Life is Not a Movie

The Deception

I woke up the next morning still on the couch. I looked up and saw that Tom was still asleep, so I carefully moved my body and got off of the couch. Making my way upstairs, I could here muffled noises coming from the bathroom in Tom and Jessa's room.

Worried, I walked into their room and knocked on the bathroom door.

"Occupied." It was Jessa.

Ignoring her, I walked in and found her sitting on the floor next to the toilet.

"Are you okay?" I asked.

She chuckled then said. "No. This one decided that instead of having breakfast, we were going to throw up last night's dinner."

"Oh." I replied a little disgusted. I don't get grossed out at much, but for some reason, people throwing up just makes me want to throw up.

"Ya, but don't worry. I think it's all-" Jessa lurched over the toilet and started spilling out more bile and food. Meanwhile, I could feel a little bit of my own bile starting to rise, so I turned away. Once Jessa was done, I looked back to her. "Okay, now I think it's all gone." She smiled, then slowly got up.

Her legs were shaking a bit, so I quickly grabbed her arm and steadied her. "Jessa, do you want me to help you back to your room?" I asked.

"No." She shook her head. "It's just the first trimester and everything. A lot of women experience what I'm going through in their first trimester."

"Alright. Well, Tom's downstairs if you need him and if you need help with anything I'll be up here getting ready."

"Thanks Nic."

I smiled then let go of her and made my way to my room. I walked in and saw Zeus laying on the bed sound asleep. I swear, I tried so hard not to wake him, but if that dog so much as smells me he wakes up.

Zeus began to stir then slowly opened his eyes. They landed on me and his ears perked up.

"Hey bud." I smiled and laid down next to him. I decide that I would just wear what I wore yesterday since I was already wearing it and then just brush my hair a bit, so I had plenty of time to lie down with Zeus. "How are you? I didn't get to see you yesterday."

Zeus moved his head to where it was laying on my lap. I sat up and begin stroking his fur. That's when I noticed something fuzzy in the corner. At first it just looked like a sweater, but then when I looked at it more carefully I could tell it was moving.

Getting up, I slowly made my way towards it. I grabbed a ruler off of the desk then started to poke it gently. The thing stirred then turned towards me. 

"Oh, it's you." I stated as I noticed Emerald's familiar face. "Come're." I carefully picked her up and walked to the door. "You know that my room is off limits. Now get." Just as I set Emerald down, there was a whimper from behind me and I turned around to see Zeus leaning away from Sophie.

"How did you two get in here?" I sighed and picked up Sophie then set her outside the door, only to see that where I had set Emerald before was empty. Once again, I turned around and saw Emerald jumping onto my bed and cuddling next to Zeus. Zeus was not pleased to say the least.

"Fine." I gave up." I need to fix my hair and brush my teeth still, so just behave." I made my way into the bathroom. "Zeus, you can growl at them all you want, but if I see one paw in the air, it's straight to the kennel." From the mirror I could see Zeus's ears perk up then go back down. He knows what I said.

I finished getting ready and made my way downstairs with a cat in each arm and my bag around my shoulder with Zeus trailing behind me. Walking into the kitchen, I set the cats down by their food bowls then grabbed myself a waffle, and tossed it in the toaster.