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“I have never been so…so caught off guard in my entire life. I must have looked like a fool, sitting there all happy and smiling, asking for birth control pills while the doctor already had the results from my pee test.”
“Wow.”
“Now I don’t know what the hell to do,” I say as I lean my head back on the sofa.
“Are you going to tell Isaac?”
“I don’t know. Maybe…maybe not yet. Not until I make a decision. I think I already know what his would be – take care of it and pretend it never happened. But I don’t know if I can do that.”
“Screw him. You think about what you want and only what you want. Then tell him. Don’t let him bully you into anything you don’t want to do.”
I nod and tell her, “I took off the rest of the day of work, told my boss the doctor said I was contagious since she knew where I was headed. I’ve never missed a day of work. My class will be so worried…”
“You did have a doctor’s appointment, so it’s really only a half fib.”
“Very true.”
“Thank goodness pregnancy isn’t contagious. Could you imagine?” she says with a laugh before sobering. “Sorry. Not funny. What do you need? What can I do to help?”
“Shots.”
“Shots?” she repeats.
“I’ll do a pro/con list for…for keeping it, and for every con, you take a shot. If you’re still sober when I’m done, then that will be a good sign.”
“Done. I’ll get the booze and shot glass,” she says, and then she’s up and heading to the kitchen.
She comes back and places the glass and bottle on the coffee table, waiting for me to begin.
“Isaac will be furious,” I say, so she pours a shot and throws it down her throat.
Shivering at the taste, she says, “Okay. What else?”
“I barely get by as it is, and babies are expensive.”
“Very true.” Brooke pours and takes another shot.
“But I do work at a preschool with a nursery, so childcare won’t be an issue.”
“Right, that’s good.”
“Lyla would hate me and probably never forgive me.”
Brooke does a shot and shakes her head. “Only if she finds out.”
“I’ve always wanted kids but with a husband who is there for me and loves us. But…I could do this alone, if I had to.”
Down another shot goes, even if that was only a half con. “What else?”
“The truth is, I think in the hour since I found out, I’ve already started loving him or her enough that I could handle any of those shitty things. It would suck to lose my best friend, my only friend, to have Isaac’s wrath, but I don’t think I can put either of them before…before…”
“Before your baby?”
“Yes.”
“So, you’re…”
“I’m going to have a baby.”
