Then she shut the door in their faces with the young man, we learned was named Carson, inside.
“We’re not leaving this door until the dude comes out,” Lyric called from outside again.
Alley rolled her eyes. “Ignore him,” she told Carson.
He looked at her and then his gaze took in the whole group, his eyes about popping out of his head. Poor Carson must not have noticed just how many of us there were when he was outside.
“Don’t worry, we don’t bite,” Alley said.
Carson eyeballed the bat in her hands.
“I promise not to use it on you,” Alley told him, setting the bat back in the lineup where she got it from.
The kid cleared his throat. “That’s a lot of bats, are you all on softball teams or something?”
We all burst into laughter for about the millionth time that night already, Alley included before she said, “Yeah, something like that.”
I sure was having a blast watching the crazy woman who was so bold and at home in her own skin.
I couldn’t believethey talked me into it.
After deciding on Mexican food and putting in our order, we managed to get our new friend Carson in and out of the house again without too much trouble. That didn’t mean Lyric and Kace were not acting like the usual watchdogs.
“Good luck with your, umm, test,” Carson said, a bit shyly.
“Thanks, Carson, enjoy the rest of your night,” I told him.
Carson let out a small chuckle and slipped out of the house for the second time that night.
“The rest of his night should be a breeze after this,” Teal said, pointing to all the ladies around the room. She then hooked her thumb over her shoulder toward the door. “And those loons,” she added.
He was a cute, young man, and even though I wasn’t sure how I got roped into taking a pregnancy test while surrounded by all the ladies, I would never forget the moment Carson had come to the door. It was a story that would live on for some time to come.
With the help of Alley of course.
We all dug into our food while we talked and light music pumped from the television speakers. But as everyone finished, I found everyone’s gazes pinned on me.
“It’s time, girlfriend,” Capri said. She picked up the paper bag that lay mocking me on the coffee table and rustled it.
Jurnee, Summer, Alley, Teal, Brinley, Ruby, Gemma, Capri, Patience, and London all stared expectantly.
A little part of me had worried that Bronson may be mad when he found out what went down and that all the ladies may have an answer, whatever it may be, before him. But then I shook that feeling off because I knew that my husband would be happy that I had my friends' support.
And if I gave him the answer we both desperately wanted, he’d be so thrilled that the outcome was all he would care about. I was nervous.
“What if…”
I couldn’t finish the thought. Something inside me told me that I would like the answer on the small white stick, but I worried if I was wrong I’d be crushed and I knew I would have to tell Bronson either way. We’d kept something important from each other once before, how we felt about each other, but we were not doing that ever again.
A hand touched my arm and I turned to find Alley looking at me with soft eyes. “I know it’s not easy being so vulnerable, especially when it revolves around something you want so badly, but we will be here for you. And I have a good feeling about this.”
Alley was the perfect mix of hard and soft. One minute she was busting someone’s chops and the next she was sweet as pie.
Capri shook the bag again. “What do you say?” she asked.
Shoving my worry deep down, I gave them all a small smile. “I say let’s do it.”
Everyone cheered and shouted words of encouragement as I got up to head to the bathroom. When I reached the door, Capri handed me the bag and I turned before enclosing myself inside but came up short when I saw every lady in the small hallway watching me.
