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After spending alot of time in the past months working on her album, it was finally ready. The album which she called Starboy was released around the world and sales were high. It was doing better than her previous ones.
A world tour was in the works with the dates already set and they just needed the locations. The people behind getting the tour started, other than Shaylynn, had scheduled a concert on Michael's birthday which slightly dampened her attitude.
Prince had begun sitting up by himself. They moved him to solid food and he was able to hold the bottle by himself. He was growing up fast, much faster than Myra would have liked. She released how her own mother felt.
Everything went well for Myra. She had worked on the Star Wars movie when she had the chance. She met Natalie Portman who plays the character Padmé. She also met Liam Neeson which she was also excited about.
A few days away from her thirty-fifth birthday, Myra found her life taking another change. It was all on a little stick that was a pregnancy test and it read positive.
She had heard the stories about how they could be false. So, being smart, she had purchased two. She had made sure to be expertly disguised -- a scarf even though it was summer and a hat. She didn't want someone taking pictures of her buying pregnancy tests.
She felt like a teenager again back in Greensboro. After she had sex with a kid from her school, a month later she was worried she was pregnant. That test had come out negative and Myra had buried it in the yard before her parents yard and as far as she knew, they hadn't found it.
In a time of nervousness, Myra called the one person she could trust at that time -- Shaylynn. She had said she would get there as fast as she could but it had been over a half an hour and she still wasn't there.
She was close to giving up and that Shaylynn wasn't going to be there when a knock resonated through the house. Myra rushed out of the bathroom, nearly tripping on a table, and answered the door.
"Sorry, I got held up in traffic!" Shaylynn apologized as she stepped inside the house. "Now, what is so urgent that you needed me over here so fast?"
Myra said nothing as she pulled Shaylynn up to the bathroom. She pointed at the positive pregnancy test without a word. Shaylynn took the hint to look at it and when she saw the two lines she nearly dropped it.
"Don't get too excited those things can have false positives," Myra shut down quick.
"They also tell the truth," Shaylynn retorted.
"I have two," Myra gestured to the one she was still waiting for the results from. "If this one is positive. . . well, I'm having another kid."
"How are you so calm about this?" Shaylynn asked, surprised.
"Honestly, I'm not," Myra confessed as she twirled the wedding ring on her finger. "Inside I'm a wreck, because my album is gonna be messed up with this, and the tour, and all of it. . . ."
Myra paced around the bathroom while Shaylynn attempted to calm her down. She kept her hand rubbing circles on Myra's back. Slowly Myra became to calm down and relax, leaning against the bathroom sink.
"Dont worry about that right now. Forget all of it and focus on right here, right now," Shaylynn advised. "Take deep breathes, okay?"
Myra did as she was told. She breathed in an out slowly in attempts to slow her racing heart.
"How long has it been since you took the last test?" Shaylynn asked slowly.
"About twenty minutes maybe," answered Myra.
"How long does it need for the results to come up?" Shaylynn questioned again.
"Fifteen minutes," answered Myra.
"I'll get it. You sit on the bed and just keep taking deep breathes," Shaylynn ordered as she walked into the bathroom.
Shaylynn occasional glances back to see if Myra was good. She stood in the bathroom and went for the box with the newest test on top. She grabbed the test and looked at the results.
Two lines were on the stock as clear as day. Shaylynn didn't know how to show Myra. She didn't even know if Myra wanted the child. She had Prince who Myra was just getting the hang of taking care of.
Shaylynn exited the bathroom slowly. Myra shot up from where she sat like a bullet.
"What's the results?" Myra asked.
"Negative," lied Shaylynn.
Myra's face fell a little and it didn't go unnoticed by Shaylynn. She seemed disappointed, as if she wanted another child.
"Oh," Myra said shortly.
"You want another kid?" Shaylynn asked, arching an eyebrow.
"It would be kind of nice, so Prince has a little brother or sister, y'know?" Myra confessed.
"Well," began Shaylynn, "I lied. It's positive!"
She showed Myra the test. Her face was replaced with a smile as the friends shared a hug.
"I'm having another baby," breathed Myra when the realization hit her.
"You have to tell Michael," Shaylynn reminded her, "He is the father. Right?"
"Honestly Shay, what do you take me for? If course he is the father," Myra joked, "His birthday is next month anyway, so maybe it could be a surprise birthday present?"
"That's a great idea! I can help with it and help keep it a secret," Shaylynn offered hastily.
"I knew I called you for a reason," joked Myra.
"I may be your manager but I'm also your friend," Shaylynn smiled.
"Yes you are," confirmed Myra, "Now, we just have to make sure He doesn't know. The first step is getting rid of the tests."
"Give them to me and I will throw them away at my house," offered Shaylynn, "I don't have a guy over so nobody will get the wrong idea."
"Okay, so we got that covered. Now we should probably figure out how were going to surprise him," Myra began to plan.
She grabbed her notebook.and opened to a random page. She sat with Shaylynn on the bed, scribbling down plan ideas for the next few hours.
She was careful to hide the notebook. Shaylynn to the pregnancy tests in a plastic bag to throw them away at her house. She hoped Michael wouldn't figure out until his birthday at least.
