Stilettos in the City

Chapter Three

*3 weeks later*

Caden and I have been hanging out a lot in the last 3 weeks. I almost feel bad for him. I mean, he has to deal with my wild mood swings. I'm starting to gain some weight. I think I might be, but I couldn't be... if I was, it would be Toby's..could I be pregnant?

I planned on taking a test later on in the day. I planned on spending my day with Caden, too. I'm still going to. I'm not going to cancel my own plans just for some test that will probably come up negative anyhow.

My phone rang and I answered.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Liz. Are you ready to go? Because I'm on my way over."

"Yeah, I'm ready. I'll be waiting."

"Alright. See you soon. Bye."

I wanted to tell Caden my plans for after the movie because if the test was positive, which it wouldn't be, I wanted someone to talk to. I was going to tell him while we walked at the park. Then, if I was pregnant I was going to ask him to stay the night. He came by my house and picked me up.

"I think I want extra mangoes." I said, thinking.

"Whatever you want, I'll get." He offered.

"You don't have to do that, Caden. You've been paying every time." I testified.

"Well, I'm going to. I'm just that sweet." He said sarcastically, then smiled and laughed.

"Yeah, sure. Whatever floats your boat." I said, giggling. 'What if I am pregnant? What will I do?'  I bit my lip like I do whenever I think.

"What are you thinking about?" He said while we moved up the line.

"Oh, nothing."

"We'll take two yogurts one with nuts and one with mangoes. Thank you." We've been here everyday we've went out, so they know to have it ready when we walk in.

Later, we walked in the park together as we had been doing recently. Usually, we laughed, talked, and swung on the swings, but today, I was feeling a bit queasy, so I asked not to.

I looked up at him. "So I wanted to talk to you about something. It's been bothering me."

"Alright." He said looking down at me as we walked.

"I guess I should start from the beginning. I dated this guy, Toby. We dated for three years. We broke up pretty recently. He had cheated on me with some woman for two whole months." I paused. My eyes began to fill with tears. 'Don't cry. Please, don't cry..'

"Um, anyways," I continued, "he told me the second day we had been living here and I guess he thought he could stay with me until he got everything sorted out. I immediately kicked him out of the house. I even burnt his clothes." I let out a giggle, but then the tears started to fall and I began to bawl my eyes out.

Caden embraced me, which was exactly what I needed at the moment.

"I'm so sorry, Liz." Caden continued to embrace me.

"It's not your fault." I said, breaking his embrace and wiping my tears.

"But that's not what I've been worried about, Caden, I think I might be p-pregnant.." I told him.

He looked at me, shocked at first, but then he smiled, picked me up, and spun me around. Now, I was the one who was shocked.

"Um, why are you spinning me, Caden?" I asked as he began to put me down.

"I'm happy for you!" He said his ever-present smile still there..

"I don't even know if I'm pregnant or not." I said, confused by his sudden outburst of pure joy.