One Night Stand
Chapter Three
Disclaimer: Don't own them
AN: Thank you to all who reviewed. I appreciate it.
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San Francisco
Sara rolled over in her bed. She had a massive headache and felt like she had the worst hangover in history. She quickly jumped out of bed and ran to the bathroom, emptying the contents of her stomach. This had been happening for the last couple of days. She thanked god that her parents were already at work by the time she got sick in the morning otherwise they would be worried.
Sara slowly stood up and washed out her mouth with water, then proceeded to brush her teeth. She went back to her room and sat on her bed, grabbing her day planner from her nightstand. She decided that she needed to see a doctor. As she was flipping through she stopped on May's calendar. Suddenly it came crashing on her, she never got her period in May. She was pretty regular, but whenever finals came up, the stress of schools caused her to be irregular. She hadn't thought anything of it until today.
"Shit"
Sara immediately jumped up and grabbed her cell phone from the charger at her desk. She pressed five and was instantly connected to the one person she needed to talk to more than anything.
"Hello" a cheerful voice answered
"Cath, it's Sara"
"Hey sweetie, how are you doing?"
"Not so good"
"What's wrong?"
"I think I'm pregnant"
"Oh my god" Catherine replied "I'm on my way."
"Catherine, you live two hours away"
"Doesn't matter, I'm on my way to your house. Don't do anything until I get there. I'll call you when I get closer to the city and let you know where I am" With that Catherine hung up the phone, leaving Sara in silence. A part of her knew that Catherine would immediately jump in her car and head up her and a part of her wanted it, but the other part was terrified to see Catherine and to find out if she was in fact pregnant.
Sara sat down in her desk chair. She knew who she needed to call next but she was terrified. She didn't want to worry him if it was a false alarm. Before she could talk herself out of calling him she pressed 9 on her phone and his number came up.
The line rang twice before a recording picked up
"The cellular phone you are trying to call is temporarily unavailable. Please try your call again"
"Crap" Sara said aloud "Well, I'll have to try later"
She decided to go take a long, leisurely bath while waiting for Catherine to get to her home. She also tried to ignore the fact that their might be a new life growing inside her body.
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Catherine did as she said and called when she was about twenty minutes from Sara's house. During the wait Sara tried to be patient, but it wasn't working, she ended up pacing the house waiting for Catherine's royal blue Jetta to pull in front of the house. She was in the kitchen when she heard the doorbell ring. She ran to the door and threw it open.
"Cath"
Catherine rushed into the house and pulled Sara into a hug. "Hey sweetie how you doing?"
"Not so good. I'm so scared"
The two broke the hug.
"Don't worry, were gonna go to the drugstore, buy a bunch of tests and you're gonna take them, okay?"
Sara nodded
"Grab what you need" Catherine commanded
Sara grabbed her house keys and followed Catherine out, locking up behind her. The two women got into the car and Sara directed Catherine to the nearest Walgreens. Once there the two quickly exited the vehicle and walked inside. Catherine immediately headed over to the pharmacy with Sara trailing behind her. The two stopped in front of the pregnancy tests and Catherine noticed the perplexed look on Sara's face.
"Sara it's gonna be okay"
"How can it be okay?" Sara stated "I'm 21 and I think I'm pregnant. There is nothing okay with this entire situation"
"I know sweetie. But let's just get the tests and get out of here. The sooner you know the better"
Catherine quickly grabbed two E.P.T. pregnancy tests and headed back up to the front cashier, Sara following closely. The cashier quickly rang the sale up and Catherine pulled out some cash, much to Sara's protests.
"Cath, you didn't have to pay for the tests" Sara stated as they got back into the car
"It's okay, I wanted too"
They rode in silence the rest of the way back to Sara's house. The two quickly made their way back into the house and up to Sara's bedroom and bathroom. On the way up Catherine ripped the packages open and began to read the instructions.
"Okay, it says just put the little stick in mid stream so that you can get an accurate result and that you should wait at least five minutes but no more than ten."
Sara nodded, grabbed the tests and headed into her bathroom. She emerged a few moments later still looking quite grim.
"Okay, all done. Five minutes."
Sara went over and sat on her bed, Catherine sat down next to her, putting an arm around her shoulder.
"Cath"
"Yeah"
"What am I going to do if I'm pregnant?"
"Well first your gonna cry because I would" The two women laughed at the comment "but seriously, the first thing your gonna do is talk to your parents, then your gonna talk to Nick" Catherine saw the horror go through Sara's face when she mentioned Nick.
"Sara, don't worry about Nick. He's a stand up guy. He'll take care of his responsibility"
Sara sighed and fell back to her bed, "I was so stupid"
"What do you mean sweetie?"
"With Nick, I was so dumb. We had spent so much time flirting and the sexual chemistry was there. I didn't even think of protection that night. God, I'm so dumb"
"Sara. Listen to me. You're not dumb. A little careless, yes, but not dumb" Catherine paused "you followed your emotions, there is nothing to be ashamed about. I know you're scared, but everything will be okay. Okay?"
"Okay" Sara answered "Cath"
"Yeah"
"Thank you for being here. I don't know what I would do if you weren't here"
"Sara you're my best friend and my sister. I wouldn't be anywhere else"
Sara was about to say something when the timer on Catherine's cell went off.
"Five minutes" Cath replied
"Five minutes"
Sara took a deep breath and headed towards the bathroom. When she got to the door, she stopped and turned.
"Cath, you look..please..I can't look." Sara said the emotion evident in her voice and the tears threatening to fall.
Catherine got up from the bed, "I'll look with you"
"Thanks"
The two women entered the bathroom. Catherine grabbed the instructions from the counter.
"Okay, one line not pregnant, two lines pregnant"
The women looked down at the two pregnancy tests sitting on the bathroom counter, four pink lines staring back at them, mocking them. Sara immediately burst into tears when she realized what she was looking at. Catherine pulled her into a hug and lowered her tiny frame to the tile floor. She began to rock Sara's body, mothering her.
"Oh god, I'm pregnant, I'm pregnant. What am I gonna do?" Sara whispered over and over but never receiving an answer to her question, just comfort from her best friend.
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AN: Okay I don't own E.P.T. Nor have I taken a pregnancy test, so I don't know if I am correct or not about the whole line thing. Just go with it. I also don't own Walgreens. Just borrowing their name.
Sorry for such a short chapter. I just really wanted to have the conversation with her parents to be its own chapter. Please read and review.
Chapter Three
Disclaimer: Don't own them
AN: Thank you to all who reviewed. I appreciate it.
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San Francisco
Sara rolled over in her bed. She had a massive headache and felt like she had the worst hangover in history. She quickly jumped out of bed and ran to the bathroom, emptying the contents of her stomach. This had been happening for the last couple of days. She thanked god that her parents were already at work by the time she got sick in the morning otherwise they would be worried.
Sara slowly stood up and washed out her mouth with water, then proceeded to brush her teeth. She went back to her room and sat on her bed, grabbing her day planner from her nightstand. She decided that she needed to see a doctor. As she was flipping through she stopped on May's calendar. Suddenly it came crashing on her, she never got her period in May. She was pretty regular, but whenever finals came up, the stress of schools caused her to be irregular. She hadn't thought anything of it until today.
"Shit"
Sara immediately jumped up and grabbed her cell phone from the charger at her desk. She pressed five and was instantly connected to the one person she needed to talk to more than anything.
"Hello" a cheerful voice answered
"Cath, it's Sara"
"Hey sweetie, how are you doing?"
"Not so good"
"What's wrong?"
"I think I'm pregnant"
"Oh my god" Catherine replied "I'm on my way."
"Catherine, you live two hours away"
"Doesn't matter, I'm on my way to your house. Don't do anything until I get there. I'll call you when I get closer to the city and let you know where I am" With that Catherine hung up the phone, leaving Sara in silence. A part of her knew that Catherine would immediately jump in her car and head up her and a part of her wanted it, but the other part was terrified to see Catherine and to find out if she was in fact pregnant.
Sara sat down in her desk chair. She knew who she needed to call next but she was terrified. She didn't want to worry him if it was a false alarm. Before she could talk herself out of calling him she pressed 9 on her phone and his number came up.
The line rang twice before a recording picked up
"The cellular phone you are trying to call is temporarily unavailable. Please try your call again"
"Crap" Sara said aloud "Well, I'll have to try later"
She decided to go take a long, leisurely bath while waiting for Catherine to get to her home. She also tried to ignore the fact that their might be a new life growing inside her body.
*~*~*
Catherine did as she said and called when she was about twenty minutes from Sara's house. During the wait Sara tried to be patient, but it wasn't working, she ended up pacing the house waiting for Catherine's royal blue Jetta to pull in front of the house. She was in the kitchen when she heard the doorbell ring. She ran to the door and threw it open.
"Cath"
Catherine rushed into the house and pulled Sara into a hug. "Hey sweetie how you doing?"
"Not so good. I'm so scared"
The two broke the hug.
"Don't worry, were gonna go to the drugstore, buy a bunch of tests and you're gonna take them, okay?"
Sara nodded
"Grab what you need" Catherine commanded
Sara grabbed her house keys and followed Catherine out, locking up behind her. The two women got into the car and Sara directed Catherine to the nearest Walgreens. Once there the two quickly exited the vehicle and walked inside. Catherine immediately headed over to the pharmacy with Sara trailing behind her. The two stopped in front of the pregnancy tests and Catherine noticed the perplexed look on Sara's face.
"Sara it's gonna be okay"
"How can it be okay?" Sara stated "I'm 21 and I think I'm pregnant. There is nothing okay with this entire situation"
"I know sweetie. But let's just get the tests and get out of here. The sooner you know the better"
Catherine quickly grabbed two E.P.T. pregnancy tests and headed back up to the front cashier, Sara following closely. The cashier quickly rang the sale up and Catherine pulled out some cash, much to Sara's protests.
"Cath, you didn't have to pay for the tests" Sara stated as they got back into the car
"It's okay, I wanted too"
They rode in silence the rest of the way back to Sara's house. The two quickly made their way back into the house and up to Sara's bedroom and bathroom. On the way up Catherine ripped the packages open and began to read the instructions.
"Okay, it says just put the little stick in mid stream so that you can get an accurate result and that you should wait at least five minutes but no more than ten."
Sara nodded, grabbed the tests and headed into her bathroom. She emerged a few moments later still looking quite grim.
"Okay, all done. Five minutes."
Sara went over and sat on her bed, Catherine sat down next to her, putting an arm around her shoulder.
"Cath"
"Yeah"
"What am I going to do if I'm pregnant?"
"Well first your gonna cry because I would" The two women laughed at the comment "but seriously, the first thing your gonna do is talk to your parents, then your gonna talk to Nick" Catherine saw the horror go through Sara's face when she mentioned Nick.
"Sara, don't worry about Nick. He's a stand up guy. He'll take care of his responsibility"
Sara sighed and fell back to her bed, "I was so stupid"
"What do you mean sweetie?"
"With Nick, I was so dumb. We had spent so much time flirting and the sexual chemistry was there. I didn't even think of protection that night. God, I'm so dumb"
"Sara. Listen to me. You're not dumb. A little careless, yes, but not dumb" Catherine paused "you followed your emotions, there is nothing to be ashamed about. I know you're scared, but everything will be okay. Okay?"
"Okay" Sara answered "Cath"
"Yeah"
"Thank you for being here. I don't know what I would do if you weren't here"
"Sara you're my best friend and my sister. I wouldn't be anywhere else"
Sara was about to say something when the timer on Catherine's cell went off.
"Five minutes" Cath replied
"Five minutes"
Sara took a deep breath and headed towards the bathroom. When she got to the door, she stopped and turned.
"Cath, you look..please..I can't look." Sara said the emotion evident in her voice and the tears threatening to fall.
Catherine got up from the bed, "I'll look with you"
"Thanks"
The two women entered the bathroom. Catherine grabbed the instructions from the counter.
"Okay, one line not pregnant, two lines pregnant"
The women looked down at the two pregnancy tests sitting on the bathroom counter, four pink lines staring back at them, mocking them. Sara immediately burst into tears when she realized what she was looking at. Catherine pulled her into a hug and lowered her tiny frame to the tile floor. She began to rock Sara's body, mothering her.
"Oh god, I'm pregnant, I'm pregnant. What am I gonna do?" Sara whispered over and over but never receiving an answer to her question, just comfort from her best friend.
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AN: Okay I don't own E.P.T. Nor have I taken a pregnancy test, so I don't know if I am correct or not about the whole line thing. Just go with it. I also don't own Walgreens. Just borrowing their name.
Sorry for such a short chapter. I just really wanted to have the conversation with her parents to be its own chapter. Please read and review.