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Marcus stepped back into the living room behind Mindy and cleared his throat."Okay so," he started, gesturing between them. "Mindy, this is Serena. My younger sister. Serena, this is Mindy. My girlfriend."Serena stared at him, then she looked at Henry, then back at Marcus."I'm sorry." She sat up slowly. "Your what?""My girlfriend," Marcus said, with the particular calm of a man who knew exactly what was coming."Wait, you have a girlfriend and Henry has a girlfriend too." Serena pointed across the couch at him. "Andrea.""You already knew that," Henry said."I know but I was still processing it individually." She looked between the two of them, shaking her head. "Marcus Barnes and Henry Moore. The two of you. In relationships. Actual committed relationships with actual women who have agreed to be with you on purpose.""Why do you say it like that," Marcus growled."Because I went to school with both of you." Serena turned to Mindy with a completely straight face. "Do you know what

Andrea looked at him sitting on the edge of the bed beside her and took a breath."Henry, there’s something l need to tell you."He turned to look at her fully, his eyes settling on her face with focused attention. He leaned in slightly, waiting, his expression open and genuinely curious. “Okay.”“I…uh…I’m… I think I’m…” Andrea tried to let the words out but his voice from few days ago when she asked if he wanted kids kept ringing in her mind louder than ever. I like kids. Babies are cute as hell, but not right now. I want us to be ready, get married first.The words kept replaying in her head and she heard it as clearly as if he had said it in this room five seconds ago. “Andrea, are you okay?” Henry’s voice cut through her thoughts.She swallowed hard, looked down at her hands for a second. Then back up at him."I haven't been feeling well lately," she started. "Not just today, for a while now. I've been tired and off and I think I've just been trying to push through it. Pretend eve

They excused themselves and walked through the restaurant together and when the door closed behind them Mindy turned around and looked at her properly."Okay what's going on with you tonight?""Nothing," Andrea said, checking her hair in the mirror. "I'm fine."“Andrea…”"Mindy, I'm fine." she cut in with a smile that didn’t reach her eyes.She crossed her arms over her chest and held her gaze. "You have been sitting at that table for the last forty minutes with a smile that is working very hard and I know that a stab at the steak wasn’t just an accident." There was a pause. "What is going on?"Andrea looked at her reflection in the mirror for a moment. Then she turned on the tap and ran cold water over her wrists. "I'm just a little tired. My ankle is still sore and I probably should have rested more today. That's all."Mindy looked at her for a long moment without saying anything. Andrea kept her eyes on the mirror."Andrea." Her voice was quieter this time. Firmer. "I have known yo

The knock came again. Slightly firmer this time."Hey. Seriously, are you two good?"Mindy looked at Andrea. One quick, sharp look that said everything it needed to say. Andrea straightened up, pressed her fingers under her eyes one more time and took one slow breath.Mindy turned toward the door. "We're fine," she called back, her voice completely easy, not a trace of anything in it. "Just girl talk. We're coming out now."A short pause."Okay," Henry said. His footsteps moved away down the corridor.The moment they faded Mindy turned back to Andrea and grabbed her arm quietly. "Listen to me. Tomorrow morning we go to a Doctor. I pick you up at whatever time you say and we are going together." She kept her voice low and steady. "And tonight you say nothing to him. Not in a restaurant, not on the way home, not tonight. When you tell him it needs to be the right moment and this is not it. Okay?""Okay," Andrea said."Look at me. Okay?""Okay, Mindy. I heard you."Mindy held her gaze for

Mindy talked the entire way to the clinic.She was going on about a fabric supplier who had been giving her problems since she started working with her, then something Marcus said at breakfast that morning that she still wasn’t sure how to feel about, then a show she had watched the night before that turned out to be terrible. Her hands moving on the steering wheel as she spoke, Andrea sat in the passenger seat with her bag in her lap looking out the window, not really following any of it, just letting Mindy's voice fill the car.She knew what Mindy was doing and she was grateful for it but now didn’t feel like theright time to engage in chit-chat."You're not listening to a single word I'm saying," Mindy looked at her finally and stated."I'm listening.""What did I just say?""Something about Marcus.""I said three different things before Marcus. Which one?"Andrea looked at her blankly, not knowing what to say. Mindy raised her eyebrows dramatically and she almost laughed. "Thank