Chapter 5 Confirmed

Dear Skye

It's been a while since I have written in you, you just became diary without words. Blank pages everywhere so I will start writing in you now. Let's start, I had drunken sex with a stranger and as luck will have it I fell pregnant. Can you imagine?, you hear stories about people having one night stands and getting into trouble. Some even hit the big time and the guy takes responsibility and marry them. I will be honest I was hoping my first time would be with my husband when I got married after I had a steady job, a house and a car plus decent savings and medical aid. With my bad luck I'm shocked I didn't catch an STI. Anyway I needed somewhere to share my feelings and you happened to be empty. Till next time

Love

Skylar

The next morning Skylar was anxious and stressed as she made her way to the wellness centre. Step by step, her heart pounding as her chest tightly squeezed her lungs, every minute that passed by felt like hours. The receptionist called the patients names she was seating on the edge of her, one wrong move and she risked sliding down the chair seat. She kept trying to figure out why she was so scared, anxious the question was why? because she knew that she was pregnant. The reason for this may lay in not knowing what came next, the unknown.

If did indeed have unprotected sex she could have caught something, placing her and the baby in danger. She replayed the night trying to recall his image and what he looks like, did he look sick in any way,

'huh! I think it's a little late for that don't you think, my brain retorts'.

"Skylar?" She stand up in a daze and the receptionist beckons her to the examination room. She walked towards the nurses office for the exam as she came closer, her palms sweating while a bead of sweat that hed formed on her forehead rolls down her left cheek 'maybe it's tears who can tell'. She enters the room, finding an older woman with glasses on filling out some paper work assuming its from the patient prior to her Skylar waits till she is done before engaging in a conversation with her. The nurse motions for her to take a seat and she falls apart as sh*t just became real. Tears stream down her face as she is now face to face with her situation and there is no turning back. Nurse Ruby gives Skylar a minute and she showed her the test she took yesterday. Nurse Ruby calms her down and gets to work on the examination checking her physical and taking some pee and blood samples. Skylar is aware that the nurse is just doing her job and knows she wants to help but where do we start,

she says "I know I am pregnant ma'am, I came to find out what happens next, what do I do now, what are my options realistically"

She further explains the issue of the one night stand that led to this mess and still being a student under her parents roof who happen to be heavily religious. The father is older than her, luckily she is not under age and they were both consenting "adults" a very loose term in this situation. She was happy to know that she was disease free-ish and will be back to make sure after a few months for the HIV. But you take the positive scenarios as they can no STIs was a plus in her book.The nurse takes her time explaining and tells her what she needs to avoid eating too much or too little of, to drink more water take vitamins and so many things not forgetting exercise. She even explained all her options in terms on keeping the baby, adoption and abortion. She left the office with a pack of pills and booklets to help start the process to guide her through. Skylar went back to her room, thank God its exam time so it's not too crowded and there are less people moving around. She went to bed mentally drained and in need of a nap and a plan to tell him 'but what if he asks what I want to do "I don't know"" she startsto doubt herself again. It's very dangerous to leave a troubled mind to wonder in peace and quiet. She quickly texted Rachel and told her she was free for lunch tomorrow they needed a break from studying to catch up, was she interested?

"sure, I'm free around 1pm, meet up at Dulce Cafe" Rachel responds "cool, see you there". Now to think of a way to get his number, (note to self, get your one-night stands contact details when in doubt about the use of protection).why does life have to be so complicated.