Perhaps Love

Chapter 20

"Just what I thought." Brenda said as soon as we reached in our apartment. The Doctor released me after 24hrs of staying in the Hospital. She just give a 1 whole week for a bed rest. But I think my mind won't rest. I sighed and hold my stomach.

"What?" I asked while arranging the fruits we bought outside.

"I already knew that you're pregnant!" She exclaimed.

I raised my left eyebrow on her, "how?" I asked. She walks towards to our living room and sat on one of our couch. I followed her and sit on the opposite couch.

She sighed. "Well I heard you every morning, you're always vomiting. And for it's not normal to you. And the way you're acting is weird nowadays especially your taste about foods"

I nodded and hugged one of our pillow. I released a long sighed.

"I don't know what I'll do now Bren."

She stared at me, "Nothing, you'll not do anything, you just have to take care of yourself and that little bunny in your belly."

"What I mean is, how can I tell everything to Hestia, to her fiancé's family? To Maica, I can't face them especially her." I buried my face in the pillow.

She stood up and sit beside me, "Fran, don't think too much okay? It'll not be good to you especially to your baby. Hestia I know she'll understand you. For her fiancé's family, well hmmmmmmm it's up to Sven. And for Maica?" She sighed.

"Let Sven explain it. You are not the only one who's at fault in this situation. Both of you. So don't take all the blame." She said while patting my head.

I sighed. "Easy to say,"

"Haisst Francesca." She shakes her head. "Did Sven call or talk to you?"

I shook my head. "No. Why would he even bother to do that?"

Brenda look at me with a shocked face. "Are you nuts? Girl! Of course he needs to be bother, he needs to talk to you, and it's his baby!"

I glared at her, "Don't shout at me!"

She glared at me too. "My God! I'm not shouting out you. You really are pregnant. You're being so sensitive." She smirked.

Suddenly the doorbell rang. She stood up and check who it is.

"Oh hi!" I heard Brenda said when she opened the door.

"Hi Ate Brenda." I heard Hestia voice.

I stood up to greet her. "Hi Hest. I didn't know you'll come by, are you alone?"

"Yup," She said, she sit on the couch and I sit beside her.

"Do you want something to drink Hestia?" Brenda asked her.

She nodded, "Juice please, thank you."

"Okay, coming" Brenda said and left us to go in the kitchen.

"So, how are you sis?" She asked me and looks at me.

"I'm good. Still can't believe I messed up." I look away to hide my face.

"Hey, don't say like that. Hmmmm it's my niece or nephew. So don't say that it's a mess okay?" She tried to look at me. And she hugged me.

"Thank you." I hugged her too.

"Everything that happens, there's always a reason behind it. Okay?" She looks at me and smiled.

I smiled, "how can I have a sister like you?"

"Hahaha I should be the one who asked that question, you're always there for me, to understand me, to provide everything for me. I am so lucky to have a sister like you. And now it's time for me to do what you've been doing to me all those years."

Brenda make a fake cough, "Ehem, here's your juice Hest, I'll leave for a while, so that the two of you will have a sister moment. I'll continue writing my novel." Then she left us and goes to her room.

After Brenda left us, she sip her juice and stared at me. I know she wants to ask something.

I sighed, "What is it? I know you want to know how it happened,"

She smiled, "Yeah I really want to know. But only if you're ready to say it."

I smiled and looked her. So I started to tell her everything.

After I told her what happened between us. She just look at me.

"What?" I look at her in disbelief.

"I can't believe it. God! I know the two of you can't go along. And Oh! Maybe he got mesmerized by you that night. Hahaha"

"Hestia! It's not funny! We hurt Maica. I hurt Maica. And now this happened." I pointed out my stomach.

"Hey! I told you, don't blame the child okay? Yeah I know it's not. And what the two of you did is wrong. But I do know is they're on split that day. Not just that day. For 2 weeks already. So eventually you two didn't do anything wrong. Wrong is, if Sven and Maica are still together that day." She stops and drink her juice. She faced me again and said,

"They've just got back together, 1 week ago."

"Still it's a mistake. Don't sugar-coat it Hest. Maybe Maica hated me so much now." I sighed.

She shrugged her shoulders, "I actually message her, and she just said she's okay. She actually send me a message a while ago asking me if you're fine, I said I'll come and visit you today."

"It must have been hard for her," Is sighed.

"Oh please Fran, she'll be okay, and you have to be okay too."

"How can I be okay? I hurt someone, not intentionally but still I hurt her."

She sighed. "Do you want to talk to her?"

I was in awe, I don't know if I'm ready to talk to her. But that's the good thing to do. I need to talk to her so she'll know my side. Though it will not change anything.

"I do." I told her. She looked at me and before she talk to me. She dialled a number to her phone.

"Hi, Maics! Can we meet? I mean," she looked at me first like she's asking me if I'm sure about that. I juts nodded to her.

"I mean, my sister wants to talk to you if that's okay with you. Hmmm ah huh, yeah she's fine. Okay. Thanks see you."

I look at her and waiting for her to tell me what Maica said.

"She said she's fine with it. She just want to make sure you're fine with it too."

"Oh, why she's so nice, why she's not getting mad at all. Or she's just waiting for us to meet and she'll let out of all her anger to me?"

Hestia chuckled, "Oh my God Ate! They're right about having a pregnancy hormones. Crazy don't think like that. I know Maica, she's understanding. Okay? Maybe she was angry at first but we never know right?"

I nodded. I sighed. Hestia stood up,

"Go na, get yourself dress up will meet her."

I stood up, "Okay I'll go get ready." Before I go to my room I asked her,

"Have you talked to?" I couldn't say his name.

"Sven? Nope, he had a fight with Ben last time we saw each other in their home."

I gasped, I covered my mouth, "Is it because of this?"

She just looks at me, "just get yourself ready. Don't think too much. I'll tell you later."