Goodbye at Mid September

Hello & Goodbye (Preview)

(Tell me if I should continue the sequel)

(And this is so for my 'Bryan')

Hello & Goodbye

 

 

A month—

It only took a month for me to decide that it’s over.

I can’t do it. I can’t stay. I can’t hurt him further.

“Diane,” he called me one morning. “Can you come here a second?”

I went to the kitchen where he was leaning on the window, a serious expression on his face. “What’s wrong?”

Steven faced me, a white rectangular thing on his hand. “Would you mind explaining me this?”

My breath got caught up in my throat as I realized this was the pregnancy test I took yesterday. “I, uh…didn’t know how to tell you.” I sheepishly whispered.

“Are you sure you’re pregnant?” He asks.

I nodded. “I’m pregnant, Steven.”

He took a deep breath and looked down. Then he smiled up at me.

But here’s the deal breaker:

“I need to go back to New York.”

And in a snap, his smile vanished. “Why?”

Say it, Diane. My subconscious pushes on but I wasn’t sure I could.

“Is it about your mom?” He asks gently and steps closer to me.

I shook my head but tried to contemplate if I should use it as an excuse.

“Then what is it?”

It isn’t my mother. It’s about me…being a mother.

 

I sighed and closed my eyes.

I suddenly felt his hand cupping my face.

“Tell me.” He whispers. And the sweet sound of his voice lured me in.

Can I really break his heart?

You have to. This annoying voice answers.

I opened my eyes and in an instant, he kisses me. I pulled away slowly and looked cowardly at my shoes.

“Diane…?”

I didn’t know when the tears came but it did. “I’m pregnant.”