nervously in the living room, her knee bobbing up and down uncontrollably. Lacey had volunteered to go to the drug store to pick up a pregnancy test. She knew Kathryn didn’t have the energy or ability to do it herself and before she could ask her, Lacey was already grabbing her keys, telling her she’d take care of it. That had been a half an hour ago. She should be back any moment. She wouldn’t let her mind think about the possibility of what might lie ahead. Instead, she closed her eyes and began singing the first song she could think of, Yankee Doodle, silently in her head over and over to block out the thoughts until she heard the jangling of the doorknob. She opened her eyes and Lacey stood in the doorway with a plastic bag. She quickly walked over to Kathryn and sat next to her on the couch.
“I didn’t know which one to get,” Lacey said beginning to unload the bag. A second later, three pregnancy tests lay sprawled out between the two girls.
Kathryn mindlessly grabbed the first test, E.P.T. The so-called “error proof test”, and ripped the box open. She pulled out the small white pamphlet and began reading through the directions.
“I guess I just have to pee on the end of this stick and wait five minutes,” she said holding up the foreign object. She’d never actually seen a pregnancy test in real life and thought it looked like a thermometer.
“I’ll wait here,” Lacey said as Kathryn headed into the bathroom.
Kathryn closed the door behind her and when she was done, she carefully set the test on the counter. She walked out of the bathroom and directly into the kitchen, setting the timer on the stove for five minutes before rejoining Lacey in the living room.
“I guess we just wait now,” Kathryn said quietly and the two girls stared at each other with nervous eyes.
“Is it even possible?” Lacey asked her a second later. “I mean…Ben’s been gone almost two months now.”
Kathryn searched through her memories and knew it was possible and nodded to her friend.
“I guess it could be possible. We were together about a week before he died and then the night he died, when he proposed, but we used protection. We always used protection,” she said staring off, thinking of that last time together as she twisted the ring she still wore on her finger.
Kathryn had always planned on waiting until she was married, but with Ben, it had been impossible. She loved him so deeply and wanted to be as close to him as humanly possible. They had fought the urges, but always found themselves in compromising positions. When he touched her, it was as if she lost all control of herself, sending tingles throughout her body and a burning inside her she had never known. He kissed and caressed her in all the right places and they both knew they couldn’t fight it forever. Finally a year into their r elationship, during their senior year, on a perfect night while her parents were out of town, they finally gave in. She remembered being scared and exhilarated at the same time. Ben had looked into her eyes and asked, “Are you sure?” before she smiled and nodded. When it was all over, he collapsed onto her chest. She wrapped her arms around him, his heavy breathing sounding like a hurricane in her ear. “I love you Kathryn. I love you so much,” he was saying over and over to her as he clung to her as if he’d never let go. She didn’t say anything though. She just smiled and gently stroked his back. It had been amazing and she had wanted to stay like that forever.
Things had changed since then as they became more familiar with each other, but the night he’d proposed had been as perfect as their first time together. They’d gone back to her apartment and picked up where the y’d left off before they’d gone to dinner. The closeness it brought to them was her favorite part. It was as if the whole world melted away
“I didn’t know which one to get,” Lacey said beginning to unload the bag. A second later, three pregnancy tests lay sprawled out between the two girls.
Kathryn mindlessly grabbed the first test, E.P.T. The so-called “error proof test”, and ripped the box open. She pulled out the small white pamphlet and began reading through the directions.
“I guess I just have to pee on the end of this stick and wait five minutes,” she said holding up the foreign object. She’d never actually seen a pregnancy test in real life and thought it looked like a thermometer.
“I’ll wait here,” Lacey said as Kathryn headed into the bathroom.
Kathryn closed the door behind her and when she was done, she carefully set the test on the counter. She walked out of the bathroom and directly into the kitchen, setting the timer on the stove for five minutes before rejoining Lacey in the living room.
“I guess we just wait now,” Kathryn said quietly and the two girls stared at each other with nervous eyes.
“Is it even possible?” Lacey asked her a second later. “I mean…Ben’s been gone almost two months now.”
Kathryn searched through her memories and knew it was possible and nodded to her friend.
“I guess it could be possible. We were together about a week before he died and then the night he died, when he proposed, but we used protection. We always used protection,” she said staring off, thinking of that last time together as she twisted the ring she still wore on her finger.
Kathryn had always planned on waiting until she was married, but with Ben, it had been impossible. She loved him so deeply and wanted to be as close to him as humanly possible. They had fought the urges, but always found themselves in compromising positions. When he touched her, it was as if she lost all control of herself, sending tingles throughout her body and a burning inside her she had never known. He kissed and caressed her in all the right places and they both knew they couldn’t fight it forever. Finally a year into their r elationship, during their senior year, on a perfect night while her parents were out of town, they finally gave in. She remembered being scared and exhilarated at the same time. Ben had looked into her eyes and asked, “Are you sure?” before she smiled and nodded. When it was all over, he collapsed onto her chest. She wrapped her arms around him, his heavy breathing sounding like a hurricane in her ear. “I love you Kathryn. I love you so much,” he was saying over and over to her as he clung to her as if he’d never let go. She didn’t say anything though. She just smiled and gently stroked his back. It had been amazing and she had wanted to stay like that forever.
Things had changed since then as they became more familiar with each other, but the night he’d proposed had been as perfect as their first time together. They’d gone back to her apartment and picked up where the y’d left off before they’d gone to dinner. The closeness it brought to them was her favorite part. It was as if the whole world melted away
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