The door opened and Melanie's overly cheery voice called down the hall to Carolyn. It had only felt like minutes since she left but when Carolyn turned over and looked at the digital clock on her bedside table, she realized it had been close to thirty minutes that had passed.

"I got exactly what you asked for!" She dropped the plastic bag on the bed.

Carolyn sat up and looked at Melanie nervously. "Come with me," She ordered. "I don't want to go alone."

Carolyn gripped the plastic bag in her hands tightly and hurried to the bathroom with Melanie. If her hunch was correct, her whole life would be thrown out of proportion.

"Are you sure this is what's going on?" Melanie questioned. "I mean, are you sure you're not anorexic or something? You have been looking awfully thing lately and you know the less fat on your body means--"

"I know what it means." Carolyn cut her off. She really didn't want to listen to Melanie babble on and on anymore. She was already ninety percent sure that what she was thinking right that second was true. She didn't need Melanie coming up with other reasons.

"Sorry..." Melanie shrank back at Carolyn's rather harsh tone.

Carolyn secretly rolled her eyes at her roommate and looked down at the little pink and white stick in her hand. The oval in the center was still blank. "Take it." Carolyn said, handing the stick to Melanie. "I don't want to look. You tell me."

Melanie waited for the result to come up and smiled when the lines had finally revealed themselves. "Yay!" She cheered.

"It's good news?" Carolyn asked, hopeful. "It came up negative?"

Melanie nodded and handed the stick to Carolyn. But Carolyn's heart dropped when she saw the result with her own eyes. "Dammit, Melanie. You read it wrong." Carolyn was angered, worried, and scared all at once.

Melanie looked confused. "But two lines means--"

"I'm pregnant." Carolyn confirmed, staring down at the two pink lines glaring back up at her.

Melanie and Carolyn both looked at each other as they heard the door open at that familiar deep voice called down the hallway. "Carolyn, I'm back!"

Andy.

"What are you going to tell him?" Melanie asked as she saw Carolyn stuff the pregnancy test stick in her back pocket.

"He can't know. Not yet at least. I don't want him to know until I decide what I'm going to do with this baby." Carolyn explained.

"You have to get rid of it!" Melanie exclaimed.

Carolyn slapped her hand over Melanie's mouth. "Shh. Andy--"

"Get rid of what?" Andy stood in the doorway of the bathroom, taking in the scene of the two girls standing there; Carolyn with her hand still over Melanie's mouth.

"This awful stomach bug that I seem to have caught." Carolyn lied. "It's going to cost me class time and rehearsal time."

Andy nodded in agreement. "Well, I brought the stuff you asked for." He, too, held up a plastic bag just like Melanie had about twenty minutes earlier.

Carolyn took the bag from Andy and brought it to her room. Andy followed and looked her in the eyes when she turned back around. "Is there something you're not telling me?" He questioned.

It was almost like he knew something was up. "No-Nothing. Why would you say that?" Carolyn stuttered.

Andy shrugged. "Just seems like you and Melanie were acting really weird when I came in."

"Everything's fine, Andy." Carolyn assured.

Andy sighed, having to just believe her. "Well, I have to leave tonight." He informed her. "I don't know when I'll be able to come back and visit."

"It's okay." Carolyn said, much too quickly. "I'll be busy with classes and rehearsals. I'll miss you, though." She ran her hands down his leather clad chest. She was sad that Andy was leaving, but this was her chance to figure out what she was going to do with this new arrival on the way.

Notes

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