So I managed to dig out something I wrote last year, when I was super ambitious and wanted to write my own book. I don't know what its called, or what it should be called. All I know is, I must have been one conflicted 15 year old.
Here goes nothing.
Time could not have passed any slower. You look up at the
clock and notice that only 3 minutes have passed. You try to move your left
leg, but it seems to be dead. You lift it and shake it a little bit to get the blood
flowing. The room was chilly and silent. You could hear the hum of the air
conditioner and an occasional honk by a car outside. You stare as the
receptionist takes a sip of water out of her glass. Her ring knocks against the
glass. Had the room temperature been a few degrees lesser, the glass would have
shattered. Blankly you flip through the magazine on your lap, your eyes
scanning the pages intently, but your mind somehow flying away.
You were confident with your choice, considering it was the
option you had in the first place. Nobody knows about this decision, about what
you were about to do. What would Mom
think? You hoped she wouldn’t find out. Even if she did, she’d probably try to
sweep it under the carpet like she does with everything else. What about Dad?
Sara? Grace? Liam? Liam. Those four letters circled your mind, teasing you,
taunting you. It was all his fault. Oh well, you’re in denial. Clearly it was
partly your fault. You knew this would happen all along.
A soft thud filled the empty hallway as the receptionist
drops her pen. You watch as she picks it up and attempts to use it again,
pressing the nib gently on a piece of paper. ‘Its no use,’ you think. ‘Its
worthless now, lost its value…just like me.’ You snap back into reality when
you hear someone saying your name, it’s the receptionist. You trot behind her
as she leads you down the empty hallway into the room of doom. The walls are
filled with dozens of posters lined up, all screaming the same thing at you.
All heading towards you like waves crashing onto the shore. Its ironic that
those posters would be in here. Their headings stand out, capitalized, bold,
italicized. Then the wave hits you. Jut as the receptionist turns the doorknob,
you mutter something to her and quickly walk away.
Forget the appointment.
Forget the community.
You’re keeping this baby. Say no to abortion.
There's gonna be one less aborted baby!









