The next morning came. Lacy was sitting there looking at the next pregnancy test in the bathroom. The test was reading positive once again. Lacy was really hoping for it to be negative, but it wasn’t.
“Dammit! Why is this positive again?!” Lacy asks herself feeling upset and angry at herself. She threw it in the garbage can. “I bet the third test is going to be positive too. I can’t believe this.” Lacy quickly did her best trying to hide the next pregnancy test as she did the other. She didn’t want to tell anyone else about the results. Only Alana.
Lacy went to the phone and dialed Alana’s number.
“Hello?” Alana says as she answered her phone.
“Alana, I took the test again.”
“Lacy? You did? What did it say?” Alana asks.
“It came back positive again. I really am not liking this. In a few days I am going to check it again to make sure. Then I am gonna have to break the news to my dad. This is just crazy.” Lacy felt upset.
“I am sure everything will be alright. Try not to stress it. Okay?”
“Alright. Bye.” Lacy hung the phone up. She went upstairs and was getting clothes. She then went to the bathroom to dress herself. She then puts her dirty clothes in her laundry basket in her bedroom. She puts her socks and shoes on along with her coat and left out the door.
“I don’t want to be pregnant! I don’t!” Lacy thought to herself. “Dammit! Why did I have to get pregnant?!” Lacy walked to Robert’s and Ronnie’s house. “They probably are asleep.” Lacy looks down. She wasn’t sure why she went there. She didn’t want to tell them that she may be pregnant. She didn’t want them to get angry with her. She wasn’t sure what to do. “But… if it’s Ronnie’s baby… He kept saying he wanted to knock me up before…” Lacy touches her stomach. “I didn’t think it could happen… But Robert is right. I had sex with him more than Ronnie. How can I be pregnant by Ronnie and not Robert?” Lacy was about to knock on the door when Robert opened it.
“Lacy?”
“Uh…” Lacy felt embarrassed.
“I need to take the trash out for tomorrow morning. Doing it early so I don’t have to later.” Robert had a garbage bag. He sits it in the trash can out in front and walks over to Lacy. “What are you doing here?”
“Robert… I…” Lacy wasn’t sure if she wanted to tell him or not. She didn’t really want to tell him about the pregnancy test, but… a little part of her wanted to. The little part that made her walk there without thinking straight.
“If you aren’t feeling well shouldn’t you be in bed sleeping?” Robert asks her.
“Robert, I am not sick.” Lacy looks down.
“Did your little cold went away?” Robert asked. She shook her head. “Lacy, you aren’t making any sense. Are you alright?”
“How can I tell him? How can I tell him that I might be pregnant and it might be by his brother? How can I tell him that? I love Ronnie a whole lot. But… I still love Robert too. How can I just do this? Get pregnant.”Lacy thinks to herself as she didn’t answer Robert. He touched her shoulder.
“Do you want to come inside?” He asks her. She nods. Robert lets her in and was locking the door. He took her to the living room and she sat down and took her coat off. “Don’t worry, dad is in bed. Ronnie is too and same with Bryan. But my cousin and uncle will be coming over later today, so…”
“Robert, I really need to talk to you about something. Can you please talk to me?”
“Sure.” Robert sits down by Lacy and looks at her. “What is it?”
“This is just what if, this isn’t true Alright…” Lacy wasn’t sure how to ask him. “What if I… If I did get pregnant and it was by Ronnie. What would you do?”
“Lacy you aren’t pregnant are you?” Robert asked.
“I said this is what if.” Lacy just didn’t want to answer Robert’s question.
“Well, I will feel a little a little weird. But… I won’t hate you. I still…” Robert touches Lacy’s hand. “I probably couldn’t be with you unless Ronnie wouldn’t want you. I’ll be willing to take care of you and the baby.” Lacy blushes at Robert.
“What do you think Ronnie would do?” Lacy asked.
“Just ask him when he gets up. Or should I wake him up?” Robert asked.
“Please.” Lacy needed to know right away. Robert got up and left the living room. “Robert wouldn’t be mad at me…” Lacy touches her stomach. “I know you’re nothing really right now, but… I don’t know if I want to keep you.” Lacy says. She wasn’t sure if she wanted to keep the baby or not. She had a big feeling that she was indeed pregnant. Two positive pregnancy tests. She had a little of morning sickness and nausea. She just needed the doctor’s positive results. Ronnie came into the living room.
“Robert said you wanted to talk to me?” Ronnie yawns and sits down. “What is it?” Ronnie rubs his eyes.
“I need to ask you a what if question.” Lacy touches Ronnie’s hand. He blushes at her.
“What if I got pregnant by you? What would you do?” Lacy asks Ronnie.
“Are you?” He asked. Lacy felt her heart beat fast.
“Don’t be ridiculous. I just want to know what you would do.” Lacy didn’t want to tell Ronnie either about the results.
“I would be happy. Lacy, I would love to take care of you and the baby. When I am able to get a job, I’ll do it. I’ll do it to take care of the baby and you.” Ronnie says. Lacy blushes red.
“He…He wouldn’t be mad at me either. Why am I worrying so much?” Lacy thought. “Should I just go ahead and tell him? But… I don’t want Robert to get hurt…” Lacy wasn’t sure what to do. She didn’t want to hurt Robert. She wasn’t sure if she wanted to tell any of them about the pregnancy. If she was pregnant.
“Why are you asking such a weird question? Do you think you might be pregnant?” Ronnie asks Lacy.
“N-No.” Lacy lied. She had a gut feeling that she might be. She got two positive tests. She didn’t want to say no more to Ronnie or Robert. She gets up and was putting her coat on.
“Are you leaving already?” Ronnie asks her. She nods.
“I need to go. I can’t stay any longer right now.” Lacy responds and quickly left out the door. “I don’t want them asking me anymore questions. I hope they don’t know.”
It was a few hours later. Brice and his sons were awake and already ate breakfast. It was time for Michael and his dad to arrive. Robert and Ronnie were sitting on the sofa watching TV.
“Why did Lacy come over here earlier?” Ronnie asks Robert.
“I have no idea. I want to know why she asked me a weird question.”
“She asked you about what would you do if she was pregnant? She asked you that too?” Ronnie asked. Robert nods. “That’s strange. Do you think she could be?” Ronnie asks.
“I am not sure, her mother gave her pregnancy tests after a chat on the phone. Lacy took one but told me it was negative. But… She seemed worried and upset when I asked her. Do you think she was lying?” Robert asks his younger brother.
“That is a possibility. She could have lied, but why? I won’t get mad at her, would you?” Ronnie asks.
“I don’t really want any children, but no. I wouldn’t be mad.” Robert answers. There was a knock at the door. Brice answered it. It was Michael and his father Mason.
“Come on in.” Brice lets them in and helps them with their bags. “There is a spare room for you two in the attic.” Bryan peaked at them. He saw them have quite a lot of stuff for only spending the night. Bryan went into the living room.
“Hey, can I ask you two something?”
“What is it, squirt?” Ronnie asks Bryan.
“Is it normal for someone to bring a lot of stuff if they’re only spending one night?”
“No why?” Ronnie looks at Bryan. Robert also did.
“Did Michael and his dad bring in a lot of stuff?” Robert asks. Bryan nods.
“Do you think they could be possibly staying here for a while?” Bryan asked.
“Dad never mentioned it.” Robert stood up. “I’ll ask him about it.” Robert left the living room.
“I don’t want them to stay here! Michael is weird! And I don’t want to share my bedroom again!”
“That’s very selfish of you.” Ronnie laughs. “I wish I had my own bedroom too, but sometimes you have to learn to suck it up.” Bryan glares at Ronnie. Robert went to his dad who was in the attic sitting bags down.
“Dad, can I talk to you?”
“I am busy.” Brice responds to Robert.
“It’s important.” Brice sighs and went with Robert out of the attic.
“What is it?” Brice asked.
“Is Michael and uncle Mason staying here for a while? They brought a lot of stuff.”
“Look, I didn’t know how to tell you or your brothers this, but yes. Mason is searching for a new apartment for him and his son and while he searches he is going to stay with us for a while” Brice tells Robert.
“I don’t get it. Grandma and grandpa bought this house for you, why not for uncle Mason? And I want to know why don’t you just help Mason get an apartment like Abbilynn?” Robert asks. He wanted to know.
“First of all, your grandparents do not like Mason. For whatever reason I am not sure, but ever since Michael came into the picture they did not like him. They don’t like Michael either. So I am being nice helping my brother out. Now secondly, Abbilynn had some money saved up. That’s how I helped her get an apartment. Got it?” Brice explains. “Now I got to help Mason and Michael set their room up in the attic. Tell your brothers, and tell Bryan that he doesn’t have to share his bedroom.” Brice walks away.
“I wonder why grandpa and grandma hate uncle Mason and Michael? I always wondered why as children, when we went over there for a holiday they weren’t never around.” Robert thought to himself. Usually, Mason and Michael were quiet and stayed to their self. They used to live in apartment across town. It was a small apartment with only one bedroom. Robert remembered going there a few times, but now Michael and Mason don’t live in that apartment. Robert wondered why.