THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD

SAT

At this point I was already stressed to my bones,I've been reading since the weekend began and I just wanted to get some rest before it continues tomorrow but with my phone constantly vibrating I find it impossible to sleep. I sighed and picked up the phone to check who the hell doesn't want me to get some sleep. Jaynie had sent multiple messages, I opened her text that read''Grace, please call me it's really urgent''. without no doubt I knew she had done something stupid because she knew the time here so what would she be calling now, she picked up the call with a really shaky voice while sobbing in the background

Grace: Jay, what's up?

Jaynie: I'm......I'm i'm ( I honestly don't want to know what went wrong because I have this really great feeling that it was something terrible)

Grace: Calm down and just tell me

Jaynie: Grace I'm pregnant (and her dry grew louder)

Grace: What do you what to do about it?

There's nothing that could annoy me as much as Jaynie making so many stupid mistakes and always believing I had the solution. For God's sake if she couldn't use a condom or something else why didn't she just avoid sex completely. I'm really over helping my family members but I knew that was a lie. I gave her the only money I had left, my mum made me take a break from work because of the SAT's . I didn't know what to tell her this time so I simply said do what she feels is right after all she's an adult yet she can't make even one sensible decision. Where is the bastard that got her pregnant that was what I started thinking about when I ended the call, I really hope her boyfriend gets arrested so I'll finally get a break from all these problems. I was so caught up in my thoughts I didn't realize it was already morning, my sleep was really messed up at this point and I would look like a zombie if I go anywhere looking like this. My mum opened my door screaming ''Gracie we have to go to church wake up'', ''mum I'm really tired, couldn't get some sleep last night can I pass'' I tired pleading with her. She groaned and left my room which really left me in confusion, my mum could literally hit my mouth for making that statement and she just left. I tried to go back to sleep but then my phone didn't let me again so I switched it off, whoever wants to speak to me will have to do that later, I really have to start caring for myself. I closed my eyes again but I still couldn't sleep like really what was keeping me awake ''ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh'' I let it out and headed downstairs to get something to eat. I opened the refrigerator to see it basically empty, didn't mum notice that we were running out of food I thought to myself before noticing the note she left me on the counter. ''Shebi you don't want to go to church oya go and buy the things on this list, I left some money by my beside'' I knew my mum couldn't leave me just like that she wanted me to do he shopping. I haven't exactly left the house apart from the school and back and I know I don't think I remember how to shop. I went to my room to have a bath, when I was done I realized that I haven't done my laundry in a while and I barely have what to wear. I went to my mum's room to get something to wear, she had a whole drawer of cloths I hated there. I went through the cloths and considered wearing dirty cloths because these things weren't looking good at all. I spotted something I could manage after all I wasn't going anywhere important, it was a pink dress which stopped right on my knee. If anyone here sees me wearing this they'll literally freak out. I put on the dress, wore a hoodie and called Mike. I knew that everyone in his house would be sleeping and I didn't want to knock and wake everyone.