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πŸ’š So remember that this pic is RATED M, and it is not only for the sexy times. Some dark moments will be approached in this story, and they can trigger some people. This is a fair warning to remind you that this story sets place in a dark world, which means it is bound to mountains dark themes.

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Mia's PoV

As she got into her apartment Mia realised that it had been a week since she had seen or her from Christian. But she wasn't worried that much about it. She knew he was still trying to get to terms with the end of his relationship with Ana, and he ended up working even more than he did before. Still, she was rather happy when she heard from Jose that Christian didn't turn into a ruthless tyrant in his side activities. Apparently, he was more intense, but his attitude did not change from how he used to be before.

Angela had a long talk with her on the night of the gala, half complaining- half thanking her for the night. A part of the redhead was glad that Christian had been gentleman enough to not let his frustrations on her, the other part was frustrated to have been refused a night with a good looking man. She actually tried to take out of Mia who was Christian's girlfriend, but Mia remained loyal to her friend.

In fact, her loyalty to Christian had some consequences toward her friendship with Ana. The two girls hadn't seen each other since the breakup, with Mia always coming up with excuses to not see the brunette. Mia didn't go as far as to hate the girl, but she did have a lot of resentment toward her. She couldn't get over the fact that Ana broke Christian's heart without any apparent reason. Because of the cold way she broke it off, Mia had to see Christian in a state she never thought she would see him in, and she couldn't get past that it was all Ana's fault.

Still, she didn't ostracise her friend all together and still stayed in contact with her via texts and messages, doing her best to respect Christian's wish and not let Ana know that she was aware of the relationship she had with him. But that did not stop Mia from nudging her friend from time to time for him to follow her instincts and call Ana on her bullshit.

She knew that Ana never confided in her about her couple with Christian, but she still talked about the guy she was seeing, and it seemed to Mia's eyes that Ana had been in love with the guy, incidentally Christian.

Mia was suddenly torn out of her wandering thoughts about her friends by the doorbell ringing. She furrowed her brows, not expecting any visit since Jose and Ethan were in Seattle visiting Kate at the moment. She went to open the door, only to find Ana who seemed on the verge to tears. She hastened her inside, worry colouring her blue eyes as she inquired,

"You okay?"

Ana shook her head, walking to the sofa, and sat there, bringing her knees to her chest and rocking back and forth. When Mia sat next to her, waiting for her friend to explain what happened to her, the brunette said with a very small voice,

"I think I'm pregnant."

Though her first thoughts should give been for her friend in need and in distress, Mia couldn't help but think of Christian at this moment. She may have not known a lot of things about him, but the one thing she was sure of was that he wanted to be a father. He never actually said those words to her, but she could tell by the way he would talk about parenthood that it was something he was eager to start.

And now, his ex-girlfriend whom he still loved showed up at the door, claiming that she might be pregnant. She looked into the distraught eyes of the brunette and asked,

"Are you sure? Did you go to the doctor to check?"

"I can't! If Dad finds out, he will lose his shit. But I've missed my periods for two months now."

"Does Paul know?" Mia coyly inquired, knowing that it was the best way to ask if it was Christian's, without revealing her knowledge concerning Ana's ex. Ana blinked, looking confused for a moment before she admitted,

"It's not Paul's."

"How can you be sure?"

"We never had sex."

Mia kept her surprise to herself, but she still wondered if Ana wasn't only with Paul as a rebound relationship. She thought that it would make sense because it seemed so strange to her that Ana would date Paul of all people, so shortly after breaking off her relationship of two years.

"But ... haven't you been with him since ... a while?" She poked around, and Ana simply shrugged, keeping her eyes down as she muttered,

"Yeah. But I didn't feel like going there so far."

Mia stopped herself for asking more about it, recognising that the priority at this moment was to provide her friend with support and comfort instead of harassing her with questions. She cleared her throat and let the brunette know,

"Well, I think you should take a test first. Maybe you're just stressed, and it's nothing."

"I don't want Dad to know anything about this. And if I go in a drugstore to buy a pregnancy test, Lauren is going to rat on me for sure."

"I'll buy the test," Mia propose, feeling bad for Ana who couldn't have a decent private life without her father interfering. In fact, she was amazed that she and Christian managed to hide their relationship for two years.

"But Ana, ... What if you are pregnant?"

She hoped that Ana wasn't going to ask her to keep the secret because she didn't feel like keeping from Christian this kind of information. Ana burst in tears, making Mia's worries all disappear at once, now only concerned about making her friend feel better.

She scooted closer to the brunette and hugged her, giving her the comfort she was seeking. Once Ana's sobs became more sparse, she said with wisdom,

"I think this would be a much better conversation if you had it with your ex, instead of me."

"No," The brunette protested. "He's an idiot and I know exactly what he'll do if I end up being pregnant indeed."

Mia kept for herself that of course, Christian would do the right thing. This was exactly what he wanted, even if those weren't the circumstances he would have ideally wanted. He wanted to marry Ana, and more importantly, he wanted children. But now that Ana was being so vehement on not telling Christian anything of her worries, she wondered if maybe her refusal to his proposal was actually a genuine refusal. She had no doubts that Ana knew that Christian would recognise the child and provide for the two of them in the best way he could, but maybe Ana didn't see herself with Christian after all.

"You can't tell anyone Mia!" Ana supplicated, panic on her face, and the blonde promised that she wouldn't. "Not even Christian! I know you're friends with him, but if you tell him, he'll go rat on me to Dad."

Once again, Mia promised, though she wondered if Ana genuinely didn't want her father to know, or if she was keeping this from Christian as well. And then, she found herself asking inwardly if Ana was naive enough to think that she would be able to hide a pregnancy from the two men who cared the most for her in the world. Whether she kept the baby or not, the two mobsters were bound to find out, one way or another.

She got up, refocusing on the present, and let the teary brunette know, "Let me pop by the drugstore, I'll be back in twenty minutes."

Ana nodded, and Mia left to go buy the pregnancy test, unpleasantly brought back to the days she was a working girl, scared of seeing the little plus sign after just a few days of tardiness. No matter the protections that she and the girls used, there was a false (or verified) alarm at least once a month. And now, there she was, anxiety knotting her stomach whilst buying a little stick that could change her friend's life forever.

On her way back, she stopped by the grocery shop and bought a pint of glass, fully aware that no matter the outcome, it would be well received and consumed within the next hour.

When she came back, she found Ana in the same position she left her in, though she had her phone in her hand now, and was fixing it, thousand of thoughts written in her eyes. As soon as she walked closer to her, Ana snapped her head to her, and got to her feet, taking the little box and rushing to the bathroom. Mia set up the ice-cream with only two spoons and waited on the couch for Ana to come back. Which she did just a minute later, holding the stick by the tip of her fingers.

"I think you should tell the Dad, Ana," Mia said as the brunette sat next to her.

"Well, if I am pregnant, I won't have a choice now, will I? But I'm not telling him as long as I'm not sure."

"Why?"

"We didn't really have a nice and smooth breakup. If I tell him now, this is going to bring up some issues and involve some sacrifices that … Well, if I can avoid it, I will."

Mia kept silent, though she took note that it seemed to be more than simple childishness in Ana's refusal. Weirdly enough, she didn't seem to think that her being with Christian would be a good thing, even though the man was mad for her, and would do about anything to give her the world.

"So … does anyone else knows?" Ana shook her head, staring at the stick and willing it to reveal its secret. "Not even Kate."

"Phone calls can be traced. And, you're the only person I trust in town, Mia. I know I can trust you."

"And yet, you keep on not listening to me and refusing to go talk to your ex," The blonde snapped, though she kept her sarcastic part about Ana not trusting her enough to confide to her about her relationship to Christian.

Ana glared at her, not the least in the world in the mood to put up with Mia's relentless campaign to get her to talk to Christian. "And what if he was some abusive son-of-a-bitch? Would you still try to get me to talk to him?!"

"Don't be ridiculous Ana. We both know he wasn't. I know you'd never take a punch without giving back twice. And you'd never stay with that kind of an asshole, anyway."

"Maybe. But that doesn't mean I'm going to go and talk to him."

"Why did you guys even break up, to begin with?"

Ana seemed to think about it for a second, before she ranted, "He's an idiot." Mia raised a doubtful eye. "He's just a plain idiot. I'm not even sure if he actually loved me to begin with. The whole situation was messed up. It's all my fault to think I could have something with ... a guy like him."

"If the guy stayed two years with you, you β€”"

"What is it to you anyway?" Ana snapped, cutting her off. "Aren't you supposed to be my friend? You don't even know him."

Mia didn't retort anything to that, keeping her promise to Christian, but she could tell Ana wasn't really over Christian. No one would get that upset about someone that made them indifferent. She could even tell that Ana was angry at Christian, and though Mia's allegiance went to Christian, she could understand the brunette's anger. She knew her friend, she knew that Christian was a cold and undemonstrative person, and it seemed that Ana was tired to put up with it to guess his feelings for her.

The two of them fell silent, before they both looked at the stick on the table at the same time, looking at the little blue sign now clear on it.

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~ Anyway, question time:

πŸ’šSo is Ana pregnant?

πŸ’š What do you think of Mia in this chapter? Do you think she will tell Christian?

πŸ’š What do you think of Ana right now? Just curious

πŸ’š What do you think will happen next?

πŸ’šWhat was your favourite part?

Anyway, E L James owns the names of the characters from the Fifty Shades franchise, everything else is mine.

Love, MinaπŸ’šπŸ’šπŸ’š