16 & Pregnant: Not Your Typical MTV Reality Show
Chapter 11
I slept for about 3 and a half hours before I woke up around 6 with stomach pains. I ran to the bathroom, and began vomiting. I sat on the floor puking into the toilet for about 20 minutes straight. My mom got up at 6:30 and walked into the bathroom. "Morning sickness. Welcome to being pregnant!" I glared at her. I walked out from the bathroom, so that my mom could shower and get ready for her meetings. I was done throwing up, for now. I was wearing sweatpants and a cami. I pulled a hoodie over my top and yelled to my mom that I was going downstairs for breakfast. I wasn't quite sure if my stomach could handle much, but I didn't want to stay in the room.
The elevator let me out near the lobby, and I started walking towards the dining area. I looked at the huge pool; I was definitely going there later! I thought to myself, "Wow! This place is ama-"
"OW!" I'd just ran into someone. Oops.
"Oh! I'm so sorry!" I said, my eyes were closed as I rubbed my head.
The person chuckled and then helped me steady myself. I looked at them. It was Cooper.
"Coop!"
He smiled at me "You're up early."
"Yeah... I woke up early and couldn't fall back asleep. How bout you, why are you up?"
He pointed towards the gym door about 20 feet behind him. "Workout."
"I see.... well I was heading to get some breakfast, wanna join me?"
Cooper took my hand and walked me to the dining area. He pulled out my chair for me, and I sat down. He was such a gentleman. He then went and got us both plates of food. He came back with our plates, and we began eating. Well Coop ate, I just had a few bites of fruit and a piece of toast. As we finished we stayed seated and talked.
"I was wondering.... if I could maybe take you out to dinner tonight?" he asked me. I really wanted to say yes. But then that'd be like a date. Which would make me cheating on my boyfriend.
"I... I don't think that's a good idea.... I, um, have a boyfriend...." I noticed Cooper's jaw drop slightly. I felt so bad!
"I thought.... I thought you were single. I mean, after last night... and everything." he looked disappointed.
"Well at first, I just was going to dance with you to repay you for my drink. Then we got to talking... and I realized I wanted to spend more time with you. So we went back and danced for like 3 more hours. And then when you brought be back, we kissed.... Cooper, when we kissed, it made me wish I didn't have a boyfriend.... I wanted to keep kissing you forever."
Cooper smiled a small smile. He took my hands in his and said, "Why don't you just break up with your boyfriend and we can be together?"
"It's not as simple as that...."
"What do you mean?" I could tell he was really confused.
"I have to stay with him.... It's... complicated."
"I think I can handle it, Aubree."
How do I tell him that I'm carrying my boyfriend's baby in my stomach?! I glanced at a nearby table and saw a pen. I grabbed it, and began writing on a napkin. Coop was watching me curiously.
I wrote on the napkin, "I'm pregnant." I folded it up and before I handed it to him, I whispered "Please. Don't think any different of me."
I watched his expression as he read the words. He looked up at me in utter disbelief and searched my eyes with questions. I felt the tears begin to roll down my cheeks.