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“No, not like that!” Amy is hurriedly adamant about that. “We’ve never fucked or anything. I’m just a friend for him to talk to, that’s all.”
I want to believe that, but after hearing this and that one of my best friends has been talking to my ex, who I broke up with for a reason, I’m not sure what to believe anymore. It’s scary to think that I can’t trust her after this.
“Rick was planning on giving you time to figure things out and then reach out to you when he believed you had calmed down,” Amy went on quietly, “but now that you’re pregnant with someone else’s baby…”
“It’s none of his business is I’m pregnant by someone else or not. I told him to fuck off and leave me alone. If he doesn’t like it, that’s his problem.”
“But…”
“And I’m not too impressed that you’re talking to him, Amy. You’re meant to be my friend. And you’re trying to advocate for Rick? What’s wrong with you?”
“I’m sorry, Emma.” Amy sounds like she’s close to tears. “I genuinely thought…”
“You genuinely thought you were helping? Now you’ve got sucked in and you don’t know what to do, is that it?” I can feel the anger building, and I’m not about to let loose on my friend. Although I’m not sure what to call her anymore. “Amy, you know what Rick’s like. You know he has a temper. Why would you be around him willingly?”
“He’s not like that, Emma. I know he isn’t.”
I feel sick. I can’t believe I’m hearing this. Then I freeze when I hear a familiar voice on Amy’s end. It’s faint over the connection, but I recognise it. My body goes cold.
“Rick’s with you right now, isn’t he?”
“He….” Amy audibly swallows. “We were having lunch. He just came back from the toilets.”
“And he knows you’re talking to me?”
I can hear Rick demanding to know who Amy is talking to. Amy says something, but she’s cut off by Rick. A moment later, Rick’s voice reaches my ear very clearly.
“Emma? Is that you?”
I panic and hang up. There is no way I’m going to speak to him. My hand trembles as I sag into a chair at the dining table, my head spinning. I feel like I’m going to be sick again.
I can’t go through this. Not again. If Amy tells Rick that I’m pregnant, I won’t hear the end of it.
Rick is going to be furious. And I won’t be able to get through to him.
Mark
“So you’re actually going to become a dad?” Forrest stares at me like I’ve gone mad. “Are you fucking serious?”
“Forrest, I’ve told you several times over the last hour that I’m going to be a dad in the near future. What part of that is different to grasp?”
“Just that you’re becoming a dad in the first place.” Forrest sits back in his chair and shakes his head. “Shit. I know you said you were waiting for the right person to come along so you could have as many children as possible, but I didn’t expect you to impregnate a woman you barely knew.”
I groan at his words.
“You make it sound like I intentionally did it. It was an accident.”
“And you’re not mad about it?”
“Of course not.”
Oddly, after the initial shock from the news, I’ve come to terms with it pretty quickly. And it feels good. Forrest is right when he said that I was looking for the right person who could give me the family I’ve wanted for a long time, and this is something I never anticipated. But it’s not a scary position to be in. I want Emma to be the mother of my child. I want to see her pregnant with my baby, seeing her belly swell because of me. That is more beautiful than anything else.
I don’t what it is that makes Emma more beautiful than the next woman, but I recall the brief moment when she said that she was on birth control and I thought about wanting to fuck her without protection. That had been so sudden and strong that I had been knocked off-balance, but later on it seeped into my head and wouldn’t go away. I found that it felt like the right thing to do.
If Emma hadn’t come looking for me when she did, I would have used my resources to find her. It shouldn’t have been that difficult. I’m glad she came to me first, and I’m glad that she’s not pushing me away.
Although if she knew how intense my feelings on this were, Emma might not be too comfortable. They are pretty strong, even for me.
