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Chapter 3

Jess' alarm went off at 7:00am. It was now 8:00am and the music had been blaring for 1 hour.

"Jess turn off you alarm. I will wake up Nathan," Hailey said coming into her room and pressing the snooze.

"What?" Jess asked startled by Hailey's presence.

"Your alarm. It has been going off for an hour. Nathan just got in from the night shift."

"Oh sorry. I wasn't even sleeping. I guess I was in my own world."

"Do you want to talk about it?" Hailey sat on the bed next to her. Jess just shrugged.

"Saturday and yesterday morning was great. We went out to dinner then to that play I wanted to see. Heh. I didn't even have to drag him kicking and screaming." Jess finished telling her about the fight that happened on Sunday. She turned to Hailey. "I'm pregnant." She blurted out

Hailey sat there, then turned to Jess wide eyed. "You're pregnant?"

Jess gave a watery smile. "Yep 11 weeks. I went to the doctor last week."

"So I take it Jake doesn't know?"

"Nope."

"And that is why you want to get married?"

"No. I love Jake and Jenny. They have been my family for the last 3 years. I can't honestly see my self living with out them."

"Jess you have to tell him."

"No, I can't now. That can't be the reason he marries me. Don't tell him. I'm going to see Jenny on Wednesday. Then I'm going to my sisters for a while."

"He'll find out eventually you know."

"Yeah but not right now."

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Monday afternoon Jake sat down watching the news folding the two loads of laundry he had started that morning. He was in a daze. He didn't want to get out of bed this morning. Luke had helped him by getting Jenny ready for school and taking her. On his Mondays off he usually met Jess for lunch but not this Monday. It was weird. He didn't like it. The phone rang interrupting his thoughts.

"Jake speaking," he couldn't hear anything on the other end. "Hello?"

"Hey, it's me."

He took a deep breath. "Jess you need to come back. I'm a mess and it hasn't even been 24 hours. I couldn't get out of bed this morning. Luke had to get Jenny ready."

"Well she's actually the only reason I called."

"Oh," he said disappointed. "She asked for you last night, she wanted you to read her a story."

"Actually I wanted to know if I could see her Wednesday. It is my early day. I can't pick her up from school."

"Well yeah that's ok. Are you going to stay for dinner?"

"No. I would take her to Hailey's. I'm staying therefore now."

"Umm yeah I guess that would be fine." He pit his head in his hands. He was getting a headache. "Oh could you also take her this weekend. It's my weekend in emergency."

Yeah that would be fine. Oh you never told me Nathan was on nights at the hospital."

"Oh he just started. He figured he might as well get it over with so that he might get out of it when Hailey and he finally get married." He realized what he said before it was too late.

"Yeah makes sense. Well I have to go. I'll pick her up Wednesday. Tell her I love her. Bye Jake."

"Bye Jess, I love you." It was to late though she has already hung up.

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