I felt a hand shaking my shoulder, "Sweetie" There was a kiss on my forehead, "It's time to get up."
"Do I have to?" I tugged the blanket over my head.
"Yes, you have to take your medicine."
I pulled the blanket off my head, "I want to stop taking it."
"You have to take it. You know you have a bad heart."
"I know, but I can't have children while I'm taking it. It poses too much risk during the pregnancy and-"
"And you want children. I know." James ran his hand through his hair, "I'm going to be late for work. Can we talk about this later?"
"Fine"
I took the pill, swallowed it, and stormed off to the bathroom. James never wanted to talk about having children. He always changed the subject or found a reason to leave the conversation. It pissed me off. I put on my workout clothes. By the time I left the house, James had already gone to work. I met up with Maria in front of her house.
"Hey Victoria"
"Hi"
"I'm guessing James avoided the conversation again."
"How can you tell?"
"You're running faster than usual."
"I just don't understand why he won't even talk about it."
"Why don't you try a test run? Stop taking the medication and see how you feel. Just don't tell him about it until after you've been off it for a while."
"But if something does happen, he needs to know that I stopped taking my pills."
"Just think about it."
We made it back to my house then. I said goodbye and headed inside. I took a shower and headed to the store. On the way I saw a woman pushing a stroller. All I could think about was how much I wanted to be her. I wasn't paying attention to my driving and didn't see the stop sign. All I saw was a car barreling towards me. I didn't have any time to react before it struck the driver's side of my car.
Everything seemed to move in slow motion after that. The other car pushed my car to the right and I could hear tires squealing. My head snapped violently to the left. It slammed into the window and everything went black.