Teacher's Girl (Aflyingwhale)

EMMA’s POV : 

I pushed the stall door open and my friends were waiting on the other side.

They stared at me in nervous anticipation.

"Well, what is it?"Tiff asked cautiously.

"What does it say?" Carrie followed.

"I'm..."I couldn't bring myself to say the words out loud.

But one look at my face and my friends knew the answer.

"Shit,"Carrie muttered under her breath.

"Let me see,"Tiff said and she took the stick from my hand.

She saw the result and muttered, "Shit,"

"Are you sure you did it right? Maybe you need to take it again,"Carrie said.

"That's the second one,"I shook my head weakly, 

"The first one’s inside the box," Tiff shook the box violently and the other stick fell out.

She went to the floor to grab it and she let out a defeated sigh when she read the result.

"Guys...what am I gonna do?"I croaked and tears trickled down my face.

"Oh, Em..."Carrie was at loss for words.

She just stepped towards me and pulled me into a hug.

I had no more energy left in me.

All I could do was lay my head on her shoulder and cried some more.

"Hey, these things can be wrong, right?"

Tiff argued, looking around the box for more explanation.

"99 percent accuracy.It can be wrong!"

"What are you trying to say, Tiff?"

Carrie asked as she caressed my hair.

"We should go to the clinic and get another test done.Nick's older sister works at the clinic downtown, maybe we can go there?"

"Emma, do you wanna go?"

Carrie asked as she tilted my face up.

"We'll go with you?"

At this point, I didn’t know what else to do.I didn’t have the energy to disagree with anything they say.And since Tiff and Carrie were convinced that I should do it, I conceded.Meekly, I nodded my head.

The next thing I knew, we were at the waiting room in this small clinic downtown, filling up papers on why I was there.

Tiff and Carrie were my rock.

Carrie helped me with the paperwork and Tiff held my hand the entire time.

Tiff would give deadly glares at anyone who would look at me and try to figure out what was wrong with me.

After filling out paperwork and waiting for about an hour, I was finally allowed to see Dr.

Clara Webster, Nick’s older sister.

According to Tiff, Nick had three older sisters and Clara was the oldest and smartest.She graduated from med school at the age of 24.

At 25 years of age, Dr.Carla was now doing her residency at this clinic.

She was wearing these thick glasses and her hair was neatly tied in a ponytail.

She was kind and all, but she was always serious.

She didn't let Tiff and Carrie inside the examination room, but she assured them that I would be fine.Dr.Carla took one look at my chart and she immediately knew what was up.

She checked my pulse and my breathing and everything, and throughout it all she was just stoic and quiet.

me was to tell me that she needed to collect a urine sample,

a little cup and handed it back to

I was back in the waiting

Carrie were still there and they had raided the snack

of chips, sugary drinks, candy bars,

take a while for the result to come, so I sat with my

stomach was able to

sad as that might sound, the snacks were probably the highlight of my day so

another hour or so of waiting, I was called again into

stiff as I

reassuringly and nodded

got up and I walked back into the room, repeating

seat,"Dr.Clara

she went through

results are in, you are pregnant,"she

sure?" was all that

were pooling around my eyes

hours had been

to deny the fact that

myself that there was

the doctor said the words out loud, it was as clear

was no way out of

realize this is not the answer you were looking

a

"You're not even going to

I shook my head

me for a while and

unfortunately, we don't do that here," She handed me

falling to my cheeks and I wiped them off

that you're still in the early stages of the pregnancy, perhaps around four weeks.You're also over sixteen years of age, so you can deal with this on your own without your parents present, if you want to.Though there’s nothing else I can do for you here, I can recommend some clinics that do the procedure.Would

"Yes, please,"I nodded.

in my car in the clinic’s parking lot

the result and they went

stared blankly into space as Carrie

are you gonna do?"Tiff spoke

else can I do? I have to get rid of it,"my

bring too much pain and suffering to many other people.Maybe it’s selfish, but I can’t let my parents down, I can’t let lan down, and I can't let myself down.I have my future all mapped out and you're not a part of

I knew that I had made my decision.I grabbed my phone and the brochure

and punched

are you doing?"Carrie

other hand

as

stop,"Tiff followed and took the phone and paper

trashed my head back to the leather seat and more tears trickled down my

"I know, we know,"

before continuing, "But, this is a big decision, it's not something you can just decide on when

it, Car, this is the

I tried to reach for my phone again, but Tiff wouldn't

do anything, I think there’s someone you need to talk to first...He deserved to know,"

made up my mind about it, lan

slumped back on my seat and let

to me

is it? You

as he saw

I looked

had a speech all planned out while I was in the car on the way over here,

his eyes and studied my

worried eyes, he asked again, "What is it, Emma? Tell

"lan,"

know where and how

"I'm sorry,"

looked at me,

couldn’t say that word. I

"What, Emma?"he pressed on

"You're what?"

"I'm...pregnant,"I said finally.

a whisper, but he

clear.His eyes darkened and his mouth fell

arms and said, "Are you being

"I..."

wanted to speak but the tears pooling in my

He was practically yelling

face as I nodded my

a