It was Saturday, and Sky and Jazz drove home together. Sky was so nervous, she was sick to her stomach. She was unsure if it was the morning sickness, or if she was so scared to tell her parents. That's why Sky didn't have a big breakfast. Jazz parks the car in the drive way, and was about to open her door when Sky says "Wait. I'm not ready" she panics
"Sky, I know it's going to be hard, but I support you and I'll be there for you no matter how daddy reacts" Jazz comforts Sky. Sky takes a deep breath and nods her head. They both get out of the car, and and head for the front door.
Jazz rings the doorbell, and wait for a response. The door swings open, and Mr. Forster is there with the biggest smile on his face.
"Oh my goodness, what are you two doing back here so early? I just dropped y'all off last week, I wasn't expecting y'all till thanksgiving" Mr. Forster jokes, as Jazz and Sky walk into their house, and laugh nervously to his joke. Sky freezes up and doesn't respond to his question.
"Well, you know we just wanted to check up on you and mom" Jazz speaks up, and Sky nods her head in agreement
"Well, your mother is upstairs braiding some girls hair" Mr. Forster lets his daughters know their mother is working. "Are you guys hungry? We had breakfast, and there are some leftover eggs" He offers them.
"No, I'm good" Sky says knowing how sensitive her stomach is right now.
"Are you sure Sky? You can't resist my eggs" Mr. Forster states waves the plate of eggs in Sky's face. The mere smell of the eggs, caused Sky to feel nauseous. She books it to the bathroom, and Sky throws up her small breakfast.
Mrs. Forster comes downstairs with her client, who has freshly braided cornrows.
"Thank you!" The client says to Mrs. Forster before she leaves.
"Jazlyn! What are you doing here?" Jazz's mother exclaims excited to see her daughter, but also confused as to why she's here.
"We're just visiting you guys, because we love y'all" Jazz lies carelessly, and very nervous because Sky is throwing up in the other room.
"Where's Skylar?" Brenda asks
"She's in the bathroom, throwing up" Mr. Forster responds. Before Jazz could come up with anything to try and cover for her sister, she is interrupted by a loud dry heaving noise coming from the bathroom.
"What happened? Is she sick? Is that why you guys are really back home" Brenda says seeing through Jazz's lie.
"Hun, all I did was put these eggs in her face, and she books it to the bathroom" Mr. Forster informs their mother.
"She's throwing up, because she smelled your eggs? But she loves your eggs..." Mrs. Forster speech slows down as she realizes what is going on. Jazz avoided eye contact with her mother, because she knows she could see right through her.
"I know! She hadn't even tried my egg yet, before hurling her entire stomach in the bathroom" Mr. Forster said confused, obviously not catching on like Brenda did.
Sky walked out of the bathroom, and into the dining room, everyone was standing. Jazz, Mr. and Mrs. Forster all look at Sky.
"Skylar, what are you and your sister doing here? And don't tell me it's because you love us, because I know damn well, it's not that" Mrs. Forster states. Sky sighed knowing that her mom probably already caught on. Sky's dad is the only one who looks like he doesn't know what was going on.
"Mom, Dad, the reason Jazz and I came home today was because I have something important to tell you. It's best if you you both take a seat" Sky says to her parents, gesturing them to sit down in the chairs surrounding the dining table. Her parents follow suit, and look at Sky to continue.
"Um, almost a week ago I found out I am... pregnant" Sky spits out, Jazz closed her eyes in fear. Mr. Forster sat there with his eyes wide and mouth open. Brenda sighed and put her head in her hand.
"Really Sky?" Mr. Forster speaks up, Sky looks down at her feet. "Do you know how hard I worked to keep your image clean, so no one would look at y'all as some ratchet girls from the hood. And what do you do? You prove them right" Mr. Forster raises his voice. "What about your athletic scholarship? You think they're still going to let you run for the school, now that you're with child. News flash, pregnant people can't be award winning track stars" He says really hurting Sky. Sky held it together, surprisingly not bursting to tears while her father berates her.
"Sweetie, have you been in to see a doctor?" Brenda asks Sky.
"I haven't yet, but I have an appointment on Monday" Sky informs her mother.
"When did you learn to make your own doctor's appointments? Just this summer during your rehab, you needed me to set up everything for you. Did you set it up with an OB? because your pediatrician doesn't do pregnancy check ups" Brenda laughs as she tries to break the tension further.
"I'm assuming it's with an OB, but I didn't make the appointment. Junior's mom, Rainbow, made the appointment because she's a doctor, and knows a good OB" Sky says honestly, Brenda nods her head understanding.
"I can't believe you, Sky! Do you even know how much it costs to have and raise a child? And you're all nonchalant about it. This is not what I envisioned for you" Mr. Forster exclaims
"Dad, just because I'm being chill right now, does not mean I don't care. Honestly I don't even know what I'm doing to do, or what's next for me. This wasn't planned, and believe me I'm just as disappointed as you are. But at the end of the day, god doesn't give us things that we can't handle." Sky sighs, as Jazz backs her up by saying
"Amen!" Jazz praises raising her hands up, then seeing the anger in her fathers face, and slowly puts her hands down.
"So I'm going to just figure things out as I go along, and it would be great if I still had y'all's support through this new journey" Sky says to her parents
"Of course, I will be there to support you through, hun. But I just want you to understand, that what's coming ahead will not be easy, and I'm not going to be babying you through it. I'm only going to be here for support" Brenda informs Sky, and then pulls her into a comforting hug. They pull away and Sky looks up and at her father, who is still fuming.
"Skylar, I'm going to need time. Time to process the fact that my daughter, an amazing athlete, threw away her entire career for a few minutes of pleasure" He shakes his head in disgust and stalks off to his room. Sky looked down sad, that she disappointed her parents.
"Baby, give him some time. You know how you're father is. He'll still be there for you, he's just upset right now" Sky mom comforts her
Jazz and Sky left after several hours of discussing her situation with her parents. Sky was back in her room getting ready for her date, as she's putting on her necklace, she hears a knock at her door.
"Come in" Through Sky's mirror, she sees Jazz walk into her room.
"You're seriously going to go out for drinks with this guy, after the day you had today?" Jazz questions
"Jazz, please not now. I don't want a lecture, because honestly I just want to go out and forget about it" Sky says then turns around to face Jazz. "Jazz, I promise I'm fine, but I just want to keep on pretending like I'm not pregnant, until it's overwhelmingly obvious that I am" Sky says honestly.
"But I know you're hurting" Jazz sits down on Sky's bed. "Remember when I was determined to get us athletic sponsors, so I posted a bunch of thirsty pictures online" Jazz starts
"How could I forget" Sky smiled softly remembering how crazy her sister was about being Insta baddies.
"Remember how dad hacked my account and took them all down, even after he did all that he didn't talk to me for at a month. So I understand if you're frustrated with him, because I have been there" Jazz explains, Sky looks down.
"But Jazz this is different. You were doing all of that so we could advance our career. I literally threw away career, like dad said. I'm the biggest disappointment" Sky says with watery eyes, Jazz pulls her into a hug. They pull away and Sky says "This is why I want to go out tonight, and forget about all this" Jazz nods her head supporting her sister's decision. Sky embraces Jazz, and then picks up her purse and heads out the door.
Rodney and Sky were really enjoying their date. He was a really great distraction for a Sky, but it was great before he started drinking.
"C'mon take one shot with me" Rodney slurs.
"Ha. I'll pass, I'm good with my drink right here" She says trying to make it obvious that she doesn't want to drink.
"Really, you've only been drinking virgin drinks all night. I'm the only one drunk here. C'mon" He presses, putting the shot in front of her. Ah classic peer pressure.
"I quit drinking" Sky says
"I literally saw you drunk your ass off at the homecoming party" Rodney points
"A homecoming party, that you weren't even supposed to be apart of" Sky says sassily reminding him this date is only because he is making it up to her, for not paying the cover charge.
Rodney cringes and backs off with the shot. Sky laughs at him
"I think I should get you home" Sky says to him, as she watches him stumble to get back to his seat.
"No, we should dance" Rodney takes Sky hand and leads her to the dance floor. Where he starts busting out his terrible dance moves. Sky starts laughing so hard because his dancing reminded her of Junior's terrible dancing. Then that reminded her of the night she first met Junior. She sighed and thought "simpler times".
Sky un-locks the door and sees Nomi and Jazz sitting in the kitchen eating ice cream.
"Oooo I want some!" Sky smiles charging for the kitchen. Sky picks up a spoon and digs in as Nomi and Jazz stare at her.
"What?" Sky says with her mouth full of ice cream, and they all laugh.
"So you really didn't see me at Titanium tonight?" Nomi questions Sky. Sky's eyes widened, and shakes her head no.
"Well that's because you were too busy taking care of your drunk ass date" Nomi laughs at her, Sky rolls her eyes.
"I'll have you know, I still had a great time" Shy huffs
"Oh really, because you didn't look like you were having much fun" Nomi teased
"I thought it was also so funny, that your date really looked like Junior. But like a shorter, more compact version" Nomi says bluntly, a Sky is taken aback. Jazz burst out laughing.
"He really looks like Junior? For real?" Jazz asks shocked
"Yeah! I'll show you a photo I took of them" Nomi pulls out her phone and shows Jazz the photo. Jazz giggles.
"Looks like Sky has a type" Nomi teases, Sky rolls her eyes.
"Why are you out with these Junior look-alike's, instead of being with the real one?" Jazz questions, Sky shrugs.
"Jazz I don't know, I mean we haven't had that kind of conversation yet. On top of that I didn't want things to change" Sky admits
"Well, things are going to be changing a lot in the next 9 months, so I suggest y'all have that conversation" Jazz digs into the tub of ice cream, giving Sky a lot to think about. Nomi's eyes widen.
"What the hell do you mean, when you say things will be changing in the next 9 months?" Nomi questions, the twins look at each other. Sky totally forgot she didn't tell Nomi yet.
"She's pregnant, with Junior's baby. Sorry we forgot to tell you, things been really crazy with us" Jazz sighs, and Sky nods her head.
"Oh my god! This is some crazy shit!" Nomi laughs, and Sky shakes her head. "Plot twist! You were last one of the friend group I thought would get knocked up first. I would've bet money, it would've Ana" Nomi laughed and Sky and Jazz join in.!
"Congratulations! It looks like you are 12 weeks pregnant" The OB says from looking at the ultrasound. Sky and Junior's eyes almost pop out of their head.
"12 weeks! Isn't that... like 3 months pregnant?!" Sky exclaims, the doctor nods her head yes.
"Oh my god" Junior says softly
"Why am I not showing then? And my pregnancy symptoms only started as off recently?" Sky asked very confused
"Everyone's body is different, because you're an athlete it might take you little more time before you really start showing. For the symptoms, they can happen anytime for a woman, whether it's really early in the pregnancy or really late" The doctor answers.
"So Sky, I need you to be taken iron supplements, because you're iron is really low. Also you need to be taking prenatal vitamins. I know you play track at your school, but I'm going to need you to try and not over exert yourself, it can be dangerous for you and the baby" The doctor begins to advise Sky, but as soon as the OB said track, Sky remembered how she hasn't told her couch her situation, and fears they'll kick her off the team, and she won't be able to run for the school anymore.
After informing Sky about what is to come, she hands Sky a pamphlet for more information, and left Sky and Junior in the room by themselves.
There was an awkward silence between Junior and Sky, as Sky looked down at the pamphlets she saw her future flash before her eyes, and she didn't like what she saw.
"How do you feel about all of this? I mean it is happening to you too" Sky sighs
"Honestly, I'm terrified. I mean I still have things I want to accomplish, and I'm not sure how I'm going to do it with a baby. I just started working at my dad's firm, and I still live with my parents because I can't afford my own rent yet. How am I going to pay for all the costs that come with having a baby" Junior says frustratedly
"I totally get it. I love running and track, how am I supposed be amazing if I can't train as hard as everyone else. On top of that only reason I'm at Cal-U is because of the athletic scholarship, what's going to happen to that once they find out I'm pregnant" Sky worries, Junior slides over in the doctors swivel chair, and puts his hand on her leg and rubs it. Comforting Sky.
"If I lose my scholarship, I end up back at home, working at my dad's donut shop" Sky lets a tear slip
"Hey, don't think like that" Junior gets up from the swivel chair, and hops onto the exam table, and he pulls Sky into his chest.
"Look-" Sky looks up at him. "We have 6 months left of this pregnancy, meaning we have 6 months to get our crap together, and figure things out" Junior says rubbing Sky's back. Sky leans up to Junior's lips to kiss him, and Junior leaned into Sky too. Just as they were about to kiss, the door swings open and Bow and Brenda walk into the room. Junior and Sky pull away from each other fast, and Junior hops down from the exam table and clears his throat.
"Oh didn't mean to interrupt" Brenda says sassily and glared at Sky. Junior and Sky avoid eye contact.
"We just came in her to find out what's going on, Dr. Weaver won't tell me, because of the HIPAA law" Bow grumbled the last part. "Sooo... what's going on?"
"Well, I'm definitely pregnant. 3 months to be exact, and she couldn't tell the sex of the baby yet" Sky spills, and before she could add, Dr. Weaver walks into the room.
"Well here's the list of vitamins you need to take" Dr. Weaver hands Sky the paper. "Just follow the directions written and you'll be fine. Also here's a sonogram of the fetus" She smiles at Sky as she hands the picture to Sky, and hands the other copy to Junior, and Sky hesitatingly takes the photo. "Don't forget to set up your next appointment with the receptionist before you leave, alright?" With that the doctor heads out the door. Sky stares at the picture of her baby.
Sky places the sonogram on the counter, to show her girls the picture.
"Oh my goodness, I'm so excited for you!" Ana exclaims, and walks around the counter to hug Sky. Sky looked very uncomfortable with the forced awkward hug.
"So how do you feel about the situation?" Nomi asks awkwardly
"What do you mean 'how do I feel about it?' It's upsetting, I know that this baby is going to ruin my life" Sky sighs, thinking about all of her dreams and plans she has for life.
"Don't say that" Ana hits Sky's arm, Sky winces and glared at Ana.
"I meant that how do you feel about your options to you know..." Nomi trailed off, and everyone knew what she meant.
"I hope you don't mean abortion" Ana exclaims. "That's a sin, and I know how much you love the lord. Sky, you don't want to spend eternity in hell? Do you?" Ana turned to Sky and asked
"Honestly, it's too late for an abortion, I would get one if I had known when I was 6 weeks, but now that I'm 12 weeks, and the baby kind off looks like a person, I just wouldn't be able to do it. Damn, irregular periods" Sky sighed
"Well that means... We're going to have a house baby!" Ana beams, spreading her arms to hug Sky.
"Hug me again, and I will slap you" Sky says with so much venom it could kill.
"Geez, what's up with you?" Ana backs off
"You. And your annoying excitement. Like shut the hell up" Sky snaps, Ana was taken aback. Jazz sensing that Sky was just getting started on ripping Ana to shreds.
"Umm. Don't mind Sky right now, she's very hormonal, and she can get very mean"Jazz stops Sky from continuing.
"Let her say what she's got to say. We were here together a week before everyone else, and every time Sky is about to say something about me, you stop her. Let her say what she wants to say, she's obviously been dying to say it" Ana says not knowing what she was walking into. Jazz shrugs her shoulders, and gestures Sky to continue. Sky completely rips into Ana, no stone left unturned, no insecurity left untouched. Everything Sky ever held back, came out in that instant. Zoey covered her eyes, Nomi sat there with her mouth wide open, and Jazz looked at Ana with an "I told you so" face. Sky grabbed her sonogram, gave Ana one last sarcastic smile, and stormed upstairs.
"Like I said she's really mean, when she's hormonal" Jazz shrugged
"You said mean, not evil" Nomi said, as she rubs Ana's back comforting her.