Alex

It was an understatement to say I was nervous. I couldn't wait until the clinic opened on Monday, I was stressing out so much that I hadn't been able to sleep.

Saturday morning I began to feel sick and threw up. I wasn't sure if it was from nerves or if it was because of being pregnant. I decided to grab the little money I had and walk down to the store to grab a pregnancy test. I stood in the aisle with them and walked back and forth staring at the many types of tests.

I couldn't breathe as I paced.

My phone went off and I got a text from Harry.

Harry: hey how are you feeling?

Alex: not well. Can you come over?

Harry: after my shift baby angel. I love you

Alex: I love you more

Harry: not possible. :)))

I smiled taking a deep breath and grabbing the best test. I grabbed another two and walked up to the front setting them on the counter. The pharmacist looked at me with a smile and then down at the tests. He didn't say anything about them, only asking if that was all in, which I replied with a simple head nod.

He handed me my bag and I walked out of the pharmacy and straight home. When I made it there my mom was in the kitchen and she heard the door open. She came into the living room and looked at me. "Where were you?"

"At the store, I have to use the restroom." She gave me a look and then seemed to notice my bag.

"What's that?" I looked down and shrugged. "Alex?"

"They're candy." She rolled her eyes.

"Alexandria you haven't even had breakfast and you're already eating sweets." She said walking away. I ran up the stairs to my room and locked myself in the bathroom. I sat down on the closed toilet seat and pulled the test out to look at it.

It was very simple to do, but my nerves were making my hands shake. I pulled the stick out of the box and stood to pull my pants down. I took the test and sat down on the edge of the tub thinking of what I would do. I was scared of what my parents would do, but most importantly, what would Harry do?

Yes, he was loving and supportive, but he's seventeen years old. What if he changed? I couldn't bear the thought of him not wanting to be with me. What if he tells me to get an abortion? I don't think I could do that? I began crying again because the timer on my phone went off and I quickly stood up to check the test.

Harry

"...have a great day sir." I handed the man his change and he thanked me before leaving. I looked at my manager who gave me a thumbs up and told me I was able to leave already. I pulled off my apron and hat and walked straight to the back to punch out and leave.

I looked at my phone as I walked to my car and texted Alex.

Harry: baby I'm coming over and we can talk.

Alex: I don't want you to come over right now.

I raised an eyebrow.

Harry: but I love you and want to talk love.

Alex: no Harry I don't want to see you. Leave me alone.

I drove to her house without another word and made it, to find that her parents weren't home. I went to knock on her door and called her. She didn't respond.

"Alex!" I knocked harder. Eventually checking to see the door was open I pushed it open and looked around upstairs to see if she was there. I could hear her crying in her room and I quickly made my way there knocking on her door.

"Who is it?" She sniffled.

"It's me, Harry."

"Please go away I told you not to come here!"

I heard the water from the sink turn on and she sniffled. "Alex, come on I know somethings going on," I said sweetly.

"Just go away you'll hate me when you find out why I'm like this." She continued to cry into her hands. I finally pushed open the door and saw her sitting on the floor of her bathroom with her makeup streaming down her face.

I kneeled down beside her and pulled her hands away. "Hey, I love you okay, I could never hate you." She sniffled and looked up to me with sad eyes and shook her head.

"Harry, I'm pregnant."

I paused for a moment and let go of her hands as I sat down on the side of the bathtub. I knew that her getting pregnant was a possibility but hearing the actual words and suddenly being handed the test with a bright pink positive sign was another feeling entirely. "A-a-are you s-sure?"

She handed me another test and again a clear 'pregnant' read on the digital screen. "I can't believe this- well I can because I was so stupid to think- ugh god my parents are going to be so pissed at me." She sobbed into her arms.

I was frozen in place and just kept staring at the test in my hand. "What are we gonna do?" She looked at me and wiped her eyes.

"I'm only sixteen I can't have a baby." She whispered.

"Alex, we have to go to the doctor and make sure, baby. We have to think like adults not like two scared kids-"

"But we are scared kids Harry! Don't you get it, I'm terrified!" I stood up quickly and ran my hands through my hair thinking of what to do.

"Okay relax we just- okay you can't be more than a few weeks along so we have time to think, but Alex, baby I know you and I know you wouldn't get rid of it," I said lowly.

I recalled back to a conversation I had with her about abortions and stuff like that. She had told me it would be the last resort type of thing and I knew it made her sad to think about it. "I'm scared, Harry." Her voice cracked and she laid her head against my chest.

"I am too baby, but we have to calm down and- I think we should talk to my mum." She pulled back and shook her head. "I already talked to her and she thinks-"

"You talked to your mom! Why?" She screamed. "God Harry you can't go telling her shit about me!"

"I didn't, we talked, okay I'm scared and I talked to my mom just like you did with your parents of us actually having sex. Do you understand how weird it is to do that?"

"I'm not fighting with you right now." She shook her head. "Get out!"

"No, I refuse! We have to relax and talk about this! I'm putting my foot down!" She looked up at me with watery eyes and I realized that this was the first time I've ever yelled at her. "Please," I said lowly.

She didn't say anything for a while so I think she was upset with me. We sat there in her bathroom for over an hour thinking of what to do. At least I thought of what to do. "Okay we go on Monday to the clinic and I get a pregnancy test, and they'll tell me if I'm pregnant or if it's just a false positive- you know like people get those right?" I nodded quickly. "Then we'll go from there." She sounded almost like she wanted to convince herself of something.

"Okay, we'll get through this no matter what alright?" She nodded crying into my chest as I hugged her.

Monday came slower than we would have liked. As I picked her up for school I could tell she was having a lot of what could easily be morning sickness. She was nauseous and drinking ginger ale and eating rice crispy treats because they were the only thing she could hold down. We went to school and the day seemed to drag along so slow.

Mary came up to Alex during lunch and sat with her as they talked. I could tell Alex was trying to act normal, but she was really bad at hiding when she was nervous. "Are you okay? Do you want to hang out after school?" Mary asked.

"I can't I have to do something important but maybe later this week?" Mary nodded looking at me and then back at Alex.

"Okay, we'll talk later." The bell rang and Alex and I decided to leave school early and drive down to a free clinic where she could get a pregnancy test without having to give any information with her parents.

I held her hand as we drove and when I pulled up in front of the clinic she seemed to be frozen in her place. "Angel, I know it's scary- I'm scared too. We need to find out because the sooner the better." She nodded leaning in to press a kiss to my lips.

I got out of the car, walking around to open her door and held her hand as we walked into the building. She signed in and gave her name, filling out forms. When they called her back I went with her and sat in the doctor's office. A nurse came in and took her vitals, seeming very friendly and understanding. Alex's nerves were calmed when she told the nurse why she was here.

She used the bathroom to give urine and came back with the nurse.

"Okay sweetie the doctor will be right in and he'll go over everything." She smiled and left.

I leaned back in my chair and watched as Alex played with her bracelet on her wrist. She was shaking her leg, a nervous tick, and taking deep breaths. "I can't do this." She said quietly. I stood walking up to her and to hug her close to my body. My hands rubbed up and down her back as I talked her through this.

"I love you and we'll be okay." She nodded slowly about to speak when the knock on the door caused us to turn our attention.

The doctor was a woman and she smiled at us as she came in, until she realized how young and scared we must have looked. "Hi I'm doctor Bryson you must be Alexandria." She shook our hands.

"I'm Harry." I introduced myself.

"Okay let's have a talk, how are you feeling?" Alex looked down. "You know already don't you?" She asked Alex.

"I took tests at home." She confessed to the doctor.

She nodded. "Okay well sweetie, your test came back positive so you're pregnant, I saw on your chart that you're sixteen?" Alex nodded. "Alright I know it can be scary but we have to talk about a lot right now, talk about your options and all that." She looked at me and then back at Alex. "Do you want to talk alone?"

She shook her head. "He's the father, I think he should hear it as well."

At that moment it hit me all at once, I was going to be a father.

Thanks for reading.Xx

-k