My Best Friend's Son

Chapter 7. The Cat is out of the Bag.

        "Jesus woman! Stop puking already." Michael complained, just as we entered the room I started puking, I don't know whether it is because I am pregnant or because of what just happened a few minutes ago. "I was only teasing," he added, I combed my hair back and spoke into the toilet "Yeah but just the thought of sleeping with you makes me--" I was cut off as I threw up once more.

"I'm not that bad!" he commented, I started puking once more. After a few minutes of silence when I was finally done puking. I shouted to Michael who was probably in the room "This baby is seriously killing me! What is it doing to me? Throwing all the food I ate up my throat?" but it was met with silence. I swung the bathroom door open "Michael you ass--"  but I was cut off as I saw Andrew standing right in front of the door, wide-eyed and breathing heavily.

"Andrew I can--" "How could you do this to me?!" he raised his voice "Andrew please just--" "You told me that you and Michael weren't dating! I am your best friend, we tell each other everything"! "Me and Michael aren't--" "Save it! I don't want to hear anymore of your lies!" he yelled as he held up a hand to stop me. "but I am not--" "Jennifer you said--" this time I cut him off by saying "THE BABY IS YOURS!!!" more like shouted.

Silence.

I stared at Andrew who just stared at me with no expressions on his face. Both of us breathing heavily as if we were running a marathon. "What?" Andrew finally asked, I scanned the room for Michael but he was nowhere to be seen. "This baby," I said as I put my hand on my stomach "is yours... You are the first person I have slept with... and the last." he stood there saying nothing, sinking in my words.

"Why didn't you tell me?" he asked "I..." I was lost for words again. "Why didn't you tell me before the wedding?" "I found out during your honeymoon... why would you even care?" more like a statement as I stared at the ground when suddenly I felt Andrew's hands lift up my own and as I looked up, I was staring right into his eyes. "Because... I would have stopped the wedding to be with you." was it right to be feeling this way? My heart just soared through the sky staying there not wanting to come down. Does he feel the same way?

"Jen, I still feel the same way about you since college. Never a day has passed by that I have not thought of you, that I not have imagine us getting married and having kids." Andrew said as tears filled his eyes. I don't know what to say. I feel like a slut. "I married Amber because yes, once upon a time I had feelings for her but you're Jennifer my best friend. Yes, you left me but that doesn't mean that I would stop loving you. I've never stopped. I can't stop." No words came out of my mouth. "I'm sorry," I suddenly sobbed out.

Stupid hormones. 

"Why are you sorry?" He laughed out. "I left you in college because I was afraid only to find out that I am crazy about you. It killed me to watch you get married to someone else and I was like that could've been me you know, we could've had this baby joyously telling this to our families and would've been celebrating... Everything would've been alright-- no! Everything would've been more than alright-- great actually! If I wasn't such a coward things would've been different." I was a complete and utter mess as I sobbed out my little sad story. Andrew cupped my face and wipped away my tears, this moment where I just want to press the pause button and stay in this moment where Andrew, my best friend, stares at me with so much love that I clearly don't deserve.

But this moment was meant for me, and just because I don't deserve it doesn't mean I won't cherish it. "I don't deserve you," I wasn't usually a person with low self-esteem but right now with the hormones kicking in. I felt like a home wrecker. Andrew frowned and asked "Why?" I could think of a million reasons why but this was the one I just had to use, "I'm pregnant with a married guy's baby," Andrew then said something that made everything seemed just a bit better. "You are my happiness Jen." "But Amber is your everything... you married her," I cried out. "But what is everything when you don't have happiness? How can I be happy when my own happiness has left me?" He asked me and fluttering was happening all over my body.

"Do you feel the same?" Andrew asked conciously afraid that I might reject him but if I rejected him again then I would be a huge and total idiot. I nodded and he pulled me into a loving embrace as we pulled away I stared into his eyes.

"What do we do?" was all I asked, was he gonna break up with Amber? Andrew smiled as he grabbed my hand and dragged me out of mine and Michael's room and into the resort. We passed a Michael who was waiting for us right outside our room. Then we passed Ginger who seemed startled by me and him running hand in hand. "Something wrong?" Ginger asked from the distance. Andrew looked at me with pure happiness but up ahead I saw Ryan and Amber who just suddenly jumped apart once they heard our footsteps. "Amber! Ryan! I have-- actually me and Jennifer have something to confess." Andrew said oozing with happiness but before anybody could speak Amber told us something that made my whole crash once more, and mine and Andrew's future seemed to vanish within seconds.

"I'm pregnant."