Thrive

Ten days passed and I had been feeling good until today; it’s the worst I’ve felt in a long time and a day where I had to work. I made the horrible decision of calling off which I’ve done maybe once because I couldn’t afford to, but now I’m able to. I tried to think of the reasons why I could be this sick, from food poisoning to having the stomach flu to... being pregnant. I wanted to go out to get a test, but I was feeling so awful, I didn’t know if that was possible. A couple hours later aka eleven, I made a quick trip to the pharmacy and picked up a couple tests before rushing home; I desperately wanted to know. I sat in the bathroom and took both tests with me eagerly waiting for the results. I walked into the kitchen to find something to eat as my appetite was starting to come back. I was in the middle of making a grilled cheese when my timer ended. With my heart racing, I turned off the stove and walked into the bathroom while the dogs followed me.

Breathe, Abby. Just breathe.

I picked up and saw a plus sign on one then saw the same thing on the second. Tears of joy ran down my face as I couldn’t stop smiling.

I’m pregnant. I’m pregnant.

“You guys gonna be good boys when your little brother or sister gets here?” I asked them.

I got kisses.

“I’m gonna take that as a yes.”

I kissed the both of them before I shut the light out in the bathroom and headed back to the kitchen. I put on All Time Low and clicked on shuffle while I cooked.

[insert A Daydream Away lyrics]

I swayed and sung along as my emotions began to take over toward the end of the song. Luckily, my food was done before I started to cry and sit down on the kitchen floor. He needed to be here for this and for our first appointment. I don’t know if I’ve ever missed him this much not even that first night away from him after my rape. I sobbed with my head in my hands for what seemed like a lifetime but was actually only five minutes. I then pulled myself together and got to my food. I walked into the living room, placed my food down, turned the tv on and ate my lunch. Once I ate though, I started my music back up again because I’d much rather listen to music then watch television at the moment.

“I’m just a moment, so don’t let me pass you by. We could be a story in the morning, but we'll be a legend tonight.” I sung as I moved about the living room.

Come two o’clock, I was exhausted and was in bed taking a nap when my phone vibrated. I knew who it was before I even picked it up.

Hey baby.

Hey. Up for FaceTime?

Always.

I sat up against the wall and called him. I had never been happier to see his handsome face.

“Hey. Why are you at home? Is everything okay?”

He was so concerned.

“Everything is perfect.”

“I don’t understand.”

“I woke up feeling like shit, so I called off work... I bought a couple pregnancy tests. I’m pregnant, Alex.”

I saw a smile grow and him tear up. It melted my heart.

“Really?”

“Really.”

I started tearing up myself and had to grab a tissue.

“Oh my God, Abby. That’s - that’s wonderful news.”

He wiped his eyes.

“It absolutely is. The best news I’ve ever gotten... well, we've ever gotten."

“How are you now? I know you want me there.”

“I’ll admit. I had a breakdown when I was in the middle of making lunch, but I quickly put myself back together and then I was fine.”

“I’m glad to hear you’re alright. I miss you even more now.”

The smile on his face was ever apparent.

“I miss you more than anything.”

“It’s killing me that I can’t be there for that first appointment.”

My heart began to ache and it took me a moment to speak.

“Abby?”

“It’s killing me, too. I’ll have Miranda with me, though.”

Tears came streaming down my face. Fuck. He doesn’t need to see me like this.

“Abby.” he repeated.

I looked up at him.

“Please don’t cry. It pains me to see you this way.”

“It’s just gonna get worse. I’ll be a hormonal bitch.”

“I can handle it. The both of us together have been through so much shit.”

“It’s gonna be chaos.”

“We handle chaos like pros.”

“You’re right.” I said smiling again.

“I love you.”

“I love you, too.”

After another ten minutes, I let him go and sighed. I looked at my phone and saw that it was close to two-thirty. I wondered what I could do till I was able to call anybody else because everyone works including my mom. Time drug until I was able to get a hold of anybody; I decided to call Miranda first because one: she's my best friend and two: she's also pregnant. I called her when I knew she'd be home.

"Hey hun. Wait...aren't you supposed to be working?" she answered.

"I took off work today, so are you too tired for company?"

"I'd love some company. Would you be able to bring the dogs?"

"Absolutely."

"Will you tell me why you took-"

"I'll tell you when I get there. I'll see ya in ten."

"Ok, but you're telling me the second you get in the door."

"Ok."

I hung up and wrangled up Baz and Peyton.

"You guys wanna go see Aunt Miranda?"

They jumped up and down.

"So do I. I have big news to tell her."

I couldn't have gotten there faster along with getting the boys out of the car. I only had to knock once and she answered the door.

"What's the news?" she asked as we all got inside.

"I'm pregnant." I said with a shit-eating grin.

"Oh my God!!" she squealed.

She shut the door and hugged me.

"When did ya find out?"

"About seven hours ago. I woke up feeling pretty crappy, so I called off work which is unheard of and a couple hours later, I headed to the pharmacy and bought two tests. Came home, took both of them and they were both positive."

"Let's sit."

We sat on the couch and she pulled me in close.

"When did you talk to Alex?"

"At 2, we FaceTimed during what was supposed to be my lunch break. He was wondering why I was home and after I told him everything was perfect, naturally, the man was confused. When I told him, he was..."

"You have the cutest husband ever."

"If you only could have seen his face..."

I melted into the couch.

“Aww...I’m so happy for you two!”

“Thank you, hun. Now, we get to be pregnant together. Well, at least for a little bit anyway.”

“Don’t you find that weird? In a good way, of course.”

“I do, but I’m so excited. They’ll be close in age, too. What are you hoping for?”

“Oh, wow. A girl. When I heard that you and Jack were having a boy, I told Alex that we have to have a girl.”

“To balance things out.”

“His words exactly.”

“I like that.”

“He said before we knew what you guys were having that he hoped the kid wouldn’t have Jack’s eyebrows; it was the same thing with his own eyebrows and our kids.”

She laughed.

“I’m not worried about that. Our men are incredibly handsome.”

“They are.”

“Hey, you want me to come with that first appointment?”

“Of course. If I can’t have Alex there, I need you there. You know it’s killing him that he can’t be there for that. It caused me to cry and I had already had one breakdown about...”

“Oh honey... that really does suck.”

“You’re telling me.” I said, placing my head on her shoulder.

“When’s your first appointment?”

“Tuesday. 9.”

“I’ll pick you up.”

I nodded and sighed.

“You have off tomorrow?”

“Yeah. Why?”

“Wanna just hang out? Only you and me.”

“Yeah. I need pure best friend time.”

I’ll need a lot of it.

Notes

Double chapters since I posted Chapter 6 on Mibba five days ago and not on here. Enjoy!

The second set of lyrics courtesy of Outlines by All Time Low.