Chapter 12: Week with Sara
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Dad just left so now it's just me and Sara for the whole week. This should be fun.
"You wanna go shopping?" Sara asked as I sat back down on the couch, finishing up the new Stephen King book.
"Sure, but for what? You already got me everything else" I said as I marked the page, then got my shoes on.
"Do you want a tv in your room? We could get you a dvd/vcr player too and a bunch of movies…" I stopped her.
"Sara, you do know that you don't have to buy my love, right?"
"I know, but every kid should have a tv in their room if they want. I didn't know if you watched tv a lot, cause I know some kids don't. That's why I didn't put one in there in the first place" she explained
"OK, cool. Just let me go to the bathroom real quick" I said and ran there, I threw up again. Damn stomach flu.
"Did you just throw up again?" How did she know? The bathroom is too far away for her to have heard me.
"Ya, how did you know?"
"It's like clockwork. Since you've been here you've thrown up at 10 every morning. And a couple times I heard you earlier than that when I was walking down the hall. What's wrong?" she was concerned
"Stomach flu" I answered as we walked out of the house and into her car.
"How long have you had it?"
"Like 3 weeks now"
"Honey, I've heard of bad stomach flu's but they have never lasted that long. We should get you checked out"
"No really, I'm fine" then she gave me one of those, just do it looks. "Give it another week and if it's not gone then I'll let you take me to the doctor's OK"
"That's good enough"
We spent the whole day at the mall. On top of the tv and dvd/vcr player, she also got me a kick ass stereo and a bunch of cd's. We talked about everything. I felt so comfortable around her, it's like Darci and Kim rolled into one. Now I know that I said I tell Darci and Kim everything, I mean I tell them things that I don't tell Amy. But there are things that you just don't tell ANYBODY and I told Sara those things. I pretty much told her my life story. She did the same; she told me how she and dad met and all that good stuff. I know I've only known her for about a week but I think I would be comfortable calling her mom. Like I said before, she's more of a mom than my mom will ever be.
After we unloaded the car…
"We can set everything up now if you want" she said
"It can wait till tomorrow; we've had a long day. Besides, I've got a craving for some hot chocolate" I walked to the kitchen.
"But it's like 80 degree's outside"
"I know, it's weird" I said as I put water in the coffee maker and turned it on.
"Ya it is"
"You want some?" I offered
"Ya" we laughed as she sat down at the counter. The kitchen kind of had a 'bar' look to it, it was cool.
"So, what do you want me to call you?" I asked as I threw her a hot chocolate packet.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, like; should I call you Sara or mom or what?" I said as I poured her hot water.
"Oh. Well, you can call me whatever you feel comfortable calling me" she stated as we stirred our hot chocolate.
"Mom it is then" I said and smiled at her. I could tell she was about to cry.
"You really want to call me mom? It's only been a week"
"I know, but you're awesome. I can easily see why my dad fell in love with you" I said and she gave me a really tight hug.
"Mom, you're cutting off my air supply"
"Sorry honey, it's just… you've made me so happy… you actually want to call me mom" she kept crying
"Stop crying, you're gonna make me cry" I said
"Sorry" she dried her tears.
"So, on a different subject. What's it like to be pregnant?" I asked out of curiosity, there were these girls at my school that were getting pregnant and I was just wondering if it was a burden, ya know.
"It's amazing. I mean at first you think 'I'm just gonna get fat' sometimes your back gets sore from carrying around the extra weight, the morning sickness gets to be a pain in the ass but you usually get over that. Then you feel the baby or in my case babies kick and it's just surreal. There may be some bad stuff during the pregnancy but it's a real blessing to have a living being inside of you that was made out of pure love" she said looking at her stomach "They just kicked" she smiled
"Can I feel?"
"Of course" so I put my hand on her stomach, after a couple minutes I felt one of them kick.
"That's awesome, I can't wait. I'm gonna be a big sister"
"Speaking of which, Mark wanted me to ask you something this week"
"What is that?" I wondered
"Well after I have the kids, he won't be able to get very much time off cause they are giving him the belt back"
"Right"
"Well would you like to help me out with them?"
"I would love to… What about school?"
"You can go to school here. We want you to move in with us"
"Really?" That honestly never crossed my mind.
"Of course"
"But what about my friends? My boyfriend? Can I think about it?"
"Of course you can honey. Take as much time as you need"
"Thanks mom" I gave her a hug "I'm gonna go up to bed. I'll see ya in the morning"
"You're actually tired?" she was shocked
"I know, amazing. We had a long day, you wore me out" I laughed
"Alright, sleep good"
"With that bed, I will" I smiled and went upstairs to bed. Now, I'm not tired tired just yet, I just need to think about the offer. I love my dad, I love my… mom. She is my mom, anybody can be a mother, it takes a special person to be a mom. But I would be leaving behind Dave, Ken, Amy, John, Randy not so much since I can see him through our dads, I would also be leaving behind the man I'm in love with… Jeff. This is hard. I called Amy.
"Hey Steph" she answered the phone
"Hey Ames, what's up?" I laid on my bed.
"Nothin much. Jeff's counting down the days until you guys come to town" she laughed
"I knew he would. He's not around is he?"
"No, I'm at home. What's wrong?"
"Nothing really, it's just…" I explained everything; Sara, my room, shopping, deciding to call Sara mom.
"Well damn, I wouldn't want to leave"
"Well they offered for me to move in"
"Are you?"
"Well they are my mom and dad, I really want to…"
"…but you don't want to leave us behind" she's reading my mind again.
"Exactly, but there's…"
"… also Jeff, you love him and don't want to leave him"
"Ya, what should I do?"
"I really don't know Steph. I mean, you should be with your parents but I know you'd miss us. You'd probably have to break up with Jeff cause I hear that long distance never works…"
"You're not helping Ames" I sighed
"Sorry. You said that your dad and Sara..." I cut her off
"Mom" I corrected
"Sorry, your dad and mom have been together for 3 years and your dad travels"
"Ya but he comes home. For me and Jeff we just wouldn't see each other at all"
"There are breaks; Christmas, spring, summer and others. Maybe the occasional weekend visit up here" she stated
"That is very true, plus I can always call you guys" I think we figured it out.
"Of course. If I were you, I'd move in with your mom and dad"
"But that would mean a new school; no school can beat you guys. I don't want to bother trying to make new friends"
"That wouldn't necessarily mean a new school"
"What?" I was lost
"Well you said that you want to help S… your mom with the twins"
"Ya"
"You can get home schooled and get your GED, it's the same thing as a diploma"
"I don't know what I would do with out you Ames" I thanked her
"Neither do I" we laughed
"Thank you very much" I said
"What are best friends for?"
"I'll see ya in a couple weeks"
"Yep, bye Steph" she said and we hung up. I went downstairs to see if mom was still up. She was watching tv. I plopped next to her.
"Yes" I said excitedly
"You'll stay?" she was excited too.
"Ya but I got a question"
"What?'
"Can I get home schooled and get my GED? Do I really have to go to school? I could help you easier if I'm just home schooled"
She thought for a minute. "Sure, I don't see a problem with that"
"And… could I go up and see everyone whenever I get a chance?"
"Well since you'll be home schooled, it's not like you'll miss school. So I don't see a problem in that either" I hugged her
"Thanks mom, this means…" I put my hand over my mouth and held up a finger, telling her to wait a minute and ran to the bathroom and threw up. I came back out and finished my sentence "…a lot. Thank you"
"Stephanie, come here" so I sat next to her. She felt my head.
"Do you feel sick? Like is your throat sore, do you have a runny nose? You know, the things that come along with the stomach flu, cause you're not warm at all"
"Nope, none of that. I just throw up, it's weird"
"Ya… Stephanie, I'm gonna ask you a serious question and you need to answer it honestly OK" she looked into my eyes.
Her tone is making me worry. "OK"
"Have you and Jeff slept together?"
"No we haven't. Why?"
"Have you slept with anyone else?"
"Why?" I wasn't sure what she was getting at.
"Have you started your period lately?
"No, I was supposed to 2 weeks ago" oh my god, no way. This can't be happening.
"Stephanie, that's not the stomach flu. That's morning sickness, you're pregnant" I started to cry, she hugged me and let my cry on her shoulder.
"I'm only 16, it was an accident, we were just having some fun" I said in between tears.
"What happened?" I explained to her that first day.
"Stephanie, that's why Darci and Kim would let you when they are home. Does anyone else know?" she didn't sound too mad, just concerned.
"NO! Only me and John, we haven't told anybody. We just put it behind us, we forgot about it cause we didn't remember in the first place"
"I will schedule you an appointment for tomorrow OK" I nodded my head, still crying. "It's gonna be alright. We'll take care of you" she said, hugging me as I cried. That went on for another 10 minutes.
"What do I tell John, what do I tell Jeff?" I asked as I composed myself.
"Well first, you do plan on keeping the baby, right?"
"Yes, I do. Abortion is murder, I would never dream of doing that and I don't think I'd be able to give it up after caring it"
"OK… John? You have to tell him, he's the dad. Jeff? If you're gonna stay with him, then he has to know"
"But since I'm moving here, they won't see me. They don't need to know" I stated
"As your mom, I advise you to tell them both. But I will stand behind you no matter what you decide to do"
"You said that I should tell them both? But honestly, what would you do?" I wanted to know
"Honestly?" she asked
"Ya"
"I wouldn't want to and it could possibly go bad but I would tell them"
"OK" I decided I would tell them. "Oh god" I realized something
"What?"
"Dad's gonna kill John"
"Just make sure John is nowhere around when you tell your dad"
So this past week has been insane. I called Darci and Kim and let them know I was moving in with mom and dad. They said that it was just fine, that I should be with my parents anyways. I didn't think that I could become any closer with mom, but I have. Dad is coming home in the morning, then we leave the next day, so I'll tell him tomorrow when he gets home so he has a whole day to blow off steam and not kill John. Cause in reality it was all my fault, I shouldn't have had the alcohol. But he won't see it like that. I hope all goes well.
I look out the window and I see my dad and mom pull up, she went to get him. Guess who decided to come with him? Nice John, I was gonna see you in another day. I'm still gonna tell dad, I've worked up the courage; I've gone through it in my head a million times. They all walk in and say hi, dad takes John to the guest room.
"Sorry, I didn't think John was coming with him. You still gonna tell him now?"
"Ya. I'll take him out back… Just lock the door behind us with out him knowing and keep John in the house until we know how dad's gonna take it. And whatever you do don't tell John, I want to be the one to tell him OK"
"Don't worry I won't"
"Won't what?" dad asked as they came back downstairs
"Mom won't intrude on our conversation"
"You're calling her mom?" dad was touched
"Ya, but I need to talk to you out back for a minute dad. John you stay in here" I said and dragged dad out back. After I saw mom lock the door, I started.
"Dad, remember that first day that John, Randy and I got here and you and Bob went out that night and partied?"
"Ya"
"Well, I snuck some Smirnoff into my bag and we played quarters that night" I winced, waiting for him to yell about that.
"I'm not too happy about that but you didn't trash the hotel room. But I can tell there's more"
"Ya. Well…" I told him about Randy passing out, then John and I continued drinking… "And when I woke up, John and I were in the same bed, with no clothes on" I winced again
"WHAT!?" he yelled
"Dad, dad wait" I tried to calm him, he let me continue. "You know how I've had the stomach flu lately?"
"Ya" he was obviously still pissed, but tried to keep his calm.
"Well it's not the stomach flu… I'm almost 2 months pregnant" he didn't say anything. He just kept breathing deeply. "But dad, I haven't told John yet. If you want to blame anyone it should be me. I shouldn't have brought the alcohol with me in the first place. Please don't be mad at John, I know you guys have a close relationship. I don't want that to be ruined" he just stood there, still taking deep breaths. I moved him and sat him on the lawn chair and I sat next to him. After 5 minutes I could tell he had cooled down, now he was just speechless. "Dad, please say something"
"What am I supposed to say?" you could tell he was worried.
"I don't know. I still don't quite know what to think"
"You are keeping it right?" he asked, like it was a stupid question.
"Yes I am and I'm not gonna put it up for adoption either"
"Who else knows?"
"Just you and mom right now. I'm gonna tell John and Jeff. I know John will support me and all cause it is his. I'm just afraid of how Jeff will take it"
"We'll worry about that next week. Right now, you have to go tell John" He stood up and put his arm around my shoulders and went to open the door. "Why is it locked?"
"Oh ya, I told mom to lock it cause we didn't know how you'd take it and we didn't want you to kill John" I explained, he just laughed
"Well tell her to open it"
"Mom, you can open the door. It's OK" I shouted so she could hear me through the glass. She opened it and we went in.
"So it's all good?" she asked
"Ya, it'll be OK" dad said
I walked over to John "Hey John, let me show you my room that mom decorated for me" I said and he followed me upstairs. I showed him my room. Then said "Now sit down on the bed" so he did.
"Very comfy, I bet you sleep good here" he said, kinda bouncing on it.
"I do, I actually sleep more now... Well when I don't have other things on my mind"
"That's good… What kind of things?" he stood up
"You should stay seated" I suggested
"What's wrong?" he sat back down.
"Remember that night?"
"I thought we forgot about that"
"We did, but we can't anymore"
"Why?"
"I'm almost 2 months pregnant" silence entered the room for the next 10 minutes; I swear I heard a cricket chirp.
"You've never slept with anyone else?"
"No" I was apalled that he would ask that. "I would have told you John. You always tell me about your little make out sessions with chics, so I would have most definitely tried to one-up you. You know how I am"
"True, I'm sorry... I thought that was the flu"
"Nope, morning sickness"
"Have you told Jeff yet?" John was worried
"No, not until I see him. I want to tell him in person"
"OK, so…" I knew what he wa gonna ask.
"Yes I'm keeping it and I'm not giving it up for adoption"
"No matter what you do, I'm behind you 100 percent" he gave me a hug
"I knew you would be" I hugged him back.
He sat there for the next 5 minutes, just letting it sink in. "So, I'm gonna be a dad?" a smile crept across his face.
"Yes John, you are" I smiled
"Is that what you went outside to tell Mark?"
"Ya"
"How did he take it?" he looked scared
"At first he was pissed but I told him what all happened and that it was all me, I shouldn't have brought the alcohol"
"OK, but don't make it seem like this baby is a bad thing. It's a joy"
"I know it's not bad. It's just that I'm 16 and your 17. We shouldn't be having a baby at this age"
"I know" he hugged me "What are you gonna do about school?" he asked. Then I explained to him about me moving here and getting home schooled.
"So don't worry, I will come up as often as I can. You will be a part of your kids' life. I know you probably don't want to hear this but I do still love Jeff, if he wants to then I am gonna allow him to be a part of the kids life too"
"That's OK" I gave him one of those 'are you sure?' looks. "Really, it is. As long as I still get to be in your life and be a part of my kids life then I'm fine"
A/N: WOW, THIS IS THE LONGEST CHAPTER YET. CRAZY WEEK, RIGHT? HOW DO YOU THINK JEFF IS GONNA TAKE IT, I WANT OPINIONS. I'VE GOT IN MIND HOW TO DO IT EITHER WAY BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT TO CHOSE YET, SO PLEASE LET ME KNOW HOW YOU THINK JEFF WILL TAKE IT :S