Testing Times
Chapter Five
Reflection
She felt as if the whole bed creaked as she moved just the tiniest fraction but to her it was miles better than being under Dales feet. Looking up at the ceiling a pang of loneliness hit her as stroked her hand over her slightly raised abdomen. She heard Yvonne's footsteps painting the floorboards and rolled over to face the wall with a single teardrop rolling down her warm face. She was still unsure whether Dale knew about the baby deep down or not, to her it seemed obvious but he never paid that much attention to her figure. To him she was perfect and always would be.
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He lay in the empty bed looking at the space at the side of him; her scent was spread across the pillow as he rested his head on it. It all seemed perfect; they seemed perfect where did it go wrong? He stared at the picture opposite him; he loved that picture it showed how truly in love they were. He loved her deeply and knew deep down that he caused the split but the wounds were too cavernous to repair at that moment. His mind seemed to overloaded as if it was about to boil over any minute, scars from his childhood were reappearing on his skin but no one was there to heal them. He wanted to help the girl more than anything but knew that he was going to deep; would he ever rise above the mountain?
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"Morning, you look like shit" Yvonne laughed as she saw Kerry walk into the kitchen.
"What do you expect, I feel like shit and its early" She replied as she walked over to the toaster.
"So…" Yvonne said as she turned around on her chair before carrying on
"The baby".
"What about it" She replied bluntly as she slid a slice of toast down into the toaster.
"You going to tell its father that he's going to be a daddy" She said, looking at Kerry with a comic expression when describing Smithy as a daddy. Everyone who knew him knew that those words could never go together.
"I don't know, I just don't know. I still love him but we could argue for days on end over this I just can't face his reaction." She cried as she sat back at the table.
She wiped the tear from her eye and Yvonne looked at her friend who cried out in pain, she smiled and Kerry smiled slightly back in return before giving into the tears.
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The water hit his face and spread a warm sensation over his skin, he hurt more than he realised. Putting back the soap he dissolved into tears, biting on his hand to hold the emotions back. He feared he lost his one true love all because of his past, and now it was back to remind him why he could no longer go on with that one true love.
Once out of the shower he took a deep breath and faced the reality, he knew that the break was final and needed to grieve for his loss.
Picking up the dark grey phone he dialled a number and waited for a reply.
Putting on a gravelly voice he spoke,
"Gina its me, I'm not well I wont be in today"
Between a forced cough Gina replied,
"Why don't you tell me the truth Smithy, I know you your jobs your life there's more to this."
"That's the problem Gina I don't want that to be the only thing in my life but it is, Kerry's left me and I just can't face work." He said in a normal voice.
"She's left you so you're not coming in, do you think she cares about you because I've just seen her walk past my window." She said, her words harsh.
The phone rang silent and it was clear that he had gone from the other line.
Collapsing back on the sofa he buried his head in his hands and thought about Gina's words, what if they were true what if Kerry really didn't care after all it was her that appeared cold towards the end.
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The briefing room appeared quiet as everyone piled in; Gina was pleased to see Smithy make an appearance, even if it was due to her cruel words. Seeing Kerry on the other hand was not so pleasing, she couldn't help but see the difference in her but put it down to a heavy night, as she was renowned for that. Alarm hit her as she realised her words to Smithy probably came at the wrong time, he was down to work with Kerry.
Wow I beat my record for the quickest writing time that took 40 minutes you judge whether it comprimised the quality please r+r! xx