Plus One by Sarah L. Young

Author:Sarah L. Young [Young, Sarah L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Bisexual, Lesbian, Contemporary, Romance
Publisher: Less Than Three Press, LLC
Published: 2018-11-13T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

Emily

I tossed and turned all night, and I couldn't imagine that anyone else in the house was sleeping soundly either. I tried to find a comfortable position on the couch, but it simply didn't seem possible. It was hard to see Lexi have to go through all of this, and especially without the support of her family. All night I kept picturing her there as she was in the road: shaking, crying, lost, and alone. I wished that I could comfort her, but I knew that there was nothing that I could do for her now. Her life had been hard since she was a little girl; she didn't deserve to have to deal with this, too. It was too much for one person.

I was nervously awaiting the morning when I would have to let her know that she couldn't stay here. Although it was beyond our means to host her, it still felt like a betrayal. She had already been abandoned by her family, it seemed so cruel to not let her stay here with us.

These thoughts kept me up all night. I was worried about Lexi. Having a kid is hard enough as it is. But when the mom is a teenager, the father isn't involved, and the mom has no support from anyone, no money, and no job, well it didn't seem possible. That upset me most of all. I tried to figure out how she could keep her child, which she so desperately wanted to do. She had no money, and that was the bottom line. It had to be, even though it broke my heart.

I must have drifted off at some point because I woke up to hear my mom and Lexi talking. It was still dark, but the clock on my phone said that it was already five forty-five in the morning. My mom would soon be leaving for work, which meant that I would soon have to play bad cop with Lexi and tell her that she had to leave yet another home. It broke my heart to think about it. She had played an important part in my life for so long, I couldn't imagine breaking her down like I was about to.

Soon after, my mom descended the stairs and quickly checked on me before heading out the door on her way to work. I don't know why, but I instinctually pretended to be sleeping when my mom came by to check on me. I closed my eyes and tried hard to breath slowly. She rubbed my hair for a minute before kissing me softly on the top of my head and then leaving the house.

Then I sent a text to Lexi, who I could hear rustling about in the top level of the house. I asked, "Hey, you up?" As if I didn't already know. Soon came the reply. "No," she had written, making me laugh out loud. When she heard my laugh, she began to laugh herself and then came downstairs to see me.

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