When All Else Fails

Chapter 1.

Tiffany

I looked down at the two lines on the pink pregnancy test in my trembling hands.

I slumped down against the wall in my bathroom, as I landed on the cold tiles. I groaned as I let my head fall in between my knees.

What was going to happen? What was I going to do?

I raised my sweaty palms and set them gently on my flat stomach, running them over my white vest top.

I didn't know what to feel. The emotions were blended in. I just felt numb. But a faint voice inside me forced me to tell him.

I picked up my phone. Here goes nothing...

***

As I waited for Louis in Starbucks, I took a small sip of my mango & passion fruit smoothie. I fiddled with the ribbon on my black lace shorts. I gathered all the loose strands of my red-dyed hair and put them in a messy bun.

As I took another sip of me smoothie, a familiar voice made me look up.

"Hey babe."

"Hey Lou," I said standing up, to be met with sparkling blue aquatic eyes. He leaned in and planted a gentle kiss on my lips and then pulled me into a hug.

He sat down on the couch in front of me as he set his frappucino on the table.

Louis could read me easily and could sense the awkwardness and discomfort of the situation.

"What happened Tiffany?" he said in a gentle voice.

I bit onto my bottom lip as the taste of my vanilla lip gloss filled my mouth. "Louis," I started.

"I don't know how to say this, but..."

Louis

"You want to break up with me?" I said in a loud voice.

"No!" Tiffany said in the same tone, surprised because of what I said.

She bit her bottom lip and looked down at her fingers.

The knot in my stomach tightened even more than it already was.

"Louis, I'm pregnant."