Chapter Eight: The Announcement
Two weeks has passed. Lydia didn't feel like herself. Washington was depressing - always raining.
Lydia threw up. She couldn't figure it out. She was sick and miserable. She missed Nick. She went to the drugstore. She looked down the aisles. She stopped at her destination. She picked up an E.P.T. and headed back to her apartment.
She went and got her mail and discovered a huge package. It was from Nick. She carried it upstairs. She opened it. There was a picture frame. It had Nick in it and it was a note from Norah along with it:
Lydia: Come home! You broke Nick's heart and if I have to come and get you, I will! Love, Norah.
The big present was a laptop from Nick. She cried. It was so sweet!
Lydia sat looking at her gifts and she decided she'd better take the test. She went into the bathroom. She waited. The plastic tube slowly turned blue - positive. Lydia cried.
"Nick is never going to forgive me."
She went and sat on the couch. She looked at Nick's beautiful brown eyes in the picture. She thought that he deserved to know so that they could make a proper decision. She sat, lost in her thoughts when her phone rang. She let it ring and answered before the machine.
"Hello?"
"Hi, Lydia."
"Nick, hi."
"I called at a bad time."
"No - I got your package."
"It was Norah's idea."
"The picture is really cute."
"I miss you and if I could I would mail myself to you."
Lydia cried.
"Lyds, I love you. I can't live without you."
She cried harder. She whispered into the receiver, "Nick, I need to tell you something."
"Okay, I'm listening."
"Nick, I'm pregnant. I don't know how or why, but I thought we could make a decision."
"Lydia, I don't know but -"
"Nick, I want to have this baby, but only if you want me to."
Silence.
"Nick, I'm coming home. I have to see you so we can sort things out."
Silence.
She whispered into the phone. "I love you, Nick Stokes - I love you so much and I'll see you soon."
Two weeks has passed. Lydia didn't feel like herself. Washington was depressing - always raining.
Lydia threw up. She couldn't figure it out. She was sick and miserable. She missed Nick. She went to the drugstore. She looked down the aisles. She stopped at her destination. She picked up an E.P.T. and headed back to her apartment.
She went and got her mail and discovered a huge package. It was from Nick. She carried it upstairs. She opened it. There was a picture frame. It had Nick in it and it was a note from Norah along with it:
Lydia: Come home! You broke Nick's heart and if I have to come and get you, I will! Love, Norah.
The big present was a laptop from Nick. She cried. It was so sweet!
Lydia sat looking at her gifts and she decided she'd better take the test. She went into the bathroom. She waited. The plastic tube slowly turned blue - positive. Lydia cried.
"Nick is never going to forgive me."
She went and sat on the couch. She looked at Nick's beautiful brown eyes in the picture. She thought that he deserved to know so that they could make a proper decision. She sat, lost in her thoughts when her phone rang. She let it ring and answered before the machine.
"Hello?"
"Hi, Lydia."
"Nick, hi."
"I called at a bad time."
"No - I got your package."
"It was Norah's idea."
"The picture is really cute."
"I miss you and if I could I would mail myself to you."
Lydia cried.
"Lyds, I love you. I can't live without you."
She cried harder. She whispered into the receiver, "Nick, I need to tell you something."
"Okay, I'm listening."
"Nick, I'm pregnant. I don't know how or why, but I thought we could make a decision."
"Lydia, I don't know but -"
"Nick, I want to have this baby, but only if you want me to."
Silence.
"Nick, I'm coming home. I have to see you so we can sort things out."
Silence.
She whispered into the phone. "I love you, Nick Stokes - I love you so much and I'll see you soon."