Chapter Eleven
Kay sat up
A sharp pain spread across her stomach, a pain she'd never felt before.
What was that...? Well whatever it was, it had gone as quick as it had come.
Something moved inside her, making her jump, now she was begginning to worry.
She put a hand on her stomach... and found she had a bump... she held back a scream of fear as a scream of pain replaced it
Charlie sat up now too, put an arm around her and wiped the tear from her cheek
"What's going on Charlie?" She whispered
He looked at her, confused by the question "You're in labor..."
She let out a terrified whisper "Labor?"
Suddenly, Kay found herself in a hospital bed, the pain worse than ever, and the bump still there
"Ok" A doctor said "Start pushing when you're ready"
"Ready?" She said "I'm not ready!"
"Everyone says that" The doctor said
"No! You don't get it! How did this even happen?" She looked at Charlie "Charlie...!"
"Don't be worried, I'm here, everything'll be ok..." He kissed her head "...you can do this"
Kay looked at him as if he were crazy. Did no one understand her? She wasn't ready!
But despite all of this, she knew what she had to do...
She held tightly on to Charlie's hand and pushed as she let out a scream...
...Kay's eyes snapped open, her heart pounding against her chest.
She ran a hand over her stomach, no bump of any kind
"Just a dream" She breathed
But this didn't reassure her enough, she climbed out of bed and went over to the mirror
She pulled the t-shirt up enough to examine her stomach, there was nothing there, thank God
She climbed back in to bed beside Charlie and lay where she had been previously, this caused Charlie to stir
"Where'd you go?" He asked, in a sleepy slur
"Bathroom" She lied "Now go back to sleep" She kissed his cheek
"Ok" He pulled her closer and closed his eyes again as he kissed her neck
As Charlie fell asleep again, Kay lie awake, thinking about her dream. What had it meant, if anything? It wasn't some kind of sign... was it?
...
"You coming to see Sam, Kay?" Charlie asked
She jumped at the sound of her name, she'd been thinking about her dream again
"Er...no...no, I've got a headache" She said, a little truth in it
"You sure?"
She nodded "Yeah, I think I'll just go have a lie down in the dark"
"Well ok, I'll make dinner when I come back, ok?"
"Ok, have fun"
He kissed her head "Feel better"
Charlie made his way to the forest and through the branches and bushes to get to the clearing
"Hey" Sam said "Where's Kay?"
"Back at the house, gotta headache"
"Oh ok" He replied as Charlie threw the ball at him
"I guess it explains why she's been acting weird all day"
"I thought Kay was your normal friend"
A tiny smile appeared on Charlie's face "Me too"
"So do you actually believe that she has a headache?"
"I'm not sure. But I thought it'd be easier not to argue"
"Fair point"
"And besides, I don't know what else it could be"
"Girl stuff?"
He shrugged "I don't know Sam, if she wants to tell me, she'll tell me, if she doesn't, she doesn't"
...
Kay sat on the bed, it'd been twenty minuets, she'd only need to wait five.
She grabbed it earlier on in the day when she'd gone to get some grocceries
She knew it was crazy, she was on the pill for crying out loud! But that dream had terrified her... sure she wanted kids, but not now...not yet
With a shaky hand and eyes shut tight, she picked it up.
As she held it, she didn't dare open her eyes, the result could change her life forever...
She thought of how she'd felt for the past couple of weeks...ill...tired...just feeling different... it had to be from the night before Thanksgiving
Slowly, she opened her eyes, though she was looking up at the ceiling
"Stop being stupid!" She said out loud to herself "Just look at it"
With hesitation, she tilted her head downwards, to look at the stick in her hands.
At the sound of Charlie coming through the front door and the sight of the pink circle, she threw at the bathroom door, out of fear, and started crying
This couldn't be happening! She was nineteen! Charlie was nineteen! They weren't a couple, just friends... with a special bond
She heard Charlie coming up the stairs and tried to calm down, but she couldn't, the tears just fell faster and thicker... she wasn't upset, she was terrified
"Kay?" He knocked on the door "Are you ok?"
She jumped off the bed and went into the bathroom, locking the door behind her
Charlie stepped into the room, he could hear her tears over the running taps, and though it best to leave her for a few minuets.
He sat where she had been on the bed, thinking about what could be wrong...when he saw it
When Kay had thrown the test, it had landed right outside the door, but she'd opened it, it had slid to the foot of his closet
He frowned at it, from where he was sat, it looked just like a piece of white plastic
He moved closer to it and picked it up, he saw the pink circle now too...
He knew what was wrong now... both of their worlds had just been turned upside down, and God only knows how they'd handle it
He went and sat back down on the bed, putting the test on the side, and put his head in his hands
So they were that 0.001%, or whatever it was? Why did it surprise him? This was bound to happen, they were both already a small percentage of people, the people who could see spirits, so why shouldn't they be included in this too?
He heard the taps stop running, but he could hear that her breathing was still shaky as she unlocked the bathroom door
She saw him, sat there, the test on the side, with a strained voice she said "You found it..."
"It was next to my closet" He said, looking up at her "I assume you threw it?"
She nodded "I didn't know what else to do with it"
He stood up and put his arms around her "It'll be ok"
"I'm not getting rid of it" Was her immedate reaction
Charlie frowned "I never said that"
"Sorry" She whispered "Thats just a guys automatic response in books. Thats what they mean by 'It'll be ok'"
He held her tighter "Don't be" He kissed her head "It'll be ok, whatever you decide to do"
"Its not just me, its you too"
"I know, but..."
"But what?"
"Babies depend on their mothers more, so its more your choice"
"But its mine and yours"
"Ok..." He said "...so we both decide. You want to keep it, which I'm fine with, then what?"
She hesitated "We'll think about that later"