Just A Ghost

16

It wasn't until my fifteen week check up, that I could determine the genes. I made Alix come with me, I told Kevin I wanted him to stay home, so I was less likely to faint.

I laid on the metal table, cold goop covered my slight bump. Alix sat in the chair beside me, watching as the nurse showed our ultra sound.

"Would you like to know the gender?" She asked.

"Sure." I said, not really caring, after all my mind was on far worse things.

"She's a girl." The nurse smiled as she wiped the goop off. "The doctor will be in to draw blood in a few minutes.

"Thank you." Alix said.

I laid my head back and starred the the ceiling. The room was silent, neither Alix nor I wanted to say a word. We only wanted this to be over with and for the baby to be Kevin's not his.

"So-" he began. "What would we do if-"

There was a knock on the door.

"Come in." I said.

A tall doctor with brown hair walked in. "Hello I'm doctor Griggs." She smiled. "This will hurt, but not for too long. Please hold still." She placed a needle against my stomach and positioned it.

She began to press down and it felt like a simple shot, for a moment, then it was followed by surging pain that felt like a zombie was biting through my entire inner organs. It was over in man instant. She placed the fluid into a container and turned to Alix. She tied of his upper arm and searched for a vein. Once she found one she pushed it in and drew out a vile of blood.

"It should be done in ten minutes." She told us and left.

"Hurt?" He asked.

"No, I just had a needle shoved through numberous inches of skin, organs, and into my child. Yes it hurt!" I pouted and sat up.

"What will we do if it's mine?" Alix asked at last.

"It won't be."

"Then why are we here?"

"Just in case." I sighed.

"No Maria!" He nearly shouted. "I am serious. What if she's my daughter?"

"Then you better hope she looks more like me than you."

"You're never gonna tell Kevin?"

"I can't."

"Why not?"

"Because I love him!"

"And what about me?" Alix's eyes were filling with tears. "What about me Maria?"

"I don't know." I sighed deeply. "I just don't know."

He waited for a minute. "If it's mine we tell him."

"No."

"Yes!" He shouted. "Kevin has been my best friend for years! Do you understand that?"

"If it's yours I'm killing myself." I growled. I regretted it but I didn't take it back.

Our eye adverted and the clock slowly ticked down the minutes. The doctor came back in wearing a complete poker face. "Good news your baby is healthy." She smiled.

"Is it mine?" Alix spoke through tears and anger.

"It is." She said.

"Alright thank you." Alix stood up. "Let's get going Maria."

I climbed of the bed, with only one thought on my mind.

"I will see you in two weeks Maria." She said but I brushed it off.

Alix and I walked to his car in silence. He was about to climb into the drivers seat but he paused and simply gestured for me to instead. I climbed in while he walked to the passenger side. Still not a word. I drove, but not the direction we were supposed to go. I drove out and far away from that doctors office, far from Kevin, far from everything. Alix and I exchanged simple nods, it seems he had agreed with the last words I had said.

By the time they would find us we would be two bloody corpses. Kevin would never need to know what I did to him. Alix and I would be gone, missing for a while hopefully before being found. There were woods lining the road for miles. I took a sudden turn and headed straight for a giant pine.