Chapter 12 (cont...)
Hannah
We walked out the doors together. With her by my side, I felt a lot braver. We walked into her car and I strapped myself in. Ari looked at me, as if waiting for me to start crying. But there were no tears. I was done crying.

She dropped me off. I hopped out, the wind whipping my face.

“Bye Hannah,” she said. She seemed to be smiling. But it was hard to tell theses days.

“Bye Ari,” I whispered. She had no idea how much she meant to me. I walked up the steps, and walked inside, about to do something else genuinely stupid. Stupid, but the right thing.

I walked up the steps, into my mom’s room. She was sitting there, reading her book. She looked so peaceful, and younger when she wasn’t worrying.

“Mom?” I whispered.

She looked up. “Hannah,” she said, smiling.

I walked over to her, and put my hand into hers. “I need to tell you something.”

She set her book down, her face aging with worry. “Are you okay?”

I took a deep breath. “I’m pregnant,” I choked.

She looked at me. A million emotions crossed her face. Worry, anger, sadness. She was quiet for a moment. I braced myself for the yelling, but it never came. She grabbed me into a giant hug. We stood there, rocking back and forth. She started to silently cry. I joined her. I realized she had done the same thing when she was about my age. She had me at 17.

She pulled away first, her eyes red. She gave me a shaky smile. “Well then sweetheart. Have you thought about what you are going to do?”

I shook my head sadly. “I couldn’t get an abortion. And, I don’t want strangers to take my baby.” I took a deep breath. “I want to keep my baby,” I whispered.

My mom gave me a small smile. She gave me another hug. “I’m too young to be a grandmother,” she said.

“You’re not mad?” I asked shocked.

She sighed. “I’m disappointed. And worried. But if you feel its right, then I know it is.”

This time I hugged her, hard. I realized this is the most I’ve hugged her in years.

“Come one,” she said, taking my hand. We have to talk about this more,”

We walked downstairs, mother and daughter.  






Hannah and her mommy(:
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