❛ You’re pregnant? ❜
IN A WAY IT COMES AS A RELIEF. The stinging release of the pressure of an ingrown nail, the yanking of a damaged tooth. Something cathartic, though blood letting becomes a necessary evil. —- Keeping anything from Billy proved to be difficult because despite being so often characterized as slow ( much to the detriment of his opponents ) he knew her a bit too well to ever keep anything concealed for too long. But Jordan had been convincing, in a way she was usually too keen on calling him on; he caught her at the right moment, with the right words. Billy was at a tipping point in his career, he needed to FOCUS and this would only be a DISTRACTION ( a happy one, he added, but only after the seed of doubt could find root ) .
THIS FIGHT WAS IMPORTANT and she did her part in helping him prepare. Enough shifts at the bar to help him get as much gym time as he needed, lugging bags of ice from the bodega to help him immerse himself and stay in top form. Difficult to hide morning sickness, she tried to wave it off as nerves; harder still to contain the bubbling excitement inside of her when there was only one person she wanted to tell anyway ( all substitutes paled in comparison to her best friend ). It would figure that her carefully constructed plans would fall apart with Billy doing something like fiddling with her phone. He plays the message from the doctor back, now over speaker, Maureen left standing still with a plate of rapidly cooling eggs in her hand. In a rare instance with Billy, she hesitates then nods. “ — Are y’mad at me? ”
@fiighter / meme.
