The Broken One

***Andy’s P.O.V***
Me and Cynthia walk down the aisles at Walgreens, stopping in the one with all the pregnancy tests and other things of that sort.
“Which ones should I get?”
Cynthia asks, looking up at me with scared eyes, the same scared look she’s had all morning.
“I don’t know, any I guess”
I answer, shrugging, it’s not like I'm an expert on these things. She sighs sadly and grabs a random box off the shelf.
We walk back up through the aisles, all the way to the front. There's only a few people in line so we don’t have to wait long.
When it’s our turn to pay I realize how familiar the cashier looks. I don’t think anything of it until she starts to speak.
“Get knocked up did ya?”
The girl asks Cynthia, flashing an evil smile. When I see the girls nametag I realize who it is. Tara, the girl who bullied Cynthia at school. I feel anger start to well up inside me and I have to try hard to force it down, I don’t want to cause a scene.
Instead, I pull the money from my wallet and push it towards the girl. Waiting impatiently for my change.
“Have a nice day, slut”
She says, directing her words towards Cynthia and for the most part just ignoring me. I wrap an arm protectively around her tensed shoulder and walk her out of the building, back to the car. We get in and buckle up. Cynthia holds the plastic bag containing the box of tests on her lap.
Right as we pull out of the parking lot, she begins to cry.
I look over at her sadly and see the tears trickle slowly down her cheeks, a hopeless expression masking her face. I reach over and grab her limp hand, squeezing it gently in mine.
“It’s ok”
I whisper, even though we both know it’s not.
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I sit on the couch patiently, waiting for Cynthia to come back in with the test. I look up when I hear the bathroom door open. She comes over and plops down beside me.
“It’s supposed to take about five minutes”
She says quietly, holding the pink and white test up and keeping her eyes anxiously glued to it. I put my arm around her shoulders and kiss the side of her head. It hurts to see her this upset.
We both wait in silence, staring intently at the test. Time goes agonizingly slow. But after four and half minutes the test finally shows its result.

Notes

Its another cliffhanger :D :P

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