Reality of Reality|goodguyfitz¹

real life 8

  "I'm here, why did you need me?" Cam asks the empty looking apartment as he walks in. Rilee was moving in to a different apartment. they were going to be living in the same complex, just a further walk from where she was now. Cam didn't know if everyone else knew what was happening, but Swagger was probably moving out to move in with her. He thought they were probably trying to secretly date, but in his eyes, they were failing miserably.

  "Why is she sick, out of curiosity?" Rilee asks him, snapping him out of whatever trance he had gotten himself into.

  "I assume it's her period," Cam shrugs. "She's been in there all morning, but won't let me be with her to help, that kind of thing."

  "Normal period stuff," Rilee rolls her eyes. "For being small and happy all the time, she embraces the fucking devil when she's sick or on her period."

  "Don't let her hear you say that one," cam laughs. rilee's eyes get wide as she nods. "What did you need me for?"

  "Swagger helped me take all my stuff for the computer and plug it into the walls but I don't know how to do that and get them out without completely destroying everything," Rilee explains. "I'm very dumb."

  "Justified. Can you go to our apartment and be with her? This might take longer than expected."

  "Sure thing," Rilee says.

  although before she leaves, she steps into the bathroom and takes a box out of her medicine cabinet. she shoves the item into the pocket of her hoodie and ducks out of the apartment, shutting the door and running upstairs to Cam and Emily's.

  she walks in, immediately followed by a yell from Emily. "did you bring it?" Rilee hears.

  "Yeah, I did."

  "Great, keeping the whole sick-act is terrible. I hate lying to him," she insists.

  "What are you gonna do if it's positive? We only have about fifteen minutes to do this and freak out over whatever it is," Rilee tells her. Emily bites her lip.

  "No, it's fine, it's fine," she waves it off. "I'm sure it's just me being overly paranoid."

  "I dunno, Em. Condoms can be faulty," Rilee shrugs and looks at the floor. "Just depends on what you wanna believe anymore."

  "This is purely a precaution. Besides, if it is positive, I'll tell him. He'll understand," Emily explains.

  "Guys can be amazing, and then less amazing when all the sudden they leave because of a simple accident," Rilee's eyes get dark. "I don't think Cam is like that, but what if he is? What are we gonna do?"

  "Hot lesbian hook up, duh," Emily laughs, causing Rilee to as well.

  "Go take the fucking test, asshole, god," Rilee presses, sending her best friend to the bathroom.

  About a minute later, Emily comes out of the bathroom and chucks the test at her friend.

  "I don't want your fucking pee stick, Emily!" Rilee screams, batting away the test that slid onto the counter. "Timer starts now, I'm going to wash my hands." Rilee says, rolling her eyes at Emily, who laughs and takes a nervous glance at the test.

  what if she really was pregnant?

  but you aren't?

  how do you know?

  you don't, but that doesn't mean you are.

  doesn't rule out all the possibilities either.

  Emily stared at the test with wide eyes. what the hell would she do? she couldn't just tell Cam in a casual conversation, could she? would he be upset? or mad or angry or what would happen to them. would he leave her forever and never even think about her or come back?

  The timer going off cut her out of her thoughts. she felt like she was going to throw up.

  now you have to look.

  make Rilee do it for you.

  what if Rilee leaves too?

  she won't

  how do you know?

  "Emily, are you gonna look at the test up close or just stare at it?" Rilee asks her, a small smirk on her lips.

  "You do it."

  "It's your pee sti-"

  "Rilee, please, I can't look at it, I'm scared." she pleads at her friend, her eyes teary and her body shaking.

  Rilee softened, going over to the test and turning it over gently, looking at the result for a moment.

  neither of them said anything for what seemed like an eternity.

  "What does it say?" Emily finally chokes out, trying to open her eyes and look at her friend. "What is it?"

  "They can always be wrong, you know?" Rilee starts crying, sobs wrecking her body. Emily ran over to Rilee and hugged her.

  steeling herself, she took a glance at the test.

positive.