Unexpected Surprises

The Test Says it All

It's been a week since the incident at the dinner. I'm still heartbroken by the thought of that night as much as I try to forget it. Every time I think about it I cry.

"Ally are you ok?" Asked Derek sitting next to me.

"Yea, why?" I said defensively.

"Well you've been acting wired since the dinner last week and your mood has changed"

He's right my mood has changed and I've been getting back pains and now that I've thought about it I have thrown up about three times the past two days. My mom was recently sick so I'm hoping it's just the stomach flu.

All of a sudden I feel the urge to throw up again.

"Alison, can I ask you a question? " my mom said looking worried.

I nodded

"Have you recently had had any sexual activity with anyone? " I looked at her in shock.

"Well...ummm..nn-o" I lied

Somehow she could tell I was lying because she kept giving me a suspicious look. "Yes," I whispered.

"Hunny I think you might be pregnant" I stood there at the thought of even thinking of the possibility that I was and that Chris would be the father. As much as I didn't want to think that it could be possible I remembered that we hadn't used protection.

As soon as I heard those words I grabbed my keys and ran to the car.

I drove to the nearest Walgreens and quickly bought three different kinds of tests. I payed for them and drove back home.

When I got home I recognized Chris' car in the driveway and I froze. Oh no. How was I going to hide the tests. I decided to quietly open the door and go up to my room. No one seemed to notice that I was back home so I went to my bathroom and took the first test. Now time to wait.

+ was all the test said. Now I was freaking out.

The second one also came out with a....+ the test said it all. I was pregnant.

I didn't even bother taking the third one because I could feel it in my gut that I WAS pregnant. And the baby daddy was downstairs. I didn't even know that I was crying until someone opened the door and put their arm around me. It was my mom.

"Oh sweetheart don't cry" but I couldn't help it and cry more.

"Mom, aren't you mad?" Was all I said.

"No of course I'm not mad," she wiped my tears "of course I'm disappointed that it happened this early but I could never be mad at you."

"Mom I'm scared" I finally whispered.

"I know baby, I know" she hugged me "but I do have one question".

I looked up at her. "Who's the father? "

I could feel myself getting pale and my lips dry up.

"Um... I don't wanna say" she nodded and hugged me one last time before she got up and left.

I sat there in my bed thinking to myself if I should go downstairs and just confront both my brother and his best friend. No. I couldn't mess up their friendship. Finally I got an idea. My mistake will not get in the way of Derek and Chris' friendship. I started looking for flights to California. My Grandmother lived in Santa Monica, California. I started to pack a suit case and grabbed my lifetime savings. I was on the next flight to California.