We pull into the near by shopping mall to have a little relaxing girl time. Liz never got to go shopping alot when she was young. Her parents died when she was in her early teens and she lived with her aunt who loved to shop but always needed someone to sit the kids. And Liz was always there. So every chance we get, we go shopping.
" I'm really hungry" she announced still trance-like.
"Okay, we'll get something to eat first." I said. I was so envious of her. She could eat absolutly anything and remian the same size. She gets some pizza but I stick with my salad from Subway because I try to eat right. Liz eats anything and stays healthy. We grab a table by the windows and fake plants and start chowing down.
"I don't know what to do Ren. Dave wants a baby and I can't give him one. You know me, make everyone happy... but I physically and litterally can't. This is breaking my heart and tearing it apart." she looked down and poked at the crust of her pizza. Her favorite part.
" LIzzy, what is your blood type?" I think I know what's wrong. I look from my salad fork that's flimsy and cheep to her puzzeled face.
" Why the hell is that important ?!?!" she sounds aggervated.
" Just tell me! I think I might know what the deal-ie-o is.." I trail off.
"A negative." she answers doubtfully.
"What is Daves?" I say more confidentally.
"I think it's B positive." she podners.
" Here is the problem. Your blood doesn't have a protien on the ouside-" she cuts me off.
"What's wrong with me ?!?" her face turns from concern to fear to a distraught look like she is going to have a heart attack.
" Nothing is 'wrong' with you..." I say sort of impatient. " Some people have it, some people don't. It's not a big deal. But the thing is, he has it, and you don't so it's foriegn to your body. This protien is dominate so sence he has it, you have a three-forths chance that your baby will have it. So when it's foriegn to your body, it wants to get rid of it. So the only way it can to that is to kill it. Some times the womans body won't react and kill it. But apperently yours does. So you have to keep trying untill you get the one-forth resessive baby that won't have the protien. Unless ..." I get a little quiter." unless he has both genes for the protien and it will be 100% chance of your baby having it. " I draw the little pummit square and show her.
"Okay. Well, at least I know what's wrong with me now." She says in a depressed voice. I roll my eyes. Why does she think it's her fault ?!
" If that is even the probelm. I could be wrong." I offer a smile.
She shoots one back " You know ?" she is back to her normal self ,"There are a ton of kids out there to adopt" she beems. She will be a good mother. After mothering her sister and little cousins all through her teenage years and knowing how to be loving and caring yet ready to dissaplin at any moment needed. "Anyway! Tell me all about the proposal !! How is the wedding going to be ? hmmmmmmmm?" she cherps.
" We haven't talked much about the wedding, he just proposed last night so we really haven't had much time to talk about it. But I don't want to have a big wedding. It's just showing the world and God that we love eachother and are ready for a family. Why spend all that money and go through all the stress?" I say.
" Because you only live once" she is very serious.
" We are saving up so I can get my masters. We barely have the other stuff paid off, we don't need another loan for a wedding." I am serious too. So ha.
"Well I want to be there, just because we're best friends and this is a big time for you and you were maid of honnor at my wedding so I think I need to be repayed somehow... as in being at your wedding." she says looking away trying to be discrete like when you tell someone the answer to something through a cough.
" I need to talk with James about it. I don't want to rush this." I give in with a smile. She giggles and smiles like the days back in high school.
"Now lets go get something sexy from Victoria Secrets" Lizzy winks.
"Lizzzzzzzzzzzzz ! I don't have the money!" I groan.
" My treat as a bridal shower gift. Sence you probably won't be having one of those either." her eyes roll and her lips let out a laugh at her own little joke.
" Not everyones husband makes a ton of money little miss cash-o-la" I laugh along.
Three PM rolls around and after a day of talking and laughing and just forgetting all of our worries and troubles it's time to be heading home. Liz drives me to my appartment building and I invite her in for something to drink and to relax. When it's time for her to leave she gets a little sad.
She grabs me into a hug"This has been a really fun day. I really needed to talk about just everything like we did in high school, I'm so happy to have someone like you!"
"Same to you Lizzy. Thank you for everything." I whisper.
