your mistake by r.allfrey (100 best novels of all time txt) 📕

Abortion consultation
Group of friends out for coffee starts with just one sat there playing with a cup on the table looking nervous and in her own world thinking with bags at her feet. Her friend walks up behind her and taps her on the shoulder before sitting in the seat opposite placing her own bag under her chair and her cup on the table.
Zoe: “Hey Ali, what’s with the emergency meeting?”
Ali: Looking up from her cup, “um, well I’d rather wait till everyone’s here it’ll be easier if I only have to say it once. How are your classes going anyway??”
Zoe: “Ah the usual, I can’t wait till we get out of here at the end of the year, how about you how’s it going with Liam, living together now”
Ali: “yeah, urgh well it’s complicated all tied together, where are they?”
Jen & Erin: “right here” Two shouts from behind them as the two girls also slide into seats Erin grabbing a chair and dragging it over to the table after putting her cup and bag on the table.
Erin: “The lecture ran late, so what’s so important Ali?”
Ali: “ummm, well I’m pregnant” said in a rush.
Silence each takes a deep breath.
Erin: leaning forward and squeezing Ali’s hand “It’s okay Hun I’ll go to the clinic with you while you have it aborted”
Jen: “what do you mean Erin? Have it aborted, who said she should abort? We don’t even know how far along she is.”
Ali: “Eight weeks.”
Erin: “See, she can still have an abortion, we just have to call to get an appointment.” Starts digging in her bag for her phone.
Zoe: “Have you even thought about what Ali wants?”
Ali: “well –“
Erin: “well of course she wants an abortion, Jens being silly, she’s nearly done here just a few more months and she’ll have her degree. Why would she throw away all the hard work she’s put in for the last two years when it’s so easy to solve, one trip to the clinic and it’s like it never happened.”
Jen: “Like it never happened! As if it’s that easy, she’ll be killing a human child. You don’t just walk away from an abortion untouched; it could decrease her chances of pregnancy later, not to mention psychological problems. Its killing a baby, the brain is functioning at eight weeks, it’ll be moving soon!”
Zoe: “Guys! You’re not giving Ali a chance to speak!”
Ali: “I don’t know what I should do guys I’m not 100% sure I want an abortion, I mean Jen’s right it’s a real baby and I’d be stopping it living before it even has a chance. But there’s my degree, -pause- and Liam”
Zoe: “You’ve told him?” Ali nods “what’s he say?”
-Cut scene-
Liam sat on the sofa watching TV. Ali walks in.
Liam: “Hey babe” not looking away from the TV. Until she reaches for the remote and turns it off. “Errr what’s up?”
Ali: “Well…..”
Liam: standing up and walking towards her “What is it Ali?”
Ali: quiet looking at her feet “I’m pregnant”
Liam: “Babe, I can’t hear you.”
Ali: looks up “I’m pregnant Liam”
Liam: “you’re sure?”
Ali: “yes”
Liam: “it’s mine?”
Ali: “of course!”
Liam: “Have you booked your appointment yet?”
Ali: “What appointment? I just found out Liam!”
Liam: “for the abortion”
Ali: “I don’t know that I want one”
Liam: “I don’t want a baby Ali; obviously you’re going to have an abortion”
Ali: “so if I keep it. What?”
Liam: “we’re over! I can’t believe you’re even considering it; we’re young Ali, not ready for it! You’ll have to move out as well, quickly. I’m not having you here. I’ll give you a week to think about it but just know I’m not ruining my life for your mistake” starts walking out.
Ali: shouting at his retreating figure “MY MISTAKE!!!” door slams “it’s not only my fault” collapses to the floor and starts sobbing.
-Cut scene-
Zoe: “he said that! That’s horrible, aw babe” goes over to hug Ali
Erin: “see yet another reason to get rid of it. Your guna end up as a single mother with no qualifications or job! Not to mention 2 years of your life spent at university for nothing, you may as well have spent the past two years getting wasted and slutting around for all the good it’ll have done you!”
Jen: “it makes no difference, Liam’s obviously an idiot anyway, and would you stay with him after he said that to you? It’s all your fault, it takes two buddy! It’s just a ridiculous thing to say, and so high and mighty, obviously he thinks he’s above reproach douche!”
Zoe: “well that I agree with, what do you think you’re going to do Ali?”
Ali: “I don’t want to lose Liam, we’ve been together a year and a half and I love him. His reaction was not surprising really I know that he doesn’t want kids, and he’s so focused on his career, I don’t blame him. Zoe, come with me I’ll have the abortion I mean Erin’s right I’ll just be making a mockery of my life so far all my ambitions!”
At the abortion clinic.
Ali and Zoe sat holding hands a nurse comes in holding a clipboard.
Nurse: “Okay Alice we’ve done the tests and we can go ahead with the abortion. Since your eight weeks gone we just need to give you a pill today that’ll stop the flow of pregnancy hormones in your body it may cause light bleeding, nausea or sickness so don’t be concerned if you experience them. And then in two weeks you come back and we give you another pill to cause the miscarriage but we’ll explain that more when you come back.”
Zoe: “are you sure you want to do this Ali? You’ll have people there for you no matter what. Only take this pill if you’re absolutely certain. Just you don’t think about anyone or anything else, can you do this babe? It’s your body, it’s your decision.”
Nurse: “you’re friends right dear, you have to be sure”
Ali: “But, it’d be stupid of me to keep it, selfish. Wouldn’t it?”
Zoe: “you shouldn’t do it if you’re unsure, it’s important!”
Ali: “I don’t think I can, it’s a baby, a real child, and I have to give it a chance to live!”
In the flat.
Liam’s watching TV again. Ali and Zoe come in.
Liam: “hey babe how’d the appointment go?”
Ali: “I couldn’t do it Liam; I’m going to keep the baby, with or without you.”
Liam: “well it’s going to be without, as long as you know”
Zoe: “god Liam it’s your baby and that’s all you have to say to Ali after nearly two years, I thought better of you!”
Liam: “well Zoe I really don’t see what it has to do with you. I gave her a choice and she chose wrong there’s nothing more to say really, when are you moving out Alice?”
Zoe: “WRONG! Since when is there a right and wrong in this situation, it’s not wrong to have enough of a heart to not be able to kill a child even though you know you will lose everything you’ve worked for that’s not wrong and it takes a damn sight more courage than having an abortion and pretending it never happened or just running away from responsibility!”
Liam: “whatever, Ali I assume you’re here to pack your stuff, I assume you’ll be staying with Zoë now since she’s hell bent on supporting your stupidity, don’t worry you can leave some stuff here until you find somewhere more permanent two months should be plenty yeah”
Ali: “STUPIDITY! God Liam I clearly had you all wrong, you’re not anything like the person I thought you were, don’t worry I’ll be out of your hair soon enough darling you won’t have to worry about me again once I have a flat you’ll never have to see me again, I’ll text you when I want to pick my stuff up, please make sure your out I don’t want to have to see you again”
Ali and Zoë go to the bedroom, Zoë hugs Ali.
Ali: whispers “I can stay with you right”
Zoe: “of course honey, as long as you need, I’ll be here for you”
END

Publication Date: 08-21-2011

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