A Twisted Situation

Chapter 4: A Secret Untold

"I found out that Taylor's sister is pregnant with triplets! I can't imagine having triplets. That means being pregnant for 27 months!", Jessamine said, picking carrots out of her peas.

Everybody just stopped eating, and stared at Jessie.

"It seems the fume from all that perfume you wear finally did a number on that tiny brain of yours," Cecily said, cutting her chicken and eating a piece.

"Now, Cecily, stop," Charlotte said, wiping her mouth with a napkin. "How was everyone's day?"

"Great,"

"Fabulous," Jessie said.

"BOOORING. Oh, but Jem met my girlfriend! Tell them, Jem!", Will said, jabbing his elbow into Jem's side.

"Ow! Yeah, I did. She was really nice," Jem stated, rubbing where Will nudge him.

"Oh, you have a new girlfriend? How..." Charlotte rubbed her fingers, as if waiting for a word to come to her mind. "Nice."

"He's actually serious about this one too."

"Oh really? Oh Will, I'm so proud of you! You're finally slowing down, and giving a girl a chance,"

"Proud? Of me? That's a first," Will said, stretching his arms out behind his chair.

"No it is not! I'm proud of you all the time, Will,"

"Tell her about how you tried to cheat on your test this morning,"

"What?! William!"

"If it makes you feel better, I didn't actually cheat," Will confessed.

"No, because I refused to give you the answers," Jem told Will, sticking his tongue out at him in the process.

"Seriously boys..." Charlotte let out a defeated sigh and look down at her plate. "How about you, Sophie, I know you had a test today, how did that go?"

Silence. Charlotte looked up at Sophie. "Sophie?"

Sophie was picking at her food, seeming lost in her own thoughts.

"Sophie!"

Sophie looked up to see everyone looking at her expectantly, save for Henry who was making a snowman out of his mashed potatoes.

"I'm sorry. What?"

"Are you okay, sweetheart?", Charlotte asked, eyebrows drawn up in worry.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I just found out that...", Sophie drifted off, and shook her head, then nodded, as if trying to convince herself of something. "I'm fine."

"What'd you find out? Are you pregnant?", Jessie snapped, crossing her arms against her chest and smirking.

"Jessie!", Charlotte exclaimed horrified. "You're... you're not, are you, Sophie dear?"

"What? No, NO! No, of course not. I just found out that Thomas is... moving.", Sophie whispered, pulling her sleeves down.

"Oh! Well that's not bad," Henry blurted, seemingly out of his own world. "To where? A new house?"

"Yeah... in America."

No one said anything. The only sound to be heard was the ceiling fan in the living room and the faint thrum of a car driving by.

"I'm sorry, Soph." Cecily said reaching out to hold her hand.

Sophie suddenly pulled away and stood up quickly. "I'm fine. I'm gonna go see him. You don't mind, right Charlotte?"