Chapter Seven
As Cameron and Abi came in the house, Joanne put the phone down with a sigh
"What?" Cameron said, putting the stroller away
"That was your Dad" She said
"I don't want to see him" He said, without hesitation "Not yet, wait till he's out of rehab"
"That could be awhile"
"I don't wanna see him, maybe in a few months..."
"Next opening is July 16th"
Cameron sighed "Yeah, ok, I'll go then"
"Ok, I'll call the centre back. You'll need to stay at a friends that week, as it'll be summer vacation"
"Yeah... Ava said I'm welcome any time, I could stay there..." He looked at Abi "Is that ok with you?"
"Yeah, that'll be ok" Abi said, distracted as all she could think of was how big she'd be by then
"I'll stay somewhere else..."
"No, no, its ok" She said "You need somewhere to stay, its the obvious option"
"Ok, if you really don't mind"
"Do you want to stay for dinner Abi?" Joanne asked
"Yes please...mom's got a date tonight so I'd be alone"
"Well you're always welcome here sweetheart"
...
Abi walked back into school on the Monday morning, the place was buzzing, at least no one was calling her names
She opened the door of her locker and overheard what the two girls were talking about
"You know the janitor clears the trash and stuff on a Friday?" One said
"Yeah?" The other said, sounding like she couldn't care less
"Well, Bobby had detention with him and he had to take out the trash, but as he was walking to the big trash can, the bag split and there were three positive pregnancy tests in there...from the nerds bathroom"
Abi gasped and felt like there was a huge neon sign, pointing at her saying 'PREGNANT NERD HERE!'
"No way" The other girl gasped "Seriously? A pregnant nerd? I wonder who it is!"
Abi's heart was pounding, they knew, they all knew, well they knew someone was pregnant, but still, they knew, and they would find out eventually, when she didn't show up at school and when she went to the store once she'd had the baby
She shut her locker door and and head to the guidence councilers office, she had to tell someone...she was too afraid to call the hospital as she was only fifteen, they weren't finding out until Cameron brought her in a wheelchair...Cameron, her biggest worry
She knocked on the door and heard Mrs Baskett, the guidence council, say "Come in"
She smiled at Abi "What can I do for you?"
"I need help"
"That's what I'm here for"
"I'm pregnant"
That was the first time Abi had said it out loud, she'd admitted it to herself too, which made her feel slightly better
"So you're the girl everyone's talking about?"
She nodded "I just need to talk to someone about it"
"What about the baby's father?"
"He's got a lot of stuff going on right now, I think he'd be able to handle it but I'm not sure"
"So you'd rather wait a while?"
She nodded "I know I need to talk to him about it, what he wants to do, sooner rather than later, but I've decided not to tell him until I start showing"
"How many weeks are you?"
"Four...is that too soon to get out of PE?"
"Big excerises, yes, you maybe required to do a gentle jog round the track once possibly twice a week, other than that, you'd be in study hall, but that's for studying PE, so you still get a decent grade"
"Seems fair" She said
Mrs Baskett looked at the clock "You better get to homeroom, but come see me when ever you need to, ok?"
She nodded "I will"
"Would you like me to pass this on to the princpal? So he can stop the rumors? I'll have to give him your name, but he won't annouce that"
"Yes...please"
...
A few weeks later, was summer vacation, which meant it was time for the camping trip between Cameron and Abi's families
"But Abi gets to bring her boyfriend!" Ashley whined to her mother
"Cameron would be coming on the trip anyway" Kim sighed "Now quit whining and help me load the car"
Abi came outside, looking pale, she was twelve weeks now and still having morning sickness, she wasn't sure how she was going to cover it exactly
Cameron walked over to her, in his lumberjack shirt and jeans, and put his arms around her "You ok?"
She nodded, making sure he wouldn't notice her slight weight gain by moving her top, and leant against him "I'm fine"
"You don't seem it"
"I get to be with you for a whole week, how could I not be fine?" She smiled at him, feeling a little better now that he was holding her
"You always know how to make me smile" He kissed her with smiling lips
"Can I go in your car?" She kissed his cheek "Please?"
"Mom was going to see if you wanted to come with us" He said "I'll sit in between you and Ella"
"Ok...I have a headache so I need cuddles"
He grinned "Alright" He kissed her head "Just gonna go tell Mom"
She watched him walk over to his mother and felt the guilt rise in her again. She absent mindedly held her small bump, it was nice to have a secret, this little person growing inside her...but she knew she had to tell him
...
Abi's eyes snapped open.
The moment she was dreading was here.
She quickly but gently removed Cameron's arms from around her and rushed outside and travelled as far as she could before throwing up.
She'd only just started when she heard rustling, but she couldn't move, it was worse than ever
"Abi?" She felt a hand on her back.
It wasn't Cameron's, it didn't feel right, it was motherly, but wasn't her mothers, she knew it was Joanne
"Abi, sweetheart, easy" Joanne soothed her
Abi felt tears in her eyes as she calmed down, she took a swig out of her water bottle and rinsed her mouth out, she ran her hand over her little bump without thinking
"You ok sweetie?" Joanne asked "That was quite...erm..."
"It's always like that"
"What do you mean always?"
Abi started panicking "I mean when ever I'm sick"
Both hands were still on her stomach, almost like she was reassured by the fact the baby was there
Joanne saw where her hands were "Are you going to be sick again?"
She shook her head and turned to Joanne as more tears rolled down her face "Aunt Jo..."
Joanne sat down against a tree "Need a hug?"
Abi moved over to Joanne and cried in to her shoulder
"There's no need to get upset honey. Everyone gets sick..."
"I'm not sick" She sobbed
"I've just..."
"I'm sick because..." She hesitated, part of her wanted to tell Joanne, but she was Cameron's mom! And she hadn't even told him yet. But Joanne was one step closer to Cameron...
"Because?" Joanne said
"You can't tell Cam...I've been too scared to tell him...but I promise I will tell him"
"Tell him what?"
Abi took a deep breath and wipied her eyes, despite the fact more were falling "I'm pregnant"