Lily felt horrendous when she woke up. She had an extremely high fever and was prone to coughing fits. She was taken to a doctor in order to get her influenza shot. Everyone always said it was best to be vaccinated, so she happily obliged. As she asked, “Why am I feeling worse?” her panic rapidly increased..…..CONTINUE READING>>>>>>
The immense dryness in her throat prevented her from making a sound. Her whereabouts were unknown. Among Rolling Hills and Crystal Clear rivers in a Texas town lived a young girl named Lily, 14 years old. The world was her oyster. Teenagers like her are smart, kind, and hardworking, and they are willing to make sacrifices to accomplish their goals.
Lily was always prepared and never let peer pressure get the better of her. There is no explanation for how she suffered this terrible fate. A bright sunny morning greeted Lily as she awoke feeling sickly. Her head was pounding, and she had a scratchy throat and runny nose. Her mother took her to the doctor for a flu shot as a precautionary measure. She trusted Dr. Roberts as she had been his patient for years. Additionally, since it was the beginning of a new school year, she had to protect her already struggling immune system.
While the nurse gave her the shot, she closed her eyes, knowing it was for her own sake. They returned home together after she felt slightly better. In spite of feeling dizzy, she chose not to mention it. Her mistake wasn’t obvious to her at the time, but she soon would. The rest of the day was spent sleeping at home.
After Lily received her injection from Dr. Roberts, her symptoms worsened. Her cough had gotten worse as well, along with feeling overwhelmingly nauseous. “What the hell is wrong with me?” she stared at her pale face in the mirror. Her body seemed completely lifeless. After weeks of flu symptoms, Lily’s symptoms eventually subsided. In spite of her happiness at being back to normal, she experienced something else. It wasn’t all good. Despite being flu-free, her best thought was to ignore it. Her experience began to change, however. A constant state of exhaustion, as well as an insatiable appetite, consumed her life. Despite her mother’s belief that it was just a growth spurt, Lily knew something wasn’t right.
Her antibiotics and flu medication gave her some side effects, so she assumed she was just experiencing that. Several of her medicines contained steroids. She told a close friend. Her friend was skeptical and expressed worry about her health. “Maybe you should see the doctor again,” Lily’s friend suggested. Lily fake-smiled and replied, “I’ll be fine,” but she knew something was wrong. She needed to take care of herself and take a closer look at what was happening.
Lily followed the advice she received from her friend Chloe. Even so, she would seek answers according to her own schedule. Her plan was in place. In the middle of the night, as her parents slept, she ran away. She had a mission to accomplish and had not a second to waste. She would find it as soon as possible. She was left with no other option. All she needed to do was not be caught.
After entering the sterile white room, Lily felt immediately uneasy. As soon as she smelled the room, she felt sick. As she searched through the aisles of the 24-hour drugstore, she found what she was looking for. It finally caught her eye. There were a lot of them. Which one would she choose? Even though she needed help, she was not able to ask anyone for help. She couldn’t take any chances. Someone might know her mother. She thought to herself as the worried teenager browsed through the boxes. She felt much better.
Her eyes widened as she read these strange words for the first time: ovulation kit, fertility pills, midstream pregnancy test. “Does one of these just test for pregnancy?” The moment she realized there wasn’t any signage at the location indicating an underage girl had become pregnant, she was left alone. How should this situation be handled? The confused child grabbed a few boxes that seemed affordable and headed for the checkout. As suspected, the cashier gave her a weird look.
“It’s for a friend,” Lily said sheepishly and looked around, hoping nobody she knew was around. “That’s what they all say,” the rude cashier responded as she bagged the boxes. Lily gave her a mean stare and darted for the door. She had to get home now. Luckily, her parents didn’t notice she was gone.
That night, Lily decided to take a pregnancy test. When she saw the two pink lines, she was in shock. How could she be pregnant? She paid attention during life skills class, and she was always a quiet girl in class. How could this happen to her? She screamed into her pillow till her lungs were sore. Her life was over.
Lily decided to go back to the doctor’s office to see what was wrong. She was in a terrible state, and when she arrived, she walked straight into the doctor’s office. She didn’t even have an appointment. Luckily, the doctor had just got in, so he was free. Lily let him have it. The scared doctor struggled to calm down the frantic teen but finally got her to sit down and talk. Lily refused to call her parents. She wanted to keep things confidential. Although Dr. Roberts was hesitant because Lily was an underage girl, he had no choice but to listen to her request.
He promised that he wouldn’t call her parents just yet, but he also made Lily promise that they would do the prescribed tests with a female nurse present and that they would contact her parents afterwards. Lily had no choice but to agree just to get the tests done. She still didn’t want to tell her mother, but she didn’t want to tell the kind doctor that just yet.
The doctor ran some tests and told Lily that she was pregnant. Lily was in shock. She was only 14 and had no idea how this could have happened. She had never done anything, and she didn’t even have a boyfriend. What on Earth was going on? This was unexplainable to the distraught teen. Lily didn’t know what to do, so she confided in her best friend, Chloe.
Chloe was supportive and helped her come up with a plan to tell her mother. Lily knew it wouldn’t be easy, but she had to tell her. Chloe made Lily promise that she would tell her mother, but Lily wasn’t ready to tell her mother just yet. She knew that she would be furious. She would give her a lecture and tell her what an embarrassment she was. Lily didn’t know what to do. She was scared and didn’t know who to turn to for help.
She knew that she couldn’t keep the baby, but she didn’t want to get an abortion either. Lily was lost and didn’t know what to do. She tried to tell her mother a few times but could never bring herself to. Her father was also not the easiest person to talk to, so she knew he wouldn’t understand either.
Days turned into weeks, and Lily began to feel better physically, but emotionally, she was a wreck. She didn’t know how to tell her parents, her friends, or even the father of the baby. Lily felt alone and helpless. She was feeling sick, and she had started school. It was difficult trying to hide her growing stomach She had to wear baggy clothes and hide in the changing rooms. What could she do to end this trauma?
As the weeks went by, Lily began to show. Her parents noticed and asked her what was going on. Lily broke down and told them there was something important she had to tell them, but she didn’t know how. Her parents were extremely worried and tried to get her to open up, but the troubled teen couldn’t find the words to explain what was happening to her.
It wasn’t something that happened every day. She couldn’t tell her parents her truth. The next day, Lily’s mother came home from work, and Lily blurted out the news. Her mother was stunned but tried her best to be supportive. Lily’s mother was beside herself with worry. She didn’t know how they were going to make it work, but she promised to stand by Lily no matter what.
She took Lily to the doctor, and they confirmed that she was indeed pregnant. Her parents were shocked but supportive. They promised to help Lily through this difficult time. But the question remained: how did she get impregnated? Lily’s mother, Sandra, was having a difficult time dealing with her daughter’s issue and took to prayer. Sandra thought that it was an Immaculate Conception. She started speaking with the resident pastor at their church. She told him about Lily. He believed that it was some sort of divine intervention and that Lily was a special chosen child.
Sandra didn’t know what to believe, but she wanted to make the best out of the situation. What would people say? Lily’s pregnancy was difficult. She was young and inexperienced, and the thought of raising a child on her own was daunting. Chloe was there for her every step of the way, but it wasn’t enough. Although she had a strong support network from her parents and her best friend, she was still mentally traumatized.
Lily was not a silly girl; she was quite intelligent. She knew there had to be an explanation for her pregnancy, but she had no idea what to do. Once she found out the truth, one day Lily got a call from the doctor’s office. They had some news. Dr. Roberts said he knew what had caused her to get impregnated. They needed to speak in person urgently.
Lily didn’t know how to feel. She didn’t know whether she was ready for the news she had waited so long for. Now the moment was finally here. How did she become pregnant at such a young age? Lily knew that she could only turn to one person for answers. It was the medical professional she had seen before. Dr. Roberts looked like a man she could trust. Doctors have to go through a long and hard journey to get their qualifications, after all. But when she was finally in front of the doctor, he said something she didn’t expect. It would leave her ears red.
Dr. Roberts told her to be honest with her parents about how she got pregnant. Lily couldn’t believe her ears. How could a qualified doctor not understand her predicament? She had paid for the treatment and still received such bad service. She thought he understood the circumstance, but clearly he wasn’t the person she thought he was. But as soon as her parents were there with her, she felt that everyone was against her. She wanted to complain to the medical authorities about the doctor’s malpractice.
The flustered teen had to go outside and take a breath of fresh air. She wanted to find a new doctor. Her parents seemed reluctant to go to a different doctor since Dr. Roberts knew her history. But seeing the look in her eyes, they knew that it was the best decision. It was all too much for the little girl who had been braced up until this point. The news was devastating, but Lily knew that she had to be strong for her baby. She continued to go to doctor’s appointments and took care of herself as best as she could.
It was a strange pregnancy. It was like nothing any of her friends had ever heard. She was far too young to have to be dealing with these things. But what else was she supposed to do when there was no medical explanation for what had happened?
Lily named her baby boy Jonah. He was a sweet child who rarely cried. But the older he got, the more he looked like his father. Lily didn’t mind, though. She was just surprised by how much she actually enjoyed motherhood. This was a new chapter for Lily, a life with a child and only distant memories of her past. But the past never forgets, and it would come knocking soon enough.
Lily thought that if she had just moved forward with her life, then she wouldn’t have to deal with the consequences of what happened around the birth of her child. Even though years had passed, there was still another person who knew the secret, and they refused to back down. They wanted the truth to be revealed, and they didn’t care about the consequences.
While they were scheming in the background, Lily was growing up quickly. Her teenage years had flown by, and in that time, she learned that she had to be mature for her child. Her parents loved little Jonah and treated him like their own, but they still left most of the responsibilities to their daughter.
She needed to learn to be independent after all. Even though her parents were very supportive, they always wondered who the father of the child was. But they weren’t getting any answers from their daughter. Lily was prepared to stay quiet for the rest of her life if she was able to, but she had no idea that certain things that were beyond her control were about to happen.…..CONTINUE READING>>>>>>
