Ronnie stared at her daughter, as if she didn't quite know what she was hearing. She took a long shaky breath, bringing her head back slightly. Thoughts raced Ronnie's mind. Pregnant? Did she say PREGNANT? She wasn't quite sure whether she had heard her right. But all Ronnie could do was stare at Danielle, just a complete transfixion of confusion, shock and joy. She didn't know what to feel.
How could this even be happening? Ronnie took Danielle; she took Danielle to have an abortion. Ronnie had watched her daughter abort her baby, her grandchild. She felt air blocking her throat, as she attempted to speak. But all that was heard was a small stutter. "Wha-t?"
Danielle closed her eyes slowly, a single tear escaped and rolled silently down her cheek. She looked up; she looked at her mother, and saw only the shock and confusion. She too now was processing her thoughts. She looked over to Stacey, but her friend continued to hold her gaze on Ronnie, waiting for the questions, waiting for a reaction. Danielle's attention was drawn back to Ronnie, who looked at her awaiting answers also.
Roxy was thinking. Roxy knew her sister. She knew that all Ronnie would be feeling. She too gazed at her sister, watching Ronnie go through Danielle's words in her mind. Roxy caught eye contact with her niece. Though she herself felt nothing but confusion, she managed to shoot Danielle and encouraging look. As if she was prompting her to talk to Ronnie, to explain everything. Roxy's look held a small comfort to Danielle. It was this that gave her the needed encouragement to speak. But as she went to, her mother spoke. "Pregnant? But...I...You?" Danielle watched her mother process her own thoughts, and felt she needed to end the confusion. She knew the only thing swimming Ronnie's mind was the abortion.
"I'm still pregnant..." As Danielle finally spoke, she began to cry, tears falling faster now. "I'm sorry..." Ronnie's eyes widened at her baby's voice. Still pregnant? But it wasn't possible... She'd taken Danielle to the clinic; she watched her swallow the pill. Ronnie's thoughts took a turn. There was the second pill. The killer. The one that would ensure the abortion. Ronnie hadn't gone; she hadn't seen Danielle take it.
Ronnie looked to her daughter, whose hands were now covering her stomach, which appeared surprising flat, considering how far gone she was. "Sorry? Why are you sorry?" Ronnie's hands held onto Danielle's arms. She moved back towards her little girl, who appeared only scared and in pain.
"Danielle, if this is true, then why are you crying?" Ronnie's words hit Danielle inside; she felt her stomach flip, and her throat block. "Because of you…" Ronnie's mouth opened a little, she was waiting for it, she had been waiting all night for the moment Danielle's resentment would spill out. But Ronnie still didn't want to believe it; she didn't want to go over the reasons she was the one to cause her baby's tears. Not only now, but over the last 7 months.
Ronnie's eyes darted around the room; she didn't want to face the truth. But at the same time she felt happiness surge through her. She had hurt Danielle badly, more than any mother could. But at the same time she thought about the future, their future.
Her eyes were drawn to her pregnant daughter's stomach. "I'm sorry." Ronnie's apology mirrored the one of Danielle's. Ronnie felt her hand rise from her lap, she wanted to hold her. She looked into Danielle's eyes, and got lost. Her gaze was held for seconds longer. Ronnie's arm reached out to Danielle, Danielle held her mothers wrist firmly and brought it to her stomach. Ronnie breathed a sigh of delight. She knew instantly as she felt her baby, she'd felt her grandchild. It was hardly noticeable, but it was there, a small, refined, precious bump.
Hey, thanks for reading. Sorry I haven't updated in ages! Been busy. But I hope to fit in writing more through the week! So please review and hopefully I'll get updates to you ASAP! =]