When I finally muttered, “Fuck,” aloud, startling my-damn-self, I pressed the button and listened to the chime echo inside the house.One moment passed, then another.Then the door swung open, and I nearly melted into the concrete.
This was?—
Diya’s stepdad stood at the door.My eyes widened slightly, and then I narrowed my eyes at his friendly smile.
I knowhe ain’t smiling at me like that if he told Diya all my secrets!
We were going to have some major problems …
“Astrid,” he said, “Calix just left.”
Oh, I know he didn’t just say that!
I narrowed my eyes even more, nearly squinting at him.“I’m here to see Diya.”
After raising his brows slightly, he moved aside.“Of course.Come in.”
Once I stepped into the house, he shut the door softly behind me.I peered up the stairs, my stomach in knots.If he was making jokes like that with Diya at home, knowing that I had wanted him to keep it a secret, I could only imagine what Diya knew.
I twirled around to face him and dropped my voice.“Does Diya know?”
“Know what?”he asked, a small smirk curling onto his lips.
Before I could ball his collar into my fists and shove him against the wall, I clasped my hands behind my back.I couldn’t forget that this man was my teacher too.If I hit him, he could utterly ruin my perfect grades.
“If she knows,” he started, “it’s not because of me.”
That didn’t answer my question!God, I’m so dead.
“Is she upstairs?”I asked, heart pounding so hard that I could feel it in my throat.
“Is that Astrid?!”Diya shouted from upstairs, her quick footsteps following.A moment later, she appeared at the top of the steps and ran down them.“It’s about damn time that you got here.”
Without giving me a chance to respond, she grabbed my wrist and pulled me up the stairs and down the hallway.When we finally reached her room, she pushed me inside and shut the door behind us.
“What took you so long?”she asked.“I needed you.”
“Are you mad?”I asked quietly.
“For you being late?!Yes!”
I stared at her for a couple of moments, slowly realizing that she didn’t know.Thank God that she didn’t know!Oh Lord, I was safe from our friendship exploding … at least for now.I placed a hand over my head and collapsed onto her bed.
“Astrid!”Diya said, jumping onto the bed with me.“This is no laughing matter!”
After suppressing my nervous giggles, I sat up.“What is it?Spill.”
Diya glanced at the door, then back at me.She pulled something from her back pocket and placed it in my hands.My eyes widened as I stared down at the pregnancy test withPositivewritten across the screen.
CHAPTERFORTY-FOUR
ASTRID
“You’re fuckingwith me right now,” I whispered, staring down at the test.
Diya sat on her knees and chewed on her inner cheek.“Astrid, I don’t know what to do.”
I raised my gaze to her.“And you thought I would?!”
