"No, this is not happening right now..." I mumble to myself as I wait the five minutes for this stupid pregnancy test to give me the answer I need. I decide to text Jade, somehow knowing she'll know what to do in this situation. I send her a text asking her to come over and almost immediately get a reply saying she'll be here in ten minutes. I sigh and look at the time. Two more minutes until my life is possibly over. I sit on the edge of the bathtub and put my chin in my hands, thinking.
What am I going to do if I'm pregnant? I can't have a baby, I'm only seventeen years old. My hopes and dreams would basically be down the toilet because of my own stupidity. I hate Ryder for tricking me, and honestly, I hate myself a little for falling for it. And then there's my feelings for...for Jade. A baby would ruin everything.
My thoughts are interrupted by the timer on my phone, telling me that it's time to see how the rest of my life is going to be. I stand up and take a deep breath, grabbing the test and flipping it over, my breath catching in my throat as I look at the result. A pink plus sign. It's positive, I'm pregnant. Tears fill my eyes and I drop the test in the sink as if it burned me, backing up until my back is against the wall. I slide down it until I'm sitting on the floor and I put my head in my hands, sobbing loudly.
My phone beeps with a new text message but I ignore it, trying to stop the tears. A few minutes later the bathroom door opens and I look up, eyes and face red from crying, and see Jade standing there, a look of concern on her face. "Vega..." She mumbles and I shake my head, pointing to the sink. She takes a step towards it and looks down at the test, sighing heavily before walking towards me and sitting down next to me, wrapping her arms around my shoulders and pulling me close to her.
"It's going to be okay Tori, I'll help you through the whole thing. You've got me, I promise." She mumbles into my ear as she runs her fingers through my hair soothingly, and that just makes me start crying again. I turn towards her and wrap my arms around her, burying my face in her hair as I cry. We just sit there for a few minutes before anyone says anything, and she's the first to speak.
"What do you want to do?" She asks quietly as she pulls me back to look at her.
I shake my head and shrug my shoulders slightly. "I don't know Jade. Before I looked at that test I was dead set that I wasn't having this baby if I was pregnant, but now that I know...it's different, I guess. I can't imagine killing it now." I smile weakly and she bites her lip.
"Tori...this is going to be really hard, you know? You're going to get called a lot of names and everyone is going to think the worst of you. But I'll be there for you, if you want me to be, that is." She gives me a small smile as she gently rubs my back.
I nod and relax into her touch a little. "I would really like that a lot. I'll need as much support as I can get for these next several months." I lean forward and rest my head on her shoulder, hoping she doesn't end up leaving me like Ryder did. He totally used me, just like before, only this time it was just for one night of sex and now he never even looks at me anymore. I tear up a little again and bury my face in her neck, breathing deeply and trying to calm down.
"Don't even think I'm going to leave you, because I'm not." She says as if she's reading my mind. "I know what Ryder did to you and frankly, he's an ass for that and I would like nothing more than to beat the shit out of him. But I won't because I know you don't want me to." She strokes my hair lightly and twirls the ends around her fingers a little. "I will be here for you until you tell me to go away Tori, okay? Just trust me."
I let a few more tears fall against her neck at her words and I nod, pulling her closer to me. "Just don't leave me Jade, please." I whisper.
"I won't Tori. I promise I won't." She says quietly, pressing a gentle kiss to the top of my head.