Unpredictable Change

Part 28

Chapter 28

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Chapter 28

I wince in pain as I try to open my eyes. I clutch my hand to my abdomen and glance around the room, although my vision is blurred. I rub my eyes vigorously before finally catching a clear image of the people in the room. I look around and unsurprisingly find myself in a hospital bed. I still feel this sharp pain in my abdomen that doesn't go away. Sophie quickly presses the bell to summon the doctor when I fully open my eyes.

"How do you feel, Mrs. Rhode?" The doctor, who didn't take long to arrive, asks me immediately upon entering the room.

"I feel really bad. I feel dizzy, tired, and this sharp pain in my abdomen. What's wrong with me?" She looks at Justin and my friends before turning back to me.

"We don't know what is wrong with you yet." After saying this, she ushers everyone out so I can rest for a while. How can she tell me to sleep when I just woke up from sleeping? They all leave without a word, especially Justin. My eyes wander around the room, refusing to fall asleep. I get up from the bed to stretch my legs.

"You have no idea how scared I am." I hear Justin's voice as I approach the door. "I told the doctor not to tell her she's pregnant; I'm afraid she might freak out and suffer a real miscarriage this time." I back away from the door a little bit but I can still hear him. He's leaning on the door so I can hear him despite his undertone voice.

"Alex, You don't get it! I can't tell her; she will hate me." He cries out! "I forbid you to tell your girlfriend because she will run out and tell her that I threw out her birth control pills. "I wince in pain not too sure if I'm hurting because of what I just heard or because of the pain in my abdomen. I fall on the floor so loudly that they rush inside the room. Justin is the first to try and help me up but I jerk his hand away and hold onto Sophie and Christine's hand.

"Were you guys ever going to tell me that I am pregnant?" I ask in a small voice, and they all stay silent.

"You guys make me so mad! Ugh!!"

"I want to believe it's the pregnancy hormones. Why'd we make you mad? We didn't impregnate you." I chuckle a bit at Sophie's words. Christine hasn't said a word since I woke up, and Justin is giving me a shamed face right now. I feel like sucker-punching him, but I also can't blame him for my carelessness. He threw those pills away almost a month before we left for London, and I didn't bother to restock them. I always order them in bulk because I don't want to buy one at a pharmacy and get stares from people. I was so busy I just ignored it when I couldn't find them in the medicine cabinet. I don't know if I should even be mad at him or not, but right now, I want to be mad. Plus, I don't want any issues with him again. We just reconciled.

The doctor later comes and gives a whole book on what I should and shouldn't do. I cannot believe she asked me to stop wearing high heels. How will I walk then? I can't wear some crappy flat shoes or slippers. The only reason I'm being very calm and mature about this whole situation is that we are in a hospital. I'm definitely going to create a huge scene once we get home. Justin better get ready for me.

"The pregnancy is just two months, and if you exert yourself again, you might suffer a miscarriage. Stay in bed for at least a month before you go back to work. I can't believe I've been pregnant all this whole and I didn't even know. I didn't read or show any symptoms, and I was going about my activities just fine. Anyways, let's enjoy one month in bed. Yay! How boring! Does she think I'm a vegetable to stay in a fridge for a whole month?" I whine as I step out of the car.

"Will you stop being a baby and handle this thing like a 27-year-old woman? You've been whining since ever." Christine rolls her eyes at me.

"Who acts mature when they're pregnant? Pfft! I wouldn't act mature either if it were me." I give Sophie a high five as we take a seat on the couch. Justin and Alex shake their heads. Can we talk about the fact that these amazing people I call my friends left everything they were doing and rushed here when they found out I was in the hospital? I am so grateful for this kind gesture. I rest my head on Sophie's lap, and that is when I notice she has a ring on. I raise my head in rapid movement and take her left hand in mine.

"Yes! We are getting married!" Sophie jumps up in delight. I engulf her in a hug with a big smile. Christine is preparing something I'll probably not eat. She smiles at us from the kitchen.