October 22, 2013 (Tuesday)
Morning came to find Samantha curled around her pillows. She yawned and rubbed the sleep from her eyes. She looked over to Rashad's side of the bed and then grumbled softly to herself, he hadn't come home last night. She was getting even more worried now. She winced as he stomach flip flopped for a moment then she stumbled slowly to the bathroom and began praying to the porcelain god. When all that was left was dry heaves she sat on her butt, flushed the toilet and began rubbing her stomach. She had been upset last night, she thought to herself, she could understand getting sick then but this morning bothered her. She got up and slipped out of her clothes before stepping into the shower. She had felt better after losing her stomach but now she was hungry. She would shower, get dressed, and make breakfast.
She slipped into a pair of white shorts and matching tank top with a super girl S over her breasts that showed cleavage from the top. She brushed out her hair and drew it back in a ponytail. She walked into the kitchen as her mind kept thinking about Rashad and where he could be. Were her senses keen enough to find him? Her eyes looked through the fridge but her nose wrinkled at everything in the fridge. Her stomach growled out in hunger.
"This totally sucks!" She yells out looking around the apartment. She sinks down in a chair flicking on the TV. She flicked through the channels before looking back towards the fridge in the kitchen. A soft growl came from her throat. "Damn it!" She growls lowly. 'I wish you were home. I wanted to go to breakfast with you this morning.' She thought to herself. Her thoughts were drowned out by the noise of the TV. She watched a commercial for burgers and shakes in a restaurant in downtown DC and her stomach began to rumble with earnest.
She walked into the bathroom and opened her cabinet. She saw a pregnancy test. She had to know. She was late. She wanted to know. She would eat after she got the results. She went into the bathroom and used the pregnancy test before sitting it covered on the sink. She washed her hands and tried to ignore the test. Her eyes instead went to the clock on her dresser in the bedroom. She walked back and forth while her stomach growled. She looked to the clock once more and went to the test as her hand covered over her mouth. Her eyes welled up with tears as she grabbed her cell phone. She called Rashad's phone once more.
"Rashad, please answer, we are going to have a baby!" She said loudly into the phone. "Please come home. Please. You are going to be a daddy. Please come home to me. I love you, honey. I'm here for you always. Please." She begged into the phone before hanging up. She kept her cell phone with her.
Samantha decided against going out just in case Rashad came home. She made herself a club sandwich, scrapple, eggs, and hash browns. She was so hungry that she ate 3 platefuls before lying back in her chair. Her eyes went to the phone then to her stomach.
'Please, come home honey. I need you with me.' She thought gently. She sat down on the couch and curled up in a ball, not really watching the TV as it droned on. Her eyes watched the phone hoping it would ring and Rashad would be on the phone.
*****
Rashad walked into the apartment and saw Samantha sitting on the couch. When she heard him walk in, she was off the couch in an instant.
"Where have you been?" She said as she ran into his open arms. He held her tightly to his chest.
"I'm sorry; I had a lot to think about. I went to a bar, but before I could get drunk, Arthur came and got me." He said as they separated. He looked her in the eyes and could see that she had been crying. 'She was worried about me. But there is something else, something she wants to tell me.' He thought. "Arthur thinks that there may be a chance to save me." He brought her to the couch and they sat down while he told her of the events of the previous night. When he was done, she took his hands and put it on her stomach.
"I have something to tell you. You're going to be a father. I am pregnant." She said. Tears began to run down Rashad's face at the news. He hugged her close and then put his hand on her stomach. He didn't know why, but he could feel a life growing there. 'That's impossible. It's too soon, how can I know that something's there?' he thought to himself.
"I want you there when this happens." Rashad said as he moved to the other side of the couch and leaned back on the arm rest. Samantha moved over and lay on his chest while he talked. He wrapped his arm around her with his hand resting on her chest.
"Of course, we're in this together, always." She said as she cuddled with him. Rashad hadn't realized how tired he was till he woke up 8 hours later stretched out on the couch with a quilt over his body. He got up and looked at the clock on the wall and saw that it was 5:45 pm. He looked around for Samantha and didn't see her. He listened and sniffed the air and realized she was in the bathroom. He got off the couch and headed toward the bathroom. She was coming out as he was walking toward it. He went to give her a kiss but she backed up with a slightly disgusted look.
"Eww, you have morning breath." She said. He laughed and hugged her instead.
"We are going out tonight. I am going to get ready and then it's your turn." He said to her.
"That sounds like fun." She said as they separated. Rashad went into the bathroom and got ready. When he was done he went into the bedroom and pulled out and dressed in a suit. He went to the living room and called Arthur for permission to use his limo. He agreed and said that it would be out front in an hour. Rashad sat on the couch and watched TV while Samantha got ready.
*****
Samantha moved around the bedroom pulling out a long black crushed velvet dress with slits up both her thighs. She wondered into the bathroom turning on the shower before stripping from her nightclothes. As she let the water fall on her she thought about what Rashad had said. Would she have to go through what he is going through? What will happen to their baby? Her hand slides down over her stomach. She didn't want to lose their child. She didn't want them to destroy a part of their life that hasn't come into the world yet and had a chance to live. She washed up and shaved everything that needed to be shaved before turning off the water and wrapping a towel around her body. She stepped out of the shower and walked into the bedroom.
She dried herself and stepped into the long black dress. The front of the dress dipped some to show her breasts from the top. Her back was open showing creamy white skin. Her thighs showed as she slipped into her high heel wedges before adjusting straps and curling her hair down and around her shoulders and back. She applied a pale pink lipstick to her lips with some rouge and powder before stepping out of the bedroom. She walked by the couch and watched his reaction from the corner of her eye.