After school, Maddy told Rhydian that she was going out with Kara. Rhydian looked confused, but didn't ask.
When they had gotten to the park, Kara told Maddy what was on her mind.
"Maddy today when you answered my questions I realised something. I – I think that your pregnant."
Maddy was in absolute shock.
"What?" she asked
"I think you're pregnant. Last year, my cousin got pregnant. she told us that if we ever got pregnant, that one of the first symptoms was a craving for something random. I asked you all of that stuff because it seemed like the right thing to do at the time." Kara said, trying not to make Maddy any more shocked then she already was.
"Oh my god. What am I going to do? My parents will kill me if they find out." Maddy was panicking now. She just couldn't believe that this was happening.
"Maddy, calm down. You don't even know if that's what it really is. You need to find out for sure before you start panicking. If you come with me, I can get you a test."
"Thank-you Kara. I appreciate this." Maddy was surprised that Kara was being nice to her.
They got up and went back to Kara's to get Kara's older sister to drive them over to the next town to get something. She agreed and took them happily.
When they got there, Kara and Maddy went into the chemist and brought a pregnancy test. When Maddy got home, she made sure that no one else was home (Rhydian was at the Vaughan's) and then went into the bathroom and locked the door.
When she had done the test, she sat on the floor so she couldn't hurt herself. After waiting thirty seconds, she looked at the test and there it was.
Two lines were very dark on the test and Maddy was in absolute shock. She decided to call Kara and tell her what was happening.
When she got off the phone, she wrapped the test in tissue's, went down to the kitchen and chucked it in the bin.
That night after dinner, Emma was putting some rubbish in the bin when she saw something sticking out of the tissues. She picked it up and dropped he plate she was holding. The crashing sound caused Dan to walk into the kitchen.
"What's that?" Dan asked
Emma held it up and said one word that made him feel like the world had stood still.
"Maddy…" Emma whimpered. Dan didn't say anything. He just walked back into the lounge room and sat down on the couch.
"I'll get Maddy and Rhydian down here." Emma said (Rhydian had come over for dinner).
When they got down the stairs, Emma told them to come into the lounge room. When they got in there, they were told to sit down on the big couch, so they did.
Dan was sitting in the armchair and Emma was sitting on the arm of it.
"Maddy why didn't you tell me you were pregnant?" Emma asked. Rhydian looked confused for a second and then his face went blank. He turned to Maddy and just stared at her.
Maddy looked at Rhydian and saw that the look in his eye was of pure shock.
"Maddy, why didn't you tell us?" Dan asked.
"Well I only just found out. I was going to tell you after I had told Rhydian, but you ruined the plan." Maddy was tearing up and she looked down at her feet.
Even though Rhydian was in shock, he hugged Maddy's shoulders. She grabbed Rhydian's arm and held on to it which basically meant that she didn't want him to move them.
"Maddy, it's okay." Rhydian said as Maddy started to cry. The shock left his face when she started and so he pulled her closer to him, tightening the hug and Maddy rested her head upon his chest.
Emma got off the armchair and squatted down in front of Maddy.
"Maddy, everything will be alright. We'll figure this out. You'll be taken care of." She said, trying to comfort Maddy. Maddy nodded. Emma placed her hand on Maddy's cheek and whipped away a tear.
Dan hadn't spoken at all. He was in massive shock and he also didn't know what to say.
All of a sudden the doorbell rang and so Dan got up and answered it. It was Kara and she said that she was here to comfort Maddy.