Her heart almost came to a full stop at that moment. Sweat trickled down her face and her vision became blurry. The baby had been stucked in for way too long and a massive caput had already formed. Yet she was as light as a feather, as weak as a kitten and was reluctant to push again. The mention of a possible C-section caused her stomach to churn. With an explosive flow of energy, she gave her hardest push. The baby was out.
" Ain't you happy to see your baby?", the nosy midwife asked. She tried her best to smile and nod, but she couldn't answer. Inwardly, she hoped that the child was born with a defect incompatible with life.
Selena had been in a nonchalant mood since she found out she was pregnant. She always felt like a nun in a condom factory, but her first taste of sex, made her realised that it wasn't great as advertised. Being pregnant at 15 made her a social outcast, an outlier. Her friends had deserted her. Her boyfriend was nowhere to be found.
He cheated on her in Broad day light, yet she was adamant about leaving. She just wished that some karmic wisdom had whisked her out of that relationship. Her fate had turned for the worse; she had become a teen mother with no support. She knew she had to give up the child for adoption.
Her afternon shift at the labour ward was over, but Leila could not get Selena out of her head. What shocked Leila, causing her to shake and quake in her boots was the striking resemblance of Selena to her little sister. She was petrified by the thought!
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Leila's little sister, Mimi, was surprised that her sister was giving her a lecture on abstinence and teen pregnancy. The narration of Selena's story made her aware of where her big sis was coming from, but like a rebellious teeager, she stormed off.
Little did she know that Mimi already knew Selena. Feelings of guilt engulfed her as she sobbed in her room with a pillow covering her face. She had turned her back on her friend when she needed her the most.
Initially, She helped her conceal the baby bump with corsets and oversized cardigans. But in a strict school like Everton high, such a secret could not be kept for long. When the school's authorities got wind of Selena's pregnancy, all hell broke loose. Soon her ass was on the line and they had to say their goodbyes.
10years of friendship. They've had so many arguments and magically have managed to be together for years. But the pregnancy was the straw that broke the camel's back.
Still smiling in the dreamworld...