Mollie was sitting in her doctor's office not believing what she was hearing. Her doctor had just told her that she was five weeks pregnant. She was in shock.

"May I ask why you want the abortion?" Doctor Kale asked.

"I've never wanted children."

"Why?

"Well, the truth is I don't want it to turn out like I am."

"You mean disabled?"

"Yes." "Not that I would mind taking care of a disabled child." "I wouldn't want it to grow up the way I did." "I was ridiculed and teased it was terrible." "Plus missing out on what normal kids could do that I couldn't." "I don't wanna possibly put my child through that."

"The chances are very minimal that that would happen." "Cerebral palsy is rarely hereditary."

"If there's even a one percent chance that it can have cerebral palsy to, I don't wanna risk it."

"Would there be a father in the picture?"

"Yes, my ex-boyfriend John."

"When did you break up?"

"About three years ago." "I haven't had a boyfriend in a year and a half." "I stopped taking my birth control." "Then about a month ago I had sex with John."

"Did he use protection?"

"No it was a spur of the moment type of thing."

"Are you planning on telling him about the pregnancy?"

"I don't know."

"I think you should."

"Can I schedule an appointment for an abortion?"

"Don't you want to think about first?"

"No." "I've made up my mind."

"Ok." "I'm not available for that procedure until next Friday."

"That's fine."

"Ten o' clock in the morning?"

"Fine."

After Mollie left the doctor she went over to Evonne's apartment. She knocked on her apartment door. Evonne asked.

"Hey Mollie." Evonne said surprised. "What are you doing here?"

"Can I come in?"

"Sure." She went in. "What's wrong?"

"I just left the doctor."

"What did she say?"

"She told me I'm five weeks pregnant."

"Oh my god." "What are you gonna do?"

"The only thing I can do." "I made an appointment to get an abortion next Friday."

"I know this must be difficult for you."

"You have no idea." "Do you think I should tell John?"

"Yeah." "He deserves to know."

"He's gonna be mad."

"Maybe but he knew you didn't want any kids."

"After it happens any chance of us getting back together is gone."

"Why?"

"He won't wanna be with me once I tell him I don't wanna have his baby."

"He might come around."

"I doubt it."

"When are you planning on telling him?"

"He's coming back to town next Wednesday." "I'm supposed to go over to his house but I'm gonna ask him to come to mine instead."

The following Wednesday Mollie was waiting for John to get to the house. There was a knock on the door. She opened it.

"Hi John." She said.

"Hi."

"Come on in." He went in. They kissed.

"I missed you."

"I missed you to." John sat down on the couch. Mollie put her chair in front of him. "We need to talk John."

"Ok."

"I left out something the doctor said when I went last week."

"Are you ok?"

"I'm fine." "I'm pregnant, John."

"Really?"

"Yeah." "I've decided not to keep the baby." "I'm gonna get an abortion."

"Don't do that."

"You know how I feel about having a baby."

"I do but this is a baby." "Our baby." "I want you to keep it."

"Look at this house." "There's no room for a baby."

"Come back home with me." "There's more then enough room."

"I don't want it."

"Why?" "Tell me."

"I don't want it to be disabled like me ok?" "You don't know what it's like." "It sucks." "I had no friends growing as you know." "The constant teasing and humiliation, I can't, I refuse to put my baby through that."

"You might not have to."

"Might is enough reason not to have the baby." "Suppose it did come out just as healthy and fine as you are." "What about when it's little and wants to run around and play?" "I can't do that." "Then when it got old enough to understand things, it would wonder why it's mommy's doesn't look the others and why mommy's in a wheelchair."

"We could explain it." "Mollie, I was gonna ask you to come back to me." "Now more then ever we have a really good reason to get back together." "We could be a family." "I love you."

"I love you to." She got tears in her eyes. "That's why this hurts so much." "I know how happy you are about this."

"I promise I'll get you the best doctors." "I want this Mollie." "I want the baby, I want you." "I want us to be a family."

"I'm sorry." She said with tears coming down her cheeks. "I can't." John got up and went to the door. He had his hand on the knob. "John, please don't go." She said starting to cry. He stood there for a few seconds. Then opened the door and left.