Unexpected

The Beginning

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Numb.

That's all Riley felt. Fear coursed through her body as she blankly stared at the white stick in her hands.

Pregnant.

A simple two syllable word had made her entire body go numb.

She didn't know how long she stood in her bathroom in shock. After the shock had subsided, she cried. She cried for herself, for Lucas, and their future. She threw her pillows, stuffed animals, and clothes in anger. She couldn't think, she just reacted.

Maya climbed in unnoticed through the bay window. When she quietly entered Riley's room, she noticed the chaos that had occurred in her best friend's room. Her room was a complete mess with items scattered throughout the room. She soundlessly walked towards Riley who was sitting on the floor looking at a white item in her hands. Maya gently set down next to her and attempted to get Riley to speak to her. Maya began to worry when she would not answer her, it wasn't at all like Riley. After five minutes of sitting in silence, Riley became hysterical as she confessed everything to her best friend. Mays wanted nothing more than to comfort Riley. She would stay with her as much as she needed to.

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It was only 8 a.m. and Riley was already annoyed. Usually, not many things managed to crawl under her skin so easily. But lately, everything managed to agitate her. The pregnancy hormones weren't helping her situation at all. She didn't know whether to cry or laugh. She prayed that this would all just be over soon.

Riley slumped in her seat on the subway on her way to school. She loathed traveling alone on the subway but she had to deal with it. Maya had the flu and decided to stay home while Lucas didn't get on until the next stop. As the Subway made slowly its stop, a sea of people transferred in and out of it.

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Telling Lucas was the hardest. One single thought crossed Riley's mind repeatedly,

"How could he love the girl who was about to ruin his life?"

Maya kept on insisting to her that she needed to tell Lucas so they could tell their parents. Riley knew Maya was correct in this situation. Riley had promised Maya that she needed time for the pregnancy to settle in her mind and she would talk to Lucas as soon as she felt comfortable. Riley spent the entire week attempting to gain the courage to tell him about her current situation. She finally gained the courage to tell him when they were sitting on her bay window on a warm August day. When she finally told him, her world stopped. She couldn't breathe, she desperately needed to know what he was thinking.

Lucas was in shock. He didn't know what to think. The world momentarily moved in slow motion. Seconds felt like hours. His breathing became slower and he could hear his heart racing. He was going to be a father at the young age of eighteen. He knew it was going to be difficult but they would overcome it. He slowly began to be brought back down to reality as he noticed Riley starring at him with her beautiful chocolate brown eyes glistening with tears. He opened his arms for Riley and embraced her. He promised never to leave her. They would overcome this together.

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Riley was lost in a trance until a familiar person came up and sat next to her.