Are you serious? A freaking PLUS sign!
"Dammit." I mumble under my breath.
"Hurry up ,Max! My weiner can't hold excessive amounts of urine!" Gazzy complains from outside the bathroom door.
"TMI! Geez Gazzy!" I pull my pants up and push through Gazzy to get to the kitchen.
"Heyheyhey!" Ella exclaims when I enter. Her face darkens when she sees my sad expression.
"What's wrong?" She asks
"Something happened..." I muster though its hard with the large lump in my throat.
"Are you ok? Here," she pulls out a stool from beneath the island. " Sit down."
I accept her offer. But when I sit I lose all strength and bust out crying.
"Max! Maximum, what's wrong?" I look at her earnest brown eyes. It only makes me cry harder.
"I..I'm preg...preg-"
Ella's eye's widen in realization.
"Pregnant? How?-" She sighs "Fang?"
I nod.
"You gonna tell him?" She says her voice rigid and on the brink of tears. I don't answer.
"..don't know." Ella looks at me like I just punched her in the face.
"I'm sorry did you just say ' I don't know'? I'll make it easier for you. You WILL tell him AND Mom!"
This statement shocks me so much I almost fall off the stool. I stay silent. Though I'm MUCH stronger than Ella , she intimidates me.
"What the HELL are you waiting for?" I shuffle out of the kitchen to go find Fang.
"Hey there." Fang says as I enter the computer room. He continues to tap away at the keyboard. I walk over to him and stand at his side while he works on his blog.
"What's wrong?" Fang says when he notices my puffy eyes. He rolls the chair from beneath the desk so he's facing me. I take this as a chance to sit on his lap. H wraps his arms around me.
"Its okay. You don't have to tell me if you're not ready." I stand up and lean down in his face.
"Thank you." I peck him on the cheek and leave the room. I don't get far.
"You didn't. Did you?"Ella says when I enter the kitchen.
I shake my head " I couldn't!"
"Here." She holds a small orange envelope in her hands. I take it.
"What's this?" I say tossing it from hand to hand.
"Something for Fang." I look at her but she doesn't meet my gaze.
BEFORE BEDTIME
"Hey." Fang pokes his head in "Goodnight." I snatch a shirt from my bed.
"Excuse me! I'm practically naked!"
He raises his eyebrows twice "I know right?"
"Get out Creeper!" I put the shirt on and leave my room to find a Fang again.
"Hey can you come to my room for a minute?" I ask. He furrows his brow.
"Sure?"
He meets me in my humble abode 2 minutes later.
"Here." I say handing him the envelope.
"What's this?" He smiles. I groan internally.
"Just open it."
He rips it open and pours out its contents. A pregnancy test.
"Huh?" He looks to me then the test and then to me again. I see something register on his face.
"Oh no.." He say burying his face in the palms of his hands.
I sit next to him. " Oh yes..." I reply with the same tone.
"So youre pregnant?"
I nod
"But how? We only did it once."
"It only takes one time" I reply. He wipes his face ,wet from tears.
"So um..What are we gonna do?" He looks to me but I avoid his gaze.
"I don't know. I'm really confused right now." I look to him. He's still crying. It scares me.
"Please stop crying. You're gonna make me cry." I say. Fang looks at me solemnly.
"The baby isn't safe. This is what they've wanted. For us to breed."
"You think we should have the baby?" I say surprised.
"Well, yeah. My mom gave me away. And I want my child to have a life better than I did."
I get off the bed and pace the room.
"What?" He asks
"This is so real. Realer than anything."
"I know." He replies.
"Should we tell Mom?" I say.
"We kind of have to." He replies sadly. I look back at him. When I see how sad he is, I sit down next to him on the bed.
"Come here." I say coaxing him to come closer. He lays his head on my chest.
"Your boobs are gonna be HUGE..." I push him off of me.
"Geez. Can't even have a moment with you!" He just chuckles as he walks to the door to open it. When the door is agape we see none other than the flock standing there. And mom.
I'll see you at my funeral.