Taylor – Do you girls want a cup of tea?
Erica – That would be lovely thankyou, Taylor. Two sugars please.
Hayley – No thanks, Taylor.
Taylor – You sure Hayley?
Hayley – Yeah, I'm sure. Thankyou anyway.
Taylor – Alright then, if your sure.
Taylor walks into the kitchen and starts to make Erica and himself a cup of tea, and makes Hayley a cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows and whipped cream.
'This will cheer her up' he thinks to himself.
Meanwhile Hayley and Erica are talking in the living room.
Hayley – So, Erica, are you 100% sure you want an abortion, or would you like to consider your options first?
Erica – I'd like to consider my options, and I'd like to know what the pro's and con's are of every option.
Hayley – Alright then, we'll wait for Tay to come back in and we'll talk about it.
Taylor walks in with his and Erica's cup of tea, and put's them on the table, then goes back into the kitchen to grab Hayley's hot chocolate, and a box with a ring enclosed.
'After our talk about the baby, I'm going to propose to her, I know I want to spend the rest of my life with her, so what's the point in waiting?' he thought to himself.
Taylor walks back into the living room with Hayley's hot chocolate, and the box hidden in his pocket.
Taylor – Here Hayley, I made you a hot chocolate with marshmallows and whipped cream instead, I thought it might cheer you up.
Hayley – Thanks, Taylor, you really know how to make me happy, I love you.
Hayley gives Taylor a kiss and a cuddle.
Taylor – I love you too, Hayley, so, what sort of thing we going to talk about?
Hayley – Well, Erica want's to know the pro's and con's of every option, and I want to know Erica's story, so, Erica, how did you become pregnant? I mean, I know you had sex, obviously, but, who's is it? Is it Jeremy's?
Erica – Yes, it is Jeremy's, who else would I have sex with?
Hayley – Well, does he know about this?
Erica – Yes, and we've discussed it, he want's me to choose what to do, because I'd be the one carrying it and giving birth, and he said he'll support me in whatever I choose.
Hayley – That's lovely of him, I'm glad your dating Jeremy, he takes care of you and it's obvious he loves you, he's such a lovely lad.
Erica – I know he is, and I love him too, he's amazing, I couldn't think of anyone better to have a child with.
Hayley – Apart from Taylor of course, for me anyway.
Erica – Well yeah, and Taylor! Taylor's amazing, and he cares about you, doesn't let you work to hard, does the dishes, makes dinner and everything, it's so obvious that Taylor's crazy about you.
Taylor – I am here you know! Your right though, Erica. I am crazy about her, and I do all them things because I love her, and she means everything to me, and I would never want to loose her, she's so amazing, lovely and is such a joy to be around, you sister makes me so happy.
Hayley – Awwww, Tay, I love you too, and you also make me happy, you know how to cheer me up and everything.
Hayley kisses Taylor.
So, Erica, did the condom split, did you forget to take your pill, what happened?
Erica – I forgot to take my pill, so I made Jeremy wear a condom, but like you said, unfortunatly, it split.
Hayley – Well, atleast you were trying to be safe.
Erica – Yeah, and I know never to forget to take my pill again, because even if you do use a condom, things can still happen, what about you Hayley? What happened, what's your story?
Hayley – Well, I'm not on the pill, I used to be on it, but had to come off it, because if your on it longer than your supposed to be on it, it can sometimes leave you infertile, so I came off it when I was 20, I was on it for four years, I thought that was long enough, me and Josh never done anything anyway, we'd kiss and talk about sex, but we never done it, then I got with Chad, and we'd do it, but he always wore a condom, and we didn't do it when I came off the pill incase anything happened. Then, me and Taylor sort of, just fell in to bed one day, and, it just sort of happened, the same happened to us though, Taylor wore a condom, but it split.
Erica – So strange, our stories are sort of the same, and we're both five weeks pregnant, strange!
Hayley – I agree.
Taylor – Shouldn't we actually be talking about the options and everything?
Hayley – I suppose so, Erica, would you like Jeremy to come round?
Erica – I'd love it, but he's on holiday, he's gone to Florida for a few days.
Hayley – Oh, okay, fair enough, you sure you can make this decision on your own?
Erica – Yeah, I'll be fine.
Hayley – So, you want to go through the pro's and con's of each option, yes?
Erica – Yes.
Hayley – Well, there's abortion, adoption or keeping it. What would you like to talk about first?
Erica – Oooo, adoption sound nice, lets talk about that one.
Hayley – Well, adoption is nice, you carry the baby and give birth to it, then give it away, whilst your pregnant you can eithier set up an adoption with a family that can't have a child, or you can give it to an adoption shelter, I personally think it's better to give it to a family, because you'd get to meet the family and everything before you give them your child. Once you've given birth to the child, the child is still legally yours for 6 weeks, and up until that point, you can ask to have the baby for yourself, then you'd just keep the baby, but I think that's a bit horrible. Now the plus side of adoption is, you don't have to take care of your child, you can go through the process of carrying it, but after you've given birth, you don't have top worry about it, and if you want to and the family are prepared to, you can have an open adoption, where they send you annual updates on how the baby's doing and they sende you pictures and everything, now the downside to adoption is that you may feel a bond with the baby whilst you're pregnant with it and may become emotionally attached to it, of course you can keep it, but then you'd feel bad for the people you were going to give it to, the other downside is that you may regret it in the future, because no matter what, it'll always be your baby.
Taylor – That sound's like a nice idea, but I don't really want to go through with adoption to be honest, I know that only leaves one choice left, as you don't agree with abortions, but to be honest Hayley, I don't totally mind about having a baby. I want to go with your option though, if your not ready to have a baby, then we can give it up for adoption, it's just that I know I'll regret it.
Hayley – I'm not to keen on the idea of adoption, but we have time Taylor, we can go through this pregnancy and choose what we want to do, because we're not considering an abortion, so we'll be fine. I didn't want to say anything to you, but I'm actually liking the idea of becoming a mum, I just didn't want you to feel pressured into having and raising a child with me, and I didn't want you to leave me because of it.
Taylor – Hayley, I would never leave you, this child is also part of my responsibility, and I love you, you mean everything and more to me, and I've wanted this for a long time, I'd love to raise our child with you Hayley. Children bring people closer together, we don't need a child for that, but it'll be nice to have a child all the same, Hayley, I love you, and I'm ready for whatever you want to do.
Erica – Can we get back to talking about options now?
Hayley – Sure, sorry Erica! What do you think about adoption anyway?
Erica – I'm not to sure about the idea of adoption, I don't like the downsides to it. I don't think I want to go through with an adoption to be honest, because like Taylor said, I would regret it in the future.
Hayley – Exactly, so, what option do you want to talk about now?
Erica – Abortion, and you promise not to hate me if I get an abortion?
Hayley – I promise Erica, I'm behind you every step of the way throughout this pregnancy, don't worry about it, and if you decide to keep it, then we can be pregnancy sisters, and go to eachothers scans and everything. So, abortions, the upside to an abortion is not having a child to worry about, that is basically the only upside, the downside to an abortion is depending on how far along you are, depends on what type of abortion you have, there's two different ways to do an abortion, up to a certain point you can have a needle injected into you, and then you just have a miscarriage, or there's one where if your past a certain amount of weeks pregnant, you have to have the baby sucked out and it crushes its organs and skull and everything, you can also only have an abortion up to 24 weeks pregnant. Also, it makes you feel guilty because basically you are just killing a baby. So that's abortion.
Taylor – Abortion sound's very brutal.
Hayley – It is. Erica, what do you think? Sorry if I put you off abortions, but just know that if you want an abortion I'll still be here for you..
Hayley looks over at Erica, and Erica looks very pale. Hayley grabs a bowl for Erica, just incase she's sick.
Taylor – Erica, you don't look to good, maybe you should go and have a lie-down.
Hayley – Erica, I agree with Taylor, we can talk more about this tomorrow if you want to, like I said, you can stay for as long as you want, so we can talk about this tomorrow night I you'd like to.
Erica nods her head, and takes herself and the bowl upstairs, Hayley goes through to the kitchen to make Erica a drink, then hears Erica being sick. 'Poor soul' Hayley thinks to herself. 'She's not going to do to well with morning sickness if she keeps her baby' Hayley takes Erica her drink, Erica's shaking and crying when Hayley get's up there.
Hayley – Erica, would you like to go home?
Erica shakes her head.
Hayley – Would you like me to sit up here with you whilst you fall asleep, so you've got some company?
Erica nod's her head.
Hayley – Okay then, hold on, I'm just going to get some toilet paper and a glass of water so you can wash your mouth out, and just incase your sick again.
Hayley goes to get some toilet paper and a glass of water for Erica, then shouts out to Taylor downstairs.
Taylor...
Taylor – Yes, Hayley.
Hayley – I'll be down in a little while, I'm just going to sit with Erica until she falls asleep, she wants me to stay with her, because she's not feeling too good.
Taylor – Okay, see you in a bit.