The Bet

And the saddest fear comes creepin' in

The bar was loud as Ana's friends Jess and Ryan ordered another round of shots for the table.

Ana was out with her friends and colleagues celebrating Jess and Ryan's engagement. The smell of beer, liquor, and cigarettes lingered in the air.

Chris was back on the road doing press for Lightyear. He'd been gone for two weeks now. Ana was missing Chris more than normal. Before he left, they started to talk about the idea of Ana moving in with him. It was fast but it felt right. They even started talking about spending Christmas with Ana's family in Texas. It would be Ana's first time back since she moved. Texas had left a bitter taste in her mouth that she was finally starting to get over. It took a lot of hours in therapy and many sleepless nights crying but she was finally able to come to terms with everything from her past.

However, they were still stressed out with the paternity of Tracy's pregnancy still uncertain. Before Chris left, he contacted his lawyer to draw up paperwork. Tracy had to sign an NDA and take a paternity test at the clinic of Chris's choosing. Although Tracy was making it rather difficult by constantly rescheduling the appointment. Both Chris and Ana had a bad feeling about it but couldn't do anything until the test was taken.

As Ana and her friends took another round of shots the group decided to hit the dance floor. Ana was in the middle of dancing with her friends when she caught sight of something that made her freeze.

There at the bar, with Jacob no less, was Tracy. And she wasn't acting like she was pregnant. Ana took her phone out of her back pocket and snapped a couple of pictures of Tracy taking shots. She couldn't believe what she was seeing.

Ana knew Chris would be furious with Tracy, even if she was pregnant, she was now putting the baby at risk. But Ana knew Tracy was faking it the entire time. It was all too convenient and now as she saw Jacob and Tracy play tonsil hockey it was obvious the two had made up the whole thing.

With the Tequilia running through her veins, Ana quickly approached Jacob and Tracy. Normally, Ana wouldn't be one to confront anyone in fact she usually tried to stay out of drama. But the fact that Tracy was pretending to be pregnant and unnecessarily stressing Chris out made Ana's blood boil.

"Fancy meeting you here." Ana smirked as she saw all the color drain off of Tracy's face.

Tracy pushed away from Jacob and straightened out her dress.

She cleared her throat, "What are you doing here?"

Ana shrugged, "I could ask you the same thing. Isn't it bad for a pregnant woman to be drinking?"

Tracy rolled her eyes, "You can't prove that I was drinking."

Ana laughed, "Oh bless your heart." She smirked, "Yes, I can. I saw you from the dance floor taking shots. I was lucky enough to snap a few photos. Do you want to see?" She whipped out her phone and showed her the pictures. "I've already sent them to Chris." Okay, so that wasn't entirely true. She wanted to talk to Chris first before showing the photos, but they didn't need to know that.

Tracy scoffed, "Please, like he would believe you. That could be a picture of anyone."

"He'll believe me because I would never lie to him and even if he doesn't believe me, he will definitely believe his family. And Scott just walked in." Ana now waved to Scott who was walking through a sea of people to get to them.

Scott had a look of confusion on his face as he approached Ana standing with Jacob and Tracy.

"Uh, what's going on guys?"

Ana looked from Scott back to Tracy, "do you want to tell him or should I?"

Tracy remained silent all the while Jacob kept sipping on his beer enjoying the drama unfold.