Baby Steps - Chapter 3 is up!!

[qtpie3552]

Hi everyone! I have a new story for you today. I really appreciate any comments or feedbacks.

Baby Steps - Chapter One - Introduction


Hi everyone. My name is Isela Sanchez, and I want to tell you my story. I am 17 years old and I live in the "friendly" town of Pleasantview. I guess you could say my life is pretty average. Well, maybe a little more than that. My mother died in a car crash about two years ago, so now my younger sister and I live with my older sister and her family in a three bedroom trailer in the low class side of town. It's not exactly what I would call the dream life, but at least I have a house. I do pretty good in the local high school, mostly getting A's and B's. Not really much happening with the social part of school though. I used to have a couple of best friends, but when my mom died they decided they were too good for me and moved on. So whatever, you know, I just go with the flow. I do have a really big secret though. Okay well it's not really a secret. I'm expecting a baby sometime in August. Yeah, I know what you all are thinking. Total screwup right? Well it all started when I met this guy named Dirk Dreamer. His dad is like super rich and stuff, so when he talked to me I was totally surprised. Eventually he asked me out and I said yes. We dated for awhile and things got pretty serious. I always thought that me and him would last forever, no matter what. And then a little thing called reality came and smashed my dreams. Once he found out about the baby he told me that he wanted nothing to do with either of us. Truthfully, that broke my heart. But being the stubborn person I am, I pretended I didn't care. Haven't heard from him in a while, and I probably won't ever again. At least my family is willing to help me. I think that there is a tiny chance it will be alright.


This is my little sister, Ciera. She is 12. She is a pretty good little sister if you ask me. She goes to the local junior high, but she doesn't have any friends because she is extremely shy. She mostly sticks with me wherever we go and keeps to herself. Her dream in life is to become a veternarian, she absolutely adores animals. I think I am going to get her a puppy for Christmas this year, she would like that. Anyways, I am glad I have her around, she always makes me feel better. It nice because she is old enough to be able to have a serious conversation with me, and young enough to still talk about fun stuff. I don't like adults too much, they are so boring. She is fun to be around and we have a great time together.


This is my big sister Vanessa. She just turned 22 this week. She is the best big sister ever. Apart from the fact that she lets us live with her, she always has a positive attitude and is always pushing me to do better. I really look up to her actually. She has had a pretty hard life. She had her first baby when she was 15, and she dropped out of high school. But since then she went back to school and is even taking some college classes. We don't have a lot of money, but she works hard to get us what we have.


Here is my niece Alyssa. She is 7 now. She is pretty funny. Because she was the first baby, she is usually kinda pushed aside by her parents, so I am the one that hangs out with her. She keeps me entertained though. She is always in my room telling me some story she made up, or some weird fact she learned in class. She loves school, that's one thing you will never take away from her. She is always excited to go to school, and always has a million stories when she gets home. I like having her around.


And this would be my sisters boyfriend, James, and my two year old niece, Anhelica. I don't really like James too much. Not because he is a bad person, he is nice and all and he is a good father, but mostly because he thinks I'm stupid. Once I heard him tell Vanessa that I should just go to some boarding school where I can't get in trouble. But I guess he is better than a lot of guys my sister could have dated. Anhelica is just the cutest little person. She is very smart, and always surprises me with the things she does. Although, it is hard when she gets all the attention. But I guess I can't really compete with a two year old.

So that is my family. And in the following chapters I will tell you my family's story, the good times and the bad.

[lonleyma1000]

this is good cant wait for more

[Zorom]

Aha, another one of those..
It's good so far! And everyone is really cute! 

[milie529]

It's a pretty cute family! Can't wait for the next chapter!

[arielle22]

Good so far

[Devomuffins]

Can't wait to read more! This looks cool.

[qtpie3552]

Thanks everyone! Chapter 2 will up this week.

[qtpie3552]

Chapter 2 - Interference

   So far, although my life is complicated, I am doing pretty well. I am adjusting to my new school, and tolerating the people there. I even have a kind of sort of friend. Her name is Gabby and she is like me. Alone. We have a couple of classes together and we hit it off pretty well. Besides her, I don't talk to anyone at school. I just get up, go to school, do the work, and come home. It's a pretty simple way to live. I'm focusing really hard on my school work because I want to go to college so that I can support my baby well. Although college seems very hard. All the long lectures and gigantic textbooks. It's definitely going to be a challenge. But luckily I have all my family on my side.


   One particularly boring night, my little sister came in to talk to me. She seemed worried. She had that "I am stressed out but I'm not going to say anything" look about her.
"Hey Ciera, what's up?" I say cheerfully, in hopes to get her spirits up.
"Nothing." She says, though she is playing with her hands nervously.
"Something must be up, you seem worried. What's going on?"
"Well, it's just that I have been thinking lately."
"About?"
"Well. Your going to have a baby."
"Ummm yes, I am pretty sure we have established that......"
"Yeah I know," She says with a little smile, "I was just thinking about how this is all going to work out."
"What do you mean? I told you I wasn't going to drop out of school or anything. Everything will still be the same around here."
"Umm yeah I guess. But I was just thinking. Is there even room for another person here?? Its a three bedroom trailer that is already full up. And who is gonna stay home with the kid? You have to go to school. And Vanessa and James have jobs. And the rest of us are in school too."
"Ill just take the baby to the school day care. It's really nothing to worry about, you know."
"Isela....did you ever think that maybe Vanessa doesn't want another baby in the house?" That made me think. I guess I had never really thought about how this would effect anyone else in the family. After all, it is a privilage for my sister to let us live in her house. She could have sent us to foster care. But she didn't. And then I go and screw things up. But still, why wouldn't she want another baby in the house? I mean, she just had a baby like two years ago. So what's one more. Besides, isn't that kind of selfish on her part? At this point in time I didn't even want to think about it anymore. Now that this was thrown out into the open, I knew it was going to bug me for a long time.
"Did she say something about it?" I asked.
"I don't know. I heard her talking to Juanita about how stressed she was with all the people in the house."
"Oh," I said as I felt my slight smile fade away, "Well lets just not worry about it now." I hugged her and then climbed into bed, forcing myself to think about something happy and not to think about how my life might be uprooted once more.


   During the following weeks I willed myself to focus on baby preparations and school. One day I went to the library and checked out parenting books. The lady at the desk gave me a funny look when I put them on the counter to be checked out, but I ignored it. There is so many things you have to do with a baby. Check the formula temperature, support their head, make sure they don't have heavy blankets in their crib at night. The list goes on and on. At first I was feeling a little overwhelmed by it all, but as I kept reading I started daydreaming about all the good stuff. Little clothes and shoes to dress them in. And playing at the park. Maybe I'll even get one of those baby strollers and take them on a walk once in awhile. By the time I got to the end of the first book, I felt like nothing was going to screw up my life. It was all good. Little did I know what was ahead.


A few hours later the doorbell rang. I skipped happily to the door, expecting it to be the mailman or Mrs. Crumplebottom from next door. Now normally I would have dreaded Mrs. Crumplebottom. She is evil in human form, with that scary handbag of hers. But today I didn't care about the evil handbag lady. I was having a great day and nobody would ruin it. That is until I opened the door to find Dirk leaning against the railing. My first thought was shock. What was he doing here anyways? He said he wanted nothing to do with us.
"What do you want?" I hissed at him.
"Hey now, don't be getting an attitude." He said with a wink.
"I will if I want."
"Well fine then, Ill just take that as a compliment. Cause I know you love me." He smiled his fake smile and attempted to brush his hand across my cheek. I pushed it down immediately. Maybe he left something here, I thought, he just wants it back. Yeah that's it.
"Did you leave something here? Cause I'll get it and then you can go away."
"As a matter of fact I think you do have something of mine that I want. My baby." This took me by total surprise. At first I didn't know what to say. It caught me off guard and I must have stood there for a good ten seconds in silence. But then, once my senses came back, I let loose.


"What the freak are you talking about!?" I demanded.
"I want rights to my baby! No, I want the baby!" He yelled back at me.
"You said you wanted nothing to do with us, you can't just come in here and demand your kid!" Then a thought hit my mind. "This is your father's doing isn't it?!" Dirk's father was not a nice man. He was a con artist and made money off of anything he could think to make money on. Why he hasn't been shipped off to jail, I don't know.
"Maybe. We just want the kid, and believe me we will get it." His voice suddenly turned ice cold, almost in a creepy way.
"You will not! You will stay away from me, do you understand!?" I screamed at him.
"Oh yes, we will stay away for now. But I'll be back." He turned and walked down the stairway. I stared after him, I couldn't believe what just happened.
"Oh yeah," He said turning around, "Don't forget to send us updates on doctors appointments. I just can't wait to hear the gender so I can get the nursery all ready." He laughed and walked through the gate and down the street. I stood on the porch feeling totally and completely helpless. I didn't know what I was going to do. But I knew that I couldn't let his nasty family have my precious baby. No matter what it took.


   Later that night, as we ate the burned spaghetti that Vanessa had made for dinner, I decided that I should consult her on what to do about this whole situation. I calmly explained what had happened, and she listened well like she always does. After I was done, she stared at the ceiling for awhile, thinking of what to say.
"Isela, darling, I know this is going to sound horrible but have you ever considered that maybe it wouldn't be so bad to share custody with Dirk?" She said finally. This made me mad.
"What!? Do you even know him? He is so mean! He is only doing this because his father probably found some way to make money off of it." I protested. Nessa sighed as she wiped sauce of of Anhelica's face.
"Don't be silly. Obviously he can't be that bad since you dated him in the first place. Besides, you can't do it on your own."
"I'm not! You guys will be here to help me." She didn't say anything at first, and Ciera shot me and I told you so glance from across the table.
"Isela, of course we will be here for you, but I can't stop my life just to help yours. And there isn't even any room here. The baby would have to sleep with you and Ciera, since there is no room in my girls' room. Maybe it would be better for the baby at Dirk's. I know they have money and I'm sure they can provide a lot more stuff........." I let myself stop hearing her words. I couldn't believe she had said that. I never want Dirk to have the baby, ever. And she doesn't even care! I sat at the table and stared at my plate for a long time. I finally decided that I had to take measures into my own hands, I made this mess and I have to clean it up.

[Devomuffins]

Oh no! Kill dirk please! 

[lonleyma1000]

very nice cant wait to find out what happends

[qtpie3552]

Hey everyone! Thanks so much for the comments. I have the pictures for chapter 3 so it should be up soon! =D

[milie529]

Love you install the story. We can see that it's not gonna be easy for Isela and her family. And I already hate Dirk!
Glad to see that the next chapter will be post soon!

[rylangere]

Can't wait for Chapter 3!   

[qtpie3552]

Chapter 3 - Boys and Bows


   It had been awhile since the argument with Vanessa at dinner. For a couple of days we avoided each other, only speaking when it was necessary. But it eventually got better and we both started to forget about the whole thing. School was going well, and my grades were pretty good. And James even got a promotion, which we were all very thankful for. Now I am about 3 months along, and definitely feeling it. Im gaining weight like crazy and Ciera has got me on this no junk food diet. I personally think its crazy that my younger sister is regulating what food I eat, but who am I to argue. Everyone seems to be regulating everything in my life anyways.

   Today was a particulary hot day. I sat out on the "patio", (a large slab of cracked wood panels), and thought about school. Well I was trying to think about school, but this very annoying hunger pain in my stomach kept bringing up thoughts of pizza and milkshakes. I could so go for a nice chocolate milkshake right now. I tried to focus on school as hard as I could. Other kids were noticing my stomach and I got frequent questions. Of course I told them the truth, why would I lie? But a lot of the kids, who come from rich families with high morals or whatever, thought that I was just another screw up. But whatever, you know? I don't want it to get to me, even though it does. I will just try and make the best of it.



   So as I am thinking about rich kids and milkshakes, Vanessa comes storming out of the house in her pajamas and bare feet. I stood up to see what her deal was.
   "Isela, do you want to know who just called me??" She said in an annoyed tone.
   "Do I have a choice?" I asked, hoping to make her less tense. It didn't work.
   "No. Your principle called me just now. John Featherbucket or something."
   "Ferbuton, Vanessa, it's French."
   "Whatever! Know what he said? He told me that he thinks you might be a bad influence to the other students and that we need to have a meeting about whether or not you should be allowed to continue going there."
   "What!? That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard! You don't think that too do you? After all you were 2 years younger than me with Alyssa."
   "Yes but I dropped out of school and lived on my own. Also, at least 5 other people at work have made some kind of comment about you. Do you realize how the this is affecting me??"
   "You!? You are just trying to make this hard on me aren't you? What happened to the sweet, carefree Vanessa that invited me to live here?
   "She got a job and learned about responsibilty, that's what happened to her. And now you think you can just disrupt peoples lives without any sort of consequence. Besides, the state probably won't let you stay here anyways."
   "Why not! It's not like this is an unstable enviroment."
   "Because they just won't! Look, I have to go bathe Helica. Start thinking about other options besides staying here okay."
   "Whatever," I felt my face grow hot as she walked back towards the house, "I hate the responsible Vanessa!! She should go away!" I yelled after her. At first, I felt like I wanted to go and break every window in the house. I was so mad! I put my hands over my face and tried to take deep breaths. I couldn't believe this. Other options? I have no other options! I didn't even want to think about it anymore. As I went to pick up my phone, I noticed I was almost late for my doctors appointment. Today was the day I found out the gender, at least there is one good thing about today.


   Waiting in the doctors office is extremely boring. I swear I flipped through every magazine at least twice. By the time they called my name, I was half asleep. A kind looking nurse took me back to a cheerful looking office area where I was weighed and measured. Then they tested my blood pressure with that cool inflatable thing. I so want one of those things. After that, she led me to a small, mostly empty room where I changed into this pajama-like outfit. It took a long time for the doctor to arrive, no surprise there. Once she came, we talked about how my pregnancy was going. She asked questions and I gave answers. It was pretty routine. Then came the amazing part. She put this blue jelly stuff on my stomach and then when I looked at the projector screen I could see the baby. It was so cool!
   "Well there you go." The doctor said as she flipped off the projector.
   "Wow, thanks." I said with a big smile.
   "Would you like to know the gender?"
   "Oh yes! That would be great!" I watched as she went through some paperwork in my file. I didn't know what I wanted it to be actually. I didn't really care too much.
   "Ah, here we go," She pulled out a yellowish sheet of paper, "Congratulations it's a girl!" My heart pretty much just melted right then. Pictures of little pink bows and dresses went through my head.
   "Really? Wow that's great!" The doctor smiled and then left so I could change. It took me awhile cuz I kept getting distracted with the little models of hearts and brains on the counter. What can I say, I can be odd. As I walked out through the waiting room I had a bounce in my step. I knew, somewhere deep in my heart, that it was all good.


   I walked out in to the beautiful sunlight, and right into a guy. I stumbled and the caught myself on the door handle. As soon as I realized what just happened, I turned around to see if he was okay. He was just standing there looking at me. Oh my goodness was he cute! He had a great body from what I could tell. He was taller than me, and his eyes were like melted chocolate. I stared at him for a minute, and then he finally said something.
   "Are you okay?" His voice was very deep, like one of a villain in a horror movie. It was kinda hot.
   "Oh, yeah. Sorry about that, I must not have been looking." I said quietly.
   "It's okay. Im Luke." He said, sticking out his hand. I returned the gesture quickly. His hands were strong.
   "I'm, ummmm, Isela."
   "Isela huh. Nice name," I noticed he was looking at my stomach now, "Are you sure your okay? Or the little one?" I blushed at this.
   "Oh yeah, I'm sure she is fine. I didn't fall or anything."
   "She? That's pretty cute. How old are you?" He sure had a lot of questions.
   "I'm 17. Young I know, but still."
   "Eh it's old enough," He said with a little smile, "I'm 20. I just moved here from California. I live over in the Blue Koi apartments. It's a pretty nice place actually."
   "Are you kidding, I would love to live there! I heard it has a pool, which is like so cool because all I have is my nieces little inflatable pool." I laughed.
   "Well those can be fun too." He laughed back. "You know, it would be cool if you came over sometime. We could swim in the pool."
   "Wow, that would be, um, sweet!" He got out a really nice phone from his pocket. "Whats your number? Ill put it in my phone and call you sometime."
   I gave him my number and then we exchanged goodbyes. I made my way home, my thoughts filled with him and his wonderful pool.

     

[lonleyma1000]

oooh its getting juicy i like it im glad its a girl and i hope her and luke fall in love good job