the contents of my stomach. My body was hot and clammy as I tried to stand. I heard the door come open behind me and tried to flush the bile as quickly as I could, but as the thought of throwing up in a toilet that God only knows who uses in this house, I felt the bile rise once more. I couldn’t turn to see who was behind me, but I heard the sink turn on and then felt a cool rag against my neck.
“Honey, something has done a number on you , aye?” I heard Johanna’s voice as she gently rubbed my back.
“ I think I’m dying,” my voice was shaky as I reached up and flushed the toilet once more. “I don’t know what came over me. I just woke up and knew I was going to be sick.”
“Wonder if any of the guys are feeling it? Might have been something bad you ate.”
I sat up and turned, leaning my back against the toilet as she pulled my hair up on my head and secured it into a messy bun. You know someone’s your friend when they hold your hair for you while you throw up. She handed me a cup of water and I took a small sip, testing to see if my stomach would turn sour once more. When it didn’t I took a large sip and the door to the bathroom came open once more, damn at this rate we’d all be partying in the bathroom. I looked up to see Jameson standing in the doorway, his face mixed with confusion and concern.
“I’ll go get you something for your stomach, be right back,” Johanna said as she stood and gave Jameson and me some privacy.
“Went to reach for you and you were gone. You ok, love?” He made his way over to me, his hair up in the same messy bun as mine and I giggled.
“I think so. My stomach went sour and I got sick. Probably something I ate.” I smiled up at him, leaning into his knees as he took the seat on the edge of the tub that Johanna had just vacated.
“You need me to get you anything?” He rubbed small circles on my back and up to my neck, making me relax at his touch.
“No, I’m just gonna brush my teeth and then come back to bed.” He helped me from the floor and kissed my cheek before making his way back toward the bedroom. A few seconds later Johanna was back at the door with some medicine and a box. I didn’t pay much attention to it and began brushing the bad taste from my mouth. It wasn’t until I looked over and saw the words pregnancy test that I froze in place.
I turned to Johanna, panic in my eyes as I tried to think back to when my last period was. Jameson and I used condoms most of the time, but not as much as we should have. But getting pregnant wasn’t something that had ever really crossed my mind. Hell, I’d never even known a pregnant woman in my life, and I sure as hell never expected to be one myself. I took the tooth brush from my mouth and rinsed before looking back at Johanna.
“You don’t think I could be…” my voice trailed off as I asked, still trying to mentally calculate if it was possible.
“You two fuck like rabbits, and I know you aren’t on the pill. So yes. It’s possible. I had this spare test, been trying to get Doc to knock me up for weeks and it hasn’t happened yet.” She grabbed the box and tore open one end, pulling out a long plastic package and handing it to me. “Lock the door, I don’t think you want Jameson coming in for this one,” she chuckled. “It says to pee on it for seven seconds and then we wait two minutes. If it’s a plus you’re preggo, if it’s a negative you’re not,” she explained in a low voice.
I made my way back to her slowly, eyeing the test stick in her hand as she held it out to me. I was afraid to touch it, like it would burn my hand if I did. I peeled back the plastic and examined the result window and the plastic cap covering the inch of cloth that I was supposed to pee on. Johanna stood and made her way to the door, “Don’t leave. I don’t think I can do this by myself,” I said to her and she stopped just short of the door.
“You want me to hold it while you pee or
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