Forever ➳ O'Brien [3]

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"Tyler will be home soon," Paisley said as she came to sit on the floor next to Cara, letting her head drop against her best friend's shoulder. Cara felt Paisley shiver next to her, probably due to the coldness of the porcelain bathtub they had their backs pressed against. "How long's left?"

            Cara linked her hand with Paisley's, offering her best friend a small smile, "Not long now." Her other hand moved to her own stomach, its new permanent place since she discovered she was pregnant just a few days ago, even though she and Dylan had only just started trying again. Paisley thought it was unsurprising, that they'd gotten pregnant so quick; something to do with this being their first planned pregnancy and it not being hard for her to get pregnant, with their track record.

            But, they weren't here for Cara or her pregnancy. No, the pregnancy test sitting on the toilet seat in front of them wasn't for her; it'd be a bit useless now. Rather, it was for the blonde sitting at Cara's side, whose free hand kept curling and uncurling into fists against her thigh. She'd been feeling sick the past few weeks, spent hours with her head in the toilet bowl as she threw up the contents of her stomach. She thought she was dying. Cara thought she was pregnant.

             And that's how they ended up here. Sitting on the floor of Paisley and Tyler's bathroom, side by side like always.

             Cara's alarm blared. They both jumped.

             "Well?" Paisley asked, watching Cara as she moved to peer at the pregnancy test. "What's the verdict?"

             "Congratulations," said Cara with a grin, turning back to her best friend, "You're having a baby!"

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