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L.A. Invasion- Chapter 06: Make It Go Away
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Riley's POV
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This was awful, fucking awful. Spinner knew. He knew that I could be pregnant. This was MY business and no one else's. I had know idea what I would do if he told anyone, especially that Paige girl.
I'd be the school statistic, the slut who got pregnant and had a baby. The girl everyone stayed away from, as if she had a disease. I prayed that this wasn't happening. I couldn't handle a child, I didn't even know who the father would be.
It was now about fifteen minutes since I took the test, I couldn't bare myself to look at the results, I started to shake as I lifted the test. "Spinner!"
Jesus, what am I doing? Calling Spinner? What the hell's wrong with me?
He immediately came running into the bathroom when I opened the door. "What's wrong?"
"I can't." I said as I sat down on the edge of the bathtub.
Spinner calmly knelt down so that he was level to me. "You can't what, Riley?"
"The test," I pointed to the stick sitting on the counter. "I can't look at it."
He gently tucked a strand of hair behind my ear and stroked my hand. For some reason, it felt right, that he should be doing this. I hardly knew him, but it felt like I've know him before. Like a familiar soul.
Spinner walked to the counter and picked up the test. Moving back towards me, he resumed his position on his knees. He sighed deeply, as if he was about to drop a bomb on me. "It has two pink stripes on it."
My heart sunk, I was pregnant. I tried to stop my reaction, but I couldn't. Tears immediately took over and I was lost. I felt his arms wrap around me, my tears soaking his shirt.
Rocking me gently back and forth, his words were calm and soothing. "Shh, Rye. It'll be okay."
I, of course, had to ruin the moment.
My head shot up at the last word he said. Okay? How was it going to be okay? "How can you say that? It's not going to be okay. I'm pregnant."
"It's only one test, though. Don't women have to take a few to make sure?"
I shook my head. "It doesn't matter, I have all the symptoms." And then the crying started again.
Spinner wrapped his arms around me once more, and I sunk my head back into his chest. "Spin, make it go away." I sobbed into his shirt.
Pretty dumb shit to say, right? Yeah, I know, but think about it, I'm a kid. That's something a kid would say when things aren't right. And here and now, things were definitely not right. I was so confused and not to mention lost, frustrated, angry, scared… The list could and would go on.
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Spinner's POV
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Her voice was a mere whisper. She was so afraid, and I didn't know what to do. I had only known this girl for about a week and already I felt responsible for her. I felt like I did this to her, that I was the one that caused it.
I know I didn't have anything to do with it, and that it wasn't my problem. But, I knew nothing about her, and that was the problem for me. She could have been the slutty one at her school, or the outcast. And you know what? I didn't care. I only cared about her, and what was happening to her. In this case, the present time, wasn't a good happening.
"I wish I could. I promise that if I could take it away, I would." I replied soothingly.
Riley's head lifted and her beautiful golden brown eyes, now blotchy and red, met mine. "I'm really scared. I can't have a baby, not now."
"What do you mean?"
"I'm sixteen. A baby would ruin everything. I still have this year and next year of school, and I want to go to college. If I had a baby, I'd have to drop out. Put my dreams on hold."
"What are you thinking of doing then, putting the baby up for adoption?" I asked, a little confused.
"Putting a child up for adoption would mean to actually give birth. I can't let my mom find out." Her voice now full of panic.
My arms wrapped around her, pushing her upper body into mine. "Are you thinking about having an abortion?"
"I don't know." Riley weeped. "I just don't know." I held her tighter.
Now I was scared.
L.A. Invasion- Chapter 06: Make It Go Away
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Riley's POV
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This was awful, fucking awful. Spinner knew. He knew that I could be pregnant. This was MY business and no one else's. I had know idea what I would do if he told anyone, especially that Paige girl.
I'd be the school statistic, the slut who got pregnant and had a baby. The girl everyone stayed away from, as if she had a disease. I prayed that this wasn't happening. I couldn't handle a child, I didn't even know who the father would be.
It was now about fifteen minutes since I took the test, I couldn't bare myself to look at the results, I started to shake as I lifted the test. "Spinner!"
Jesus, what am I doing? Calling Spinner? What the hell's wrong with me?
He immediately came running into the bathroom when I opened the door. "What's wrong?"
"I can't." I said as I sat down on the edge of the bathtub.
Spinner calmly knelt down so that he was level to me. "You can't what, Riley?"
"The test," I pointed to the stick sitting on the counter. "I can't look at it."
He gently tucked a strand of hair behind my ear and stroked my hand. For some reason, it felt right, that he should be doing this. I hardly knew him, but it felt like I've know him before. Like a familiar soul.
Spinner walked to the counter and picked up the test. Moving back towards me, he resumed his position on his knees. He sighed deeply, as if he was about to drop a bomb on me. "It has two pink stripes on it."
My heart sunk, I was pregnant. I tried to stop my reaction, but I couldn't. Tears immediately took over and I was lost. I felt his arms wrap around me, my tears soaking his shirt.
Rocking me gently back and forth, his words were calm and soothing. "Shh, Rye. It'll be okay."
I, of course, had to ruin the moment.
My head shot up at the last word he said. Okay? How was it going to be okay? "How can you say that? It's not going to be okay. I'm pregnant."
"It's only one test, though. Don't women have to take a few to make sure?"
I shook my head. "It doesn't matter, I have all the symptoms." And then the crying started again.
Spinner wrapped his arms around me once more, and I sunk my head back into his chest. "Spin, make it go away." I sobbed into his shirt.
Pretty dumb shit to say, right? Yeah, I know, but think about it, I'm a kid. That's something a kid would say when things aren't right. And here and now, things were definitely not right. I was so confused and not to mention lost, frustrated, angry, scared… The list could and would go on.
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Spinner's POV
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Her voice was a mere whisper. She was so afraid, and I didn't know what to do. I had only known this girl for about a week and already I felt responsible for her. I felt like I did this to her, that I was the one that caused it.
I know I didn't have anything to do with it, and that it wasn't my problem. But, I knew nothing about her, and that was the problem for me. She could have been the slutty one at her school, or the outcast. And you know what? I didn't care. I only cared about her, and what was happening to her. In this case, the present time, wasn't a good happening.
"I wish I could. I promise that if I could take it away, I would." I replied soothingly.
Riley's head lifted and her beautiful golden brown eyes, now blotchy and red, met mine. "I'm really scared. I can't have a baby, not now."
"What do you mean?"
"I'm sixteen. A baby would ruin everything. I still have this year and next year of school, and I want to go to college. If I had a baby, I'd have to drop out. Put my dreams on hold."
"What are you thinking of doing then, putting the baby up for adoption?" I asked, a little confused.
"Putting a child up for adoption would mean to actually give birth. I can't let my mom find out." Her voice now full of panic.
My arms wrapped around her, pushing her upper body into mine. "Are you thinking about having an abortion?"
"I don't know." Riley weeped. "I just don't know." I held her tighter.
Now I was scared.