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I almost laughed at how concerned he sounded. It was endearing, and nice to know that he cared about me so much.
“I’m fine, Lucas. I just figured there was some stuff that we should talk about.”
“Oh, of course. What is it?” he asked.
“It’s…um…” I lowered my voice. “It’s about the baby.”
“Oh, of course. Is everything all right? What is it about the baby? Your mother hasn’t found out yet, has she?”
“She hasn’t, but I don’t know how much longer I can hide it. I’m worried she’ll think it’s yours and blame you for it, too.”
“Bella, you don’t have to worry about me. I can take your mother and her anger, you know that. Besides, it would be very easy to clear up that misunderstanding.”
“I guess you’re right.” I sighed. “There was one other thing. When am I supposed to go in to see a doctor?”
“Oh shit, oh shit, I completely forgot, uh, give me one second. I can look this up.”
The other side of the line went silent for a moment, presumably as Lucas scrambled to figure out when I should have seen a doctor.”
“So, it looks like you should have scheduled an appointment when you found out you were pregnant, but that doesn’t matter right now. I can work to get you in on Monday at some place.”
“What about work?”
“Don’t worry about it, this is more important. Remember, I said I was going to take care of you, and I mean it. Let me take you to this appointment. I want you and the baby to both be as healthy as possible. I’m not going to lose my best friend just because she didn’t go to her appointments.”
I smiled, glad that I had someone like Lucas looking out for me at this moment.
“Thanks, Lucas. Really. I’m glad that you’re helping me through this.”
“Oh of course. I mean, what kind of a friend would I be if I couldn’t do at least this?”
“Well, I don’t know. Most friends don’t book their friend’s prenatal appointments and then accompany them to those.”
“Exactly. I’m not most friends. I’m your best friend. And hopefully more.”
I couldn’t help but smile at the thought of Lucas and I being more than friends. I mean, last night had effectively set the precedent that the two of us were no longer just friends, but the idea of that being something concrete was even better.
To call him my boyfriend…that would be more than I could ever dream of.
I was suddenly overcome by the wish that he was the biological father of my child, instead of a man who I knew absolutely nothing about. How much easier would it be then? So much easier, that was for sure.
“All right, I have an appointment booked for you for Monday,” Lucas said on the other end of the line, breaking me out of my daydreaming. “I’ll take you to it, so you don’t have to worry at all.”
“Thanks, Lucas. I really mean it, you’re a lifesaver.”
“Well of course. I care a lot about you Bella, I hope you can feel that in your heart. I want what’s best for you.”
“I think I’m coming to feel that a lot, especially now with everything that you’ve done for me.”
“Good.” He sighed. “Well, I’ve got to go, but I’ll talk to you later. I’ll have my phone on me if you need me, so please don’t hesitate to call.”
I smiled. “I won’t.”
He hung up, and then I was left alone again with my thoughts, in my room, wondering how I was going to solve the situation that I was faced with.
All I knew was that today was not the day that I was going to solve it. There was too much going on, and I needed to realize that it was okay for me to not have it all figured out, especially not right now when I still had time.
That was the most important thing for me to remember: I still had time before I could no longer hide things from my mom and the truth came all spilling out.
