Chapter 2 Hanna's POV
It's been 2 months since Caleb and I decided to work everything through and I couldn't be happier. Things are actually going well which I am incredibly thankful for. I still have time before I go back to New York, and I'm gonna try my damnest to convince Caleb to come back. I want a do-over, and hopefully he will too. Today, I'm not feeling too well, so I'm just laying around while people are coming in and out of the house to check on me per my mom and Caleb's insistence. Right now, Emily is here, mostly to get away from Ali, but it's not unwelcomed. I have no idea what's going on there, but I really don't want to think about it because my stomach is doing some serious backflips. Out of nowhere, I am up and running to the nearest bathroom and puking out the soup that Aria made for me an hour or so ago. In comes Emily, rubbing my back and pushing back my hair to place a warm rag on my head. I love my friends, but a little stomach bug isn't gonna kill me.
"I'm fine Em. I guess I shouldn't have eaten just yet," I say wiping my mouth and gargling mouthwash because the taste is just awful.
"I know, but we're all worried about you Han. How long have you been feeling like this exactly?" she questions with a worried expression.
"On and off for a few weeks. Nothing major, just tired and puking up everything that past my lips. I'm fine though, really I am." I don't know who I'm trying to convince anymore because I feel horrible. A look flashes across Emily's face, and I immediately get confused at what could possibly be going through her head.
"What?"
"Listen, I'm gonna go, but I'll be right back. If any of the girls show, tell them to stay put," she says quickly before helping me up and racing towards the door. I stand there incredibly confused at what just took place.
"Okay," I say to the empty house before shrugging it off and going back to the living room. I change the channel to a TV movie, and watch it until sleep takes over my body and I am out like a light.
Emily's POV
How the hell didn't anyone else pick this up? I mean, the signs are beyond obvious, but no one thought to at least to make sure? Hanna just might be pregnant, and by that cheating son of a bitch to boot. I have no idea how the girls will react, how Hanna will react, but most of all how Caleb will react. After I ran out of the house, I sent a mass group text, excluding Hanna and the guys of course, for everyone to show up at Hanna's. I think she will definitely need her friends when we find out the results. Next, I drive to the store and travel up and down every aisle until I find what I need. Never really having this problem due to preference, I grab two of everything just to be sure. Once I pay for everything, I drive back to Hanna's and I see Aria, Alison, and Spencer's cars sitting on the curb. That was fast, but I did say urgent. I open the door to a sleepy looking Hanna, and three confused faces looking a little too worried.
"Hey guys. Wanna help me with this?" They all take at least one bag in the kitchen, where I am quickly attacked with questions.
"What's going on Em?"
"Yeah, what's so urgent, I was helping my mom with campaign strategy."
"And I was reviewing a new book, which wasn't going so well, so continues."
"Okay," I interrupt the millions of questions. "Listen, this is urgent, but not life threatening okay. I just discovered something and I think Hanna would very much need her friends after I tell her."
"Tell her what?" asked Spencer.
"Okay, so you know how Hanna's been sick on and off for a few weeks?" They all nod. "Well did you notice any other symptoms from her?"
"Well, she couldn't keep any food down," Aria chimed in.
"And she's been really tired lately. Tired to the point of dosing in the middle of a conversation," adds Alison.
"Oh and uhm, she's been like really emotional. But I thought that had something to do with the king of the douchebags," Spencer says rolling her eyes.
"Now, what do you get when you put all those things together?" I say, anticipating for them to figure it out. It takes a minute before I see Spencer's eyes widen, followed by Aria and Alison.
"So, you think?"
"There's a chance that-?"
"Wow," finished Ali. "So what do you need us to do exactly?"
"Look in the bags," I say and they all peek in seeing so many pregnancy test.
"Uhm, Em, I don't think she needs all of these, did you rob the store of every test you could fine," Spencer chuckles.
"No! I've never had to go through this, so yeah I got as many as I could. I wanted to be sure, plus who knows how these things work?" All three girls raises their hands to indicate that they did. I just roll my eyes at that and move on.
"Anyway, I'm gonna talk to Hanna and see what she thinks and hopefully-"
"See what I think about what?" Hanna herself interrupts.
"Oh, uhm, sweetie, we want to talk to you about something," Aria starts, leading Hanna to a seat at The kitchen table.
"Okay, that doesn't worry me at all, what's going on guys?"
"Hanna Banana," Spencer says using the nickname she gave her to soften the blow as much as possible. "How long have you been feeling sick?"
"Oh, well I told Em, it's only been a few weeks, off and on. I'm fine though, just a little tired and nauseous," she tells us, still missing the point.
"Hanna, hunny, I don't think you're adding this up, so here you go," Alison says reaching into one of the bags taking out a test. She passes the item to Hanna, who accepts it with a confused expression.
"A p-pregnancy test?" she stammers out. "Why would I need-. Oh shit!" she says right before fainting.
Hanna's POV
I wake up to a warm rag dabbing at my face, completely dazed. What the hell just happened?
"Hey sunshine," Spencer smiles down at me, rag still pressed to my forehead.
"We so didn't expect you to faint on us," Ali laughed.
"What the hell happened?" I say relaxing back into the couch.
"Ali caused you to faint," Emily says which earns a glare from Alison.
"I did not. Somebody had to speed things up. Besides, I know we all want to know if we'll be aunts or not," she smiles over at me. Aunties? Holy shit, I could be pregnant! How the hell am I supposed to explain this to Caleb? We just got back together and now, ugghhh. I groan out loud at my inner thoughts about how stupid I was to not use a condom, but things happened so fast and I felt safe and loved that I was only thinking about us being us again. I rise up, slowly because I'm still a little dizzy.
"Where's the test? I have to be sure," I say looking at my four best friends.
"Kitchen, but be mindful that Emily brought them and because of her 'preference' it may looked like she brought in bulk for the next few years," informs Aria which just cause the others to laugh, except Emily who glared. I walk into the kitchen and see two bags on the counter and one on the kitchen table, which looks like a shit load of water. I look inside the two bags on the counter, and my eyes just about popped out of my head.
"Really Em, the most I needed was like two, and FYI, First Response is the best," I say taking four test just to be sure. I take two bottles of water from the last bag and march to the restroom to find out the truth. I can hear the girls talking outside the cracked door, but all I'm focused on is finding out if my dream came true. I seriously want a baby and even if I have to raise it alone, it will be mine to raise. This is it, this is my future. I think as I rip open the first box and chug down as much water as I can.
HCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHC
Four tests, one and a half bottles of water, and several minutes of waiting in anticipation and the timer finally goes off. Being too nervous to look myself, each girl grabs a test, with gloves on of course, and check for me. I am a nervous wreck as they look at the results together, share knowing looks at each, and finally turn back around to look at me.
"What? What is it? Tell me what!" I exclaim, both wanting and not wanting to know. One by one, each of my best friends turn the sticks around to face me. From Aria, to Emily, to Spencer, to Alison, each test revealed the same, sealing my fate. Tears streamed down, as each girl came rushing over for a big group hug, I hug back fiercely as the news began to sink in. When we break apart, we each have wet eyes and big smiles.
"Positive? They're all positive! I'm gonna have a baby? Holy shit, I'm gonna have a baby!" I exclaimed clearly excited. We all laugh and just bask in the change that's about to come.
"So are you gonna tell him? I mean I know you guys won't be back together because he's a cheater and all, but he has a right to know," says Alison, once everything calmed down.
"Why would I tell him? He has no rights to my child," I say very confused.
"Yes, he does Hanna. I know you want nothing to do with him, but he's gonna be apart of your life with the baby being on the way and all," chimed Spencer. I look at the others as they nod in agreement. Wait, they think? Oh hell no.
"No. No, you guys thought? Oh, hell no, he's NOT the father," I inform.
"WHAT?!" They say in unison.
"He's NOT the father! We haven't slept together in months, so there is NO way it's his."
"So who is the father Hanna? Please don't tell me, you were cheating too," Emily says.
"Of course not, I would never do that, the father is Caleb," I mumbled his name, not knowing how they would react.
"Who?" asks Alison. I sigh deeply and repeat myself a little louder.
"Caleb. Caleb's the father," I breathe waiting for the shit storm to wreak havoc, but it was just silent.
"How?"
"When?"
"Really?"
"Well, after you guys left, after I went all crazy about his cheating, Caleb came by thanks to Spencer," I say looking pointedly at her. "She called Toby who called Caleb and he showed up as I was burning every memory of that scumbag. We talked, I cried, we talked some more, I cried some more. Then we said I love you and next thing I know, well you get the idea," I say intend of going any further in detail. "We, uhm, have been working things out since then, and I'm really happy because I love him more than anything and now we're having a baby," I say still amazed at the last part.
"We're really happy for you guys Hanna," says Emily pulling me into a hug.
"Yeah, and no matter what, you are not alone in this whatsoever," Aria is the next to join the hug.
"Right! We are with you one hundred percent, no questions asked," followed Spencer. We all look at Alison in anticipation. A lot has changed over the years, we are all closer, but for the right reasons. And now I couldn't imagine going through such a life changing experience without everyone I love the most.
"I'm with you, but you have to tell Caleb. Whatever happens from there, we will deal with it," she smiles and joins in on the love feast. I was the first of us all to have a baby, and I couldn't be happier. Now I just have to tell the father, that he's going to be a father.