A/N: So I'm done with school,yay! One more regular chapter after this, then the epilogue, and this story is done,there will be a sequel,but it will not be Detty centered,the story will be sort of a spin off that focuses on Tara-Lynn,because I would like to develop her character in a story where she is the main character, not only will it be a spin off ,but it will also be a crossover with a show I've been wanting to write a story for, I'll have details for y'all in the epilogue of this story because it kind of takes place after the epilogue which is why I can't give you details yet,I can tell you though that despite it being Tara-Lynn centered,there will be some Detty appearances. to answer some of your comments about Chloe, I've been thinking up some scenarios and she will show up one last time, to give some closure on her and her misdeeds,enjoy the new chapter its a long one and I've got some surprises in store for ya.
-Pessi Rom
Thanks to : noro,Princesakarlita411,Historianic, UzuNamikaze,-L-Lawliet'sGirl-BabyBluewinx-,AndromedaAiken and didi6, for reviewing the previous chapter, I appreciate your reviews and I hope you enjoy the new chapter.
Chapter 20: Decisions
One Month Later
Betty was sitting in her office,when Rhody walked in, it had been a month since she had slept with Daniel ,and she hadn't seen or spoken to him since. That would change since he was coming back to work today. He had taken Tara-Lynn out of the state for the last two weeks of his grieving hiatus, and had arrived back in Leore last night. Betty had kept in touch with Tara-Lynn,but Daniel was never mentioned in their conversations,Tare knew that something major had happened between her older brother and his former best friend, but neither seemed to want to talk to her about it.
"Betty, the sandwich guy is here,did you want anything." Rhody asked when she entered the office with a wrapped sandwich in hand.
"No, I'm having lunch with Christina...whats that smell..oh my god!" Betty said her face changing color as she ran from the room and toward the bathroom.
Betty returned to the room five minutes later still looking a little weird,but the color was slowly returning to her face.
"Are you ok?" Rhody asked worried about her mentor and boss of sorts.
"Yeah, I'm probably getting a stomach virus or something." Betty said shrugging it off.
"Maybe you should go home early." Rhody suggested ,still worried about Betty.
"Don't worry, I'll be alright,you can go on your lunch break,I'll be fine ." Betty said trying to hide the fact that she was still feeling queasy.
"Ok." Rhody said leaving the room not really believing Betty was really ok.
A few minutes later, Christina appeared in Betty's office and after seeing her friends appearance she immediately knew something was wrong.
"Bet-ty, you don't look so good." Christina said as she saw Betty's face.
"I'm ok,my stomachs just been bothering me,where do you want to have lunch?" Betty asked trying to change the subject.
"Are you sure?" Christina said noticing the color in her friends face changing.
"Yeah, I...oh no, not again, I think I'm gonna be sick." Betty said dashing out of the room and over to the bathroom again.
Christina walked after her and held her brown curls back as she emptied the remaining contents of her stomach into the toilet. After Betty finished throwing up she walked over to the sink and washed her face,then rinsed her mouth out with water,not saying a word.
"Bet-ty,how long has your stomach been bothering you like this?" Christina asked her nursing experience kicking in.
"On and off for a couple of days,though its worse today,why do you ask?" Betty said as she wiped her hands dry.
" Have you seen a doctor?" Christina asked ignoring Betty's question.
"No,it's probably just a stomach bug or the flu,I should be better in a couple of days." Betty said then headed toward the doors exit.
" Betty, I don't think you have a stomach virus,your symptoms would be continuous,not on and off, if it was." Christina said.
"What else could it be?" Betty asked as they reentered her office, so she could retrieve her purse.
"Is it possible that you're pregnant?" Christina said hesitantly,not wanting to freak out her friend.
"What! No,that's,that's not poss..ible." Betty said pausing as if she seemed to be remembering something.
"Are you sure?" Christina asked seeing the look of doubt in Betty's eye.
"Well..maybe it is possible...I uh...slept with Daniel." Betty said averting Christina's eyes when she said it.
She hadn't told anyone about that night,not her friends and not even her sister who she told everything to.
"What! When?" Christina asked shocked,last she knew, the only non-work related contact Betty and Daniel had,had was at his father's funeral, Betty hadn't mentioned any other instances of them interacting after that,which meant that something had gone wrong.
"About a month ago, after the reading of Bradford's will, Daniel showed up at my house drunk, I made coffee and we talked.." Betty said telling Christina all about what happened that night,leaving out all the personal details of course.
"Bet-ty,that sounds wonderful,what went wrong?" Christina asked confused.
"Chloe.." Betty began,but Christina cut her off.
"What did that little witch do this time?" Christina asked angrily.
"Nothing,well she called him the next morning, we slept together and he was still with Chloe." Betty said.
"Ok,but, I don't see the problem he said he loved you didn't he, he came to you, not her." Christina said not quite getting why it was such a big deal to Betty.
"Yeah,but he showed up drunk, how do I know he meant any of it , what if it was just grief and needing comfort from someone?" Betty said.
" I see, well did you tell him you felt that way?" Christina asked.
"Well sort of..." Betty said.
"And what did he say?" Christina asked.
"That he didn't care about her the way he cared about me and that he meant everything he said and did." Betty said thinking back to that day.
"Then why aren't you together?" Christina said not understanding what the problem was,it was obvious Daniel and Betty were meant to be together.
"Because ,I helped him cheat on his girlfriend, I didn't want to be with him like that, we can't come together just because he's grieving." Betty explained.
"Bet-ty, did you use protection?" Christina said bringing the topic back to Betty's stomach "virus".
"I...I don't know, it all happened so fast." Betty said a terrified look on her face.
"When was your last cycle?" Christina asked deciding against chastising her friend,for the moment, about not using a condom.
"Uh, two months ago...but I usually skip." Betty said quickly adding the last part.
"I think you should take a test, I could get you in to see a doctor at my hospital." Christina suggested.
"Um, ok..." Betty said starting to feel queasy again.
Betty found Rhody and told her to tell Daniel that she'd gone home early and would probably be working from home the next day. She then walked with Christina to the elevator,trying to keep herself from throwing up again. Rhody watched as they entered the elevator, she took out the sandwich she had ordered earlier and discreetly threw it in the thrash, smiling to herself.
"It seems like everything's right on track." She thought to herself then walked away.
Betty sat in a patient room at the free clinic run at the hospital, Christina had taken her blood pressure and asked her a couple of other relevant questions, and now she was waiting for the doctor to come in and examine her. Christina had stayed in the room to offer Betty support. Five minutes passed and the doctor came in.
"Hello, I'm Dr . Heather Richards, what can I help you with today." The doctor said.
"She's been vomiting on and off for the past couple a days,I think she might be pregnant." Christina said seeing how nervous Betty was.
"Ok,I can give you something for the nausea, well take some blood and the lab should have your results between twenty-four and thirty-six hour" She said.
"Ok,thank you Dr . Richards ." Betty said speaking for the first time since the doctor entered the room.
"Yeah,thanks Heather." Christina said,being on personal terms with the doctor.
The Doctor nodded than left the room. Betty and Christina then went down to the lab and Betty got her blood drawn, she really hated needles ,but she was more worried about the results they would get from her blood then about the sharp shiny needle that was piercing her skin. Christina then drove Betty home and helped her into bed after making her eat some soup and drink water. She left only after making Betty promise to drink plenty of liquids to prevent dehydration and to call her in the morning. Christina also called Henry , who promised to check on Betty when he arrived at home from work.
Two Days Later
Betty was typing up an article for Mode,when suddenly her cell phone started to ring, she didn't recognize the number,but knew that it was the call she had been dreading for the past two days. Her symptoms had subsided on the first day without the use of the medicine the doctor had described,which had semi-eased Betty's worries,but the thought that those results would be positive still lingered in the back of her mind.
"Hello." Betty said answering the phone.
"This is Dr . Richards ,can I speak to Betty Suarez?" The doctor said.
"This is her." Betty said dreading what she knew was coming next,her results.
"Hi, Betty, I just received your blood test results and they indicate that ,you are, pregnant, you can make an appointment and we can discuss your options" The doctor said.
Betty had stopped listening after Dr . Richards said the words pregnant, she was in shock as the doctor went on about something. The word pregnant just kept ringing in her head over and over again. She kept on thinking about what she was going to do and for some reason what her father would say, she momentarily thought back to when Hilda found out she was pregnant with Justin.
But Hilda was a teenager when she was pregnant with her first child, Betty was an adult a successful one at that, she had a great paying job as a writer and a best selling authoress and she owned her own home. But none of that would make a difference in what she saw as a major problem, she would still be pregnant and estranged from her baby's father, Daniel Meade.
Sure she could tell him that she was pregnant with his baby,but she knew what would happen,Daniel would leave Chloe and be with her just because of the baby and she didn't want that, she didn't want him to be with her out of some guilt or honor,because of the baby. She decided then and there what she was going to do, she turned her attention back to the phone,just as Dr . Richards asked a question that led Betty to ask one of her own.
"Do you have any questions?" Dr .Richards asked.
" Up to how many months would I be able to fly?" Betty asked.
A/N: That's right, Betty's preggers, bet y'all didn't see that coming, you'll see what Betty decided to do in the next chapter,which will be the final regular chapter,I can't tell you know the name of the next chapter cause it may give things away,so I will try to update this again sometime next week, I can't believe I'm already at this point in the story,this was another one of those destined to happen things since I first conceived the story, I hope you liked the chapter, a lot of things will be happening/revealed in the next chapter,I'd like to update my other Detty's first before I update this again,but if inspiration strikes,you might see an update before that, thanks again for reading and as always, criticism/comments/suggestions etc are always welcomed and greatly appreciated.
-Pessimistic Romanticist