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The Perfect Daughter

Chapter 1: Capri

Capri: Saturday, May 22, 2024

7:26 PM

Thick smoke curled around Capricorn as she sat on her slightly slanted roof which was easily accessed from her bedroom window. Smoking was nice, it helped her relax. Today, though, Capri was finding it harder to relax. Why? Well, it's her birthday. Capri's sixteenth to be exact. And, much to her dismay, there were only fifteen stars twinkling up in the sky. Fifteen, not sixteen. Capri had always believed in signs. Signs from where, the girl didn't know, but she believed anyways. She had to believe in something.

Capri doesn't remember how long she sat that there, contemplating the meaning of those fifteen tiny dots in the sky that are most likely already long gone. Most stars' light does not reach people's eyes until the stars are dead. Waste of time to even look at them, Capri thought bitterly. Countering thoughts aside, the girl seriously considered the meaning of them. Did fate believe that she was supposed to die before today? Was she never meant to see her sixteenth year?

After she took the cigarette between her fingers to extinguish the flame, she flicked the small white stick into the nearby woods. Glancing around nervously, she twiddled her fingers together.

I can do this, Capri thought. She can do this.

She shuffled inside her room and padded her way across the wood floor to her bathroom. Capri shut the door and opened the cupboard located underneath the sink. Deep in the back, buried under random toiletries, she found the container she was looking for.

It read: EPT Stick Home Pregnancy Test. Capri felt sick.

Carefully, she followed the instructions. Afterwards, she read the container to find she had to wait two minutes for accurate results. Two minutes isn't that long. Right?

Wrong. She felt as though those two minutes were really two years. Though, it might not have seemed that long if Capri stopped glancing at the clock on her phone every five seconds. Last week, she realized she was late and only yesterday had the young girl come to terms with the fact that the cause could be pregnancy. So earlier today at three in the morning, she got one of her friends to drive her to get a pregnancy test in the next town over.

Capri didn't realize she was shaking as she put her palms on her flat, toned stomach gained from evenings at the gym. Is there really a baby in here? Capri came to a horrible realization: she could get fat. If she was actually pregnant she was going to get fat. And she wouldn't be allowed to smoke.

No. No. No. The girl didn't want to be fat and have stretch marks and not smoke. She loved to party and be wild and drink and have fun. And what would her parents say? They always said they wanted grandchildren, but Capri had the strangest feeling they didn't want one now. It didn't matter though, because if she was pregnant, Capri was getting an abortion before anyone could find out. No way in hell she was going to become one of those 'sixteen and pregnant' clichés. She felt sad at her brutal thoughts, but Capri knew it was the truth of the situation.

Her alarm beeped.

Two minutes was up. She glimpsed at the stick. A wave of relief swept over her entire being.

Negative.

Not Pregnant.

For the first time in six years, Capri did a happy dance and smiled. Then, surprisingly, the girl squealed.

Those two words made Capri's night. But, her mood dampened abruptly, knowing where she would have to be in about ten minutes. Her birthday party. Better hop in the shower, she thought. If Capri didn't wash, her family would smell the smoke. Hell would break loose if her parents found out that she isn't the good girl she had been when she was five.

Shoving the pregnancy test in the trash, she grabbed a towel and a pretty white dress that came down to just above her knees. Jumping in the cold shower, she cleaned herself rapidly. While in the shower, Capri couldn't help the smile that appeared on her lips. The only thought in her brain right now was: not pregnant. The smile drooped when she remembered the night that started this problem.

Capri had been drinking. This wasn't unusual, though; nor was the fact that she was grinding up against some random guy. Nothing about the night had been out of the ordinary. She had a few- or maybe more than a few- drinks and found some guy to sleep with. Once she was through taking the guy on the wall of the bar- which again was common- Capri headed home with her friend Jay who always went to clubbing with her. This was routine. So, when Capri thought she might be pregnant, she was anxious and troubled.

She wouldn't say this event was a wake-up call because Capri was going to do the exact same thing again, but it did make her aware of the consequences of her actions.

Now, though, Capri knew she was not pregnant. Now, things can go back to the way they were. Now, Capri didn't have to worry about some stupid baby that would ruin her life. Now, Capri was content. Or, as content as she could be with her shitty, screwed up life.

Hopping out of the bath, Capri pulled on her new change of underwear and white dress. While in her room, she found pretty white pearl earrings and brown leather boots she had gotten for Christmas last year. For good measure, she slipped on the locket her aunt gifted her for her fourteenth birthday. Capri sneaked a glance in the mirror and decided she was ready.

Capri didn't have a car yet, but her aunt and uncle's house was not far at all. So, she hopped on her lime green bike and pedaled across the worn rode to the place where the rest of her family was preparing a surprise party for her. Though, nothing in her family stayed a surprise for long. Is it really a surprise party if Capri knew about it?

She carelessly tossed her bike in the grass bordering her uncle's driveway and marched up the porch steps. There was silence, but Capri knew why. Her family had heard her from most likely a mile away. Capri looked down. The mat on the door said: Welcome.

Capri put on her happy face and pushed open the door.

"Surprise!"

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