Serendipity

Upset

The 7 hour car journey back to Vegas felt like a lifetime. The tension in the car was high and we had failed to talk about anything that had happened.

It was early morning when Zak pulled up outside the apartment.

"Well goodnight." I spoke taking off my belt.

"Wait, I. I'm staying over. Right?" He asks.

"I don't think-"

"Katy, come on, we need to talk about this." He insists.

I knew he was right on that part, but I also didn't want to speak about it in case I didn't like what he was going to say.

"It's pretty late and I just want to go to sleep." I reply.

"Well then we will. Please don't push me away."

I sigh and eventually give him a nod. A smile pulls on his lips and we both exit the car before heading up. I knew already, that the dynamics had changed between us, that things weren't going to be plain sailing as they had been. Not when it came to a subject like this...

I let us in and headed straight to the bathroom to brush my teeth and get myself ready for bed.

After changing, I was stood at the sink, scrubbing my teeth when he came and stood by the door frame.

"Are we going to avoid the subject all night? Because if that's the case then things are going to be awkward."

I paused and spat the paste from my mouth. "What is there to talk about?"

"You know exactly what there is to talk about."

I shrug "The little girl said about a stork, we misinterpreted. No big deal."

I went back to scrubbing my teeth, ignoring his presence lingering by the door watching me. After I washed my face and made sure I took my meds before heading out the bathroom, past Zak and into bed.

"I guess we are going to avoid it. Brilliant. Healthy grounds to a relationship." He snapped before going into the bathroom and slamming the door.

Hearing the shower, I growled and laid down before turning to face away from him and the bathroom door. I wanted to forget the whole incident, I felt foolish enough for letting myself have some kind of hope. For a future surrounded by family, friends and a baby. I was stupid to want that kind of happiness, considering everything I've done in life has amounted to me being a forgetful and useful human being. Perhaps me not having a baby was the best thing, I might just leave it in the garden or in the cabbage patch.

I frown at my line of thinking and being picking at the cotton thread that was escaping my pillow case.

Zak eventually appears, I don't look back at him as he slides into bed beside me, but I smell the shower gel and feel the warmness of his skin.

"You wanted to be pregnant." He confirmed making my heart drop.

He wasn't going to leave this..

"Lucky for you, I'm not."

The lamp is switched on making me sigh. "Lucky for me? You think I liked seeing you upset?"

"Don't make out you weren't pleased they were negative. Just turn off the light, I'm tired."

"I want to talk about this."

"Then go talk to yourself in the mirror, the results were negative. End of story."

"No." He answers back "Not end of story because you wanted a child. My child. A child we've never even discussed! I- How long have you wanted a child for?!"