Chapter Thirty Eight

I had a theory and I was scared to admit it because it might turn out to be true so I asked the one person I knew had gone through the same thing and I could talk to her.

Funke.

"Hey can we talk?" I pulled her into my room, locking the door behind me.

"Sure, what is it?" Her face changed instantly.

"What was it like when you were pregnant?" I was breathing heavily waiting for her answer.

Her face twisted to pure confusion, her brows furrowed. "What?"

"What was it like when you were pregnant, the early stage like a week or two after conception?" I repeated. "I know it's a hard topic for you but I really need to know."

She sighed and went to sit on my bed and I followed her, not taking my eyes off her.

"Well, the last time, the first thing was I missed my period. But I didn't really take note of it, you know with the whole court case thing." She started and I nodded. "Thinking back I had nausea but I wasn't vomiting y'know and also I was running temperature at times especially in the mornings, frequent urination and sometimes headache. I just thought it was stress from a lot of things going on."

Everything she mentioned I had felt them though very lightly and barely noticeable even, if not that I was starting to get worried and I was very attentive to a lot of things.

I had googled early signs from conception and everything I got from google was what she said. I knew instantly what that meant.

I was pregnant.

But I may not be, it may just be my body.

I still haven't gotten my period for January and it's already February, it has to be it.

"Can you help me with something?" I breathed.

"Test kit?" She knew.

"Yes, like five, I have to be sure." I nodded.

"Okay, just stay here, I'll be right back." She hugged me before standing up and walking out of the room.

If I am pregnant, it's going to be bad because there's a slight issue. I don't know who it's for. Of course everyone expects it to be for Andrew but it may not be his, it may be for Miles.

That day in my car, we didn't use a condom, I'm very sure of that because I was aware of every moment and I felt when he came inside me and I didn't take the pill after. I wasn't thinking straight after that and the thought never crossed my mind.

After Andrew had come back which was two days after my time with Miles, that morning before I went to pick Nana from the airport, Andrew and I didn't use a condom, that I'm also very sure of. It can't be the night of the club, the time doesn't match up.

It's too early to even get a paternity test. Unless it was that time before Christmas but I took the pill right after and the pregnancy test I took said negative so the chances that it might be that time are low or probably zero but I'm going to hold on to that.

Unless I go to a clinic to get a real test there to know how long in I am, that's if I'm even pregnant.

Right now all I can pray for is that it's for Andrew because not only will Andrew hate me for cheating on him, he's going to dump me for real especially knowing that the child is not for him. But if it's for him, that might give him a reason to stay with me.

If it's for Miles, I pray he doesn't leave me too because maybe I'll just kill myself.

Funke finally came back and she held six tests.

"Five for you and one for me," she said and when I was about to ask her if she might be pregnant she added. "I can't be pregnant because I take pills and Adrian and I haven't really gotten to that part yet but I'm going to do this with you, so you won't feel alone." She smiled as she pulled me into the bathroom and laid out all six on the counter.

She took one and ushered for me to take one and I did. We opened them at the same time and she went first, peeing on her own stick.

Five minutes after, I used all five of them and they were all set on the counter. Funke's own a little distance from mine so it won't get mixed.

"Come on, let's get ice cream," she took my hand and I reluctantly followed her. "To take your mind off it for a while." She explained and I nodded.

Opening my freezer I took out the big tub and she held out two spoons. She told me about a new movie that she watched yesterday and that did take my mind off pregnancy for the ten minutes she spoke.

When we finally went upstairs I stood by the door of my bathroom, scared to go in. Funke placed her hand on my back. "I'm here," she assured me and I nodded before stepping in.

Looking at all five sticks I used, they all read the same thing.

Two lines.

Positive.

My breath got stuck in my throat and I gasped. Funke placed her hand on my arm, "Oh my God I'm going to be an aunt!" She screamed and I pulled away from her, needing space.

"Hey, don't be gloom!" She noticed my sad face. "It's not bad, it's good even, we can use this to stop the wedding for good Riya. Why didn't I even think of that before?" She face palmed herself and shook her head.

"No, it's not good." I shook my head.

"Are you crazy? It's not like Andrew is going to leave you when he finds out and once we tell your-"

"Stop!" I yelled sitting on the closed toilet seat. "Just stop okay?"

"What is going on?" She squated in front of me, making me to look at her.

"I don't know who the father is," I finally said and her brows furrowed in confusion.

"How can you not know who the-" she stopped herself and her eyes widened with fear. "Were you raped?"

"Geez no!" I was quick to say. "I-" I had no idea how to tell her.

How do you tell your best friend that you cheated on your boyfriend with your bethrothed and now you don't know if you're pregnant for him?

"Was it," she stood up now and I looked up at her. "Miles? Did he force himself on you?"

I rolled my eyes, "no he didn't, it was-" I sucked in a breath. "Of my own free will. I wasn't drunk, I was very much sober."

She didn't say anything but her face said it all, she was dissapointed and angry with me. I stood up and packed up all the sticks on the counter and placed them inside a plastic bag.

"I need to get a real test from the clinic," I told her.

"Victoria," she whispered.

"I need to know how far gone I am, I may be able to know who it is from the time." I explained. "Are you coming with me?"

She sighed and began pacing the bathroom, "I will but answer me first, when did this happen?"

"Two days before you guys came back," I answered.

She opened her mouth to speak but closed it again before walking out of the bathroom and I followed her.

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