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“I’m not sure what I feel right now, to be honest. There are a lot of emotions. And hormones. It’s a jumbled mess. Obviously talking to you is a big thing right now.”
“Yeah, I believe it. I didn’t expect that.”
“You were expecting a topless picture of me. To show to all your hockey buddies.”
“Buddies? Not quite. Just the guys I play with.”
“Oh, right. You’re the tough loner?”
“Why can’t we just talk about the pregnancy? The baby? Our baby, Hazel.”
She lowered her hands to her sides.
I watched as she took a deep breath.
Easing a little.
Putting her guard down.
Maybe showing herself vulnerable to me.
My eyes moved along her body.
Her chest,obviously.
Down to her stomach.
The only mental reference I had when it came to thinking about a pregnant woman was picturing someone with a beachball size belly under their shirt.
Hazel didn’t look pregnant at all.
At least not yet.
“Keep staring,” she said. “Make me feel weirder than I already do.”
“Weird? What’s weird?”
“Everything!” Hazel yelled. “What the hell are we doing, Atlas? I don’t know anything about you. You don’t know anything about me. And now we’re supposed to have a baby together? What is this?”
I moved closer to her again.
I gently touched her stomach. “What is this? This is you fucking up the rest of my life, love.”
Now the problem I had in life was atone issue. No matter when I spoke - serious or joking - my voice always sounded the same.
Like I was a mean, miserable asshole.
I didn’t think about what I said to Hazel until I saw the look on her face.
Her eyes welled up with tears.
“I think that came out wrong,” I said.
Hazel came at me with an uppercut to my jaw.
Her right hand connected with my jaw and my head snapped back.
“Get the fuck out of my house, Atlas,” Hazel growled. “We’re done talking tonight. Leave right now.”
