Addicted

Chapter 8

✾TW!!✾

☆Some adult insinuations

♡Enjoy, my lovlies♡

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For once, I've left her speechless. I hear glass shattering as she gasps, then swears. "Is it Joker-"

"Of course it's Jack's," I snap. "Honestly, whose could it have been beside him? Wait. Is that why I've been so emotional? I have been crying a lot lately... But that could just be from Ivy."

Selina pauses. "Wait. What happened with Red?" she asks, curious. I sigh. She would have told her at some point, I guess. Might as well. "She tried to kill my Puddin and make me love her again," I say wearily. "Yes, I decided not to kill her, and no, I don't want to talk about it."

"I- okay," she says, sounding slightly shocked. "Bruce, not right now. I'm on a phone call," she snaps. Her voice softens slightly. "No, I can't watch a movie with you right now, love. You should go to sleep- I'm going to take Harley out to lunch in a bit, anyway."

"Selina, you gotta help me," I say frantically. "What if he doesn't want it? What if I don't want it? What if-"

She shushes me through the phone. "I will meet you for lunch. We will set you up an emergency appointment. We will take you to an ultrasound, and after that, we'll get some ice cream. Over that, we'll discuss if you still want it or not. Do you want it right now?"

"Yes? No? Oh, I don't know," I wail, pounding the steering wheel miserably. "Well, tell you what. I will meet you at Pauli's in... Ten minutes. Can you stay calm for ten minutes?"

"I suppose," I say, trying to hold back tears- for what seemed like- the tenth time that day. I drive through the streets slightly faster than the speed limit, ready to gut anyone who dares try and stop me. No one is gonna hit me. The streets are nearly empty- it's 12:30 on a Tuesday.

I pull into the parking lot of Pauli's, turn off the car, and sit there, feeling a swirl of emotions. I open my phone to see a text from Selina: Be there in seven.

Ugh, I wish she would hurry up.

Seven minutes tick by, and finally, she pulls up in her grey-black convertible, parking next to me. She gets out, and I do too, and she hugs me tight. "I know you're scared, but I'm starving, and I know you are too. What do you want, Luv?"

I order my usual, and we sit at one of the outside tables, catching up. Selina makes a call to her old pregnancy place, and they agree to take me in for an appointment in an hour.

"So. What's the deal, Harls?" she asks. I shrug. "I missed my period at least a month and a half ago, but I got so tied up in the Ivy nonsense that I didn't notice. Also, sometimes my period just skips out on me. It's normal for me. But this morning, I took a pregnancy test, just in case, and it was positive. Barely, but it was positive. My stomach hasn't been poking out yet, which I know can be normal since I didn't show till I was 3 months along with Lucy, but I did notice it felt a bit different than normal about a week ago. I just thought I was bloated, though."

"Did your veins start changing color or pop out a bit more? Have you been getting headaches? Do weird smells make you feel awful?" she asks, sipping her drink.

"Now that I think about it... Why didn't I see this coming? Yes, yes, and yes," I say, getting increasingly frustrated with myself for not noticing any of this.

"Well, then. The test was definitely right. You're pregnant, sweetie. When was the last period you missed?"

I gulp, trying to think. "A while back... A month and a half? Two months? Maybe even three," I say, turning a bit white.