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KITTY WOKE UP ALONE, YET again. Despite Ben promising her that once they were in New York things would be different, it seemed that not long after uprooting her whole life there, things began to fall back into old routines. The unnecessary secrecy, the constant sneaky eye shifts to his phone, the coming home late from work due to yet another night of needing to do overtime.
She sighed as she threw the duvet off her body and prepared for her own long day ahead. Needing to get the bakery opened. Luckily, on Fridays she did open an hour later than usual, at eight AM instead. Allowing herself to sleep in for an extra hour and only going down there at six AM instead of five like every other morning.
Despite the early starts that came with the job. Needing to do as much prep as she could before customers started to come. Kitty loved her little bakery to death. Finding that whenever she was angry or upset at Ben over one thing or the other, she'd come down extra early and bake. Letting herself forget about their problems, even if just for a little while.
She sighed as she arrived. Feeling unusually nauseas that morning as she began to get to work. Turning on the fan in the kitchen area to give herself some coolness whilst the AC inside was still broken. She felt a thin layer of sweat forming on her skin as she took out all the ingredients when suddenly, she dropped everything and sprinted towards the toilet.
Once she was done throwing up her breakfast, she cleaned herself up and heard her coworker entering the bakery. Camilla's cheery voice filling the building as she greeted Kitty excitedly, until her face fell when she spotted how pale and sweaty she looked.
"Jesus Christ!" Camilla said, rushing towards Kitty, placing the back of her hand on her forehead, "Are you okay?"
Kitty nodded as she pushed Camilla's hand away, "Yeah, must be a stomach bug."
"You should go home, Katie," Camilla said, looking at her with worry in her eyes.
Kitty waved her worry away, "I can't do that," She said, walking past the older woman, put stopped as a wave of dizziness overwhelmed her. Causing her to grab hold of the nearby counter. Closing her eyes as she took in a few deep breaths.
Camilla rushed towards her, shaking her head, "You need to go home, Katie."
Kitty sighed. But decided to listen to Camilla, she promised that she would close up the shop and drop off the keys at Kitty's and Ben's apartment. On her way home, she stopped at a pharmacy. Standing in the aisle she wasn't expecting to be standing anytime soon. Her eyes scanning all the products in front of her. After what felt like forever, she picked out a few different boxes, paid for them and found her way back to the apartment.
Luckily Ben wasn't home yet and so Kitty took up residence in the bathroom. Unboxing every box she bought and following the instructions carefully. Her heart beating violently in her chest. Her stomach flipping and she thought she was going to throw up again whilst she sat there on the bathroom floor. Looking at the stopwatch app on her phone as it ticked away the passing seconds.
Once the timer went off, Kitty felt like she was going to pass out. She turned it off and with shaky hands she pushed herself up off the floor. Her eyes looking at the counter. Scanning the objects that were laid out on it in a line.
She picked up the object closest to her. Her eyes watering. She wasn't sure if they were tears of joy or sadness as she looked through her blurry vision at the pregnancy stick. Not expecting to see the results she was, "Well, shit."
