"Late? Late for what? I'm always late, it happens. Just make up some excuse" Oceana said unhappily.
"No not late like that" Roquelle told her nervously.
"I'm a two weeks past, you know, 'it'..."
"You mean your period?" Oceana said, wondering why Roquelle didn't just come out and say it.
"Okay... So, your hormones are probably messed up"
"No, Oceana. Something happened to me while I was kidnapped."
"No you don't mean..." Oceana said with wide eyes.
"Yeah, I do mean..." a tear slid down Roquelle's face.
"I was raped..." She confessed. Oceana leaned forward and hugged her best friend.
"Oh my gods...so you think you're..."
"Yeah. I think I'm pregant" she told her, larger tears falling down her face.
"Sweetheart, it will be ok, we'll get you a test and figure it out from there" Oceana said soothingly.
"One other thing, please don't tell Leim. Not yet. I'll tell my family after my birthday next week."
"I wouldn't tell him. It's not mine to tell"
...
Roquelle paced in the bathroom, looking at the tests.
"What's taking so long? It's not rocket science, you take a piss on the stick!" Oceana said blatantly.
"Okay, okay." Roquelle came out of the stall and left the tests on the sink. The girls waited for a while five minutes.
"I can't look, Oceana. You do it"
"Alright" Oceana walked over to the sink and looked at the small screens. A little pink plus sign graced all of them. Oceana didn't know how to tell her best friend.
"Congratulations, mommy" Oceana said quietly. She gave the almost 16 year old a hug and blinked back some tears.
"Why me?" Roquelle mumbled while she sobbed into Oceana's shoulder.
"I don't know, darling, but we have to make the best out of a very bad situation. You look tired. Wanna go back to my cabin, watch the notebook and eat a gallon of chocolate ice cream?" Oceana asked. Roquelle painfully smiled at her.
"Sure, that sounds kinda nice actually." The two girls ventured back to the Poseidon cabin and looked at the sunset for a moment. When they got back to the cabin, they laid out on the couch. The girls sat so the others feet were by the others head. A thick, warm, furry blanket was on top of them. They each got a whole carton of Ben & Jerry's (courtesy of Leigh and Dimitri Stoll) and sat down in front of the television. During the trailers at the beginning, the two enjoyed each others company and laughed and joked as normal teenaged best friends would.
About halfway through the movie, Leim knocked.
"Hello, male presence entering. How are the two of the most gorgeous women alive?" He came and stood behind the side of the couch where Oceana's head was. He bent down an pecked her lips quickly before taking her spoon and helping himself to her ice cream.
"Uh, excuse me? My ice cream!" She took it back and continued to eat it. Leim gave her the puppy dog face with his big kaleidoscope (momentarily green-ish) eyes. She melted.
"Fine, here" she sighed defeatedly. Roquelle paused the movie.
"Why are you crashing our movie night?" Roquelle asked her brother.
"I haven't seen you two all day! Anything new happen?" He asked. Roquelle and Oceana locked eyes.
"Yeah. Remember on the plane when you said there was something I wasn't telling you?"
"Yeaaaaahhh..." Leim said confusedly.
"Well. One of the-" Roquelle's voice broke.
"One of the gaurds raped me" she said silently, half whimpering.
"No, Roquelle...I'm so sorry... are you okay? Will you be okay? Do you need anything? Who was it? I swear I'll kill that bastard..." He growled violently at the end.
"It was the guy whipping me , and from what I've heard, you've already ended him."she said similing at her brother's protectiveness.
"I'm so sorry that happened to you." He hugged his sister tightly and kissed her hair.
"That's not all.." She said, sighing.
"I'm uh, well, you see, I- he, today I, well, Im pregnant. "
"You mean like, with a baby?" He asked wide eyed.
"What the hell other kinda pregnant you think she means?" Oceana said, insensitively.
"Sorry, Sorry. I'm just gonna go...pee...I drank a lot of.. Water... Today" she said awkwardly, backing up into the bathroom, letting them finish their conversation in privacy.
"Yeah, Liem. I'm pretty sure. I took 4 tests. I still have to see an Apollo camper."
"We should do that tommorrow. Roquelle, I promise that I will be by your side throughout all of this. I love you, little sis. And don't you, even for a minute, think that this is your fault, ok?" Roquelle nodded towards her brother.
"Thanks Leim, I love you too. A lot." They hugged tightly, Roquelle struggling to hold back tears.
"Uhhhh... Guys... I'm done pissing. Can I come out? Are you done talking?" She said, cracking the door. Both of the Grace siblings laughed at Oceana.
"Is it something I said?"
...
The trio walked towards the Apollo cabin. Inside, were about a dozen kids with crazy expressions. A giant TV was mounted on the wall, and four of the kids were having an intense 'just dance' competition. The rest were either watching, singing along, dancing or eating some kind of unhealthy snack. It seemed like a giant party. Leim tried to seek out a blonde girl with hazel eyes. He found her dancing with one of her cabin mates.
"Hey Kristen, can we talk to you? Privately." Kristen flashed them a bright white smile.
"Of course" she said, excusing herself from her dance partner. They walked over to the canoe lake an sat on a huge boulder.
"What's up?" She asked cheerfully. Oceana explained their situation.
"I see. I'd be glad to help, but I may not be the best to help you, my dad is a doctor an he'll help, after all, all the whole world is in debt to your parents. I can Iris Message him tonight and see what we can do. Anyways, Roquelle, do your parents know? Chiron?"
"Not yet, I was planning to tell them at my birthday next week."
"Ok, we'll I'll do my best. I should go. My cabin gets the rock wall, and I'm the head counselor. I'll talk to you guys tomorrow" she ran off toward the rock wall.
"Well. That's all we can do for now." Leim said.
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~Véronique