HIS REGRETS

Meadow, you are pregnant.” The school doctor said as she handed me the results. Her eyes fixed on me. My heart almost stopped. How could this be? It was just a one-time thing. Though I had suspected it when I missed my period. But I thought I was just overreacting.

“Do you know who the father of your child is?” The doctor asked in an irritating tone. She was peering into my face for an answer.

I was already shaking with fear as tears rolled down my cheeks. My mind was filled with a thousand questions. What would my poor mother say to me? The school will expel me once they find out I’m pregnant. I’m just eighteen years old. My life was literally falling apart right before my eyes.

“Meadow, you do know who the father of your child is, right? The doctor asked. You are still a teenager. I can only imagine the shame and disappointment this will bring to your parents.”

I lowered my head in shame as the tears poured freely from my face now. My whole body was shaking as I continued crying.

“Meadow, I’m asking you a question,” the doctor said angrily, hitting her desk, which made me almost jump. But I still refused to say a word.

Of course I knew who the father of my child was.

Two Months Ago:

“Happy Valentine’s, Meadow,” my best friend Matt said, handing me a single rose petal and smiling. I collected it. It meant so much to me that Matt was celebrating Valentine’s with me. I have been in love with him for so long, but I never confessed my feelings to him. My parents work for his family. My mom is their maid, while my father is their driver. And they were kind enough to enroll me in the same school with Matt.

“So who’s your date for Valentine’s?” Matt asked with his usual smile. His hazel eyes fixed on me. I turned away shyly. I wished Matt knew what was going through my mind at that moment.

Every time he looks at me that way, my heart skips a bit. But I’m not sure he knew about that. He only sees me as his best friend and nothing more. I wished he could see me more than that. But deep down inside of me, I knew it wasn’t possible. I’m just their servant's daughter.

“I don’t have a date,” I said with a small smile. I was starting to feel shy around him, and my heart was beating so fast.

“Really? What about Ethan? He’s always hanging around you in school these days. I thought you guys were a thing.”

I shook my head. “Ethan is just a friend.”

“Thought I was your only friend, Meadow,” Ethan said, clutching his chest dramatically.

“You are my best friend, and Ethan is just a friend.”

“Does that mean I can do this?” He gave me a kiss on my lips.

I froze. My heart was