Unplanned Pregnancy

For the next few weeks Jacob and I attended several meetings with our parents in order to sort out the legal matters concerning our marriage. The only remotely acceptable part of the agreement is that despite this union I am still the sole beneficiary of Mr. Hansson's company so at least I would have something of my own in this whole merge. During these days Jacob attempted to get close to me by taking me on dates, proposing movie nights, and a bunch of other romantic activities but I dodged it all and made it clear more than a million of times that this was purely business and I held no romantic feelings towards him. He even stooped as low as to try and get our parents to promote such behavior but whenever this would happen I would just put myself into a daze until they were done and ready to proceed with more important matters. Somewhere near the end of the legal procedures I began to experience morning sickness but seeing as I was under pressing amounts of stress I just dismissed this as a side effect of me not taking proper care of myself since the wedding. Then the day of finalizing our marriage within the government came but I could not get out of bed I was extremely exhausted even though I purposely went to bed early in order to avoid making conversation with Jacob so I couldn't understand why I was so tired. Despite my lack of energy I didn't want any help form Jacob so I forced myself up and met him in the car that took us to the town hall where our parents were waiting for us. "Today is the big day you two! Are you guys as thrilled as all of us your Father's are so pleased to-" I just walked passed Jacob's mother as she spoke my morning sickness was hitting me hard and combined with my total lack of energy I couldn't stand being here longer than I had to.

"Sorry Mother she's been having a fever as of late making here patience shorter than usual" Jacob's Mom just laughed "Well then there is no problem we women do have some bad days heh." We all made our way inside and upon having the documents read to us Jacob and I signed our names along the dotted lines officially making us husband and wife. Our parents were ecstatic with Jacob scratching his head in embarrassed but I just blankly stared around the room until my eyes hit a nearby calendar and after taking a closer look I almost gasped in surprise. I quickly checked my phone and realized that it was my time of the month but according to my tracker I was supposed to be on my third day despite the fact that I experienced no sort of bleeding in the days prior. My body immediately became stiff as a frightening thought crossed my mind all my symptoms and now my period being late could I really be...no it couldn't Jacob and I haven't done anything. Maybe it was just a body systems slowing down I mean I could be there was no way I haven't even...that's when it hit me,  that night with Khalil in Miami but if this was the case then I was in for some unimaginable trouble. But before I could let my worries get to me I had to be sure so I quickly excused myself from the table and was making my way to the door when a hand grasped my arm so I swerved my head around to see that it was Jacob. "Where are you going in such a hurry? I mean I can go with you if its something imp-" I gave him a fierce glare "I don't need you to come with me. I'm gonna go and you can do whatever you like it doesn't matter to me anyway since anyone can see that I don't even bother wearing my wedding ring."

The room fell quiet as the lawyers tiptoes out of the room and behind Jacob I could see that our parents were about to interfere "I married Jacob like you guys wanted. Don't push my patience because I have been VERY clear when it comes to how I feel about this entire agreement." Mr. Hansson put his head down as though giving up and agreeing with what I had to say. Jacob turned to his parents for help but Jacob's Father just sighed and began to whisper to his Mother who gave him an apologetic look. Jacob's grip tightened a bit before he eventually let me go and without a second thought I bolted for the door and took a cab to a pharmacy a few miles away. After leaving the pharmacy my hands shook from the thought of what was in this bag two pregnancy tests...pregnancy tests...I kept repeating these words in my head as I fell into a daze that I only snapped out of after bumping face first into someone's chest while dropping my bag in the process. "My bad! Are you okay? I wasn't paying attention to where I was going" as I rubbed my nose ready to shoot a cold glare I realized that this voice sounded extremely familiar so I slowly lifted my head and just as I thought it was Khalil. I could tell that he was equally as surprised to see me as his eyes widened and for a few seconds we stood there staring at one another until I turned my head away "I-its no problem" I could feel his eyes still on me and I knew he had a lot to say but I guess he saw that I was trembling in my shoes so he didn't say a word and just hung his head low. I quickly moved past him with the smell of his cologne bringing back so many emotions that I wish I could forget so I just pulled out my phone in order to call a cab back home but before I could do so a hand turned me back around and I was faced with a serious looking Khalil. "Please...Khalil I cant-" I was cut off by my own shortness of breath as I saw that Khalil was holding up the two pregnancy tests, I must have forgotten to pick them up "Why do you have this." I turned my head away as I tried to come up with a valid excuse.

"Its- um for a friend she came to visit and-" Khalil used his knuckle to lift my chin having our eyes to meet "Don't lie to me. Are these- Are they for you..." I could feel my eyes tear up and I buried my face into his chest. I couldn't hold in my tears not in front of him especially when looking into his ocean blue eyes and having done so Khalil held me closely letting me cry into his hoodie. A few minutes later I found myself in the bathroom of Khalil's home holding two pregnancy tests as I wait for the results but I found myself hesitant to look after time was up but I just took a deep breath and picked up the first pregnancy test. I looked down and saw that there were two red lines meaning it was positive I slowly put the test down and reached for the next one. Surprisingly I was finding myself hoping that it was also positive and with this my suspicions were confirmed. I was pregnant but now how would Khalil take this news I mean we were only 18 years old we haven't even finished college. I mean seeing as I already inherited Mr. Hansson's company and already know the in and outs of the company enough to drop out I still wanted to graduate and Khalil is too smart to drop out now he's even set to graduate early.

Well there was no use panicking in the bathroom after all this was Khalil's baby as well and considering the circumstances any choice he makes I will accept. I stepped out the bathroom to see Khalil pacing around in the living room and after catching my eye he quickly made his way towards me but I kept him at arms length giving him the pregnancy tests. I could feel his hands shake as he picked up and stared at the two positive pregnancy tests, it was quiet for a long time before I let out a sigh and looked to the ground. "I-If you don't want to be part of our child's life I understand after all it happened when we were intoxicated so you couldn't have known what you were doing. A-And since I broke up with you without an explanation its only fair that your m-" before I could say anything else Khalil swooped me into his arms and kissed me. I tried to push away but his kiss was so passionate that it made my knees weak and I just gave in, for a long time that is how we stayed before Khalil finally broke off the kiss. "You may have broken up with me but I'm not mad instead I'm relieved because this kiss showed me that you still love me with all your heart just like how my heart still belong to you."

"Khalil-" he held me tighter having me to rest my head on his shoulder "Im not letting you go! Not again and you carrying my child gives me even more reason to stay it doesn't matter how our child came to be cause he or she is just that our child and there's no way I'm letting either or you leave me." At this point I was in tears and to this day I still claim it to be because pregnancy causes your emotions to be all over the place. After calming down Khalil and I sat down on the couch and had a serious conversation about how we would make this work. Well since Khalil's studies were way ahead of the next few years he would be able to graduate after 7 months of online school and having told him that I inherited my Father's business of course leaving out the part of my marriage we agreed that I would also take online classes for 5 months through a swift education program that way I could also get my college degree. Then after much back and forth we came to the choice for me to still be able to work and take on my Father's now my business but I had to promise to take it easy that way to have a smooth pregnancy. "Well that should cover everything..." I looked over to see Khalil fiddling with his fingers and I knew what he was wanted to ask but in all honesty I wasn't sure if trying our relationship again would be the best thing to do. Especially since I still haven't told him anything about Jacob and the fact that I'm married.

"I know what you wanna ask and we can't- It just best if we try to co-parent for now." Khalil didn't say anything and just nodded which was my cue to leave but as I opened the door he grabbed my arm and pulled me towards him. He gave me a tender kiss on the cheek before stepping back "Just because I'm willing to be apart now doesn't mean that I won't make you mine again soon love." He smiled as my face flushed red and I knew that if I said anything I would stutter none stop so I just went on my way home making sure to not look back but I could feel Khalil watch me until I was out of sight which in all honesty made me feel safe. As I entered the house I saw that Jacob was sleeping on the couch the idiot must have been waiting for me but went to sleep from exhaustion but that was none of my concern so I quietly made my way to my room and locked the door. I sat on my bed and placed a hand over my lower abdomen and let out a sigh as my mouth curved to form a smile I was going to be a mom and I knew that with this blessing would come a lot of problems but compared to the joys I knew would follow from raising a child none of that mattered.