The phone rang in the next room, snapping Maureen out of her daydreams. She was still holding two of the pregnancy tests in her hand. Throwing all of them in the waste bin, she went into the living room to answer the phone. "Hello?" she asked picking up the retriever.
"Hey Maur" said a raspy female voice on the other end. "Oh hey Mimi" she said sitting down on the couch, her stomach feeling nauseous. "Are you still coming over tonight?" Mimi asked her in a warm voice "Roger got a lot of alcohol and he and Collins plan on getting very drunk, what do you say, you gonna join us?"
"I can't" Maureen lied "I'm not feeling to well, so I'm gonna stay home tonight, but thanks for inviting me" "Then I'll come over there, I'll bring pizza and movies and we can have a sleep over, I know you probably miss Jo"
"No Mimi, really please don't come over" "I'll get sausage and be there in twenty" the phone went dead and Maureen slammed it down. She sulked off to the kitchen to make a pot of coffee, she really needed some caffeine.
Only ten minutes later, there was a knock on the door. She sighed and walked over to open it. Only it wasn't Mimi. Benny stood in her doorway, dangling her red lace bra in his finger.
"Benny!" she grabbed the bra from his finger. "What are you doing here?" She couldn't think of someone she would like to see in her doorway less. "Allison left me" he told her, although he didn't look upset about it. "She found that" he pointed to the bra in her hand "under our bed and realized she couldn't fill it out if she used a whole box of tissues and decided I was an unfaithful husband and left me. Not that I am too upset about it. But I thought you may want it back"
"Thanks" she said "But you need to leave…now" she tried to push the door closed, but he held it open "Aren't you gonna invite me in? I mean, I would love to see your bed room, you've seen mine"
"I am not going to have sex with you again" she said looking around the hallway, making sure Mimi wasn't coming down the hall, which would be horrible. "On second thought" a grin spread on his face. "No, I need to talk to you about something"
He walked in and sat down on the couch. She could tell her thought he was going to get laid again, but there was no way in hell that was going to happen. She sat down next to him, but trying not to get close. "I really don't know how to say this, so I'll just come out with it. But, Benny, I'm pregnant" she said it tentatively, testing how he would react.
The grin was gone, he looked as if her was kicked in the gut. "Benny, before you ask, I'm sure it's yours because I haven't been with another man for a few months." He didn't say anything, just staring ahead. "Benny?" Maureen was worried, he looked as if he had had a stroke.
"We used condoms" he said still looking straight at the wall, then he looked down at his lap, almost as if her couldn't believe he could knock someone up.
"I know, but one must have ripped or something, because eight pregnancy test say I have a fetus inside of me." She watched his face, not changing. Going into the kitchen, she poured two cups of coffee, one for both of them. She sat back down and handed one to him.
Benny drained it in one drink. "You can move in with me" he said in a final voice
She chocked on her coffee "What? Benny, move in with you. I don't think so, I have an apartment."
"Until Joanne kicks you out that is." he told her, all emotion gone form his voice.
But Maureen stood up quickly "Hey" she said with venom in her voice "You know nothing about my relationship with Joanne." Benny laughed "Maureen, you are pregnant with another mans baby, and you are supposed to be a lesbian. You really think that you girlfriend is going to let you stay?"
Hot tears welled up in her usually dry eyes, stupid pregnancy hormones, and she fell back on the couch "This is entirely your fault" she cried softly "If you hadn't…" "Hey, it's not my fault; you could have said no if you wanted to". The door swung open and Mimi stood there, holding a pizza box with two video tapes balancing on it. The look on her face was one of total betrayal. "Maureen" she said in voice that was trying fruitlessly to be restrained "What is he doing here?" every ounce of hatred in her small body went in to the word "he"
"Nothing Mimi" she wiped her eyes quickly "he was just leaving." She stood up and pulled Benny up by his arm. But Mimi stopped them and set the pizza box on the counter "I heard you to talking, did you fuck him Maureen?" Maureen sighed and cleared her throat. "Mimi I..."
Mimi shook her head, laughing under her breath "Now you can't sink much lower than Benny, you really will fuck anything with a pulse. You are such a whore." She crossed her arms in front of her chest. The tears rolled down Maureen's cheeks again, she was such an emotional wreck right now. "How can you say that?" she whispered.
But before Mimi could say another word, Benny had seized her by the arm and was pulling Mimi out to the hall way, slamming the door behind them. "Don't you ever call Maureen that again" he rounded on her, throwing her off guard. "You've fucked me if you don't remember"
"If I remember correctly, Benjamin, I fucked you because I thought you were single, 20, and a nice guy. But it turned out to be you were married, 22, and an asshole" she said looking up at him, he was at least 9 inches taller than her.
"You need to leave now" he shook his head. She stormed away and Benny went back into the apartment. Maureen was lying on the couch, sobbing. He sat and held her, letting her wiped her tears in his tee-shirt.
"I'm going to move in with you" she hugged him close.
I Know this is kinda far off, but what do you think the baby's name should be, I'm pretty sure it's gonna be a girl, but I would appreciate suggestions for both sexes. I am so stumped on what, I want it to be unusual but not something to strange. I was thinking either Amelia (pronounced (ah MEE lee ah); (ah MEEL yah)) or Adaline (pronounced (AD ah line)). But any other suggestions would help. Try to think about what MAUREEN would name her baby.