Abby trudged up the steps to her apartment, wearily opening the door. She
was so tired that she would just have easily dropped there and slept than
climb the stairs to her apartment. Once inside her apartment, she made her
way to the sofa before collapsing into a deep sleep.
Susan opened the door to Abby's apartment and was surprised to find it dark. "It's midday," she thought to herself, "why isn't she up?" She continued into the apartment and found Abby asleep on the sofa. She walked round to the front of the sofa and sat on the edge of the coffee table. From there she could see there was something Abby wasn't telling her. "Abby, wake up." Susan shook her friend from the shoulder.
Abby groaned in her sleep. Susan's voice was playing in her sub- conscious, or wait, was Susan in her apartment? Abby opened one eye and looked above her and sure enough there was Susan. "Susan go away." Abby grunted. She hadn't meant to be rude and by the look on Susan's face she could tell she had hurt her. "I'm sorry Susan but I got in about an hour ago from working three, no four days straight, all I want to do is sleep." Abby's voice was laced with sleep.
Susan looked back down at her friend and realised she was telling the truth. "Okay I'll go but you have to answer me one thing." Abby looked through one eye at Susan. "How far along are you?"
Susan now had Abby's full attention. Both eyes sprung open. She had been found out. Maybe the fact she was lying with her hand on her stomach, that was slightly exposed. Abby's voice came out like a whisper. "Almost four months." Her eyes filled with tears, but she managed to blink them away. She had managed to keep this a secret for so long.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Susan asked. She had never known Abby to keep a secret like this before, then again, she had never known Abby to have a secret like this.
"Susan, I can't right now, can you come back later." Abby was sounding more tired now tan she had at the beginning of their conversation.
"Sure, but be warned want details when I return." Susan gently lay a hand on Abby's forehead as Abby's eyes closed again. She didn't even hear Susan leaving.
Susan opened the door to Abby's apartment and was surprised to find it dark. "It's midday," she thought to herself, "why isn't she up?" She continued into the apartment and found Abby asleep on the sofa. She walked round to the front of the sofa and sat on the edge of the coffee table. From there she could see there was something Abby wasn't telling her. "Abby, wake up." Susan shook her friend from the shoulder.
Abby groaned in her sleep. Susan's voice was playing in her sub- conscious, or wait, was Susan in her apartment? Abby opened one eye and looked above her and sure enough there was Susan. "Susan go away." Abby grunted. She hadn't meant to be rude and by the look on Susan's face she could tell she had hurt her. "I'm sorry Susan but I got in about an hour ago from working three, no four days straight, all I want to do is sleep." Abby's voice was laced with sleep.
Susan looked back down at her friend and realised she was telling the truth. "Okay I'll go but you have to answer me one thing." Abby looked through one eye at Susan. "How far along are you?"
Susan now had Abby's full attention. Both eyes sprung open. She had been found out. Maybe the fact she was lying with her hand on her stomach, that was slightly exposed. Abby's voice came out like a whisper. "Almost four months." Her eyes filled with tears, but she managed to blink them away. She had managed to keep this a secret for so long.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Susan asked. She had never known Abby to keep a secret like this before, then again, she had never known Abby to have a secret like this.
"Susan, I can't right now, can you come back later." Abby was sounding more tired now tan she had at the beginning of their conversation.
"Sure, but be warned want details when I return." Susan gently lay a hand on Abby's forehead as Abby's eyes closed again. She didn't even hear Susan leaving.