The Best Man novel Chapter 38

Olivia's POV

Three days earlier...

The next morning after she showed up at my door at night and asked to sleep over, I took her to the gynecologist for a checkup only for the tests to confirm that she was 6-weeks pregnant, despite being on the birth control pill

When we got back to my apartment, she locked herself into my bedroom for like an hour. I could hear crying, and I kept begging her to come out and talk to me. She wasn't expecting to fall pregnant and the news couldn't have come at a better time because she and Rick were even discussing taking a break from their relationship because things we're not working out so much.

When she finally came out to talk, I was more than ready to be her shoulder to cry on

"How are you feeling, sweetie?", I asked as she sat next to me and rested her head on my shoulder

"I don't think I'm ready to have this baby, Liv", she wiped the tears that were streaming down her face. "Especially now with everything that's been happening between me and Rick, it's just too much, and I feel like this baby is going to complicate things even more"

"Are you going to tell him?", I asked, and she shook her head

"It's better off that I don't tell him, I don't want him to feel like this is some kind of way to trap him into marrying me or something"

"I know it's not my place to say, but he deserves to know, Ann"

"I know", she stood on her feet and started pacing around in the room, running her hand through her hair. Leaving her to think some more seemed like a dangerous idea because I didn't even know was going through her mind right now, I had to get her to open up and talk about her feelings.

"So like, how are you feeling about this?"

"This is just not how I envisioned my life going at this point and time, you know? I've never even thought about having children right away for everything to happen like this"

"It's okay, sweetie", I stood up to hug, and she held on tighter onto my shoulders while crying. I cupped her face in my hands when we broke away from the hug, she had calmed down a little, but the tears didn't stop streaming down her face.

"I know what I'm about to ask goes against everything you believe in, and it's okay to say no; I've just scheduled a 9am appointment at the clinic tomorrow morning, and I was wondering if you can take me? I can't drive myself home after the procedure"

It took me about a minute to process everything she was telling me and I sank back on the couch

"Have you considered other options Ann? Like giving the baby up for adoption?"

"Liv?", I felt her squeeze my hand lightly as she stopped filling out the form. I turned to look at her, realizing that I completely zoned out and suddenly felt bad.

"Yeah?", I sat up properly on my seat, giving her my full attention

"Why aren't you saying anything?", she asked and that was a really good question. I hadn't said much to her ever since we left the house, I just held her hand throughout the whole ride to the clinic and the minute we sat down in the waiting area. I figured that would be more comforting than me saying anything at all, I didn't want to end up saying the wrong things or make her feel like I was judging her.

"I'm not sure what to say", I caressed the back of her hand and she nodded her head

"I understand, this is not an easy situation"

"Even so, I want you to know that I'm always going to have your back, no matter what happens"

"That and you being here with me means a lot", she smiled at me and I couldn't help but to smile back

"Anna Hendrix?", a nurse called out and we both stood to our feet, I wanted to go in there with her, but she stopped me