Fingers Crossed
Aria was kneeling on the floor of the bathroom for the fifth time this week. She flushed the toilet and wiped her mouth feeling miserable. She walked over to the sink and looked in the mirror running her fingers through her hair. She looked worse than she felt.
It was early Saturday morning, as she retreated back to her bed. She had had plans to go to the mall with Hanna, but Hanna had canceled, so her day was free. She was thinking of spending most of it in bed.
Ezra was in LA visiting his cousin, so she didn't really have much to do. She decided to go out anyways. She chose her skull top and black, denim shorts. She tried to put them on and found that the shorts were oddly tight. She decided to wear her comfy leggings instead.
Aria walked down the street, with the sun shining on her back. She spotted Emily outside The Brew and was about to stop and say hi, when she saw a tall, brunette in a stripy, mint green t-shirt cycle up and begin talking to Emily. That was new. They kissed and cycled in the direction of the forest park. Aria turned away feeling lonelier than ever.
She went home, and saw Mike sprawled out on the couch playing some video game. He barely noticed her arrival.
"Hello? Earth to Mike!" she teased, waving at him.
"Oh..what?" he answered, still focused on his game. Aria sighed.
"Is dad home yet?"
"Err...um...no?" Mike replied.
"I give up," muttered Aria walking away.
"Oh, there was a package for you," Mike called after her, "I left it upstairs".
Aria walked upstairs and found a small, cardboard box on the table outside her door. She picked it up, curiously tearing off the tape with her not quite perfect nails. She sat door on her bed and opened the box. She stared at the bright, yellow post-it note on top of the pile inside.
It read:
"Don't you recognize the signs? -A"
Inside the box, were twenty other identical, smaller boxes. Each one read the same thing on the front, 'Pregnancy test'. Aria stared at the boxes, feeling numb. Sure, she was a bit late, but that was just cause she was sick, wasn't it? She felt dizzy and ran to the bathroom. It couldn't be true, it couldn't, could it?
Aria walked into the pharmacy, planning to just buy a test and get out of there when she saw Spencer at the counter with an identical box.
'I'll have to talk to her later,' Aria thought. She ducked behind a shelf as Spencer looked around nervously. She saw Spencer pay, stuff the test into her bag and practically run out of the shop. Aria walked over to the counter, paid and hurried home.
Twenty minutes later, she was perched on the edge of the bathtub, wishing to be anywhere but there. She stared at the timed, with her fingers crossed. Her phone buzzed. She jumped, fearing the worst, but it was only a notification about 'Low battery'.
'That reminds me, I need to get a new phone charger,' Aria thought. She jumped as she heard a small beep. She almost dropped her phone as she picked up the Pregnancy Test.
"Positive"