Best Friend

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When I was twelve years old, I met Rebekah. She was my height, had lovely blond hair and blue eyes, and I had Dark hair and green eyes. We hit it off really well. We hung out on the weekends, did our assignments together, went on to high school together and took all the same classes. We were best friends and nothing could separate us. That is, until Nathan came a long. He was the new boy. He was hot. He was amazing. Nathan had me wrapped around his finger. He had the power to do that to anyone he wanted. Though, I didn’t realise that until it was too late.2

One warm October’s night Nathan and I went to a party. It was your typical open house party. Loud music, lots of teenagers, alcohol, and all the rest of that but the whole time we were there, it felt like we were alone all night, just him and me, even though there were people all around us. He got me drunk and after a few hours we went back to his place. I was so drunk that all I remember was him taking me up to his room, and waking up the next morning in his house with a throbbing headache. When I asked him what had happened the night before, he said that I got drunk and that he brought me home, nothing else, just that. So I went on assuming that nothing had happened… until a few months later.3

In January I was starting to freak out. Normal things had not been happening, I was putting on weight, and I was starting to think that perhaps, Nathan had lied to me about what had happened on the night of the party, that maybe I was pregnant… but that was no big deal because I loved Nathan, I trusted him, and I knew he’d be there for me. A week later I went and got a pregnancy test kit from the chemist. The results came up positive. So I did another test, and the same thing happened. 4

All the pieces of the puzzle slowly came together. The next day at school, I ditched Nathan for a few mins to find Rebekah, and when I found her, I told her reluctantly what had happened. She would never put herself into this situation, and I thought she would start yelling at me or something. But she didn’t, she just stood there with tears rolling down her cheeks, and she hugged me. I didn’t know what to do. Strangely enough though, Rebekah did. She told me that I had to tell Nathan, my parents, and his parents, and that I had to make the decision to either keep the baby or have an abortion… I didn’t want to do any of that – but I knew I had to. Rebekah came back with me to where Nathan was sitting. I told him, and he said that unless I got an abortion he wasn’t going to hang around. That broke my heart, but I knew I had to keep my baby. 5

Nathan and I split up then and there. Bek was there for me the whole time. I appreciate her so much! without her I would probably have comitted suicide. During the first year of my little baby girl's life, i was seriously depressed. Not a good way to be. I even asked Bek to take my baby for a while intending to run away... but i couldn't go through with it. For some reason, Bek kept supporting me through that... and so here I stand with a two year old daughter and a best friend. I feel I can face the world with these two amazing chicks. Bek truely is my best friend6

I dont regret having my daughter, but i regret putting myself in the situation which caused me to concieve her... 7