I must have fallen asleep because I hear my parents calling my name.
"Cartor! The Conners are here!" My mom yells from the bottom of the steps. My parents have that 'why are they here' look on their faces.
"Sorry, I forgot to tell you that I invited them over," I explain as I share a scared look with Jaysin.
"Lets go into the living room," my mom says. Mom, dad, Mr. and Mrs. Conner all sit but Jaysin and I stay standing.
"Mom, Dad, Mr. and Mrs. MaKenzie we have something to tell you," Jaysin says.
"I'm pregnant," I say.
"Honey, is this why you have been sick?" Mom asks, surprised.
"Yeah, it was…" I reply.
"Well, you do know what you need to do right, Jaysin?" Mr. Conner asks.
"Yes, I need to support her and be a good father," Jaysin replies.
"NO! You need to abort it! You are way too young to be a father."
"NO!" I scream so loudly that everyone on the block probably heard me. "I am not killing my baby!"
"And I'm not making her," Jaysin says with a horrified look on his face.
"Cartor you are way too young to raise this baby. Your only fourteen! Its either abortion or adoption," My mom says.
"How can you say that? I'm not giving up my baby!" I scream, terrified.
"Honey, I'm sorry but we can't support that decision. We will talk about this issue later. How far are you?" Dad asks.
"I think 23 ½ weeks… you guys have to understand, ok, this is a total accident!" I try to explain.
"How could you be six months pregnant and not have known? You did just find out right?" Mom asks.
"Yes…" I try to explain when dad interrupts.
"You know everyone says 'its and accident' right?"
"Yes dad," I say kind of annoyed. "The night that we went out to celebrate Jaysin birthday I invited him back to our house to watch a movie. You and mom weren't home though and we kind of started making out."
"Cartor, you know the rules about boys in the house when we aren't home!" Mom says.
"I know and I'm really sorry, mom, please try and understand," I try desperately to explain.
"I think its time we get going Jaysin," Mrs. Conner says.
"Bye, Jaysin," I say as I hug him. "I'll call you later," I whisper in his ear.
"Bye, Cartor," Jaysin says as they leave.
"Cartor you are grounded for a week. Go to your room NOW!" My dad yells as I walk up the steps.
When I get to my room I pop my Taylor Swift CD in and turn up the volume. I lie on my bed and start bawling into my puppy pillow.
"It's going to be okay little one," I say to my baby. "I won't let anyone hurt you."
About a half hour later my mom knocked on my door.
"Honey, can I come in?" She asks.
"Yeah," I say as she opens the door.
"I'm sorry for over reacting like that."
"Its ok, mom, I know you were just surprised."
"Well I'm guessing you haven't called the doctor to set up an appointment?"
"No, not yet, I was hoping you could…"
"Sure, give me your phone," she says and I hand it over.
"Hi, my name is Alyson MaKenzie. I would like to schedule an appointment for my daughter Cartor MaKenzie… Yes that sounds fine… Capitol C-a-r-t-o-r capitol M-a capitol K-e-n-z-i-e… November 1st 1994… okay, thanks, bye,"
"Your appointment is tomorrow at three," She tells me.
"Thanks, mom," I say. "I'm so sorry for inviting Jay over that night I really didn't think anything would happen."
"Cartor, you are great girl that made a mistake. I'm not mad at you just disappointed in your decision to invite Jaysin over. You're going to have to live with that decision now. I still love you," she says and gives me a hug. "I'm going to go now if you want to talk I'll be downstairs."
"Bye, mom, love you," I say as she shuts my door. I call Jaysin to tell him about tomorrow.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Jay, it's Cartor."
"Hey, Car."
"Well my mom set up my appointment. It's tomorrow at three. Can you please come?"
"Sure I'd love too."
"Thanks, so how many years did you get two… three…?"
"Haha, you are so funny!" Jaysin says sarcastically. "I got one week, you?"
"Same, it sucks but hey we have worse consequences to deal with."
"Yep, that's probably what our parents thought too. So how are you doing?"
"I'm ok, just a lot of stress. We have a lot to think about Jay. I'm scared I have no clue what I'm going to do!"
"It's ok, Car, we will get through this."
"Yeah, we'll have too. I'm tired I really want to sleep right now. So I'll see you tomorrow, Jay. Bye."
"Ok, bye Cartor." He says and I hang up. I have so much to think about and I am so exhausted. I lie my head on my pillow, close my eyes and go to sleep.
