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Abortions (controversial challenge!)

I can’t believe he just left me here.

I stood on the corner of Maple, my teeth chattering. I pulled my coat up around my neck.

Well, it’s not a long walk to the abortion center.

It was long enough. Long enough for me to start thinking.

What right did he have to just leave me? This was both of our problem’s, if you ask me. I mean, he could at least have the decency to drop me off at the abortion place. A good boyfriend would go in. Gasp, imagine that.

Yeah, I was pregnant. I didn’t mind so much. I’ll be graduating soon. Having children wasn’t exactly on my To Do list but I was considering having them eventually. Plus, I thought I loved the man I had made this child with. I had thought he loved me.

But I was wrong.

I kicked at a lamp post, sending snow crashing to the ground.

“A baby? No! This is horrible for me!”

For you? What about me, you jerk?

“No one can know that this happened.”

You know what? Even if he didn’t want this baby, I did.

I turned on my heel, and strode away.

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