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“Yeah, of course.” Jess hasn’t asked for permission to do anything in my house since I’ve known her, she’s free to do as she pleases pretty much.
“I know exactly what ails you, my pukie friend,” Jess says as she comes out of the kitchen smelling like bleach. “Your man knocked you up.”
My eyes bulge and my mouth drops as my head snaps to Jane.
Jane sits up so fast she almost loses her balance and both me and Jess are at her side.
“I’m fine,” Jane waves us away. “And I’m definitely not knocked up. I can’t be. The doctors said it was almost impossible because of my POS?”
“Piece of shit?” Jess asks in a whisper to me. Of course, miss fertile wouldn’t know anything about it. I on the other hand am all too familiar with it.
“Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome!” Jane rolls her eyes. “I just had a tumor removed six months ago. Besides, Lucie is coming next week.”
“Lucie is the baby Nate and her are adopting,” I inform Jess.
Jane and Nate were supposed to have adopted another little girl in February, but the mother backed out at the last second. It was a devastating blow to her; she’d wanted so badly to have a baby. Then Lucie came up. Her mother had already given her up. She is three months old and living with a foster family. Everything is set. She will have a little girl in six days. And if Jess is right, another child on the way.
“Well,” Jess nods her head. “I don’t know what to tell you, other than you may need to hire some help.”
“I am not pregnant!”
“You know what? I have some pee sticks at home from last month when we had the big scare. Remember, Cris?” she asks me and I nod. “I’ll be right back.”
“She thought she was pregnant with her fourth?” Jane asks me amazed.
“Yup. It would have been fine, if anyone can handle four it’s her.”
Jess is back in a flash, and pushing Jane into the bathroom.
“Fine, I’ll take your little pee test, but don’t be mad when I waste it with a negative result.”
Jess smirks and crosses her arms, looking smart. “I know my shit.”
After the trickle of pee and the toilet flush, there is only silence as we stand outside the door and wait. Jess taps her fingers against her forearm and looks confident. “She’s preggers,” she whispers to me and I shoosh her.
Five minutes turn to ten, and when she still doesn’t emerge, I knock on the door to check on Jane. “You okay, hun?”
A sob comes through loud and clear and Jess is messing with the knob.
“We’re coming in!” she yells as she uses her hard thumbnail to unlock the door.
Jane is standing in front of the sink, eyes red and watery, huge tears streaming down her perfect chocolate skin. She wipes at her face and sobs again. I take her in my arms and try to console her as Jess takes the stick and confirms what she already knew.
“Yes!” she says punching the air. “I freaking knew it!”
Jane cries harder. “Two babies? How am I going to handle two babies? And I already have Nate!”
“Aw, don’t cry?” Jess tells her, and taking her from me leads her back to the living room. “It’s all going to be okay, you’ll see. Besides, it’s almost a year before you’ll have this one. And them being so close in age may be hard as fuck at first and you may go insane, but eventually it will be the best thing that ever happened to you.”
“I’m sorry I threw up on you,” Jane cries.
“Nah, don’t worry, I have three kids. Nothing that hasn’t happened before.”
Jane smiles at her and then they start talking amongst themselves so low I can’t hear them anymore. And just like that, they are best friends.
“How is she?”
“Sleeping. Thank you for helpin’ her,chère,” Nate says and comes to sit with me at the patio table.
