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 * girl
 * boy
 * love story
 * forbidden
 * secret
 * mysterious
 * small town
 * lots of friends
 * rich man
 * middle class girl
 * different backrounds
 * PREGNANCY
 * money$$$$
 * LOVE
 * **__teenagers__**
 * run away
 * parents
 * death
 * party

Stacie wants Mark to step up to be a father of her baby becasue she thinks they both love each other, but Mark isn't ready to grow

I looked at the test and it was just as I had feared, positive. This could not be happening to me. I could feel my heart drop to the depths of my stomach. I had no idea what I was going to do or more importantly what I was going to tell my parents. How am I going to handle this? I can’t raise a baby, especially not at 16. How will I face going to school every day with people constantly judging and pointing at me. First thing is first, I have to tell my boyfriend, Mark. I know exactly how he’s going to react to. He’ll say “Claire it’s going to be alright, we will figure this out together; I love you.” We are both seniors at Riverdale High School and have been dating since freshmen year. We are the cliché couple, he is the star quarterback and I’m the head varsity cheerleader. We had so many exciting plans for our future. He was going to University Of Kentucky on a football scholarship and I would try out for the cheerleading squad, well before the baby anyways. Now I had to be one of those gross teenage moms who drop out of community college and wear sweats covered in baby vomit all day. I need to go see Mark before I start psyching myself out even more. I grabbed my keys, slipped on my flip-flops and headed out the door. Mark lives pretty close to me, so I was there in about 10 minutes. I had already texted him saying that we had to talk about something important so he opened the door right as I walked up to the house. His parents were both at a dinner party so we had the house to ourselves. I walked to his dining room and had a seat and Mark did the same. I had no idea how to ease into it so before I knew it I blurted “I’M PREGNANT.” You could instantly see the blood drain from Mark’s face; he was as pale as a ghost. We sat in silence for a couple minutes, neither of us knowing what to say or how to say it. The finally Mark said “You can’t keep it Claire.” “What do you suppose I do then Mark? I could even hear the anger in my voice. “How am I supposed to know? Give it up for adoption, abort it, I don’t care, just get rid of it!” I couldn’t believe the words that were coming out of his mouth. Mark wasn’t acting like I expected him to, in fact he was acting the complete opposite.” You make me sick” I managed to say. I grabbed my keys then stormed out of the house and drove home. After that I ran to my room and cried for what seemed like hours. How could Mark act like that? I mean yeah I know it wouldn’t be easy raising a child, but we loved each other and that’s all that should matter. I could hear the garage door open. This was the moment that I had been ultimately dreading all day, telling my parents. I braced myself and headed to the kitchen where my mom was already starting dinner. “Hey sweetie” she said; “How was your day?” “I’ve had better” I sighed.“Aw, did you get a bad grade on a test or something?” “Uh something a little more serious than that” I said. “Well come out with it already” my mom said irritably. “You are probably going to need to sit down for this” I said. My mom called my dad into the room and we all had a seat around the dining room table.‘I have to tell you both something, but you have to promise not to overreact” I said. “You’re scaring me honey” said my dad with a worried look on his face. “I don’t know how to tell you guys this, but here goes nothing, I’m pregnant…” I managed to say. No one said anything for a while; I guess no one knew what to say or how to react. “You’re joking right?” said my dad. “No” I said, “unfortunately I’m not.” “HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO OUR FAMILY!?” my mom shouted out of absolutely nowhere.“Did you not think about the consequences of your actions?” “How this is going to turn your life completely upside down?” she said more calmly. And to my amazement my mom started uncontrollably sobbing. I didn’t really know how to react to my mother’s outburst and so I kept quiet. “What were you thinking” said my dad. “I wasn’t” I said to them. After that, there was more silence while everyone attempted to calm down. “You know this isn’t going to be the slightest bit easy”said my mom. “Yeah I figured as much” I said. “The whole town is going to be talking about you and that’s a lot to handle.” said my dad. “Even though we are very disappointed in you we still love you and we are going to help you through this” said my mom with a half-smile on her face. Finally, I thought, the reaction I’ve been waiting all day to hear. I knew my life from now on wouldn’t be easy from now on, but I’ll get through it with a little help, and that makes my future a little bit brighter.