"What is it, whats up?" I asked knowing something was wrong.
"Three things. One is that the whole school knows your pregnant now. Two: check your phone to see how. Three: The bad Gothics you were with for a couple weeks after your mom died wrote some graffiti on our schools brick walls."
"What about, " I said as I felt my heart sink.
"Look I'm not sure you can take it, sit down."
I took a deep breath like I had been doing all day, the doctor told me it could help with stress but nothing could stop the hammering in my chest," Tell me," I breathed as I let the breath out.
"Destiny Baker is a slutty, pregnant,whore and needs to die."
I felt the tears first, they were tears of my reputation dying and tears of hatred, "Bye," I mumbled and curled up in a ball on the couch to let my body shake in sobs.
Mark and Dad came into the room a few seconds later. Mark held my hand and Dad put his arm around me, neither knew what to say. After I had cried for what seemed like forever but was really only a few minutes Dad said, "Sweetie whats wrong?"
I flipped my phone open and showed them the two photos, one of me walking into the pregnancy part of the clinic, the other that Em had sent to me of the graffiti, it read the same thing that Em had said except at the bottom there was a barely visible AC, Alice Carter. She hated me since the first grade when I got first place in the writing contest and she got second. I always beat her at everything.
"Thats it," I whispered.
"What is it, what are you doing?" Dad asked.
I went to the contacts until I found the number that Mr. Garner gave all the students if we ever needed any help we were to call that number.
"Hello, Mr. Garner speaking how may I help."
I cleared my throat but my voice still cracked, "Hi I'm Destiny remember we had that talk after class one time. Well some one did some thing bad and if I told you who it was could you get them in trouble."
"Who and what?" He asked concerned.
"Alice Carter drew some graffiti on the schools wall, I think, I know I have proof."
"Okay well you can come over now, or we can wait until school tomorrow."
"I'll just wait," I said.
"Okay, Destiny, I don't know what she wrote but no one deserves horrible things."
"I know," I whispered, "tomorrow at school."
I talked to Mr. Garner and Alice got arrested, she was screaming, "Destiny I am going to kill you for telling on me and right before they got in the police car Emily walked up to her and said, "(Colorful word), I am the one that told on you,' Then she slapped her, hard, across the face. The officer didn't seem very impressed then Emily added, "Nobody mess with my friend I don't care if she is pregnant, purple, or an alien, understand, Alice?" For the first time ever Alice looked scared and nodded, Em smiled cocked her hip and runway walked over to me.
That was a week ago. Today something very special is happening, at least for me. Mark said he was free to go out with me, little does he know I am going to get an ultrasound. The first time I asked him he said sure and then made plans that day to avoid it.
"Ready?" I asked putting my trench coat on. It was a small in maternal size, it was my Moms. Dad had noticed with the boxes lined up on the wall, and I put a few of the decorations I had made in elementary school back up. I was waiting till I could put the curtains up without crying to get anything like that out.
"Yeah," He smiled, "So where are we going again?" He was wearing Hollister jeans, a Hollister shirt, a pair of tennis shoes, and a Abercombie hoodie. We would have wore his cologne but since I had gotten pregnant I hated the smell of it, it used to make me gag.
"Its a surprise," I rolled my eyes while putting my Uggs on.
Once we got to the clinic he asked, "What are we doing here?"
"Well you are coming to my next ultrasound. It is special because last time and the first time I didn't hear the heartbeat and even though I wanted too really bad, but I needed you with me," I sighed.
"You needed me," He smiled.
"No, but I wanted you and once I got in the room I just I couldn't do it without you."
He smiled even bigger, "That is the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me."
I rolled my eyes again, "Thanks, now lets go before we are late."
"Now see that is the baby, right there," The lady said as she turned off the rooms light, "And that is the heartbeat, you can hear it if you listen."
Sure enough there was a tiny thump. I felt the tears in my eyes and saw the glint in Marks. As the lady continued to talk," And that in the baby, it can move, but it is still to tiny to feel it. By now it should have all of its organs. Sometimes you can see the baby sucking its thumb, like right... there. The baby is about 5 inches long now. You should've gained about 5 pounds, and you have gained four which is normal, everything looks healthy and fine. Have you had any trouble sleeping?" Dr. Wolf asked.
"Some nights but I have been sleeping better since my first trimester was over."
Mark had tears in his eyes as we got in the car he said, "Why are you making this so hard."
"I what do you mean?"
"I have some news. I work for the CIA as a teenager they expect me to go on a few missions back to back and then get 2 months break. Well the last mission I went on was 4 months ago and they really need me back."
"What?" I asked in shock as I felt my heart drop along with my perfect life I have created.
"It won't very long just till the end of this trimester, what is that like 11 weeks."
I cried and then sobbed and then cried, it was the hormones this time, I could tell, finally I said, "I'll miss you."
He just hugged me tighter, "I know," He put his hand on my showing bump, almost four months pregnant, "I, I love you," He breathed.
"I love you too," I whispered and then we kissed and he didn't stop it until I said I was getting cold because the car wasn't on.
What do you think, I tried not to skip too much but i didn't want to make it too long.