Amelia
I heard sniffles and woke up from sleep. My head was aching badly and I whimpered. I tried reaching for my glasses on the bed stand but ended up hitting someone.
"She's awake" I heard the person say. Wait a minute, is that not Daisy's voice?, What's she doing IN MY ROOM? I wondered. She placed the glasses on my eyes and I could see her face clearly.
"Thanks" I smiled at her, her eyes were red and puffy like someone who did not sleep at all. I looked away from her face to the room I was in. This is definitely not my room, where was I ?. I heard sniffles again and I tried to sit up but winced in pains.
"It's okay baby, just relax" my mom said rushing to my side, she helped me sit up and that was when I realized that I was in the hospital. But, how come?. My dad stood at the foot of my bed with his face filled with anger.
"Mom, dad" I called weakly. "Yes baby" my mom replied soothingly, "what am I doing here?" I questioned. Fresh tears began to fall from her eyes and she was sobbing again, my dad was already at her side comforting her.
"What's happening? Mom?? Dad?? Daisy??, Someone talk to me" I said almost breaking into tears when no one answered. I tried to remember what happened yesterday and it hit me, "where's Adam?" I asked again. "I.. I.. I will go get the doctor"Daisy stammered exiting the room. Mom was now sniffling when she left.
"Mom, what happened?" I asked her calmly now, "baby, I'm sorry I wasn't there to save you from them" she began. "Adam called few minutes after you left saying that you were taken away by some unknown guys, when we got to the address he gave us, we saw him badly beaten up, he helped us find you but before we could get to you, it was too late" she began crying again "those monsters in form of humans had raped you mercilessly and abandoned you for us, we rushed you to the hospital and I'm glad you are finally awake" she smiled holding my hands.
I was raped? My pride has been taken forcefully away from me? Tears began to fall from my eyes, is this what I get for going on a date? Why can't I enjoy what others do? What about the stigmatism I will get from people around? What if I got an infection from those disgusting rapists? I cried with my hands over my mouth. Life is so unfair to me. My mom was trying hard to comfort me as tears fell from her eyes too.
"I promise you Amelia that as far as I live, this monsters will not go unpunished, I will go to any extent to get those dogs behind bars for harassing my daughter. How could they!!!???" My dad yelled angrily, his hands in a fist. "Let them pray to their gods that this test will not come out positive or else.."
"What test dad?" I asked, "the doctors decided to carry out a pregnancy test on you in case" my mom said bitterly, "but we pray and I believe that it will be negative" she smiled sadly at me.
"And what if it's positive mom?" I asked already scared, my mom was mute. She looked at my dad who looked at her in return.
"Mom, I don't want to go through the pains of abortion and I can't keep the zygote if there will be", "how will I cope with studies and being a.." my mom held my lips stopping me from bickering.
"Let's be positive Mel, and if it turns out positive, we will take care of your baby till you settle down" she smiled with teary eyes. "But.." I was about to say before the doctor entered, behind him was a nurse and Daisy who walked close to me on the bed.
"Good morning miss Amelia Whites, first of all we sympathize with you for such a terrible experience" I nodded my head in acceptance, he continued, "I know you won't take this well, but as the policy of the hospital requires, I will like to congratulate you, the test results turned out positive" he said shaking his head sadly.
My mom and Daisy covered their mouths in shock as tears flowed freely, I'm pregnant at 17. This was just too much to take in, I closed my eyes and allowed the darkness to take over me again.
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I was discharged and left for home after two weeks. I took steady steps to my room door and locked it immediately I got inside. Everything was as I left it the day I was raped. Fresh tears filled my eyes threatening to fall.
All through my stay in the hospital, I have spent them crying and wishing I never left the house that day. I looked at my reflection in the mirror, all I could see was a sad, broken and miserable teenager who would become a mother in nine months time.
managed to walk into my bathroom and had a bath, I lay on my bed after I was done bathing not wanting to be disturbed by anyone as I tried to cry myself to sleep.
A knock came on my door but I was weak to open it, I kept calm hoping the person knocking would leave soon.
"It's me, Daisy" the person knocking said and I was forced to come out of bed. Daisy has been the only one visiting me since the incident and Adam, he disappeared into thin air.
I opened my door to meet a crying Daisy. Surprisingly, she pulled me into a hug immediately I opened the door. what happened to her?....
TBC.