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“I’m glad that I’m having this baby with you…if it was anyone else…” she shook her head and then shrugged. “I don’t think I would want to have a baby,” she said.
“So after classes today, can I come over?” I asked.
Naomi chuckled. “Yes,” she said and stood up. “I have to run to the library, Jacob and I might be late,” she said. I quirked my brow at her and she laughed at my expression. “I told him that I was taken and he took it very well. We just have some cramming to do for one of our other classes,” she explained.
“Alright,” I said. Naomi slung her bag over her shoulder and left with a wave. My chest felt full and I got up to stretch because it really felt small, like I didn’t have enough space inside for all of the stuff I was feeling. I was excited to move forward with Naomi, happy that she loved me back, I felt beyond lucky and a host of other good things. I couldn’t wait for the day to be over so that we could be alone.
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Naomi fumbled with the key to her door as I kissed her behind the ear and slipped my hand underneath her shirt to caress her lower belly.
“Having trouble?” I murmured.
“A little, there’s a frisky man attached to my back,” she said. She finally got the door open and I picked her up and kicked the door closed behind us. The cat was curled up on one of the bar chairs, eyeing us. I sat down on the couch and Naomi straddled my hips. We made out for what felt like a minute before I unclasped her bra and made to peel her shirt off.
A firm knock on the door made us both jump. “You’re expecting someone?” I asked.
“No…?” she said. Naomi clasped her bra and fixed her shirt before she got off of me. I adjusted my pants and stood up. She checked the peephole and then froze. “Oh my god,” she whispered, her tone was horrified.
“Who is it? Get away from the door,” I said, thinking there were burglars out there with guns or something.
“My parents. Both of them,” she whispered in a panic. She looked at me, wide eyed with panic, and I took a deep breath.
“You have to answer it,” I said. They knocked again and then Naomi’s phone started to ring. She took a shaky breath and then I realized her hands were trembling. I stepped closer to her and she opened the door.
“Nao,” a female voice said. I couldn’t see Naomi’s mom, but her dad was standing directly in my line of sight and he was squinting at me suspiciously. He looked at Naomi and greeted her in a low voice.
“We wanted to talk, to really talk,” her mom said.
“Um, that’s great but it’s like no one in this family knows how to call first,” Naomi said with an awkward chuckle. “I have company,” she said. Her dad stepped inside, followed tentatively by her mom.
“I’m Roth,” he said, “and you are?” I stepped forward and shook his hand. Roth had a firm handshake and stared at me like a drill sergeant would.
“I’m Josh, it’s nice to finally meet you,” I said.
“I’m Julie, Naomi’s mom,” Julie said and I shook her hand as well.
“Hi, yeah, I can see the resemblance. Naomi and Jess look a lot like you,” I said. Julie tilted her head to the side, her expression curious. “I’m uh…” I glanced at Naomi, who’s eyes were darting back and forth between her parents. “I’m Naomi’s boyfriend,” I said.
“Boyfriend? I didn’t know you had a boyfriend Naomi, and he already met your sister?” Julie asked her.
“He met both Casey and Jess…uh we’re pretty serious,” Naomi said.
“Maybe we should all sit down?” Roth suggested. He took a deep breath and walked to the living room. We sat around the coffee table and kinda just stared at each other for a beat of silence.
“What did you guys want to talk about?” Naomi asked. Both of her parents glanced at me for a split second. “It’s okay, he knows about what the family’s been going through,” she said.
“That’s fine, but we wanted to speak to you in private, Nao,” Julie said. She reminded me of Jess, a lot.
“Dad, whatever it is, just say it please,” Naomi said.
He took a deep breath and then gestured with his hands as if shrugging. “Your mom and I are getting a divorce,” he said. Naomi physically reacted. She recoiled slightly and her spine straightened. I reached for her hand and laced my fingers with hers.
“Obviously, we already got the divorce but this is us telling you—face-to-face—that we’re split up. Your mom and I just don’t match anymore,” Roth said and there was regret in his tone. He glanced at Julie who smiled at him sadly.
“We were slipping away from each other even while you were in high school. Then, when you moved out our relationship got drastically worse—cold,” Julie said. “It was unhealthy for us to stay together and so your father moved out. We’ve been living apart and hiding it from all of you kids for a few years now,” she said.
Naomi took a deep, shaky breath. “S-so…what’s going to happen now?” I wanted to put my arm around her and hug her to my side but I knew that her parents wanted me to blend into the background as much as possible. I honestly shouldn’t have been in the room but Naomi wanted me there, so I was going to stay.
