Manny's mother agreed to take her to the clinic for her abortion. David was doing much better and her father was begining to forgive Manny for her past mistakes.
When Manny told Craig it didn't go over so well. He had begun to like the idea of becoming a father. She told him yesterday and this is how the conversation went:
"How's the mommy?" asked Craig while rubbing Manny's belly.
"Not so good," Manny said while taking his hands off of her, "Craig, we really need to talk."
"I don't know I really want to know what's going to follow after those words," said Craig.
"Craig," Manny started to say, "You're going to be an amazing dad one day. And maybe I'll be a good mom but I can't do this right now. I'm so sorry."
"What are you talking about?" asked Craig.
"What I'm saying is...my mom's taking me to the clinic tomarrow." said Manny.
"Why?" Craig asked trying hard not to know what was coming next.
"I'm having an abortion," said Manny.
"No! I won't let you!" Craig yelled at her, "You can't kill our maybe!"
"Kill is such a strong word Craig!" Mannys shouted at him upset about what he had said, "The baby can barley breathe without me. I highly doubt it cares that I'm having an abortion!"
"How could you be so insensitive!" yelled Craig, "How could you do this to our child!"
"It's my body ok?" Manny said, "I don't wanna walk around pregnant or with a child when people just look down on me and think that I'm some school slut!"
"Come on, you know this is hard for me too," said Craig.
"No it's not!", yelled Manny, "You have a choice. You can walk away from all this and go off to university and have a life and no one will know you ever got a 14 year old pregnant! Everyone I go, I'm pregnant. And after I had the kid I would be thought of as a teen mom who had sex to early in life!"
"You know I would never leave you," said Craig.
"Say what you want but I'm having an abortion," said Manny as she walked away.
Craig watched with tears in his eyes as he slammed his fist against a wall and slouched down to cry.
Manny was driving to the clinic and was almost there. Her mom looked and smiled at her to help make her feel better. Manny felt ok, knowing that the abortion would end it all but going back to school would be a nightmare. Everyone would know she had an abotion. She tried not to think about that. She thought about her talk with Emma last night and how it was much better then her talk with Craig. It went like this:
Manny walked over to Emma's house and the girls went to Emma's room to talk.
Emma said, "Manny, my mom talked to me and I realized how much of a bitch I was being and if my mom had an abortion when she was pregnant with me I wouldn't be here but she had me and that's why I'm very prolife."
"I understand that," said Manny, "And that's why I'm gunna forgive you."
"Thanks," said Emma, "And for the record even though I'm totally like 100 against abortion I'm going to respect your decision and now I know that not every teenage girl that gets pregnant is going to be like my mom and have me when I realize there is a ton of girls have abortions."
"That's good," said Manny not really knowing what to say to that.
"So how's your brother?" asked Emma.
"He's stable and the doctors think he's going to be ok. He might need some physical therepy for a while but you know as long as he's alive and pretty well I'll take that."
Emma smiled, "So what do you say we pretend the 1st half of this year didn't happen and go on being the best friends we were since kindergarten."
"Just as long as I'm not the school slut," said Manny jokingly.
"Ok but that means I can't be a prude princess," Emma said smiling.
"Deal," Manny said and the two girls shook on it.
"So," said Manny, "What do you say after I have the abortion we go out for some ice cream and maybe shopping. I think I'm going to need a friend to talk to after it."
"Alright," said Emma, "By the way how did Craig take the news?"
"Not so good," said Manny shaking her head, "And like I said I have alot to talk about and I'm really sorry for everything I put you through this year."
"I'm sorry too," said Emma.
Manny then said, "Best Friends?"
And Emma said, "Forever."
"And Ever," both girls said, laughing about how they said that when they first met.
But now Manny was at the clinic, walking in with her mom. The office lady handed Manny and her mother some papers to fill out. When they were done, the surgeon came to talk to Manny.
"Do you have any last questions?" she asked.
"Umm how am I gunna feel after...?" asked Manny.
"Depends. Many woman who are sure of their decision are relieved on others may cry. As long as your sure of your decison"
said the surgeon.
"Ok," said Manny, "I'm sure."
"Any more questions?" she asked.
"Yeah," Manny said, "When it's over...will it feel over? Will I never be able to have a child again when I grow up?"
"When it's over you may have some cramps but they only last for a day or two with the maximum being usually about three or four days. And the answer to your question is yes. There are risks but they are very low. About 3 so any complications may affect you giving birth one day but like I said the chance of that is very low. Now," she said, "If you're ready?"
Manny glanced at her mom and smiled as she got up. Her heart was beating as she walked to the surgery room. She gulped and kept walking until the door behind her was closed. She got into her surgery gown and layed on the table. She knew she was ready. She she could do this and she knew she had a backup team of family and friends to support her. Before she knew it her abortion was over. She felt kind of funny but not really. After a few minutes she got dressed again and went back outside to meet her mom. Manny started to cry and her mom hugged her.
"I know I made the right decision," Manny said to herself. She picked up her cell phone and dialed Emma. She knew she needed someone to talk to. After talking to Emma, Manny got back in her car and drove off with her mom. She no longer had fears, she no longer felt sick, and she no longer was pregnant.
Ok well that's it! I'm not sure how abortion surgery works so that was all a complete guess at things. So Read & Review and tell me how and if you liked it! Thanks xOxOx ghys!