The Road Ahead

Chapter 5

"JOSIEEEE BREAKFAST" her twin yelled.

Josie jumped awake at the sound of her name being called. She let out a groan when the sun shined on her eyes and with much hesitance, she rolled out of bed and made her way into the kitchen.

When Josie walked into the kitchen. she immediately stopped at the smell of whatever Lizzie was cooking.

She put her hand over her mouth and ran into the nearest bathroom and threw up.
A moment later Lizzie joined her in the bathroom and held her twin's hair up.

"Are you okay?" Lizzie asks rubbing her back.

Josie just silently nodded still leaning over the toilet.

"Did you get drunk again?" Lizzie asks.

"No I smelled whatever you were cooking and I got sick," the brunette said truthfully.

Lizzie dramatically gasped and put a hand to her chest "how dare you! I was making you eggs and bacon and you want to make fun of my cooking."

"I wasn't-" Josie sighs "seriously the smell in the kitchen made me sick."

Lizzie sighs "whatever clean yourself up and breakfast will be on the counter for you when you're done."

Lizzie left Josie to wash the throw-up out of her hair.

When Josie got out of the shower she made her way into the kitchen where she saw Lizzie eating eggs.

"God Jo you look awful" Lizzie commented.

"Wow thanks" Josie rolled her eyes and sat at the counter.

"No like you look sick- you are very pale."

"I'm fine."

"You should probably go get checked out just in case, you have like an hour before your shift at the hospital."

Josie looked at her sister seeing that she wasn't gonna let this go. She thought about it for a moment before Josie nodded "fine okay" she said.

She figures she can get checked out to ease Lizzie's worry Josie knows nothing wrong she most likely just has a stomach bug based on her symptoms.

Soon after she ate breakfast Josie made her way to the mystic general. When she walked in she waved over her friend Jade.

"What's up Jo?"

"I need you to do a checkup on me i threw up earlier which worried Lizzie so i want to get a check up for her even thought i feel totally fine."

"Yeah of course just sit on the exam table" Jade gestured and took out her stethoscope and brought it to Josie's back.

"Breath in for me" Jade said and Josie did as she was told.

"That looks all good" she then grabbed a thermometer and put it in Josie's mouth to check her temperature "normal" she said taking it out.

Jade then did a few more procedural things before concluding everything checked out.

"I'm going to run a blood test just in case but everything seems to look okay" Jade said and Josie just nodded.

Jade then took a sample of Josie's blood and put a label on it before sending it back to the lab.

"You can get the results after your shift."

With that information Josie hopped off the exam table and put on her ID before making her way into the ER.

As she got in the ER she was immediately called by the head of trauma to help with a case.

After six long tiring hours Josie had finally finished her shift. Since she was finished she decided to make her way down to the lab to pick up her test results.

"Name?"

"Josette Saltzman" she said tapping her hand on the desk.

The nurse typed in the information "yep i got you right here" she said before taking out an envelope and handing it to Josie.

"Thankyou" she smiled before making her way out of the hospital and to her sister who was waiting outside for her.

"Took you long enough" Lizzie said as she got in.

"I was getting these for you" she said shoving the test results into Lizzies hands.

"What's this?" Lizzie asks confused.

"My test results so you don't worry."

"You read them?" Lizzie raised an eyebrow.

"No but i know nothing is wrong so read it."

"Okay..." Lizzie said tearing open the envelope and taking out the paper.

"Your organs all came back okay... you aren't anemic or have low iron and your hCG is high" Lizzie said setting the sheet down "is that concerning? what's hCG?"

"WHAT!" Josie said grabbing the paper and looking at it.

Fuck, she thought to herself as she looked down at the paper.

"What?"

"It means i'm pregnant."

Josie didn't answer any of Lizzie's questions the entire car ride instead choosing to keep quiet.

When they walked into the apartment Josie immediately started walking towards her room only to be stopped by Lizzie pulling her back by the arm.

"Yeah no we aren't done here you will answer my questions, Josette."

"I'm tired..." Josie shook her head "and I don't have to do anything."

"Who's the father? Are you sleeping with your old high school boyfriend Ethan again? Because if so and he did this I will cut his dick off-"

"No! It's not Ethan and it's none of your business so I wish you would just stop trying
To meddle your way into this situation."

"Josie thus affects me too you are my sister?? And you are now pregnant with some mysterious guy's baby and you won't even tell me who it is... I thought we told each other everything."

"That's the point I can't tell you about this you'd just get mad... And I'll tell the baby's parent when I'm ready and you will stay out of it."

"I just want to be here for you Jo..." Lizzie frowned.

Josie's features softened before she brought her sister into a hug "I know... And I appreciate that so much... But you can still be here for me but I won't tell you about the baby's other parent not yet..." she rubbed soothing circles on her sisters back.

"Okay..." Lizzie said with a sigh.