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“Now we wait,” I say.
The next few minutes seem to crawl by. I pace up and down the hall, fighting down the panic attack that’s threatening to take me over. Lauren is leaning against the bathroom doorway, watching me freak out, a worried expression on her own face. I know there are probably a million questions running through her head, but thankfully, she’s not asking them. I don’t think I’d be able to handle an interrogation right now.
When my phone’s alarm goes off, indicating it’s time to check the tests, I freeze.
“Chloe?” Lauren gently says when I don’t move for several moments. “Are you okay?”
“I-I don’t know,” I answer honestly.
“Do you want me to look?”
While the offer is tempting, I need to know for myself. Releasing a long breath, I shake my head. “No, no, I’ll look.”
She steps out of my way as I move to the bathroom door. I cross to the counter and look down at the tests.
Two pink lines in each of them.
I’m pregnant.
“Well?” Lauren urges from the hallway. “What do they say?”
Stunned, I turn to face her and answer, “They're positive. I’m pregnant.”
Her jaw drops, and she stares at me in obvious shock. Snapping her mouth shut, she shakes her head and puts her hands on her hips when she meets my gaze again. “Okay, I think I know how this happened, but you really, really need to start talking.”
Chapter twenty-two
Parker
When my phone rings and I see that it’s Chloe calling, my heart leaps in my chest. I quickly pick it up, take a moment to release a long breath and calm myself down, and then answer it.
“Hey,” I say in an easy tone. “How’s it going, beautiful?”
“Um,” she begins hesitantly, “Parker, there’s something I have to tell you.”
Her tone immediately puts me on alert. She sounds like she might have been crying and like she’s barely holding herself together now.
“What is it?” I ask. “Are you okay?”
“Yeah,” she murmurs. “I mean, kind of. I’m not hurt or anything, if that’s what you mean.”
“Okay,” I reply, releasing a breath of relief. At least she’s not physically hurt, so it must be more of an emotional issue. Has Lauren found out about us, and they got into a fight? “Then what’s wrong?”
“Honestly, I don’t know how to say this, so I’m just going to come out and say it.” She takes a moment, and I can hear her sucking in a deep breath. “I’m pregnant.”
The whole world seems to come to a grinding halt. Pregnant? That can’t be right. I must have misheard her. “What did you say?”
“I’m pregnant,” she answers in a more forceful voice. “I just found out, Parker, and I’m sorry to tell you like this, but I didn’t want to wait, especially because Lauren knows…”
“Lauren knows?”
“She was with me when I took the tests.”
I slump back in my desk chair and stare ahead of me. I would never have guessed that this news was what she needed to tell me. The possibility of her being pregnant would never have crossed my mind.
“I don’t know how this happened,” she continues, but I’m only half-listening. “I’m on the pill, and I’ve never missed it. There’s only a slim chance that this could’ve happened. I’ve always been so careful…”
She’s talking in circles as far as I’m concerned. I can’t focus on anything she’s saying. I think I’m spiraling.
