A/N: Hey all! I know I just posted a story, but people seemed to like it, so...:) This is a story I've been working on since I heard the spoilers that one of the housewives might be pregnant. I just thought it would be interesting if it was Susan. I'm a hopeless Susan/Mike fanatic. LOL, hope you don't get sick of me!
Susan stared in shock at the object in front of her. How could something so small have such a huge meaning? But there it was, right in front of her: a pink plus sign. She was pregnant…pregnant with Mike's baby.
"No," Susan laughed aloud to herself. "These things are always wrong, I'll just take another one, and it will probably be negative, and everything will be fine." Susan took not one, but 3 more pregnancy tests, all of them revealing a pink plus sign. Near hysterics, Susan dropped onto the side of the bathtub and stared at the four identical sticks in front of her.
"Mom! I'm home!" came a shout from the front door. Julie was home. Panicking, Susan gathered up the pregnancy tests and stuffed them under the bathroom sink, then went out to greet her daughter, trying to appear as calm as possible.
"Hi, sweetie," she said, smiling. "How was your weekend with your dad?"
"It was great, Mom, we went camping!"
"Very cool," Susan replied distractedly.
"Can you help me get my stuff out of Dad's car? I kind of have a lot," Julie asked, heading back outside. Susan nodded and followed her daughter out to Karl's car, where he was removing bags from the trunk.
"Hello, Susan," he greeted.
"Karl," Susan replied shortly. She was in no mood to endure an argument with her ex-husband, so she thought it wise to say as little as possible. She reached out to take the bag Karl was offering her, but it slipped right through her hand when she saw Mike come out of his house across the street. She saw him looking at her, and grew nervous as he headed toward her house. Panicking, she grabbed the bag from the ground, turned around, and all but ran back into her house. She closed the front door and peered through the window as she watched Mike stop halfway to her house, shake his head, and turn back around.
"Mom?" Julie called from outside. "Are you going to let me in?" Susan laughed, reopened the door, and took the bag her daughter was holding. She absentmindedly waved to Karl as he drove away, then pulled Julie into the living room. "What is it, Mom?"
"I have something really important to tell you," Susan began nervously.
"Ok, what is it?" Julie asked, looking at Susan. Suddenly Susan couldn't tell Julie. Deep down she still hoped there was the possibility that the tests were wrong. Susan didn't want to say anything until she knew for sure. She sighed, then realized Julie was still waiting for her to reveal her important news. She wracked her brain for something to tell her daughter.
"Um, my illustrations got picked up for another book," she said weakly, hoping it didn't sound to fake.
"That's great, Mom!" Julie said, giving her a hug. "Your drawings are the best."
"Thanks, hon. Well, you probably want to call your friends or something, so I'll see about getting us some dinner."
"Ok, I'll be upstairs," Julie replied, grabbing her bags and heading to her room. Once she was sure her daughter was inside her room, Susan went into the kitchen and picked up her phone.
"Hello? Dr. Morganstern? I think I need to set up an appointment with you…" she began, biting her lip.
Susan sat nervously on the hard plastic chair in the examining room and waited for the doctor to come back with her test results. Her gut told her that she was pregnant, but she was holding on the hope that she wasn't. She took a deep breath as the doorknob turned and Dr. Morganstern came in carrying a clipboard.
"Well, Susan, it appears that the four pregnancy tests you took were correct," she said, smiling. "Congratulations, you're pregnant." Susan felt tears start to well up in her eyes, but she blinked them back and swallowed hard.
"Thank you, Dr. Morganstern. I just had to be sure," she murmured, staring at the wall.
"Yes, I understand that," Dr. Morganstern replied. "Do you have any questions?"
"No, I've done this before," Susan laughed. "I've just never done it alone," she thought to herself.
"Well, if you don't have any concerns, you need to go the front desk and get an appointment for your 4-week progress check-up."
"Ok, I'll do that. Thank you," Susan sighed. After she went to the desk and made her appointment, Susan went out to her car and just sat in her front seat for 15 minutes. Pregnant. As badly as she felt about it, Susan really had not wanted it to be true. Had things gone differently with Mike, she would have been ecstatic. As her thoughts drifted to Mike, Susan knew she had to tell him. Convicted killer or not, he was the father of this baby and he deserved to know. Taking a deep breath, Susan decided to call him and get it over with. She pulled out her cell phone and dialed the number she still knew so well and waited for him to pick up.
"Hey, this is Mike-"
"Mike!" Susan began, but was cut off.
"I'm not here right now, but if you leave a message, I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Thanks, bye." Susan sighed. His answering machine. She didn't want to tell him in a message, but she needed him to call her back.
"Hi, Mike…it's Susan. Um, I know you weren't expecting to hear from me, but um…there's something I need to tell you. I-"
"Susan!" Mike's voice came over the other line, breathless. "Susan, are you still there?"
"Uh, yeah. I thought you weren't home," Susan replied, stalling for time.
"I just got in the door and heard you leaving the message. What is it you wanted to tell me?" Susan thought she detected a hint of hope in Mike's voice. She sighed.
"Yeah, um, it's kind of important, and I don't want to tell you over the phone. Could you meet me somewhere?"
"Sure, anywhere. Name the place."
"Can you meet me at Starbuck's at 2:00?" Susan asked.
"Absolutely. I'll see you there," Mike replied. Susan actually smiled to herself.
"Ok, Mike, thanks. See you soon," she said, then hung up. She took a deep breath and started the car. She wanted to go home an lie down for a little while before she would have to face Mike. Mike, who was the father of her baby, an accused killer, and the man she still loved.
TBC...
Hope you like it! -Marbear 66
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