most to me.

My leg started bouncing up and down, I could feel myself starting to grow nervous and my palms began to get sweaty. I took a deep breath and wiped my hands across my jeans. My heart rate started to increase and I soon found myself breathing heavily. I tried to steady my breath but it wasn't working. My head start banging and a sudden feeling of excruciating pain jolted through my head, making me wince.

"Nyla are you ok?" I heard Rhea ask

The pain stopped and I let out a sigh of relief. I turned to face Rhea and she looked worried. She rested a hand on my thigh and shook her head.

"Nyla what's wrong?" She whispered

"He's at the bus stop" I mouthed

"Say that again I can't hear you? Who?" She leaned in

I used my finger and pointed at the bus stop. She looked out of the window and her eyes skimmed over everyone that was standing there. Once her eyes landed on him, she got up from her seat and pressed the emergency exit button to open the doors and let her out. I quickly followed after her. She speed walked up to him and used her hand to give him one powerful slap. I'm sure that the people on the other side of the road could hear.

"You make me sick!" She spat and turned around to walk off

I stood there stunned at what just took place. He looked around in shock and let out a loud string of curse words. His eyes met with mine and then he suddenly came charging towards me. I turned around and began running at the fastest speed I've ever ran before. Rhea had already walked off but when I caught up to her, I grabbed onto her arm and dragged her with me.

"Why are you runnin- ohhh." She looked back

We didn't know where to run so we quickly turned the nearest corner and hid behind a couple of bushes. We watched as he walked past us, unaware of where we were hiding.

"That son of a bitch! His time will come soon!" Rhea semi whispered

"This is too much. I just want to go home and rest." I stood up and fixed myself

"Alright, shall I book us a cab?" She pulled her phone out

"No it's alright. I don't mind taking the bus, but i just want to be at home in my bed." I said sternly

She nodded her head and we ended up walking to my house. It was long walk but i didn't really care to be honest. When we had got inside, I raced upstairs and locked my bedroom door and threw myself onto my bed. I changed into some nightwear and just as I was about to snuggle down into my warm bed, my phone rang.

Rhea🤍 and two others would like to FaceTime...

I pressed decline and turned my phone off, resting it on the table that sat next to my bed. Even though it was really early, I just wanted to get some rest and relax my body for a while. I've got way too much things to be dealing with and I just want to sort it all out before I get even more stressed out.

*𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐲𝐲🇬🇧*