"I'm sorry, Cathy. I'm just upset about...about this whole thing." Jamie said through my door. "I wasn't expecting this, Cathy. Please don't be mad at me." I wasn't mad at Jamie. I was mad at Elise. Why did she have to tell me? I did not need this now. It seems like forever ago that we talked, but it was only few hours earlier.
"Why are you here?" Elise asked once she had let me in.
"We have to talk about Jamie." I had said. This was the first time we were in the room alone together, let alone actually talk.
"Look, Katie, I don't want to talk about Jamie." Elise said, knowing perfectly that my name was Cathy.
"It's Cathy, and it doesn't matter whether you want to or not, we are going to." I said sitting on the couch. Oh, it was really lumpy, not at all how Jamie likes it.
"And you wonder what you might have done to make him divorce you?" Elise said rolling her eyes.
"I think it's whom he might have done." I said coolly. Elise just glared at me.
"Look, we can't talk about Jamie because you're the ex-wife and I'm the girlfriend." Elise said.
"Are you?" I asked. "I thought you two broke up."
"Well, it's...complicated." Elise said sitting down next to me. "Eventually, I think we will have to get back together."
"Why?" I asked. I knew eventually Jamie and I should get back together, why did she have to become involved?
"Because I'm the mother?" she said. Oh god, are you kidding me? I wanted to run out of there as fast as I could. But no, I came to talk, so now I would talk.
"How long have you known?" I asked. "Does Jamie know?"
"Jamie doesn't know." Elise said. "Jamie doesn't deserve to know." Elise was crying angry tears now and she quickly wiped them away. She didn't want to look vulnerable in front of me.
"He's the father, he should know." I said. "If I were pregnant, I would want my child to know his or her father. Elise, he has to know."
"Could you tell him?" Elise asked me. Yeah, like I should tell my ex-husband (whom I love) that his girlfriend who he cheated on me with is pregnant with his child. Man, I have a messed up life.
"Elise, I can't tell him. It's not my child." I said.
"It could be. Will you adopt it?" Elise asked me. Whoa, what? I mean, I always wanted a child, but not like this.
"You want me to adopt your child?" I asked her in disbelief.
"I don't know anything about babies or parenting. But you are so ready for it. You would be the best thing for it." Elise said.
"You want your child to be raised with your boyfriend's ex-wife?" I asked. I wanted to add, ' with your boyfriend.' But I didn't.
"Please?" Elise asked.
"I'll think about it." I said. "I have to go. Thank you for this, uh, talk." I got up and left. Now I'm stuck in my room. I couldn't run away from Jamie. I had to talk to him. Would he raise Elise's child with me? Would I raise Elise's child?
"Jamie?" I said quietly as I walked out of my room. Jamie was packing up his things. "What are you doing?"
"I'm sorry, Cathy. I have to go back and live with Elise and...and my child." Jamie said. "I can't walk away from this."
"I know." I said, not even bothering to bring up the idea of adoption. Once Jamie returned Elise's confidence would return and she would raise her child with Jamie. Jamie walked over to me and kissed my lightly on the lips.
"Good-bye, Cathy." Jamie said and walked out of my apartment.
"Good-bye, Jamie," I whispered long after he had left.
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