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I sigh.
I was sat crossed legged on a mat surrounded by glowing pregnant women and their partners. I blew a stray hair out of my face as my head rested in my hand, Brick wasn't able to attend my first appointment at antenatal class because he had a very important meeting. Oh well like I care, I'm a head strong independent woman and I can do this by myself... possibly... maybe.
"At this moment in time your baby is growing vital organs and is growing rapidly to show you the up most fragile state your baby is at, here is a metaphorical object to represent your baby" The teacher explains passing each of us... a jelly baby. Hilarious.
I hold my tiny red jelly baby in the palm of my hand and suddenly everything seems to soften. This little jelly baby is mine, it's something I created, something I'm blessed with not
burdened with. A soft breath escapes my lips and I find myself actually wishing Brick was hear to share this with me.
He is the father of my child no matter how much I try to deny it and in all honesty.. I'm slightly glad of that fact. Brick has always been my rock, my person I turn to when everything goes wrong and I like to think I'm the same for him. Only now where both in the same mess we had no one else to turn to. And maybe that's our very mistake.
No one can doubt this isn't scary, it's damn right terrifying but everyone else (bar me) in this room is leaning on the one person they trust wholeheartedly while I've been fighting that very prospect the entire time. Brick is very much my best friend so the fact that where having this baby together shouldn't be a 'messed up thing' it should be the most amazing experiences of our lives. Thinking about it I'm glad Brick's the father of my child, he's smart, handsome, caring, funny, humble and cheeky but that all adds to his appeal. No wonder he's the most drooled after bachelors in the whole of Townsville, and he was mine. Wait was he? Did I want him to be? Maybe... Possibly-
"Blossom!"
"Huh what?" I say snapping back to reality. The teacher gives me a stern look when I realise my jelly baby had slid down my hand and I was holding it by the tip of my fingers.
"Sorry" I mumble.
"As I was saying, you need to always be aware of your-"
"Sorry!" A voice cuts the teacher off, I look up and I nearly drop my jelly baby again.
There sliding through the door is no other than Brick himself. A silent gasp whips through the room as the other parents realise who just walked in.
"Are you lost?" The teacher asks out of astonishment and I roll my eyes.
"No" Brick says and takes a seat next to me, I feel envious glances boring into my back from the other women. Brick clearly had come from work he had a white shirt on with the sleeves rolled up and his ruby red tie and slung loosely around his neck. His red hair was slightly messy but I had to admit he was looking mighty good.
"Oh- well welcome... As I was saying your baby..."
She continued to talk as I focused my whole attention on Brick.
"What are you doing here?" I hiss.
"You wanted me to come" He snaps back leaning his shoulder against the wall.
"You said you had a meeting"
"It finished" He said shrugging his shoulders, I stare at him in utter confusion. This man was so mind boggling I could feel a headache already.
"Oh this yours?" Brick says grabbing my jelly baby and putting it to his mouth.
"NO!" I yell lurching forward and snatching my jelly baby from his grasp.
"Is something the matter, Ms. Ula?" The teacher asks through gritted teeth.
I want to melt into a puddle and die.
Furiously fighting the impulse to point an accusatory finger at Brick and declare him my problem, I shake my head not trusting any other actions or words.
"What's your problem?" Brick asks.
"You almost ate our baby!"
"Excuse me?" Brick cocks an eyebrow as I swipe a hand down my face. I decide to scoot closer to him.
"This Brick... is our baby" I say placing the red jelly in the middle of his palm, he looks down at it with a curious expression I lean my head on him gently. "This is us" I whisper.
He looks up at me a serious and another emotion I'm not quite able to put my finger on crossed his face, his red tinted eyes are so intense I can barely hold his gaze. I drop it down to the jelly sweet nuzzled protectively between our fingers before where interrupted.
"The class has finished now..." I look up to see the teacher looking at us.
"Oh! Thank you" I said quickly gathering my bag and leaving the jelly baby sweet with Brick. My main priority right now was getting the hell out of there and not looking Brick in the eye.
"Why did you come?" I ask once again, when we where outside. I crossed my arms over my torso slightly above the small swell I had at my lower stomach. Brick stuffed his hands in his trouser pockets looking everywhere but at me.
"You asked me to come, I came end of" He states his brows knitted in irritation.
"You said you had a meeting lasting all day... What gives?" I demand tired of being confused. I'm always in the know.
He turned and looked at me, that same look returning from moments ago in class and once again it floors me. Even more shocking he tenderly places his finger on the swell on my stomach.
"You really do look beautiful"
My breath leaves my lungs in one big rush as if I've been punched in the stomach, unabling me to speak straight away. The sensation bubbling in my chest was alien to me, was I happy about his compliment? What does this mean? Is he just saying that to be polite?
But before I can voice any of my questions Brick's head snaps up.
"Boomer?"
I turn round a see Boomer on the other side of the street, a brunette in his arms his head resting on hers. She looked really familiar...
"Is that..." Before I can finish they pull away clarifying my question.
"Rebec-ca!" I begin but end up squeaking the end of her name because what I see makes me choke on my words.
Rebecca and Boomer are standing on the street... kissing.
But Rebecca's ment to be with Butch? What the hell is going on?
I turn round to Brick who's eyes are as wide as dinner plates, clearly in the same state of shock as myself.
"Isn't she with Butch?" I say, and Brick nods sternly his eyes not leaving the 'scene of the crime.'
"Yep"
I look back to see them kiss once more and leave in separate directions, Boomer puts his head down and stuffs his hands in his jacket pockets his expression? Ashamed.
Me and Brick climb up the stairs to our apartments and I decide to go over to Brick's to steal some of his food (he can't protest I'm carrying his child and that's a fact I'm ready to fully exploit.)
"You got any ice cream?" I ask.
"Uhh yeah I think so" Brick replies fiddling with his keys.
"And oranges?"
"Erm yes... wait you don't want them together do you?" He asks looking me slightly grossed out. I shrug.
"Yeah what's so weird about that?"
Brick just sighs heavily and shakes his head.
"Whatever Red"
I roll my eyes and follow him in, I wasn't really paying attention so I practically ran into his back when he stopped dead.
"Hey what gives?" I say walking round him, he's looking straight ahead his eyes narrowed in frustration. I turn and see Boomer sat there chatting with Bubbles. I freeze too.
"Hey guys... Oh! Blossom how did the class go?" Bubbles asks enthusiastically standing up and walking beside me. I takes me a while for her words to process.
"Hm oh great" I smile.
"Boomer" Brick says, Boomer looks up and smiles weakly.
"Hey bro"
"Don't. 'Hey bro' me" Brick practically growls. Oh no I didn't think Brick was going to call him out on what we have seen. Not now. I don't agree at all on what Boomer's doing and to top it off Bubbles is here. Bubbles! Everyone in the english speaking world knows the Bubbles has been interested in Boomer for the longest of time, this is going to crush her.
"What's going on?" Bubbles asks looking between the two men in confusion.
"Why don't we have Boomer tell you?" Brick snaps.
"What are you talking about?" Boomer asks standing up.
"We saw you dipshit, me and Blossom on Bryony Street with..." Brick left the question hanging hardening his glare. Boomer visibly paled.
"With who?" Bubbles asks, Boomer swallows hard and takes a deep breath.
"Please don't" He begs.
"Don't what? What on earth is going on? Blossom tell me" Bubbles pleads turning to me but I can't force myself to say it, her crystal blue eyes too pure to hurt.
"I-I'm hungry" I stutter, walking towards the freezer and taking out the ice cream. Knowing it was all bound to come out I decided to stay (against my better judgement) to comfort Bubbles, who was surprisingly stubborn when it comes to being 'out of the loop' and my gosh will she need me.
Brick was glaring at Boomer who looked as if he was ready to pass out.
"Brick you don't understand it's not what you think" Boomer tried reasoning again, I took a seat on a stool at their breakfast bar between them ready to spilt it up if Brick lunges for him.
"Not what I think? Oh that's a new one!" Brick spits sarcastically. Brick, Butch and Boomer where a very close bunch of friends you could practically mistake them for brothers, so it's not surprising Brick's standing up for Butch so viciously all of them would have done it for the other if the situation was changed. So would me, Bubbles and Buttercup.
"Brick tell me what's going on" Bubbles demanded, placing her dainty hands on her hips.
"Bubbles look come sit on this stool with me" I say stepping in guiding her to the stool adjacent to me.
"Boomer, tell her you either tell her or I will" I say my mood doing a complete 180 from not wanting to be here to jumping in feet first, I was getting more and more irritated the longer we dragged this out.
I gave Boomer a hard look, he must have understood that it would be worse hearing it off of Brick or myself rather than himself, he has to quite frankly man up! He dropped his head in defeat covering his face with his hands.
"Okay! " He mumbles.
"What? I didn't quite catch that" Bubbles say leaning towards him, Boomer dropped his hands in frustration.
I heard the door click a creak slightly open just as Boomer yelled...
"Me and Rebecca have been having an affair!"
"You son-of-a-bitch!"
There in the doorway was a deathly pale Rebecca and one infuriated looking Butch.
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