Does it Last Forever Part 1. Edit.

Does it Last Forever? 1

Chapter 1:2

“I’ll never leave you,” Anike told her as he and Keiko were laying under a star filled sky, staring into each other’s eyes, “I love you too much”3

She believed him, of course she did. Why wouldn’t she? She loved him and trusted him. Keiko felt safe around him. So when he spoke those words to her, nothing stopped her from believing him. 4

Keiko gave herself to him that night. She gave him a part of her, her virginity. 5

So there they lay, a mesh of skin, sweat, and vows of “I’ll never leave”. 6

Nothing could go wrong. 7

~8

Three months later, Keiko was sitting at her friend, Kiari’s kitchen table, grasping a cup of her favorite green tea in between nervous hands. She had something to say, she just wasn’t so sure of how to say it yet. 9

Kiari was beginning to get impatient with her best friend. 10

“I guess I just have to come out and say it,” Keiko sighed. 11

“Well… yeah. How else am I supposed to find out…?” Kiari blurted out smartly.12

Keiko was a little hurt by the remark, but she showed no sign of it, “I’m pregnant… Kiari… I’m 3 months pregnant,”13

Kiari just sat there, not so sure of what to say to this. Keiko was only 18, how could she possible take care of a kid? She could barely take care of herself. 14

“Umm… to who?” She asked. She hoped it wasn’t that Anike guy she was with. That guy was a very shady character.    15

“Well… it has to be Anike… I’ve never been with anyone else,” Keiko’s eyes began to shift. Kiari knew that meant she was scared of something she might say, so she held her tongue.  16

“Oh… well… are you going to keep it?” Kiari questioned. 17

“Well… I don’t believe in abortion,”18

“There are other ways out of having a child.”19

“What you mean abortion?!?! Are you insane?! Did you forget who you’re talking to? I was put up for adoption and left for the fricken government system to take care of! I’m not putting anyone else through that,” Keiko yelled. She was right, she didn’t have the greatest experience with foster care. 20

“Oh-kay… jeez. Just a suggestion,” Kiari defended. 21

“No… I’m going to keep it. Anike said he always wanted kids and… I’m ready for a family,”22

Kiari thought about that for a minute, and she wasn’t so sure she believed her. Kiari knew Anike better then she let on. Anike was not the type to settle down. 23

“Ok then… how do you plan to support it? You’re 18-years-old! You don’t know a thing about raising a kid. You don’t have a job. Your parents certainly wont help you pay for it,” Kiari was concerned for her best friend. 24

“Anike loves me, he told me so,”25

“Speaking of… what did he say about all of this. I mean, you being knocked up and all,” Kiari really needed to learn to control her tongue.26

“Ugh, it sounds so nasty when you say it like that. I’m not ‘knocked up’. I’m pregnant.” 27

“Ok, whatever. That still doesn’t answer my question,”28

“Well… I didn’t really get around to telling him yet,” Keiko stuttered.29

“You WHAT?!?! You’re 3 months pregnant! And he still doesn’t know that you’re prego with his kid? Good god Keiko! What are you thinking?”30

And that was just like Kiari, to speak her mind. No matter how harsh or spiteful her words may be. She had always been that way. 31

“Ouch… seriously Kiari, lighten up,”32

“Lighten up? Lighten up! This is an innocent unborn child you have inside of you! That child deserves a gather in its life! And news-flash! Anike isn’t going to be there! You think that just because he told you that he loves you means that he’s telling you the truth! Come on!” 33

Keiko flinched as tears filled her eyes. That was a shot below the belt. 34

“You just don’t understand,”35