"So that's it? We just call them?" I asked Brian, resting the plate of leftovers from tonights dinner on my lap above the blanket that was covering my legs, leaning myself against the headboard. I pulled out my phone to check the time, it was coming up for 6PM.
"Yep, that's pretty much it" he replied.
I remembered that we were three hours ahead of time back home, so if we were really going ahead with this then now was a better time than any.
"How do I even start the conversation? Like, hey, how are you? Better than the baby forming in my womb, I hope, because he or she is doing just great!"
"That could actually work" Brian chuckled to himself. I watched his face, trying to figure out whether he was actually being serious or not, because something inside me felt as if there was an element of seriousness in what he had said. I groaned, letting every ounce of frustration escape in the noise. I had no idea how to break the news, but I also had to remember that it would barely matter, they would still be horrified by the announcement no matter how I phrased it. Scrolling through my phone book, I stopped, hovering my thumb above my moms name. I looked towards Brian, his face watching me eagerly, before pressing the call button. No going back now, I thought to myself.
"Hello?" My mom's voice appeared. I just stared at the screen, completely frozen. I looked up to Brian, hoping he'd tell me what to say but he just waved his hand, ushering me to speak. Great help he is.
"Hey, mom." I replied, hesitantly.
"Oh god, what did you do now?" The typical mom answer when you sound uneasy on the phone to them.
"I kinda need to talk to you. About something serious. You might wanna kill me for doing this over the phone, but I just need it out there, you know?"
'I might know, depending on how bad the next thing that you're about to say is." She replied, sounding stern.
"...I'm pregnant." I blurted out, almost wanting to throw my phone and then cover my ears, anything to not hear what she was going to respond to that.
"Congratulations."
"What?" I froze, maybe it was weird to question that, but I think I'd be weird NOT to question that in my case.
"Congratulations on making the biggest mistake of your life." She said, before hanging up.
"She hung up" I said, throwing my phone onto Brian's lap. Worried about the texts that were to follow when she began telling everyone in my family.
"What did she say?" Brian questioned.
"She said congratulations. Then she just hung up."
"I'm assuming a congratulations riddled with sarcasm?"
"Uh huh" I replied, nodding. "I can't tell if I'm relieved by her lack of response, or worried?"
"You definitely should be worried. But not too much, because you're with me now, and I'll never let anything bad happen to you." His words making me smile instantly. There were only few occasions where Brian would be completely affectionate, and they would always be out of the blue, so to hear something like that when I needed it the most, was definitely uplifting. I wrapped my arm around his bicep, resting my head on his shoulder, whilst he rested his chin on my head. We sat like that for a while before Brian's voice quietly filled the room. "I guess we should start arranging the thing tonight." He said, removing his chin. "Do I call her or text her?"
"Text." I replied, not really wanting to hear him talking to her where I couldn't hear what she was saying.
"Alright" he grabbed my phone, and began texting her. Laying around until her response came through. "She said meet her at 10? That's fucking ages away." He moaned.
