Complicated

Chapter 35: Showing

so sorry this took so long! i got multiple wisdom teeth out on thursday and have been in so much pain with swelling. here it is tho.

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enjoy!! this is a filler but it's still a pretty important filler, more drama and spice in the upcoming chapters.

S H O W I N G

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Cierra's POV

loving me is suicide

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I woke up this Friday and felt something was different.

Maybe it's my epic divination skills or something of the sort, but I could tell that something about today was different.

I looked around the room: nothing. Everything was the same, and yet I still felt uneasy.

And that's when I looked in the mirror.

I screamed and immediately headed out of my room to bang on Kathy's door.

"What?!" She growled at me as soon as she opened it.

"Is anyone in here?" I asked her as I pushed past her to walk in.

Kathy snorted. "No. They went down to breakfast already. I haven't really been in the mood to go down with them."

"Great. Because Houston, we've got a problem." I chuckled to myself.

"What is it now?" She complained as she slipped on her blue"K" sweater that Grandmumsy had knitted for her last Christmas.

"I'm showing."

Her face immediately changed from annoyed to concerned as she approached me again.

"That's... that's impossible. You're only... what? 5? 6 weeks?"

"Well, look closely." I turned to my side and touched my stomach in the typical pregnancy pose.

She took a couple moments to really look at it before shaking her head. "No. It's impossible, women don't start showing until the second trimester."

"Oh, yeah? Then what is this?!" I pointed to the small bump of my stomach.

"Hold on. This doesn't make sense. I don't... ugh." She stepped closer to me and started to lift my shirt up.

I interrupted her. "Don't you want to buy me dinner first?"

"When has someone ever bought you dinner before doing this?" She teased harshly and immediately her eyes softened at my reaction. "Sorry. Ignore me, I'm just tired." I nodded hastily at her and she hurried to put her hands on my stomach again. She concentrated well for a couple moments before gasping.

"What?! What is it?!" I demanded to know, my fear and panic quickly rising inside me.

"It's impossible. This can't happen. It's only been six weeks..." She kept uttering to herself and ignoring me.