12 - Marianne

I hurried home to prepare dinner. While busily preparing, I felt that odd dizziness again. I didn't waste any time and went straight to the restroom. When I thought about that pregnancy test kit that I had purchased earlier, my heart almost stopped beating.

I inhaled a long, slow breath. I can't avoid doing this. I really need to find out whether or not I am pregnant.

I took a deep breath and forced myself to face my fears. When I looked at the kit and saw that there were now two lines on it, it was as if ice-cold water had been poured over me. My heart was racing so hard that I had to take another test kit to make sure the result was accurate.

Then I froze in place.

Nothing has changed. I repeated the process with different test kits, but the results remained the same.

I'm... pregnant.

And I can't possibly be wrong. Jack was the only person I'd done that with in the last month. This is when it dawned on me that we didn't use any protection. Additionally, he released inside me numerou