chapter 1: two pink lines

Recently the toilet has become my friend, seeing how the past four days my head is always in it in the mornings.

"Are you still feeling sick?" Zoey called from the spot she has been laying on since she got here, looking through a magazine at the newest trend. Walking back into the bedroom I plop down on the end of the bed "yeah, every morning for the past few days" I said laying down.

"Uh girlie.... did you have your period recently?" Zoey rolled over facing me with a serious look on her face, abandoning the magazine on the bed. Thinking back about my period, it dawned on me "I'm late, it was supposed to be here a week ago....".

"Did you sleep with anyone?" Zoey questioned.

Quickly sitting up I turn towards her "there was this guy at the party, it's all fuzzy.... it's been twelve days" I counted on my fingers.

She jumped off the bed, grabbing her purse "where are you going?" Confusion ran over me, she responded with "I'll be right back" then took off. After she left I started to pace, thinking. Who was he? What was his name? Oh!

Quickly going over to my purse, getting a paper the guy left on the bed after the party when she woke up, it had his anishles.

Thanks for the fun night, here's a hundred bucks.

- HR

Reading the sentence again angered me, what am I a prostitute?! Reading the name again and again it started to click, picking up my phone I go on Instagram and look up Henry Rite, and my heart stopped. It was him, my father's enemy.

It was the guy at the party. The door opened and Zoey walked in with a plastic bag, she gave it to me and pushed me into the bathroom, without being able to say a word I take the boxes out and it was pregnancy tests, three of them. "Take them so we can be sure Rie" Zoey called through the door, sighing I reed the directions and go by them, after I was done then set them on the counter then washed my hands.

Sitting on the floor for the next ten minutes  I finally get up to look at the results; positive, positive, positive.

My eyes widdened with a shaky voice calling out "Zoey.... What will I do?" The door opened and in walked Zoey, she looked at the tests and gave me a sympathetic look and hugged me "oh Rie, it will be okay... are you going to keep it?" she said.

"You know where I came from, I couldn't ever do that to a child" I stated.

"Do you know who the father is?" Zoey asked "no" I lied.

I know I shouldn't be lying about this but what can I do? My father will kill me if he finds out his daughter had sex with his enemies son at that, he will think I betrayed him. I can't tell him, I won't. 

"Set up a appointment with your doctor, I will go with you okay Rie?" Zoey gave a weak smile and I nodded grabbing my phone and set up a appointment a new doctor not the family doctor. "I have a appointment in a hour" I mumble sniffling "Let's get you ready" Zoey got up and walked out of the bathroom into my closet, a minute later she came back with a white sweater and black leggings. "Thanks" I smiled at her, looking in the mirror my eyes were red, I didn't realize that I was crying. After cleaning my face then changing, we grab our things and go to the doctors office, that was fifteen minutes from my house.

"Do you want me to come in with you?" Zoey asked after we parked in the parking lot, I shook my head "no thank you though" opening the door I get out of the car and walk into the building then signed in and waited. "Maria?" A woman stepped into the room with a clipboard and looked around "that's me" I called and walked to her "Come this way please" she said and I followed her into a private room.

"The doctor will be with your shortly" she said, then walked out of the room, the silence filled the room. Sitting on the bed on each wall had a poster of children and parents. A knock on the door brought me out of my thoughts "hi Maria, I'm doctor Ann" the doctor said, I nod and watch as she walks up to the machine by the bed "Let's see... have you had your period recently or experiencing any symptoms?" She looked at me "um yeah, my period is lat by a week and i have been throwing up every morning since" i said, she clicked her tongue and turned to me with a cup that she took out of the cabinet. "Okay so take this cup and go into the bathroom down the hall, there will be a small door in the wall, you can put the cup in there and you shouldhave your results shortly after" the doctor said 

Doctor Ann pointed me in the direction of the bathroom, I gripped the small clear cup in my hands, as I walked into the bathroom and did my business, twisting the cap on the now filled cup and put it in the door in the wall. Then made my way back to the room and waited.

After a while, the doctor walked in with a packet of papers, a smile on her face "congratulations Maria, your pregnant!" Doctor Ann confirmed.

I place a hand on my stomach, where the baby would be "pregnant" I whispered to myself as "here is a packet for you and this is for prenatal vitamins that you can pick up, this is for like what you can eat, basically everything you need to know and here is a paper confirming your pregnancy and local numbers for a OB/GYN" She said as I got up "Thank you" I said and she nodded, I quickly grabbed the packet and left. Zoey was still waiting where I left her, opening the door then get in and shut the door "I'm pregnant" I confirmed to Zoey.

"Okay, lets take one step at a time" Zoey said

Zoey dropped me off at home, and I walked inside my mom and dad was sitting on the couch talking "hey sweetie" my mom said as she turned to me. "Hi mom, dad" I said forcing a smile.

"What's that?" Mom asked, her eyes set on the papers in my hands "oh uh these? Their a job application papers" I lied, then hid them from her view. "Maria, you know you don't need to work I can provide for you" dad finally spoke up as he looked at me "I know, but I want to be more dependent" my voice broke a little.

"Okay well, if that's what you want to do, I got to get going, got a meeting" my father said as he stood up and set what he was holding down "but honey, are you gonna be home for dinner?" Mom asked hopefully. "I'm gonna be a little late, eat without me love" dad replied and kissed her before leaving, giving me a kiss on the cheek "bye" I muttered.

"Well I'm gonna make some lunch, do you want any?" Mom turned to me, I shook my head "no thanks mom, I'm gonna go to my room".

Walking up to my room, I shut and lock the door before sitting on my bed reading the papers over and over again until a basically memorized them.

Pregnant