Not Fair

Mila

When my phone rang, I jumped. I was still sitting on the bath mat on the floor, tears running down my cheeks. I wasn’t sure if it was only my eyes watering from throwing up or if I was really crying. Either way, it felt like my world was ending.

“I heard you were back in town,” Skylar said in a joking tone. She was trying to keep things light for my sake. How sweet of her.

“Yeah,” I said in a husky voice.

Skylar’s voice was serious immediately.

“Are you okay?”

“I’m not,” I said. Tears were already rolling down my cheeks again. This was too much for me. I had been strong until now, able to handle it all. But being pregnant on top of everything else that was fucked up in my life was too much.

“Do you want me to come over?”

I agreed, and we ended the call. Skylar was there in no time at all, knocking on my parents’ front door. When I opened the door, Skylar looked worried. She hugged me.

“This is all so horrible,” she said. “I can’t believe this happened to you.”

“It’s not the half