Dear Diary,
Today is my birthday! But, blaaah, Millers scheduled me to work today because of the "Big 3-Day Sale"… no surprise there! They always schedule me at the worst times…! And it's a Saturday, so of course, Sticks is playing basketball all day… but, at least I know how he spends his time.
I woke up feeling really weird. I think I must just be nervous for tonight—I have no idea what Sticky has up his sleeve! He told me that he has everything planned out, but he won't tell me anything about it!
I think something is really wrong… I threw up at work… I really really hope it's not what I think it is. I realized haven't gotten my period yet… I'm 10 days late…
Laura treated me to a little birthday lunch and I tried to act like I was fine. But being the best friend that she is, she could tell something was wrong… I guess when she gave me a paper bag with a pregnancy test inside, I shouldn't have been surprised. Sometimes I think she knows me better that I know myself.
So it's closing time and I came into the bathroom to take the test. Oh my gosh, I'm so nervous… I know Sticky will stay by me, but I won't like making him sacrifice basketball in order to get a steady job if that's what needs to happen …everything will be fine, we'll just have to figure things out. I'm going to be the best mom I can be.
Oh my gosh… so there it is. I'm not pregnant. I've been nervous for nothing! I am sooo relieved. There won't have to be any big decisions made today. Today is just my sixteenth birthday. Thank goodness!
Sticky never showed up to come get me after work so I knew something must be wrong… I called everywhere and found out that he was in the hospital—someone shot him in the hand…! Right now he's asleep… he hasn't told me what happened yet but I have a hunch that it had to do with him stealing. I knew things would go wrong one day… But I never pictured them quite this bad. I just wish he had listened to me when I asked him to be more careful…
-Anh-thu