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"SPEEEEAK!" Mark glanced up at the answering machine. He hadn't had the heart to change it since Roger had moved out.
A woman's voice spoke from the machine, "Hello Roger and Andrea. This is your mother. I'm just calling to make sure that the two of you are doing alright. I guess you could call me back at…"
Mark picked up the phone, "Hi Mrs. Davis, this is Mark Cohen. If you could just hang on a moment I can go get Roger and Andrea, they're downstairs."
He walked downstairs and knocked on the other apartment's door.
Roger answered, "What do you want."
"Your mom is on the phone upstairs. She wants to talk to you guys."
"Oh. Be up in a sec." Roger shut the door and Mark heard him shouting for Andrea. The two then exited the apartment and followed Mark upstairs.
Roger picked up the phone first, "Hey Mum… Yeah we're fine… no, I don't have a job yet… yeah, love you too, here's Andrea."
"Hey Mum!... Yes he's being a good brother… some of my paintings have been selling… mom, I'm not gonna get a job as a waitress just 'cause I need money… I've been thinking of moving into my own place…" Roger looked at her like she was crazy, "don't worry so much mom. Love you!" Andrea hung up the phone.
"You're what?"
"Moving out. I'm 19 and a half, Roge, you can't baby me forever!" Andrea stormed out of the apartment and ran down the stairs to the other apartment.
She pulled a suitcase out from under her bed and stuffed all her clothes and such into it. Heading towards the door, she fell, her head spinning.
Mimi rushed over to her, "Andy! Are you alright?"
Andrea gripped her head, "I'm really dizzy…"
"Here, just gently sit up." Mimi helped her sit up.
"I think I'm going to be sick…"
Mimi ran and got a bowl and Andrea puked into it.
"Uhhh… that was so gross…" Andrea moaned.
"You okay, honey?"
"I think so…"
"Alright, I'm going to help you walk to that new apartment of yours, IF its not too far away."
"No, it's right over the Life, I can make it…" Andrea stood up and then stumbled once more.
"I'm walking with you whether you like it or not."
The two slowly made their way to the small and barely furnished apartment above the Life café.
"Nice place! Kinda bare though…" Mimi commented, gesturing to the bland walls and lack of decoration.
"Once I save up some money I'm gonna buy a big can of blue paint and re-do all the walls and cabinets in this dingy place!" Andrea said smiling wistfully.
Mimi laughed, "Geez girl, if I didn't know better I'd say you were in love."
"Well since Roger doesn't have the authority to kick me out anymore, I can have Mark over whenever I want." Andrea said, shoving the clothes from her suitcase into some drawers.
Mimi smiled, "Well aren't you sly. I must be a bad influence, hm?"
"Oh yes, its you and certainly not my brother that's being a terrible influence." Andrea said, words dripping with sarcasm.
"Well, I'll be off then." Mimi bid Andrea goodbye.
"Hang on, what's the date?" Andrea asked, biting her lip nervously.
Mimi furrowed her eyebrows, "It's the… 7th of May I think…"
"Damn, that makes nearly two months."
Mimi tilted her head questioningly, then her eyes widened, "No way. Girl, if you are what I think you are, Rodger is gonna be so pissed its not even funny."
Andrea wrung her hands together, "I know… I haven't had the heart or the money to go get a test though… much less to tell Mark."
"You, missy, are coming with me to the corner store. We are gonna get you the most sugar-filled drink we can find and three tests." Mimi grabbed her hand and whisked her down the stairs and out the door.
After a short walk, they arrived at the local corner store.
"Ok, I'll get the tests, you go get the largest sugary drink you can find." Said Mimi.
"Um… why?"
"So you'll pee, silly!" Mimi smiled and pushed Andy in the right direction.
As Andrea looked over the different drinks she heard her name called from a few aisles over, "Andy! Do we need a paternity test too? Cos I don't think I can afford that!" Mimi laughed.
Andy pretended she didn't know who Mimi was until they left the store.
Later, in the bathroom back at Andrea's place, tensions were rising.
"What? This one says positive! But the last one said negative!" Andrea said from the toilet, exasperated.
Mimi sighed, "Calm down. It's probably a false positive. Now just chug some more Mountain Dew and get pissing!"
A few minutes later, Andrea said, "THANK GOD."
"I take it the last one was negative?" Mimi said.
"Yes, yes, yes, a million times yes!" Andrea sighed in relief as she came out of the bathroom, empty 2 liter Mountain Dew bottle in hand.
"You know… you should tell Mark." Mimi said.
"Why? I'm not pregnant." Andrea said, tossing both the bottle and the three tests into the trash.
Mimi sighed, "Yeah, but you could've been! What would you've done then? None of us have the money to fund an abortion and I don't know about you but I sure as hell wouldn't want to have a baby at 19."
"Alright fine, I, and only I, will tell him. When you get back to the apartment, tell him to come over… but make sure Roger doesn't cross him on the way out." Andrea said, rubbing her temples.
Not long after, there was a knock at the door.
"Mark!" Andrea said, engulfing him in a hug.
He held her tightly, "I've missed you, Andrea."
She kissed him and his hands soon went from her back to her butt as he lifted her up and held her against the wall.
"Mark," Andrea said between fervent kisses, "Wait."
He pulled back, confused, "What is it?"
She led him by the hand over to the couch and sat him down.
"We need to talk about something important first before we do anything."
Mark shifted nervously, seeing that Andrea was extremely serious.
She took a deep breath, "I…"
Mark grabbed her hands and held them tightly, "Andrea, its ok, just tell me."
"I…" she squeezed her eyes shut tight, "Ihadapregnancyscare."
Mark's eyebrows rose, then furrowed, "So, you're not pregnant?"
"Yeah…" She looked at him nervously.
"Ok. That's good…"
"I know right? I was so worried, the second test I took said positive, but the third was negative so everything's fine."
Mark looked down at their intertwined hands, then back up at Andrea, "Andy, I just want you to know that if you had been pregnant I would have supported and funded you in any direction you would wish to take."
Andrea smiled and hugged him tightly, "You're the best, Markie."
"So, where were we?" Mark grinned as he leaned in to kiss her.
Their hands explored as their lips locked.
Mark opened his eyes just as Andrea stopped kissing.
As he was about to ask why, he noticed she had gone limp.
"Andrea? Andrea are you ok?" he laid her down on the couch and stroked her cheek.
"Andrea! Oh my god…" He got up and frantically looked around for the phone before dialing 911.
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