• the lunch date •
I curl up in bed, tears pouring down my eyes.
"Can everyone leave the room?" I ask politely. "Except Alex."
The doctor follows Tony and Cole as they leave the room. Alex shuts the door and sits next to me on the bed.
The look on his face is sickening. The pity in his eyes is disgusting.
"Can you please pinch me?" I ask quietly.
He pinches me and I burst into tears again.
"So this is real!" I cry. "I'm pregnant!"
"Yes, you are."
I fall back on the pillow and cry some more. I've been crying since I woke up to the shocking news. I couldn't believe it when the doctor said I'm pregnant. That's why I had been feeling excessively tired and hungry. It's the reason why I passed out and they brought me here. Now I find myself wishing I had actually died. I should have di
