AUTHOR'S NOTE
I know this chapter's short, but it's the content that matters, not the leangth! Read and reveiw please!
Rose's POV
The shopping trip was a success. It was fun choosing differant dresses and other clothes. Mother had always decided what I wore so I'd never been able to choose like that. Selina and Lucy helped me pick out differant outfits and I eventually decided on a short lavender summer dress, a dark blue one with pleats, and a white lacy one with a red sash. I also bought a couple of skirts and tops, all of which went togeather wonderfully. I picked out some shoes aswell and a couple of hair ribbons. As expected, Lucy was picking out goodness knows how many little girl's dresses for me which wouldn't have fit me if I dieted down to a size 0. I told her that I was too big for those dresses and she seemed to understand. She loved the shoe section, walking around in high heels miles too big for her litte feet. More than a few times she tripped over but she simply collapsed into a fit of giggles.
Jack's stuff was easy, just some shrits and trousers, it was mine that was the problem. Mother was always telling me how awkward I was to buy for, saying hardly any colour at all went well with red hair and that my body was an awkward shape. She made me feel like some sort of horribly deformed freak, when in truth I just had some curves she didn't approve of. She seemed to think they were indecent, far too suggestive to the opposite sex when actually, I'd never had any boy notice me in that way before I'd met Jack.
After the clothes were bought, Selina and I decided to go somewhere for lunch. We decided on a nice cafe and had some sandwitches and salad, with smaller portions of Lucy. She was little angel, behaving perfectly. I'd always hated shopping as a child and would whine and moan and fidget. Lucy was perfectly behaved, a well behaved child mother would have given anything more me to have been. She finished all her sandwich and ate her crusts without complaint, and was far less picky with her vegetables than most children her age. I on the other hand ate slowly, my stomach feeling a little queazy. I left a couple of bites of sandwitch and half the salad. Selina looked at me with concern.
"Are you alright Rose?" she asked. I forced a smile.
I'm fine. My stomach just feels a little bit queazy"
"Has this happened before?"
"Well, it did last night. I felt like I was going to be sick" Selina considered. Then she leaned across the table and talked in a low voice so Lucy couldn't hear.
"Rose, please excuse my asking, but is your period late by any chance?" she asked. I blushed.
"Well, yes it is" Selina stood up.
"I think you need to see a doctor" I looked at her.
"Why Do you think I'm ill?"
"No ill, as such. I'm not going to tell you my suspicions now, lets just see what the doctor's got to say. This same thing happened to me..."
I thought about Selina's words as we walked up the steps to the doctor's surgery. I bgan to worry. Was I ill? Was it serious? I felt my stomach fill with butterflies as we waited in the waiting room. Finally a doctor in a white coat poked his head around the door.
"Rose Dawson?" he asked. I stood up and Selina and Lucy followed me into the surgery.
I lifed my top up to my chest and let the doctor press and prod my abdomen. It didn't hurt, but I still felt the queaziness. He wrote his results down and examined them.
"Tell me, how old are you, Rose?"
"18 next week"
"Right. And are you married?" I considered. Should I tell him?
"Yes" I said.
"Well, I've come to a conclusion as to why you are feeling this way" I held my breath. "I'm pleased to tell you that you are just over a week pregnant" I gasped.
"Are you certain?" I asked, shocked.
"Yes, abut 90 percent" I clasped my stomach with my hands, knowing that there life inside me. Selina put a hand on my shoulder.
"Rose? Are you OK?" I nodded.
"Yes, I'm fine. Just a bit overweilmed. Oh my God, I'm pregnant!" I said, as it sunk in. Now the shock was over, I was so happy. I was going to have a baby. Lucy put a small hand on my stomach.
"No you're not" she said, shaking her head. "You aren't going to have a baby. Your belly isn't big" We all burst out laughing, except Lucy, who looked at us in confusion.
We decided to make our way home. The excitement of finding out I was pregnant had made me forget completely about finding as job. I was bursting with excitement. I couldn't wait to tell Jack. Then I stopped.
What if he wasn't as happy as I was? What if he didn't want any children yet? I didn't know how I would live if he didn't want our baby. I worried about it the whole way home.
When we got back to the house, Selina let the dogs out of the upstairs rom and the hosue was swamped with a mass of black pups. The yellow pup trailed behind her siblings and settled herself peacefully on the sofa. She looked at me, her eyes wide with fear. I gently extended my hand, and she sniffed it. She trembled a little when I picked her up but calmed down a bit when I gently stroked her back. Soon she was asleep in my arms. She was so cute when she was asleep. It was amazing how unlike her siblings she was. They were loud and boisterous, she was quiet and content. They were a glossy jet black, she was a soft, golden yellow. She obviously had problems trusting people, but she seened to like me a lot. I could hear her soft breathing as she slept in my arm. I wondered to myself, is this what it's like to hold your baby in your arms?
Lucy was upstairs playing with her dolls and Selina was upstairs cleaning. I sat there, gently stroking the puppy, thinking. I had to think about the future now. It wasn't just me and Jack anymore, we had a baby to think about now. We wouldn't be able to stay on with Nathan and Selina when the baby came, it wouldn't be fair on them. I had to find a job soon and make some money before I went on maternity leave. I hoped Jack had found one today. We needed money to support ourselves. The money from Cal's coat would be a big help for us to settle down somewhere but we needed to keep the money coming in. I just hoped I could find a job that I could do.
About an hour later, Jack and Nathan came back. Nathan went straight upstairs to put something he had bought away. He wouln't tell me what it was. He seemed slightly shaken, a little shocked and he only faintly smiled. Jack looked worse. His face was grim, and he looked deep in thought and worry. I noticed one side of his face was shadowed by a large bruise.
"Jack, what happened?" I asked in a worried voice. He came and sat down on the sofa beside me. I gently touched the bruise and he winced in pain.
"Rose, we have to leave. Now"
"Why? What's wrong?" I asked desperately. He looked at me, his blue eyes filled with seriousness
"Rose, we're both in danger. Cal's here"
