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Chapter 12
The sun shone intensely through the curtains, creating a beam of bright light which landed right on the brunette's head. Nikki woke up and sighed, not the sofa again, she thought. 'What in God's name have I done this time?!' Nikki thought, desperately trying to remember why she was on the sofa, as opposed to lying in her bed. Before she could think anymore on the situation, her stomach churned. Nikki darted upstairs to her toilet, knowing she was going to be sick. She made it just in time, as her stomach did one final heave and vomit was forced out of her mouth. Whilst retching, Nikki remembered everything, that she might be, almost certainly is, pregnant. Her eyes filled with tears as she continued to be sick in the toilet bowl. She was so ashamed with herself, she was now not only a cheat, but a knocked up one! Around half an hour later the retching started to stop, as she had nothing else left to throw up. Dizzily, she stood up, gave her teeth a quick brush and decided to go to bed for another couple of hours of sleep. She was tired, weak and really didn't want to do this pregnancy test. If she did, it would make this situation, this mistake, even more real. She couldn't bear that.
Awaking a few hours, later she felt much better, which was a relief, Nikki supposed. She decided to get up and embrace the day. After having a shower, doing her hair and make-up and choosing something to wear, she practically dragged herself downstairs for some breakfast. She only managed to eat a cracker and have a few sips of water before she'd decided that was enough. She took her glass of water into the living-room and opened the curtains, letting the summer brightness fill the room. She decided to watch the news as there was nothing else to do, she'd face the humiliation of going and buying a pregnancy test later. Then she noticed a note on the coffee table. Noticing it was in Christine's handwriting, and because she was intrigued, she read the note, smiling for the first time at the thought of being pregnant. She'd never felt like this with Eve, at all. Surely this was a good thing.
She looked at the clock on the wall: eleven o'clock. Vix would be in Berlin by now. Nikki had made the decision to stay in Greenock. She'd not even tried to stop Vix from leaving, knowing she would find someone better than her, easily. 'Vix was right, I really do like to pull myself down, don't I?' Nikki thought to herself. Nikki couldn't deny that she'd miss her though, her dodgy fake tan was practically her only flaw and her ass was definitely one of her biggest assets. The teachers hand, which was resting lightly on her stomach, slowly slid downwards. Nikki groaned and bit her lip, still thinking of the younger woman's fabulous derriere. Knock knock. Nikki jumped. Getting up off the sofa, she glanced up at the clock again: five to twelve, 'Christine already!' Nikki thought. She quickly checked her appearance in the mirror before walking out of the room, towards the front door. "Hiya Christine" Nikki smiled brightly. "So how did it go?" The blonde asked eagerly, referring to the pregnancy test. "Oh erm. About that-"
"You haven't done it yet, have you?" Nikki shook her head, hanging her head in shame. "Aren't you like a tiny bit excited to find out?" Christine enquired, clearly more excited about the whole situation than Nikki. "Erm. Yeah I am. It's just going to be a lot to take in if I am. And I don't know how i'll tell him if I am or anything." The brunette sighed frustratedly. "Well you should take it one step at a time. We'll go to the chemist now and buy one if you like, assuming you haven't got one already?" Christine encouraged.
"Yeah, okay. Thanks, Christine. You're amazing." Nikki smiled gratefully, pulling the older woman into a quick hug. Christine gave the younger woman a quick squeeze to show her understanding. "Come on then." Christine smiled, releasing Nikki from their embrace.
They sat in a comfortable silence on the way to the chemist with Nikki staring out of the window the whole way. When they arrived after a couple of minutes, it was only down the road, Christine parked the car in the small car park. "Do you want me to go in with you, or..." Christine offered sympathetically, bringing Nikki out of her trance. "Oh no it's alright. I'll be fine." Nikki said, trying to reassure herself more than anything. She got out of the car with her bag and gingerly walked into the chemists. Noting she was the only customer, she sighed with relief, the last thing she needed was one of the kids parents, or someone, seeing her buy a pregnancy test; she'd have never heard the end of it and she knew it. Quickly picking up a midrange one she walked over to the till and handed it to the pharmacist. The woman behind the till smiled warmly, Nikki tried to smile back but it probably came out as more of a grimace, she thought. "That'll be nine pounds fifty." The woman smiled kindly, putting the small box in a paper bag for her. Nikki got out a ten pound note and handed it to the pharmacist. "Here's fifty pence change and your receipt." She smiled, handing Nikki the change and the small piece of paper. "Thank you." Nikki replied, trying to keep the panic out of her voice. She turned round to walk out of the shop, "Oh and good luck!" The woman said kindly. "Thanks!" Nikki shouted, turning her head slightly so the pharmacist could hear her before the self-closing door shut behind her.
Nikki arrived back at the car and quickly climbed in, shutting the door behind her. She took a deep breath in relief at being in the safety of Christine's car. "Great" Christine smiled, checking Nikki had the bag and that she hadn't chickened out. Christine had done that four times when she'd guessed that she was pregnant with Connor all those years ago. Christine started the engine and waited for Nikki to put her seatbelt on before setting off on the ten minute journey back to the Waterloo Road car park.
Finally home, Nikki still didn't want to do the test. She couldn't know. Instead, she took a long bath, letting the gorgeously scented bubbles wash away her worries. The bubble bath, actually shower gel but it works just the same Nikki thought, she was using was actually Lorraine's from when she'd left it there one time. She remembered that night well. They'd been for a walk in the woods near to Nikki's house and she'd slipped in the mud, falling over and pulling Lorraine down with her. Both women had just laid in the mud for ages, sharing the odd soft, sensual kiss and just talking about life in general. That's what she liked about Lorraine, that she was a good listener once you got to know her. They'd arrived back at Nikki's soaking wet and covered in mud and twigs. Nikki was used to the mud because of the army but she'd expected Lo to completely freak out when she saw herself in the mirror. However, when the blonde did see her reflection she just burst into fits of giggles, followed by Nikki, laughing at the whole situation. Lorraine had quickly gone to her car, getting out yet another designer bag and returning back to the now filthy kitchen. "What's that?" Nikki asked confused. "Oh my emergency bag." Lo giggled. Nikki just raised her eyebrows watching the blonde pull out a complete change of clothes and some shampoo and shower gel. "Shall we..." Lorraine giggled. After hosing themselves down and their snogging session in the shower they both climbed out, Now squeaky clean. Nikki loved that memory, it was one of the happiest moments of her life when Lo had trusted her enough to let her see her naked for the first time.
The water became cold, Nikki reluctantly climbed out and dried off then put Lo's hoodie on again, relishing in the comfort it provided. Now feeling hungry Nikki made herself a sandwich, another few minutes trying to put it off, Nikki thought. After clearing away her plate she ventured back to her bathroom to do the test. She got one, it was a pack of three, out of the box and just stared at it, her hands shaking, she did't even need the toilet anymore. Deciding it was useless she decided to go for a nice, long jog.