I sighed as I walked to the door. Rebecca kept ringing the bell over and over again.
"Rebecca, I swear if you don't lay off the bell, I'm going to hurt you." I growled at her as I opened the door.
"Aren't we grouchy today?" She said as she breezed by me.
"You know I would be very angry with you if you didn't have food." I grinned as she handed me my barbecued chicken salad.
"Why do you think that every time I come over to see you I bring food?"
"You will pay one day. I won't always be so easy to satisfy. O.K. so what did you bring to watch tonight?" We had always had a movie night twice a month when school was in session.
"Well you know I took my niece to that concert last week. I got that video and I want to watch it."
"So we get to watch girls screaming for men twice their age?" I asked while I was shoveling the food into my mouth. I was six months pregnant, with a boy, who was hungry ALL the time.
"Yeah, pretty much. But I have to give them credit they know how to pick ‘em. It’s almost 3 hours long so lets get started."
"Three hours! Do you realize how many potty breaks that will be for me! I'll miss half the show." I whined as I followed her back into my living room.
"Well, we will pause it when you got to go. Okay? Now sit down and shut the hel- heck up." She smiled at me.
The credits hadn’t even begun to roll when my first potty break came in the form of little foot tap dancing on my bladder.
"Pause it!" I jumped, or should I say clambered out of the couch trying to make it to the bathroom in time. "Okay I'm going to the kitchen to get something to drink, do you want anything from the kitchen Becca?" I asked as I left the bathroom a few minutes later. I could hear the show start back up as I was walking into the kitchen.
"No. Ohhh he is cute." I heard her comment from the living room as I poured my drink.
I walked back into the living room taking a sip of my drink, "Who is cute?" I looked up at the screen and was greeted with the same blue eyes from six months earlier. "Oh God Becca." I couldn't move. Becca jumped from the chair and ran to me.
"What Liz, are you in labor?" Her voice was high pitched with panic.
"No, oh God. That's Nick." She helped me walk to the couch where I sat down carefully. I pointed to the screen when Nick came into the picture again. She looked over her shoulder and then back at me.
"THE Nick? The one night stand, calls once a month, might be pregnant by Nick?" I nodded my head. "Oh I need to sit down." She sat down heavily beside me and stared at the screen. "Are you sure? He doesn't just look like him?"
"No I'm positive. I had sex with him for Christ sake Becca." I stopped the movie and went to the DVD's main menu. "O.K. credits… where in the hell there they are." We watched as the credits rolled. "Oh my God."
"Nick… Nick Carter… Oh my God." Becca leaned back into the couch and stared at the screen.
"I can't breathe." I stood up off the couch. I started to walk toward the kitchen.
"Here, drink something." She handed me my glass over the couch.
"Thanks," I continued to pace. I was in pain. God was I in pain. My back was killing me. I felt like I was about to hurl. I turned back around and walked back towards the living room. As I did, I heard his voice. I turned the corner and saw who was on the TV and my world tilted. I stood there staring at the TV unable to move, unable to breathe, my heart racing out of control. "Becca…" I whispered quietly. I felt my glass slip from my fingers. I faintly heard it shatter as it hit the floor. She was out of the couch before I could say anymore.
"LIZ! What is wrong?" I stood and stared at the screen.
"Aj. That is Aj." It all made sense. They left because they had to. They were on a tour. She helped me sit down in the couch, again.
"What?" Her eyes bulged out of her head. "Oh shit." She plopped down in the seat beside me again. "This is too much for me."
"For you?" I said breathlessly, “I'm in love with the man.” I felt the tears sting the back of my eyes as he came back on the screen. He was just as beautiful now as he had been that night. I paused the movie as he came back on the screen. I couldn’t help but look at him. "He's so beautiful." The tears rolled down my face. I couldn't have stopped them even if I wasn't hormonal.
"Oh sweetie." Becca pulled me to her and held me as I cried.