What's With This Girl?, chapter 17
[Back to Kira's POV]
A few weeks went passed and I went back to Oakland, only just to leave the next day to go back to Darby PA to see my mom and sisters. They were throwing me an engagement party. My wedding was now only three weeks away, and I was going to have it in Darby. The guys were coming too, but they were coming next week. I was scared to death. What if I was making a mistake? I talked to Adie about it, but she said it was normal to feel that way before your wedding.
I was so excited to see Drexel and BeBe. I haven't seen them in years. They've both been so busy with their careers and stuff.
I was packing my bags in my room when I started to feel nauseated. I've been like this for a few days, but Adie said it was just nerves, and not to panic. What Adie doesn't get is that I am the fucking queen of panic.
"Hey Kira." Dannie said. "Are you okay. You don't look too good."
"I'm starting to get sick Dannie."
"Aw baby. Maybe this trip isn't a good idea. I don't want you getting any worse."
"It's okay Dannie. I'll be fine. Besides, I haven't seen my sisters in years."
"Okay Kira." He smiled and gave me a kiss on the cheek while I continued packing.
I haven't talked to Tre since that night, but I keep in touch with Ramona all the time. She's always asking me those "girly" questions. Questions you'd be afraid to ask your mom and stuff. Some of the questions she asks are just too cute, and funny.
"Kira!" I heard Dannie yell. "Phone's for you!"
"I got it Dannie. Hello?"
"Hey auntie Kira!" Ramona yelled through the phone.
"Hey Ramona. How are you?"
"I'm fine. I missed you."
"I missed you too Ramona. What have you been up to?"
"Nothing much. How about you?"
"I'm leaving to go to Pennsylvania in a few hours."
"Well that's cool. I got to go, I talk to you later Kira."
"Okay bye Ramona."
"Bye Kira."
"She's so adorable." Dannie said behind me.
"Yeah I know. It's kind of weird though, her calling me 'aunt'. I never thought Darby would be the first with a kid, even if she's not really his."
"What do you think we'll be like when we become parents?" Dannie asked me. He was always asking me questions about our future. I could never really answer them straightforward though, because I was never really sure if I had a future with Dannie. I was always thinking that sooner or later, Dannie would find out about me and Tre, call off the wedding, and leave me. I was always waiting for it to happen, but it hasn't. It's like waiting for a snow storm in Oakland.
"Uhh... I don't know." I said.
"Oh come on. I know you've thought about it before."
"Well... I have thought about it. I always told Drexel I wanted to be just like my dad when it comes to parenthood. I wasn't going to take everything little thing seriously, but I wasn't going to let them get away with everything. I want to be that kind of mother where my daughter or son isn't afraid to talk to me about anything."
"I completely agree with you babe." Dannie said. "Come on we have to finish packing. We have to be at the airport in two hours."
"Okay. I'll finish packing for you." I said.
"Thanks Kira." He walked over to me and gave me a kiss on the cheek, and went downstairs.
I know you guys are getting sick of this topsy- turvey love triangle thing going on between me and Tre. I'm sick of it too. I don't understand why I can't make up my mind. It's either Tre or Dannie, just pick. It's easier said than done. Both of them have been there for me for so long. They both are amazing guys. But it's just that sometimes I think one loves me more than the other. But I can never really decide who. I don't want to hurt either of them. But I know I hurt Tre. I know I hurt him really badly.
Finally Dannie and me were on our way to Darby. I was getting really nervous. I wasn't nervous to see my family, I was nervous because I didn't know what would happen between me and Brian. I was still terrified of him I will always be terrified of him. I was started to get sick again. And everyone knows getting sick on an airplane isn't the best place to get sick.
"Kira are you okay?" Dannie asked.
"Actually... .no I'm not okay. I think I'm gonna... .I got to use the bathroom."
I jumped out of my seat, ran all the way to the bathroom and started puking my brains out. These goddamn nerves, when is this going to be over? I need to stop worrying so much.
"Kira!" I heard Dannie yell on the other side of the door. "Kira are you okay in there?"
"Yeah I'm fine. I'm just vomiting. I'll be out in a minute baby."
"Um... .okay."
"I think I'm okay now." I said to myself. I got up off the floor and looked in the mirror. I wiped my face and washed out my mouth. I walked out of the bathroom and took my seat next to Dannie.
"You're going to be okay." Dannie said. "I know you're nervous about seeing Brian, but he's not going to hurt you. I promise." Dannie took my hand and held it to his face.
"You know I hate it when you do that." I said laughing.
Finally we landed in Darby. The first thing I spotted when we got to the airport was some idiot jumping up and down screaming my name.
"Beatrix." I said laughing.
"HEY KIRA!" BeBe screamed. I ran over to my sister and gave her a huge hug.
"BEBE! I haven't seen you in forever! I missed you!"
"I missed you too little sister. And how have you been Dannie Boy?" she said rustling Dannie's hair.
"I've been good." Dannie said laughing and fixing his hair.
"Come on, everyone at the house is waiting for you." BeBe said. She picked up my bags and carried them to the car.
"Hey Kira, are you okay? You look a little sick."
"I got sick on the plane ride here."
"Oh that sucks. We'll take care of that when we get back to the house. But enough with that, so how's the wedding coming along?"
"It's great, there was a small problem with the catering, but everything's fine now." Dannie said.
"I can't believe it's only three weeks away." BeBe said.
"I can't either." I said. "It feels like just yesterday he asked me on our first date, and now we're getting married."
"Tell me about it." BeBe said. "It feels like just yesterday you two were only fifteen."
Me and Dannie both started laughing.
"Okay guys we're here. Home Sweet Home!" BeBe said.
Here I was, back at the place I swore I would never come back to. That was about three years ago.
"Hey Kira!" I heard Drexel yell from the door.
"Drexie!" I yelled. She ran out the door and gave me a huge hug.
"Oh my God. I haven't seen you since you left for Oakland like, three years ago. I missed you."
"I missed you too Drexie." I said.
"Dannie, hey how are you?" she said moving from me to Dannie, giving him a hug.
"I've been great, Drexel." He said.
"Drexel!" I heard someone scream. "Drexel where are you? Daddy wants you."
Then I saw a little girl standing in the door. She had long brown hair and big brown eyes.
"I'll be there in a minute Kayla." Drexel said.
"Drexel... is that your... ." I said
"Daughter? Nope. That's Brian's daughter Kayla. He has a son too, Dylan. He's had custody of them ever since their mother died."
"I'm surprised they would give him custody of them." I said.
"I thought the same thing." BeBe said. "Well come on let's not just stand outside freezing our asses off. Let's go inside. We've got a surprise for you Kira."
"Um... okay." I said laughing. I walk into the house and a familiar smell came over me.
"What smells like German Chocolate Cake?" I asked.
"You know I would never forget that's your favorite." I heard a familiar voice say.
"Youkira!" I yelled. It was my mom's friend, the one I was named after. I haven't seen her since my father's funeral. I ran over to her and gave her the biggest hug ever.
"Oh My God! I can't believe you're here!" I yelled.
"Do you think I would miss your wedding? Hey you know what? You look different. I think it's your hair." Youkira said.
"Yeah I dyed it." I said laughing.
"Yeah, but it's not just that. It's something about your face. Oh well. Come get some cake. And you must be Dannie."
"Yup that's me. How are you? I've heard so much about you."
"I've heard a lot about you too. You got a good one on your hands. Don't lose her." Youkira said laughing.
"Hey Youkira." I said. "Where's mom?"
"She and dad are upstairs." Said a little voice. "You must be Kira."
"Yeah I am. And you are?"
"Dylan. Dylan Hewitt." Said the boy.
"How old are you?"
"I'm nine."
"Are you sure? You sure as hell don't seem to be a nine year old."
"I'm kind of clever for my age."
"I bet you are." I said laughing.
"You've already met my sister Kayla?" he said pointing to the little girl behind him.
"Yes I have. How are you?"
"I'm fine." She said in a very shy voice.
"How old are you?"
"I'm six." She said.
"She is so cute."
"Thank you." Kayla said.
"Is Kira down there?" I heard my mom say.
"Yeah, we've been here for like a half hour." Drexel said sarcastically.
My mom came down the stairs holding Brian's hand. The first thing I noticed was her hair. She cut off all her hair. She had long pretty hair, just like mine. Then I cut it, but I let it grow back. But my mom, she always said she would never cut her hair, because my dad loved it so much. But she did. Wow, it's crazy how people change.
"Hey mom." I said.
"Hey Kira." She came over to me and gave me a huge hug.
"Wow. You look amazing."
"Thank you mom."
"Hey Kira." Brian said.
My first reaction was to kick Brian's ass and scream "You bastard! Don't even try to talk to me ever again. Or I'll rip you a new one", but the last thing I wanted to do was start drama around the time of my wedding.
"Hello Brian."
"How have you been?"
"I've been good."
"Well... Okay... . look Youkira made dinner for you." Mom said.
"Awesome I love Youkira's cooking!" I said.
"You're not the only one!" BeBe said.
We all ran to the dining room table, and, of course, Drexel beat us all. We sat there for a pretty long time just talking about random stuff. Then my cell phone rang.
"Hello."
"Hey Kira"
Holy Shit! It was Tre!
"um... hey." I couldn't believe it was him. I excused myself from the table and went upstairs to my old room.
"Hey Tre."
"Kira, this may sound weird, but... .me and Ramona are on our way to Darby."
"What? Why? You guys are supposed to come until next week."
"I know but Ramona had this terrible dream that something bad happened to you, and the only way I could calm her down was to come let her see you and make sure everything was okay."
"Is that her, daddy?" I heard Ramona say.
"Yeah it's Kira."
"Please let me talk to her. Hello?"
"Hey Ramona."
"Kira! Thank God I was so scared. I thought something happened to you. My dad said I was dreaming but it looked so real. I just wanted to see you."
"It's okay Ramona. I'm okay I promise."
"Okay... I guess I'll see you tomorrow when we get there. Mike, Billie, and Adie are coming too."
"okay bye Ramona."
Wow, that was unexpected. Now Tre and the guys are coming sooner. I really wasn't ready to see Tre again. The last time I saw him didn't end so well. I could feel myself getting sick again. I ran to the bathroom and started throwing up. This is like my fourth time vomiting in one day. I'm starting to get worried. When I get nervous I do vomit a lot, but this is crazy. I'm going to the hospital tomorrow to see what's going on.
I went back downstairs and everyone was eating German Chocolate cake.
"Hey why is everyone eating my cake?" I asked.
"Hey I didn't say the whole thing was for you." Youkira said laughing.
I took a piece of cake from the kitchen and sat next to Dannie.
"Feeling any better?" Dannie said.
"Yeah a little. I think it's all out of my system now."
"That's good babe. I don't want you vomiting all over your wedding dress." He said laughing.
"So... .Kira, how long have you and Dannie been together?" Dylan said. I couldn't help but laugh.
"Eight years." I said.
"Wow eight years. You guys must be really in love. I can't wait until I fall in love."
"I think you have a pretty long time until you fall in love."
"Romeo and Juliet fell in love at the age of 14."
"He got you on that one Kira." Drexel said.
"You are smart for your age." Dannie said.
"Hehe. My teacher told me the same thing before." Dylan said.
"Well she was right." I said.
"He got three detentions in two days for correcting his teacher." My mom said.
"Well if they're wrong you have to correct them so they won't make the same mistake again. It's cool to teach a teacher every now and then."
"There is no such thing as a student teaching a teacher. It's not right" Brian said. "I didn't raise my son to be a smartass."
"YOU DIDN'T RAISE ME!" He yelled. I've never seen a boy scream like that before. Me and Dannie were the only one's who had shocked looks on our faces.
"I'm... I'm sorry dad." Dylan said looking down at his feet.
"You damn well better be sorry. Now go to your damn room."
Dylan, not taking his eyes off his feet, went up to his room.
"I'll be up there in a minute." Brian said. Poor kid.
"I'm guessing these outbursts are normal?" Dannie said.
"They happen all the time." Kayla said. "It's been this way since mommy died."
"That's sad. No offense, but, how did she die?" Dannie asked.
"Embolism in her brain." Brian said.
"That's terrible." I said.
Dammit here it comes again. I feel that chocolate cake coming back up.
"Um... I'll be back in a minute. I got to go to the bathroom."
I got up from my seat and walked up the stairs. I wanted to act calm so no one would worry about me. By the time I got up the stairs I bolted to the bathroom. This is starting to get so annoying. I heard the bathroom door open behind me, and it was Dylan.
"Are you sick?"
"Yeah I'm sick."
He jumped up on the sick and opened the cabinet and pulled something out. It looked like a small bottle.
"Here use this." He handed me the bottle.
"Penicillin. Thanks Dylan"
"My mom always gave us that stuff when I and my sister were sick. But then again that might not work. So... you might want to take this too." He handed me a small box.
"A pregnancy test?"
"BeBe told me to give that to you."
"But I'm not pregnant."
"it won't hurt you just to use it." Dylan said.
"He's got a point Kira." I heard BeBe say behind Dylan. "Don't be afraid Kira. You may not even be pregnant. It could be just like stomach flu or something. But just to be safe, take the test."
"Your sister's right." Dylan said. "Just take the test."
"Okay fine I'll do it."
"Okay." Dylan and BeBe said in unison.
"Um... I'm going to need a little privacy." I said "Okay, Dylan you should go. Please make sure you tell no one about this."
"I promise." He said, and then ran out of the bathroom.
"Um... BeBe... you can leave too."
"Oh sorry."
We waited like five minutes for the results. That was the longest fucking five minutes in my life.
"Okay I think it's time." I said. "I can't look."
"It's okay Kira. I'll look."
BeBe went into the bathroom and took the strip off the counter.
"Kira." She said calmly. "You got nothing to worry about."
"You mean... I'm not pregnant?"
"Well see for yourself." BeBe said and gave me the strip.
I kept staring at this strip. This little strip that could alter my life forever. I pick up the box, just to check and see if I was reading it right, but I was.
"BeBe." I said. "Promise not to tell anyone about the test."
"I promise."
"Okay, I need to be alone for a few minutes."
"Okay Kira."
I was left, by myself, in the bathroom. It was just that stupid strip and me. I started laughing at my own stupidity, then I starting crying at my own foolishness.
I'm pregnant... . with Tre's baby.
And to think I thought things were going to get easier from here.
A few weeks went passed and I went back to Oakland, only just to leave the next day to go back to Darby PA to see my mom and sisters. They were throwing me an engagement party. My wedding was now only three weeks away, and I was going to have it in Darby. The guys were coming too, but they were coming next week. I was scared to death. What if I was making a mistake? I talked to Adie about it, but she said it was normal to feel that way before your wedding.
I was so excited to see Drexel and BeBe. I haven't seen them in years. They've both been so busy with their careers and stuff.
I was packing my bags in my room when I started to feel nauseated. I've been like this for a few days, but Adie said it was just nerves, and not to panic. What Adie doesn't get is that I am the fucking queen of panic.
"Hey Kira." Dannie said. "Are you okay. You don't look too good."
"I'm starting to get sick Dannie."
"Aw baby. Maybe this trip isn't a good idea. I don't want you getting any worse."
"It's okay Dannie. I'll be fine. Besides, I haven't seen my sisters in years."
"Okay Kira." He smiled and gave me a kiss on the cheek while I continued packing.
I haven't talked to Tre since that night, but I keep in touch with Ramona all the time. She's always asking me those "girly" questions. Questions you'd be afraid to ask your mom and stuff. Some of the questions she asks are just too cute, and funny.
"Kira!" I heard Dannie yell. "Phone's for you!"
"I got it Dannie. Hello?"
"Hey auntie Kira!" Ramona yelled through the phone.
"Hey Ramona. How are you?"
"I'm fine. I missed you."
"I missed you too Ramona. What have you been up to?"
"Nothing much. How about you?"
"I'm leaving to go to Pennsylvania in a few hours."
"Well that's cool. I got to go, I talk to you later Kira."
"Okay bye Ramona."
"Bye Kira."
"She's so adorable." Dannie said behind me.
"Yeah I know. It's kind of weird though, her calling me 'aunt'. I never thought Darby would be the first with a kid, even if she's not really his."
"What do you think we'll be like when we become parents?" Dannie asked me. He was always asking me questions about our future. I could never really answer them straightforward though, because I was never really sure if I had a future with Dannie. I was always thinking that sooner or later, Dannie would find out about me and Tre, call off the wedding, and leave me. I was always waiting for it to happen, but it hasn't. It's like waiting for a snow storm in Oakland.
"Uhh... I don't know." I said.
"Oh come on. I know you've thought about it before."
"Well... I have thought about it. I always told Drexel I wanted to be just like my dad when it comes to parenthood. I wasn't going to take everything little thing seriously, but I wasn't going to let them get away with everything. I want to be that kind of mother where my daughter or son isn't afraid to talk to me about anything."
"I completely agree with you babe." Dannie said. "Come on we have to finish packing. We have to be at the airport in two hours."
"Okay. I'll finish packing for you." I said.
"Thanks Kira." He walked over to me and gave me a kiss on the cheek, and went downstairs.
I know you guys are getting sick of this topsy- turvey love triangle thing going on between me and Tre. I'm sick of it too. I don't understand why I can't make up my mind. It's either Tre or Dannie, just pick. It's easier said than done. Both of them have been there for me for so long. They both are amazing guys. But it's just that sometimes I think one loves me more than the other. But I can never really decide who. I don't want to hurt either of them. But I know I hurt Tre. I know I hurt him really badly.
Finally Dannie and me were on our way to Darby. I was getting really nervous. I wasn't nervous to see my family, I was nervous because I didn't know what would happen between me and Brian. I was still terrified of him I will always be terrified of him. I was started to get sick again. And everyone knows getting sick on an airplane isn't the best place to get sick.
"Kira are you okay?" Dannie asked.
"Actually... .no I'm not okay. I think I'm gonna... .I got to use the bathroom."
I jumped out of my seat, ran all the way to the bathroom and started puking my brains out. These goddamn nerves, when is this going to be over? I need to stop worrying so much.
"Kira!" I heard Dannie yell on the other side of the door. "Kira are you okay in there?"
"Yeah I'm fine. I'm just vomiting. I'll be out in a minute baby."
"Um... .okay."
"I think I'm okay now." I said to myself. I got up off the floor and looked in the mirror. I wiped my face and washed out my mouth. I walked out of the bathroom and took my seat next to Dannie.
"You're going to be okay." Dannie said. "I know you're nervous about seeing Brian, but he's not going to hurt you. I promise." Dannie took my hand and held it to his face.
"You know I hate it when you do that." I said laughing.
Finally we landed in Darby. The first thing I spotted when we got to the airport was some idiot jumping up and down screaming my name.
"Beatrix." I said laughing.
"HEY KIRA!" BeBe screamed. I ran over to my sister and gave her a huge hug.
"BEBE! I haven't seen you in forever! I missed you!"
"I missed you too little sister. And how have you been Dannie Boy?" she said rustling Dannie's hair.
"I've been good." Dannie said laughing and fixing his hair.
"Come on, everyone at the house is waiting for you." BeBe said. She picked up my bags and carried them to the car.
"Hey Kira, are you okay? You look a little sick."
"I got sick on the plane ride here."
"Oh that sucks. We'll take care of that when we get back to the house. But enough with that, so how's the wedding coming along?"
"It's great, there was a small problem with the catering, but everything's fine now." Dannie said.
"I can't believe it's only three weeks away." BeBe said.
"I can't either." I said. "It feels like just yesterday he asked me on our first date, and now we're getting married."
"Tell me about it." BeBe said. "It feels like just yesterday you two were only fifteen."
Me and Dannie both started laughing.
"Okay guys we're here. Home Sweet Home!" BeBe said.
Here I was, back at the place I swore I would never come back to. That was about three years ago.
"Hey Kira!" I heard Drexel yell from the door.
"Drexie!" I yelled. She ran out the door and gave me a huge hug.
"Oh my God. I haven't seen you since you left for Oakland like, three years ago. I missed you."
"I missed you too Drexie." I said.
"Dannie, hey how are you?" she said moving from me to Dannie, giving him a hug.
"I've been great, Drexel." He said.
"Drexel!" I heard someone scream. "Drexel where are you? Daddy wants you."
Then I saw a little girl standing in the door. She had long brown hair and big brown eyes.
"I'll be there in a minute Kayla." Drexel said.
"Drexel... is that your... ." I said
"Daughter? Nope. That's Brian's daughter Kayla. He has a son too, Dylan. He's had custody of them ever since their mother died."
"I'm surprised they would give him custody of them." I said.
"I thought the same thing." BeBe said. "Well come on let's not just stand outside freezing our asses off. Let's go inside. We've got a surprise for you Kira."
"Um... okay." I said laughing. I walk into the house and a familiar smell came over me.
"What smells like German Chocolate Cake?" I asked.
"You know I would never forget that's your favorite." I heard a familiar voice say.
"Youkira!" I yelled. It was my mom's friend, the one I was named after. I haven't seen her since my father's funeral. I ran over to her and gave her the biggest hug ever.
"Oh My God! I can't believe you're here!" I yelled.
"Do you think I would miss your wedding? Hey you know what? You look different. I think it's your hair." Youkira said.
"Yeah I dyed it." I said laughing.
"Yeah, but it's not just that. It's something about your face. Oh well. Come get some cake. And you must be Dannie."
"Yup that's me. How are you? I've heard so much about you."
"I've heard a lot about you too. You got a good one on your hands. Don't lose her." Youkira said laughing.
"Hey Youkira." I said. "Where's mom?"
"She and dad are upstairs." Said a little voice. "You must be Kira."
"Yeah I am. And you are?"
"Dylan. Dylan Hewitt." Said the boy.
"How old are you?"
"I'm nine."
"Are you sure? You sure as hell don't seem to be a nine year old."
"I'm kind of clever for my age."
"I bet you are." I said laughing.
"You've already met my sister Kayla?" he said pointing to the little girl behind him.
"Yes I have. How are you?"
"I'm fine." She said in a very shy voice.
"How old are you?"
"I'm six." She said.
"She is so cute."
"Thank you." Kayla said.
"Is Kira down there?" I heard my mom say.
"Yeah, we've been here for like a half hour." Drexel said sarcastically.
My mom came down the stairs holding Brian's hand. The first thing I noticed was her hair. She cut off all her hair. She had long pretty hair, just like mine. Then I cut it, but I let it grow back. But my mom, she always said she would never cut her hair, because my dad loved it so much. But she did. Wow, it's crazy how people change.
"Hey mom." I said.
"Hey Kira." She came over to me and gave me a huge hug.
"Wow. You look amazing."
"Thank you mom."
"Hey Kira." Brian said.
My first reaction was to kick Brian's ass and scream "You bastard! Don't even try to talk to me ever again. Or I'll rip you a new one", but the last thing I wanted to do was start drama around the time of my wedding.
"Hello Brian."
"How have you been?"
"I've been good."
"Well... Okay... . look Youkira made dinner for you." Mom said.
"Awesome I love Youkira's cooking!" I said.
"You're not the only one!" BeBe said.
We all ran to the dining room table, and, of course, Drexel beat us all. We sat there for a pretty long time just talking about random stuff. Then my cell phone rang.
"Hello."
"Hey Kira"
Holy Shit! It was Tre!
"um... hey." I couldn't believe it was him. I excused myself from the table and went upstairs to my old room.
"Hey Tre."
"Kira, this may sound weird, but... .me and Ramona are on our way to Darby."
"What? Why? You guys are supposed to come until next week."
"I know but Ramona had this terrible dream that something bad happened to you, and the only way I could calm her down was to come let her see you and make sure everything was okay."
"Is that her, daddy?" I heard Ramona say.
"Yeah it's Kira."
"Please let me talk to her. Hello?"
"Hey Ramona."
"Kira! Thank God I was so scared. I thought something happened to you. My dad said I was dreaming but it looked so real. I just wanted to see you."
"It's okay Ramona. I'm okay I promise."
"Okay... I guess I'll see you tomorrow when we get there. Mike, Billie, and Adie are coming too."
"okay bye Ramona."
Wow, that was unexpected. Now Tre and the guys are coming sooner. I really wasn't ready to see Tre again. The last time I saw him didn't end so well. I could feel myself getting sick again. I ran to the bathroom and started throwing up. This is like my fourth time vomiting in one day. I'm starting to get worried. When I get nervous I do vomit a lot, but this is crazy. I'm going to the hospital tomorrow to see what's going on.
I went back downstairs and everyone was eating German Chocolate cake.
"Hey why is everyone eating my cake?" I asked.
"Hey I didn't say the whole thing was for you." Youkira said laughing.
I took a piece of cake from the kitchen and sat next to Dannie.
"Feeling any better?" Dannie said.
"Yeah a little. I think it's all out of my system now."
"That's good babe. I don't want you vomiting all over your wedding dress." He said laughing.
"So... .Kira, how long have you and Dannie been together?" Dylan said. I couldn't help but laugh.
"Eight years." I said.
"Wow eight years. You guys must be really in love. I can't wait until I fall in love."
"I think you have a pretty long time until you fall in love."
"Romeo and Juliet fell in love at the age of 14."
"He got you on that one Kira." Drexel said.
"You are smart for your age." Dannie said.
"Hehe. My teacher told me the same thing before." Dylan said.
"Well she was right." I said.
"He got three detentions in two days for correcting his teacher." My mom said.
"Well if they're wrong you have to correct them so they won't make the same mistake again. It's cool to teach a teacher every now and then."
"There is no such thing as a student teaching a teacher. It's not right" Brian said. "I didn't raise my son to be a smartass."
"YOU DIDN'T RAISE ME!" He yelled. I've never seen a boy scream like that before. Me and Dannie were the only one's who had shocked looks on our faces.
"I'm... I'm sorry dad." Dylan said looking down at his feet.
"You damn well better be sorry. Now go to your damn room."
Dylan, not taking his eyes off his feet, went up to his room.
"I'll be up there in a minute." Brian said. Poor kid.
"I'm guessing these outbursts are normal?" Dannie said.
"They happen all the time." Kayla said. "It's been this way since mommy died."
"That's sad. No offense, but, how did she die?" Dannie asked.
"Embolism in her brain." Brian said.
"That's terrible." I said.
Dammit here it comes again. I feel that chocolate cake coming back up.
"Um... I'll be back in a minute. I got to go to the bathroom."
I got up from my seat and walked up the stairs. I wanted to act calm so no one would worry about me. By the time I got up the stairs I bolted to the bathroom. This is starting to get so annoying. I heard the bathroom door open behind me, and it was Dylan.
"Are you sick?"
"Yeah I'm sick."
He jumped up on the sick and opened the cabinet and pulled something out. It looked like a small bottle.
"Here use this." He handed me the bottle.
"Penicillin. Thanks Dylan"
"My mom always gave us that stuff when I and my sister were sick. But then again that might not work. So... you might want to take this too." He handed me a small box.
"A pregnancy test?"
"BeBe told me to give that to you."
"But I'm not pregnant."
"it won't hurt you just to use it." Dylan said.
"He's got a point Kira." I heard BeBe say behind Dylan. "Don't be afraid Kira. You may not even be pregnant. It could be just like stomach flu or something. But just to be safe, take the test."
"Your sister's right." Dylan said. "Just take the test."
"Okay fine I'll do it."
"Okay." Dylan and BeBe said in unison.
"Um... I'm going to need a little privacy." I said "Okay, Dylan you should go. Please make sure you tell no one about this."
"I promise." He said, and then ran out of the bathroom.
"Um... BeBe... you can leave too."
"Oh sorry."
We waited like five minutes for the results. That was the longest fucking five minutes in my life.
"Okay I think it's time." I said. "I can't look."
"It's okay Kira. I'll look."
BeBe went into the bathroom and took the strip off the counter.
"Kira." She said calmly. "You got nothing to worry about."
"You mean... I'm not pregnant?"
"Well see for yourself." BeBe said and gave me the strip.
I kept staring at this strip. This little strip that could alter my life forever. I pick up the box, just to check and see if I was reading it right, but I was.
"BeBe." I said. "Promise not to tell anyone about the test."
"I promise."
"Okay, I need to be alone for a few minutes."
"Okay Kira."
I was left, by myself, in the bathroom. It was just that stupid strip and me. I started laughing at my own stupidity, then I starting crying at my own foolishness.
I'm pregnant... . with Tre's baby.
And to think I thought things were going to get easier from here.
