Black lace
Chapter two.
I rang Joey's phone for the tenth time and for the tenth time I'd gotten his answer phone 'hi you've reached Joey, if you leave a message I'll be sure to get back to you as soon as possible' the tears spilled out of my eyes as I left my message "Joe, it's been an two hours it's not what it looked like, just get in touch so I know you haven't done something stupid" I sat up to and opened my bed side drawer, I was looking for a tissue when my hands came across something they hadn't for a while a packet of tampons, it had been more than a while actually it had been 2 months I had put it down to not having regular periods but I'd never gone this long without having one it had completely slipped my mind. I began to panic.
I couldn't get out of the house quick enough. I ran as fast as my legs could carry me to the corner shop thank God I hadn't been in there before, so they wouldn't recognise me. I walked in and brought a pregnancy test before running even faster back to the apartment. I slammed the door shut behind me. I couldn't move, I just wanted to cry. Joey should be spending this moment with me, I never dreamed of being pregnant but if I was I never imagined doing it alone. I slowly walked to the bathroom and done what the instructions told me to, it was pretty straightforward and all I had to was wait now.
5 minutes had gone by now and I only had another 10 to go before I found out. The sound of the door knocking startled me I hoped it was Joey but I knew it wasn't, I ran downstairs and opened the door to two police officers one spoke "Are you Miss Branning girlfriend of a Mr Joseph Branning?" I nodded. He spoke again "Then can we come in please?" I stepped out the doorway and nodded again signalling yes. I noticed that the last police officer to walk in was carrying Joey's bag and phone. "What's going on?" I asked "Why have you got Joey's stuff?" The first police officer spoke "I think you might want to sit down Miss Branning, we have some bad news involving your boyfriend. Joey was involved in an accident about half an hour ago; a car hit him killing him almost instantly" My heart stopped, I couldn't breathe. "NO,NO,NO,NO,NO" I screamed "He can't be" I sobbed. "Miss Branning we need you to accompany us, to identify Joey's body"
The rest of what happened was a blur, I was walking alongside the officers and into a big white room I assume the room that Joey was in, there was something well someone under a white sheet, that someone the love of my life I felt sick. The officer told me I didn't have to be in there long just confirm for him that it was Joey and that I could leave straight afterwards. I just didn't want to confirm it, if I did that then it would all be real my baby, wouldn't have a dad that's even if I was pregnant and if I wasn't I had nothing left. All I could think about was our argument Joeys words going round and round in my head and before the officer removed the sheet all that was in my mind was Joey's smiling face that lovely face, the face I longed to see this morning and what I didn't want to see now not underneath that sheet, he pulled the sheet back and I fell to the floor the tears were unstoppable.
Another chapter coming tonight.