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Chapter 7
Week 6
Charlie's point of view
Leah's words had hit me hard and I had spent the last week trying to convince myself that there was no way I could be pregnant. My body was trying to convince me otherwise. In the past week I had my head permanently stuck down the toilet due to the amount of nausea I had been getting, my boobs had definitely grown a cup size or two from my usually small 10 b and my period hate been late for nearly 2 weeks. It really wasn't looking good for me. Ruby had noticed these unusual things as well. "Charlie…I think it's about time you took a pregnancy test" My daughter said to me as we sat on the sofa talking.
"I just can't…I don't want to" I tried not to cry in front of her.
"You can't hide this from people again…you hid me from your parents for 4 months. Its not going to be that easy this time" Ruby tried to explain to me.
"This isn't what I want. I don't want to be alone and pregnant again" I burst into tears.
"Charlie, you won't be alone…you'll have me and Leah and Bianca to look after you. This baby is going to come into the world being completely loved and wanted" Ruby took me in her arms and hugged me.
"I don't even know if I want it Ruby" I mumbled.
"No, you are not even considering that?" Ruby pulled away outraged.
"I don't know what I want!" I yelled frustrated. Ruby looked at me in disgust before heading off to school. I had a day off so I decided to clear my head and walk along the beach, I caught Bianca walking to school and joined her.
"Bianca…hypothetically, if you were pregnant with Heath Braxton's baby, would you keep it?" I asked her carefully.
"Well I don't think I could ever abort a child…"
"Even if it wasn't the right time in your life for a baby?" I continued with the questions.
"I just don't believe in abortion…you obviously had the choice with Ruby and you didn't so what made that decision?" She asked curiously.
"By the time I found out I was pregnant it was too late, I was into my second trimester and didn't have a choice" I sighed, looking out into the ocean.
"But if you did, would you have still kept her?" Bianca asked.
"Ruby is the best thing that has happened in my life, even if I didn't plan it and it didn't go quite as well in the beginning, but no, thinking back I don't think I'd change anything" I realised, before looking at Bianca's smile.
"So you going to keep this one?" She smirked knowingly.
"I was asking a hypothetical question" I chuckled back.
"Sure you were" She laughed.
"I don't even know if I am…pregnant, yet. All the signs my body's telling me point to it, but I haven't done a test yet" I sighed.
"This afternoon I'm coming over and you are taking a test! I want to know if I'm going to have a god child anytime soon" Bianca hugged me.
"Please don't tell anyone about this…I want it to be a secret for a while, until I get my head around things" I replied softly, breaking away from the hug.
"Of course. Is Brax definitely the father?" She asked, cautiously.
"Yep…unfortunately" I groaned and answer.
"Well at least you'll have one good looking baby…although I have heard that two good looking people's genes can counteract with each other and create an ugly baby…but lets hope for the best" she laughed as we walked along. I was so glad I had her in my life at the moment.
Later that day
I had been trying to keep myself busy all day until Bianca and Ruby got home. Leah's house was now spotless and 5 loads of washing had been done, dried, ironed and folded. Soon enough it was 3.30pm and Bianca, Miles, VJ and Ruby were all home. "How was your day off?" Miles asked as he looked through the fridge. Before I knew it, Ruby and Bianca were sweeping me off my feet and into the bathroom.
"Sorry Miles, secret girls business" Bianca laughed a reply. "Ok, so I didn't know what brand of test to get so I got all three they had there" Bianca pulled a paper bag out of her handbag and emptied the contents.
"She doesn't need three!" Ruby laughed.
"They can read up wrong sometimes, better to be safe than sorry!" Bianca replied sternly.
"Both of you…get out, I need to pee!" I shook my head as they bickered, walking out of the bathroom. I looked at the first test. "Two lines if positive, one if negative…well here goes" I mumbled, pulling the weird looking stick out of the box. 4 minutes later Bianca and Ruby came running into the bathroom.
"Verdict?" Ruby nearly squealed. I looked at them both before showing them. "What? Not pregnant? That can't be right…take another one!" Ruby gave me another one.
"Lucky I got 3" Bianca chuckled as they headed out of the bathroom again. Another pregnancy test later and another negative was showing up. I was starting to doubt these modern day inventions!
"Are you sure you're doing it right?" Ruby asked, reading the instructions on the box.
"Ruby I'm positive! And I don't think I have enough pee to do a 3rd test! Let's just face it, I'm not pregnant" I groaned.
"Come on Charlie…one more!" Bianca smiled, handing me the box. I rolled me eyes before snatching it off her and shoeing her out.
"Please be a negative, please be negative" I was pleading with the fates now. These test may have been coming up negative but I knew my body, something wasn't right in there. A few minutes later I looked at the result. Positive. "One positive out of 3 doesn't mean I'm pregnant!" I tried to justify myself to Bianca and Ruby who were jumping around the bathroom laughing.
"Charlie, I think you need to see a Doctor!" Bianca smiled at me. Why was everyone so happy about this? They weren't the ones that had to live with this. They weren't the ones who had their careers to think about and whether they wanted a baby at the time. I was, and I was all alone.
