"You're what!" Lu looked at Andy like she was crazy.

"I've been nauseous the past few days. I thought it was just because of…" Her voice cut off before she could say rape. "My period's late…" Andy put her forehead in her hands. "With Jessie and Lizzy, just the smell of chicken made me sick."

As Andy continued to rattle off her symptoms, Lu realized that she could very well be right. Suddenly, Andy's reaction made sense to Lu. If she was pregnant, then this baby was the result of a rape. What mother would want that?

"I could run a blood test, to be positive." Lu tried to give Andy a little hope that she might be wrong, but she wasn't biting.

"This is just great. First my husband beats me, then he rapes me, then I get shot, now I'm pregnant!"

Lu just rubbed Andy's shoulder, just to let her know she was there for her.


"Hey Mom." Jessie smiled as her mother walked into the living room.

"Hey Jess." Andy barely looked at her daughter as she walked up stairs.

Andy and Lu had both been so busy, they hadn't had any time to draw Andy's blood for a blood test. Andy didn't want to wait a week anyway. Before coming home, she had bought a home pregnancy test.

As soon as she walked into her bedroom, she remembered that her toilet had been on the fritz lately. She'd have to use the hallway bathroom. In a few minutes she only had the agonizing wait to endure.

"Buzzzz!" The egg timer she had set went off.

Andy sighed and hesitated. After a few deep breaths, she read the pregnancy test.

Her eyes shrunk so much that you could barely she her pupils. She resisted the urge to cry as she stared at it.

"Positive…" Andy's voice came out as a whisper.

"Hello? Is someone in here?" Jessie started banging on the door.

"Hold on Jessie." Feeling like a teenager getting caught by her parents, Andy threw the e.p.t. into the trash can and flushed the toilet for affect.


Okay, I don't know if there have been any inconsistencies so far, but if there is, I apologize. Also, I guess it's really stretching it to have someone get shot in the stomach and yet be pregnant, but just try and work with me here. (I'm not going to be a doctor when I get older, so you don't have to worry.) And also, I don't really know the symptoms of pregnancy, so excuse me if I'm way off.