She took a seat on the couch and glanced over at the window. The weatherman had called for temperatures to be down in the forties, and there was no sight of the sun.
Her friend must have slipped and bumped her head.
Ronnie and Sarena had been best friends since their sophomore year in college. They had met in nursing school and had been lab partners. They had immediately hit it off and become life-long friends.
“Why are you so bubbly?” Ronnie scowled. She wasn’t ashamed to still be in her jammies at this time in the morning. It was her off day, and she was going to take advantage of it. She pulled her blanket off the back of her couch and wrapped it around herself.
“I can’t just be happy?” Sarena giggled.
Ronnie eyed her friend suspiciously. She must want something.
“I need coffee. Do you have any made?”
“No, but help yourself and make me a cup, too.” Ronnie yawned. She readjusted herself on the couch and tucked her feet underneath her.
Sarena left the room, and banging came from the kitchen. Ronnie turned her television on and flicked through the channels. She wondered if she should tell Sarena now or wait until after she’d been to the doctor.
Her friend would be understanding and would no doubt support her. Sarena was like a sister to Ronnie.
Finding nothing on the television, she lowered the volume just so she could have a little white noise.
Ronnie reached for her e-reader to find something to read. With the shocking news that she was pregnant, she needed to escape reality for a few hours. She browsed through the countless amount of books she had on her device while listening to her friend sing off-key in the kitchen.
Something was causing her friend to be extra happy this morning.
“Your nose is always in a book,” Sarena announced, returning to the room.
Ronnie glanced up and zeroed in on the two mugs of coffee in her hands.
Ronnie took hers and put her device down on her lap. Sarena sat on the end of the couch near Ronnie’s feet. They sipped their coffee in silence for a moment.
Okay, she’s killing me with the suspense.
Ronnie set her mug down on the table before her and turned to her friend. “Okay, spill it, woman. There is something you are not telling me. What’s up?”
Sarena took another sip of her coffee and smiled. She was bursting at the seams and sat her drink down.
“I’m pregnant!” she screamed.
Ronnie instantly found herself hollering with her friend. She flew across the couch to Sarena. They engulfed each other in a hug while laughing and crying at the same time.
She ignored her current situation because she was truly happy for her friend. She hugged Sarena even harder while tears ran freely down her cheeks.
Ronnie liked to think she had a big hand in getting Sarena and Mac together. It had been she who had coaxed an unsure Sarena over to Mac’s house in sexy lingerie hidden under her trench coat. If one were to ask Ronnie, if it wasn’t for her, Sarena and Mac would have never got together. Well, they might have eventually, but Ronnie helped speed along the process.
Mac and Sarena were the perfect couple.
“When did you find out?” Ronnie asked. She sat back and took Sarena’s hand in hers. She wanted to know all of the details.
“We’ve known for a while now. I just had this superstition of waiting until I was out of my first trimester,” Sarena said. She tightened her grip on Ronnie’s hand. “You don’t know how hard it has been not being able to tell you.”
“That’s okay.” Ronnie smiled. She had a secret of her own and she was dying to spill it, but she would wait. She’d see the doctor to confirm and then she would tell Brodie first before she told anyone else. She was already dreading telling her parents and her siblings. Not that she was ashamed of being pregnant, it was just that she’d have to admit to having a one-night stand with a cop. “So how have you been feeling?”
“I’ve been sick as a dog.” Sarena grimaced. She reached down and ran her hand along her slight pudge. “It’s like clockwork. First thing in the morning I have an appointment with my toilet.”
“Oh, I’m sorry.” Ronnie rubbed her friend’s hand. She hadn’t had any symptoms and considered herself lucky. The only thing that alerted her to test was the absence of her monthly visitor. It had