Take Me to The Races

Shadow of a Doubt

I was slicing pepperoni. The rest of the ghoulies were getting out in two days. I decide to make homemade pizza for the party. A few ghoulies were helping me prep the ingredients.

"Hey, what are you doing out of bed." Malachai came into the kitchen, glaring at me.

"I'm feeling better." I shrug. I've been feeling queasy lately and had a dizzy spell early today. He wanted me to stay in bed, but staying in one spot was making me feel anxious I had to do something.

"That what you said before, and then you nearly fell over when you were working the punching bag." He moves closer to catch me if I stumbled again.

"I told you, it because I wasn't drinking enough water." I shook the water bottle I had next to me in his face. I put the pepperoni slices in a container. I wash the cutter board, so I could cut the mushrooms next.

"If it all the same, I would like for you to get check out. Sassy came back from her picnic with Maverick in the woods. She can look you over." He grabs the knife from me and put it down.

"Later I'm busy." I pick the knife back up and continue cutting.

"Someone else can take over for you. Where is Greg?" He looks around for the tall blonde.

"Getting firewood with Verne," I told him.

"Where's Cricket?" He asks next.

"Right here," She calls from her spot on the island where she was kneading the dough.

"Fine, I'll take over. Now go get check out." He grabs the knife from me once again.

"Once I get clear from Sassy, you get off my back. It's my body, if something was wrong I would know." I stuck my hand out.

"Deal," He grab my hand, instead of shaking it he pulls me in and gave me a peck on the kiss. "But, if she finds something wrong, back to bed you go." I roll my eyes I like how he seal the deal before adding his side of it.

"Deal," I nod and move to the side so he could get to the mushrooms. I was confident that there was nothing wrong with me.

"Well, go." He points to the door, when I didn't move.

"I want you to start cutting the mushroom first. You suppose to be taking over for me, so I can go." I didn't trust that he wouldn't leave the mushroom uncut to follow me. He let out a groan of frustration as he cut the mushrooms. "Small slices." I remind him as I walk out. I went to the room that we turn into Sassy's office.

I walk in to see her already there. "Sorry, Malachai paranoia made you cut your date short." I said, sitting on the medical cot.

"Its fine, I was going to see you any ways." She opens a draw and shuffle through it looking for something.

"You were?" I raised an eyebrow. Sassy wasn't much for preparing for parties, she normally avoid me when that kind of work needs to be done.

"Yeah, I was talking to Maverick and I think I might know what's wrong." She grabs something from the drawer, but kept it behind her back.

"I think I'm just home sick and have cabin fever." I shrug. Sometime physiological things can turn to physical. Being the mood I was in lately, I wasn't eating regularly. That's why I got ill.

"The nausea and dizzy you been feeling lately, couple with the mood swings and irritability Maverick told me about. I think you should take a test." She pulls a box from behind her back.

She hands it to me. "A pregnancy test?" I throw it to the side. "I don't need that I'm on the pill. It insulting that you think I am just because I'm moody lately. I don't know if you notice but I've been under a lot of stress. Beside that a stereotype they betray in Hollywood to discredit women for the miracle of making life. Like women may make life but they almost loses their minds while doing it." I ramble on with my conspiracy theory as to not think about the possibility of being pregnant. "I haven't thrown up." I add on, when I thought about other symptoms.