"So then why are things weird?"

"It's complicated."

"Un-complicate it."

"I slept with Gary."

"What now?"

"I slept with Gary."

"And when you say slept with, you mean that you fell asleep with him?"

"Would that make things weird?"

"Maybe if Tina saw you."

"She didn't."

"So..."

"I had sex with Gary."

"Why?"

"I don't know. It was stupid."

"Were you..."

"I was perfectly sober, but I... I did it anyway."

"Why? When? You know that Gary and Tina got married right?"

"Yeah I know. I was there."

"And you still slept with him?"

"No I still went to the wedding even though I slept with him."

"How long ago did you sleep with him?"

"About three months ago."

"Why did you sleep with Gary?"

"I don't know. It was after his bachelor party and I took him back to his hotel room. He was drunk and he kissed me... and I didn't do anything to stop it."

"So you had sex with him?"

"Yes!"

"Holly why?"

"I don't know. I guess maybe subconsciously I was getting back at Tina for sleeping with Vince. And I think that I was upset that she was taking Gary away from me. I mean Gary is my best friend."

"I thought Tina was your best friend."

"But Gary has been my friend forever. I mean no matter what I'm going through he's always been there."

"So have you talked to him about it?"

"He doesn't remember. That night afterwards he fell asleep so I just left, and went home."

"Are you sure that he doesn't remember?"

"I don't know."

"Why didn't you just tell me?"

"I.. I couldn't."

"They should know. I don't want you to break up their marriage, but Tina is your best friend she deserves to know that you had sex with the man who is now her husband."

"I can't tell her, I can't tell him, just like I couldn't tell you."

"Why not?"

"Because I'm an idiot. I really screwed up. I wanted to tell you, but I thought that you'd be mad, and I just... I can't deal with anything else right now."

"Why would I be mad?"

"Because I'm a total idiot."

"You're human. You make mistakes. You should try to fix this."

"I can't fix this. There is no fixing this. What's done is done, and... there is no going back."

"But you could be honest about it. I mean don't you think that Tina and Gary are getting suspicious that you haven't been hanging around them?"

"No, they're newlyweds, they don't remember that I exist."

"So when they get out of that phase don't you think they'll want to know?"

"I can't tell them. I'm not going to tell them."

"They're your friends they'll forgive you."

"I don't think so."

"Tina slept with Vince..."

"Not when I was with Vince. I slept with Gary right before they got married."

"But..."

"Val there are no buts. I'm not telling them."

"Are you afraid of losing them as your friends?"

"I am afraid, but not of that."

"What is the big deal? Just tell them, get it over with. It's not like you're trying to steal Gary or anything."

"I don't know that Tina would be able to see that."

"Why not?"

"It's complicated."

"How? You shouldn't give up on your two best friends just because you made a mistake."

"Just drop it Val. I'm an adult I can handle it. I will handle it in whatever manner I think is best."

"So you had to move out because you were afraid of bumping into them in the hall and having an awkward conversation?"

"No. At this point an awkward conversation is the least of my worries."

"Why are you acting so mature about this?"

"Is it a bad thing to act, or be mature? I am an adult."

"Yeah but suddenly..."

"Val I'm adult, and it's time that I act like one."

"I agree, but why do you think that?"

"It's complicated."

"How complicated can it be? You don't have to be so serious, you're not getting married, or dying, you don't have to be so serious, you're too young."

"I don't have a choice."

"Why not?"

"I don't want to talk about it."

"Why not?"

"I don't want you to get upset, or be disappointed in me. I've let you down enough times."

"Holly what are you talking about? Why would I be upset? Is there something that you're not telling me?"

"Yeah, there is."

"What?"

"I've been putting it off, and putting it off, but it's not going away. I know that I can't not tell you, but I just wasn't ready before. I don't know if I'm ready now."

"What is it? Just tell me. It can't be that bad can it?"

"Yeah it can."

"You act like the world is ending. Whatever it is that you're not tell me, I'm sure that it isn't that big of a deal. You're making a bigger deal out of it than it is."

"No I'm not."

"How long have you been putting off telling me?"

"A while."

"How long is a while? A couple of days?"

"Weeks."

"A couple of weeks?"

"Several weeks."

"What did you do? Did you wreck my car or something?"

"That's fixable, this isn't."

"What isn't?"

She takes a deep breath and gets off the couch. She walks away.

"Where are you going? You can't just walk away in the middle of a conversation."

Holly returns a few seconds later from her room. She holds something in her hand. She sits down quietly and stares at her sister. She swallows hard fighting hard to hold back tears.

"Holly what aren't you telling me?"

"I'm getting to it. Just give me a minute."

"You act like you're dying. Did someone die?"

"No. It's quite the opposite actually."

"Someone is undying?"

"What?"

"Never mind, what were you going to tell me?"

"I'm pregnant."

Val furrows her brow and looks at her sister intensely. "Come again?"

"Don't make me say it again, it was hard enough the first time."

"I don't think that I heard you right."

"You did."

"Are you sure?"

"Uh huh," Holly nods.

"But..."

Holly hands Val a picture. Val stares at it. "What is this?" she asks.

"It's upside down," Holly points out.

"Oh," Val flips it right-side up. She studies it carefully, and quietly. "It looks like a baby."

"Yeah, because it is."

"This is why you had to move out?"

"Yeah."

"You're having a baby?"

"Uh huh."

"You're sure?"

"Val you're looking at a picture of it."

"My baby sister's having a baby?"

"Yeah."

"So that's why you don't want to tell Gary?"

"I don't want to break up someone else's marriage because of a mistake that I made."

"He was there too Holly."

"He had an excuse, I didn't. I knew what I was doing."

"Didn't you use any protection?"

"Yeah, but obviously it didn't work."

"Raising a child is a lot of work you can't just walk away, even though sometimes you wish that you could."

"Yeah I know."

"So what are you going to do?"

"I'm going to have a baby."

"You're sure about this? You're going to have this baby and raise it on your own?"

"Yeah."

"You're completely sure? Because you know it's not too late to change your mind."

"I'm sure, I'm going to have this baby."