Jen's POV
Chris stand up and left the room. I feel sorry for her
We hear Sofia's crying.
"It's my turn. They are calling for me" Leah said and stand up
We're left alone. Harry is uncomfortable. It's noticeable he is upset
"So how's going with Amanda?" Angelo asks Harry
He looked at me
"Well. We broke up" he says
"No..."
"Yes. 4 months ago"
There was silence
An hour later Leah was asleep on the table. Chris and Adam left and Angelo was drank.
He's holding the cake and singing "Happy birthday" Me too as well
He threw the cake on the table and I moved it closer to Harry.
Harry's POV
The worst birthday ever.
Now Jen and I are siiting in a bar. Drinking beer and eating the leftovers of the cake. The machine she have me is here too. She wanted me to open it on the 'party'.
Jen is over thinking everything that happened. She's staring in one point.
On the radio is playing any song
'The lights are off
The party is over'
Which makes everything worse.
We talk and laugh. Jen is a great friend of mine. I spend better time with her than with the others. When she has problem she shares it and we both find solution. The others dont share with us anymore. Which is sad.
"One more of these" I say to the bartender
"Jesus Christ. Im still shocked" I said
"Me too. What is happening to them?"
"These're not our friends. We dont know these people. They are evil, angry and-"
"Evil" Jen interrupts me
"When did this happen?" I ask
"I dont know. Since they have kids" she takes a bite of the cake
"The kids make you evil" she chokes it
She's so cute when she talks with full mouth
"The kids dont make you evil" I say
"Who knows"
"It cant be this. The problem is something else" I say
"It's hard. It's really hard. The whole pregnancy. The whole stress. The huge body." I add
"Yeah, that's true" Jen says
"But you've been aware of this. You've agreed" I say
"They've known it's going to suck next 9-10months" Jen says
"But the gift is cool kiddo"
"It's cool to have a kid" Jen says
"You give a birth. Your family and friends come to visit you. They bake you cakes for you"
"Yup. But after the whole euphoria no one can sleep properly"
"Yes. Next year or two"
"Right. That's the time when you become evil"
We stand up and wear our jackets. Suddenly Jen stops and turns to me
"Do you know what is the strangest thing?" she asks me
"Your vagina looses up and it looks like a cave, so the sex is bad" I turn to her and see her glaring at me
"Im sorry. Say"
"You start to love the baby more than the person you' re with. You love the baby more than the person you've chosen from amount of all the people on the Earth"
Jen's POV
We left and headed to our paradise a.k.a. Manhattan. We'll be travelling in the subway so we keep on talking about kids.
Harry has very different and nice way of thinking. I admire him. He's really smart
"But what actually happens to you. You say, you love that kid but then you scold at him. Scream at him. Talk behind his back, Dont buy new toys and even sometimes you call him an idiot"
"This's because you've became evil"
"Look at me. Look at my age (36). Even if I meet the man I've longing for I will have maximum a year happiness. Then I will stuck in the baby trap and get out after 5-6 years" I say
"If you survive" Harry says
I chuckle a bit. The other people are looking at us. Thinking we are drunk. It's 1am.
"How to stay in love with your loved one even if you have kid?" I wonder myself
Then I turn to Harry. Not waiting any answer.
"Marry a divorced man with kids" he says
"in that case I miss the labor and Im going to be stepmother"
"So you say, you should be single mother to find the man of your dreams?"
I look away. Thinking about Harry just said. I think he's right.
Harry's POV
Finally we get off of the subway. 10min walking and we're home.
Jen doesnt say a single word. She's over thinking everything.
"Divorced people are perfect. I mean they leave all bad love experiences with their ex and have new self for the new relationship. Plus they have 50% responsibilities for the kid" I break the silence
"Shared custody" Jen says
"Exactly. You have the whole time with your new lover while your ex is dealing with the child. But when he's with you, you turn into the perfect parent"
"Yeah. Thats the best way" she says holding the bath edges of her scarf while walking
"Or you dont have kids at all" I say
"But I want kids Harry. Dont you want?" she whines and turns to me
"Of course I want Jen. Im going to have a kid no matter what" I say serious
I really want to have a kid
"Me too. At least one"
She opens the door of the building and we enter. I walk behind her.
1..2..3..
"Lets have one" I say
"What?"
"Lets have a kid Jen" I kind of repeat.
