Cami's Decision

Cami stood near the door to Kaci’s room. She knew that her younger sister was a smart girl. She may even be smarter than her when it came to boys, but she didn’t want her little sister to make the same mistake that she’d made. Skylar may seem like the ultimate gentleman but he’s still a boy. Plus, she had the sneaky suspicion that he wanted to be more than just friends with her.

  She knocked on her door. Kaci answered with a tube of lip gloss in her hand. She greeted Cami with a hug and then returned to applying her makeup. Cami observed her ensemble: black skinny jeans with a red blouse, a striped black and white blazer, and black flats with studs to top it all off.

  Kaci then told her that she and Skylar were going to hang out for the day at the mall. Cami asked her a few questions about him and she happily answered at first, but then as she began to ask more questions, Kaci became reluctant.

  “Are you going on a date?” Cami inquired as she watched Kaci apply her make up.

  She could tell that Kaci was becoming agitated with her. “No, Skylar and I are just going to the mall to hang out,” she replied with a scowl.

  “What are you guys going to be doing exactly?”

  She shot Cami a look as her reply.

  Cami knew that this next question would probably make her angry but she had to take that chance. She wanted to know how far they had gone with each other, and she wanted to save her from whatever he was offering.

  “Has he touched you?”

  “What?!” She swung around in disbelief with her mouth halfway open.

  “Have you guys had sex?”

  “No, Cami! We’re friends not lovers. What’s wrong with you?”

  “I know that you think Skylar’s a nice guy, but that’s how boys get you. They...”

  “No! Maybe that’s how River got you but things are not like that between Skylar and me. Gosh! Have girls these days had so much sex that they don’t know what a friendship between a guy and a girl is anymore?”

  “Kaci, I’m trying to help you.”

  “I am not like you and I never will be! I will never be sixteen and pregnant.”

  Ouch.

  The words stung Cami to the core, and she slowly felt tears come to her eyes.

  I am not like you and I never will be! I will never be sixteen and pregnant.

  Seeing that she had apparently hurt Cami’s feelings Kaci quickly apologized which is something that she didn’t do very often. “I’m sorry, Cami. There’s no need to worry. That’s not going to happen to me because I won’t let it. You know me.”

  “I just don’t want th-this to hap-pen t-t-to you,” Cami said with her face now covered in tears.

  “Come here,” Kaci said. Cami did as she was told and she took her in her arms while they sat on her bed. “Cry baby,” she mumbled as she held her older sister in her arms and wiped away her tears.

  Cami cleared her throat while was still in her arms. “This…This isn’t what I wanted. I get dirty looks from people at school. Leena and her stupid friends wouldn’t even let me get to a toilet to vomit...”

  Leena and her stupid friends wouldn’t even let me get to a toilet to vomit… Those words echoed in Kaci’s head like none other she had ever heard before. That bitch!

  Later that evening, Cami awoke in Kaci’s bed. She looked from side to side in the bed but Kaci was nowhere in sight. She could still smell perfume in the room so she knew that it hadn’t been long before she left.

  Cami sighed as she thought about what Kaci and Skylar could be doing together. She said that they were going to hang out at the mall but that could always turn into a quick “let’s run by my place” type thing. She knew that her sister was smart, but she didn’t trust Skylar. He was still a boy, but as stubborn as Kaci was, she knew that she wouldn’t listen.

  She looked down at her growing belly. Hopefully her life will not be one that her baby will have to live.

  Chapter 25