Nurse: Congratulations Angelica! You're Pregnant! You guessed right!
Angelica: I see.
(There's an uncomfortable silence)
Nurse: Your 14 weeks along in your pregnancy, Your Due date is May 18th, would you like to know your date of conception?
Angelica: No
Nurse (surprised): Are you sure?
Charlotte: Yes Angelica are you sure..
Angelica (sternly): Yes I am sure.
Nurse: Alright then, we will have to schedule an ultra-sound for you... You can schedule one on your way out.
Charlotte: Thank you
(They walk out of the examine room)
Susie: How'd it go?
Angelica: good, I am pregnant, 14 weeks pregnant!
Susie: Wow!
Angelica (enthusiastically): Yeah, My due date is May 26; I'll still be able to graduate!
Susie: That's great!
Angelica: Yeah
Charlotte: Angelica Honey, I'm going to go make your ultra-sound appointment.
Angelica: Okay Mom
(Charlotte walks away)
Susie (sounding worried): Well how did your mom take it?
Angelica: As well as can be expected.. I guess
Susie: Did you decide what you're going to do with the baby?
Angelica: I want to keep it! But I also want what's best for the baby... But I'm not quite sure what that is right now. What do you think?
Susie: I don't know Angelica. I mean, you are only 17. What about college next year? You've worked so hard to get become a writer and get into a good school. Do you really want to throw all of that away.? To raise a baby? There are probably some great parents out there Angelica, parents who really want a baby, who are ready for baby! Ask your-self this Angelica: how are you going to support the baby?
Angelica: I could get a job, go to college and raise the baby you know!
Susie: How? Bring a baby with you to classes and your dorm? What will you do if it cries? How will you go to your job if you have classes? I don't think so Angelica... Maybe you should just give it up for adoption and leave it in your past.
Angelica (whispering and fighting back tears): But this baby... Its feels like... Like it's a part of me now. I can't give it up and leave it in my past! I can't! It's my baby, its part of me! I love this baby Susie, I love this baby more then I've ever loved anything in my life! I can't give it up! I can't give it up ever!
Susie: Be realistic Angelica, you can't do that!
Angelica: I can do that, and I'm going to do that!
Susie, Okay Angelica, okay
(Charlotte enters the room again)
Charlotte: Okay Angelica, Susie, Its time to go! Angelica honey, I scheduled you have an ultra-sound appointment on Thursday; I'll pick you up for school then, okay?
Angelica: Okay mom
Angelica: I see.
(There's an uncomfortable silence)
Nurse: Your 14 weeks along in your pregnancy, Your Due date is May 18th, would you like to know your date of conception?
Angelica: No
Nurse (surprised): Are you sure?
Charlotte: Yes Angelica are you sure..
Angelica (sternly): Yes I am sure.
Nurse: Alright then, we will have to schedule an ultra-sound for you... You can schedule one on your way out.
Charlotte: Thank you
(They walk out of the examine room)
Susie: How'd it go?
Angelica: good, I am pregnant, 14 weeks pregnant!
Susie: Wow!
Angelica (enthusiastically): Yeah, My due date is May 26; I'll still be able to graduate!
Susie: That's great!
Angelica: Yeah
Charlotte: Angelica Honey, I'm going to go make your ultra-sound appointment.
Angelica: Okay Mom
(Charlotte walks away)
Susie (sounding worried): Well how did your mom take it?
Angelica: As well as can be expected.. I guess
Susie: Did you decide what you're going to do with the baby?
Angelica: I want to keep it! But I also want what's best for the baby... But I'm not quite sure what that is right now. What do you think?
Susie: I don't know Angelica. I mean, you are only 17. What about college next year? You've worked so hard to get become a writer and get into a good school. Do you really want to throw all of that away.? To raise a baby? There are probably some great parents out there Angelica, parents who really want a baby, who are ready for baby! Ask your-self this Angelica: how are you going to support the baby?
Angelica: I could get a job, go to college and raise the baby you know!
Susie: How? Bring a baby with you to classes and your dorm? What will you do if it cries? How will you go to your job if you have classes? I don't think so Angelica... Maybe you should just give it up for adoption and leave it in your past.
Angelica (whispering and fighting back tears): But this baby... Its feels like... Like it's a part of me now. I can't give it up and leave it in my past! I can't! It's my baby, its part of me! I love this baby Susie, I love this baby more then I've ever loved anything in my life! I can't give it up! I can't give it up ever!
Susie: Be realistic Angelica, you can't do that!
Angelica: I can do that, and I'm going to do that!
Susie, Okay Angelica, okay
(Charlotte enters the room again)
Charlotte: Okay Angelica, Susie, Its time to go! Angelica honey, I scheduled you have an ultra-sound appointment on Thursday; I'll pick you up for school then, okay?
Angelica: Okay mom