INSIDE THEIR MINDS

In cuffs

PHIL
So, apparently the worst place you could possible fight with someone is the hospital because within two minutes we were both handcuffed and escorted out of the building, blood still gushing from my nose.

Then there we were, driving away from the hospital, from them, beside one another in the back of a police cruiser.

ERICA
"Where the hell are you? Weren't you supposed to get me a soda, or something...." I text Phil not really wanting to see him but feeling if I didn't he would blame me for, I don't know, something I didn't do.

"What is going on?" I text Derek.

No response from him either.

"Nurse" I said to one of the women that had been taking care of me as she walked past my room.

"Yes. What is it you need?" She asks literally peeking her head around the door.

"My husband, have you seen him. Tall, brown hair I think he was wearing a brown shirt--"

"Oh. Him." She said rolling her eyes.

"Excuse me!" I yelled.

"Your husband just got into a fight with another blonde gentleman, made quite a mess out in the waiting room, THAT I HAD TO CLEAN UP." She raised her voice then put on a fake in your face smile.

"You're husband was just arrested, serves him right!" She said. Then she just walked away as if I wasn't even a patient.

I got up quickly, my gown still open in the back and ran to my doorway where I could see a cluster of nurses talking.

"Where are they taking him?" I ask loud enough for them to hear.

"Who? those guys?" she said pointing down the hall.

Then I saw them, both of them, about 30 feet down the hallway. Both handcuffed. Both being taken away.

Do I run after them? Why were they fighting? Did Derek tell Phil about us?

DEREK

"How did you know about us, Erica and I?" I ask Phil as he sat beside me as we both now sat at the police station. I almost didn't ask him, but I couldn't stop myself from thinking about it.

"Please." He scoffed, "1) She has never called me sweetie in her life then all the sudden out of the blue she does it last week, 2) she was dumb enough to pay for her massages on a debit card with our joint account. 3) At first I couldn't tell but then I noticed all of her hormonal changes, her sex drive, even her looks. She was pregnant. I was shocked when I found out for sure earlier, but now I know for a fact that it's not mine. " I said to him surprisingly feeling calm and trying his best to talk through the bandages they had placed over his nose.

"And Kate, she is like what 5, 6 months pregnant how long have you been with her, a year?" I asked him.

"Nope. That was a one night stand of sorts I didn't even know she was pregnant til last week." He said.

"Jeez man. That sucks." I said, feeling at a loss for words.

"So, what do we tell the cops?" He asks me.

"What do we tell Erica and Kate?" I asked him.

KATE
I can finally open my eyes. I can move my arms and my legs. I feel.. better.

"Oh, Kate. You're up." I heard Alex say from the chair beside me.

"Mmmhhhmmmm." I managed to get out.

"Kate you and the baby are fine. They ran tests and you had a seizure but they are doing the best they can. Everything is going to be ok." She says to me softly.

"Where's Phil." I managed to say.

"Um. Yeah. About that."