SOUR

seven

i sat on the bathroom floor, trying to control my breathing and not cry. my phone sat on the floor next to me, three white sticks on the counter above me. garrett had gone out with marshall that morning. a few minutes after garrett had left, i made my way to the bathroom. i had a feeling for a while, a feeling in the bottom of my stomach. so i decided to take a couple pregnancy tests. just to see. after five minutes, the alarm went off and i knew i had to look. i could hear scout on the other side of the bathroom door, whining slightly. she could tell something was wrong with me. i sighed deeply before grabbing the tests from the counter above my head and slowly opened my eyes to look at them. seeing the same results on all three tests, i began to cry, no longer able to hold in the tears. as i sat in the bathroom, trying to keep it together, i heard the front door open.

"rose?!", garrett's voice called through the apartment. i quickly shoved the tests into my hoodie pocket and dried my tears making sure i looked like i hadn't been crying before leaving the bathroom and going to greet my boyfriend.

"hey", i said, kissing him as he walked over to me. "i need to talk to you"

garrett's smile dropped and he looked a bit worried.

"is everything okay?", he asked.

"oh, don't worry. everything's fine. i just...i have something i wanna talk about"

garrett nodded and let me lead him to the couch. once we sat down i took a deep breath before starting to talk.

"so, i've been feeling a bit sick lately, which i'm sure you've noticed and at first i thought maybe it was something i ate or just the flu or something. after a while, i realized it was something else. so yesterday, i went to the drug store and picked up a couple tests. and today, while you were out...i decided to take them"

i took a deep breath before reaching into my hoodie pocket and pulled out the three pregnancy tests handing them to garrett. i buried my face in my hands afraid to see his reaction. after a few minutes of silence, i slowly looked up at garrett to see him smiling. when he saw me looking up, he pulled me into his arms and began kissing me all over my face.

"rosie! we're gonna be parents!", he exclaimed. i was happy to see that he was happy. "this is amazing! i mean, i know we weren't planning on this but, that doesn't it's necessarily a bad thing, right?"

"no, of course not. besides, i've always wanted kids", i said, shrugging my shoulders, smiling at him. he pulled me into his arms, kissing me again.

"i gotta tell marshall", he said suddenly, "and you probably wanna tell emery and marison"

"how about we invite them over for dinner tomorrow and tell them then? besides, marshall keeps texting me. he's dying to meet scout"

i smirked at garrett and he kissed me one last time before pulling his phone out not invite our friends over for dinner tomorrow.