faking it.fiveyearslater.completed.

a lauren chapter.

"Why am I always involved? You really can't ever keep anything to yourself, can you?"

"Excuse me?!" Karma scoffed, "I didn't tell you, you looted through the bathroom trash!"

"Well, you didn't really try to hide your pregnancy test Karma!"

"Promise you can keep this secret this time. I will tell Shane when we get back home and then tell everyone else after Amy's baby shower. I don't want to ruin it like you ruined her last one."

I glared at her and she smirked at me.

We subsequently flushed at the same time. The restroom at our job was very nice. There was even a couch. We were set to leave for Texas tonight.

I knocked on Zane's office door to let him know I was leaving.

"Hey." I greeted as I shut the door behind me. "I just wanted to let you know I was leaving. You won't see me till Monday."

"I miss you already." He paws at me and I sit in his lap. "I know we mostly meet on Weekends, but that'll change."

"You've been saying that for months Blakeman."

"And I've always meant it." He trails kisses down my neck and his words are a distant memory.

"Okay, okay, okay." I push him off and stand. "I gotta go."

"Call me when you land."

I nod and bend to give him a long and satisfying kiss. "Love you." I mumble before I even realize the words left my mouth. Both our eyes go wide. I quickly straighten up, "Okay, see you on Monday." I say as I practically sprint out the door trying to save just a little face.

Our plane landed around 10 at night and Karma was already complaining about her aching feet.

"It's just they've started to get really swollen and—

"Booker's alert." I whispered and she shut it immediately.

Amy and Liam met us in the lobby. Amy looked much larger at this stage in her pregnancy than she did with Nova. According to Liam she's a lot more sensitive to it now as well.

"Awe mama, you look beautiful!" Karma hugged Amy, but with great distant between them.

I was next but of course even though much closer, I hug was not as intimate. I've come to terms with the fact that she loves Karma more. I mean they grew up together, I could never compete. But then, why would I want to?

With everyone coming back again, I volunteered to stay at a hotel, but Amy dismissed that idea. "Everyone stays at the house." She insisted. Therefore, Karma and I are sharing a room and Shane is getting his own.

"Why can't Shane and Karma share and I get my own? Not like they haven't before."

"Well, we remembered what happened last time they shared a bed."

Karma looked down at her stomach and frowned. A belly she was hiding quite well. She is showing, but not by much.

"Besides, Shane is bringing his new boyfriend."

Karma stopped unpacking. "What? What new boyfriend? He didn't mention a new boyfriend to me."

"I just heard about it a few days ago, when he asked could he bring him. You really didn't know?"

She shakes her head.

It obviously bothered her, but no because she had repressed feelings, but because of the child she carries.

Their child.

How interested would he be in raising a child with her with a new boyfriend?

I squeezed her knee in a comforting way. She gave me a small smile and continued to unpack.