Relief By:Shante' Berry

It was a monday morning, and Jasmine was getting ready for school. She didn't know exactly how the day would go because previous weeks were rough.
"Jasmine!" her mom yelled. "Get ready to go catch the bus you're going to be late." Jasmine responded, "I'm coming now mom!"
On her way out the door Jasmine grabbed her bookbag and a breakfast bar then headed out the door.

"Hey Jazz, Hey how's it going?" her best friend Erica said.
"I'm fine. Just wondering what today would bring". Jasmine responded.
"Only time will tell as the day goes on". Erica responded.
The bus arrives and all the students get on, ranting and raving about what they did the past weekend.

When they arrived at school Jasmine gets into a confrontation with another girl because of something that happened two years before.
"You can say excuse me," the girl said.
"Uh excuse you", Jasmine replied.
"C'mon Jazz there is no need for this right now not today" Erica said.
They walk off only to be given the evil eye as they strolled down the hallway.

The bell rings and everyone scatters into their classrooms before they are late and are served with detentions.
"Good Morning class." said the teacher.
"Morning." the class responds.
The teacher goes on into her lecture for the day when all of a sudden Jasmine gets this wierd feeling in her stomach.

"What's wrong?" said Erica.
"I don't know, Jasmine responded. I just got this weird feeling in my stomach like I have to vomit".
"Are you ok?"
"Yea I'm just going to go see the nurse."
Jasmine walks to the nurse where the nurse is out on lunch at the moment.

Jasmine tries to wait, but realizes that the pain in her stomach is getting stronger and stronger. She feels like she is going to vomit any minute. She begin to think about the possible reasons of why she felt this way. She knew she didn't eat anything bad, or she hadn't been hit in the stomach. The only other possible thing she came up with was maybe she was pregnant.

She wondered and wondered and didn't know what to do. She went back to class and gathered her belonging and ran home to a pregnancy test that she had hidden. I wonder what the results would be?, How can I handle this right now with all my problems?, How will my mother respond to this? were the questions running through her mind as she was trying ti find the answers.

A coupla minutes goes by then Jasmine decides to go take the test. As she waited the results all she could do was remember the day she wanted to forget. The scene of her drinking so much at a party she attended a month ago then blacking out and not remembering the guy who house she woke up at just irked her nerves. She never discussed this with anyone not even Erica.

The results were now available and when she read the results as positive she began to cry. She went back to her room trying to come up with ways to explain to her mother, but couldn't because she knew it was all her fault. Her mother comes in from work.

"Jasmine I'm home from work how was school?"
"Fine, mom. Can we Talk?"
"Sure, let me get settled and meet me at the kitchen table."
"Ok"

Jasmine's mother is already sitting at the table when she arrives.
Her mother says, "What's going on Jazz?"
"I have something to tell you, but I don't know how."
"Well you can start by saying what's wrong then we can go from there."
"I'm preganant"
"YOU'RE WHAT! I can't believe you would do such a thing. I thought we agreed you would wait until after school?"

Jasmine's mom continues to go off when suddenly she turns into this green monster with veins coming out her neck. Jasmine gets scarred and doesn't know what to do. The monster says, "I'm not able to deal with two of you". The monsters darts off and starts chasing Jasmine. Jasmine is screaming at the top of her lungs hoping somebody would come and help, but it seemed like her screams were pointless.

The monster finally catches up to Jasmine in the bathroom where her screams are getting louder. The monster draws back the knife and jasmines turns her face into the pillow. She thinks her life is over when she is suddenly awaken by her father who says, "Are you ok?, you must of been having a weird dream."

Jasmines looks up at him and tells him that her mom is a monster that's trying to kill her because she was pregnant.
"Ha, Ha", the dad laughed. " Your mom is not a monster or trying to kill you. She's downstairs making breakfast. You just had a nightmare that's all"
"What a relief." Jasmine stated, and jumped up to head to the kitchen and hug her mom.