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That’s the problem.
I shut my eyes and let out a scream so loud I wouldn’t be surprised if Will could hear me. Once all of the air has left my lungs I stop, letting my head rest on the steering wheel before I make my way to the one person who’d always been there for me.
Hi, you’ve reached Lauren, I’m not here, but my phone is! Leave me some love!
I sigh, wondering where she is that she wouldn’t be answering her phone. “Lo, it’s Charley, I’ll be at your place in approximately…” I look at the clock in my car, “thirty minutes. Please be home. Please have wine. Actuallyfuck. I can’t have wine because I’m pregnant. FUCK! I didn’t mean that. I mean, it’s true but I didn’t mean to blurt it out on the answering machine, I’m sure you’ll never check. Please don’t check this because I know you’ll be pissed that this is how you found out that I’m pregnant. Pregnant with Will’s baby and he’s got a drinking problem. Like full fledged, and I just left his house, he thinks I’ve left him…and, oh my God, why am I still talking!? I’m coming over. I pray to God you’re home, because I have a problem.”
5:00 pm
It’s been an hour since Charlotte left. An hour of me staring at the door that she walked out of. An hour of feeling a monumental hole in my chest where my heart used to be. A heart that a teary-eyed Charley left with. She didn’t take all of her things with her, leaving me some shred of hope that maybe she was just scared and that this wasn’t really over.
You think she could have hauled everything out of here in one trip? You know the girl’s got a lot of shit.
I finally manage to pull myself off the floor, wiping the tears that had slid down my face for the millionth time and pick up the phone to call the one person who’d never forsaken me. I could sit here in the dark forever, feeling sorry for myself, or I could make a change. A change that would get me my girl back. And once I had her, I wasneverletting her go again.
“Tuck,” I speak into the phone, “I have a problem.”
5:30 pm
I had to pull over two more times, my body wracked with sobs as I drove to Lauren’s. I was shocked that she had yet to call me back or even text me, making me wonder if she had to go into work and she wasn’t near her phone.Hopefully nothing is wrong.
I pull into the parking lot of her apartment complex and make my way into the building, avoiding eye contact with everyone in the lobby including the guy at the front desk who’s eyeing me as I sign in.
“Are you alright, miss?” he asks.
Not in the slightest.“Yes, I’m fine, thank you.” I tell him with the most confidence I can muster. I’m practically flying down the hall the second I make it to her floor and pushing my key into her door. My lip trembles as I see boxes littering the floor, dishes out of her cabinets, and her bookshelf is almost completely empty.
She’s already packing? She’s leaving…this soon?My lip trembles thinking about how I am going to get through life with no Willandno Lauren.
Matt was right, I am going to be alone.
No! Will is going to make it right and we are going to be together.
“Lo?” I notice her cell phone lighting up on her table.So, she’s here. Maybe she’s napping. Perfect, I can crawl into bed with her and sleep for the next week.I spy her bedroom door slightly ajar at the end of the hallway and I move towards it, noting that she’d already taken a few pictures off the walls. I spy one of us from college and I stroke the frame.Best Friends Foreverin script is inscribed along the metal frame and the tears flood my eyes again.
I miss you already, Lo.
I push open her bedroom door and my heart plummets. My eyes find what I assume to be a very naked Drew Montgomery spooning her as they sleep. They are both wrapped up in a sheet, his arms around her, and his face submerged in her hair. It’s amazing how much he really does look like Will, and my heart skips a beat thinking about the man I wish was holding me while I slept. I look at Lauren, and she looks so peaceful, a serene smile on her face even in slumber.
It must be nice.
I close the door behind me, not wanting to disturb them and move into the living room. I would try and lie down but I’m worried that my mind isn’t ready to be alone in the quiet with my thoughts.I need background noise.
I turn on the television and pull out my phone. I’m not surprised that I have a missed call from Will.Well, several missed calls.
The little red number next to the text message icon haunts me and before I can tell myself that it isn’t a good idea, I’ve clicked on it.
Will: Please let me know you make it to Lauren’s safely. I love you.
Me:Made it. I love you too.
I squeeze my eyes shut, knowing I shouldn’t have done that as soon as I see the bubbles responding.
Will: I’m going to fix this. Take care of our little one.
I’ve known I was pregnant for literally six hours, and I’ve spent half of that time sobbing my eyes out over the father.We never even celebrated.I let out a breath just as a very naked Drew comes trudging out of their bedroom and into the kitchen. He’s yet to notice me and I turn my eyes away from the kitchen so as to not get a glimpse ofallof him. “Ummm, Drew?”
“Holy fuck, Charlotte!” He drops the bottle of water that he had pulled to his lips and opens the fridge so that I don’t have a view of his dick. “What—what are you? Why are you here in the dark? Yo, Lauren!” he calls for her, and I pull my legs up to my chin and put my head on my knees as I try and stop the tears that are falling yet again.God, I didn’t even cry this much when I left Matt.
