“There’s definitely a baby in there,” the doctor announces, pointing to this bean-shaped dot on the screen.
I don’t quite know what to say. Susan’s smiling, but I’m sure she’s stressing on the inside. I mean, she’s having a baby with her ex-boyfriend. The same one she left to be with her best friend. That’s kind of a lot going on.
Susan wipes away a tear. “How far along am I?”
The doctor pauses.
“I would say you are around eight weeks.”
I cough. Wow, eight weeks. I’m trying to contain my excitement, but I really just want to text Mom and Yelena with the news. I manage to send them a text message while Susan was getting dressed. Not 10 seconds after I send it, she turns around.
“We have a little bit of time before we have to pick up Yelena,” Susan whispers, tracing the outline of my bottom lip with her finger.
I smirk.
“Watch it. That’s probably how you got knocked up.”
“That and a lot of alcohol!” she yells.
I laugh. I love Susan’s lack of filter. It’s definitely one of the things that attracted me to her. As we walked out of the office, I wrapped my arm around her waist. Susan lets out a deep sigh and let her shoulders fall.
“I have to tell Derek. He’s not going to make this easy,” she mumbles as we approach the car.
“Granted, I know he loathes us. But do you think he’s so upset that he’ll drag this out just because?”
Susan puts on her sunglasses and turns to me.
“Hell yes.”
We grab some food en route to the airport, which makes us about 15 minutes late. Of course, Yelena’s flight would arrive on time. We park and head inside the airport. We approach the door to walk in when we hear a familiar voice.
“Yo, Ashley!! Come here girl!!”
Without hesitation, I turn around and start running. Yelena, multiple bags in tow, starts picking up the pace. We meet on the sidewalk and exchange hugs and kisses.
“Yele, I miss you bunches!!!!”
Brushing her curly hair out of her face, Yelena walks over to Susan and starts rubbing her belly.
“Does Nick know yet?” she asks, looking directly at Susan.
Susan’s face turns a shade of red that I thought wasn’t humanly possible. I’m totally lost. Why would Yelena ask Susan if Derek’s brother Nick knows?
