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I shrugged on my jacket, pulling my arms through the long sleeves. It was about three, and Tori said she'd come pick me up with Rae. My stomach kept doing backflips. I didn't know how this was going to go…how I was going to pretend I knew nothing. I just had to remind myself not to look at her stomach.
Once I had my blue hoodie on, I zipped it up. Derek came into the living room, where I was, and plopped down on the red love seat, a bag of Doritos in his hands. He eyed me, shoving a chip in his mouth. I turned to him.
"What?" I asked self consciously. He shrugged, smiling, and ate another Doritos. "So where exactly are you guys going?" he asked, still staring at me. I pulled my hair back, and squeezed it through a pony-tail holder. "I don't know." I said it with a twinge of worry in my voice. I pulled the holder tighter. "Well," he started, getting up and leaving the bag of Doritos in his place. He walked into the small kitchen, and opened the white fridge. "That's a got disaster written all over it." He mocked me. He pulled out a can of Pepsi, cracked it open, then shut the fridge with a soft kick. He walked back over to me, pop in hand.
"I'll be fine, Derek." I rolled my eyes, and he planted himself in front of me, taking a sip of his soda. After a second, he brought the can away from his lips. "If anything goes wrong, call me." His eyes blazed, his dark hair highlighting how light they were. He brought the pop back up to his mouth. I frowned. "I don't need to be saved, Derek. If I'm in trouble, I can handle it" He brought the drink down again, reaching behind him and putting it on the side table next to the loveseat. "If there's trouble, Chloe, you run and call me." He held me with his gaze. I shook my head. "I fight."
I was sick and tired of being the weak one, the one Derek was always checking up on. He's my boyfriend, not my babysitter I thought.
"Run." He moved closer to me.
I narrowed my eyes. "Fight."
He came even closer, making my senses go wild. He tenderly put his hands on either side of my face. "Run." His voice softened. His body was so close to mine, I could feel his heart beat. It was then when I noticed he was only wearing his undershirt. My heart stuttered. Suddenly he stopped, focusing on something I couldn't hear. He sighed. "Tori." He explained, turning back to me, releasing one hand from my face. He quickly bent down and pecked me on the lips. And even with that simplest touch, the sparks were back. When we parted, I whispered "I'll be safe." He looked down at me with an unrecognizable emotion in his eyes.
"I trust you." He murmured.
* * * *
I jogged down the stairs, and took a deep breath. Just act normal I suggested to myself. But I couldn't act normal. One of my friends was pregnant, and she didn't even know. It might've been different if it was one baby, but there was three.
I sighed, shook my head, opened the door, and stepped outside, letting the door slam behind me. A cold breeze grazed my body.
I caught sight of Mr. Bae's car, and waved. I could make out Tori through the windshield. She honked. I jogged up to the car, and the back seat door slid open. Rae appeared inside, wearing a baby blue long sleeved top, and black skinny jeans. Her dark hair was pulled up into a messy ponytail. She smiled, and motioned for me to come in. I hoped into the car.
"Sorry bout having to go around in this…thing." Tori said with a sigh. "But till I find a good enough job, it's this or walking." She started up the van. "I don't mind." I said lightly. "And I'm just glad to be shopping again." Rae smiled. The car backed out of it's parking space, then turned toward the road. We jerked to a sudden stop. Tori cussed. The car started moving again, and we were on the road. Tori turned on the radio, searched through some stations, then settled on one. She turned the volume up. After a second, I recognized the song as "Dancing With Tears in my Eyes" by Ke$ha.
"So," I started, looking out the window. "Where to first?" I turned back to see a devilish smile on Rae's face. "What?" I asked, looking between Tori and Rae.
"Victoria Secret!" Rae and Tori said in unison. I groaned. They laughed.
* * * *
We walked into the store, which smelled of perfume. Tori glanced around excitedly. Rae darted off to god knows where. I stood there, awkwardly. Tori turned to me a gave me a look. "Come on. Loosen up." She put her hand on her hips, and I couldn't help but sneak a glance at her stomach. Yeah Chloe, 'cause one day your stomach's fine, the next it's balloon sized. I brought my eyes back up to hers. "Yeah. Okay." I agreed. She smiled, and pulled me along to a table where various bra's were laid out. She rummaged through them.
I felt my phone buzz in my purse. Tori looked up at me for a second, then looked down again, searching. I pulled the cell phone out of my purse. One new text message read across the screen. I opened it.
Having fun shopping with Tori?
It was from Simon. I smiled.
Save. Me. Were in Victoria's secret. I replied.
"Oh. My. God Chloe." I quickly lifted my head from my phone. Tori's eyes were gleaming, and she was holding up a lacey black bra. "This would look great on you!" She tossed it to me. I caught it with my free hand, and dumbfounded looked up at her.
"Just try it on." She pleaded. I nodded, and headed toward the dressing room. My phone buzzed again.
I can only imagine.
I smiled at Simon's text, and walked into the first free stall I found.
* * * *
It didn't look that bad on me. I turned. Actually, I kind of liked it. Maybe I could buy it….
No. I stopped myself. It's a bra. It's not like anyone will see it. I thought of Derek and my cheeks heated. I imagined what Derek would say if he ever found it….
Derek would say you never do anything for yourself. Get it, Chloe. I pushed myself. I really did like it…
I started at the mirror again. Definitely going to get this one, I thought.
* * * *
We got out of the store around four, and Rae said she had to go to the bathroom, so we stopped at the nearest gas station.
When Rae came back out, Tori looked over to me and said "I'm going to go grab a bag of chips. You guys can wait in the car or whatever." and she headed off. Rae gave me a look. "Well, that was weird. Why didn't she just get it when I was in the bathroom?" She looked over her shoulder to where a red headed boy was searching through the shelves in the candy isle. I shrugged.
"Hm. I don't know. It's just weird." She shook her head. There was a silence. "Hey do you think since Simon's single-he is single, isn't he? Anyway, do you think he'd want to go out with me?" She cocked her head to the side. I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion.
"You like Simon?" I asked.
"Yeah." She said shyly.
"But…" I thought for a minute. "But you said he was Mr. Popular. That he didn't care for anyone but himself." I stared at her.
"When was that?" Rae asked, narrowing her eyes.
"Uh, at Lyle House." I crossed my arms.
Tension filled the air. No one said a word for about two minutes.
"Oh." Rae said, looking down. She looked back up at me. "I'm going to go wait in the car." She muttered, walked past me, and walked out the door. I started after her. What the hell? I thought. I've got to go find Tori.
I zigged and zagged through the isles, looking for her, with no luck. One thing was for sure. She Definitely wasn't buying chips.
After searching everywhere, which didn't take long, there was only one place where I hadn't searched. Bathroom. I made my way over to the dirty door which had an equally dirty sign on it which read "GIRLS." When I reached it, I pushed it open.
Tori stood at the sink, staring at herself in the mirror, her eyes somber. I closed the door. "Tori?" I asked carefully. She didn't react to my prescience at all. "Tori? Are you okay?" I stepped closer to her. She was shaking.
Silently, she pointed to a white object lying on the surface of the counter. It took me a minute to identify it as a home pregnancy test.
I looked from Tori, to the test, leaned over it, and swallowed as I saw the green plus sign staring up at me.
So there's chpt 6! What do you think? Any comments about Rae? And now that Tori knows….what do you think will happen? R&R!