Oh my God, embarrassing. I just nodded.
Her grin grew wider. “I thought so. You both looked flushed.”
“Okay, I don’t need details. Am I pregnant or not?”
Holy shit, this would be horrible, right? I mean Damien and I were new and fresh and NOT ready to have a freaking kid together.
Right?
Although just the thought of having a baby with Damien brought a traitorous smile to my lips.
No. I was way too young.
Right?
Ronnie returned from searching her medical bag and handed me a pregnancy test. “I carry about a dozen of these, for Maxine.”
That did cause me to smile.
Creeping into the bathroom, I sat down and nervously peed on the stick.
Could I really be pregnant? I mean, Ronnie had told me that antibiotics decreased birth control, but I’d been too busy saving the world to try to deal with it.
I pulled up my pants, chucked the test on the counter, and turned to face the wall.
“I can’t look!” I told my bestie as she came into the bathroom and hovered over the test that lay on the counter.
I had my back to her, facing the wall with my hands over my face. I just couldn’t be the one to look. This result could totally change my life.
“Holy shit!” she shrieked after a moment, and I broke all resolve. Spinning around, I glanced at the test in my bestie's hand.
It was positive.
“Holy shit!” I echoed.
Then we screamed. We both jumped up and down screaming and laughing. It’s like some weird joy monster had taken over my body and suddenly I felt unexplainably happy.
I wanted this baby.
The half open bathroom door burst open all the way and Brisk and Damien barged in with guns drawn.
“What’s wrong?” Brisk surveyed the scene, mistaking our screams for pain or something gone wrong.
When his eyes landed on his girlfriend’s hands wrapped around the positive pregnancy test, he grinned. “Oh my God, babe!”
Damien chuckled. “Congrats, you guys.”
Brisk went to hug Ronnie and she looked at me, wide-eyed.
As my bestie, she would totally fake a pregnancy if I wasn’t ready to tell Damien.
But I wouldn’t put her through that, so I cleared my throat. “Actually... it’s my… test.”
Reaching out, I pulled it from Ronnie’s hands.
“Oh.” Brisk looked a bit crestfallen. “Ohhh.” He side-eyed Damien, who was standing there in shock.
Ronnie tugged his arm and they exited the room quickly, leaving Damien and I to stare at each other.
