What does the test say?

It's been two months since Luca was introduced to us and in these months , I've received nothing but insults from him. He keeps humiliating me in front of everyone . I've tried by all means to keep my cool but he always finds a way to get to me.

Today is a Saturday and thank God I'm not working because it's one of my off days. I've decided to go with Martin to have some fun at work later tonight. Lately, I have noticed I'm gaining more weight and I've been having a huge appetite.

It's eight o'clock in the morning and I'm still lying in bed thinking about how these past months have been. I hear a knock at my door "come in" the door opens reviewing my mum with a beautiful wide smile .

"Good morning my sunshine"

"Good morning mum, how are you?" I put on the widest smile showing off my extra white teeth.

"Im good thanks you?" " Im fine mum" she sits next to me on my bed and hugs me. Oh how I love her bear hugs, they always remind me I have a shoulder to lean on and I have a mum to talk to.

She looks at me and touches my forehead.

" Baby are you okay because your body is heating up? You look so pale."

"Mum I'm fiiiiineee" I whine.

"You are gaining a lot of weight and you've been eating a lot, is there something you want to tell me?" My heart is beating rapidly and I don't know why.

"I guess I'm just having a huge appetite" and I laugh nervously . She looks at me quizzically as if she's waiting for me to continue my sentence but I leave it there.

"I came to tell you to freshen up because breakfast is ready. You also need to see your doctor."

"Mum I said I'm fine" I reply while rolling my eyes.

"Don't roll your eyes at me or I'm going to whoop you, don't forget you are still a baby to me" she says playfully.

"Okay okay I'm sorry for rolling my eyes at you mum." I get up lazily heading to the bathroom and brush my teeth. I look into the mirror and I look different. I take a shower and do all the necessary things. I walk out and start to lotion my body. All of a sudden, I start to feel feverish and I can't help but wonder what's going on with my body.

I wear a grey warm hoodie with black biker shorts paired with grey ankle socks and black nike slides. I don't think I'll ever stop loving black. I smile to myself as I think of Yazz always complaining about me loving black. My phone rings and I know it's Yazz because she's the only one who calls me in the morning.

"Shaaaaaaay" I hold my phone away from my ear because she's literally screaming in my ear.

"Yazz why are you screaming?"

"Why shouldn't I scream when you don't want to talk to me?"

"But we talked for hours last night."

"I know but we were supposed to talk early this morning" I can feel her pouting through the phone.

"Bestie I woke up an hour ago but I still feel sleepy and feverish."

"What's wrong?"

"I don't know what's wrong with me but I've been eating a lot, gaining weight, sleeping a lot and now I feel so feverish."

"When last did you have your periods?" I roll my eyes at her question it strikes me causing me to gasp "oh no, two months ago."

"Yaaaaay my baby is expecting" laughing out loud knowing I'm not pregnant, I reply " Yazz you are just imagining things"

" I'm giving you a K500 if you are not pregnant but if you are, you are paying up. Do we have a deal?"

"Yes and I know I'm right"

"Okay, I'll be coming in an hour with a pregnancy test"

"Ok love, I have to go eat otherwise mum will be screaming my name very soon." I say with laughter

"I know how she can be, by love see you." " Bye".

I walk out of my room and head to the kitchen to see my mum busy on her phone.

"Finally, I thought something happened to you in the bedroom"

"I was on the phone with Yazz and she said she'll be coming in about an hour."

"That's fine, I miss her she's just so dramatic and wild" we laugh loudly together. She knows how to put a smile on people's faces and we can't deny that.

"Shay, are you going to prepare lunch?"

"Yeah, what are we having." "You decide"

I remove chicken breasts from the freezer so it can melt. I decide to make char-grilled lemon chicken on a grill pan. I look at my watch and it's already 10am and I start preparing the chicken. I also peel potatoes for a salad and add black pepper and paprika.

"Baby the chicken smells nice neh, you are going to make a good wife"

"Muuuuuum , why do you always tell me that, I'm not even thinking of marriage."

"You will very soon" and silence evades the kitchen.

"Something smells so nice in here" I turn around and see Yazz hugging mum. Honestly, she needs to move into this house because she lightens up the mood. She gives me a hug and kisses me all over my face and it makes me laugh. Oh how I love this girl. Mum stands up from her seat and tells us she's going to take a nap in her room.

"Let's go to your room and get this over with because I need my money" I don't know why but when she said that, my heart started thumping and I can't help but get nervous. What if I'm pregnant? What am I going to do? Will Luca accept my baby ? Will I be able to provide for my baby?

"Shay I'm waiting" I quickly follow her to my room and read the instructions carefully before doing everything I'm supposed to do. Setting the timer to three minutes, I start pacing around.

"Don't be nervous love whatever happens, we will find a solution to it" I just keep looking at her and whatever she's saying isn't making sense , my nervousness is getting the best of me.

When the timer goes off, I'm not ready to see the results so I tell her to check them out. She has a huge smile on her face.

"Pay up" I look at her quizzically, can she stop joking around and get straight to the point.

"Can you be serious for once?" "I said pay up" she motions for money with her hands. What she says next makes me want to bury myself.

"POSITIVE"