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Now I guess I definitely have to start telling people— well, everyone except Steve, but I know that when I tell Derek, he’ll tell him.
“Tell” as in kick his ass for getting his little sister pregnant, probably.
Crap.
I start to cry a little bit right here and now again. I can feel my little baby moving and kicking around inside me. This is the most emotional and overwhelmed that I've ever felt. And I have no idea what will happen when it comes to Steve— the baby’s father and the love of my life.
Despite my best attempts to get over him, I know I never will.
I walk back to my dorm and go to lay down for a little bit. Once I’m in bed, I pull the ultrasound pictures out of my purse and hold them up so I can look at them again while I'm laying here.
No matter what happens, I’m so glad I chose to continue my pregnancy and I can’t wait to finally meet my baby girl!
I just wish Steve could be here with me to experience this.
Chapter 10 – Bella
I wake up from my short nap in my dorm room. I already put the ultrasound pictures away before I fell asleep.
I spent a long time thinking about this after my appointment. There is one thing I have to do— well, actually, there are a lot of things I have to do, but the first one will be to tell my brother everything, or at least the basics.
He deserves to know, at least, after everything he’s done to practically raising me, even though I know he won’t be nearly as happy about this as I am.
I pick up the new phone that he bought me a while back. It’s been great for anything I’ve needed to use it for and I still really appreciate it. My old phone was a piece of crap and this one is a lot more reliable.
Rather than do a straight phone call, I decide to do a video chat. So, I click his face and place the video call, starting to feel nervous and having second thoughts about my decision as I’m waiting for the phone call to connect.
But I know this is the right thing to do and I just need to get it over with.
As Derek answers the phone, he looks at me in confusion as my face appears on the screen.
"Hey, sis, what's going on?" he asks.
"Not much,” I answer vaguely, as I work up the courage to tell him the news.
“Is everything okay? I thought you’d be in class right about now?”
“Yeah. I sort of have the day off from school today. How are things there?" I reply, making small chit chat while I’m hoping to judge his mood.
He seems to be in the same spirits as always, just understandably confused about why I’m calling right now at this unexpected time.
"There’s not much going on around here either. So, how have you been? Is there something wrong? Because it's kind of unusual for you to call me like this. I mean, at this time of day, and a video call?"
"Well, I actually did have something to kind of tell you," I say, still hesitating a little bit as he waits patiently.
"I’m not sure what this is about but go ahead and say your piece," he finally urges me.
I can’t help but hesitate for a few more seconds before I take a deep breath and start talking.
"Okay, this isn't really easy to say but you need to be the first to know because you're my brother. You raised me and cared for me, so here it goes. I'm pregnant," I announce.
I wait for his response. His face just shows shock. I don't say anything further. I definitely don't want to tell him who's responsible for this.
I'm about to say something further when he interrupts me, so I wait.
"What are you talking about? Are you insane? You better not have just said what I think you did!" he responds.
I can see him getting angry right now.
