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I tried to speak, but nothing came out

She nodded again “I know” Higher in pitch this time

I found ently, “Are you sure?”

She let out a watery laugh “U, she turned it upside down, and the contents fell to the white-tiled floor of nancy tests told me she wasn’t sure

“Okay,” I said calmly

“I’oddammit, it broke my heart

“Look,” I tried to reason with her, “this is not an issue You’re er who did it with the quarterback under the bleachers, got knocked up, and is now being sent away to live with her grandma”

But Mina wasn’t listening toeach box and taking out one test, and when her fingers began to shake too much, she started to rip open the cardboard with her teeth

My brows rose

Oh yeah This was fine

Breathing shakily, she tried to read the instructions and talked to herself “How do I do this?”

“It depends Some of them, you dip in and wait, and others, you put a couple of drops into the little hole”

She stilled, then blinked up at me “You’ve done this before?”

My eyes widened a moment, and all I said was “Yeah”

Two men In my entire life, I’d only ever been with two ed, and we used a condom each and every ti ers down my spine He hadn’t used a condom with me since I was nineteen years old, so, yes, I kne to use a pregnancy test

I helped her I told her she didn’t need to use all nine, but she just kept handing them to me, and before we knew it, the counter of my bathroom sink was covered in white plastic sticks

We waited a full three minutes, and we did this in co I said would distract her fro on inside her head

And when the tian to check the tests, relief fell over my expression I looked over at her and sood, li’l bit” I held up a test “You’re not pregnant”

Her face blank, she took the test from my hand and stared at it She then stood and looked over all the others, her face re passive But when she sat on the closed toilet lid, her bottom lip started to tremble

Oh, sweet girl “You had a scare It’s stressful,” I said in way of understanding