Blue Nova

Chapter 5

          Awkward silences suck.  If I drew up my list of most hated things, it would be right up there by Evolution and Trish.  "So…" Adam says, trying to start a conversation and failing miserably, but at least he tried.  After another length of silence, he speaks again.  "Why were you over there by Evolution?" He sounds like a mother talking to a child who had done something wrong.

          I really didn't want to answer the question.  I mean, that would be dragging out the whole issue of Matt sleeping with Trish Stratus, and that was something I still needed time to digest.  So, I did what every respectable woman would do.  I lied.  Well…it wasn't necessarily a lie.  I just didn't tell him the entire truth.  "I needed to talk to Jeff and I caught sight of him running down that hallway, so I followed him.  I didn't notice that Evolution's locker room was right there.  Hunter grabbed me while I was running." I look over at him with a smile.  "So do you believe me, Daddy?" I ask him.  He laughs in reply, shaking his head.

          "Jerky and Christian sure high-tailed it out of here," he observes, staring ahead.  I take my time looking at him, something that I have just recently found to be a worthwhile hobby.

          "That's all well and good, because I have to talk to you about something," I say, rounding up my courage.  Damn.  If this is hard, how will it be when I tell him that I'm pregnant with the baby of my ex-boyfriend that was cheating on me for a good few months?  I shook my head, pushing the thought away for the moment.  I plunge onward, knowing that my courage was about zip and if I ever wanted to say something, it had to be now.  "It's about earlier today."

          Adam blushes.  I've never actually seen him look embarrassed.  Well, until now.  "Yeah, about that…  I wasn't thinking…  We can just pretend it never happened," he adds.  His face is pointing toward the ground.  

          I wait until I catch his eyes to say anything.  "That's just it," I whisper, "I don't' want to pretend that it never happened," I say.  His eyes open in what I hope is shock.  I step closer to him.  "In fact," my voice was now a breathy whisper, "I want to do it again."  I tilt my head up, pressing my lips softly against his.  All I have to say is that I need to invest in stilts.  I can sense his surprise, but after a moment he puts his arms around me and kisses back, deepening the kiss.  Warmth floods into my lips, and shoots straight down.  Tentatively I open my lips, letting him slide his tongue into my mouth.

          It was right then, in our shared moment of bliss, that none other than Molly Holly interrupted us.  "So, moved on to your next customer?" her voice cut through the air.  I pull away from Adam, touching a finger to my lips.  They feel swollen, but I'm not complaining.  For a minute I stood there like that.  Adam ducks his head, and I can tell he is restraining a laugh. 

          I turn to Molly, my glare cutting.  "Next customer?  Excuse me?  I believe that you mixed me up with Trish Stratus; she's the prostitute around here."

          "Oh, like you aren't.  First Matt, then Christian, then Jeff, then Matt again, and now Edge?"

          I felt my eyelid twitching in annoyance.  "Wow, Molly, I didn't think you kept score.  Living your love life through mine?  You must be, because you can't even get a pompous Harvard grad.  I think you really are trying…  And by the way, if you're going to go out of your way to keep track of every guy I date, get it right.  There was no Jeff.  And it was Matt, Christian, the Rock, Matt, and," I pass a look to Edge, and then back to Molly.  "Edge.  Got it?" my tone isn't exactly friendly.  Adam raises an eyebrow as Molly glares at me.

          "I'll see you in the ring tonight!" she says. 

          I wave sarcastically to her as she goes.  "Always a pleasure!" I call. 

          "The Rock?" Adam asks after we began to walk again.

          I smile, "Yeah, for a month.  He's a great guy."

          "Sounds like I have some competition," he muses.

          I laugh.  "Nah, Dwayne and I realized that we were better off as friends.  Plus, I knew this woman who really liked him and wanted to meet him.  I introduced them a while after we broke up.  Surprisingly, they hit it off.  Rocky proposed to her a month ago, and their wedding is in three months or something like that."  Finally, we reach my locker room.  The awkward silence returned in full force.  I was the first to speak, jabbing my thumb in direction behind me as I did so.  "I'm going to go and lay down," I say, and it was the truth.  My head hurt like hell, and I was still downright cranky.  Though, the kiss did kind of improve that…  The day wasn't favoring me.

          Adam pauses for a long moment.  I can tell there's something on his mind that he doesn't know if he should ask.  Finally he comes outright with it.  "Li…What's up with you?" he asks.  I freeze.

          "What do you mean?" I reply, playing dumb.  I know exactly what he means.

          "For the past couple weeks, you've been…  Well…  You've been laying down a lot, you've been a little unsocial-"

          "You call kissing antisocial?"

          "You know full well what I mean, Li.  So what's the deal?  Are you sick?  What's the matter?" he looks uncertain, wondering if he crossed an invisible line.  I pause for a long time.  Yes, I reply inwardly, I'm going to get sick.  I'm pregnant.  The words didn't reach my mouth.  I couldn't tell him.  Desperately, I looked for a way out of the predicament.  All that looked back was Adam's unwavering stare.  Dread welled in my stomach.

          I have no choice but to tell him that I am pregnant with Matt Hardy's baby.

          Shit.