"What the hell are you doing with this son of a bitch?!" Adam yelled at Emily.
I got up, and so did Emily.
"Uh, Adam, its not what you think." I said, trying to calm his hot ass down.
"Shut the fuck up you idiot!" He shouted.
"We were just studying." Emily explained.
But Adam was buying none of it because he replied her with a hot slap to the face. He took her arm and dragged her out of the library, only stopping at the door to look back at me.
"You, if I ever see your fucking self with her again, trust me your body will never remain the same." He threatened, walking out with Emily.
Where the hell was the librarian all this while?
My memory flashed back to the hard slap Emily received from Adam. And I couldn't do anything about it. I felt so small and powerless. But I knew I had to do something about Adam before it got too late.
I saw that Emily had left her geology notebook, and wondered how I would get it back to her because I couldn't risk Adam knowing.
I left the library.
When I got to class, I realised Adam had switched seats with Emily, who was now sitting at the back of the class with teary eyes.
I went over to my seat and put Emily's notebook in my backpack, not wanting Adam to see what I was doing. After seating for a while, the biology teacher, Mrs Prudence entered the classroom and asked for Daniel Robinson.
Me?
"I'm Daniel, ma'am." I said.
"The principal wants to see you. In his office." She said.
"Ooh..." The whole class murmured.
One was never invited to the principal's office unless one had done something very wrong.
I haven't done anything wrong, have I?
"Looks like little handsome Danny is in trouble." Adam said beside me.
I dismissed the immediate thought that Adam had done something bad in my name and walked out of the classroom.
I got to the principal's office and found him at his table, talking to Judy -wait, Judy?
What the hell was she doing here? What have you done now Judy?
"You must be Daniel." The principal said.
"Y- yes sir. I am."
"Take a seat then." He offered.
I sat next to Judy who had been sobbing since I entered the room.
Oh gosh.
"Are you aware that your sister is pregnant?"
"What?!"
"Calm down Daniel. She vomited twice in class and after been checked up on, we discovered that she is pregnant. We asked her how it happened bit she wouldn't say anything. You two need to go home and settle... This." He was referring to Judy's belly.
I couldn't believe my ears.
"Pregnant?" I asked, still shocked.
"Yes. She's four weeks pregnant."
Oh good God
"Four weeks?! Oh my goodness. Judy! You're pregnant?!" I asked.
Judy just kept on staring ahead, like someone with mental issues.
"You two can go now. The school bus will take you home." The principal said.
"T- thanks sir." I said, still a little distraught.
Judy stood up, walked up to the door and exited the room.
I got up from my seat and left the room, sighting Judy at the far end of the hallway, a few meters away from the door that led out of the school building.
"Judy wait!" I yelled.
And to my surprise, she waited, without turning to look at me. I felt she was emotionally disturbed. She had always been that way -moody, edgy, aggressive and sometimes very temperamental.
I ran over to her quietly, not wanting any attention from classes nearby. As I got to Judy, she walked right out the door, like I didn't exist.
"Judy," I walked alongside her.
"Why did you do this? Tell me, why? And you just kept me in the dark about the whole thing, Judy, why did you do this? You know how bad dad is going to feel when he hears this. When he hears that you gave yourself all out to a boy. A useless, godforsaken boy. Tell me who it is that made you pregnant now, or else -"
For the first time ever, I saw Judy burst into tears right in front of me. I was baffled. I had zero experience on issues like this so I didn't have the slightest idea on what to do. I didn't even realize when I stopped walking, watching Judy sob into the school bus. Damn.
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"What?!" My parents exclaimed when they heard the news. They couldn't believe me, and Judy wouldn't even say anything, so they took her to the family hospital for I proper test.
I kept my fingers crossed, hoping it was all a mistake, but it was true.
It was damn true.
★
My parents tried as much as they could, to get Judy to tell them who got her pregnant, but Judy only cried each time she was asked. And after a couple of days, they grew tired of asking so they gave up the topic, hoping Judy would tell them whenever she felt comfortable to do so.
My Mom and Dad took great care of Judy, and signed her up for antenatal care at the hospital, not wanting any harm or discomfort to either Judy or the baby. My Dad spent his spare time lecturing me on the dangers of premarital sex and teenage pregnancy. Believe me, it was disgusting, but it was also the first time in a long while I could feel that My Dad actually cared about me, so I tried as much as possible not to show any signs of being grossed out when he was teaching.
My Dad let the principal know that he had gone to the hospital and put Judy up for antenatal care, so the principal gave me the rest of the week to stay home, because Judy could not attend school anymore. No one told me, but I knew Judy's education had come to an end. I felt so sorry for her and vowed revenge on the unfortunate guy that impregnated her.
Brian called at my house some days later, bringing my backpack that I had left at school the other day.
He asked what happened that I hadn't been in school, and since no one told me not to, u told him what the situation was.
He gasped when I did.
"You mean Judy is pregnant?"
"Yes."
"And nobody knows the father, except herself?"
"Exactly."
"Wow." He said, running his fingers through his hair.
"But don't tell anyone about this, okay?" I said, assuring myself that I hadn't done anything bad since he wasn't going to tell anyone.
"Yeah, sure." He sighed.
"I'll be right back." I said as I went out of my room, to the kitchen to serve him some fruit juice.
I returned and offered him the drink, suddenly remembering the dream I had about Emily. And by sheer coincidence, he asked,
"So what's up with you and Emily now? Coz she was all, 'where's Daniel', 'where's Daniel' yesterday."
"Really? She asked of me?" I asked, somewhat surprised.
"Yeah yeah. Now tell me about you both." He said.
I told him what happened when Emily showed up at my house, the weird dream I had, and what happened at the library. And he listened attentively, sipping his juice at regular intervals.
"Oh... That's why Adam's always with Emily, following her around like a chick and the mother hen." He chuckled. "And about the dream, I don't really believe in dreams so I'm just gonna tell you it's just a dream. It can't happen in real life."
"And the library incident?" I asked.
"I personally, will advice you to stay away from Emily. If there's one thing we know about her, its that she's trouble, when Adam is around." He said.
I felt there was nothing I could do about Emily, the only reasonable thing to do was to give her up, because Adam did something I probably never would have- he donated his kidney to Emily. So I was going to leave her to Adam.
I took a deep breath.
"I'm not sure I could have done what Adam did, so he deserves her. And I don't." I said.
"Oh well, but if we really think about it, Adam did it just so he could have Emily all to himself, and I know you wouldn't have done that. Would you?"
"N- no. I wouldn't have. But I... I- I don't even know what to think anymore. If things continue this way, Adam's probably going to end up marrying Emily, so the best thing for me to do is to just leave them both alone."
"Alright bro. If that's your decision." Brian said, dropping his cup which had just a little juice left in it, and he stood to his feet.
"You're leaving already?" I asked.
"Yeah, i promised my Mom i wouldn't stay long."
"Okay, bye." I said.
He turned to go.
"Wait."
"What?" He asked, turning.
"Could you please help me tell Emily to come over here on Saturday? My parents won't be home. They're taking Judy to see a psychiatrist cause she's always moody and barely talks."
"Yeah, no problem. Can I come too?" He asked.
"No. I wanna talk to Emily privately."
"Alright lover boy." He joked. Then he left.
I got to bed early that night, thinking about what exactly I should tell Emily when she came. But I couldn't come up with the exact words to say.
And to make matters worse, my stomach started troubling me. That was weird because it only happened when something was about to go wrong. Dad called it my 'sixth sense'.
But what the hell was about to go wrong? Should I not have told Brian to tell Emily to come? I kept deliberating on whether to cancel the meeting with Emily or not. And with all the tiredness, I slept off.
I woke up the next morning after hearing a loud piercing scream. What was happening? I immediately flung myself out of bed and ran to my parents' room, but no one was there. A terrible feeling grew inside my guts when I realised the scream had to do with Judy.I ran to Judy's room where I met my mom crying terribly and my dad, with both hands on his head.What I saw next made my heart skip two beats.Judy was lying motionless in her bed, entirely soaked with blood. Her blood. My eyes caught some pills on her bedside table, all empty. Then I realised what Judy had done.I involuntarily fell to my knees."Judy no! You shouldn't have done this to yourself! You shouldn't have. We were all going to take care of you and the baby. And now you've done this..." I trailed off. I didn't realise when tears started rolling down my cheeks like rocks down a hill.My mom just kept on wailing.
"Hey! It's you, Daniel." Chloe said."Hi Chloe, uhm..."Her mom was staring at us, making me a lot uncomfortable."Mom, a little privacy, please?""Oh, right." Her mom said, leaving the room. Chloe sat next to me and urged me to go on."Uh, okay. Chloe, I came here to apologize for- ""I forgive you." She interrupted with a sweet smile."What? Seriously?" I asked in disbelief."Of course. How can I ever say no to you, handsome."Okay, so was she flirting with me now? And did she just call me handsome?"Uh, alright. Thanks a lot.""Yeah, its nothing." She smiled sweetly again.Okay, so silence now. What do I say? What do I do? Man, I hate awkward silence. "Uh, I'm really missing Judy nowadays, you know." I said."Aw." She cooed, placing her hand on top of mine, sendi
"Jeez, Daniel. You didn't have to yell at me." Emily complained."Emily, you... I... Judy's dead." I said, without really meaning to."What?! Oh my God! How? When?" She gasped."I'd rather not talk about it, Emily.""No, please. I really want to know."Despite how much I tried not to, I told her, deleting every aspect that had to do with Adam."Oh. My. Goodness. That's why you left your backpack at school the other day and was absent the whole week. I was so worried about you, Daniel." She said, placing her hands on my shoulders.I could see that she felt sorry for me, but I was far from ready for what was about to happen.She was intending to kiss me, and that was the last thing I wanted, but I stayed still, unable to move any part of my body because a part of me wanted that kiss, but the other part wanted my first kiss to be with someone else, per
I was obviously very annoyed, but also sad at the same time. Either way, I knew I'd done the right thing, even though it didn't go quite as expected.As hard as I tried not to, I still cried because I just couldn't help it.I broke Emily's heart, even though I didn't mean to. She just wouldn't understand that we weren't just meant to be.Well at least Adam would be happy now.I tried forcing myself to sleep but I just couldn't. I couldn't stop myself from thinking about Emily. She'd gone through a lot in her life and I wasn't even helping matters. I knew I loved her, so why did I say I didn't? What was wrong with me?I laid on the couch, thinking for what seemed like ages to me, before the door opened and my parents walked in."Hi mom. Hi dad." I said, trying not to show any emotion."Hey son." My dad said gloomily."Hi Daniel." My mom said in the s
"Emily?" I asked again in shock."Daniel..." She wrapped her arms around me as we hugged tightly. That was when I felt the bump at her stomach. I pulled away from her."Daniel, it's so great to see you again! I've- ""You're pregnant." I interrupted. Why was she pregnant?I was. Stunned."Oh, y- yes I am." She stuttered."Gosh!" I put my hands on my face. "Who's the father?" I asked, afraid of hearing the name I didn't want to hear."A- Adam is." She said, her face expressionless. "Please, can we go talk somewhere private?" She asked, staring at Ashley.There was no need for me to be mad. It wasn't her fault. I left her."Uh, okay. Ashley, I'll be back in a sec, please just finish this up." I said, referring to the cart."But...but you said you're all mine today, and- ""Ashley..." I said through cl
"Don't do that!" Ashley yelled, rushing over to where I stood, collecting my phone charger from me."What? I want to charge." I interjected, scrunching up my face at her. She made a face at me, sitting on the chair behind me, my favourite sofa."I'm charging there. Go find somewhere else." She whined."Wait, why are you in my house again?" I asked her, taking my charger from her forcefully, going to find another place to charge."Because you love me, that's why." She smiled at me, grabbing the remote from the table, changing the channel."Love is a strong word." I mumbled, plugging my phone in a socket behind me. I sat down on the sofa near the entrance, since Ashley was sitting on my favourite one."So you don't love me, then?" She questioned, with a frown on her face. I shook my head. When did I say that I didn't?"I didn't say that, Ashley." I told her.
Me:Uh, yeah, that's what he's doing right now. How did you know? Guessed?I lied. I lied for the second time about Adam to Daniel. I feel so guilty and...sad. Sure, I would love to have someone to pamper my feet but Adam wouldn't do it for anything in the world.Why did I lie to Daniel? I guess I felt some kind if way that he was happy with the redhead chick he was with at the mall that I had to make up stuff about Adam just so he wouldn't think I was damned forever. I didn't want to look like a pathetic whiner to Daniel. At all.Danny❤:Oh.That was all the message carried. Just "oh." What did he mean by that? Was he jealous? I didn't know why I felt happy that he was jealous but I liked it. I liked the feeling I got talking to him. I liked it so much.Me: What? What's wrong?
When the banging on the door reached my ears, I shuddered in fright, dropping the bowl of water in my hand. I peeped out the kitchen door, but it just wasn't easy to view the door to the entrance from the kitchen door. I slowly walked out the kitchen as I heard the banging become louder and louder. Who the heck was that?"Who's that?!" I yelled at the door as I neared it. A low, mumbling sound came from the other side of the door. Adam?"Is that you? Honey?" I asked as I placed my hand on the doorknob. It felt cold and only added to the fear I felt inside. My heart thumped in my chest when I heard the voice."Open the damn door!" I heard Adam's voice say as I unlocked the bolt on the door. The door got pushed open the moment I unlocked it and an angry looking Adam is seen, breathing hard, looking a little damp. He stared at me with his large brown eyes, making me gasp in shock."What...wha..."