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Melissa came home from school to find Trish's car in the driveway. It was the day of her entering wrestling school physical, and Trish had volunteered to go with her since she had to go and get a return physical anyway. Melissa smiled and pulled in behind her car. "I'll drive today." She said out loud to herself.
Trish was sitting on the couch looking through a magazine when her sister walked through her door. "Hey diva, are you ready for your certificate into Squared Circle?" Trish said smiling.
"I'm so ready, I've had butterflies in my stomach for the last 3 days." Melissa said sitting down by her and laying her head on my shoulder.
"You know, I was that way on vacation, and every now and then it comes and goes. But I'm stressin' because I have to go to court tomorrow about Peter and I'm so scared that he's going to get away with it." Trish said resting her head on hers. "And Dave can't even come with me because him, Aly and Nattie are in Virginia for the week. His sister and Aly are talking about her living with her for the school year so she can do gymnastics and be with all of her friends."
"Wow, so does that mean that Dave and Nattie are going to move in with you then?" Melissa asked.
"I don't know, we haven't talked about it. But I know that his family is in Virginia, and he really liked the rehab facility in Virginia, but he likes it up here a lot, so I don't know." Trish answered. "I suppose we should get going so we're not late."
"Let me quick change into a short sleeve shirt, then I'll be all set." Melissa said running upstairs. She came back downstairs and went and stood next to Trish in the bathroom mirror. They were so similar it was unbelievable.
"Let's go." Trish said smiling. They got outside and Trish saw that Melissa had parked behind her, "Apparently you're driving?"
"Yeah, I thought that way I can make pit stops and you can't argue." Melissa said sticking her tongue out.
"Girl, I don't care. Today will be our day, just us sisters." Trish said smiling as she got in the car.
They got to the dr's office and Trish gave Melissa a big hug. "Everything is going to be just great, just remember, don't hide anything."
Melissa swallowed, every now and then Trish would seem like she knew something, but Melissa figured it was just her conscience playing tricks on her. It was killing her not to tell her, but Dave said that he wanted to do it, and it didn't seem like he was making any quick decisions. Melissa smiled and nodded.
"Ok, I'll meet you out here." Trish said smiling.
Trish finished before Melissa, she had to have blood work done, and her arm was already swelling up. She sat in the waiting room reading the various magazines.
Melissa came out looking white as a sheet. Trish jumped up and ran to her side, "Melissa are you ok? Do you want to sit down? What's wrong?"
"I didn't eat before they drew blood. Can you drive?" Melissa asked.
"Sure, where are your keys?" Trish said.
Melissa handed them to her, "Can we stop and grab some food?"
Trish laughed, "Definitely, I'm all about a burger, fries and a shake at our favorite diner."
They arrived at the diner and ordered their food. Melissa and Trish both finished everything and then ordered dessert. "I've been PMS'ing something fierce." Melissa said to Trish.
"Tell me about it, I've been so sore and tender lately, taking frontal bumps sucks." Trish said eyeing the ice cream sundae the waitress placed before her.
"I've been a total pig, I don't know if I've ever eaten so much." Melissa said taking a bite of her fudge brownie sundae.
Melissa and Trish finished their desserts, went shopping and rented some movies. That night, Trish's phone rang, "Hello?"
"Hey babe, how are ya doing?" Dave asked.
"Good, how are you?"
"Good, I'll be home tomorrow. Aly and Nattie are going to stay with Ashley for a bit." Dave advised.
"Wow, it'll be weird just having you around. When do we pick up Nattie?" Trish asked.
"Probably next week sometime. We decided we would work it out later. How was your physical?" Dave inquired.
"Good, but my arm is all swollen from where they drew blood." Trish pouted. "Melissa almost passed out."
"What?"
"Yeah, she didn't eat anything before they drew blood, so she got white as a sheet and all light-headed." Trish laughed.
Dave could hear Melissa in the background telling Trish to shut up. He laughed, "Tell her next time, you'll bring her graham crackers and a juice box."
"That's so wrong." Trish said laughing. She repeated it to Melissa and he could hear her telling her to shut up again.
"Well I'm glad that you miss me so much, and I can't wait to see you too." Dave said to her.
"Depending on what time you get here, I might not be here. Me and Alanah are going to go to the spa tomorrow." Trish informed him. "And Melissa doesn't always come right home from school so make sure you have your keys."
"Don't worry, I do. I'll see you tomorrow, I love you."
"Love ya too hon." Trish said hanging up the phone.
"You and 'Lanah get to go have facials and massages? What about me?" Melissa whined.
"Sorry hon, you have school. I told you that we'll go and do that during Thanksgiving break." Trish said patting her on the knee. "But I'm going to turn in, don't stay up too late and I'll see ya in the morning." And Trish headed upstairs.
The next morning, Trish made Melissa breakfast. "I'm leaving close to the same time as you, so I thought that I would make you breakfast." Trish said setting the plate down in front of her.
"Thanks! I'm starving." Melissa said wolfing down the food.
"Girl, chill. Remember, you are a human, not a vacuum." Trish said laughing. They heard a honk. "That's Alanah, you have a good day and I'll see ya when you get home." And Trish ran out the door.
Melissa finished her breakfast and sat down on the couch to watch the news. Next thing she knew, she was waking up to her cell phone ringing. "Hello?" She said sleepily. "Uh-huh, sure I can come down to the clinic." She said and hung up.
Melissa paged her friend to call her. She would turn her phone to vibrate when she was in class. A few minutes later, Connie called her back.
"Hey, I overslept and I have to go down to the clinic, wanna ditch with me?" Melissa asked.
"Hell yeah, where do you want me to meet you?" Connie said.
"Meet me at Donna's Diner in an hour." Melissa said and hung up.
45 minutes later, Melissa came out of the clinic with an envelope in one hand and her keys in the other. She arrived at the diner and saw Connie's car was already there. She quickly went in and found Connie. "Hey, forget the diner, let's go to Trish's, I need to talk to you badly."
"Alright, I'll follow you." Connie said in a confused voice. Connie couldn't believe how fast they got there. Melissa had sped the whole way there.
They walked inside and Melissa shut the door. She called for Dave and Trish just in case.
"Girl, what is going on? You're starting to scare me." Connie said sitting down.
"Ok, what I'm about to tell you cannot leave us. Got it?" Melissa said to her.
"Promise, promise, just tell me what's going on." Connie insisted.
"I slept with Dave about a month ago." Melissa said quietly.
"You WHAT?!?" Connie exclaimed.
"I slept with Dave. Trish doesn't know. They were fighting, and I was joking with him that we should have a few drinks and that I would tell him anything about Trish he would need to know to get her back. Things got out of hand, and we slept together." Melissa explained.
"I can't believe that you fucked him!!" Connie exclaimed. "So you haven't told Trish?"
"No, Dave said he wanted to tell her, but I don't think he has because she's never talked to me about it." Melissa said with tears in her eyes, "And now I can't go to wrestling school."
"Why not? It's not like Trish is going to tell them not to accept you because you slept with her boyfriend." Connie asked.
"Because I'm pregnant." Melissa cried. "I don't know what to do."
"Oh my god." Connie said. She went over to her and held her, "Look, it'll be ok, we'll figure something out. You have options available to you, and you have a loving family who'll support you."
Melissa cut her off, "Not when they find out it's Dave's kid they're not."
"Listen, you're just going to have to tell Dave and figure." Connie started to explain, when Melissa cut her off again.
"Tell Dave?!? Tell Dave!? Connie, this is my sister's boyfriend. This is not just some one-night-stand from the club. It's not that simple. I've seen Dave's kids, they all resemble him in one way or another. I can't not tell him, but I have to tell him, but it would be a lot better if I didn't have to tell him, and I don't know what to do." Melissa said crying even harder. "But we've gotta get out of here, because Dave's due home today and I don't know when."
"Let me look at your papers real quick. I'm going to go to the bathroom and then we'll go. We'll just take my car, you're in no shape to drive." Connie said.
Melissa handed her the whole packet and envelope that the clinic sent her with. Connie opened the bathroom door and called Melissa over. "Look at this." Connie said to her.
Melissa walked over and looked, inside the envelope was a certificate congratulating her on the baby and the test that showed positive. "Great, it's official. I'm pregnant before I graduate high school, before I start wrestling school, and the certificate doesn't even have my name on it.Yippee."
"Hey now, it says Ms. Stratigias." Connie offered.
Melissa shot her an evil glance.
"Come on, let's go to my house, eat some ice cream and we'll cheer you up and help you figure everything out." Connie said walking Melissa out. She set the certificate and test on the counter of the kitchen on their way out and shut the door.
**Well, what's going to happen when Dave comes home? What will Melissa do? Be honest, or exercise one of her other options before she has to admit it? Will Dave ever tell Trish? Please continue to read and review!!**
Melissa came home from school to find Trish's car in the driveway. It was the day of her entering wrestling school physical, and Trish had volunteered to go with her since she had to go and get a return physical anyway. Melissa smiled and pulled in behind her car. "I'll drive today." She said out loud to herself.
Trish was sitting on the couch looking through a magazine when her sister walked through her door. "Hey diva, are you ready for your certificate into Squared Circle?" Trish said smiling.
"I'm so ready, I've had butterflies in my stomach for the last 3 days." Melissa said sitting down by her and laying her head on my shoulder.
"You know, I was that way on vacation, and every now and then it comes and goes. But I'm stressin' because I have to go to court tomorrow about Peter and I'm so scared that he's going to get away with it." Trish said resting her head on hers. "And Dave can't even come with me because him, Aly and Nattie are in Virginia for the week. His sister and Aly are talking about her living with her for the school year so she can do gymnastics and be with all of her friends."
"Wow, so does that mean that Dave and Nattie are going to move in with you then?" Melissa asked.
"I don't know, we haven't talked about it. But I know that his family is in Virginia, and he really liked the rehab facility in Virginia, but he likes it up here a lot, so I don't know." Trish answered. "I suppose we should get going so we're not late."
"Let me quick change into a short sleeve shirt, then I'll be all set." Melissa said running upstairs. She came back downstairs and went and stood next to Trish in the bathroom mirror. They were so similar it was unbelievable.
"Let's go." Trish said smiling. They got outside and Trish saw that Melissa had parked behind her, "Apparently you're driving?"
"Yeah, I thought that way I can make pit stops and you can't argue." Melissa said sticking her tongue out.
"Girl, I don't care. Today will be our day, just us sisters." Trish said smiling as she got in the car.
They got to the dr's office and Trish gave Melissa a big hug. "Everything is going to be just great, just remember, don't hide anything."
Melissa swallowed, every now and then Trish would seem like she knew something, but Melissa figured it was just her conscience playing tricks on her. It was killing her not to tell her, but Dave said that he wanted to do it, and it didn't seem like he was making any quick decisions. Melissa smiled and nodded.
"Ok, I'll meet you out here." Trish said smiling.
Trish finished before Melissa, she had to have blood work done, and her arm was already swelling up. She sat in the waiting room reading the various magazines.
Melissa came out looking white as a sheet. Trish jumped up and ran to her side, "Melissa are you ok? Do you want to sit down? What's wrong?"
"I didn't eat before they drew blood. Can you drive?" Melissa asked.
"Sure, where are your keys?" Trish said.
Melissa handed them to her, "Can we stop and grab some food?"
Trish laughed, "Definitely, I'm all about a burger, fries and a shake at our favorite diner."
They arrived at the diner and ordered their food. Melissa and Trish both finished everything and then ordered dessert. "I've been PMS'ing something fierce." Melissa said to Trish.
"Tell me about it, I've been so sore and tender lately, taking frontal bumps sucks." Trish said eyeing the ice cream sundae the waitress placed before her.
"I've been a total pig, I don't know if I've ever eaten so much." Melissa said taking a bite of her fudge brownie sundae.
Melissa and Trish finished their desserts, went shopping and rented some movies. That night, Trish's phone rang, "Hello?"
"Hey babe, how are ya doing?" Dave asked.
"Good, how are you?"
"Good, I'll be home tomorrow. Aly and Nattie are going to stay with Ashley for a bit." Dave advised.
"Wow, it'll be weird just having you around. When do we pick up Nattie?" Trish asked.
"Probably next week sometime. We decided we would work it out later. How was your physical?" Dave inquired.
"Good, but my arm is all swollen from where they drew blood." Trish pouted. "Melissa almost passed out."
"What?"
"Yeah, she didn't eat anything before they drew blood, so she got white as a sheet and all light-headed." Trish laughed.
Dave could hear Melissa in the background telling Trish to shut up. He laughed, "Tell her next time, you'll bring her graham crackers and a juice box."
"That's so wrong." Trish said laughing. She repeated it to Melissa and he could hear her telling her to shut up again.
"Well I'm glad that you miss me so much, and I can't wait to see you too." Dave said to her.
"Depending on what time you get here, I might not be here. Me and Alanah are going to go to the spa tomorrow." Trish informed him. "And Melissa doesn't always come right home from school so make sure you have your keys."
"Don't worry, I do. I'll see you tomorrow, I love you."
"Love ya too hon." Trish said hanging up the phone.
"You and 'Lanah get to go have facials and massages? What about me?" Melissa whined.
"Sorry hon, you have school. I told you that we'll go and do that during Thanksgiving break." Trish said patting her on the knee. "But I'm going to turn in, don't stay up too late and I'll see ya in the morning." And Trish headed upstairs.
The next morning, Trish made Melissa breakfast. "I'm leaving close to the same time as you, so I thought that I would make you breakfast." Trish said setting the plate down in front of her.
"Thanks! I'm starving." Melissa said wolfing down the food.
"Girl, chill. Remember, you are a human, not a vacuum." Trish said laughing. They heard a honk. "That's Alanah, you have a good day and I'll see ya when you get home." And Trish ran out the door.
Melissa finished her breakfast and sat down on the couch to watch the news. Next thing she knew, she was waking up to her cell phone ringing. "Hello?" She said sleepily. "Uh-huh, sure I can come down to the clinic." She said and hung up.
Melissa paged her friend to call her. She would turn her phone to vibrate when she was in class. A few minutes later, Connie called her back.
"Hey, I overslept and I have to go down to the clinic, wanna ditch with me?" Melissa asked.
"Hell yeah, where do you want me to meet you?" Connie said.
"Meet me at Donna's Diner in an hour." Melissa said and hung up.
45 minutes later, Melissa came out of the clinic with an envelope in one hand and her keys in the other. She arrived at the diner and saw Connie's car was already there. She quickly went in and found Connie. "Hey, forget the diner, let's go to Trish's, I need to talk to you badly."
"Alright, I'll follow you." Connie said in a confused voice. Connie couldn't believe how fast they got there. Melissa had sped the whole way there.
They walked inside and Melissa shut the door. She called for Dave and Trish just in case.
"Girl, what is going on? You're starting to scare me." Connie said sitting down.
"Ok, what I'm about to tell you cannot leave us. Got it?" Melissa said to her.
"Promise, promise, just tell me what's going on." Connie insisted.
"I slept with Dave about a month ago." Melissa said quietly.
"You WHAT?!?" Connie exclaimed.
"I slept with Dave. Trish doesn't know. They were fighting, and I was joking with him that we should have a few drinks and that I would tell him anything about Trish he would need to know to get her back. Things got out of hand, and we slept together." Melissa explained.
"I can't believe that you fucked him!!" Connie exclaimed. "So you haven't told Trish?"
"No, Dave said he wanted to tell her, but I don't think he has because she's never talked to me about it." Melissa said with tears in her eyes, "And now I can't go to wrestling school."
"Why not? It's not like Trish is going to tell them not to accept you because you slept with her boyfriend." Connie asked.
"Because I'm pregnant." Melissa cried. "I don't know what to do."
"Oh my god." Connie said. She went over to her and held her, "Look, it'll be ok, we'll figure something out. You have options available to you, and you have a loving family who'll support you."
Melissa cut her off, "Not when they find out it's Dave's kid they're not."
"Listen, you're just going to have to tell Dave and figure." Connie started to explain, when Melissa cut her off again.
"Tell Dave?!? Tell Dave!? Connie, this is my sister's boyfriend. This is not just some one-night-stand from the club. It's not that simple. I've seen Dave's kids, they all resemble him in one way or another. I can't not tell him, but I have to tell him, but it would be a lot better if I didn't have to tell him, and I don't know what to do." Melissa said crying even harder. "But we've gotta get out of here, because Dave's due home today and I don't know when."
"Let me look at your papers real quick. I'm going to go to the bathroom and then we'll go. We'll just take my car, you're in no shape to drive." Connie said.
Melissa handed her the whole packet and envelope that the clinic sent her with. Connie opened the bathroom door and called Melissa over. "Look at this." Connie said to her.
Melissa walked over and looked, inside the envelope was a certificate congratulating her on the baby and the test that showed positive. "Great, it's official. I'm pregnant before I graduate high school, before I start wrestling school, and the certificate doesn't even have my name on it.Yippee."
"Hey now, it says Ms. Stratigias." Connie offered.
Melissa shot her an evil glance.
"Come on, let's go to my house, eat some ice cream and we'll cheer you up and help you figure everything out." Connie said walking Melissa out. She set the certificate and test on the counter of the kitchen on their way out and shut the door.
**Well, what's going to happen when Dave comes home? What will Melissa do? Be honest, or exercise one of her other options before she has to admit it? Will Dave ever tell Trish? Please continue to read and review!!**