Disclaimer: I have not been pregnant nor have I ever experienced a pregnancy scare. This is a fictional narrative of what I believe would be going through the mind of a female in that situation. It is also meant to not be as serious or stressful as the actual event may feel.

I have written this fictional narrative in hopes that you as the reader could experience the journey with the character.

One Line or Two

I walked into the bathroom with that stupid pink box in hand. I didn’t want to open it -- Heck, why did I even have it? Maybe because of the tall, dark-haired musician with amber colored eyes? No, I shouldn’t blame him. This is because I am not on birth control and condoms are only 95% percent effective. I should have started my period on Monday; it is now Saturday. Leave it to me to fall into that 5%.

Last month, a co-worker of mine invited me to a house party. He said it was going to be outrageous, but it was everything but. When the cops finally showed up because of a noise complaint, we left, and anyways… Here I am with this lousy pink stick that I have to attempt to directly pee on. If this wasn’t hard enough, I have to do this sitting down! Boys definitely got the better end of the stick when it came to this.

I wonder how I’ll tell my parents. My dad’s birthday is coming up, so maybe I’ll get him a 'happy birthday, Grandpa' card instead. They’ll probably think I waited until the last minute and grabbed the wrong card by accident. I’ll just have to be upfront with them.

Wait, why is it blank? Did I do something wrong? Maybe I should try again.

Oh, wait, you have to wait two minutes for the results. Why put me through the torture of buying this God damned thing and now make me wait for the results?!

I'll just brush my teeth… That takes around two minutes, right?

*Bing*

There goes my phone, the bing I set to tell me to stop what I’m doing and go check that miserable little stick in the bathroom. One line… What does one line mean? I already threw out the box after my frustration with the waiting period.

Yes.

Not pregnant.