𝐴𝑛𝑥𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 || 𝑛. 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑛𝑎𝑝𝑝 ✔︎

𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲

Anxiety

*2 years later*

"QUINN!!!" lorelei screamed from her bathroom. quinn sprinted across the house and slammed the door open to lorelei's bathroom.

"what?! is everything ok??" quinn asked as she saw tears streaming down lorelei's face. quinn immediately pulled her younger sister into a hug. "what is it sissy?"

"j-jackson." lorelei stated through sobs.

"what about jackson?" quinn asked, pulling out of the hug and holding lorelei's shoulders. jackson is lorelei's boyfriend. yes, her boyfriend.

a little over a year before this, lorelei and noah decided to break up, but continued to be friends. of course they weren't as close as before, but they still kept in touch.

lorelei couldn't talk anymore. she handed quinn the stick in her hand. a pregnancy test. a positive pregnancy test.

"oh, fuck." quinn worried, running her free hand through her hair.

"i- i need sadie." lorelei cried as she looked around the bathroom for her phone. she found it in the floor beside the bathtub.

she quickly tapped the contacts button before facetiming sadie. she waited at least 10 seconds for noah to answer.

"hey, lor- what's wrong??" sadie stopped herself before asking lorelei the question as she realized the tears.

"sads," lorelei sobbed. sadie nodded, giving her permission to continue. "jackson got me pregnant."

—

it was two days later now. lorelei had decided over those days to keep the baby. she's 18 now. she can do this. plus she had help from her sister and friends.

today was her first doctor appointment. unlike lorelei, quinn knew how these doctors appointments worked. quinn and justin got married last year and had already had a miscarriage two months ago.

"it's going to be ok, lorelei." quinn smiled at her. as soon as lorelei told jackson, he left her. he wanted nothing to do with the baby. it broke her to know he didn't want anything to do with his own child, but she knew quinn and justin would help her.

caleb

caleb
how are you?

lorelei
i'm fine

caleb
i know you better than
that
do you want me to call you?

lorelei
you wouldn't have left if you
got someone in pregnant
would you?

caleb
absolutely not
that's so disrespectful

lorelei
well jackson did
stupid mother fucker

caleb
why don't me and sadie fly in
tomorrow lore?
we can help you

lorelei
i'll fine caleb
plus i think i need to be alone
for a little while

caleb
ok, well we're both here if you
need to talk or if you need
anything really

lorelei
thanks c
it means a lot

"lorelei adkins?" a nurse said from around the corner. lorelei and quinn followed the nurse to the room where they did a LOT of tests.

—

"so the baby's healthy?" sadie asked over facetime.

"yep." lorelei said, blankly. she had no emotion ever since jackson left her. it was like her heart was not only breaking for herself, but also her baby.

"well, that's good, lore!" sadie smiled, trying to cheer up her best friend.

"mhm."

"have you ate today?" sadie asked, trying to get lorelei to talk.

"yes, but it was a while ago." lorelei responded, still no emotion.

"lorelei, you have to be strong for this baby. you don't want to put stress on it. you're going to be an amazing mom and if jackson doesn't want to be apart of that, that's fine, but if he tries to come back once, you better reject it." sadie explained.

"i'm trying, sadie, but i can't imagine the baby not having a dad. it hurts to think about. i want them to have an amazing relationship with their dad." lorelei said, trying not to cry.

"sadie! i need help, please!" sadie's roommate yelled.

"shit, lore, i've gotta go. i love you. go eat something ok?" sadie said with a small smile.

"i will, sads. i love you too." lorelei said before sadie hung up.

immediately, lorelei started to cry. she knew she couldn't do this alone and she didn't want to put the pressure on justin and quinn. she needed help, but she couldn't find it.

"we can do it, baby. i promise you'll have an amazing life." lorelei said as she wiped away her tears.

"i promise."

a/n: this is a filler chapter. i skipped two years because i'm trying to get this story done soon for you guys so i can start another one <3