The Forbidden Baby

I woke up a little happy.
I was going to see Rivet.
When I told Maybell she was excited too.
She tried to get me to hurry and get her clothes on before me.
When we were all dressed I met her at the huge clothes pin that was in the city.
I had Maybell in her stroller and I felt a bit weird showing off my huge belly in my big dressy shirt.
It was now August and it was just the right season to wear those kind of shirts.
I watched as people passed by us and I looked for Rivet.
She was actually the one to spot us.
"Hello Maybell." She said with a big smile on her face then kissed Maybells cheek.
Maybell smiled and told her in her weird little talk to come back for a kiss on the cheek.
I laughed.
Rivet looked at me with a smile.
"I almost didn't recognize you. If it wasn't for the belly and the baby I would have not noticed you." She said making me stick my tongue out at her. She laughed.
"Your the one that dyed your hair missy." She said.
"Well I wanted a little change and plus I didn't want to run into someone I knew and they would tell on me." I said starting to push the stroller.
"Well you did a good job." She said walking with me.
"Thank you. And happy birthday youngster." I said making fun of her.
"No, your just old." She said making me laugh a little.
"Not my fault." I said.
"Not my fault either. My parents decided to wait a year later to have me while yours hopped the gun." She said making me laugh more.
"You are a weirdo as always Rivet." I said smiling at her.
She smiled back.
"I pride myself on it." She said.
We talked for a while then went out to lunch.
She was flirting with every guy that she saw and they flirted back.
"Go easy on the flirting. Your making me look like a poor old mother." I said pouting.
She laughed and hit me in my arm lightly.
"Don't worry mother you look divine." She said then took a sip of her drink then gave googly eyes at one of the waiters.
She said that Marc had been by earlier and that he was a little suspicious.
My father was worried and my grandparents were really worried too.
I hated putting stress on them.
I would have to at least call them later.
She said Dylan had been e-mailing her between lacrosse practices about trying to get in touch with me.
He was worried about Maybell which was good but I felt bad too.
He finally gotten involved and I snatched her away.
Maybell asked about him.
She asked about almost everyone.
Not Phillip though of course. She didn't know him well enough.
But she did ask about Bessie.
After lunch we took to walking again.
But then my ankles hurt and we started on our way to the park.
"Rivet can you please tell Dylan that Maybell is perfectly safe and fed?" I asked her as we were almost at the park.
"Yes my dear of course I-" She said before a man popped out of the alleyway scaring me to death making my heart race so fast.
He was holding a knife and that made me feel even sicker.
Before he could say anything Rivet had out pepper spray and got him in his eyes.
He screamed running away.
Maybell didn't know what the hell was going on and she was silent.
I felt a small trickle down my leg and I gulped.
"Thank the lord he ran away right?" Rivet said smiling turning to me.
I was still gripping the stroller and looking down at my pants.
"Peyton? What's the matter?" She said coming over to me.
"My water just broke."
"Seriously? You sure you didn't just pee yourself?"
"I'm sure as Maybell is sitting in this stroller." I said feeling really panicked now.
"But your not due for like almost two months!" She said making me more panicked.
"No shit!" I said now going blank.
"Peyton! What do we do?"
"I don't know! What should we do?"
Then she got a phone call almost interrupting or freaking out session.
"Oh my god! It's Marc!" She said looking at the call.
"Marc?!" I said back now even more panicky.
"You talk to him." She said opening the phone throwing it to me.
"Rivet! I can't!" I said going to hang up.
"Peyton?" I heard him loud and clear over the speakerphone.
"Marc? Oh my god Marc!" I sad throwing the phone back to her.
"I don't want it!" She said handing it back to me.
"What is going on there?" He asked over the phone.
"Her water broke!" Rivet yelled out attracting some people.
"Rivet! You're not supposed to tell him!"
"When was that made into a rule?!"
"You two are idiots! Go to the hospital!" He yelled at us clearing my head a little.
"Right. Hospital. Rivet, we have to go to the hospital."
"Who is going to drive?" She said still more spazzed out then I was.
"You are you idiot! You drove here!" I said yelling at her a little.
"Right! I'll be right back!" She said taking her phone then left.
"Don't forget me!" I said yelling after her.
Oh my god.
This shit sucks.