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Authors: Linda Cooper
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her mother was having with a man with a friendly voice.
“Pregnant; how could she be pregnant? Her boyfriend is in Portland.” Her mother’s voice sounded confused and teary. Tanya tried to make sense of what was being said. Could she be pregnant? She played the last couple of months in her head like a movie and remembered every moment with Danny. They had never gotten their New Year’s kiss. Could she really be pregnant with his baby?
“Mrs. Sellers, she’s 18 years old. I’m sure there are plenty of things she doesn’t tell you. But the point here is that she was pregnant.”
“What do you mean was?” Funny, Tanya was wondering the same thing.
“Well, the blood loss was actually because her fallopian tube burst. She had an ectopic pregnancy. We had to go in and repair the damage and remove the fetus. She wasn’t that far along, just far enough to cause a problem. She may not have even known herself. But she may need support when she wakes up.”
Tanya heard her mother make a whimpering sound and tried once again to open her eyes and got them to open a slit. Her eyelids felt very heavy. “Mom?” she croaked out, and her mother looked up and ran over to her, grabbing her hand. “What happened?”
“Oh, Tanya, we have a lot to talk about.” The doctor left the room, and Tanya forced her eyes open to see that both her stepfather and Danny were also in the room. She met eyes with Danny and saw the tracks of tears down his cheek before he looked down and left the room.
Chapter 12
Tanya splashed her face with some cold water and looked at herself in the mirror. She still hadn’t been released from the hospital yet. They wanted to watch her for a couple days and make sure there were no major complications. This gave her mother the chance to bring in a counselor to talk to all of them. The whole family was supposed to do it together, but Danny had already refused to. She hadn’t seen much of him and hadn’t been alone at all to discuss the fact that their baby, one they didn’t know they were having, was gone.
It was weird, trying to grieve for something that was gone before you knew it even existed. And knowing that that thing was a life, one that had almost ended her own, was even harder. She knew better than to beg to see Danny to talk to him about it. The whole counselor thing was a rouse to get out of her who the baby belonged to and nothing else. She could tell by the way her mother looked at her and probed constantly. It was like her mother suddenly thought she was some kind of promiscuous teenager who needed to be deprogrammed.
She sighed as a knock came on the door. It was probably her mother checking up on her. Tanya walked out the door to find Danny there instead. She peeked around the corner to make sure that no one else was listening. There were some nurses going by, but that was it. Her mother must have still been in the hospital room waiting on the counselor.
“I’m so sorry, Tanya. I had no idea this could happen. I can’t believe we almost lost you.” He looked down at her with worry and sympathy and almost hugged her but then seemed to think better of it. “Can you ever forgive me for putting you through this? I never should have dragged you into my world like that.”
Tanya paused and looked up at him like she was seeing him for the first time. “Do you regret what we did? Because I don’t. I don’t just go around saying that I love someone. I loved you. Heck, I still love you. This was just as much my doing as yours. The only regret I have is not knowing so I could take care of myself.”
She felt angry suddenly, and she didn’t know why. “I’m sorry, Tanya. I don’t know what else to say or how to handle this. I never meant for you to get pregnant.”
“No, but it happened. And now he or she is gone, Danny. Are you gone too?” She stared him down; daring him to
“Pregnant; how could she be pregnant? Her boyfriend is in Portland.” Her mother’s voice sounded confused and teary. Tanya tried to make sense of what was being said. Could she be pregnant? She played the last couple of months in her head like a movie and remembered every moment with Danny. They had never gotten their New Year’s kiss. Could she really be pregnant with his baby?
“Mrs. Sellers, she’s 18 years old. I’m sure there are plenty of things she doesn’t tell you. But the point here is that she was pregnant.”
“What do you mean was?” Funny, Tanya was wondering the same thing.
“Well, the blood loss was actually because her fallopian tube burst. She had an ectopic pregnancy. We had to go in and repair the damage and remove the fetus. She wasn’t that far along, just far enough to cause a problem. She may not have even known herself. But she may need support when she wakes up.”
Tanya heard her mother make a whimpering sound and tried once again to open her eyes and got them to open a slit. Her eyelids felt very heavy. “Mom?” she croaked out, and her mother looked up and ran over to her, grabbing her hand. “What happened?”
“Oh, Tanya, we have a lot to talk about.” The doctor left the room, and Tanya forced her eyes open to see that both her stepfather and Danny were also in the room. She met eyes with Danny and saw the tracks of tears down his cheek before he looked down and left the room.
Chapter 12
Tanya splashed her face with some cold water and looked at herself in the mirror. She still hadn’t been released from the hospital yet. They wanted to watch her for a couple days and make sure there were no major complications. This gave her mother the chance to bring in a counselor to talk to all of them. The whole family was supposed to do it together, but Danny had already refused to. She hadn’t seen much of him and hadn’t been alone at all to discuss the fact that their baby, one they didn’t know they were having, was gone.
It was weird, trying to grieve for something that was gone before you knew it even existed. And knowing that that thing was a life, one that had almost ended her own, was even harder. She knew better than to beg to see Danny to talk to him about it. The whole counselor thing was a rouse to get out of her who the baby belonged to and nothing else. She could tell by the way her mother looked at her and probed constantly. It was like her mother suddenly thought she was some kind of promiscuous teenager who needed to be deprogrammed.
She sighed as a knock came on the door. It was probably her mother checking up on her. Tanya walked out the door to find Danny there instead. She peeked around the corner to make sure that no one else was listening. There were some nurses going by, but that was it. Her mother must have still been in the hospital room waiting on the counselor.
“I’m so sorry, Tanya. I had no idea this could happen. I can’t believe we almost lost you.” He looked down at her with worry and sympathy and almost hugged her but then seemed to think better of it. “Can you ever forgive me for putting you through this? I never should have dragged you into my world like that.”
Tanya paused and looked up at him like she was seeing him for the first time. “Do you regret what we did? Because I don’t. I don’t just go around saying that I love someone. I loved you. Heck, I still love you. This was just as much my doing as yours. The only regret I have is not knowing so I could take care of myself.”
She felt angry suddenly, and she didn’t know why. “I’m sorry, Tanya. I don’t know what else to say or how to handle this. I never meant for you to get pregnant.”
“No, but it happened. And now he or she is gone, Danny. Are you gone too?” She stared him down; daring him to
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