Unconditional (Sequel to Senior Year - jb)

29. Emotions

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Mom was looking at me anxiously. Hell, my whole family was looking at us anxiously.

"Uhh..." I stuttered, struggling to get the words out of my mouth, "Me and Justin are- We are expecting a baby."

My hands found their way to my stomach, holding my baby bump.

"Oh my goodness." I heard mom gasp.

But other than that it was completely quiet.

I could feel my knees giving in as I watched my family. They all had shocked expressions on their faces except Abbie. She already knew and I could see she was enjoying the shocked looks I got.

Justin cleared his throat, wanting to break the horrible silence upon us all.

"The baby is now a little over three months old." he tried to make it sound happy but his voice was shaking.

Maybe what he really tried to say to my family was that we couldnt back down from this. It would be dangerous to do an abortion at this point, hell I didn't even want to do it. So it wasn't an option.

"Wait," my dad spoke up, rubbing his forehead nervously with his hand, "Have you really thought this through? I mean, really thought this through?"

He stared at us both deeply, but his gaze stayed on me a little longer. Obviously. I was his little girl, and now his little girl was pregnant.

"Well," I glanced at Justin before looking back at dad, "We knew this was going to be a step in our relationship, so yes we have thought this through."

"Was it really? Because three months ago the situation was pretty different." Abbie decided to join in.

I gulped down the huge lump in my throat, feeling like my whole family was roasting me, well us, with their looks and words.

"Ava, honey, this is a big step for you. Think about it one more time. And your age difference, Justin is four years older than you." mom spoke up but I wished she didn't.

"Mom, that is a fact we can't change and besides, what does that have to do with anything? We've been together for years now and suddenly you're against our age difference again?" I was getting angrier with every word that was spoken in this apartment and about my pregnancy.

"Ava, let's not make it into a fight." dad warned with his hand in a defensive position.

"No, I'm serious. When Abbie gets pregnant you're all happy and giddy but when I do, it's suddenly a bad decision?" I raised my voice a little.

"Maybe because I have my shit together." Abbie shrugged.

Oh my fucking god.

"And I don't?" I fought back.

"If you have a cheating boyfriend and breakdowns almost everyday, then yes, you don't have your shit together." she said like it was nothing.

But in reality it was fucking everything. She just told my parents and my sister that Justin cheated on me.

"What?" my parents gasped in unison.

My eyes shot wide, my lower lip started to tremble.

"This is going too far." Justin stepped forward but soon my dad stood up too.