The Green Labyrinth

I'm Not Okay (I Promise)

Collin: 

It's June, the warm breeze hits my face. As we sit outside on the back deck. The summer breeze is soothing and hopeful. Theo sits on the bench swing next to me, her legs over mine. 

"He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same." Her voice soft as she reads, I sit, letting it take over me, her words flow through me like an endless breeze. 

"You're so beautiful." I say. She stops reading, watching me. 

"I love you." She says, blowing me a kiss. 

"Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same." I think on that line for a moment. 

"Sounds like us, reminds me of our souls." I smile at her. 

"Sounds like the vows we wrote to each other. About two souls destined to find each other, only the lucky ones actually do." She leans forward. 

"We are lucky." 

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Theo:

"SO? What is it!!!" Shea sits on the bed. 

"I can't look. Oh god." I sit on the bed next to her. Holding my face in my hands.

"Hey!" She grabs them, forcing me to look at her.

"Whatever it is, you'll be happy right?" She asks.

"Yeah." She pulls me into the bathroom. Holding onto the test, we count. 

"One....two....three.." I flip it over, two little pink lines mark the strip... positive. 

"It's positive...oh my god it's positive." My voice almost inaudible. 

"WHAT OH MY GOD!" 

I stare at it..not sure how to react. I'm so happy. I feel tears roll down my cheeks. 

"Theo.." Shea looks at me, reading me, waiting for a response. 

"It's fucking positive. oh my god. it's positive." I can't help from smiling. My cheeks hurt. 

"Are you going to tell Collin?" She asks. 

"Yeah, gotta figure out how. How do you tell someone, 'hey, you're gonna be a dad'" I joke.

"I have an idea..." She runs into the bedroom.

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Collin: 

I make my way up stairs. Closing the door behind me. Theo is sitting on the bed. 

"Uh..hey." I say, she's watching me. Patting the bed for me to sit next to her. 

"I have a present for you." She smiles, reaching into the nightstand drawer. She pulls out a long, black box. Almost like a jewelry box. 

"Before you open it, know I love you so much and I hope you'll be as excited as I am." She smiles at me, biting her lip. 

"You're acting weird." I look at her.

"Just open it!" I look down, untying the small ribbon..I open it slowly. 

"What.." I look at the small pink lines on the strip. Two lines, positive. 

"You're...it's..you're.." my mouth can't make the words come out. 

"Pregnant...yes." She smiles wide.

"OH MY GOD!" I yell, tackling her back into the bed. 

"I'm so happy Theo...so undeniably happy." I kiss her long and hard. She looks at me. I kiss down her neck and over her belly. Kissing it softly.