At 7:30 (Mountain Time) I officially ended the poll so I can know they name when I start the next chapter. There was one name with eight votes, two with seven, and the rest at six or below. So the baby's name with be the one with eight votes and the middle name one the ones with seven. If that made sense you have ninja powers.
I'm excited about the name because it was actually my favorite! I hope you all think it is okay, but there was eight votes for it so yeah….
This chapter isn't that long because it is mostly Teddy's thoughts. Kind of like a recap of the past chapters. I'm mostly just getting ready for the baby's birth in the next few days. Who's excited?
Third day of my busy week! Why am I posting chapters everyday this week? I have no idea!
Chapter Fourteen: Thirty-Six Weeks
"It's just like every other test you have taken in your life. You have forty-five minutes today, if you don't finish, I'll see what I can do tomorrow. If you finish early, read a book. No talking, no notes, no phones, absolutely no cheating. This counts for 45% of your grade. You may start when you receive your paper."
Teddy was only half-way listening to her teacher. All day, something had been taking over her mind, distracting her from everything. Nothing felt right to her, something was off. Still, she had this test today and that feeling might just be because she stayed up all night studying.
It was her first time studying like that in her apartment. She had sat on the rocking chair in the almost finished nursery (they were close to completing; they just needed a mobile, baby monitors, and the most vital thing, their baby.) It was the quietest place in the whole apartment, and also Teddy's favorite. It was put together on such a small budget, but they did manage to a good job. There was pink butterfly and flowers and dragonfly walls stickers hanging all around, the crib that she had bought, a matching dresser…
"Teddy!" her teacher voice snapped her out of her thoughts. The test flutters onto her desk. She's actually couldn't fit into a desk, so for every class she sat on a chair tucked into the side, or at a table where there wasn't a built in chair. She hated it, but it was all that she could do.
She tried so hard to focus on the test, but her mind kept jumping elsewhere. That feeling of something being off was still there. For the first time in her life, she might not be the first person to finish.
Her hand fell to her stomach; the little baby inside of her had been kicking harder than ever today. She was probably just getting ready to be born in a few weeks. Actually, her due date was exactly a month away, maybe she was growing as anxious as her mother.
Teddy couldn't believe that all of this had started eight months ago. It was almost thirty weeks before when she had taken that pregnancy test, sixteen when she decided she was going to keep her daughter, twelve weeks when she had bought the crib. Everything was going so fast. One moment she is broken up with Spencer, the next he's the frog he has to kiss, then the very next moment their expecting a baby.
Spencer should be in this class, she realizes, lifting up her head and staring down the entire place. There was no sign of him. He probably texted the information of where he was to her, but there was that strict no cell phone rule for this test. Besides, he was probably at his work. They'd told him that they might have him come in early one day, one of the other employees was taking the whole week off and they needed all the help they could get. That was fine, the more hours he works, the more money they have for the baby. Mr. and Mrs. Walsh help out a lot with paying half the rent, it saves them enough money to buy stuff for their daughter and food, though they usually have macaroni or grilled cheese for dinner. She'll see Spencer when she got home anywhere.
"Ah," she moaned quietly. It wasn't said loud enough for anyone to really notice. Her hands once again fly to her stomach; she was kicking again, harder than she's been before. But that was okay, Teddy convinced herself, besides there was nothing she could do to freeze the baby.
All that studying wasn't really being used. Twenty minutes has past, but she has only answered six questions. Forty four more to go it, that is, if she could ever focus on a problem long enough to read the answers. How high does a helium balloon float before it pops in the atmosphere? She knew the answer to that; it was on the tip of her tongue. But it wasn't coming to her. It was obvious that it depended on its factor, how much helium was stuffed inside of it or the temperature and how much the wind was blowing. On average, though, the balloon would go up about…about. Why could she not remember?
"I blame you," she said under her breathe. Whoever she was talking to, herself or the baby, she wasn't sure. Right now, everyone was a factor.
She kicks again, as if she was replying that it wasn't her. This time it didn't hurt as badly as the last, but it was still intense. All she was doing today was kicking, it seemed. Weird kicks, ones that she's never done before, maybe she was just in a different position.
That was when it happened. A weird feeling, as if she wet her pants, but that wasn't it. A waterfall of water, she could describe it. She could see Abby in the corner, who hadn't talked to her since she was about twelve weeks pregnant, trying her hardest not to speak up. It took Teddy a second to realize what was happening. The baby wasn't kicking, but something totally different. Why wasn't Spencer here?
"Mr. Farnsworth," she raised her hand rapidly. He was beginning to speak up, stating that she needed to focus on her test and not ask questions, "No no. This isn't about the test. I think my water just broke."
Where you expecting that? I hope you weren't. I seriously do.
This may just be the very first chapter where I am not telling you guys to go and take a poll! Finally, that point has come!
Random Question of the Chapter! (Don't you just love random questions? I do!)
Who would play you if there was a movie all about your life?
My answer: Sarah Hyland
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