Breaking All The Rules

Chapter 5

The next morning I went home beaming from ear to ear. It was crazy that I'd spent so much of my time secretly waiting for a man who clearly hadn't been thinking about me. I called my sister Carmen so excited. "Good morning I said cheerfully." My sister laughed "Why are you so chipper this morning? Did someone knock the cobwebs off your cootchie she said playfully. I paused not commenting back to her smart remarks like I normally would. This time she was right. "Oh my god Alyssa did you have sex?!" I happily smirk yes I did I replied. She screamed loudly in excitement. "Well it's about goddamn time she said. What incredible man did this?" I was silent although Jerome was the last guy we'd spoken to her about we weren't necessarily on the best terms the last time Cece and I spoke about him. "Pooh please tell me it wasn't Ryan." Pooh was a childhood nickname my siblings used to call me to make fun of me. I was overweight as a child and my favorite color was red so they said I reminded them of Winnie the Pooh. I hated that name. Still today she couldn't bring me down with her sarcastic remarks because I was in a good mood and no one was going to ruin it. It wasn't Ryan I replied back to her. I could hear her searching her brain trying to figure out who it was. " The last guy that was even on the radar was Jerome OMG was it Jerome Johnson?! The Jerome Johnson she said excitedly. I was silent. She screamed again! Omg I can't believe you she said. How did this happen? I began to tell her the details of Ryan's announcement, how Jerome came to my door, us hooking up, our date and spending the night at his house. My last few days sounded like a fairy tale. It was so romantic; the type of things girls dream of when being swept off of their feet. Cece went on to tell me about a promotion that she was getting at work that would allow her to move back home. I was so excited I'd missed my sister. She was my best friend in the whole world and having her on the other side of the country was hard. She'd always tell me she was a phone call away, but there are some things you need to have your sister to be there for. I was so grateful to have her coming back. Over the next few weeks our relationship moved fast; Jerome and I had become inseparable. We had sleepovers, dinner with my parents, visited Joe and had mind blowing sex every night. Ryan had become a thing of the past and an amateur in comparison to Jerome. He was such a great guy and life with him was so amazing.My brothers had come into town for the weekend and Jerome and I were going to meet them from drinks at a local bar.I went to the bathroom before and left the house and suddenly got sick to my stomach. I had sushi that day for lunch so I didn't think much of it maybe the food didn't agree with me I thought. I brushed my teeth and freshened myself up and left the house. I didn't think it was a big deal so I didn't bother to tell Jerome. We went out that night and had a great time. We'd played pool and did shots of patron. The night was spectacular and my brothers enjoyed Jerome. The next day I was woke up feeling like shit. The patron shots must've gotten to me I said to myself. I lie in bed miserably waiting for hangover to subside. It had been awhile since I'd been hungover and it wasn't a pleasant experience. I found myself hovering over the toilet all day incapable of doing anything else. Jerome came over. Apparently last night had no effect on him because he was sober and chipper as he always was. He found me balled up on the laying the floor. "What are you doing?" He asked. Can't you see I'm dying I replied. He laughed. I was so embarrassed this was far from the sexy put together appearance I'd always had when he was around. He picked me up from the floor and carried me to the bed. "I know just what you need" he said. He grabbed his keys and headed out. Did I need peace and quiet? I was confused. About 20 minutes later he came back with some medicine, Gatorade, and chicken noddle soup. "This should have you feeling better in no time" he said. I smiled. I'd always been the one nursing people back to health and I found it quite different being on the other side. Jerome was just so amazing I could feel myself falling for him the more we were together. As the night went on I felt a little better, but I did enjoy the attention so the played the needy role all night and he didnt seem to mind. The next morning I met my sister for breakfast. She'd finally moved back into town. I still wasn't 100 percent better but I wasn't going to let feeling under the weather ruin my plans. As soon as we saw each other we ran and leap into each other's arms it was so childish of us, but we really missed each other. We sat for awhile just talking and laughing; it felt like old times. During our breakfast I began feeling weird. I felt warm and like I could vomit. I must still be hungover I thought but my body had apparently been trying to get my attention. As Cece spoke I noticed that my palms were sweating profusely. I felt flushed and unlike myself. I excused myself to the bathroom and try and puke hoping that it would make me feel better. On my way to the restroom I started to feel dizzy. I grabbed onto the wall to catch my balance. Something was definitely wrong and I was no longer in control of what was happening to me. I thought that maybe at this point I should turn around and ask my sister to take me to an urgent care to be seen. I walked back to our seats holding the way along the way. Carmen noticed and sprang up from seat to help. I stumbled about half way to Carmen before collapsing on the floor. "Alyssa"!!!!! Carmen yelled. That was the last thing I'd heard before blacking out. When I came to I realized that I was in the hospital. I couldn't quite the incident that , but I figured my sister made me come. I found Cece pacing the floor. Just then the doctor walked in. "Hello Alyssa how are you feeling the doctor asked. I'm ok doc do you know what happened I questioned. The doctor looked over at my sister. "Are you ok with her being in the room?" I nodded my head yes and asked him to proceed. Well I'm unsure of how you'll feel about this but congratulations you're pregnant he said. His words rang in my ears. Excuse me sir did you just say I'm Pregnant!