The Hook-up

Chapter 56

Two weeks later in Las Vegas New Year's Day

Lauren reached over in the giant hotel bed hitting Bruno's back. "Oh, sorry." She told him kissing the back of his head sitting up to get out of the bed. He was laying on his stomach completely asleep on the other side of the bed dead to what she was doing. She grabbed some clothes from her suite case and walked into the bathroom closing the door behind her. She threw off her t-shirt looking at herself in the mirror touching her neck noticing a hickey on her neck moving her hands down to her breasts. Wow. What the hell. She thought to herself holding onto them.That's a weird feeling. She thought to herself. It's not like right before my period. It's different. She thought to herself. She grabbed the bright white towel wrapping herself in the towel grabbing her cell phone.

Cait do you still have that pregnancy test in your bag?

Lauren jumped in the shower leaving the phone on top of the toilet so she could grab it if Caitlin was awake. Oh my god. She continued to think to herself about potentially being pregnant and the feelings she had about it. Not now. Not now. No, it would be the worst thing in the world if it happened. I started the pill again. I started it again. This can't happen. She continued to think hearing the distinctive ding of her phone. She wiped off her hands reaching over to read the text.

Yeah. I've got it. John is asleep, come over. You can use it.

I'll be there in like five minutes. He's still asleep.

So is mine.

Lauren finished her shower throwing her hair in a ponytail, taking one of Bruno's t-shirts from his suite case and the cotton shorts she had slept in walking quickly down the hallway to Caitlin's hotel room. "Cait?" she asked.

"Right here, Laur..." she whispered holding the test out. "Vegas is shit for you, isn't it?" she asked her friend.

"Shit is an understatement...." Lauren responded taking the test from Caitlin walking toward the bathroom. "Are you coming?"

"Oh...yeah..." Caitlin responded. Peeing in front of each other wasn't anything that bothered the two of them. Lauren unwrapped the package looking at it. "And we wait...." She sat down quickly peeing on the stick shaking it off in the toilet setting it on a wash cloth. "God, I am never coming to Las Vegas again..." she said feeling herself about to cry.

"Lauren....what if you are?" Caitlin asked.

"I don't know....I don't know...I don't know...." She said.

"But you're on the pill...." Caitlin responded.

"I forgot it when we went to Hawaii. The first day, after the trip...I left it in the bathroom..." she admitted.

"And you two were busy...." Caitlin replied raising her eye brow.

"I think busy is an understatement. We had almost a year to make up for....." Lauren said staring at the stick and then at the timer on her cell phone. "Like...the way there, the next morning, Christmas day, when we got back home....three times....last night...." Lauren said.

"How has your vagina not fallen off?" Caitlin asked.

"I don't know. It hurts a little. But that's normal. But not as bad as my boobs..." Lauren said looking down at the test hearing the beep of her cell phone. "What does one line mean?"

"Hmm..." Caitlin picked up the box looking at the results.

"Not pregnant...." Caitlin said with relief in her voice.

"Are you sure?" Lauren snagged the test and box out of her friend's hand. "Oh my god. You're right. Not pregnant. Holy shit. I don't even know what I would have done if it said yes...."

"Let's just not even think of that...." Caitlin said hugging her friend as they heard a knock on the bathroom door.

"Don't even tell me you two started making out in the bathroom...Bruno's right next to me..." John told them jokingly.

"At least open the door..." Bruno chimed in after.

"Throw it out! Throw it out!" Lauren pushed the test to the bottom of the trash can underneath a bottle of liquor.

"We'll be out in a second....I wasn't feeling well and you were still asleep..." Caitlin said to them opening the door to see John in only boxers and Bruno standing next to him with messy curls, Nike shorts and a t-shirt.

"Good morning." Lauren said sweetly kissing him on the cheek. "Let's go get breakfast before we go home." She took his hand leading him out the door. "We'll see you two in a bit!"

"okay! Thank you for helping me, Laur!" Caitlin smiled at them.

"Are you okay?" Bruno asked holding onto Lauren tightly as they walked down the hallway to their room.

"I'm fine. She was just really hungover." Lauren justified.

"Uh huh...because I think you're still a little hung over..." he said pointing to her red cheeks.

"Okay, so I am too." She smiled squeezing his hand sliding the key card into the door opening it for them. Oh god. That test was so wrong.