As Kirsty approached the caravan park, she felt the strongest urge to be sick. Not content with giving her morning sickness, her body was now giving her afternoon and evening sickness. She felt worse than her so-called friends would be feeling in the morning. She rushed inside her home to think over possible confession scenarios, not noticing her mother brooding outside, also thinking of how to approach her daughter without growing angry. Eventually, she went upstairs to confront her, with each step increasing her nerves. She knocked on the door and croaked a faint 'Can I come in?' before opening the door. Kirsty quickly tried to compose herself, not wanting to arouse suspicion.
"Hi Mum. Did you want something?"
Shelley took a deep breath, feigning calmness. She needed to be as controlled as she could; this conversation was going to be the hardest she ever took part in. "Yes. I found this in your jeans pocket." She held the printout from Your Pregnancy, which Kirsty had meant to hide away. Kirsty felt another sick feeling in the pit of her stomach. She had been found out. "Are you pregnant Kirsty?" She couldn't lie any longer; it had to come out sooner or later. Now she could make decisions.
"Yes, " said Kirsty. "I am." It felt more real saying it.
Shelley hated hearing the inevitable. "And why didn't you tell me?"
"I was scared, I knew you'd be mad."
"Mad? Well that's an understatement." Shelley could hardly look at her daughter. How could she? "And I suppose its Kane's?" Kirsty nodded. "How could you do that? Did he force you?"
"No! We love each other…"
"But he didn't love you enough to use protection?"
"It's not his fault." Kirsty cast her mind back. Kane was worried by their lack of protection, but she said she'd 'sort it out' but she never did. "It's my fault, I was going to go to the doctors but then the whole shooting thing happened. It went out of my head."
"But you went to a hospital Kirsty! Surely that reminded you?"
Kirsty fell speechless. A hospital should have struck a chord, but she was so worried about Kane. "I was worried about him Mum. When you're worried you forget everything else."
Shelley composed herself again. "So how long have you known? Days? Weeks? Months?"
"Only about a week ago."
"And you weren't even thinking of telling me? You didn't even think of the safety implications of not telling anyone? How stupid can you be Kirsty?"
"I'm not stupid!"
"Well getting pregnant at sixteen seems pretty stupid. You've got your whole life ahead of you. Have you made a decision yet?" Kirsty fell silent.
"Don't even think it Mum." Kirsty knew how much her mother loathed Kane. "I'm keeping my baby."
"Nice to see you're thinking Kirsty. Where are you going to live? How will you survive? What will Dani think?"
"Oh, I waited for her name to come up, and you've surpassed yourself. You've lasted almost a full five minutes. I'm not killing my baby because of her."
"I'm not saying that, I'm just saying that you should do it for yourself. You're just a child Kirsty." Shelley could feel the emotions stirring up inside of her. Some many kids she's worked with had got into this situation. Now it was her daughter. "Just think about it, please? I'll make an appointment at the surgery for tomorrow and we can discuss this further." Shelley left the room, not wanting to be close to her daughter. It sickened her; Kirsty sleeping with him. It was beyond understanding.