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“You’re going to be a great mom,” Eden says and everyone nods in agreement.
My entire body vibrates in excitement at the idea of having a child. But I force myself to hold onto reality. There’s no child yet.
“Let’s not put the cart before the horse.” I stand. “Now everyone out. I need to pee on a stick.”
Harmony herds everyone out the door.
“I don’t understand why we need to leave. I’ve seen a woman pee before. She has all the same parts as we do,” Ashlyn whines.
I wait until the door closes. I quickly lock it – I wouldn’t put it past Ashlyn to barge inside – before opening the pregnancy tests and getting to work.
“You doing okay in there?” Harmony calls through the door.
“I have a timer on my phone you can use,” Ashlyn says.
“I’m fine,” I lie. My hands are clammy, I feel nauseous again, and my heart is about to beat its way out of my chest.
“It’s been four minutes. If you wait too long to check your results, they may be inaccurate,” Ashlyn hollers.
“Now, she understands science,” I mutter as I force myself to stand and look at the pregnancy tests.
I did all three. Of course, I did. I need an accurate result. One of them could be faulty. Or give a false positive. Shit. Can all three give a false positive at the same time?
Pregnant. I’m pregnant? Elation wars with worry and fear. Now is not the best time for me to be pregnant. My pottery business is in turmoil since my shed burned down and I just broke up with my boyfriend. No, not boyfriend. The father of my child.
My stomach rolls and I dive for the toilet before the heaving can begin. The bathroom door flies open behind me.
I motion for them to leave. “Go away.”
Eden places a cold washcloth on my neck while Harmony pulls back my hair. “We’re not going anywhere,” she says.
“Uh oh. Someone’s got a bun in the oven,” Ashlyn announces.
I finish dry heaving into the toilet. When I manage to compose myself, I narrow my eyes on her.
“What?” She points to the vanity. “You left the tests out.”
I groan. “What am I going to do?”
“Easy. Be a great mom,” Moon says.
“Yeah. You’ve been mothering us for as long as I can remember,” Ashlyn agrees.
Harmony nods. “It’s good you have experience. No experience totally sucks.”
“I meant about Brody. He’s too young to be a father.”
“Hold up. Brody’s older than me,” Ashlyn points out.
“And me,” Moon agrees.
Harmony crosses her arms over her chest. “And me.”
Eden squeezes my hands. “You love Brody. This is a good thing.”
“Did you forget I broke up with Brody because he tried to burn my house down?”
Moon frowns at me. “He wasn’t trying to burn your house down. He even refused to use the mini torch for the crème brulee.”
