DramaComedySoapRealityFan: Thank you for the review, you'll see if Ricky keeps her baby within the next few chapters, but Heath and Brax will keep supporting her.
Guest: Thank you for the review. It is devastating news for her, you'll find out what she chooses to do in the next few chapters. I'm glad you think that Heath's concern was really lovely, I love writing scenes between him and her, I also enjoyed writing the small Heath and Brax scene.
Fanfiction. 79: Thank you for the review. I'm glad you thought Ricky finding out she was pregnant was unexpected. She is in a bad place and Andrew could cause her to miscarry, not that he'd show any remorse if she was to lose her unborn baby...
Sorry this has taken so long to upload, got no excuses, really.
Abuse.
Chapter 10.
To Ricky, it seemed as soon, as she had shut her eyes, it was time to get up for school. She hit the alarm clock in a bid to turn it off. But it kept ringing.
"Just 5 more minutes, " She mumbled, burying her head, further under the duvet.
"Get up you lazy, cow!" Andrew pulled the duvet off her and jabbed her in the stomach and Ricky resisted the urge to scream.
Taking a deep breath, she sat up and put a hand on her stomach, she wasn't sure how long she was in the pregnancy, she needed to book a scan and soon. She walked to the wardrobe and pulled out her uniform, it was a grey skirt, a white shirt and a grey cardigan. She bent down and got out her shoes, a pair of black flats. She picked up her brush and threw her hair back in to a pony. She grabbed her bag off the end of the bed and walked out of the room. She stuck in her headphones as she made the walk to school.
She looked around for Heath as she walked in to the gates and sighed as she realised she couldn't see him. She walked in to the building and headed to her form.
Once the bell rang, Ricky headed to her first lesson, which was maths.
She worked through the textbook of questions.
When she took her workbook up to the desk to have her work marked, Ricky felt a wave of sickness arise up inside her and did her best to ignore it, but she couldn't.
"Excuse me?" She said as she clamped a hand over her mouth as she raced to the girls toilets. In there, she slid to her knees and vomited.
"Are you alright?" A female's voice asked as she knocked on the door.
But Ricky continued to vomit in to the toilet bowl. Grabbing some tissues, she wiped her mouth, threw it in to the toilet bowl and flushed the chain.
Sitting on the toilet seat, she unzipped her bag and got out a water bottle, taking sips as she tried to rinse her mouth out. She put the bottle back in her bag and unlocked the stall door.
"Hey"
"Hey, " Ricky replied, frowning slightly.
"I'm Phoebe" The girl introduced herself. "I heard you being sick, "
"Oh. " She smiled weakly. "I'm Erica, although people call me Ricky. "
"Is it?"
"What?" Ricky frowned, unsure why Phoebe has stopped her sentence.
"Is it bulimia?" Phoebe asked.
"No, " Ricky shook her head. "I'm pregnant, " She added, not sure why she was telling the girl this.
"Congrats dude, " Phoboe grinned.
"Thanks. "
"What do you do for work?"
"I'm a photographer." Ricky pulled some towels off the towel disperser and dried her hands. "You?"
"I'm in a band" Phoboe smiled.
"Cool. You play?" Ricky asked.
"I sing " Phoebe replied. "You should come and watch us sometime. "
"I'd like that. " Ricky smiled.
Then, the two girls went their separate ways, after Phoebe had checked that she had Ricky's number.
She placed her laptop and USB on the teachers desk and plugged the USB in to one of the laptop's ports. She waited until it was showing and then she started speaking.
"Heath and I decided to photograph the beach as it is a fun, relaxing place. You can surf, sunbath and go for a swim. "
"Thank you Heath and Erica, " smiled Mrs Parker.
The friends walked back to their seats and listened as the other students gave theirs.
Then the bell rang for lunch time as Ricky leant against the wall outside.
"I'll shout you lunch, " Said Heath.
"I'm not hungry, "
"You need to eat, " Said Heath, pulling her along.
Heath put a sandwich, drink and orange in front of her as he sat down next to her with his own sandwich and crisps and drink.
Ricky opened her drink.
"Brax and I are going for a surf, want to come?" Heath said, striking up conversation.
Ricky shrugged, taking a sip of her drink "I don't know"
"Well, the offer is there,"
"Thanks. "
The bell rang, signalling that lunch was over, and the two friends headed back to class.
"I marked your presentations over lunch, " Said Mrs Parker, picking up the assignment sheet.
"Heath and Erica your presentation was informative, interesting for that I give you an A*
"Thanks Miss, " Ricky say's as Heath high fives her.
The bell rings and the class disperse for their next lesson, which for Ricky was PE and Heath, Geography. Ricky headed to the girls changing rooms and started to change in to the kit, which was a plain white top with the school logo on it and a pair of white shorts and socks, she sat on the bench as she tied up the laces on her shoes.
The game lesson was netball, which was one of her favourite games, but she kept dropping the ball.
"Come on Erica " said their PE teacher, Ricky was usually one of her best students, but today she kept dropping the ball and not concentring.
Ricky, dropped the ball, and walked off.
"Erica, come back here, now!" The teacher ordered, as a few girls snickered.
She turned around and snapped. "Shut up. "
The teacher went red and caught up with Ricky. "Detention. "
"Fine " She folded her arms across her chest, it was a defensive machoism.
Then the lesson finished, the girls headed back to the changing rooms to change and then head home as it was home time. Ricky sighed and headed down the corridor, going to the room, which had a sign saying "Detention. "
Taking a deep breath, she opened the door and gave in her detention slip.
"Heath, what are you doing here?" She asked as she spotted her friend in detention.
He leaned lazily in his chair as he said. "I didn't hand my homework in. "
"Oh, Heath "Ricky shook her head, her and Heath were in most of the same classes and she had the same assignment.
"What about you?" He asked.
"Told the teacher to shut up, " She replied, slipping in to the seat beside him.
Heath looked at her, he never expected her to say that. "Whoa. "
"I know, " She whispered back, resting her chin in her hand.
"Erica, Heath be quiet, detention is a place to reflect on the things you did wrong.." The teacher, who was on detention duty snapped.
"Yes, sir. " Heath mock saluted him, which made her laugh quietly.
After finally being released from detention with a warning to not end up in there again, the two headed outside.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Heath asks as he looks up at the building the two had found themselves at.
"Yes" Taking a deep breath she makes her way through the double doors.
"Can I help you?" Asks the officer as he notices her walking up to the desk.
"I'd like to report a crime, " Ricky replies.
He nods as he stands. "If you'd like to follow me?"
"What's this crime you'd like to report, Miss Sharpe?" Sergeant Emerson asked when they were in the interview room.
"A rape, " She whispered.
Emerson nodded for the benefit of the tape, can you please state your name and address?" He asked her, as he set up a tape recorder.
"Erica Sharpe, 31 Saxton Avenue, Summer Bay." She told him, trying not to think about the fact that the recorder was staring her in the face.
"My boyfriend and I had been having troubles, when all of a sudden he turned on me, " She told him, thinking in her mind that, that was only the half of it.
Emerson nodded, writing things down on the paper in front of him while Ricky took the chance to have a sip of the water that Emerson had put in front of her before the interview started.
"Is there anything else you'd like to add?" The Sergeant asked her.
Tell him how he beats you. Her brain told her.
"No, " Ricky whispered.
Emerson nods "If there is, don't hesitate to call. " He replies as he hands her a card with the police details on.
"Thanks " She replied, putting it in to her pocket.
When Ricky got out of the interview room, she found Heath waiting for her, sitting in one of the chairs.
"How was it?" Heath asked.
"I just want to be on my own, Heath." She said, as she ran out of the station, leaving Heath to stare after her.
Next chapter: Ricky's POV, which I already have written, should be up within a few days.