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My nerves build as we head inside, where we find Tye already there and wiping down the bar top. Amelia is already perched on a barstool by the time the door shuts behind me.
“I have news!” she sings excitedly. “Kennedy does too, but hers doesn’t look nearly as exciting.”
I sigh. “I told you; I will tell you and Tye at the same time.”
“Okay, well here we are! Spit it out.” She uses the same words I tried earlier to learn her big secret.
Honestly, she really should've told me in the car, because she looks like she might combust if she keeps it in any longer.
“Are you always this high strung?” I ask her.
Amelia smiles guiltily. “Patience is not my strong suit.”
A light chuckle comes from Tye as she watches us. “Well, I have something to tell you, too. So, on the count of three, why don't we all say our news at once?”
Amelia and I both nod, though hers is excited while mine is more reluctant. As Tye counts down from three, my stomach is practically in my throat. When I open my mouth, it's quite likely that vomit will come out rather than words, but I close my eyes and when she reaches one, we all confess.
“Carter and I closed on a house.”
“I'm engaged!” Amelia excitedly holds up her hand with a beautiful ring on a particular finger.
“I'm pregnant.”
They both turn to me, jaws slacked and eyes wide. I wrap my arms around my stomach, feeling exposed and vulnerable and scared. Hearing the words come from my mouth when I called my OB/GYN earlier was intense, but telling my friends makes it real.
I can't hide from it anymore.
This is happening, whether I want it to or not.
Amelia is the first to recover and starts firing off question after question. “How do you know? Wait, didn't you just have your period? Oh my God, is it Alec's? Please don't tell me it's Alec's. Does Easton know? Are you sure it's Easton's? How far along are you?”
“Can we go back to when you said you're engaged?” I ask.
She shakes her head, like the ring and her engagement are minor details. “Absolutely not.”
As she starts to demand answers that overwhelm me more than knowing there's a tiny human growing in my stomach, I glance over at Tye for help. Thankfully, she takes mercy on me and jumps in.
“Okay, Meelz,” she stops her. “How about we calm down a bit? One thing at a time, yeah?”
Amelia's shoulders sag as she catches her breath. “You're right. Sorry.”
Tye focuses on me. “Are you sure?”
I nod slowly. “Pretty sure. I took a few home pregnancy tests.”
“Okay,” she says quietly, then a little louder. “Okay. We can handle this.”
“We can?” Amelia and I ask in unison.
Tye squares her shoulders confidently. “We can. After work tonight, we're going to go back to Kennedy's, and we're going to figure out a plan.”
Amelia shakes her head immediately. “No. We have to go now. Call out or something.”
“All three of us cannot call out on a Friday night,” I tell her.
“Well, Zayn is coming here to hang out, and I suck at keeping secrets from him. It's like he's got a direct line to my brain or something.”
I pinch the bridge of my nose, knowing what a disaster this could be. To my relief, Tye takes over. She puts her hands on Amelia's shoulders and looks her dead in the eyes.
