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“Oh, I better not have too much,” I said.
“Worried about gettingwasted?”
“No. I’ll be up all night going pee.” I touched my stomach. “You can’t imagine how much you have to pee when you’re pregnant. It’s like the baby just sits on your bladder and presses on it all day and night. I can look at a bottle of water and have to go pee.”
“Well, I’ll be sure to cut you off after this glass of water,” Hannah said. She sat down across from me and lifted her wineglass. Full of real wine. “Now, back to the sex stuff.”
“You can’t let this go?”
“You’re banging a hockey player. I can’t let this go.”
“I’m not banging anyone. It was a month ago.”
“Another month? What is this? Is this some kind of denial sex thing?”
“No. It’s just what happened. I’m protecting myself and my unborn baby. I have to decide what I want to do with this house. With my career. I have a lot going on.”
“And you etch out one night a month to get wild with the father of your unborn baby?”
“Maybe that’s what works for me,” I said. “Okay?”
“I just think it’s crazy. Nobody is saying you two need to rush out and get married.”
“Hannah.”
“Okay. Fine. I’ll let it go. I just feel bad for your vagina right now. Something so good and you’re not taking advantage of it.”
“Hey, I did something different,” I said. “I have my checkup appointment tomorrow. I already texted him about it.”
“Oh, wow. You’resoin love now.”
“Yeah, right,” I said. “I’ll be honest. I kind of screwed up last time. I was in the waiting room and I texted him and it became awkward.”
“He showed up though. He moved quick to get to that appointment.”
“And now this time he can move slowly.”
“Any plans after the appointment?” Hannah asked. She wiggled her eyebrows. “You know what I mean?”
“No,” I said. I touched my stomach. “The baby was just moving.”
“That’s because you’re talking about his or her father.”
“Can you just for a second realize what is happening here? Atlas made it clear he’s not going to be around forever. He goes from team to team. That’s his thing. He signs one year contracts. He’s okay with it. He makes his money and moves on.”
“Right,” Hannah said. “And you’re bound to this town?”
“Oh, so I’m supposed to uproot my life and follow him around the country? Begging him to be a father?”
“Nobody said that, Hazel. I’m just… do you want to live here? In this house? I know it’s hard to think about, but you can sell this place and have some money to set yourself up. You can go anywhere, do anything…”
“What about you?” I asked. “I don’t want to miss you.”
“Yeah that part is a bitch. You need me in your life. And I need to be near my niece or nephew at all times.”
I smiled. “So I’m screwed.”
“You got screwed,” Hannah said, pointing to my pregnant stomach.
