Hosie-Attraction Short Stories

Chapter 10

(6 months into the pregnancy)

"Are you sure you can fix it?" Ethan asks looking at the woman leaning over the bathtub.

Hope reaches for the knob and gives it a twist to see if water would come out. It doesn't. "Ughh what the fuck." She says.

"Why don't we just call a repair man or something." He suggests picking up the hammer tossing it in the air like it's a pair of keys.

"Because I don't want to pay somebody to fix something when I can fix it myself." She says stepping out of the bathtub to look through the tool box.

Ethan chuckles before he takes a seat on the toilet, still playing with the hammer. "Hope your not exactly handy Mandy okay, just let a professional take care of it."

"I can try, all we have is time."

"Actually you told me to remind you that you and your baby momma have a doctors appointment with Elena in two hours." He says looking at his watch.

Hope closes the tool box and grabs it. "That's enough time." She says walking out of the bathroom and into the kitchen.

Ethan follows her, "To fix the kitchen sink and the bathtub?"

"Yes. Stop doubting me you're supposed to be my biggest supporter besides my wife." She says opening the toolbox again.

"I am. I just know what you can and cannot do, I grew up with you remember."

"The least you can do is help with the sink. You didn't help in the bathroom."She says grabbing the screw driver again.

He walks over to the sink and puts the hammer down. "Fine I'll help. What's wrong with the sink?" He asks.

"Just like the tub, the water won't turn on for some reason. It was working just fine last night because I took a bath with Jo." She says twisting both of the knobs.

"Maybe it's a problem underneath." He says dropping to his knees to open the cabinets under the sink to check the pipes.

"That's stupid, why would it have anything to do with the pipes? Water goes down there not from there."

"Hope did you go down on Josie so much that you forgot to come back up? Water goes through pipes stupid." He says rolling his eyes.

She kicks him in the back making him fall over. "I'm not stupid your stupid." She says before putting down the screwdriver.

She grabs her ring and pulls it off of her finger to make sure it doesn't get wet or anything, at the same time Ethan kicks the back of her legs, making them buckle and she drops her ring.

Her heart stops as she hears the sound of it falling down the drain.

She pauses turning around slowly to glare at Ethan. "Dude!!! You made me drop my ring!" She yells.

"That's a good one Hope. Now what was that sound?" He asks standing up.

"That was the sound of my wedding ring dropping down the drain you idiot!" She says slapping him upside the head repeatedly.

He covers his head for protection. "What! That wasn't my fault, I didn't know you were taking off your ring."

She stops her assault and takes a deep breath. "You know what, everything's fine we are going to get it out of there so Josie doesn't murder me. If she murders me I'll murder you." She says in a threatening tone.

"Would you calm down. No one is going to get murdered we can get it out."

"How do we do that?" She asks, he opens his mouth to say something but Hope cuts him off, "If you say something like stick your arm down there I should just kick your ass now because it is not the time for stupid ideas."