“What the hell! You straight, D?” Troy asked, backing up off of me as I sat up.
“I’m so sorry,” I mumbled. I was so embarrassed. “I can’t believe I just did that.”
“Me either! Why didn’t you tell me you felt sick?”
“I’ve been feeling like this for a minute. I didn’t think I was going to throw up though.”
“That shit shot out of you like the exorcist! Do you think you could be pregnant?” he asked as he scrambled to take the sheets off the bed.
“Oh my God! That would not be good!” I panicked. “I doubt that I’m pregnant because I’ve been getting my period. It could just be something I ate or vertigo.” I headed to the bathroom across the hall from my room. I needed to brush my teeth andjump into the shower. Stopping in my tracks, I turned around to see the look on his face.
He and I had the whole kid talk, and we both agreed that we weren’t in a rush to have a child together. His son was still young, and I wasn’t ready to have any kids of my own yet. The thought that I could be pregnant scared me to death, but from the looks of it, it didn’t seem to faze Troy one bit.
“That was some crazy shit. I didn’t even get to bust.” Troy laughed as he continued to take the sheets off the bed, dick swangin’ and all. “I think you should take a pregnancy test just to be on the safe side.”
“That might not be a bad idea. Maybe I’ll pick one up today if I get a break between my clients.”
“I’ll go and pick one up and bring it to you at the shop. That way you won’t have to worry about it,” he suggested.
I was impressed that he was cool with going to the store and buying a home pregnancy kit. I didn’t think men felt comfortable doing stuff like that.
“I really don’t want anyone in my business at the salon. I can see the rumors swirling now if you were to come in there with a pregnancy test in hand.” I chuckled.
“Okay, then I’ll meet you at your house. I’ll take it when you get home.”
“Okay, bet.”
Going into the bathroom and getting in the shower, I still couldn’t believe that just happened in front of Troy. Thank God he was understanding. While I was taking a shower, I kept feeling like I was going to pass out. Once I was done, I wrapped myself in my dry towel, and before I could make it out the bathroom, I was hanging over the toilet throwing up again.
“Are you straight in there?”
“Yeah,” I responded. Once I was done, I flushed the toilet then stood over the sink and brushed my teeth again.
When I made it back to the bedroom, Troy had gotten clean bed sheets out of the linen closet and was making the bed.
“I don’t know where you keep your other comforters. That one has puke all over it.”
“Thank you for cleaning up,” I mumbled. Embarrassment was an understatement to how I was feeling right now. “I was going to clean it up. The comforters are on the top shelf in my closet.”
“It’s cool, love, let me go get one. Maybe you should take the day off and make a doctor’s appointment. I’ll call in so I can go with you if you want.”
“That might not be a bad idea.” I heaved, feeling like I was going to throw up again. “But you don’t have to do that. I can go by myself,” I uttered as I took off running to the bathroom again. Making it just in time, I threw up in the toilet for the second time.
“Not if you’re feeling dizzy and throwing up every five minutes you not!” Troy said as he stood in the bathroom doorway. “I’m not about to let you drive yourself anywhere when you’re not feeling good.”
I debated with him for a few minutes then got hit by another wave of sickness, so I gave in. Still wrapped in my dry towel, I laid in bed and waited for my doctor’s office to open then called for an appointment.
“I was able to get an eleven o’clock appointment,” I said to Troy once I hung up with them an hour later.
“That’s perfect. We have enough time to call into work and chill before we need to leave,” he said picking up his cell and placing a call to his job.
While Troy was on the phone with his boss telling him that he had a family emergency, I got out of bed so that I could start to get dressed while I was feeling up to doing it. Deciding on an ankle length heather grey maxi dress that I got from FashionNova, I grabbed a thong and bra set from Savage x Fenty then started to get dressed. It made me feel special that he was willing to miss a day of work for me.
After putting on a pair of ankle socks, I slid into my low top white Chuck Taylors, then started applying hair oil to my lemonade braids. After hanging up the phone, he grabbed the dry towel he used the day before then walked up behind me and kissed me on the neck.
“I got today and tomorrow off,” he said in between kisses on my neck. “I’ma hop in the shower then get dressed so we can go.”
We had been spending so much time at each other’s houses that we both had a stash of clothes at one another’s place. I laid across the freshly made bed while he showered and got dressed. By the time he was ready, I had dozed off. He had to wake me up so that I wouldn’t be late for my appointment.
