"No! No! No!" Taylor paced anxiously, her eyes fixed on the four positive pregnancy tests.
"These must be wrong. I can't... I can't be pregnant right now."
Overwhelmed, she sank down against the wall, tears streaming down her face.
What will he think? That was the only question racing through her mind.
She dialed Selena's number, clutching the phone to her ear.
"Hey! What's up?"
"S-Sel."
"Oh my God. What's wrong?"
"I-I think... I think I'm pregnant."
Selena fell silent. Taylor had always wanted to have children, but her distress was confusing. Not understanding her friend's reaction, Selena asked her.
"And that's a bad thing?"
"What if he leaves me?" Taylor whimpered, sniffing.
"Honey, he won't. Trust me on this."
"But-" Taylor tried to interject, only to be cut off by Selena.
"No. You two have always dreamed of having kids one day."
"Later! When we're married! Not when we were irresponsible and had unprotected sex. This is a disaster. Please come over." Taylor pleaded, finally reaching out to her friend.
"If I come over you have to tell him. Tonight."
"But he's at work, he'll fly home for me when I don't need it."
"I don't care, you're telling him. It's the right thing to do. You can't hide it for long."
"Fine. Please come over." Once Taylor ended the call she blew her nose and cleaned all of the smeared makeup off of her face.
She cautiously lifted her shirt up and touched her bare stomach. She knew the tests were correct. Her symptoms were spot on and so were the dates lining up with the last time they had intercourse.
She felt nauseous the past week and her breast were sore. Her period was late, everything was there she just didn't want to believe it.
They had been dating for four years. Children had been a big part of their late night conversations but they never expected to slip up and have an unplanned pregnancy.
A knock at the door made Taylor's hand jerk away from her exposed stomach and walk down stairs.
"Hey, you doing better than ten minutes ago?"
"Not the time for jokes. Tell me if these are actually positive or am I blind?"
Taylor led her best friend into the bathroom and showed her all four tests.
"So?"
"Yeah, you're definitely having a baby."
"Oh God."
She rubbed her face in frustration.
"Come on, let's call him. Get it over with."
They held hands as Taylor pressed on his contact. It ringed a few times before he picked up.
"Hey, beautiful. What're doing?"
"Um" Taylor looks at Selena with fear in her eyes, Selena knew she was scared. Almost every ex of hers would've lashed out if they heard this news.
"You can tell me."
"Please don't be mad."
"I won't."
