Dear Diary (The Exchange #1) Read Online Free PDF

night. She, of course, looks wonderful. She and Chad are still going strong . . . and she thinks he's going to propose soon. I told her she was being crazy. They’re too young, but I guess nothing would surprise me anymore.
    I kind of hope he does, because, despite being young, I have never seen a couple more perfect for each other in all my life. I made her promise to have a long engagement to give me enough time to save up money to get over there and be her maid of honour.
    I admit I got a bit weepy (again) while I was talking to her. I felt like a fool, but she managed to calm me down. I think I'm going to try and move out there when I finish at college. Maybe apply for the University over there. I doubt Mum and Dad will go for it, but I reckon I can convince them it'll be the best all round. Not quite sure how, but I’ll work it out.
    I kind of wish I'd never gone out there in the first place.
    Hx
    ~DD~
    June 2012
    Dear Diary,
    I mentioned to Mum and Dad about me moving to the U.S. to study, and they were actually all for it. I think they realise it will make me really happy. They are going to work out money and stuff like that, as I doubt I'll get a scholarship. They're going to research all that, too.
    I am so happy, I sent off an email to Beth and Aiden telling them about it, gotta go, doctor’s appointment.
    Hx
    ~DD~
    June 2012
    Dear Diary,
    I. Am. Fucking. Pregnant.
    Hx
     
     

Epilogue:
     
    August 2017
    Dear Diary,
    So much happened since my last entry. I can’t believe it was almost five years ago that I thought the bottom had fallen out of my world.
    I have to admit, reading about my time on that trip has been weird. Seventeen-year-old me was a bit of an idiot, but that idiot has shaped me into the woman I am today.
    I want to be able to say that it was all plain sailing after finding out I was pregnant, but it wasn’t. Mum and Dad totally flipped out at first, as I sat on the sofa crying my heart out with no idea what was going to happen. Seventeen and pregnant had not been part of the minimal life plan I’d had.
    Eventually, they calmed down enough to phone the Kings to let them know what was happening. I begged them to let me tell Aiden first, myself, but they refused. While our parents spoke over Skype, he and I chatted via instant messaging. We were only kids, but were going to have a kid ourselves. Plus, there were thousands of miles between us, how the hell were we going to cope?
    Joseph and Marie didn’t take the news well at all. Aiden was grounded and had his car taken off him, causing him to bitch about having to ride the bus to school. Mum managed to calm things down while I sat on the sofa feeling like a complete disappointment. Then it hit me, I’d slept with two guys, brothers no less, and the end result was the baby inside me. Panic began to set in as I tried to rack my brains, and work out timings. Relief washed over me when I remembered distinctly that Tyler had taken the time to put on a condom. Even though the situation was far from ideal, I would’ve rathered Aiden be the father of my baby than his dick of a brother. That’s why I decided to tell him the truth.
    I waited until I was alone in my bedroom so we could video chat. It was the closest I could get to telling him face to face. Speaking without really looking at him, I thought he was going to yell and end up hating me, but he didn’t. Whenever I mentioned Tyler however, he became stony faced before changing the subject. I’d made things worse between the two of them.
    It took a few weeks, but both sets of parents came to an agreement. I had to stay in the UK to finish my course and sit my exams. I was to have the baby in the local hospital, and if I still wanted to afterwards, then I had my parent’s blessing to go and live in America, as long as I made the effort to keep up with school and applied to university courses, even if only online. I think they were hoping I’d decide to stay, but I knew I wouldn’t. Ever since