Isabelle-
"Ok Abel, remember, when school gets out you wait for me here", I said.
He nodded. He turned and ran towards his class. He put his backpack down and went to play. I stopped by the diner to pick up my check.
"Hey, I thought you had today off?", AJ asked.
"I do. Came to pick up my check and some soup for my sister", I said.
"I'll start on that soup, chicken noodle ok?", Phil asked from the back.
"Yes, thank you", I said.
AJ handed me my check. Phil packed up the soup and handed it to me.
"Thanks, bye", I waved.
I drove back home. My grandma was inside my house. I could hear yelling. I set my purse and the soup on the counter and quickly went upstairs.
"What is going on?", I asked.
"Your sister has morning sickness. I told you she was pregnant", our grandma yelled.
"I'm not", Mia yelled back before leaning over the toilet.
"You're the worst mother ever", my grandma yelled in my face.
I sighed.
"Ok grandma let me handle this", I said calmly.
I wasn't going to let her get to me.
"Obviously that's not a good idea. Look what happened in your care but I'm not surprised with this family", she said.
I went over to Mia and rubbed her back.
"I'm taking you to the doctor's now", I said to her.
"You're gonna believe her. Izzy, I'm not pregnant", she said hurt.
"Still, you're burning up and you're emptying out your stomach. We need to know what's wrong", I said.
She nodded.
"When you're done, put some shoes on and we can go", I said.
I went and called the doctor to let him know I was taking her in. Mia was coming down the stairs. She held onto her stomach. I locked the front door and helped her into the car. We drove to the clinic. Getting there they saw her right away.
"Hello Mia its nice to see you again", Dr. Jericho said.
She tried to smile.
"So you're vomiting and headaches", he said.
She nodded. He put pressure on her stomach. She flinched.
"Ok this could be different things, we can do tests to determine what it is", he said.
"What kind of tests?", I asked.
"Pregnancy test, blood test. Stuff like that", he said.
Mia rolled her eyes. Dr. Jericho caught that.
"We can take a pregnancy test", he said.
"Do it", I said.
Mia looked at me, anger and hurt in her eyes.
"I'm not you or mom or even grandma. I'm not that stupid", she said.
Dr. Jericho looked at me.
"Still want to do the test?", he asked.
"Yes", I nodded.
He nodded, leaving the room.
"Mia", I said softly.
"Don't. I can't believe you take grandma's word over mine. I saw what you went through and I told myself I never want to end up like that", she said.
I wiped the tear that slipped.
"I'm not saying you're a bad mom because you're not. You could have handed me off to the next relative but you didn't. You're a great mom and not only to Abel but to me too and you're not stupid. Many women in your position would have given up already, trust that I've learned from your mistakes and mom's too", she said.
"You're right, I won't listen to her next time, it's just, this scares me. Mom didn't prepare me for this", I said.
She nodded.
"I'm a virgin you know", she said low.
"Good, stay that way a tleast till you know you're ready and not when some guy says he loves you. If he loves you like he says he does, he'll wait till you're ready", I said.
"I know", she smiled.
"Also, let me know so I could get you birth control and condoms", I said.
She rolled her eyes and nodded. The doctor came back in and had Mia do a test. It came back negative.
"See", she said.
"You might just have the stomach flu. I recommend you stay in bed and hydrated, also try to eat. I know you might not feel like it but it would do you some good, try chicken noodle soup or vegetable soup", he said.
"Ok, thank you doctor", I said.
"No school?", Mia asked.
He chuckled.
"No school till you're better", he said.
"Lets go Mia", I said.
I went over to the front desk. Brie smiled.
"Where's Abel?", she asked.
"School", I said.
"You do know they get out early today", she said.
"That was today", I said.
Dean-
We had just gotten back from a call, a house fire in the next town. Kane looked over at me.
"Dude I think you have a visitor", he said.
I looked out the window and saw Abel sitting near the fire house door. I got off quickly and went over to him.
"Hey kid, where's your mom?", I asked.
He looked up at me.
"Sorry, forgot you don't talk. Come on lets go inside and call her", I said.
I put my hands on his shoulders and guided him towards the cafeteria area. Antonio nodded towards him.
"Who's this?", he asked.
"This is Abel, Abel meet Antonio Cesaro", I said.
Antonio had just gotten back from vacation.
"Hey Abel", Seth said walking into the room.
Seth looked at me.
"Not that I'm complaining, but what is he doing here?", he asked.
"I don't know, he doesn't talk remember", I said.
"He said his mom told him to wait at the school but he was getting scared so he came here to find you", Cesaro said.
I went over to him.
"He talked to you?", I asked.
"No, he wrote it down", Cesaro lifted the paper.
"Ok, I'll call your mom", I said.
Isabelle-
I got to the school as soon as I could. Abel wasn't in the spot I told him to wait at. Panic shot through me. I got off and walked to his class, Renee was sitting at her desk. She looked up.
"Abel?", I asked.
She shook her head no. I left the room quickly and she followed.
"I'm sure he's here, just relax", she said.
"I told him not to move", I said.
"Well what kind of a mother forgets to pick up her son? If you ask me, a bad one", she said.
I was about to say something back but bit my tongue. Mia called for me.
"Izzy, he's with Dean", she shouted.
I sighed. I looked back at Renee.
"He will no longer be in your class on Monday. Goodbye Miss Young", I said.
I walked away.