I have to post this a day early because I am going to SLC tomorrow, and
it is better early than late right?
So you know how I was going to have the 20th chapter be the chapter when the baby is born? Well, I changed it to the 17th chapter on July 1st. I was overlooking my chapter plans, and I realized that I could join most of the chapters together. And, since there is going to be a huge celebration I am going to for the Fourth of July, it would be too hard for me to update. So, July 1st!
Okay, I was thinking about another name that I really love, like a lot, so there will be three more polls.
The first one will last another three days and will consist of five more names. Vote for them if you want. Up now.
The third will consist of names submitted by readers, so leave a couple of names in these reviews for what you like the baby to be named. This poll doesn't open until the 25th.
The last one will consist of the five names with the most votes, but that wouldn't open for awhile.
Understand?
Chapter Eleven: Twenty Seven Weeks Pregnant
"So what do you think?" Teddy closed the door to her new apartment, they had managed to lower the price of the third one to $560 a month, they only having to pay $280. Spencer's parents had toured the place the day before, they had been more than thrilled about the price, offering to actually pay the whole thing each month. Spencer had refused.
"Oh, honey I love it," she said. Any minute now Amy and she would be past the point of running late, but that didn't seem to be a problem. It never was to Amy. "When do you get to move in again?"
"Officially, tomorrow, but we already have all of limited furniture and stuff. Plus the crib, we put all of the pieces together yesterday. I'm going to decorate her nursery in all in pink sometime before she is born."
"I can't believe tomorrow, my daughter is growing up much faster than her older brother," Amy falls onto the couch that they had managed to obtain from Spencer's parents. They had an entire furniture collection that they had been meaning to get rid of but never did; Spencer and Teddy had taken it immediately. One of the only bad things about the apartment was that it only came with appliances, not furniture. But she liked the old Walsh couch and love seat and tables; they must have been five years old, but they have been sitting in a storage unit for two of them.
"I can't believe that PJ even graduated," Teddy laughed. Right there, everything that was happening seemed so planned. "We should probably get going that is if you want to go to a parenting class for the fifth time in your life."
"Dr. Karp said that it is good to go to parenting classes each time you are expecting. No matter if it is your first pregnancy or your fifth."
"Or your hundredth?"
"It feels like my hundredth. Just six more weeks to go until this little thing is out of my stomach."
Teddy nodded her head; she understood what it was like now, "Thirteen weeks for me. I'm counting the days until my teenage life is almost officially over."
"Your teenage life was over the day you got pregnant, sweetheart. You have to remember, teenagers in high school don't rent apartments."
"Right," she had forgotten about that. Not by accident, she didn't want to remember it. "But not all of it. You'll babysit once in awhile, right? So I can go out once in awhile."
"Don't press your luck, I'm having a baby too."
"Well, she can have a strong bond with her aunt or uncle. That is fine. They are going to be what, seven weeks apart. They could be in the same class at school."
This could happen if she didn't live in a different school zone. Teddy would never let that occur, thought, being in the same grade as your uncle or aunt would be horrible when you're older. Teddy hated being in even the same school as PJ, any closer would be terrible, but it was still a possibility.
"Come on mom, we should really get going to that parenting class. I don't think they appreciate if we are late."
"No, but they would appreciate my knowledge, of course. Who else can tell them all what it is like when they are eighteen or two."
Teddy sighed, "No one quite like you. Now can we go?"
Amy stood from the couch, which was a good sign for Teddy. It meant that they were actually getting somewhere. "Sure, I guess we can leave."
It took all that she had to not scoff a 'finally.' She just grabbed her mother's car keys out of her hand and said, "No distractions. I'm driving."
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It turns out that they weren't the only ones late. A first-time mother in her mid-twenties had a doctor's appointment before hand, and showed up about ten minutes after Teddy and Amy showed up. Still, she had a reason. It was better than Amy informing the room full of women that they had "Been caught up with growing up."
It was suppose to be a three week parenting class. The first week was all about the moms and their babies, which was why Spencer and Bob were not with them, the next week fathers were encouraged to come, the last week it was mandatory. Teddy didn't understand how it all worked, but she just went with it until the whole thing ended for the day.
"I'm going to go talk to Harriet, I'll be five minutes," Amy pointed to someone Teddy didn't recognize, probably a women she met at her work.
Teddy just sat against a wall, wondering if her mother meant her version of five minutes or the actual version, reviewing what was said in the class. It was just stuff she already knew, about dilating during labor and signs that the baby is coming. She had read enough baby books and seen it happen twice-soon to be three-times with her own parents.
Five minutes come and go, meaning that the five minutes was her mother's version. There were a lot of people still around, talking to one another like her mother. Most of them were speaking to the lady who ran the class, a middle-age woman named Patricia. Teddy couldn't hear what they were talking about, but with a room full of pregnant women, it wasn't hard to guess.
"Teddy?" Someone falls down next to Teddy. She wished it was her mother, but she could still see her talking, "Remember me? I'm Bella."
Bella, the young mother from the diner she had visited earlier in her pregnancy, almost a whole ten weeks ago, when summer had began. Teddy remembered her clearly; she was the only other teen mom she had ever met.
At least she had someone to talk to. "Yeah, I do. What are you doing here?"
"Patricia, my aunt, does this for extra money. She also runs a daycare. I was just dropping some stuff off. So, are you keeping your baby?"
Teddy could recall mentioning something to Bella about adoption last time she had seen her. She couldn't even believe that she even considered adoption now, knowing that she was having a daughter had created such a bond that she never knew could exist. "Yeah, I am. Spencer and I just got an apartment so I could have enough room for her. I'm having a girl, by the way."
"Congrats. I wish I could afford an apartment. It would be so nice to be out of my dad's house, but I can't even find a job."
"I've tried. Spencer got one but they have him working up until child-labor laws become a problem."
Bella laughs at that, though it wasn't really a joke. She had a quiet laugh; it was hard for Teddy to even realize that she was. "I swear it is the same for my dad. Except he's not a child."
"My dad is a child. He collects more bugs than an eight year old." Teddy wished that wasn't true, but it was. Her dad was eight at heart.
"You're father is more seven that eight, Teddy," Amy's voice said above her. Whoever she had been talking to was now leaving the place, "we have to go. I have to pick Charlie up from the Dooley's."
"Kay," Teddy said. She uses all of her energy to stand up. She had to get home anyways; it was the last night she would be spending in her own room. "Bella, I still have your number. Is it okay if I call you sometime? I have so many questions."
"You can always ask me, Teddy," Amy pipes up.
"Yeah, Bella, please say it is okay."
"No, it is fine. I can let you babysit Ty sometime too. You can get a taste of what having your own baby is like."
Teddy liked talking to Bella, something about it made her a little less hesitant on what is to come. If Bella could survive being a teen mother, than Teddy could too.
In case you didn't read above:
The first one will last another three days and will consist of five more names. Vote for them if you want. Up now.
The third will consist of names submitted by readers, so leave a couple of names in these reviews for what you like the baby to be named. This poll doesn't open until the 25th.
The last one will consist of the five names with the most votes, but that wouldn't open for awhile.
So, there is another poll on my profile, and submit baby names!
