Perfectly Undone

Chapter 28|| A Bunch of Four Year Olds

Chapter 28||

"Rachel say please." Brooke mumbled into Rachels ear. Rachel smiled at me and said please. I passed the chicken nuggets over to her and put some on her plate. "Now who's idea was it to make fish? Six year olds don't eat fish or at least my six year old."

"Mine! Celeste wasn't thinking." I smiled at her and she flicked me off. "Jeez Celeste, you don't do that." She rolled her eyes and took a sip of her wine. I looked down at my phone waiting for a notification but it wasn't happening. That one little notification from my health app that hadn't came from the app.

I tapped the app and saw I should've gotten my period almost a week ago. My heart stopped in that one moment and my breathing quickened. I tried taking deep breaths but they only worked for a little bit. Everyone started talking to Rachel. I stared at the glass of wine in front of me and all the possible scenarios flooded my head.

Maybe I was sick or maybe I was just stressed. I couldn't be pregnant, could I? I still had four months of school left. Then I would graduate, write, get a book published, and then focus on my romance with Bryant. Not have a kid, graduate, give birth, and then start my journey as an author. What about motherhood?

That also means I would have to get a job to support the kids because I'm not going to be that woman who sits back while the guy does all the work. Even if that meant giving up my dream as an author and letting my degree go down the drain. Who am I kidding, I could be completely getting ahead of myself. I might not even be pregnant.

"Are you okay Ellie? You've hardly touched your food and wine. We know how much you enjoy a glass." Celeste tried comforting me but I knew I had to get home and talk to the only person I could about this.

"Crap. I forgot to do one of my pieces of homework and it's due tomorrow." I started getting up and grabbing my purse from the coffee table.

"Tomorrow's Sunday, Aunt Ellie." Honestly never thought I would hear those words come from a child.

"I know, Rachel."-haha, no I didn't-"College does that to you. But I really need to get home. I'm sorry, love you guys." Celeste stood up, I quickly kissed her cheek and waved at everyone goodbye. I got into my car and let my tears fall down my face. I hated crying, it felt like I was doing it all the time.

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I sat down on the bed propped up on the headboard. I looked down at the phone with blurry eyes. I wanted to press Bryant's name and tell him, but I couldn't. He had everything going for him right now and I didn't want him coming home just because of me.

I clicked the next best thing, Aunt Tammy's name. I let it ring until she finally answered, "Hey hun, what's up?"

I let out a breath and put my hands to my temples, "There's no way to say this easily and it's super scary. But, I think I'm pregnant." My heart raced and my hands started shaking. "Well did you take a test?"

I wanted to just nod my head no, but I had to say it out loud. "No. I don't want to. But I'm a week late. I guess I've been snapping at people and being hormonal."

"Well it could be a number of possibilities. You could be stressed and missing a period. Maybe you're coming down with something. But the more important question is did you have sex?"

Why do I have to talk to my aunt about this? Now I wished I didn't ask for her help, "Yes." I heard her sigh and I knew she was pinching the bridge of her nose, "Was it a long time ago? Or recently?"

"A couple nights before Bryant left. That's when, so it's been like two weeks." 

"I'd go buy a test hun. It might be good for you to know... Noah what the heck are you doing? Other Noah! Put that down, jeez it's like there's a bunch of four year olds in this house."