It had been a couple months since the incident with Jake. A few days later he apologized and I forgave him. Despite forgiving him I felt different around him. Instead of feeling close to him like I used to I was afraid of him. My parents yelled at me for disappearing for the night and questioned me. Instead of telling them the truth about what happened I said I was at Jake's and left it at that. If I had told them they might have got Jake into trouble and I didn't want that for him.

I'd been feeling ill quite a lot. I was sick a lot and had stomach pains. I looked on the internet for symptoms even though I knew it was stupid as I'd only get scared. None of the results seemed plausible except one: Pregnancy. I was pretty sure that Jake hadn't used protection that night. One morning I decided to skip school to go to Boots and get a pregnancy test. When I bought it there was a young girl not much older than me at my till. She gave me a sympathetic look. It didn't make me feel better it made me feel scared. If this girl couldn't accept my predicament how could my parents. They would go insane at me. I didn't know how Tom and Carrie would react but I knew how they'd react if they found out who the father was. I didn't even know how the father would act. This wouldn't be Jake's first baby and it sure as hell wouldn't be his last. He'd never seen any of his children but would he make an exception with mine?

When I got home I did the test straight away. I had to wait a few minutes. The minutes felt like forever. After some time I decided to check what happened.

Positive

I checked the test again just in case I read it wrong. The screen clearly said positive.

'EVIE COME DOWNSTAIRS PLEASE'

Mum and Dad were home. I ran downstairs trying to act casual. I greeted them. I was so deep in conversation with my dad acting casual that I didn't notice my mum go upstairs into the bathroom. She came downstairs and looked me in the eye lifting up the test to my face.

'WHAT THE HELL IS THIS' She yelled in my face.

'Mum you don't understand I'

She cut me off before I could explain that I didn't mean to get pregnant. Before I could explain everything to her so she understood. She passed it to my dad. He looked just as angry. My dad had always been a fall back if my mum was mad. He understood me more. This time though he was on her side. My mum ranted for a few minutes about how much of a disappointment I was.

'You'll have to get it aborted at once.'

'No Mum I will not kill a baby'

'I'm not going to look after it'

'FINE I'LL JUST LEAVE THEN'

I ran to my room and packed my suitcase. I threw clothes and things that meant a lot to me into the suitcase. I packed pretty soon and ran downstairs. My parents tried to stop me but I was out of the door before they could properly stop me. I ran straight to Jake's house. It was a habit and he was the father after all so the baby was his responsibility too. I knocked on the door and he came down after a few minutes with no shirt on and his belt undone. His hair was messed up too making it clear what he'd been doing. The girl shouting his name to come back upstairs made it crystal clear. I bluntly told him that I was pregnant due to his actions. Part of me thought that he'd just say okay and let me in. That he'd offer me a place to stay. I couldn't have been more wrong.

'Leave. Never come back I don't want to see you or your child. I mean it. I'll hurt you if you come back to me'

I started to cry and hurried along with my suitcase. I walked for about half an hour until I reached a train station. I sat against a wall and cried. Everything was so messed up. I knew I had enough money for a train but where to? My Mum, Dad and Jake didn't want me to show up. That's when I decided to head to the one place where I may be welcomed: Tom's house.