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CHAPTER ONE
First Person's Perspective
_Marie_
Three weeks into the new phase of my life, I found out that I was pregnant. It was something that I couldn't fathom. Other girls have sex but don't usually get pregnant, why did mine have to be different? Especially on my first try. I wished the ground would crack open and swallow me.
What would my mom say when she eventually finds out? What will people say? The society we live in today is so judgmental, how would I survive? These and many more were the questions running through my mind
Taking another glance at the pregnancy test, which showed two blue lines, I couldn't help but let the tears that had being welling up in my eyes socket roll down freely on my cheeks
I was a girl whose mother had always taught the importance of keeping your legs closed, keeping your dignity till marriage, all her life. She would be very pissed and disappointed in me. The thought of just terminating the pregnancy and pretend like nothing ever happened crossed my mind, but I shoved it back immediately. I couldn't possibly kill my own child
I thought I could move on though. In a few weeks or months everything would be back to normal, but I was sorely mistaking as fate had other plans for me
A knock came on the door and I wiped off the tears on my face, then threw the pregnancy test into the trash can
"Hey Marie, guess what?" with a huge more than normal sigh, I turned over to Sam, my best friend, my only friend actually. She was the one who dragged me to that party last weekend, claiming that I needed to go out and live the best of my life.
That's how I ended up in bed with a total and complete stranger.
"Are you alright? You look pale and distressed" she said giving me an up to down assessment . I nodded and walked over to my bed. "I am alright" she wasn't convinced
"Talk to me Ree, what's happening?" A tear dropped and I told her, I told her everything. She drew me into an embrace, assuring me that everything was going to be just fine.
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