Chapter Nine
The following night, Georgie, Dillon, Brooke, and Jesse were all sitting at Dillon and Georgie's apartment watching a movie.
Georgie wasn't paying attention.
"Hey, Georgie, would you help me in the kitchen with some snacks?" Georgie nodded her head and she walked into the kitchen with Brooke.
"Ok, G, you are my best friend, now can you please tell me what's up?"
Georgie took a deep breath. "Why don't we grab the snacks and then I'll tell you and Jesse in the living room,"
Brooke nodded. They grabbed some more pretzels and chips and then walked into the living room. "Ok, Georgie, what's wrong?" Brooke asked.
Dillon looked at Georgie and she looked down at the floor. "Umm… guys, yesterday after the trial, I was um… talking to Dillon and I passed out. And when I went to the hospital, Monica found something out,"
"Oh God," Brooke whispered.
Dillon put his arm reassuringly around Georgie. "She…she found…that…I am pregnant," Georgie began to cry.
"Oh, Georgie, its ok! We are all here for you! I promise you will not have to go through this alone, we love you!" Brooke hugged her best friend as Georgie wiped her tears away.
"So how are you feeling about it? You are going to keep it? Right?"
"Yes, I am going to raise this baby. Baby. It hasn't set in that I am going to have a baby. I don't think it will until I have to buy maternity clothes," Georgie laughed lightly.
"And we will go shopping for the cutest clothes," Brooke added.
"Are you going to find your own place? Or stay with Dillon? Or live on campus?" Jesse asked.
"Georgie decided to become my roommate. Why she would, I don't know," Georgie laughed at Dillon. "We're going to find a bigger apartment closer to PCU," Georgie added.
"That's great! I'm looking for a place too. Maybe we could be neighbors!" Georgie and Dillon laughed at Brooke Lynn.
The next morning Georgie woke up early and went for a walk to Kelly's. She stepped into the restaurant surprised to see Emily, Lucky and Ruby sitting at a table. "Hey guys," Georgie said. She smiled at the little girl in the stroller as she cooed at Georgie.
"Hey Georgie, how are you? Liz will be right back. She just ran outside to answer her phone,"
"Ok, that's fine. Do you mind if I join you for breakfast?"
"Of course we don't! We have to catch up," Georgie laughed at Lucky as they sat down at a table.
Liz walked through the door and saw Georgie. She gave the teenager a hug and sat down. "So Georgie, how have you been feeling since the trial?" Lucky asked.
"Well, after the trial I umm… passed out and was at the hospital and umm… got some surprising news,"
"Georgie, are you ok?" Liz asked looking concerned.
"Well, I'm pregnant," Georgie said quietly.
"Georgie! Wow! Are you ok? How do you feel?" Emily asked.
"It's funny, people keep asking me that and I don't know, honestly," Georgie sighed.
"We're here for you kid, we love you," Lucky said.
"Thanks guys, I appreciate it. But I don't know anything about babies. I mean I come over and play with Ruby but I don't know anything else,"
"Georgie, its ok sweetie. I promise I'll help you. You can come over and I'll teach you how to change a diaper and feed a baby and take care of one and you could even borrow Ruby for the weekend," Liz told her.
Georgie smiled. "Thanks, that sounds great. Would you like that Ruby if you came to stay with Dillon and me?" The little baby giggled as Georgie tickled her.
Georgie walked into the apartment around 10:00 a.m. "Hey Georgie, where were you? I went into your room and you weren't there,"
"Sorry Dillon, to have worried you. I woke up early and went to Kelly's for some breakfast,"
"It's ok, Georgie, I was just wondering where you were,"
"Ok, so what do you want to do today?" Georgie asked
"Um, well we could go shopping for the new apartment," Dillon said
"Oh fun! Let me just change out of my sweats and—," before Georgie could finish her thought, she quickly dashed towards the bathroom with Dillon trailing close behind her. Once Georgie finished throwing up, she brushed her teeth and gargled with mouth wash. "I cannot wait until this morning sickness stuff is over," Dillon rubbed Georgie's back. She wiped her mouth and brushed her teeth. "Ok, let me change and I'll be ready to shop!"
Georgie walked into her room and changed into a pair of jeans, a pink polo shirt, her pink UGG boots and her black pea coat. "Ok, roomie, let's go!" Dillon linked arms with Georgie and they walked out of his apartment and drove to look at places.
They arrived at a new apartment complex. There were four levels to the place with a park across the street and PCU was only two blocks away. Each apartment had one to four bedrooms. The one Georgie and Dillon were looking at had four bedrooms, a large living room, spacious kitchen and two bathrooms. There was a great view of the Port Charles Harbor and the floor seemed relatively quiet.
Georgie fell in love with it. She gushed about everything.
They had a plan for each room. One bedroom was for Dillon, one for Georgie, one for the baby, and the last one was for the computer with a spare bed. It was the only place they looked at and Georgie knew it was perfect. Dillon loved seeing Georgie so happy over something like this. He put down a down payment on the apartment.
Georgie called Brooke after they signed the lease and couldn't stop talking about it. Brooke checked out the place and found a great two bedroom apartment next door.
The following morning, Georgie woke up early. They were furniture shopping. It was going to be the group event. Brooke, Georgie, Jesse, Dillon, Emily, and Liz were all heading to furnish the apartments.
"How come we're the only guys here?" Dillon grumbled as the group walked into the furniture store.
"Yeah, where's Lucky and Nikolas?" Jesse asked.
"Well, Lucky is working and Nikolas offered to baby-sit Ruby," Liz said.
"Why didn't we think of that?" Dillon whispered in Jesse's ear. Georgie heard him and playfully smacked him in the arm. "Dillon, this is your apartment too, I want your input on the décor," Georgie replied.
"Ok, fine," he pretended to put up a fight.
Two and a half hours later, Georgie and Dillon had a living room, dining room, bedrooms, and spare bedroom furniture picked out.
The girls sat down on the display sofa, all tired from shopping. "Where are the guys?" Brooke asked.
"Umm… I think we lost them at the big screen TVs," Emily giggled.
"So all we need to do is find furniture for the baby's room," Liz said.
"Do you guys mind if we do this another time?" Georgie asked.
"Of course, sweetie! I bet you're tired. Let's plan to do this again next weekend," Emily said.
"Well, could we put if off farther than that? Once we have furniture it'll then seem real and I'm not at that step yet," Georgie said. Liz gave Georgie a light squeeze and Emily and Brooke nodded their heads in understanding.
"So, gals, are you hungry?" Dillon asked.
"Well it's nice of you two to join us," Emily laughed.
"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse," Liz giggled.
"Ok, so I have a budget on what we can buy so I need to go over this with you, Dillon, so why don't we meet you at Kelly's in an hour?" Georgie said.
"Georgie, don't worry about a budget, buy as much as you want. You're not paying for it and my credit card is from my mom, which is from Edward, and let him worry about the cost,"
