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"Yeah, but can you check if Faith and Natalie are still here? I feel weird doing this with theone, but I’ll double-check," I assured her I went into the coirl "The coast is clear"

I waited outside the door as Aubrey used the bathroo water, I opened the door to check toon the corner of the counter, like a ticking time bomb

"We have to wait a few more minutes," she said before she slid down and sat on the floor

I crouched in front of her "Do you need anything?"

"I could really use a shot of vodka right about now, but I guess that’s not an option," she coht, but we can drink ourselves silly toative," I prolad you caht"

"Shut up! Where else would I be when ht where I need to be, and we could have done this sooner if you’d just have told e tonight?"

"The guy I ith last, the one who could be my baby daddy? I saw him today It’s been a feeeks, and I’m the one who said no to a relationship But I freaked out when I saw hiht be pregnant with his baby It just oes nothing," she ot to her feet and lifted up the test to check the results "Thank God! It’s a o Let’s get you so We can wake up early and take the next one, okay?"

She sighed deeply and nodded her head I sent Drake a quickhim know that I wouldn’t ht, catching up on everything that had been going on with each other I felt guilty talking about hoell things were going with Drake and ht now Aubrey had always flitted fro in and out of love so easily that she never really bruised her heart I’d always kind of admired her for it, actually Now, I realized that she hadn’t really been falling in love Infatuation? Sure Lust? Probably Love? No way

I hadn’t thought of s for Drake in those terms before, but I had to adine my life without hiether, and he made my heart race every time I saw him As I finally drifted off to sleep, I had to admit it, at least to myself I had fallen hopelessly in love with Drake Bennett

A few short hours later, I woke to the blaring of ured it was late enough for the second pregnancy test I shook Aubrey awake and led her to the bathroom I waited while she peed on it, and we repeated the process fro to each other this ti we needed right noas any questions about ere doing

"I think it’s time," I said after five minutes

"I can’t look," Aubrey cried "You do it this ti "Negative It’s a asped

"Nope, you’re not I know you’ve always been super regular, butto sync up with ours since there are four of us roonant," she repeated, tears streaking down her cheeks

I wrapped her up in a hug "Vodka for sure," I whispered into her ear and she giggled

"Absofuckinglutely!" she agreed "But first I need some reed, and we both headed back to bed

chapter 14

I woke up to the text lanced at the clock and realized only a couple hours had passed It was barely after 7:00 in the

Drake: Meet me asap Need to talk NOW!

Alexa: What’s up? Sounds like an eency Not sure I can deal with another one today

Drake: Meetme R u ok?