My Baby My Girl

Episode 4

She turns on her side, as tears runs out of her
eyes, she sniffs, crying into her pillow. She loved
kids, she loved her nieces and nephews, but she
had always told herself that when she had kids,
it would be in the confines of a loving marriage,
a home and a husband. Not now, how was she
to care for the kid? Her parents, No her father
would kill her, he was strict, very strict and he
preached the whole abstinence thing taking it
seriously. He thinks she was still a virgin.
She is 23 years old yet he still treats her like a
kid. Her ex-boyfriend Fred had a hard time with
them, and they always lied to her parents that
they had never being intimate but ofc ourse what
daddy doesn’t know wouldn’t hurt him right?.

But they had always being careful, using
protection and when they went skinny-diving,
she had always worn a patch and they wouldn’t
be stupid to do it without one. But who had
impregnated her, who?

Oh God!!

She cries into her pillow and after a while she
falls asleep.

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It was too days later, while she was walking
down to the supermarket to buy some groceries
did she see them, a couple sitting and having
breakfast together. It wasn’t that they were
having breakfast, it was what that happened
during that made her pause..

Apparently they had bought ice-cream from the
Cold Stone Mart next door, and spoon feeding
each other, they laughed and kissed.. but that
wasn’t it.

The girl had flicked the spoon filled with ice-
cream causing it to splash and hit the boy’s face
and some gets to his hair which he cleans off
laughing, and then he wipes his face, looked at
her mischievously and just when she was about
to run he grabs her, dipping his finger into the
cup of ice-cream he smears it on her nose,
cheeks and her lips, when she laughs trying to
smear him back he holds her hands and kisses
her nose.

Megan smiles at them, such cute couple she
muses..

Then the boy kisses her cheeks and then her
neck, then he laughs pointing that he had
smeared her cheeks and neck with the ice-
cream with the one on his face, she pouts
feigning anger, then she tells him to clean it.

He smiles obliging, but instead of using the
handkerchief she gives him, he proceeds to use
his tongue licking off the stain from her neck
slowly, then her cheeks … the way he did it sent
shivers up Meg’s spine.

But Meg frowns wondering why that should
affect her.

She stares, as the couple stare at each other, in
another second they kiss so s£nsu@lly that you
would wonder if they would do it there and then,
but he whispers something into her ears and in
another minute they get up, holding hands as
they leave, their body language as obvious as a
red light in a dark alley… they were going to get
some.

She frowns, yeah, it’s all fun and good right now, all lovey-dovey, a month from now the girl gets knocked up and it won’t be great anymore.

She wished she could go after them and tell them to douse their sexual urges in cold water and flee…

but then again, it was her own fault not to be
careful enough to know who knocked her up, not
them. Sighing she gets her groceries, and leaves
Tonia calls her , she answers “Tomorrow, we
would go, I have the money”

“Great, as early as six okay? tell your mum we
have a prayer session in my crib”
“Okay’’

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While she la!d on her bed that night fighting
tears, she had gone to the bathroom a couple of
times that day, when her mother had asked she
had lied about coming down with fever and the
throwing up was as a result of food poisoning
she had from junk. She had that a couple of
times so her mother didn’t suspect, her father
only frowned.

Falling asleep finally, she thought of the two
couple flooding her head.

His head was smeared with ice-cream and
then… they were pressing it’s contents into their mouths, she remember some getting to her
cheeks and then her neck, he was laughing…
pointing.

Then he had her in his arms, kissing her neck.
No, licking the cream off her neck..

She shivers, she felt it as though she was the
one that was being held. She saw herself laugh,
teasing or daring him, she shakes her head He
was laughing, a mischievous glint in his eyes, he
is back at licking her neck, caressing her back.
They are on the bed now, touching, undressing…
making love. It felt so real, like she was the one
there.

“I don’t even know your name”
The boy laughs..”It’s-“

She jumps up from her bed abruptly, she gasps,
as it all comes flooding back.

“Oh my GOD!! I remember everything !!!!” she
breaths

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“Sean O’Conner !!?’’ Tonia exclaims
“Like Sean O’Conner, best graduating student,
Oakley University, next neighbors to us Sean
O’Conner?’’ Tonia asks in disbelieve
“Yes. D–n Tonia! we did it, we were drunk and
maybe high, I remember it all, oh my God!!’’ she cries

“You have to tell him”
“What do I say? Hi Sean, my name is Megan, we
had sex graduation night and guess what, I
think, no not think, I am pregnant… so you want
to get married, date or… keep it? Or wait, lets
abort it, I just wanted you to know”

Tonia screws up her face “well more or less’ she says

“I am pregnant Tonia, there is no way I can joke
about this”

A plate shatter behind her, they both turn to see
Megan’s mother standing there with her mouth
open

“Pregnant!!!’’ she gasps
“Oh s–t!!“Tonia exclaims
“mum!!”Megan cries as her mother comes into the room

“Are you pregnant Megan?’”
“No” Tonia answers
“I wasn’t talking to you. Meghan Irene
Philips,are you pregnant?”

She shakes her head “No mother, no I am not
we are ..erm talking about something else, a
series..erm”

She heard her father enter the house, coming up
the stairs. She thought they were out, they were
supposed to be out till later.

“Are you lying to me?”
“No mum… No” she goes to close the door, oh
God please no no no!!

“Ruth, honey where are you, did you find my
wallet?’’ he climbs up the stairs
“Megan?’’

Tears fills her eyes.. ‘‘Mum please”
“Megan?’’
“Mrs Philips she isn’t, how can she be?“
“You will not lie to me Megan,not in this house,
we are going to the clinic right this minute” She
drags her hands opening the door…

“Oh mum please” Megan cries.. “Please no okay wait mum,I don’t want father to know please” she begs

“Know what?’’ he comes forward frowning,
“Megan has ruined us Charles, Megan is
pregnant!!!”

Charles countenance changes in a second, he
takes quick strides to her, pulls her from her
mother..

“Who is the father Megan?’’
Silence
‘‘who is?’’
“Father please”
‘’You know my rules, you know my stand,… you know this, then why?’’

‘‘I am sorry”
“WHO IS THE FATHER DAMMN IT!?””
“Sean O’Conner!!”

“Fine, go there and tell the young man and he
comes and do the needful, if not, get your things
and leave my house, I will not let a disobedient
and wayward daughter leave under my room.
Get out!!!” he drags her and pushes her out the
door, Tonia is sent out too.

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Sean O’Conner frowns opening his door to find a
beautiful girl in front of his door, but her eyes
were swollen as though she was crying.

“Hi, erm, can I help you?’’ he says, he has his
bag packed, his flight was in an hour.

“Yes, Sean O’Conner?’’
He frowns “Yes? Do I know you?’’
She cleans her eyes,nodding “Sort off, I’m
Megan Philips, we had sex graduation party
night…and I am pregnant!!” she sniffs

“What!!’’
“I am pregnant!!’’
“Yes I heard that but what the hell? I don’t know who you are, never met you in my life and I am sure as hell didn’t screw some random chick and didn’t get you pregnant.What, is this some joke?”’

“No, you might not remember trust me, we were drunk and it happened and it took me a month to remember and i-“

Sean starts to laugh looking around “HA HA HA
very funny, someone is trying to prank me
right?’’

She dips her hand into her bag and shows him
the test results

“You’ve got to be fxxking kidding me!!!’’ he
exclaims

“No I am not Sean, my father kicked me out…
you have to come”

“Look I don’t know you and I have never had sex with you. Please leave me alone, okay, go find
who got you pregnant, it wasn’t me, I have a
flight to catch. You crazy!!” he says giving it
back to her, carry’s his Bag, enters his car and
speeds off Megan chases him but he was gone, she lays on the ground and wails, Tonia gathers her into her
hands..

“He left Tonia, he just left without wanting to
listen” she cries
“B—–d!!” Tonia spat,
“What do I do?’’Meg is distraught