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Authors: H.J. Bellus
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You can help me and we can last minute Christmas shop.” Tommie pauses a second to take another bite of her hamburger. “I won’t have much time when the little one comes.”
“I’m so excited, Tommie. Christmas will be great this year.”
We continue to eat our meal planning away our next twenty-four hours of decorating, shopping, and watching movies when the waitress comes to ask for dessert. Everyone passes but me. I can’t help but order some cheesecake.
As soon as she leaves the table to fulfill my order I hear a commotion from the other side of the restaurant. Groups of people are gathered around a large table. An enormous bouquet of pink balloons float over the crowd. A few more people walk in carrying large gifts bathed in pink wrapping paper. I’m not quite sure if it’s a little girl’s birthday party or a baby shower. One thing is for sure whoever the celebration is for they have a lot of loved ones who care for them.
Our waitress returns with my dessert and I devour it without even thinking about it. The noise level from the large crowd has consumed the diner. Will and Tommie are both on their phones handling business while I make out with my slice of cheesecake.
The next person who walks through the door leaves me frozen in my spot. It’s like a horrid car wreck that you can’t turn your head from even though you know you should. Kara walks in dressed up beyond fancy with Finn at her side. The large crowd all ahh and coo at their appearance. Just like a well-seasoned actor, Kara plays up all the attention fanning away her fake tears. She goes to grab for Finn, and I watch as he steps away to talk to a group of guys. The crowd begins to look familiar. It’s all of their high school buddies mixed in with older people whom I can only assume are Kara’s family members.
“Well, let’s go.” I break the awkward silence that just overtook our table. “We have an epic day to plan, sister.”
Will and Tommie look shocked at my reaction. I’m trying not only to put on my big girl panties but to wear them with pride. This is a damn near difficult task since I feel like a bloated cow. Not only do I feel like one, but also I know I resemble one. The thoughts of my protruding belly only make me feel yucky when looking at the very slim and put together Kara in her fancy dress and high stilettos.
The first step I take when getting out of the booth, I feel the familiar stinging pain in my foot, and I immediately know my foot is swollen. It makes my limp even more prevalent when trying to walk. Both Tommie and Will shoot me concerned looks at the same time.
“Stop it both of you. I’m fine. Well, I’m not fine. I’m bat shit crazy, but I’ll be fine,” I reassure them.
Will stops at the cashier to pay our bill while Tommie and I make it for the door. I was right when I predicted my limp would be bad.
“Are you okay?” Tommie whispers.
“Yeah, swollen foot. Sucks to be peg-legged and preggers.”
Tommie grins back at me when she’d typically scold me on this type of comment. A couple of her clients spot her and begin to make small talk with her about their pets and her pregnancy. Tommie is very well-known and liked in town, so it’s no big shocker she’s being stopped in a public place like this. She discreetly hands me her keys.
I snag them from her and beeline it straight for the door. As I go to open the door, I hear the old yet familiar sound of evil laughter. When I look over I see the same group of girls who loved doing this to me in the G-Spot. I can only shake my head and move forward.
“Tessa.”
A familiar deep voice calls my name and when I turn I see Finn standing there. All I can do is shake my head at him and keep walking.
“Tessa, don’t leave.”
This time when I look back to him Kara is by his side holding on to him.
“C’mon, it’s time for dinner then OUR baby shower.”
The way Kara over enunciates ‘our’ is not lost on me. Without a word, I turn and
“I’m so excited, Tommie. Christmas will be great this year.”
We continue to eat our meal planning away our next twenty-four hours of decorating, shopping, and watching movies when the waitress comes to ask for dessert. Everyone passes but me. I can’t help but order some cheesecake.
As soon as she leaves the table to fulfill my order I hear a commotion from the other side of the restaurant. Groups of people are gathered around a large table. An enormous bouquet of pink balloons float over the crowd. A few more people walk in carrying large gifts bathed in pink wrapping paper. I’m not quite sure if it’s a little girl’s birthday party or a baby shower. One thing is for sure whoever the celebration is for they have a lot of loved ones who care for them.
Our waitress returns with my dessert and I devour it without even thinking about it. The noise level from the large crowd has consumed the diner. Will and Tommie are both on their phones handling business while I make out with my slice of cheesecake.
The next person who walks through the door leaves me frozen in my spot. It’s like a horrid car wreck that you can’t turn your head from even though you know you should. Kara walks in dressed up beyond fancy with Finn at her side. The large crowd all ahh and coo at their appearance. Just like a well-seasoned actor, Kara plays up all the attention fanning away her fake tears. She goes to grab for Finn, and I watch as he steps away to talk to a group of guys. The crowd begins to look familiar. It’s all of their high school buddies mixed in with older people whom I can only assume are Kara’s family members.
“Well, let’s go.” I break the awkward silence that just overtook our table. “We have an epic day to plan, sister.”
Will and Tommie look shocked at my reaction. I’m trying not only to put on my big girl panties but to wear them with pride. This is a damn near difficult task since I feel like a bloated cow. Not only do I feel like one, but also I know I resemble one. The thoughts of my protruding belly only make me feel yucky when looking at the very slim and put together Kara in her fancy dress and high stilettos.
The first step I take when getting out of the booth, I feel the familiar stinging pain in my foot, and I immediately know my foot is swollen. It makes my limp even more prevalent when trying to walk. Both Tommie and Will shoot me concerned looks at the same time.
“Stop it both of you. I’m fine. Well, I’m not fine. I’m bat shit crazy, but I’ll be fine,” I reassure them.
Will stops at the cashier to pay our bill while Tommie and I make it for the door. I was right when I predicted my limp would be bad.
“Are you okay?” Tommie whispers.
“Yeah, swollen foot. Sucks to be peg-legged and preggers.”
Tommie grins back at me when she’d typically scold me on this type of comment. A couple of her clients spot her and begin to make small talk with her about their pets and her pregnancy. Tommie is very well-known and liked in town, so it’s no big shocker she’s being stopped in a public place like this. She discreetly hands me her keys.
I snag them from her and beeline it straight for the door. As I go to open the door, I hear the old yet familiar sound of evil laughter. When I look over I see the same group of girls who loved doing this to me in the G-Spot. I can only shake my head and move forward.
“Tessa.”
A familiar deep voice calls my name and when I turn I see Finn standing there. All I can do is shake my head at him and keep walking.
“Tessa, don’t leave.”
This time when I look back to him Kara is by his side holding on to him.
“C’mon, it’s time for dinner then OUR baby shower.”
The way Kara over enunciates ‘our’ is not lost on me. Without a word, I turn and
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