Assistance**David Dobrik

Chapter 13

The next morning I wake up and I'm sick again. As I'm sitting in front of the toilet, vomiting, David's sister walks in and her eyes widen. "Do you want me to go get my mom?" She asks and I manage a smile. "No, can you just go get David please?" I ask politely and she nods and runs out. David runs in a few moments later and holds my hair up for me. "Do you need to go see a doctor?" He asks and I shake my head. "It's fine, it was probably that shrimp I had last night," I explain and he doesn't seem convinced. "This is the second day in a row that you have been sick," he says and gets me a wet rag again. "It's fine, I'll just go take some more pepto bismol," I say and he helps me up. I clean the bathroom and take the medicine and David makes me drink lots of water to stay hydrated. "What are we doing today?" I ask, standing over my suitcase in only a bra and underwear. "Well, we could stay in," he says and kisses my neck. "We are definitely not doing this here," I say and push him away. He sighs, "Well, I want you to meet all of my friends," he says and I smile. I put on a pair of black leggings and a black long sleeve cropped shirt with a big jacket with fur lining and my white vans. I curl my hair and do my makeup and David is already waiting for me in the car. "Bye!" I call as I slip out of the house and slip into David's rental car. "You look hot," he says and kisses my cheek. "Thanks honey, you do too of course," I tell him and he smiles. He's wearing his usual black ensemble, with a black hat this time. "I'm starving," I whine and he pulls into a McDonald's. "David I don't want McDonalds," I roll my eyes and he frowns. "Then what do you want?" He asks and pulls back out into the street. "I want ice cream," I reply and he gives me the funniest look. "Corinne, it's literally freezing outside," he says, pointing to the temperature on the screen of the car. "Yes but I really really want it," I plead and he just throws his hands up in defeat. "Okay, is cold stone good with you?" He asks as we pull into the parking lot. "Yes!" I reply and we go inside and I get a large cup of strawberry ice cream. "You want some?" I ask when we get in the car. He opens his mouth and I give him a big spoonful. "It's way too cold out for that," he shakes his head and drives out and to his friend Alex's house. We get out of the car and David eats another bite of ice cream before knocking on the door. "You know you don't have to knock," a guy who I assume to be Alex says when he opens the door. David hugs him and then introduces me. "You do know it's 20 degrees outside right?" Alex asks after hugging me. "Yes, but I was craving it," I say and he laughs. When we walk inside, there are so many people there, mostly guys. Ilya comes and hugs me, gives me a weird look about my ice cream and then shrugs. I introduce myself to all of his friends and ultimately end up sitting in between David and Ilya on the couch as they pass out the tickets to the hockey game that we are apparently going to. "So what's up with the ice cream? You pregnant or something?" Ilya asks and my heart drops. I look up at David and his eyes are wide. He puts his hand on my thigh and I calmly respond. "No I just love ice cream," I say and get up to throw it away. David follows me and we hover over the trashcan. "Should we skip this game and go take a test?" He mutters and looks around like we are being watched. "No, it's fine, I'm on birth control I'm not pregnant," I whisper but I'm not convincing either of us. He takes my hand and a deep breath. "Okay guys are you ready to go?" He asks and they all get up and pile into different cars. Alex and Dima ride with us and they all tell me about David in high school, which just makes me cringe, but honestly I probably seem like a bitch because my mind is on whether I'm pregnant or not. The hockey game is long and boring and I can tell David is trying his best to have fun with his friends but neither of us can focus on anything. When we finally leave Alex's house we rush to the drug store and buy like 5 pregnancy tests and rush back to David's house and run upstairs without saying hello to anyone. "Okay David before I pee on this stick-" I say and tears are already forming. "Darling, if you are pregnant, everything is going to be okay, I love you," David says and kisses me. I take a deep breath and pee in a cup and we test all of the tests we bought. David pulls me into a hug while we wait and kisses my forehead over and over. I've never seen him this nervous and I wipe my tears before they can fall. "Corinne, don't cry, this is a good thing," David whispers and it just makes me cry more. I bury my head in his chest and he tightens the hug. "Okay, let's check them," he says and picks one up and there are two lines. "Does that mean pregnant?" He asks and I just break down. "Hey, it's okay, calm down," he says and sits on the bathroom floor with me. "David, we have been dating for like 3 months, I am going to have to drop out of college-" I say and he shushes me. "Who cares how long we have been together? I love you more than I've ever loved anyone, and you are not going to have to drop out of college, I will quit YouTube before that happens," he says and I wipe my eyes. "I love you too, I just need some time to process this," I mutter and he cradles me. "I've always wanted to be a dad," he says and kisses my face for the 1000th time in the last 30 minutes. "Are you two in there?" Elliot calls from outside of the door. "Yeah what do you need?" David calls back. "I was wondering about this email," Elliot answers and David sighs. "I'll come see you in a few minutes," David replies and Elliot walks away. "There's really a baby in there," I say as David rubs my stomach. "Yeah that's insane," he says and he seems mesmerized. "You can go talk to Elliot, I'm fine," I finally say but David doesn't move. I look up and he has tears in his eyes. "What's wrong?" I ask him and he just smiles. "I'm just happy, darling, this is a dream," he says and I smile, but I can't be happy like him, I'm just too shocked.