Chapter 26


    Chapter 26


    Sophie’s pov


    #two monthstert


    M burst through the bathroom door, her eyes wide as she holds up her index finger in a waiting


    gesture.


    She hauls in a breath and lets it out through her nose as she looks over at me seated on the toilet seat.


    With her hand still on the doorknob, she lifts up the brown paper bag.


    “I bought three just in case.” She breathed out and closed the door behind her walked in further.


    The closer she got to me, the quicker my heart seemed to pound in my chest. In that brown paper bag


    held three pregnancy tests.


    My hands trembled as I rose from the seat. “Did Ingrid see you?” I winced. Ingrid had been very


    concerned with metely, especially seeing as I was always so ‘sick’ to go to school.


    That was true in a sense but I also wasn’t in the mood for judgemental eyes. Since Aiden’s hearing,


    everyone got to know that I cheated on Carson with him, which led to the fight and also led to


    Carson’s…..demise.


    So no one greeted me with sympathy anymore, no, they greeted me with malice.


    M nods, wincing. “She saw the bag. Told her I brought you a gift. It is your birthday today after all.”


    “And what an enjoyable birthday it has been indeed,” I said sarcastically, feeling pity for myself.


    I had been feeling nauseous since morning and I lost count of how many times I actually vomited this


    week.


    I wasn’t looking forward to my birthday per se but I didn’t n to actually feel nauseous and sick the


    entire day. It didn’t help that I had missed my period. And that’s when the fear kicked in.


    M handed me the bag and sighed. “That damn woman behind the counter gave me the stink eye.


    Can you imagine the nerve of her!?” M scoffed and rolled her eyes as she struts over to the


    bathroom countertop.


    She sits on top of the surface and looks at me in confusion. “How many minutes do we have to wait


    again? I can’t remember.” She asked.


    I shrugged and removed the boxes out of the brown paper bag. Seeing them in person is one thing, but


    touching them and knowing you’re about to use them is another thing entirely.


    My fingers tremble as I turn the box to read the instructions.


    ‘About two minutes?’ I gnawed on my lips as I pulled out the sticks from the boxes. My heart ms in


    my chest.


    M nods and then suggested “Don’t you just want to take a cup and pee in it then dip the sticks in?


    Wouldn’t that be easier?”


    Right That would be easier. Why hadn’t I thought about that?’ I grumble lowly. Honestly, I hadn’t been


    thinking clearly muchtely.


    It has been two months since the hearing and my heart still feels broken. The pain of being the reason


    two boys’ lives were ruinedpletely took a toll on me I was a miserable person twenty four seven


    M hops down the countertop and turns around to search through the draw ‘Is there one inside here?”


    She rummages through the tiny pill trotules and finds a ornallcup


    Well, this one should do ” She murmurs and walks over to me. She ces the cup in my awaiting


    hands and pries the test from my hands.


    “Okay, here you go. She whispered and looked at me, her eyes darting from both of mine. “It will be


    okay Soph There’s nothing wrong with just trying to be sure it will be fine


    She was the one who suggested that I take a test


    I hauled in a breath and let it out through my mouth shakily Okay


    I backed away until my legs touched the toilet, lifted the lid, and then pulled my panties down my legs.


    Lifting up my dress, I fit myself on the toilet sit and then push the cup between my legs


    I looked at M panicking when I dont feel my pee going down “Rx Soph. It will be okay No matter


    what happens next, it will be okay She reassures with a nod to her head


    I try to rx but I just couldnt ‘Can you just turn on the pipe please?” I asked, hoping that hearing the


    water pouring into the drain would help my pee finally stop ying peek-a-boo


    M smiled, nodded, and opened the faucet It takes a good while until I felt my pee entering the cup. I


    would have done a happy dance if i wasn’t so worried about the results


    When I was done, I gave M the cup She cringes ‘Oh, I love you babe, but touching your piss is a no-


    no. Despite her words, she grasp the cup and ced it on the surface of the countertop


    I rolled my eyes and fixed my clothes and panties back into ce I flushed the toilet and closed the lid,


    I sat back down on the lid and sighed heavily while shaking my legs nervously


    M washed her hands under the running pipe while looking at me Aren’t you going to wash your


    hands, Soph?”


    Oh.


    I sheepishly smiled and walked over to the opened pipe. “Are you sure Ingrid isn’t suspicious of what’s


    going on?” I asked nervously as washed my hand under the cool running water


    “I can’t really know for sure Soph. But whatever happens, she’ll fully support you no matter what and


    you know that M sighs.


    I closed the pipe and gripped the countertop. ‘I turned eighteen today. I’m an adult now They no longer


    have to take care of me ording to the state.


    “You know the Simpsons would never do something like that to you Soph. I can’t believe you’d even


    think like that.” M scowled.


    I looked down at the sink and sighed. “You’re right. I just don’t see this working out if I’m pregnant Mll,


    it’s already so difficult to make ends meet.”


    “Hey! You don’t know if you’re pregnant yet Soph. How about waiting for the results before bursting


    your head about it?” M suggested.


    i nodded. She was right. I should really stop worrying so quickly especially when I didn’t have the


    results yet. I could be worrying over nothing really


    But I can’t help but think about how my life would be if I were actually pregnant. How would I be able to


    raise a kid on my own? Aiden was not here to help me.


    I just couldn’t see this working out.


    I had college to think about


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    The two minutes are up now,” M whispered, removing the timer off her phone.


    All three tests were beside us, but I had refused to eyen nce at them once. But now that the two


    minutes were up, I didn’t want to look at them at all.


    “Can you look for me?” I whispered, my voice shaky.


    M nods and squeezes my hand reassuringly. Of course Soph:


    It’s quiet for a few seconds, but even with theck of noise, I can somehow feel the tension zipping


    through the air.


    “What do they read M?” I asked nervously, my skin coating with a thinyer of sweat until the


    material of my dress begins to itch me.


    *All three are… She trails off with a nervous shocked edge. Breathing in sharply she whispers lowly.


    “You’re pregnant Sophie.


    My entire world feels like it’s crashing down around me. I shook my head as tears filled my eyes. She


    was wrong. She must be.


    I whip my eyes to the three tests I had been avoiding looking at. I can’t seem to breathe properly when


    my eyes zeroed in on those two red lines.


    Oh no.


    I shook my head. “This isn’t possible,” I started in denial.


    “I can’t be.” I whimpered praying that this was all just a nightmare and that I just needed to wake up.


    “I can’t be pregnant M.” I cried, digging my fingers into my hair and gripping the strands tightly.