The Secrets That Bind Us

Chapter 12

BROOKE POV

I sit nervously across from my mom. I wring my hands together and take slow breaths. This is it. I've been working my way up to telling her for weeks now but I thought maybe seeing the scan of her grandchild might soften the blow. I've sat in my room staring at that sonogram since Joey dropped me back off at home. I wonder how he's doing since he looked like he might pass out from the scan, I could tell he was trying to keep it together for me but he was obviously freaked out.

My mom is reading the newspaper and going on about some announcements. I take a deep breath, okay now or never. "mom, can I talk to you" she looks at me over her paper, "you can, I think you meant to say "May I speak with you" I suppress the urge to roll my eyes, I pull the sonogram photo from my pocket and hand it to her. She looks between the picture and me a few times before she slides it back to me, "no" she simply says and goes back to her paper.

"no? What do you mean no?" I ask, "I mean Brooke, no. You are not keeping it" anger boils inside me, "you don't get to make that choice, mom. This is my child, your grandchild. How could you even suggest that" I'm crying now. "Brooke, keep your emotions in check for heavens sake. You are not keeping that, that foetus. Imagine what people would say. No, end of discussion" her lack of interest and straight dismissal in the life of her grandchild is just pissing me off now. "I'm sorry mom, but you don't make this decision, it's my body and my child and I'm keeping it"

I go to leave the room as she takes a sip of her coffee, still reading her paper, "if you keep that baby Brooke, your not my daughter anymore. You will leave this house and I am cutting you off. I am not having the people in this town talking about me and my embarrassment of a daughter who got knocked up at eighteen like some common whore." "I'm sorry mom, sorry your such a sucky person. I'll get my stuff and leave."

I pack all my stuff that I need and go to Georgia's. She let's me in and eyes my bags. Once I explain everything she looks at me with disappointment "Brooke, your mom wasn't being unreasonable. How stupid do you have to be to get pregnant. You have to get rid of it you would be a terrible mother." I look at her in disbelief, "Georgia, you're supposed to be my best friend, how could you say such awful things to me?"

She scoffs at me "I am being a good friend. You can't give a child what it needs and your mom knows that and was trying to help you. Why would you even want to give up your life to look after a brat? I don't even think the guy from the bar was that into you so if its to trap him it's a waste of time" I am furious now, the two most important people in my life and this is how they have treat me when I needed them the most. "ya know what? I want to give up my life because the people who are supposed to be there for me and support me do nothing but put me down and use me, Joeys family met me once and have been more supportive than you and my mom have ever been. fuck you both I'm out. Laters to the haters" wow guess Joeys rubbing off on me. With that I grab my stuff and leave.

I'm sitting in the park with my life belongs around me when my phone starts ringing, I check the caller ID and see its Joey.

"hello" I answer

"hey, how did it go with your mom"

"well I've fell out with both my mom and my best friend and I'm homeless, so yano, not great"

"what? Where are you? I'm coming to pick you up"