TWO MONTHS LATER

"Girl, that shrimp clearly didn't sit right with you last night." I was sitting over the toilet hurling my guts out. I pushed my hair back as I pushed back against the wall, Kennedy was standing beside me with a sad look on her face. This wasn't the first time I woke up throwing up everything I ate the day before.

The first time I thought it was food poisoning, but it's clear this wasn't the case. I couldn't be pregnant because I took a Plan B after the fuck up with Landon and hadn't dealt with anyone since and I got my period last month. So in my mind, that option was out, but something had to give.

I got up, getting ready to brush my teeth. I looked at Kennedy as I picked up my toothbrush and toothpaste, debating on whether or not I should tell her about the many times I'd woken up throwing up, just to see what she thought it might be. But she quickly went to talking about Jon and the plans he had made for them for the night which made me drop the thought altogether, besides the last thing I needed was her even thinking I was pregnant.

Kennedy and I lounged around my house and watched trash TV until time snuck up on us and she had to go get ready for her date with Jon. They were cute as hell to me and I felt like he would probably try to make it official soon. However, she still dealt with Chris at times and I hated it. He was a fuck nigga just like his friend. She swore they were just friends though but I couldn't understand what would even make her want to be friends with him. We had our fair share of arguments about her still hanging with him and his friends but it was no point in repeating the conversation over and over anymore.

Once Kennedy left I cleaned up and did a few self care things before sitting on my couch to relax for the remainder of the night. However, as I was trying to relax the thought of me being pregnant kept running through my head.

I decided I just needed to nip it in the butt and prove to myself that I wasn't so I decided to get up and go grab a couple of pregnancy tests. I quickly threw on some clothes and made my way out the door, praying all of these test would come out negative.

I went to the nearest Walmart, and stood in the family planning aisle as I scanned the options, there were so fucking many. I didn't want to get caught with pregnancy tests in my hands by anybody I knew so reminded myself I needed to make this quick. I picked up a three pack just so I could triple check if one of the test decided to read wrong and say pregnant. I turned around to walk out the aisle as I froze seeing Jodie looking at condoms as he picked some up.

Ever since the situation I hadn't talked to any of them. Landon blew my phone up the first two weeks after it happened, and Mark did too. But I was good on all of them, they were shady as hell in my eyes. I didn't do shit to them so for them to make me a target like that was low in my eyes. Jodie especially because I was cool with him.

We still had class together, but I ignored his ass.  He knew I was upset with him, he apologized sincerely every chance he got. Stating how he didn't think I would give in which was the only reason he was cool with it. But that wasn't the point to me, we were supposed to be cool and he definitely helped to push me into Landon's arms even more and he knew that shit.

"Hey," he spoke as he quickly noticed me, his eyes averted to my hands. I tried to quickly pull the pregnancy test behind my back, but it was a little too late for that. "Hey," I said dryly as I made my way out the aisle but he quickly stopped me by calling my name, I turned still trying to keep the test hidden.

He lifted one of his eyebrows, opened his mouth, and then closed it, shaking his head and looking down before looking back up at me. "You think you pregnant?" he asked.

I chuckled a little, debating on whether or not I should lie and say they were for someone else, tell him that I didn't know, hence the pregnancy test, or tell him to mind his fucking business cause I still didn't fuck with him. He cut in before I could respond.

"I'm sorry, it ain't my business." Ding, ding , ding! That's exactly what I was going to tell him. Happy he realized that himself. I gave him a small fake smile, ensuring him that it wasn't and continued walking out the aisle.

As I was walking to the checkout I started thinking about how I probably should have just said they were for someone else, Lord knows I didn't need him going to anyone trying to run his mouth. But fuck it, it was too late now.

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The next morning I woke up to someone banging on my door, I turned over to look at my phone seeing that it was eight in the morning. Who was banging on my door at this time on a Sunday morning? I got up as the banging continued, I swung my door open before even checking to see who it was, luckily it was Kennedy.

"Have you lost your damn mind?" I asked as I rubbed one of my hands over my eye.

"Um, have you?" she asked as she pushed into my apartment.

I closed and locked my door, and then looked at her confused as I yawned, "what are you talking about?"

She pushed her hair back and crossed her arms. "bitch are you pregnant?"

I rolled my eyes, it was way too early for this, and Jodie did exactly what I thought would happen. I acted oblivious "what are you talking about?" I started walking back towards my room, ready to crawl back into my bed and of course she followed me.

"Well Jodie sent me a text asking, and I asked him the same thing. Then he informed me that he saw you at Walmart with a pregnancy test. Is there something you're not telling me? Is that why your ass was throwing up?"

I got in the bed pulling the covers back over my body, thankful that Jodie texted her himself and she didn't hear it from Chris, which meant there was a chance that there wasn't a rumor circulating that I was pregnant— yet. I closed my eyes, she knew now, I had to be honest, "honestly Kennedy, I don't know." I was a little too sleepy for the conversation at hand.

"You don't know!? So there's a possibility you're pregnant and you didn't tell me?" she screamed as she pulled the cover off of me.

"Kennedy, its eight in the morning, on a Sunday. You are too loud and too hype. Why are you even here right now?"

She rolled her eyes, "I'm too loud? I'm too hype? Aria, I just found out from someone who is not my best friend that my best friend might be pregnant. What the fuck do you mean? Of course I am, I should have known before any fucking body."

"I haven't told anybody" I said leaning up, looking her dead in the eyes. "I didn't want to say anything until I knew. I had my period last month so I don't think I am. But I've been having morning sickness every couple of days, so that's making me question it."

"Have you taken the test?"

"No."

"Why not?" she looked at me as if I was crazy.

"I was waiting to take them this morning. They say morning pee is the best pee."

"Well it's morning, so get up and pee on the damn thing." She pulled the covers off of me again, after I had repositioned them on my body. I turned over rolling my eyes.

"And who would you be pregnant by? The last person I know that you dealt with was Landon, but didn't y'all use protection? Or did you hold out on me with who you've slept with too?" she asked with a slight attitude.

I got up, knowing that sleep was no longer a possibility with Kennedy here. "Landon was the last, and no, unfortunately, we didn't use protection."

"Bitch! You might be pregnant by Landon's ass?" A smile was emerging on her face and I wasn't sure why.

"Why are you smiling? This isn't a smiling situation." I crossed my arms looking at her like she was crazy with attitude in my voice. She knew I couldn't stand his ass, not after that fuck shit. The last thing I wanted was to be pregnant and especially by his ass.

She dropped her smile, "I know this isn't the best news to you. But remember that meal ticket I was talking about?" she started laughing like this shit was joke. I gave her an evil look as I walked towards the bathroom. Here she was on that groupie shit.

"I'm just kidding," she said with a small smile, "lighten up! Come on though, take the test." She wasn't kidding but I didn't feel like arguing with her.

I went into the bathroom and closed the door. I picked up the test and read the directions. I looked up and said a quick prayer, praying that I wasn't pregnant. I peed on the stick, and then went and sat back in my room with Kennedy.

"If you are pregnant what are you going to do?"

I laid back, not evening wanting to think of the possibility of me being pregnant. "I don't know Kennedy, I don't want to be pregnant, and especially not by him."

"Well, it's going to be okay, if you are or if you aren't I'm going to be here!"

I couldn't believe I got myself in this situation, I was usually smart. And lowkey in this situation I felt like I was as much as I could be, yeah it was dumb to have unprotected sex, especially with someone like Landon, but I took a Plan B and I even went and got tested. This shit was crazy.

I could not be pregnant. I didn't believe in abortions for myself personally but supported every woman's right to one, but the thought crossed my mind if I happened to be pregnant. Kennedy's phone started to go off signaling that 15 minutes had been up. Kennedy and I both got up, with her in front. Kennedy looked at the test, and then turned and looked at me with a small smile on her face.