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It was our usual car pool, with me driving, Alex in the passenger seat and Amelia and Maggie in the back seat, except we aren't going to the hospital. I had suggested last night that we should all go out to lunch since we never have the same days off. I glanced up to rearview mirror and could Maggie on her phone and Amelia touching up her makeup. Alex just sat there, looking out the window, lost in thought.
Amelia and I both wanted some wings, so Alex suggested we go to Beef 'O Brady's. As soon as I parked, Alex was the first to get out and head toward the restaurant. I got out and waited for Amelia and Maggie to hurry their butts up and get out. The three of us walked in together, immediately running into Alex who was waiting just inside the door. He must have already told the hostess, as she was already grabbing menus and started to walk toward the far corner of the restaurant. We followed, and were seated in a quiet corner. I sat next to Alex, on the end seat of the booth. I sat across from Amelia who had Maggie sitting toward her right.
Our server immediately came and gave us the specials menu, but I already knew what I wanted.
"And what would you guys like to drink tonight?" The chirpy waitress said, I hadn't caught her name when she said it earlier. Quickly I looked for her name tag, and it read "Amanda"
"Sweet tea with lemons please" Amelia was the first to up. The waitress quickly scribbled on her look at me.
I quickly glanced over the alcohol specials section, and decided just to order tea. "Tea also, no lemon though."
Maggie looked from me to Amelia, realizing why I didn't order any alcohol. "Um, just water please."
Amelia furrowed her brows, now noticing what just happened. "You guys know you can drink around me. I do have some self-control." She said with a just a hint of annoyance in her tone.
"Uh, I'm planning on eating hot wings, so tea usually works best to take away the burn." I quickly explain myself, and let out a little chuckle.
"Okay then, I'll have a margarita please." Maggie smiled as the nurse scribbled some more.
"I'll have a beer." Alex said without looking up from the menu in front of him.
"I should be back with those in a minute, would you guys like an appetizer?"
"Spinach and artichoke dip!" Amelia said excitedly.
The waitress raised her eyebrows a bit, but Amelia didn't notice. "I'll put that order in for guys, I should be back soon to get the rest of her order." She smiled and walked off.
"Well damn Mer, that's a first." Alex said nudging me.
"What's a first?" I quickly ask, unsure what he was talking about at first.
"Turning down a drink." He laughed, and Maggie nodded her head in agreement.
"Uh, someone has to be able to drive and I have a whole unopened bottle of tequila waiting for me at the house with my name on it." I smirked.
"Driving isn't an excuse, I could drive if you guys got wasted." Amelia shot back, sounding offended.
"Can we trust your driving?" Alex said, causing all of us to burst out in laughter and Amelia to blush. She could be a little reckless at times, and it's my car so I would rather not.
We all stopped our laughing when the appetizer and our drinks were placed in front of us. The waitress pulled out her notepad, and asked what we would like to eat.
"10 medium wings, with a side of hot sauce." I was first to respond, since I've been wanting wings for a couple of days now.
"Can I get a T-bone steak with a loaded baked potato and a side of sautéed mushrooms?" Alex ordered next, as the lady wrote it down I look to Amelia who had a mouthful of the chips and dip, and looked as if she had been starving by how many and how fast she ate them. Especially since no one else has touched them yet.
"I want a double cheeseburger with lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, and onions. I would also like a side of fries." Maggie quickly ordered.
We all looked to Amelia, who still had a mouth full of food. She started talking and some food fell out her mouth onto her lap. She decided to wait till she was finished eating. "I would like the 10-wing platter, medium, with a side of mac & cheese."
"Sure. You know the platter comes with fries, right?" The waitress asked, probably not wanting to mess up our order.
"Ooooh, can you make those cheesy fries with bacon pieces on top?" Amelia asked while licking her lips.
"Yes, I can do that for you. Can I have the menus?" We all passed her the menus and she left.
We now all were eating the chips and dip, and Amelia was still stuffing her face like no tomorrow. Alex gave me look like he suspected something, but I just shrugged my shoulders, not really sure if she was ready to tell everyone.
"So, did I tell you guys what happened the other day?" Maggie said it loud it enough to get all of our attentions. I shook my head, not remembering her telling me anything out of the ordinary recently. "Well, after the hospital blew up, that next morning I was in the ER, and April said that she knows Jackson, and that he has feelings for me. I tried to say he doesn't, but she cut me off and told me that I probably felt that way toy." Maggie paused, waiting for a response.
Alex started laughing, and I joined him once I realized what he was laughing at. Amelia looked confused so just kept eating the chips. "What is so funny guys?" Maggie said, looking between me and Alex.
"That is not going to happen. April lost her freaking virginity to Jackson, and as far as we know, she hasn't been with anybody else. I mean, there was Mathew. They were waiting till they were married to have sex, but April left him at the alter for Jackson." Alex stated. I let out a little giggle, thinking back to the wedding and how shocked we all were. Amelia raised her eyebrows and let out a little laugh.
"I mean, he is definitely man candy, but he does have a young child" I giggled.
"Oh. Why the hell can't I find anyone good for me?" She said, taking a big sip of her margarita.
"You and DeLuca were pretty good together." I quickly stated, forgetting Alex was next to me and that was a sensitive subject for him still. I got the evil eye.
"She is right. You should go back to him and try and work things out, because you guys were definitely cute." Amelia spoke up.
"I will think about it guys. He did hurt me though. Anyway, what about you guys? Got any relationship problems you would like to spill?" Maggie looked to me and I just shrugged my shoulders. When she locked to Amelia, she just shoved another chip in her mouth.
"Well, Megan is coming home this weekend and is staying in our guest room. It is still awkward between me and Owen, and probably will only get worse once she come home. He hardly leaves her bedside, and he blames himself for her being missing that long. His mom is also going to stay at our house, I'm not sure where yet." Amelia sighed.
"I'm sure Megan is nice once you get to know her, and as she gets better it won't be so bad," Maggie added.
"Maybe. I hope so. I really don't want any more tension in the house as I just started staying there again."
"At least you guys are talking. Jo and I don't talk. We just see each other and don't say anything 'cause neither of us know what to say. We both avoid be put on cases together. I want us to be us again and be happy." Alex told us before taking a big gulp of his beer.
"Why don't you instead of avoiding her, try talking to her and see if you guys can kinda start over?" Amelia suggested.
"I mean, I could I guess. It probably would be better than avoiding each other/ But what if she doesn't want to, I don't want to lose her!" Alex raised his voice a little at the end, but got quiet when he realized people were now staring at our table.
"You won't lose her. You had a very similar childhood and have both survived this long. It might take longer to get through this fight." I added, trying to be hopeful for him since he seems to have lost all hope. I don't know if he could survive another one leaving or going crazy on him.
"But it's not a fight. We just aren't talking."
"Sounds like a fight to me." Amelia stated before taking a sip of her drink and looking at the rest of us. "So uh, Mer. We all have spilled our guts about our relationships, what about you?"
I looked over to Alex and he just shrugged his shoulders. What do I tell them? That Nathan broke up with me yesterday and I have been avoiding thinking about it? The three of them look at me, waiting for me to spill. "I, uh, we um, we broke up yesterday." Instantly their looks changed from eagerness to pity.
"I'm so sorry Mer. Are you okay?" Maggie quickly asked.
"I'm fine. Just trying to process it. And I have been thinking a little bit about what happened, or what was going to happen." I realized after I said that last part, that it probably wasn't the best idea. Amelia and Maggie raised their eyebrows, wanting to know what I meant. "After he told me that he was breaking up with me, he pulled me close to him. I could feel his breath, and we almost kissed, but I pushed him away. I just wonder where it would have gone, I mean we were in an on-call room."
"Oh. Well other than that, how do you feel?" Before I could answer, our food was being placed in front of us. Everyone except me got their food.
"Um, excuse me miss. I didn't get my food."
She quickly looked at the table and realized she forgot my food. "I'll go check on that right now.' She said and scurried away. I took a sip of my tea, and just hoped it wouldn't be long as I am starving. I just watched everyone eat while I waited. Amelia inhaled her wings, and by time I got my food, she was half way finished, which was about five minutes later.
"Hungry much?" I asked before taking a bite out of one of my wings. She glared at me, obviously not ready to tell anyone about her pregnancy. I don't even think she has told Owen yet.
By the time we were all finished eating, the waitress came by to collect the dishes and trash and asked us if we would like any dessert. Amelia immediately spoke up, saying she wanted a hot fudge brownie with vanilla ice cream.
I looked to the others. "I want my own, what about you guys?"
Maggie and Alex exchanged looks before agreeing that they would share one.
"I guess that means we would like three hot fudge brownies with vanilla ice cream." I told the waitress.
"Alright, I will put that order in and it should be done in about five minutes." We waited till she walked away before talking.
"I'm paying, who is leaving the tip?" Alex asked. The three of us looked at each other and shrugged our shoulders.
"I'll do it I guess, let me check if I have any cash." I quickly grab my purse and dig through it till I find my cash. BY the time I found it, our desserts were being brought to us. I thanked the waitress and asked her to bring us the check. We all enjoyed our dessert, with prego Amelia finishing first. Both Maggie and Alex kept giving questionable glances, knowing something was up.
It wasn't long before we all were back in the car, on our way back to my house. Amelia sat behind me, and I saw her hand in the rearview mirror fly to cover her mouth.
"Eat too much there Amy?" Alex snickered.
"No, just car sick. And it's Amelia to you." She shot back. "Mer, do you think you could go a little faster, I really don't want to puke in your car. I could see Maggie shift herself as far away as she could from Amelia. Luckily, I was pulling into the driveway. Before I could even stop the car, Amelia jumped out and threw up in the yard.
I got out of the car and helped her to the porch. "At least it wasn't in my car, or you would have had to clean it up." I joked. I got my key out and as I unlocked the door an uneasy feeling came over me. Once in the house, I out my stuff down and darted to the bathroom, barely making it to the toilet.
I went to the kitchen and washed off my face and to get a drink of water, but as soon as I entered Alex and Maggie raised their eyebrows at me. "I'm fine, I probably just ate too much." I quickly moved to the sink and rinsed my face, and grabbed me and Amelia a glass of water. We all sat on the living room couch and turned on Netflix to watch a movie. About 2 minutes into the movie, Maggie darted to the bathroom. Alex was last to throw up, about a half an hour into the movie. Whenever he came back into the room I made an obvious statement. "I think we got food poisoning guys."
"No kidding Mer.' Alex said and joined us back on the couch.
"I thought mine was just the pregnancy, but I guess not." Amelia stated, her eyes not leaving the TV.
"What?" Alex and Maggie said in unison.
"I'm pregnant guys. That is part of the reason I don't want to go home, Owen already has enough on his plate already." Amelia looked at me, causing the others to look at me.
"Why don't you look surprised?" Maggie quickly asked.
"Because I already knew." I said softly.
Maggie looked to Amelia with sad eyes. "You told Mer and not me?" She sounded disappointed.
"She wasn't supposed to know. She accidently found out." Amelia answered.
"Oh. Well congratulations!" Maggie got up and gave Amelia a big hug. The hug lasted about two seconds before Maggie was running to the bathroom.
"Well, this is going to be fun tonight." I giggled.
This was kinda a filler chapter, but it sets up for more stuff later.
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