CHAPTER 14:
Valkyrie was pouring apple juice into Alice's cup when the doorbell went, "I'll get it." She ran to the door, it was the post man delivering a parcel. Valkyrie took it and thanked him, she trudged back into the living room and gave it to her mum. "Are you expecting someone to come over Stephanie? You're awfully jumpy." Valkyrie nodded and went into the kitchen. "Fletcher's coming soon, actually he's late." She gave Alice her juice and picked her up. "Oh, I haven't seen Fletcher in ages. Are you guys not as close as you were before?" Valkyrie smiled, "Closer actually, I'm with him a lot but you probably don't notice; Alice is distracting." Alice gurgled then pulled Valkyrie's hair and laughed.
There was a knock on the door and Valkyrie went to answer it, "Hey Val, are you happy today? Did you tell them yet?" She shut the door behind him. "Yeah, I'm happy today and no, I haven't told them yet, can we do it tomorrow? When dad's not home. Please Fletch." Fletcher frowned, "If you put it of then you will not do it, Val." She chewed her lip and followed him to the couch, Fletcher sat Alice on his knee and played with her. "Mum, isn't dad meant to be at work?" "No, he's got the day off, it's going to be a family da and I told you." "Did you? Sorry I forget things. I think Alice needs a nappy change." Her mum came and took Alice away to the other side of the room, her dad was sitting on the other couch, watching the telly. Valkyrie and Fletcher started having a hushed discussion about how to tell Valkyrie's parents. "What are you two whispering about?" She looked up, "Oh, just how to tell you something." Valkyrie elbowed Fletcher in the ribs and glared. "What do you want to tell us honey?" Valkyrie sank back into the couch. "Steph's pregnant."
"You bastard!" Valkyrie's dad flew at Fletcher, dragged him by the ear and kicked him out the door. Valkyrie covered her ears to block out her his shouting. Her mum slipped out the door to talk to Fletcher once her dad had come back inside. He stood above her, his face was dark red and he might as well have had steam coming out of his ears. "Explain yourself Stephanie." Valkyrie took a deep breath and thought of reasonable excuses. "Well, we were at a party and we got drunk. The next morning we woke up in Fletcher's apartment with no memory of that night. This was a few weeks ago, yesterday I was at his and I wasn't feeling well, I was sick on him. He took me to the doctor and the doctor said I was pregnant. Honest." Her dad looked at her face for a minute. "So you're getting drunk and having sex with your boyfriend. I'm ashamed of you Stephanie, I really am. You're grounded until further notice, go to your room and don't come down unless you're told to do so and I'll be coming to get your telly in five minutes."
Valkyrie ran up the stairs and locked herself in the bathroom. She sat on the floor and leaned her head against the cold tiles on the wall. She wanted to cry again, her head hurt, her parents hated her, Fletcher was probably hurt, she felt sick and she was scared. She crawled over to the sink and stood up just in time to be sick into it. There was a knock at the door, "Hey Steph, is that you in there? Could you either hurry up or unlock the door, I really need a pee." Valkyrie stretched out her leg and used her toes to unlock the door. "Oh, Steph. Are you alright?" Valkyrie leaned over and she was sick again but this time she knew she was done so she rinsed out her mouth and sat back down.
I'm really not sure what to write next, please review if you've got any ideas for what will happen :P