I DO NOT OWN ANYONE OR ANYTHING IN THIS STORY BESIDES THE OC'S.
Melina's Point of View-
I woke up the next morning being lightly shook by Mrs. Gutierrez.
"Good morning, Taylor is awake downstairs on the couch watching television, I'm taking Dominique out for the day." She said.
"Oh, okay." I said shutting my eyes tightly before I opened them again trying to wake myself up. I got up following Mrs. Gutierrez downstairs seeing Taylor on the couch snuggled under her blanket just as white as she was yesterday. "Feeling any better than yesterday?" I asked as I sat down on the other couch.
"She doesn't have a fever, so that's good. Melina, just help yourself to anything you may need." Mrs. Gutierrez said.
"Okay, thanks." I said.
"Your just like another one of my daughters, no need to say thanks." She said as she pushed Dominique out of the front door to be out of the house all day so he won't catch whatever Taylor might have.
"Thanks for driving me home last night, and staying." Taylor said.
"No problem, what are you watching?"
"I'm watching Moulin Rouge, I was going to call Cena and see if he would want to do breakfast in the morning since he should be here for Raw for tomorrow night." Taylor said.
"Well, I got to go use the restroom, I'll call him."
"While in the bathroom?"
"Like he'll know." I said rolling my eyes getting to my feet.
"You could use my bathroom, it's up the stairs and it's the room right after mine." Taylor said.
"Do you need anything before I go? Like water or anything, a bucket in case you need to, you know."
"Nah, I have a bucket here, and a bottle of water here." Taylor said lifting up each thing, I headed up the stairs going into the bathroom seeing that I had gotten my monthly visitor.
"I hope she don't mind if I use one of hers." I said to myself as I searched under her sink for a tampon seeing that it hasn't even been open yet, 'Maybe she bought a different one for traveling.' I thought to myself then I started thinking more about it. I went back out running downstairs. "Hey Taylor, I got to run to the store, do you want or need anything?" I asked.
"Uh…yeah, could you pick up some ginger ale and some saltine crackers?"
"Sure, do you want or need anything before I leave for a few moments?"
"Nope." Taylor said, I walked out to my car driving up to a CVS Pharmacy we passed on the way here last night. I went into the store grabbing a basket and pulled my phone out calling John.
"Hey Melina." John said answering as I went to the feminine product area.
"Hey John, you going to be in San Diego in the morning?"
"Wasn't planning on driving through the night, I was going to drive in tomorrow, why?"
"Oh, Taylor wanted to do breakfast with you in the morning."
"Wait, why are you two in San Diego? Aren't you two supposed to be somewhere else?"
"Yeah, Taylor's sick so we took last night and tonight off so I could stay with her." I explained as I picked a pack of tampons off the shelf putting it in the basket heading towards the food aisles to get her ginger ale and saltine crackers.
"Well then, if she's sick, I'll come up and see her tonight then, tell her I'll see her in the morning, I'll come by the house."
"Thanks John."
"Question, what's the deal with her and Matt? I've seen Randy be very harsh, that's not the best word, walking on a very thin layer of egg shells around him."
"John, that's not really something that I should talk about because I don't know exactly what's going on, all I know that Shad and JTG is to blame for it, Randy, Cody and Ted know something."
"Your real help."
"We'll just talk about it tomorrow okay." I said as I went in search of a pregnancy test grabbing a generic one that was the cheapest one.
"Alright." John said.
"Bye John." I said hanging up going to the counter purchasing the stuff, I drove back to Taylor's house walking in not seeing Taylor on the couch. "Taylor?!" I yelled through the house.
"I'm up here." Taylor yelled down the stairs, I ran up the stairs seeing her door open, I walked in seeing her sitting at her window sill.
"What are you doing?" I asked setting the bag down on her bed.
"Looking out at the ocean."
"I see your moving better than you were yesterday." I said as I walked over to the sill looking out as well.
"Yeah, did you get the ginger ale and saltine crackers?"
"Yeah, I also got you something else."
"What else do I need?" Taylor asked confusedly.
"When I went to the bathroom, I got my monthly friend and I noticed that your tampon box wasn't open. I thought about what you told me and Mickie about you and Matt, I figured you might want to rule it out, I figured a test might be the best way."
"You think I'm pregnant? It totally slipped my mind with everything else going on." Taylor said as she ran a hand through her hair.
"You could be, you have symptoms of it, all we could do is have you take the test and wait for the results. Your mom and dad aren't home so that is a good thing." I said as I went to the bag pulling out the test handing it to her.
"Would you come with me?"
"Of course, but I'm not looking when you do your business."
"Was hoping you didn't." Taylor said smiling, we walked into her bathroom following the instructions.
"Now we got to wait ten minutes." I said.
Taylor's Point of View-
Melina came home from the pharmacy with a pregnancy test having me take it, now we have to wait ten minutes, probably the ten most longest minutes of my life. I don't know what I'm going to do if I am, I mean Matt hates me because I'm a fucking cheater and won't answer my phone calls. I don't know if I would even be able to tell him that I am if it is positive, what about my dad and mom, what are they going to think or say? I went into my room sitting on my bed staring at the closet door across from me zoning out from worries of what if I was. Melina sat down next to me wrapping an arm around me rubbing my bicep area.
"What if I am pregnant?" I asked in a cold manner.
"Then you are, it's a blessing and miracle."
"I'm scared."
"I know you are, I'm here and not going anywhere." Melina said in a comforting manner.
"Thanks Melina for looking out for me and being here, I wouldn't want anyone else here with me at this moment."
"Not even Matt?"
"Maybe Matt, but right now he hates me."
"You never told me why he hates you?"
"He thinks I'm cheating on him with Phil, Shad and JTG convinced him more that we are and didn't tell him that we weren't dating." I explained.
"Oh…..I called John while at CVS, he's coming up tonight to see you in the morning for lunch, if that's something you want to do."
"Absolutely, I miss hanging out with John."
"Good." Melina said smiling as we heard the timer go off.
"I can't go look at it, you do it." I said standing up going over to the window sill wrapping my arms around me watching the waves break onto the beach scared out of mind.
"You sure?" Melina asked.
"Yes, I'm too scared to go see it." I said as I heard Melina walk out of my room waiting for her to return in a few moments, and I heard her returning slowly stepping in, more like in a tip toe manner.
"Taylor…." She said, that's all she needed to say as I felt tears roll out of my eyes of scared feeling and some happiness behind them. I turned around seeing the positive test wiping my eyes.
"No….no….no…." I said falling to my knees, Melina ran up to me falling to her knees wrapping her arms around me in a sympathetic manner. "I can't do this." I said breaking from her grip standing up running out of my room and down the stairs.
"Taylor!" Melina yelled after me as she chased after me to the end of the driveway as I ran down the street towards the beach stumbling a little when I got light headed or dizzy having tears flying off my face and rolling down my face as I slowed down from running and started walking rest of the way to the beach. When I got to the beach, I walked down it some letting the tears roll out and found a good spot to sit for a while.
'I can't be pregnant. I'm going to be such an horrible parent, I can't even take care of myself much less a baby. I abandoned my family and friends because I couldn't deal with them, what if I abandon my baby because I can't deal with it crying anymore. I know Matt won't stick around if he is even sticking around right now for me, he's probably so far down the 'fuck this wedding' road or lane that he won't come back just because I'm pregnant with his baby. Don't even get me started on my dad or mom, they are going to turn their backs on me quicker than quick sand. I could kiss my job goodbye, my room at the house goodbye, a lot of my things goodbye. I know I have a few friends like Melina that would stand by me throughout this whole thing and help me with anything that is possible but I don't want to count on them for everything. I can't have this baby, like Melina said it is a miracle or blessing, apparently I'm meant to have this baby at this time with Matt. I don't know if I can be cut for a mother, a baby comes with a lot of responsibilities and work. I don't want to get an abortion, that is unfair to this boy or girl that is growing in me, plus that will defiantly confirm the idea that Matt will never talk to me again since he is SO against abortion. I should talk to Matt about this, I know it's ultimately up to the woman, but it's not only my kid it's his too.' I thought as I sat here thinking of good things and bad things until it got darker, I couldn't budge one bit nor did I want to budge, I didn't want to go home to face want might be there waiting for me. I began to feel sick finding a porter potty nearby and noted where it was for future reference.
Melina's Point of View-
I ran after Taylor only to the corner stopping watching her run down the street towards the beach.
'I shouldn't chase her, let her have her space Melina.' I thought, 'I know I would be scared and want to be alone right now just to think clear, I would hope so.' I thought more, I walked back into the house collecting everything that went to the pregnancy test along with the CVS receipt that had it listed on it, I went out to my car driving around trying to find a public garbage can throwing it away so Taylor didn't have to worry about her mom or dad finding out right now, that is one last thing she needs to worry about. I went back to her house going inside putting the ginger ale in the refrigerator, and the saltine crackers in the cupboard. I kept the tampons in the plastic bag in Taylor's room, I sat on the sill looking out to the beach trying to see if I could see her but it was so crowded right now since it was Sunday. I watched out for her as it started to die down but it started getting darker, I heard the front door open. 'TAYLOR!' I thought, I ran downstairs seeing her mom and Dominique.
"Hey Melina, where's Taylor?" She asked.
"Um…she went out." I said.
"Out where? Usually she never leaves when she's sick."
"Well, something came up and she left, I'm sure she'll be back later on tonight." I said.
"Did she say where this thing was?"
"No, but I trust it was important though ma'am." I said turning around running up the stairs before she could ask anymore questions. I sat on the sill seeing the sky get darker and darker worrying more and more about her. I pulled my knees up to my chest wrapping my arms around them resting my chin between my two legs when I heard a light knock at the door.
"No word from Taylor?" Mrs. Gutierrez asked.
"No ma'am, I'm beginning to worry." I said.
"You sound like me and Oscar, I'm sure she is fine and will be fine wherever she ran off too. I bet you were never on this side of things, most of the time she was out at a club with you and Mickie, and rest of those goofballs on the weekends, or with that Kristy and Sammy, but lately it seems as if she has been with Matt constantly." Mrs. Gutierrez said sitting down on the sill, I folded my legs down to an Indian style. "Gosh, her and Matt seem so opposite but yet so meant to be, they complete each other in everyway. Man, last year when she was here during her therapy, man was she moping and just not herself without him, I don't remember ever being that bad when I fell for Oscar. Now that she is on Smack Down, she seems to talk a lot about this Phil dude."
"Phil is nice, but their nothing but friends, trust me, you want them just to be friends for Mr. Gutierrez sake." I said chuckling, Rey would have an heart attack.
"Phil seems like a nice guy, but at least he loves Taylor as she is, just like Matt. Matt, I actually love that man as my own kid, he's such a gentleman and loves Taylor more than life itself, and that is all I want my little girl to have. I just can't believe that my little girl is getting married, can you?" Mrs. Gutierrez asked, 'Boy, don't you know how much your little girl grew up, she's now pregnant with your first granddaughter,' I thought. I sat here listening to Mrs. Gutierrez go on about Taylor, I think she was trying to calm my nerves a little. "Well, it's pretty late, why don't you lay down and try to get some sleep? I'm sure Taylor would wake you up when she gets home."
"Alright, night Mrs. Gutierrez." I said standing up with her hugging her, she walked to the door turning to look at me smiling as I sat in the rocking chair, she turned the light off shutting the door a little behind her as I heard her walk down the stairs. 'Where could she be?' I thought rocking in the chair, I can't leave the house now, I could sneak out but I know I'll get caught. I wonder where John is.' I thought. I pulled out my phone going to the bathroom calling John, 'Pick up, please.' I thought in a begging manner to myself.
"Hello?" John asked as I could tell he was still driving.
"Hey, where are you?"
"I'm in San Diego city limit's, I'll be to my hotel in like fifteen minutes, why?"
"Your not going to your hotel."
"I'm not, would you like to tell me where I'm going?"
"Your going to go find Taylor." I said biting my lip.
"I'm going to go find Taylor, what do you mean by that?"
"She ran off earlier, I think she headed to the beach since that was the direction she headed in, but she hasn't came back since like 3 this afternoon. I'm worried." I said turning to look in the mirror and leant forward on my one hand that was on the sink counter.
"I'll go find her, she must be the only one on the beach right now."
"Thanks John."
"What made her run away?"
"Trust me, you better wait and let her tell you."
"Why?"
"It's something I can't discuss nor something to be told over the phone." I said as it went silent, "Don't even try to think of it or anything John."
"Fine, bye Melina."
"Bye." I said hanging up, going back to Taylor's room sitting in the rocking chair staring out the window expecting to see John climbing out of his car giving me a thumbs out or for God to give me some kind of sign that she is okay. 'Why am I worried? I'm not her parent, but I AM a concerned friend. I think all the other times she was out this late she was with me or someone I trusted. I know she's a grown adult and can take care of herself, but when she left she was an emotional wreck.' I thought.