Zoe woke up at 5:30 in the morning throwing up again. At 6, her dad came in and held her hair for almost an hour and a half.
"Zoe, honey, I want you to stay here today."
"Okay, dad." He pulled her hair through a scrunchy & sighed.
"I have to get ready for work." She nodded barely & threw up again. He left the room muttering about it being weird. He came back fifteen minutes later to say good bye. She stopped by 9:30 & took a shower & got dressed, leaving the house at 10 for a walk. It was bright outside, but her mood was dark. She knew what she had to do now, but she was terrified to do it. She stopped absently in front of Lorraine's old house. She would know what to do. She wished she could call but their weekly call yesterday had already gone longer than was allowed. She sighed & continued walking toward town. She passed the park & had to stop again. This time she turned off the sidewalk & went to sit on the bench. There were a couple of guys in the corner that were too cool for school who looked her way, but she must not have looked that great because they went back to their business.
She sighed & stared at the exact spot she had first seen Simon standing there in the light of the moon. She wanted him there so badly now. She needed him there. Simon would know what to do about this.
It was noon when she finally left and she had made up her mind. She went home at a fairly quick pace and took a little money for the bus out of her savings. It was a short walk to the stop and a moderate wait for the bus. At the clinic, she signed in and sat down again. She couldn't help but watch the mothers-to-be. One or two of them had their husbands with them, probably finding out the gender of their baby that day. Some looked close to term. She wrung her hands until her name was called. Her doctor was a kind-looking woman with a sweet voice.
"Okay sweetie, I'll need you to do a few things for me..."
Okay, as I have thankfully never had to take a pregnancy test ((My boyfriend is thankful for that too. lol.)), I don't know the exact procedure, so I'll just skip over this little part and go right to the results.