CHAPTER 1: THE PREGNANCY TEST

I stared at the pregnancy test in the dim light of the school bathroom, my head full of confusion. What will people say? What will the teachers say when they found out about this? Everyone is expecting better things from the top learner of the class, they are expecting university acceptance letters and perfect class scores not a positive pregnancy test.

He promised me that I won't get pregnant no matter what.... he said he was preventing for pregnancy. I was always wondering how could a man prevent for pregnancy but little did I know he was not telling the truth. I have to tell him about this, I can't carry this alone.

 I put the pregnancy test inside my school bag and washed my face and then I stepped out of the bathroom looking for Julian. Finding him was easy because he is always at the rugby field with his friends and along side them full of girls and he looked completely untroubled.

The moment I saw him my heart was full of fear, not knowing how do I start from telling him about the pregnancy. "Julian? Can I speak with you privately." His face became hard and serious as if he was seeing a trash.

"Uh, sure. Give me a sec, guys," he muttered, tossing the ball to his friend. Then he pulled me away from his friends, away enough that no one could no longer see us.

"What do you want Chloe?" "You can see that I'm busy with the guys," he said crossing his arms tightly across his chest.

Without even speaking I take out the pregnancy test and held it out between us. Julian look down at it quietly and his face became hard. Before I could even speak he grabbed my wrist so hard making it hard for me to breathe.

"Are you out of your mind?" he hissed, his voice was cold. "Do you have any idea what this does to me? My career? My scholarship? You're going to ruin my life!"

"Your life?" "What about mine you just ruined Julian?" "You promised that I won't get pregnant!" "I'm just a seventeen years old girl, What will people say?"

"Then fix it!" He began to step closer. "Remove the pregnancy Chloe, It's your problem not mine.... get rid of it immediately."

 "Julian it is not that simple I could die in the process....."

"Listen to me carefully," he interrupted. "There is no us and this never happened.... If you tell a single person, if you ruin my future, I will make sure your life at this school becomes a living hell, Do you understand me? Take care of it."

He didn't even wait for me to answer he just walked away leaving me standing there alone. I just stood there looking at him walking away trying to keep myself together. I should've known better than this. This is not what he promised me, now I have to face my friends and family alone and face the shame alone. What did I expected from him anyway? It is now clear that all he wanted was to take my pride away.

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