Alive | Rafe Cameron

Part 50

I wake up to the bright morning sun shining in through the window. I look to my left and see Sarah still sound asleep. Her and I made a bed of blankets and pillows in Kie's bedroom floor. I sit up and instantly feel sick to my stomach. I'm not sure why but here recently I have been waking up feeling very unwell. I realize the churning in my stomach is not going away and I hurriedly rush to the bathroom, not even having time to close the door behind me.

"You okay, babe?" I hear Kie's tired voice now in the doorway.

I stand from my hunched over position over the toilet and flush, then reach for some mouthwash to rinse the taste from my mouth. "Yeah, I think I might just have a stomach bug or something."

As I'm spitting the mouthwash into the sink I look over see a box of tampons sitting on the counter. 'Oh fuck', I think to myself as I try to remember the last time I had my period and and realize it should have started about 2 weeks ago. My eyes go wide and my heart drops.

Kie must see my worried expression, "wait, are you pregnant?!"

"Shh!" I say, hushing her. "I have no fucking idea!" I whisper shout to her.

"What do you mean you have no idea?"

"I don't know, Kie!"

"Well have you taken a test?"

"No!"

"Morning ladies!" Sarah says as she appears in the doorway, stretching her arms over her head.

"Morning!" I happily say back. I give Kie a death glare, letting her know not to say anything. There was no reason to get everyone worried yet, it's probably just a false alarm. "I'm gonna get ready to go, I have to be at the boat shop in a few."

Sarah and I say our goodbyes and she continues into the bathroom to do her business. I walk back to the bedroom with Kie to grab my belongings before I leave. "You better not say anything."

"I won't! But you need to go buy a test."

"I will, I will."

I rush out to my Jeep so I can make a quick stop at the drug store. I pull into the local Walgreens and find my way to the 'family planning' aisle. I grab a test from the shelf and start to make my way to the front of the store to check out.

"Liv? Oh my gosh, hi!" I hear a female voice behind me say. My heart drops, not knowing who it is. I turn around and see an old friend from middle school.

Not wanting her to see exactly what I'm buying, I quickly toss the box onto the shelf next to me "Mandi! How are you?"

We finish our few minutes of small talk and I tell her I have to get going to work. She walks away and I grab the box from the shelf then continue on to the check out counter.

I look at the time when I get back into the car and realize I now don't have enough time to run home and take the test. Which means I would have to go through the next 8 hours of work not knowing. I already knew the day would drag and I would be filled with worry. I try to tell myself not to worry too much. I'm sure there is another explanation for what I'm experiencing, right?