Chapter 13

Elena’s POV

I don’t even bother paying for anything. I’ll do that after. I am way too freaked out to wait around for someone to ring these up. I need to know now.

I rip them all open, along with the cups, and hover over the toilet, willing myself to pee.

After I dip every single stick, I wait.

And watch.

And wait.

And watch.

And wait.

And finally…I cry.

I cry because not one, not two, but all six tests say the same thing.

I’m pregnant.

“I’m preg—”

The word gets stuck in my throat, and I swallow it down.

Once. Twice.

I run my tongue over my lips and try one more time.

“I’m pregn—”

It gets stuck again.

It’s the same thing that’s been happening for the last three days since I took those tests. After I cried in the bathroom of the pharmacy for twenty minutes, I paid for the tests and grabbed three more just to be sure, then took them home and did it all over again. The results were the