Youthful Times
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Chapter Twelve
…::Sally POV::…
Pregnant.
I was pregnant, no, this can't be happening, this can't.
"But miss, I can't be pregnant. I just can't." This honestly can't be real. There can't be another human being growing inside of me. I couldn't help but place my hands against my belly, unable to believe that there was a baby growing within me. "It must be a false positive. Please, let me try a few more." I begged, pleading with her.
She sighed, nodding but by the look in her eyes gave me a sense of dread, as if somewhere deep inside me, I knew that the test wasn't a false positive but I had to be sure because if this was real, I had a big decision to make.
I took another two tests to be sure and they both came back the same as the first. Positive. I was really pregnant. It was really true. The realisation hit me like a lightning bolt and I completely lost all feeling in my legs as I fell against the wall, my heart racing up a storm inside me.
The nurse came up to me and took my hand, gently coaxing me off the wall and towards the bed when she helped me sit down on the bed, giving me a glass of water and helped me drink it.
My hand was shaking so much that Nurse Janice had to help me drink the water so I wouldn't spill any on myself. "Nurse Janice, what am I going to do?" I begged, my eyes filling with tears as she wrapped her arms around me, pulling me into a comforting hug as she held onto me, whispering soothing words to me as I started sobbing into her chest.
"It's alright dear. It's okay. You need to calm down my girl. It's all going to be okay." She whispered in a motherly tone, running her hand gingerly through my hair, rubbing circles against my back just letting the silence be filled by my quietening sobs.
"What am I going to do?"
She pulled away, cupping my face in her hands, rubbing away my tears that fell as she looked at me. "The first thing you are going to do is make a choice Sally. You have three options for this baby. Either you can go to the doctor and get the baby aborted, or your go through your pregnancy and put up you baby for adoption or you keep it."
"But how I am going to decide? I am just a sixteen year old girl. I am afraid; I don't know what to do." I sobbed, the tears falling some more. "I am still just a little girl, this choice doesn't just involve me anymore."
"Sally, listen to me." I nodded. "Have you ever thought about having a child one day when you are married with a happy life?" I nod slowly.
"Yes, that's what I want for the future but what does that have to do with anything?"
"It's exactly what I dreamed of too Sally when I was your age. Nineteen years ago, I was in your very position. I wasn't as young as you but I was still young. I had just started university and I slept with my boyfriend and ended up pregnant." I hadn't even noticed that my tears had stopped as I listened to her. "I had no job, and I lived in a crowded apartment where I could barely afford rent. I was just as afraid as you are right now?"
"What did you do then?"
"I told my boyfriend and he ended up giving me an ultimatum. Either he goes or the baby goes. Back then I was naïve and in love so I agreed to terminate the baby." Her eyes were filled with so much sadness that it left my heart broken. "When I was sitting at the hospital, ready to give up this child but then I felt this little flutter inside me. My baby moved and it was the most incredible feeling I had ever felt."
"What was it like?" I asked curiously, feeling slightly silly for asking but I wanted to know.
"It felt like the butterflies I got whenever my boyfriend kissed me. It was the most amazing and live changing thing I had ever felt. It was like my baby was telling me they loved me." Her eyes were filled with so much joy that it actually brought this incredible warmth that flowed from my heart into each and every one of my veins. "When that happened, I realised I couldn't kill this innocent soul inside me."
"So you kept the baby?"
"I did." She whispered. "I told my boyfriend and true to his word, he left and when he did, it broke my heart but I did what I had to. I told my parents and agreed to keep the baby until term and then put it up for adoption." She looked up at the wall and smiled. "I can never forget his beautiful little cry that signalled his arrival into the world and I was all gung hoe for giving him up but the second I held my little William, I couldn't let him go."
"What are you trying to tell me?" I was confused. I thought she was supposed to be giving me advice, not telling me her life story. "I don't understand what you are trying to tell me?"
"Sally, if you choose to get the abortion, will you be able to do it. Your are a kind, caring, loving girl with a heart of gold. Would you be able to go through with giving up the very thing that carries not only your DNA but a piece of your soul. Do you believe that you are strong enough to kill the innocent human being growing in here." Her hands were pressed against me stomach, one on each side to emphasize her point. "I thought I was but in my heart I always knew I couldn't do it."
I remained silent.
"Sally, when I sat there waiting to kill my child, I saw a girl, younger than I and maybe younger than you come out of there in tears. She had aborted her baby and since then she regretted it. I talked to her everyday for three years and she was always filled with regret and in the end, she took her own life because she couldn't live with herself anymore because she killed her baby."
That was scary. Can the pain of getting an abortion really affect someone so badly.
"Sally, would you be able to get an abortion or not. You have to decide no before it is too late to choose." Janice whispered.
I didn't know. I honestly didn't know if I would be able to do it. It made me look back on the pregnancy talk we had a while back where teen mom's came in to talk to us and explained about abortion. One of the mom's said she had never been happier when she decided to keep her child and that holding her baby in her arms gave her great and never ending happiness but the road to raising a child at her age was hard.
It was a battle but the joy she got from her baby everyday made it worth it. Janice removed her hands away from my stomach and I placed them where her hands were, unable to stop the smile that slowly formed on my face as I thought about the child within me. Inside me there was a human being growing within me and honestly, apart from all that vomiting and strange cravings and the dizzy spells, the feeling of having created a new human being that would one day walk along this earth was an incredible feeling.
There was a piece of me and Poseidon united into one and formed a new soul that had nestled itself in my womb to grow and be loved by me if it came into this world which I now knew it would. I wasn't a killer, it wasn't the baby's fault it was created, it was Poseidon and my own because we obviously didn't use proper protection. We were the guilty party, not the baby.
"No, I don't think I would be able to get an abortion because to have to live with that kind of guilt is not something I can live with. I would much rather suffer through a pregnancy and either give up the baby for adoption or keep the baby." I answered firmly. That was my choice and I know I will have to live with it but I knew deep down that that is what I wanted.
"The road will be a rough one. Are you sure it's what you want?"
I didn't even have to think twice about it. A single nod confirmed my answer as Nurse Janice smiled at me and took my hands in hers.
"Then I will help you through it. You will have to decide when to tell your parents and the father about the baby but in three weeks time, you need to go and get an ultrasound to check-up on the baby's progress."
"Won't the doctor notify my parents after the scan?" I asked worriedly, Janice gripping my hands tighter as the fear really set in. I was really going through with this pregnancy and I was afraid of telling my family and Poseidon.
"I can take you to my husband. Apollo Solace, he will help you out." She whispered in an assuring tone that helped me calm down a little bit. "He owns a private practice not far from here and he works with my son Will who is currently studying medicine. He want to be a fetal surgeon because he adores children and he loved learning about it so he will be present as well to train and assist with him."
"What ever happened to Will's father?" I asked curiously, because it had be bugging me ever since she told me her story.
"The day I gave birth he came back and now I am married to him and raising my son with me and helping him with his studies." I smile happily, she must have been so happy when he came back. "Sally, this will stay with me, I promise I will tell no one. This is off the record but you must come and see me after school every Friday so I can help you out as best as possible."
"Thank you so much Nurse Janice. Thank you. I am not going to be able to do this without you so I really appreciate it." She smiled at me and embraced me, and I smiled into her hair, finally feeling like I wasn't going to be alone in this cause I didn't know when I was going to find the strength to tell Poseidon and my family about this because don't get me wrong, I am happy in a way about this baby but it frightens me that I am going to have to grow up rather quickly if I chose to keep my child.
"No problem Sally. Now go, your friends must be worried about you." I nod as I hop off the bed, heading back into the world with a new revelation set before me. I wasn't ready to tell Poseidon, at least not yet anyway but in due time, I will be ready.
It's really frightening to realise that I am carrying a new life within me but at the same time, it really is something I never would have expected but in a way, I felt I would come to regret my choice to not get an abortion but at the same time, I knew that this child may just change my life for the greater good.
A/N: Alright, don't kill me. This is the first time I have been late with an update. I know, I am currently hiding behind a rock so you don't kill me. I had major problems with my internet so I sincerely apologize for my late up update. I had actually planned to update early but the internet screwed me over.
Anyway, I am sorry, I will be updating Thursday, I promise because I will hunt down for an internet source if I have to update this. Thanks for everyone who helped me reach 200 reviews, that's just awesome you guys, thank you.
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