I rushed through the house and down the main hallway to where the
bathroom was. I threw myself onto the floor in front of the porcelain
toilet bowl and heaved the substance of my stomach into it. Now I knew
this was real and there was no turning back now I was going to have a
baby and be a mother by the time I got out of high school.
I heard a knock on the door and sat up from the toilet to catch my breath for a moment but not moving incase my stomach decided it wasn't empty yet. "Who is it?" I yelled from my spot on the floor. "It's Alan can I come in?" he asked she thought back to when they had done the introductions and remembered which one Alan was. "Yeah I guess. I said flushing the toilet but not moving from my spot on the floor. He came in with a cup of water and crackers "Coach told me to bring you these said it would help your stomach." He said handing them to me. "Please don't say stomach right now." I smiled and took them from him. "So you think you're ready to come back in there and join the rest of us?" he asked looking at me with his harmless smile. "I guess it couldn't hurt." I said gulping down the water and eating one of the three crackers he had handed me. I got up off the floor and followed him back outside where they where all playing football in the front yard. Alan walked out to join them and I sat on the steps watching in amusement at how badly they were messing up.
My dad had always said I would end up messing up big one day and ruining my life, But I was starting to wonder had I messed up that bad it didn't seem that bad here and with a good part of the football team, uncle Bill, and Sheryl I could get through this and I wouldn't be a screw up like my mom had been when she had me, she was only 14 then and she left me with pop to run off with some high school sweet heart of hers.
I heard the phone ring and ran inside to answer it the voice sounded that of a man around my uncle's age. "Hello?" "Hello is Bill there?" "Yes may I ask who's calling?" "Herman Boone." He answered. The name then rang a bell Sheryl had told me about him a few days earlier on the phone. "Yes sir, hold on." I sat the phone down and walked back outside to get my uncle. I stepped onto the porch to see Sheryl being slung over one of their shoulders and carried around screaming and laughing the whole time. "Uncle Bill some ones on the phone for you named Herman Boone." I said. He nodded and walked up the steps past me and inside. I reclaimed my spot on the steps and looked around as they played tickle Sheryl. "Oh come on Sheryl what happened to my tough little cousin who could get away from anybody?" I called. "If you think you could do a better job why don't you come out here and try." She yelled then I could see a look of regret come across her face. The boy quit spinner her and sat her down "Maurey I'm sorry I forgot." She said walking towards me.
I tried to hold back the tears that were forming in my eyes "It's okay Sheryl. It was an honest mistake." I said giving her a hug as she got up next to me. "Hey why don't you and Maurey try and teach us one of those clapping games?" suggested Gerry who then got stares from Julius and Petey. I could see Gerry shoot them a even meaner stare back "yeah how bout we do that instead I don't really like being spun around that much anyways." Said Sheryl looking at me smiling. "Okay what do you say miss Mary Mack?" I asked her she nodded and headed for Gerry and decided it was pay back time
I heard a knock on the door and sat up from the toilet to catch my breath for a moment but not moving incase my stomach decided it wasn't empty yet. "Who is it?" I yelled from my spot on the floor. "It's Alan can I come in?" he asked she thought back to when they had done the introductions and remembered which one Alan was. "Yeah I guess. I said flushing the toilet but not moving from my spot on the floor. He came in with a cup of water and crackers "Coach told me to bring you these said it would help your stomach." He said handing them to me. "Please don't say stomach right now." I smiled and took them from him. "So you think you're ready to come back in there and join the rest of us?" he asked looking at me with his harmless smile. "I guess it couldn't hurt." I said gulping down the water and eating one of the three crackers he had handed me. I got up off the floor and followed him back outside where they where all playing football in the front yard. Alan walked out to join them and I sat on the steps watching in amusement at how badly they were messing up.
My dad had always said I would end up messing up big one day and ruining my life, But I was starting to wonder had I messed up that bad it didn't seem that bad here and with a good part of the football team, uncle Bill, and Sheryl I could get through this and I wouldn't be a screw up like my mom had been when she had me, she was only 14 then and she left me with pop to run off with some high school sweet heart of hers.
I heard the phone ring and ran inside to answer it the voice sounded that of a man around my uncle's age. "Hello?" "Hello is Bill there?" "Yes may I ask who's calling?" "Herman Boone." He answered. The name then rang a bell Sheryl had told me about him a few days earlier on the phone. "Yes sir, hold on." I sat the phone down and walked back outside to get my uncle. I stepped onto the porch to see Sheryl being slung over one of their shoulders and carried around screaming and laughing the whole time. "Uncle Bill some ones on the phone for you named Herman Boone." I said. He nodded and walked up the steps past me and inside. I reclaimed my spot on the steps and looked around as they played tickle Sheryl. "Oh come on Sheryl what happened to my tough little cousin who could get away from anybody?" I called. "If you think you could do a better job why don't you come out here and try." She yelled then I could see a look of regret come across her face. The boy quit spinner her and sat her down "Maurey I'm sorry I forgot." She said walking towards me.
I tried to hold back the tears that were forming in my eyes "It's okay Sheryl. It was an honest mistake." I said giving her a hug as she got up next to me. "Hey why don't you and Maurey try and teach us one of those clapping games?" suggested Gerry who then got stares from Julius and Petey. I could see Gerry shoot them a even meaner stare back "yeah how bout we do that instead I don't really like being spun around that much anyways." Said Sheryl looking at me smiling. "Okay what do you say miss Mary Mack?" I asked her she nodded and headed for Gerry and decided it was pay back time
