projecting myself as a woman who was expecting a call the next day. It was just about the sex.”
“It was just about the sex,” Sophie corrected. “Now you've got a bun in the oven and that fireman is the father, so you're going to need to expect a little more than that from him now. When does he get back?”
“They said there's no way to know. The weather this, training that...” she sighed. “The other firemen didn't seem that interested in helping me.”
“Maybe that's because they know what he's like,” Sophie predicted. “Maybe there's a different girl in there every week looking for that man and then he hops off to Colorado every summer to shake them off.”
“You're such a cynic, Sophie.”
“I'm sorry,” Sophie replied. “You just have a habit of picking them, that's all. Still, let's get back to the matter at hand. Are we just talking about this or have you already made a decision?”
“I'm not the sort of girl who runs from her mistakes,” Laura said determinedly. “I'm not getting younger, I have the right support. I know it sounds crazy because it's not part of the plan, but I think I need to keep this baby. I'm not ready now, but nine months is a long time.”
“Then I'll support you all the way,” Sophie told her, then she smiled at Laura. “Do you think it will be a girl?”
Laura smiled back and looked down at her still pretty flat stomach pensively. “I don't know,” she said. “It just feels like a girl.”
Sophie leaned back against the chair and shook her head in mild disbelief. “You know, I never thought you'd be the one to end up with an unplanned baby,” she confessed. “But I don't know anyone who would do a better job as a mom. Your little girl's going to be very lucky, Laura.”
The pregnant woman found herself growing tearful again, but this time with gratitude that she had such a good friend who was so capable of taking all of Laura's drama so easily in her stride and making her feel like everything was going to be okay. Sophie noticed her tearing up and pulled her into a sisterly hug.
“You're going to be all right, Laura,” she promised her. “We'll get through these next few months and then we'll track this guy down when he's back. Everything will work out one way or another.”
“Thanks Sophie,” Laura said meaningfully. “You're the best.”
“I know I am,” Sophie said. “You can either name your child after me or make me godmother. Your choice.”
Laura was amazed that she was able to laugh even as her perfect life plan unraveled before her eyes. She was truly blessed to have a friend such as Sophie, and, when she at last told her parents about the pregnancy, she felt doubly blessed that they were supportive and on her side.
“A captain!” her mother had said with approval. “Well thank God you didn't get pregnant with that other one. What's his name? Connor. Absolute moron.”
Chapter6
And so once more the time began to pass. The months rolled by and her body changed with them. Her belly swelled into a perfectly round ball and she began to shop in the maternity section, have an uncontrollable craving for bananas, and need to pee every thirty seconds, but she went through the pregnancy with strength and humor, as was her way.
Sophie began to get extremely excited as Laura's pregnancy went on, showing up nearly every other day with a little set of baby clothes or another soft toy. Laura almost had a zoo of Sophie's offerings now, all laid out together in a beautiful white crib that her mother had paid for, which was now standing at the end of Laura's bed in her only bedroom.
Laura's mother had suggested that she move back in with them when she found out about the baby, but Laura felt that she had worked too hard for her independence to take a step backwards into her parent's home now. She wasn't sure quite how she was going to juggle her career, her home, and a newborn all at once, but she was determined to make it happen somehow.
“It was just about the sex,” Sophie corrected. “Now you've got a bun in the oven and that fireman is the father, so you're going to need to expect a little more than that from him now. When does he get back?”
“They said there's no way to know. The weather this, training that...” she sighed. “The other firemen didn't seem that interested in helping me.”
“Maybe that's because they know what he's like,” Sophie predicted. “Maybe there's a different girl in there every week looking for that man and then he hops off to Colorado every summer to shake them off.”
“You're such a cynic, Sophie.”
“I'm sorry,” Sophie replied. “You just have a habit of picking them, that's all. Still, let's get back to the matter at hand. Are we just talking about this or have you already made a decision?”
“I'm not the sort of girl who runs from her mistakes,” Laura said determinedly. “I'm not getting younger, I have the right support. I know it sounds crazy because it's not part of the plan, but I think I need to keep this baby. I'm not ready now, but nine months is a long time.”
“Then I'll support you all the way,” Sophie told her, then she smiled at Laura. “Do you think it will be a girl?”
Laura smiled back and looked down at her still pretty flat stomach pensively. “I don't know,” she said. “It just feels like a girl.”
Sophie leaned back against the chair and shook her head in mild disbelief. “You know, I never thought you'd be the one to end up with an unplanned baby,” she confessed. “But I don't know anyone who would do a better job as a mom. Your little girl's going to be very lucky, Laura.”
The pregnant woman found herself growing tearful again, but this time with gratitude that she had such a good friend who was so capable of taking all of Laura's drama so easily in her stride and making her feel like everything was going to be okay. Sophie noticed her tearing up and pulled her into a sisterly hug.
“You're going to be all right, Laura,” she promised her. “We'll get through these next few months and then we'll track this guy down when he's back. Everything will work out one way or another.”
“Thanks Sophie,” Laura said meaningfully. “You're the best.”
“I know I am,” Sophie said. “You can either name your child after me or make me godmother. Your choice.”
Laura was amazed that she was able to laugh even as her perfect life plan unraveled before her eyes. She was truly blessed to have a friend such as Sophie, and, when she at last told her parents about the pregnancy, she felt doubly blessed that they were supportive and on her side.
“A captain!” her mother had said with approval. “Well thank God you didn't get pregnant with that other one. What's his name? Connor. Absolute moron.”
Chapter6
And so once more the time began to pass. The months rolled by and her body changed with them. Her belly swelled into a perfectly round ball and she began to shop in the maternity section, have an uncontrollable craving for bananas, and need to pee every thirty seconds, but she went through the pregnancy with strength and humor, as was her way.
Sophie began to get extremely excited as Laura's pregnancy went on, showing up nearly every other day with a little set of baby clothes or another soft toy. Laura almost had a zoo of Sophie's offerings now, all laid out together in a beautiful white crib that her mother had paid for, which was now standing at the end of Laura's bed in her only bedroom.
Laura's mother had suggested that she move back in with them when she found out about the baby, but Laura felt that she had worked too hard for her independence to take a step backwards into her parent's home now. She wasn't sure quite how she was going to juggle her career, her home, and a newborn all at once, but she was determined to make it happen somehow.
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