Chapter 11- Telling People pt2
Telling Parents- Paul
Paul just came from dropping Stephanie off and was heading home. How could his life go from perfect to horrible in just a couple of minutes? Stephanie said the words no teenage guy wants to hear, "I'm Pregnant!" How this of could happened? I know the way it happened. I just can't believe it did. Paul kept thinking about Stephanie and the baby the whole way home. As he reached his house and parked, he felt like just running away. Just when he got his life back on track, here comes a baby!
Paul walks inside and notices his mom sitting on the couch." Hi sweetie! How was your day?" asked Patricia. "I don't want to talk it about to be honest! It was probably the worst days of all the days I had." Said Paul sitting down next to his mom. "Why do you say that Paul? Did something happen while you were out?" asked Pat concerned. "Yeah! Something big that I really don't want to talk about!" Paul says angrily as he gets up." Hold up Paul Michael Levesque Jr.! I'm your mother and you will never use that tone with me again! Understood?" scolded Pat. "Yes mom but you don't understand and you will probably never understand the anger I am feeling right now!" said an angry Paul. "Well try me! Tell me why you are so angry? NOW!" screamed Pat. "What part of I don't want to talk about it is not getting through to you?" screamed Paul. "What is your problem Paul?" screamed Pat. Paul was getting a real headache. Why don't parents know when to back off! "Because I really screwed up big time!" said Paul frustrated. "How did you screw u…?" Before Pat got to finish, Paul screamed it out. "Because I got Stephanie pregnant! Happy! She hates me now because I ruined her life. The girl I fell in love with. The girl I would've probably had a future with! Stephanie wants nothing to do with me! I promised I would never hurt her and now I hurt her worse than anybody has ever did. How? No scratch that! Why are teens allowed to have babies? Why can't teens just have fun and save the consequences like that, for when we are ready? It's not fair!" cried Paul. Pat stared at her son in shock and sadness. "Paul when did this happen? Why didn't you tell us? Paul we told you how to be careful. We also told you to stop sleeping around!" screamed Pat. "That's the point mom! I did stop sleeping around. It was just me and Stephanie! Happy and in love! Stephanie assumes it was when I took her virginity! I just found out today, so that's why you are just finding out. How come the moment I start to get my life on track, this happens?" cried Paul. Paul Sr. walked in and noticed his family looking to be in a deep conversation. "What's going on in here son?" asked Paul Sr. Paul looked at his dad and said the words. "You are going to be a grandfather! Congratulations!" said Paul sarcastically. Paul Sr. looked at Paul to see if he was joking. "You're joking right? I know no son of mine will get ANY girl pregnant!" screamed Paul Sr. "Then I must not be your son, because Stephanie is pregnant and I am pretty sure it's mine!" said Paul sarcastically. "Paul let me see you outside for a minute!" demanded Paul Sr. "Dad, I am not in the mood to talk right now!" screamed Paul. "DID I ASK IF YOU WERE IN THE FUCKING MOOD TO TALK? NO! NOW GET YOUR ASS TO THIS BACK PORCH BEFORE I KICK IT THERE NOW!" Yelled Paul Sr. Paul and his dad walked towards the back porch. Once there, they started to talk.
"So are you telling me that you are going to be a father?" Paul Sr. asked. Paul nodded. "How old is Stephanie?" asked Paul Sr. "Stephanie is 15 and a freshman at my school dad. "Said Paul. "Is this the same girl that you introduced to us a couple months back?" asked Paul Sr. "Yes dad! The one that has been coming over most of the weekends!" said Paul. "Which one of these weekends did you two plan to have a baby?" Paul Sr. asked. Paul looked at his dad angrily. "The same day I popped her cherry dad! That's the day we agreed we wanted to drop out of school and raise adorable babies! Sounds like the dream huh?" says Paul sarcastically. "Listen boy! You are in no spot right now to be playing Mr. Sarcastic! You have ruined this little girl's life. She was just beginning High School and you had to sleep with her!" said Paul Sr. "You think I don't think about that? She didn't want to have sex with anybody unless she felt safe, secure, and loved from that person. She chose me to be that person dad! I took something very special from her and now I have hurt her badly. I am going to live with this guilt for the rest of my life. You know she actually told me I could just walk away and act like this never happened! As much as that sounded like a good idea, I know there is no way; I would be able to walk away. She doesn't even believe I love her anymore. I will always love her. I just don't see myself as the fathering type. I have too much on my plate to deal with a baby! One more year and I will be having football scouts come watch me play. I have a chance to make it big! How is that supposed to happen if a baby comes into our lives?" cried Paul. Paul Sr. looked at his son. He felt bad for him but he also felt anger. He let the anger slide because this is a big issue. "Is Stephanie planning on keeping the baby?" asked Paul Sr. "If you mean, is she going to abort it? No! Is she going to give it up for adoption? I really don't know? I know she has plans in her life, that she doesn't want screwed up. Maybe she will give it up for adoption." Says Paul. "You do know we need to have a meeting with Stephanie and her parents! If her parents know, they are going to want to kill you. We all just need to talk about the ways we could handle this situation and take it day by day!" says Paul Sr. "Also I am going to need your phone, because if we are going to do this, it needs to be sooner than later." Says Paul Sr. Paul hands his father his phone and Paul goes into the house to call Stephanie's parents. "Hello." Says Linda. "Hi this is Paul Levesque's father and I was wondering if you knew about the current situation we have going on?" asked Paul Sr. "Yes I have just found out not to long ago. May I ask why you are calling?" asked Linda. "Yes, I am wondering if you and your family can come over so we can discuss this. This involves both of our families so it should be handled with both!" say Paul Sr. "That would be great. I will call my husband and we will be over soon." Says Linda. "Ok and see you then" Paul Sr. says as he hangs up. He looks to Paul and then walks away.
Paul and his family were sitting on the couch when the doorbell rang. Pat opened the door to see Stephanie and her family. She invited them in and they all sat in the living room. Vince sat next to Stephanie rubbing her back while glaring hard at Paul. Paul didn't notice because he was too busy watching Stephanie. He could see she was crying a lot from the red and puffiness of her eyes. Stephanie looked up to see him. When she caught his eye, she quickly turned away! Paul felt his heart drop as she looked away. Now she can't even stand to look at him. "Hi everybody! I'm Patricia and this is Paul Sr. We all know about our kids becoming soon-to -be parents. I hope we all agree that Paul and Stephanie have made some bad decisions and should've been more careful. I think we should all make the decisions together from here on out on what to do with this baby" Says Pat. "I think they should've never had sex at all! My daughter was a virgin before she met your son! Now she meets you boy and we are becoming grandparents. I feel I have a right to blame your son on all of this! Screamed Vince. "I see why you feel this way Vince, but you have to understand. Stephanie was not raped. She had consensual sex with Paul. They both are to blame for what happened that night" Says Paul Sr. "Now that we played the blame game, I think it's time to be serious. Stephanie, honey, are you planning on keeping this baby?" asked Pat. Stephanie looked at her parents, Paul's parents and then at Paul. "I would never think about aborting it and I couldn't see my baby and hand it off to complete strangers, so the only choice I have is to keep it" Says Stephanie. "What about school, friends and your life Steph? Are you really ready to put your life on hold for a baby?" asked Paul while looking at Stephanie. "I think I can try to make it work!"screamed Stephanie. "Really? And how are you planning on doing that?" screamed Paul. "I don't know but I will and I will do it perfectly without you!" screamed Stephanie. "Hold on kids! We are all going to help with this baby. Stephanie, if you are planning on keeping it, we can make a nursery here and you can at your home. I really think you should stay in school during your pregnancy. I know it will be hard, but that way, you will have an education and once you get out of school, you can live on your own and take care of yourself "Said Paul Sr. "That sound like a great plan! I am thankful that you all are offering to help. We're going to leave, so bye Levesque family and we will talk to you soon." Says Linda as she, Vince and Stephanie headed towards the door. The family waved goodbye and left. Stephanie was the last out the door. As she began to walk out, she looked back at Paul. They made contact for a while before she finally was out. After having that confrontation, it all became real to Paul. He was having a baby.
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