INSIDE THEIR MINDS

Feeling Unwell

PHIL

So, Alex is a girl. Which means I was worried over nothing. Looking back that may have been part of why I kissed her so passionatly earlier, she had this incredible hold over me and I couldn't and wouldn't let go.

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There are two pregnant women at this hospital probably not 50 feet apart from one another. It was as if life was making me choose this very second. Who's room do I go to first or rather which woman is going to come first in my life?

DEREK

"I want to see you Erica. I need to know if you and my baby are alright. How am I supposed to go in there with Phil sitting right beside me." I text Erica.

I felt nervous, and not just for the health of Erica and the baby, but for me. Here I am sitting next to her husband having horrible aching pains wash over me. He doesn't know. He doesn't know. How could he know?
What has Erica told him about me? Has she told him that I am a friend, or do I not exist to him at all?

KATE

I can barely open my eyes. I feel dizzy and as though I could get sick at any moment. But my first immediate thought wasn't about me, it was about her. My unnamed child inside of me was my first and only worry.

I could barely lift my arm but I forced up as much energy as I could and pressed the call button by my bed. Within 30 seconds a nurse came into my room.

"Baby." I said flailing one of my arms near my stomach.

"Calm down... ah Kate.." she said while glancing at the clipboard in her hands. "Everything is alright. Your baby is perfectly healthy."

I could feel myself lazily smile.

"You're blood sugar is very high and from the looks of it you have not eaten in awhile."

"Dinner." I muttered out, but barely.

I could see the clock behind her and it read 1:30. I havent eaten in 20 hours.

"You are on an I.V. drip that will have you feeling better in no time. We will want to keep you overnight for observation but I do have some great news. There are some people here to see you." She said with a smile that I could immediatly tell was genuine.

Then I thought about it. I asked that man to call Alex, did he? Was she out there waiting for me? What about Phil does he even know I'm not feeling well?

ERICA

I finally here a knock at the door and based solely off of the loud knocks I knew it wasn't the nurse.

"Hey, here, I'm so glad you're ok. I was worried about you. When I got the call I was worried sick, like almost physically sick. I really do love you." He said while his hand rubbed at my belly softly.

And that's when I knew. I knew which man I should choose. The man sitting beside me, caring for me, taking time off of work to be with me. I love him. He loves me. He is who I belong with.