I start walking down the stairs to grab a snack and I hear my mom walking over to the front door.

"Oh my gosh, Gaby! I haven't seen you in forever!" My mom grins widely. She hugs Gaby and looks down at her bump. "Well, Selena certainly hasn't been telling me stuff."

She chuckles and notices me from the stairs.

She clears her throat and smiles. "I actually came here to speak with Selena."

My mom turned around and sees me standing at the stairs and nods. "It was so great seeing you again, Gabrielle, and congrats on the little one."

She thanks her and my mom disappears upstairs.

I walk up to the door and take a deep breath. "I think you should leave, 'Gabrielle'."

"Sel, please, I want to talk- -apologize." She begs.

"There's nothing to talk about, Gabrielle. You let my ex-boyfriend, with who I was in a long-term relationship with, fuck you and now you're carrying his baby." I scoff, tears filling my eyes.

"And I'm so sorry about that, but please just let me explain, Selena. Calvin and I are both sorry about all of this. It was never supposed to happen." She cried.

I roll my eyes and bite the inside of my cheek, trying to hold in the tears. "So you getting pregnant wasn't supposed to happen? But Calvin cheating on me with you was still supposed to continue?"

"Selena.."

"Go to hell, Gabrielle." I slammed the door on her face and wiped the tears streaming down my face.

"Selena, honey, is everything okay?" My mom peeked her head out of her room. I can't hold it in, I can't. I start feeling tears rushing down my face and I try and hide them from my her. I went all day yesterday hiding it from her. But today I just felt it all come crashing down.

"Oh, sweetie, what happened?" My mom rushes down the stairs and wraps her arms around me.

"I haven't been honest with you," I let the tears stream down my face. My voice feels shaky and I can barely form a sentence."Calvin got Gaby pregnant. I found all of this out at that party on Friday. I don't want to believe it. I didn't want to believe that he cheated on me. They've been trying to apologize to me non-stop since then. But I can't forgive them, mom. What they did to me really hurt me."

My mom strokes my head and tries calming me down. "You have every right to be upset, Selena. I know you're hurting right now." My mom pulls away from our hug and rests her hands on my shoulders. "But one day you're going to find someone who'll treat you better than Calvin ever did. One day you'll find someone and realize they're the one. The one you want to spend every minute of every day with. It's the best feeling in the world when you realize it, too. You'll then get married and then give me grandbabies."

I chuckle and wipe tears from my face. "You think so?"

My mom nodded. "I know so, Selena. You're still so young. You have a lot of ups and downs coming your way even if you don't like to hear it."

"Will the pain ever go away? Will this pain go away?"

"It will, eventually. But you have every single right to be upset, Selena. Remember that. I can't promise that this pain will go away by tomorrow, but it'll get better." She gives me a reassuring smile.

"Thanks, Mom. I really needed that." I smile.