Chapter 42
It had been 5 weeks. 5 weeks since the night Ollie gave her virginity to Kaleb and 5 weeks since Haley moved in, after being reminded that she had already agreed to. 7 weeks though, was the time blaring and screaming in Ollie's head. 7 weeks, when really it should have been 5 that stuck in her mind.
But no, it was 7 weeks.
7 weeks since her last period that is.
Then, 2 hours since she secretly bought a test at the pharmacy.
3 minutes since she had peed on the little white stick.
And, 1 second since the vulgar red plus sign began to taunt her.
Vehemently, Ollie smashed the stick to the wall with all the force she could manage in a throw. It simply bounced off the wall and clattered to the floor utterly unharmed, its damage not in the slightest satisfying enough for Ollie. Considering it had just told her that her life as she knew it was over.
How could she have been so stupid? That's all she wanted to know. Sex. With only a condom. Of course this had happened, she was a Scott. She remembered about 5 years ago, Peyton and Luke announced they were going to try for another child. Exactly 9 months and 1 day later, Larry Scott was welcomed into the world.
She laughed bitterly. Pregnant. At 15. In just a short few months, a mother. At that thought, she screamed, a mixture of anger and fear echoing around and around the white tiled walls of the bathroom. Within a second, hurried footsteps approached the closed door.
"Ollie, are you alright?" came Nathans panicked voice through the door.
Breath in, breath out. Calmly, plastering a fake, easy natural look onto her face, she picked up the test, slipped it into the plastic cylinder it came in then into her pocket, and opened the door.
"Yeah" she smiled, walking right past her dad into the living room, where Ephraim and Haley were, looking up at her questioningly.
Overwhelmed, she paused, and stuttered completely incomprehensibly for a few moments.
Nathan, who had entered behind her, and the other two in the room, looked at her like she had gone completely mad for a moment.
"Ollie?" Ephraim questioned.
Her mouth snapped shut; she just shook her head and looked directly at Haley. "Can we talk?" she asked, ultimately uncomfortable.
"Yeah sure," Haley agreed, but didn't move from where she was sitting.
There was a slight awkward silence. "Uh… Alone?"
"Oh right, sure." Haley stood finally understanding what Ollie wanted, and followed her.
As they passed, Nathan and Ephraim shared one confused, questioning, worried look.
Right back into the bathroom, Ollie went, firmly shutting the door after Haley. She didn't think either Nathan or Ephraim would listen in, but she kept her ear near the door for a few minutes anyway. All the while, Haley was getting more and more anxious as to what was going on. Certain, that neither of the males was listening, Ollie slid down the door, sitting in a ball against it and started to cry.
For a moment, Haley was frozen, searching her own mind for a reason for her daughter's seemingly spontaneous river of emotion. Realizing, that this pondering was probably of no help, what so ever to Ollie, she rushed into action, sliding down next to Ollie, wrapping an arm around her, and pulling her close.
"What's the matter sweetie?" she cooed gently, "Did you have fight with Kaleb? Or Jess?"
Ollie shook her head against Haley's shoulder, her own hand fumbling with the little test in her pocket. Haley's hand, softly, repetitively stroked her hair, she almost considered going to sleep, right there and then, in the hopes to escape from the waking nightmare. But all too well, she knew this particular boogey monster would still be there when she woke up.
Sniffling, she choked back her tears. "I slept with him." She confessed miserably.
"What?" Haley questioned, somewhat alarmed, "did he force you?"
Ollie sat up stiffly. Obviously Haley had completely misunderstood. The sex itself had been great. Well as good as it can be expected for two inexperienced virgins.
"No. I wanted to. But…" tears started to trickle again, so she burrowed into Haley's shoulder, "Don't tell dad." She muttered her voice cracking.
"That's what you're worried about? Your dad finding out?"
Ollie balled a fist around the test in her pocket.
"No!" she groaned tearfully, removing her fist from her pocket.
"What's that Olls?" Haley queried seeing the tip of something white poking from the closed fist, still reeling a bit from the 15 year old confessing to sex.
Ollie stared down at her hand for a second and then up into Haley's kind eyes, which were almost the mirror image of her own. Ever so slowly, Ollie unfurled her fingers, knowing there was no turning back now. "I'm pregnant."
Haley gasped, then immediately felt dreadful for doing so, realizing how hurtful it must have sounded to Ollie, yet, she was still speechless.
Tears started to dribble down Ollie's cheeks again, "I didn't mean to. The… the condom must have broke or something."
"I know sweetie, I know," Haley comforted, wondering what she could do. "Is that the only test you took?"
She nodded.
"Okay." Haley squeezed Ollie's shoulder, "They aren't always accurate you know?" she pointed out softly, in the hopes of giving Ollie the slightest little bit of unlikely hope to cling to.
Ollie raised her eyebrows skeptically.
"How about I take you to a doctor? It's the only way to know for sure."
"A doctor?" Ollie grimaced uncertainly, thinking of the sharp, no nonsense, white coated women who she had to reluctantly report to once a year for checkups
"Yeah. An obstetrician."
Ollie still looked uncertain, "I don't know."
Haley stood up, and looked down at Ollie before gently pulling her to her feet as well. "Ollie, I know this is hard, but if you are pregnant, you can't ignore it. The sooner you know for certain the better."
Hugging herself, Ollie nodded, knowing Haley did sort of have experience with this "Okay."
Exiting the bathroom, Haley called out to Nathan, "Nate, I'm just taking Ollie out for a bit. We'll be home tonight," and then quietly to Ollie, "Come on, lets go."
It didn't take very long to get to the clinic, but all the way, Haley could see Ollie getting steadily more nervous. As they pulled up outside, Ollie made one last attempt at escape, "I think you need an appointment for this place." She improvised.
"No you don't," Haley looked across at her daughter, "You alright?"
Ollie stared at her, like she was being an idiot.
"Right. Silly question. Let's go."
Reluctantly, Ollie followed her inside. Haley went straight up to the counter, Ollie though stayed near the exit and kept her gaze squarely on the floor.
She felt a touch on her shoulder, "You can go right in Ollie." Haley told her.
Ollie looked at her in alarm, "You're not coming?" she asked terrified.
"I will if you want me to."
Nodding in response, Ollie grabbed Haley's hand fearfully. Doctors were bad enough without the possible outcome of being pregnant.
The room they walked into was sterile and white, just like Ollie expected, but the face that greeted them was anything but. The woman had a bubbly grin, which was warm and kind, nothing like the grim faced doctors she was used to. As soon as the doctor saw Haley though, her eyes lit up to the max.
"Haley Scott?" she breathed in a slight southern accent.
Ollie grimaced from where she stood behind Haley, not noticing the usage of the name Scott as opposed to James. Figuring that the doctor would be a crazed fan.
"Dr Alcot." Haley greeted, equally as pleased.
"Wow," the Doctor shook her head, "It's got to be nearly 16 years since you were in here last."
Haley smiled, "Yeah," she nudged Ollie forward.
Dr Alcot gasped, "Baby Scott? Look at you all grown up," she gushed.
Ollie blushed, looking at the floor "Uh Hi. "
"Dr Alcot was my doctor when I was pregnant with you," Haley told her. Ollie just nodded, a little surprised.
Noticing the tension, Dr Ascot smiled at the two of them, offered them s seat and asked, "So what brings the two of you to see me?"
There was an awkward silence, broken only by Ollie letting loose a single sniffle.
Haley spoke for her, "We want to get some pregnancy tests done."
"Ok, Haley, just lie down on the bed, while I get set up."
"Oh no." Haley shook her head, "Not me."
Surprise flashed across the doctors warm face, but she quickly masked it, and gave Ollie the instructions gently.
"I just have to ask a few questions." The doctor warned.
On the bed, Ollie nodded.
"OK, when was the last time you had sexual intercourse?
"5 weeks."
"And you're last period?"
"7 weeks"
"Is it late often?"
"Never." She whispered out the final answer.
"Okay," the doctor nodded, "I'm going to rub this on your stomach Okay? It might be a bit cold, but it won't hurt."
Flinching, Ollie allowed the clear gel to be rubbed over her.
"Now we are going to see if there is any trace of an embryo."
At the bed side, Haley held firmly onto Ollie's trembling hand as the doctor searched, for the tiny speck on the monitor that, if present, would without a doubt, change her daughters life forever. The doctor spent a couple of minutes scrutinizing the screen and then looked up the two of their eagerly awaiting faces.
"I can't find an embryo anywhere Ollie," she told them, "So I don't think you are pregnant."
Relief flooded every tiny sense in Ollie's body. Not pregnant, the words were all she could ever have hoped to hear. She wouldn't have to tell her dad, or Kaleb. She wouldn't become 'that pregnant girl' at school. She could just be the normal teenager, with the normal boyfriends, and the normal family, just like she wanted. Maybe some day she would look forward to the doctor's answer being different, but for today, the answer she'd got was more perfect than anything.
The doctor continued, "It's likely that the test you purchased was faulty, and there are stress, or routine based reasons for your cycle to be running late. Nothing to worry about. I would suggest birth control pills though if you are considering being sexually active."
Too elated and relieved to talk, Haley spoke for Ollie. "Okay. Thank you so much Dr Alcot."
The doctor grinned, "No problem, it was good to see you both again anyway." She looked directly at Ollie. "Now, if you ever have any problems like this again, come and see me Ok?"
Ollie nodded thankfully, smiling to the doctor as they left. Once outside, a massive breath escaped her, like she had been holding it from the moment she had seen the little plus sign.
She blushed down at the floor, clutching the little packet of pills the doctor had given her,"Thanks for bringing me Haley."
Haley smiled, "Of course. I guess that was good to hear, huh?."
"Yeah I don't think I could have handled being pregnant, you know."
Haley nodded and focused on the road in front of her car.
"Um you're not going to tell dad about this are you? I mean the sex and birth control."
Haley smirked at Ollie's sheepish tone, "No, I won't for. Just promise me you'll be safer next time, and don't ever let anyone make you do anything you don't want to do. And if you ever need to talk, you can trust me."
"Ok, I promise mom." Ollie told her sincerely.
Smiling, Haley just drove, using all her mind her focus on the road nearly completely gone. Because, for the first time ever, her daughter had called her mom.