Austin’s POVIt’s been ages since I’ve seen this sort of excitement on Amy’s face, and instead of pleasing me, it gives me this unsettling feeling.The reason for her excitement is Ralph Lewis's celebration party that we're going to attend later this evening.While I understand her joy and had actually invited her to the party because I was looking for ways to please her, the level of her excitement seems a little over the top to me.Right now, she’s prancing around our hotel room, examining the dress that she's going to wear for the umpteenth time, like an excited schoolgirl going for prom.“I think I’ll put on the dress again, you know, to make sure it still fits me.” She says, with a high, girlish laughter.She's mostly talking to herself, not to me. I watch as she hurriedly takes off the robe she’s wearing. nd then puts on the dress for the party.She does several poses in front of the mirror, turning this way and that way to see herself at different angles, and pushing her butt a
Lucy’s POVMy ears are ringing, and my heart is pounding fast as I listen to Amanda speak with full confidence, but there’s no way she can be right, after I’ve conditioned myself to believe that I can't have kids, right? I mean, I want her to be right. Scratch that! I need her to be right, but there's no point in raising my hopes up, only to have them dashed later on. Still, I can't help but ask in a voice that belongs to someone else ...“How would you know that the symptoms I'm experiencing are pregnancy symptoms?”“I would know because I’ve walked down that road before when I was pregnant, but that’s not all. I also know, because I’ve tended to countless pregnant women while I was away volunteering. I know all the symptoms of pregnancy like the back of my palm, and can mostly tell if a woman is pregnant, just by looking at her, even in the early stages of the pregnancy.” Amanda tells me in that confident tone.“Stop! You can't do that. You can't give me such false hope … Amanda, y
Lucy’s POVThe day of the ceremony dawns bright and early. Unfortunately, however, I didn’t get a good night’s rest, because for the better part of the night, I was unable to sleep, and was instead thinking about my conversation with Amanda. By the time morning comes, I’ve resolved to tell Nathan that I can't be with him and that we have to stop seeing each other. I’ll do it after the party, but I hope we’ll remain friends, even though that will probably be a bad idea as well.“Rise and shine, princess of the day. How can you still be asleep by this time of the day? Everywhere is bustling with activities. Oh, and your prince charming is downstairs waiting for you. He brought you a huge bunch of flowers. That man is such a green flag, and that is such a good thing, considering that these days are filled with bright red flags.” Amanda says, barging into my room without knocking.“Good morning, Amanda. You're really excited about today.” I reply, pasting a wide smile on my face. I'm st
LUCY'S POVLucy’s POV“Yes, I believe so too. It’s just nerves.” He finishes and drops a kiss onto my lips.I have the feeling that he is trying to subtly change the subject, but my traitorous body distracts me, and I eagerly return his kiss.By the time we stop kissing, I’ve even forgotten what it was that we were talking about.He leaves work early that day, and we spend the night together at his place. However, I have to leave early the next morning because it's the day of the party.“Oooh, was that Nathan I saw who just dropped you off?” Amanda asks me, as I enter the house.She’s sitting in the living room of our new house and sipping a glass of orange juice.“Yes, it was,” I reply somewhat shyly, and Amanda gives me a knowing look.“I'm glad you have finally accepted that you like him. You guys make a beautiful couple, by the way.”“Well, we’re not exactly a couple. We’re just having fun with each other, and no, I don’t want to talk about it, because I know that’s the next thing
“Well, good afternoon to you both,” I say by way of greeting.Nathan’s head snaps up at the sound of my voice, and a smile breaks out on his handsome face as our eyes meet.“Lucy? What on earth are you doing here? Don’t get me wrong. I'm happy to see you, but aren’t you supposed to be resting in preparation for ‘you know what?’” He asks me.The phrase ‘you know what,’ obviously refers to the party being held tomorrow, but he’s being discreet until said tomorrow, so that the lady working at my desk wouldn’t know what he’s talking about.Only a select few people know about me and my parents, and they include Amanda, Nathan, Lucas, and the staff working at our house. I don’t even know if Nathan’s parents and sister know, or if he kept it a secret from them as well.“I was bored, so I came to say hi,” I reply to his question.As I say this, the lady gets up with some papers, mutters something about how she has to do something in another section of the building, and hightails it out of th
Lucy’s POVMy nerves are shot, and they’ve been this way for two or three days now, but I can't for the life of me pinpoint or say what could be making me feel such an emotion.Life is good, and everything has been going smoothly, both at work and in my personal life, so I have nothing to worry about, but still, I can't get rid of the feeling that something dreadful is going to happen, and soon too. The anxious feeling probably has to do with the ‘reveal party,’ as Nathan, my family, and I have come to call it. The party is going to take place at our residence tomorrow.A fairly large number of guests have been invited, with the majority of them being workers in my dad’s company, and others being his close friends, associates, and business partners.I don't know any of these people, and since I don't have friends apart from Amanda, I have no one to invite to the party, but that's okay because after now, I'll be free to make as many friends as I want.It is probably the thought of st