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Chapter 7
-Liz-
Pain in the back of my head wakes me out of my sleep. The bright lights around me are making my world start to spin again. Confusion takes over; where am I?
"Liz." A familiar voice calls out my name but I can't open my eyes the lights hurt too much. "Liz, are you okay?"
"Ugg;" I manage to get out.
"Liz, I know you're not up to talking right now but I have to tell you something. I accidently told your parents about the baby." The panic is evident in his voice; he's scared.
"What?" I ask him in confusion.
"The baby Liz, I had to they were going to do tests that could have hurt him."
My eyes snap open not caring if the lights hurt my sore eyes. "What do you mean you told them?"
"The doctor said they were going to run some tests and I wanted to make sure that it was okay." He tries to explain to me what he was thinking when he made the stupidest mistake.
"So, you could walk the doctor aside and tell him about the situation?"
"Situation? It's a baby; not a situation and its life matters."
"Really does it because I thought that was up to me," anger rising up in me like I have never felt.
"What do you mean by up to you? Oh, so you were just going to get rid of him without even telling me? "I can feel the anger coming off of him.
"No, I was coming to tell you tonight. This was our mistake; it's our job to deal with the consequences."
"Well what are we going to do about this Liz? I don't believe in abortion." It was never an option for me anyways.
"Take one day at a time. Maybe look for a family to adopt."
"So, I guess its true then?"
"What?" I ask him in utter confusion.
"A part of me was hoping it was just a rumor. I'm always going to be the guy that knocked up the girl next door before she hit her seventeenth birthday."
"Don't blame yourself completely Michael. I knew I wasn't on the pill that night; I just wanted to be with the town's bad boy." I can't help but let a small laugh that leaves my parted lips.
"I'm glad you find this so funny Elizabeth." My eyes snap to the door of my hospital room where my mother and my father stand.
The moment I had hoped I could have put off forever.
"No mother, I don't find this funny." My eyes locking on my hands in my lap.
"How could you be so stupid Elizabeth? What are you going to do about Harvard now? How have to get rid of this thing."
"It's not a thing it's our baby and Liz isn't stupid we both made a mistakeā¦"
"A mistake, ha that's laughable. You're just going to run off and leave Liz when you realize how hard it is to raise a child." My mother cuts Michael off mid sentence.
"I can't say what's going to happen down the line Mrs. Parker but I can tell you that I will never abandon my child."
"Well, I think it's best if you don't see Elizabeth anymore."
My eyes snap up at her, "Mother, you can't keep me from Michael he's the father of my child."
"You either stay away from him or you find somewhere else to live."
"Nancy, don't do this. We can work this out." My dad breaks in after standing in silence though the whole fight.
"This is your fault; we should have realized what she was doing. So, what's it going to be Elizabeth your home or Michael and it?" The way my mother says the word it makes me break down in uncontrolled sobs.
Michael reaches across my bed and grabs my hand. For someone who barely knows me he somehow knows actually what I need.
"I guess, I'll come get my stuff after I get out of here." My mother takes in a sharp breathe; I know she was never expecting me to say that.
"Fine." She walks right past my father and out of the room.
"Lizzie, just call me if you need anything." He quickly leaves following after my mother.
The sobs are still escaping my mouth as fight for control.
"Liz, calm down; everything will work out."
"How can you say that? I have nowhere to live and I'm sixteen year old and pregnant. My parents hate me. You can't even stand talking to me."
"You can come live with me. My father is never around and maybe I can't stand talking to you but things can change."
My heart breaks as I release a loud moan from the pain in my head.
"Are you okay? Do you want me to get someone?" His concern for me puzzles me; I know it's only because of the baby that is nestled inside me.
"No, just a head ache for the fall."
We sit in silence for a minute when Tess comes running though the door an out of breath Kyle steps behind her. "Oh god Liz, what's going on?" She rushes to my side making Michael get up.
