Teddy was picked up from school around eleven so she could go to her very first OBGYN appointment. Amy, Teddy's mother, decided Teddy should have a woman doctor instead of a man, just to ease the awkwardness a man doctor would probably bring a teenage girl. They waited in the waiting room for about fifteen minutes and then she was called back.
"It's okay mom. I can go on my own."
"Are you sure, Teddy?" Amy stammered.
She nodded. "Yes. I'll be fine."
Teddy followed the nurse to the back. She was first weighed and had her blood pressure taken before she was taken to her room where she waited for her doctor. Teddy waited in her room for a couple of more minutes before a middle aged woman entered.
"Hello, I'm Dr. Mason." She reached out to shake Teddy's hand as she took a seat on her stool. "And you're Teddy." Teddy nodded. "How are you?"
"Could be better."
"It says here you are seventeen." Teddy nodded embarrassed. "So Junior in high school?"
"Yeah."
Dr. Mason placed her clipboard on the counter. "So this is how today's appointment is going to go. I'm going to ask you a few questions, check your cervix, take some blood to test, and measure the baby and hear it's heartbeat."
Teddy nodded. "Okay."
"Are you here today, by yourself?" The doctor asked.
"No. My mom's here but in the waiting room."
"Would you like her in here?"
"No. Just proceed."
After the doctor's appointment, Amy took her daughter out for lunch, rewarding her for her first of many uncomfortable doctor appointments, before she took her back to school. Teddy begged her mother to let her just stay out for the rest of the day, but Amy wouldn't allow it. Even though she is pregnant, she is going to finish high school.
"Have a good day, sweetie." Amy called out.
Lunch ended when Teddy got back to school which meant she had to go to Physics, one of the classes she and Spencer have together. She was a couple of minutes late, so she quietly went to her seat.
"Please pass up your homework." Ms. Sanders said. "Today we are going to go over this quarter's project. Since we've been learning about motion, it is time to do the roller coaster project. I will be putting you in groups of four." The whole class groaned. "I know. I know. But it's great to work with different people."
As she picked up the homework, she passed out the information for the project and went over it with the class before she assigned the groups.
"Any questions?"
"So we can design it however we want?" Kyle asked.
"Correct. Just make sure it's appropriate for school. So now with the groups. I chose your groups by alphabetical order by first names."
Teddy was upset that she and Spencer was put in the same group and she's sure Spencer is just as upset as she is.
"Now for the rest of the period, I want you to get with your groups and start discussing this project. It is due at the end of the month."
Teddy got up from her seat and got with her group who were Victor, Victoria, and Spencer. She stayed quiet as Victor and Victoria, as usual, took control.
"And by my calculations, if the loop is at this angle, the marble will stay in perfectly." Victor said. "And will gain speed. Teddy, Spencer, you two could choose and work on the theme for it while we design it."
"I'd rather NOT work with him." Teddy said, giving Spencer the evil eye.
"Same with her." Spencer crossed his arms in front of him.
"I can't believe we dated." She groaned.
"Then Spencer and I work on the design?" Victor suggested. "And you and Victoria on the theme?"
"That's better." Teddy said. "Will you Victoria?"
"Fine." She said. "But may I suggest Star Wars?"
Teddy and Spencer both had strange looks on their faces, like Star Wars, really? "Really, because I was thinking maybe more like a beach or Jungle. Oh. We could do Tarzan! We could have trees, with the roller coaster going through them and vines."
"I like her idea better." Spencer said.
"Victor?" Teddy said.
"Sorry, Victoria. I like Teddy's idea more, even though you know I am a bigger Star Wars fan."
"Tarzan it is then." Victoria said.
"Should we work on it this weekend?" Victor asked. "Are you guys free?" Teddy nodded and Spencer and Victoria said yeah. "Who's house should we work on it at?"
"Can't at mine." Victoria said.
"Teddy? Spencer?"
Teddy shook her head, only because she didn't want Spencer to be at her house. "My siblings would just ruin it."
"Spencer?" Victor asked.
"Yeah. Fine. Whatever."
"Wait." Teddy said. "Why can't we do it at yours?"
"We're getting new carpet." He said. "So Saturday at ten?"
That Saturday Teddy had to go over to Spencer's to work on their group project. Her job was to bring items to make props with, such as paper and crayons. She didn't get there exactly when they said they would, but fifteen minutes later, only because she didn't want to see Spencer.
"Where's the others?" Teddy asked.
"They had to stop and buy some supplies they forgot to get on the way." Spencer said.
Awesome, Teddy thought. She sighed as she sat down on the couch. "Are your parents home?"
"Upstairs." He said.
Teddy took her phone out and scrolled through her social media accounts as they waited. Victor and Victoria got there ten minutes later and then they were able to begin on the project. They went out in his backyard to do it, since his mother would kill him if they made a mess in her nice house.
As they were working, Teddy felt the urge to throw up and told them she was going to use the bathroom. She quickly walked to the bathroom, and luckily made it just in time. When she finished, Teddy rinsed her mouth out and exited out, running into Spencer's mother, Linda.
"Oh, hello Teddy."
Teddy forced a slight smile on her face. "Hi..."
"How are you?" Linda asked.
"Do you want the truth or the lie because honestly I feel like crap and just want to hide away in my bed instead of being here?"
"Let's chat." She said.
"I... should really get back out." She pointed out to the backyard.
"Just for a minute." Teddy nodded and she followed Linda into the kitchen and sat down at the table. "I know Spencer's being a..."
"A jerk?" Teddy interrupted. "An ass? Unreasonable? Unconsiderate?"
"You could say. Yes." Linda said. "But that's what you can expect from a teen boy. My husband and I are still trying to get his head straight and step up instead of backing away."
"I'll admit it would be nice if he did come to his senses and actually accept that I'm having his kid, but I've come to accept it that I don't need him. Maybe it's for the best."
"When are you due?"
"Beginning July."
"I just want you to know that even though Spencer isn't interested in being part of any of this, I am and if you need anything, money to buy anything, just come by and ask. I know how expensive it can get."
"I'll keep that in mind."
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