approx 1 week later, 4am Tuesday
I heard sobbing from the bathroom when I woke up, and the familiar warmth of Olivia's body beside wasn't there.
I almost wanted to go back to sleep, to forget about the crying until the morning.
I checked the time. Later in the morning, anyway.
But I found myself rolling out of bed, my mind still cloaked with drowsiness and my limbs still stiff. I slowly rapped on the door six times.
The sobbing stopped, followed by silence. I knocked six times more.
No answer. Then, a loud intake of breath and full-on crying. My brain imagined waterfalls and I felt like an idiot. "Olivia?"
The crying paused briefly before coning back, a little less than before. I abruptly opened the door.
Olivia was against the wall, hugging her half-naked body. A tight black shirt was all she was wearing and she had a small slip of paper - I think its paper - in her hand, and her hand was shaking terribly.
She looked up at me, and her eyes flashed quickly with a mixture of hatred, confusion and a look of being overwhelmed.
She croaked, "Tim, I'm pregnant."
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Burns (sequel to bruises)
Fiksi RemajaHe enveloped me in his arms, his touch warm, as it always had been. He kissed the side of my throat, the spot where my pulse throbbed in a steady rhythm that became quicker when he kissed it, and his kiss was the same as it always had been. He smi...
