“Carol, have you seen my slippers? You know the Burberry one. It’s one of a kind!” Hannah says.“Have you checked behind the couch downstairs?” “Yes. It’s not there.” “Check again. This time move the couch.” I say.It’s been a few months since Jack, and I were dating. It's so ironic how fast time went by. I was only planning to stay here for the summer but now this place feels like home. “You know Jack’s taking you out tonight. That means I can hang out with Max,” she says.“You two are getting pretty close. Aren’t you? Now inviting him over to the house, wow, that’s a step up.” “Yea. He’s smoking hot.” She says.“I’m going to pretend I didn’t hear the last part of what you just said.” I have my blush pink dress hanging up on the door of my closet. Jack told me he wants to take me to see a fountain near the same lake we went by when he first kissed me. “Dang it’s hot.” I say.“See I told you.” “Not stupid Max. Eww no. I meant my curling iron. Hannah, can you come help me curl m

“Hey, ho, say hey ho!” Tanner walks into my room singing. “Hey, ho, say hey ho!” I say.“Yo, get up my wifey made breakfast downstairs, she wants to be extra kind to you because you're the soon to be bride thingy.” He says.“You’re never a morning person Tanner, ugh. Go back to bed.”He gets on top of my bed and starts jumping. “Jack and Carolina sitting in a tree, K. I. S. S. I. N. G. First comes love, next comes marriage, then comes the baby in the baby carriage.” Tanner sings.“Okay. I’m up. I’m up already.”“Yay.” He speaks.“Chelsea. She seems sweet. How did y’all meet?”“Umm. Long story and can’t tell you that’s confidential. I wouldn’t tell you anyway because you made your last sentence rhyme.”I finally get out of bed and make my way over to the bathroom to rinse my face and brush my teeth. Hannah is right, mom and dad can’tbe telling me how to live my life anymore. This has gone on for way too long, enough is enough. I need to start standing up for what I believe in, it’s m

I feel the rapid beating of my heart against my chest, while sitting on the bathroom floor. I try biting my lip to stay calm. This is the second pregnancy test I’ve taken today. The first one showed two lines, which indicates positive in the directions. I just needed to take another to be sure before breaking the news. It feels like forever to wait for the results in the test because I’m so anxious. I look in the mirror and think back about how wonderful the past few months have been. Marrying Jack was unbelievable. It all happened so quickly for us. Falling in love, getting married, and now if this is real, then we could possibly be on the edge of having a baby, nine months from now.I look down at the counter to see if the test has been completed. “Negative. How could it be negative now?” I whispered. I should just tell Jack because I feel so sick. I even threw up yesterday morning. Hannah doesn’t know anything, and I don’t know how to tell her. She recently got fired from her pa

“Darling, I hope you're resting on the couch.” Jack says to me. Jack is still at work, and I haven’t told him about the email that I’ve got from Paul’s Enterprise Publishing. I see Hannah coming back downstairs. She’s been in her room all afternoon sorting out clothes. I have no idea why. “Hannah. Is everything okay? You have beautiful clothes. Why are you throwing them on the floor that way?” I ask her.“It’s all wrong Carol. Everything, it just looks old and not me anymore. I mean, have you ever seen a fashion show? Their clothes on the runway are cool.” She says.“I guess some of them are.” I replied.“Okay, okay, you got me. I got a call today. Apparently, the manager from Cosmos Magazine is friends with Tiffany. She saw my photos from the salon, and she offered me a job at the company.” “Oh, my goodness! Hannah, this is so exciting. I’m so happy for you.” I say.“Well, the building is on Melrose.” She says.“Melrose. Oh, it’s in California, isn’t it? Well, that’s a major oppo

I’m not really sure if I’m the party kind of guy. So many thoughts are flowing through my mind. I cannot think so straight. I’m about to enter this party with Tanner, maybe Carol is right it might be fun. “Yo, what do you think Jack?” Tanner says. “It’s cool, I guess. There’s so many people.” I say.“Eric, hi this is my brother-in-law, Jack.” “Nice to meet you, Jack.” Eric says.“Pleasure to meet you.” Jack says. “Dang, so formal man. Don’t mind him. He’s from Pennsylvania.” Tanner says.“No worries, there's a game playing in the other room. You guys should come. Jack, you should try it? I mean, all newbies play it, Tanner did also.” Eric says.I look over at Tanner and then I decide to walk with Eric. What’s this game about, I don’t even know how to play. I can see a bunch of cups on the table filled with alcohol. I think it’s if the ping pong ball lands in the cup,then you drink.“What am I supposed to do?” “So, here’s how the game works Jack, this is a ping pong table but we’r