"Gabby, Aurora, I need to tell you both something", I willed myself to be strong enough to share with them about my pregnancy.
After all, if I couldn't share it with them, then how would I be able to share it with my family or face the world cause it wasn't going to be something I could hide forever.
I had already decided to give birth to my baby, regardless of whether the father was in the picture. They were both waiting for me to continue so I looked at them and told them,"I'm pregnant, with Roy's child. He wants me to abort it but I don't think I can do that".
I blurted out and looked up see the change in their expressions. They both had on their faces a look of sympathy and care that I knew, were not fake.
Aurora took the first initiative to come to my side and hug me, followed by Gabby, and we stood there, all three of us, just hugging and not letting go of each other,no words of consolation,just hug, and at that moment, I knew for sure, that I'd have their backs no matter what the future brought me, and I, theirs.
"So, have you met up with a doctor yet?", Gabby spoke out as we were having our lunch in my room. We ended up ditching the lunching out and ended up in my room instead.
"Not yet, I only confirmed it this morning with not one but six pregnancy test kits, they all came out positive", I smiled sadly.
"Soon after that, I met Roy and told him about it.."."And that jerk told you straight that he wasn't ready to bear the responsibility huh",Gabby muttered out completing my sentence and I could only nod my head, blaming my foolishness and my coward self for not being strong enough to have dumped him a long time ago.
"Don't blame yourself Issy, we all make mistakes and you were only following your heart and giving out everything to the one person who never deserved your love", Aurora added kindly.
"Thank you, to the both of you. I know lately I've been saying this a lot but that's because its the truth and I don't know what I'd ever do without the two of you", I told them. "We know that already and don't you dare forget that",Gabby reminded me and I could only laugh at that.
"Speaking of which, it seems like Aurora and my role will now be pushed to second best friends huh",she joked.
"Hey now, Zeke just happened to be at the right place at my wrong time and he was kind enough to be the friend I needed. And as my future employer, he needed to know what he was getting into by hiring me", I said.
"Who mentioned anything about Zeke.I was talking about the baby",she teased and they both laughed out loud. I didn't have anything to reply so I only joined them in their laughter with a smile and shook my head. They were just incorrigible but I loved them.
"I'll come with you Issy. Aurora has her meeting with her professor but I'm available as most of my exams are over and there are no more classes for me", Gabby offered and I didn't refuse her generous gesture,"Thanks Gabby, it means a lot to have you there with me", I replied.
"Love, everything will be fine", Aurora added and she wished me luck as she headed out to meet her professor.
We arrived at the clinic shortly, did some blood and urine test as advised, and waited for my name to be called out. Gabby held my hand,silently giving me the strength I needed and I was glad that she was there by my side.
"Ms. Miller, the nurse called out my name and I went in to meet the doctor. He looked very young much to my dismay as I was expecting a somewhat older man.
"Not what you were expecting huh?", the young doctor smiled at me noticing my dismay."Don't worry, I don't bite", he added, which didn't help in calming my nerves,but Gabby held my hands and it gave me the support I needed.
I had heard Dr. Joshua Williams was a very young and highly sought after doctor, but I did not expect him to be this young.
He checked my test reports, gave me a complete check up, and asked me about my medical history. After giving him all the details, he advised me to take care of my nutrition and advised me to not be stressed out as much as possible, as my blood pressure had dropped very low.
But other than that, he didn't see much complication so we thanked him and turned to leave."Ms. Miller", he said and I turned to face him, "Since its your first pregnancy, I'd advice you to take utmost care during your first trimester. Here, you can keep this",he gave me a book on "What to expect when you're expecting", and though I was taken aback by that unexpected gesture, I still thanked him and left with an equally surprised Gabby.
"Does he give out books to all new mothers?", Gabby voiced out my thoughts,"but oh dear Issy, he is quite a hottie there. I won't mind taking you for your check ups if it means I get to see him".
I rolled my eyes at Gabby, who never missed out on checking out handsome guys," I have eyes and I'm just appreciating beauty",she would always say. "You already have a certain someone who is just the most romantic guy ever,so don't even think about it", I reminded her."Sighs, but I could still appreciate his beauty,that doesn't count as cheating right?", she shrugged and we both laughed at that.