"Here we are" Sean and Ellie walked up the front steps of Ellie's house. "Don't worry I'll be at home, you can call me or come over" "Thanks Sean" Ellie opened the front door, her mother was walking around the kitchen with two rolls of wallpaper. "Ellie! Hi! Hi Ellie!" Ellie rolled her eyes. It was pretty obvious that her mother was a bit drunk. "Hi mom" Ellie put her backpack down and sighed. "We need to talk" Ellie's mom smiled and held out the two rolls of paper. "Sky Blue or Honey?" "Uh Sky blue" Ellie's mom was not making this easy, she just kept smiling and talking.
"mom please listen, don't get mad" Ellie's mom sat down and her smile went away."I'm-" Ellie paused for a moment and got up. "I'm going to help you with the wallpaper" Ellie took the blue wallpaper from her mother and smiled. "Thanks Ellie" "umm yeah" Ellie was dissapointed in herself for not telling her mom. She helped her put up the wallpaper and stopped for dinner. "Pizza or Chinese?" "We always get Pizza or Chinese" "Fine lets try that new french resturant" "Mom what's up with you? Your acting all formal" "I'm just being myself Ellie, I have given up drinking" Ellie didn't realize her mom was trying this hard to stop, she felt almost guilty for getting pregnant and keeping it a secret.
"Ok mom, the truth, I'm- pregnant" Ellie closed her eyes and prepared to get yelled at. "How the hell did you get pregnant?" Ellie kept her eyes tightly shut. There was a silence in the room. "Well?!" Ellie opened her eyes and looked around. "Sean. Me and Sean..." "Oh god are you sure?" 'Yes mom I'm sure" "Damn it" Ellie's mom threw a bottle of alcohol at the floor and it shattered in pieces. "mom I thought you stopped drinking" "Ellie forget about what I do, look at yourself, getting pregnant, going behind my back to see that boy Sean" "He's my boyfriend and I care about him" "Well I don't, go to your room we'll talk about it later" "wait mom..." "Yeah?!" "I want to keep the baby"
"How dare you make that choice without even telling me" "I told you mom" "Oh yeah how far along are you?!" "I don't know 4 months? Something like that" "Is that why you've been wearing that huge coat around the house?!" Ellie took off her big black jacket and sighed. Her stomach wasn't that big but it had gotten bigger. "I didn't want you to notice! I wasn't ready to tell you!" Ellie's mom shook her head and turned on the T.V. "that's it? Your just gonna watch T.V. and pretend nothing ever happened?"
"Go somewhere- just don't stay around here your making me mad" Ellie's mom said while turning to face the T.V. "fine I'm going to Sean's" "GO! I don't care what you do! Just don't come back till later" "FINE!" Ellie started crying and ran out the door.
She didn't realize Sean was at the front gate waiting. "Oh Ellie-" He said while hugging her. "Don't cry" Ellie wiped her eye and left a black streak of eyeliner across her face. "My mother just told me to go she said she doesn't care anymore" "El just get your things and stay with me" Ellie nodded her head and went back into her house to get the rest of her stuff that wasn't already at Seans.