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Epilogue
Five Years Later
SPOV
I got out of my car, sighing loudly. It had been a long, hard day of filming, and my stomach hurt. I had only been working on the movie for a little while, but I was already stressed out. Mackenzie Falls finished a year ago, and though Chad and I weren't working together anymore, we were still as in love as ever.
"Honey? I'm home!" I called out as I entered our small home. We could have afforded bigger, more extravagant, but there wasn't much point. We had no need for a huge house.
"Hey Sonshine! Good day?" he smiled, walking out of the kitchen to embrace me.
"It was okay. Bit long though. I need a drink. And an apple. God, I really want an apple!"
"Huh? Since when do you eat apples?" he looked at me, confused.
"Since now. Tell me we have some apples!"
"In the fruit bowl." I pushed past him and ran to grab an apple. I couldn't explain it, but I suddenly really wanted an apple!
That night, I didn't get much sleep. One of my co-stars had said something to me, and at the time I brushed it off, but now I couldn't help remember.
I'd been stood by the buffet table, not eating anything since I felt sick. Anyway, the girl, a few years younger than me, smirked at me as she walked past.
"Watch what you eat. People have been noticing you putting on weight since you started. If you keep it up, we may need a new star."
You'd think that at 22 I would be mature enough to not let it get to me, but somehow it did.
I woke up in the morning feeling horrible. Jumping out of bed, I ran into the bathroom and bent over the toilet. I felt Chad behind me, scraping my hair back from my face as I violently emptied my stomach.
"Sonshine? Are you feeling okay?"
"Does it look like I'm feeling okay?" I snapped, suddenly feeling pissed off.
"No. Sorry. Stupid question."
"Never." I muttered sarcastically. He frowned, but didn't reply. I think he could tell I was upset, and didn't want to make me feel worse by starting a fight. I suddenly felt guilty. He was only trying to help.
"Sorry, honey. I don't know what's wrong with me, I just feel off lately."
"Well, you're obviously not well. C'mon, get dressed; I'll take you down to the doctor's."
"Thanks, Chad, but I really need to get to work."
"Just call in sick, Sonny. They won't mind, you can't work if you're sick."
"Okay." I sighed. After fifteen minutes, I was ready to go.
When we got to the doctor's, I was feeling much better, but Chad insisted I get checked out, just in case.
"Hello, Mrs Cooper. How can I help you today?" smiled the doctor as we walked into his office.
"Well, I'm sure it's nothing, but I've been feeling a little off lately. I've been tired, and not hungry, and then suddenly I really want an apple. Also, I've been gaining weight fast, which seems odd, since I'm hardly eating anything. Then, this morning, I woke up and was sick. Like, really sick. But I feel fine now."
The doctor looked at me weird, and then smiled slightly when I stared right back, a confused look on my face.
"Well, Sonny, I can't be sure, but in my professional opinion, it's pretty obvious what's wrong with you. I think you can figure it out for yourself. Go on, think really hard about what you've just told me."
After a few minutes of silence, I couldn't take it anymore. I couldn't think of anything.
"What? I don't know! What the hell is wrong with me? Am I dying?"
"No! No, quite the opposite, in fact."
"Huh?"
"Mrs Cooper, you may want to take a test to confirm, but speaking from years of experience, and a little bit of common sense, I would say that…you're pregnant."