5SOS Book of Imagines

Thanksgiving! (Calum)

Pregnant. That is what the little screen says on the pregnancy test you took minutes ago. You knew there was a reason why you were skipping periods. It has never happened until now. You cover your mouth in surprise and gasp. You can't believe it is already happening. You snuck out of the house early in the morning to go to the drugstore and buy the test. You wanted to take it before going to Thanksgiving dinner at Calum's parents' house and you didn't want Calum to find out either way. You and Calum have only been married for a year and a half and you were going to be parents. You both want to have kids, of course. But you weren't planning on trying for another year or so.

"Are you okay in there, baby girl?" Calum asks outside the bathroom door. Damn, he's up! You quickly hide the test at the bottom of the trash can and wash your hands before coming out.

"Yeah, fine. Wow you look nice." You look at him already dressed, in black dress pants and a dark blue sweater. A definite change from his usual of skinnies and a flannel.

"Thanks. I thought I would at least try this year. After all this is our first Thanksgiving as a married couple. Are you sure you're okay? You were in there for a while." How long has he been awake?

"Yeah...Just washed up before getting dressed. What time should we leave?" you ask.

"Um probably in about an hour. We're supposed to go to hang out at like noon." he says going to your bedroom.

You follow him in and go to the closet getting out your outfit. "Okay. How's this?" you ask holding your multicolored floral sundress in front of you and popping out your right hip.

"Adorable. Mali got that for you, didn't she?" he asks spraying on a little cologne.

"Mmhm. For my birthday. You remember that?" you ask surprised. It is not like Calum to remember little things like that.

"Of course. How could I forget how you lit up when you opened it?" he says going to you wrapping his arms around you, and resting his forehead on yours.

"How sweet. ...And not like you. Are you feeling okay?" You back up and feel his forehead with the back of your hand.

"C'mon, I notice things. You just don't know I do. Now get changed. I wanna see how you look in that dress." he says seductively. You shake your head at him and he laughs closing the door.

You change into your dress, and decide to curl your hair for the first time in months. If Calum can try, so can you. You also want more time alone to process things. You aren't sure if you want to tell anyone yet about your pregnancy. Miscarriages happen and you don't want to disappoint anyone if it should happen to you. You are also afraid that Calum will be upset because you don't want kids yet. All you want to do is get through the day and sort it out later. Can I at least get that much right now? You think looking up at the ceiling.

Calum knocks saying, "Are you almost ready? We should leave soon." You finish the last curl and grab your makeup bag with your purse.

"Yeah, coming out now." You hear steps outside the door of Calum backing up and you open it to see Calum's eyes travel up and down your body in approval.

"Yes. I love you so much. You curled your hair." He liked when you did that but you only did it for special occasions.

"Yes, I did. I thought we should both try. Let's go!" He leads you out the door with his left hand resting on your lower back and you walk down the hall to the elevator. Suddenly you start to not feel so good and you stop.

"What? Did you forget something?" Calum asks.

"No. Just...my stomach is starting to feel funny." You take a deep breath and he looks at you concerned. "I'm fine, let's go." Sheesh, how far along am I? You continue down the hall getting in the elevator, his grip on you slightly firmer.