The bright pink plus sign glared back at her, clear evidence of the mistake that she had made. She curled up with her back against the wall, wrapping her arms around her knees and bringing them to her chest. She felt as if there was a weight on her chest, making it harder and harder for her to breathe. What was she going to do? She had plans to go off to college in the fall, to major in Journalism and Marketing, or maybe Entertainment Management, but Journalism for sure. She sniffled quietly, hot tears beginning to stream down her face. How was she supposed to tell Zack? He was on tour almost all year, and there was no way that she would be able to be a single mother, she would have to give up on all of her dreams of ever going to college and making it out of that small town.
"Jordin? Are you okay?" He asked, knocking softly on the door. She bit down on her lip, wiping her eyes. If she sniffled, he would hear her. He could hear almost anything.
"Uh, yeah…just a sec." She stood up, putting her hair up into a messy bun. She frowned, looking in the mirror, then back down at the pregnancy stick in her hand. She couldn't just throw it away, he would obviously see it. She grabbed the box of tampons from under the sink and shoved it in the bottom, there was no way he would find it in there.
"Are you sure you're okay? You sound worried or something…" Oh, Zack, the romantic at heart always able to tell when his girlfriend wasn't acting like herself or able to tell when something was on her mind.
Jordin opened the door and looked up at him. She hadn't bawled her eyes out, so they weren't red and puffy, which was nice. She wouldn't have known how to explain that to him. But obviously, there were bigger problems. The two of them were going to be parents in 9 short months and neither of them were ready.
"Yeah, babe. I'm fine." She said as she instantly wrapped her arms around his torso. She rested her head on his chest and bit down on her lip when he pressed his lips to her forehead. She couldn't help but start to wonder if he would stay with her whenever she decided to tell him she was pregnant.
"Are you hungry? I have a couple of hours of free time before sound-check so I wanted to come see if you wanted to grab lunch."
"Yeah, sounds great. Let me just grab my phone." She looked up at him, giving him a reassuring smile that everything was okay. She reached up on her tippy toes, pressing her lips to his. "You know I love you, right?"
"I love you too, Jordin. Always."
"I hope you'll still love me when you find out I'm pregnant…" She thought to herself. She grabbed her phone and walked off the bus with him.