Chapter 126
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Wednesday March 22nd was the first day of spring. There was a certain amount of hope that came with the new season especially now. Although Eve's instincts still told her how many days until impact, 851. After school Eve was smoking outside. She put it out when she saw Jenny, who was pregnant, coming.
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Jenny: I miss that.
Eve: Sorry to tempt you.
Jenny: Don't worry. Anyway, I'm leaving.
Eve: Where you going?
Jenny: A home upstate for young unwed mothers. My parents arranged it through our church.
Eve: Sorry. But I thought your parents were cool with this.
Jenny: They were, when it meant more lottery chances. But with that no longer mattering, they said if I want to stay pregnant I have to go there. And after I have him, I either have to put him up for adoption, or we're on our own.
Eve: Him?
Jenny: Yeah, I found out last week. Looks like you were right about it being a bad idea. I thought, I could be dead soon, might as well live while I can. But the truth is most of us will live to be very old. The mistakes we make today, we'll have to live with for many years.
Eve: You going to be okay?
Jenny; I'm scared. And I don't know if I can raise him or not. But I do owe it to him. When people talk about unwanted pregnancies they usually meant partying too hard, or birth control defect, even rape. But me, I did this on purpose. Asked some brave soul to choose me as its mother. I'm not going to back out like Mena or Karen.
Eve: I think Karen suffers in her own way. Anything else, I'll let Allas judge them.
Jenny: Fair enough. Maybe we all did stupid things this last year. Now, we just move on and live with the consequences as best we can. Thanks for letting me vent.
Eve: Sure. Good luck at the home.
Jenny: Thanks. Good luck with your stuff.