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    Kristina''s pov


    My heart was hammering in my chest so hasty and painful I was scared it was about to jump out. I ce my palm over, closing my eyes as I count to


    ten.


    I had just peed on the three pregnancy sticks and had set them on the closed toilet lid, not sure if it was a good idea but right now my brain was too


    overworked to think of a better ce.


    I leaned against one of the metal walls and let out a sound that came out like a sigh or maybe a sob? I wasn''t sure.


    I can go out to face the girls. I know they''dfort me while we wait for the results. But I can barely bring myself to move. I am like grounded,


    cemented where I am.


    The only thing keeping me up is the metal wall and the fact that if I fall, I may not be able to even hold in the tears I am trying so desperately to keep


    from spilling out.


    I bit my tongue, count down the minutes the box told me to wait. It feels like time too fast yet too slow at the same time. The more time drew out the


    more my little heart pounded


    My mmy hands gripped my arms, my nails scrapping against my skin. I hated the wait, but I hated not knowing more. So I''ll wait.


    I peeled my eyes open, my gaze on the wall across me. It was time to look but I can''t bring myself to lol at the tests. Hell, I can''t even bring myself to


    think of what I''d do if I were even pregnant.


    My parents will kill me. And Justin....even in ss he had avoided staring at me, speaking to me, it’s like I didn’t exist and it hurt.


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    I swallowed, my mmy hands now trembling with nerves. "Kristy?" Bailey called out and I snapped out of it.


    I shuffled to the tests, still not able to look at it. I hated being so weak. "I''m fine. I''ll be out in a minute." I sniffled.


    Come on Kristy, look down at the tests. Look down


    "You okay in there?" Mira questioned, sounding worried. I am sure if I did not answer they''d burst through the door.


    Am I okay? Am I okay though?


    Just a look Kristy. Just take a peek.


    And I did. And my world stopped.


    "Yeah," I croaked out. "I just," I took in a shaky breath and opened the door, my heart pounding. my stomach curling with nausea.


    I think I''m about to throw up.


    They''re looking at me with wide eyes, wide concerned eyes and I wished I could tell them that I am fine, lie to them that Iam okay and my life had not


    just done a one eighty in a matter of minutes.


    But I can''t lie to them. I can''t tell them I am okay when I am not. I can''t fucking lie.


    "Kristy?" Bailey whispered, moving closer to me. She looked so worried. Did I look so messed up? Was it telling on my face how much I was


    crumbling inwardly?


    Can they tell I was on the verge of having a meltdown?


    "I''m- I''m pregnant."


    Those words tore through my throat painfully and I swore my legs nearly gave out under me. But Itched on the stall. breathing as if I am unable to


    get lungs into my air.


    A panic attack.


    "Kristy!" Both Mira and Bailey yelled, reaching for me and pulling me to them. Perhaps I was about to fall.


    They hugged me, whispering how everything was going to be okay. I was not sure they were right about this. Not when who got me pregnant was a


    teacher at our school and I was seventeen years old.


    I had royally screwed up when I fell for him.


    We all slid down to the floor, which was probably not a good idea but what we didn''t really care at the moment. We just sat down, the both trying to


    soothe me and give me encouraging words.


    A minutes go by until I no longer have any tears left and my cries turn to whimpers. Mira pulls away and her eyes shot to the tests. “How do you know


    if it''s correct? Is it one line or two?"


    I froze and then it hit me. I didn''t think I read the tests correctly. "Can you get the box?" I said in embarrassment.


    Mira''s brows drew and she nod, standing up and going to the stall I had just been in. She picked up the box and starts reading it.


    "Two lines shows you''re pregnant.” she drawled and looked down at the tests I still had in my hand


    I looked down as well and my face med.


    "There are no two lines," I mumbled with embarrassment. Bailey looked at me with surprise and amusement.


    "I''m not pregnant am I?" I whispered with humiliation.


    Mira shook her head. "I don’t think you are. All three tests show you''re not.”


    "Oh," I whispered, unsure why I feel a bit disappointed. Maybe I crazily wanted to be pregnant for Justin, because maybe that would be the only way


    he''d look at me again after that day.


    And maybe just maybe, I wanted a part of him even though it was forbidden.


    "I''m not pregnant,” I relieved a sigh. That''s a good thing though, I haven''t ruined his life further and I would not bebeled as a teen mom.


    Yet, even though there was nothing


    connecting Justin and I, I wanted


    him to [Sok at me and wanted him


    to wart me. Crazy I know. Buty


    suppose I like the forbidden fruit and


    ''n-still burning for him. Content


    bélongs  ~


    I also knew I had to have this conversation with him. We can''t be too toeing around each other anymore. I needed to tell him about this scare.


    "Do you think I''m weird for falling in


    love with@ man I know I shouldnt?" I


    whispered, staring down at those


    tests. -wondered what I would have


    saicto him or react if those tes


    were doubled. Conten belongs ike)


    ”


    Bailey shook ner head and gave my


    hand a squeeze. "It''s not weird at all.


    Love isn''t something you can n, it


    just happens and we can''t choose>


    who we-fall for. Love is ageless-and


    not ptahy understand it, not many


    wilkagree to it. But it''s thereand it


    won''t go anywhere. Love is eternal


    and you''re not crazy for feeling it.”


    I feel crazy. I feel crazy for loving my art teacher even though I know we could never be.