It took me a while to register. Almost like I was falling in slow motion before finally reaching the ground and-
"I'm what?"
"You're preg-"
"I heard what you said." I interrupt. Still struggling to put the pieces together.
"You must be mistaken, I was told that I could never get pregnant" I remind her, surely she didn't forget the random lady crying hysterically in the hospital just a couple of months ago...
"Yes but I guess we made a mistake. Or it's a miracle! Are you not glad?" She asks confused as she watches me sob.
"You ruined my life because of one stupid mistake and you think I'll be glad!?"
"What do you-"
"Me and my husband are getting divorced because you guys can't do you jobs right! We were supposed to be together forever, we were s-supposed to g-grow old together"
All this time, all these days of feeling sorry for him. Feeling bad that I couldn't give him the only thing he asked of me. All because that stupi-
"Maddie!" The nurse calls me giving me a box of tissues.
Why's that even here?
"Your friends are here" she informs me, and quickly leaves the room.
Lucy sits on the bed and Ann pulls me up and embraces me into a hug. Tim stands next to the door and doesn't say anything.
Again. Why are we friends?
"I'm pregnant"
"We know" Lucy tells me.
"How?" I ask, confused.. did the nurse-
"I'm pretty sure the whole hospital heard, you weren't really discreet" Tim jokes and chuckles. Ann throws and shoe at him and hands me a sandwich.
"Seriously? A sandwich?"
"I'm broke. And this hospital food is so expensive, that was like 4 dollars.
For a single sandwich." She complains, as usual.
"Y'know I think you should keep the baby" Lucy suggests.
"When did we ever discuss getting rid of it?" Tim asks, earning him a death glare from Ann.
Tim rolls his eyes and continues, "Or maybe you can pretend the baby is someone else's to hurt his feelings"
"You know that's not a bad ide-"
"I don't want to because then that would make us even since now we both 'cheated'" I interrupt Lucy.
Knock knock
We hear a faint knock on the door, almost like they wanted us to hear it but also didn't want us to hear it.
"Come in" I instruct
The nurse from earlier comes in again and awkwardly closes the door.
"Um if you don't mind please leave" she demands.
Rude much?
"She minds" Tim answers for me and rests his back onto the wall.
"Another patient needs this room" she informs me, like I care.
"That's too bad." I respond, gaining confidence.
"I'll call security" Immediately when she said that we wasted no more time and left. The room was giving me the heebie jeebies anyways.
Or maybe it's the pregnancy. Wow I can't believe I can say that.
We hop into Tim's crusty ol' Toyota and he drives us to Ann's house.
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It's been awhile since I've been here. Lucy's house has always been the go-to spot, have no idea why Tim decided to bring us here.
"I'm ordering, do you want anything?" Tim asks, holding the house phone.
"Yes actually I want a watermelon" I inform him, knowing that I have no money and you can't actually order a melon.
"You can't order a watermelon idiot."
"Are you seriously arguing with the pregnant lady?" I ask, dumbfounded, and dramatically cover my mouth.
"You've been pregnant like a week so-"
"Just get the melons Tim."
Tim sighs deeply and leaves, soon enough I hear his crusty ol' Toyota turn on after 3 failed attempts.
He's buying the melons.
I remember why we're friends now.
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