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This one is also short, so sorry.
btw Maggie, Kono's friend, is the same girl from my previous story "The Perfect Man" :)
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Telling my parents was actually sort of a piece of cake. Sure, my mother cried and then my dad cried and then we all cried. But then they were happy because they were becoming grandparents. For a minute I thought they weren't going to ask me about the father or when the pregnancy had occurred, but they did. So I told him the truth, or part of it. I told them he was a good man but he wasn't here and that I loved him but our relationship was not going to go anywhere.
I didn't mention the engagement and the fact that it was a one night stand, though.
Anyway, I went back to the office later that day, already feeling fantastic that I had told them. I figured I'd feel great today, except for the morning sickness and all, and work as hard as I could. Though the guys were giving me a hard time, being extra overprotective and making sure I didn't do anything at all. It was sweet, but kind of annoying. Apparently my life had other plans, though.
"Thank God you're here!" Stacie says, holding my hand and pulling me towards my office. How this woman has so much energy is beyond me. "I need to have a serious conversation with you."
I instantly look at Chin, who is focused on paperwork and ignores my deadly glare. Did he say more than he should?
"What's.. wrong?" I was about to freak out immediately, but when she smiled at me and I knew I was safe.
"I know we barely know each other, but you're the only female friend I have on land, and I know you have a great connection with Steve," if she could call it that, "so I'm asking you this, Kono, would you like to be my maid of honor?"
No, absolutely not.
"Stacie, I…"
"Please, please I don't have anyone here. Please?"
"But I'm pregnant. I am pretty sure that a fat maid of honor would look awful."
"Of course not! That baby bump will look absolutely adorable. Besides in three months you will be barely showing."
"Oh wow, you already set a date? That was quick." And I really tried to sound as excited as she was, but my feeling were not letting me.
"I know right?" she smiles and the happiness she's radiating makes me smile in return. "I guess we're just crazy about being together. It happens when you're in love."
And I just hate the way hormones play with my feelings when they're not supposed to, because right now the only thing I want to do is cry for hours and hours. I only wish I could be her right now, I wish I could be the one happy and… well, I am already in love.
I really want to say no. I want to scream at her that she's marrying my man, to go away and never come back. But what is happening to me with Steve has nothing to do with her; she's not the one to blame and it's not right for me to make her suffer, not when she seems to be a great woman.
"Yes," I whisper finally, "I would love to be your maid of honor."
"Oh my God, thank you!" she hugs me, once again. This woman was definitely a hugger. "Steve is gonna be so happy!"
Yeah he will.
"You're gonna be WHAT?" Maggie yells at me, and I dramatically cover my ears because seriously this is bound to get louder and louder.
"Her maid of honor."
"But why?"
"Because…" I could really try to explain myself to her but I couldn't find a reasonable explanation myself. "Steve is my friend, and he's getting married and well… he needs my help, alright?"
"That's the lamest explanation ever."
"Maggie…
"You could have said no, you know? I'm sure Stacie would have understood."
"Oh really, you think so? 'Stacie I'm sorry I cannot be your maid of honor because I'm carrying your boyfriend's baby'. Surely she WILL understand," I say sarcastically.
"This will not end well, I'm just sayin'."
"Is this you trying to cheer me up?"
"No, this is me making you see the reality of all this."
"Which is?"
"If you don't break this engagement now, you will forever regret it. Steve is gonna be a married man, and he will be more than pissed off because he had no knowledge of his child."
"I have reasons…"
"And they're all very plausible, but you have to get out of this mess before you get in too deep!"
TBC