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MALLORY.

FUCK

HOW???

I know. I KNOW. Well I guess I don't know

I thoughtI couldn’t even

WAIT. BACK UP.

WHO IS THE DAD.

that guy, Jackson. We’re not in together anymore. It’s… complicated.

Is that the smug tool from that photo you sent me??

??

Unbelievable.

You okay?

Not totally. But I’m managing.

There was a long pause before the next bubble popped up.

You need to start a journal.

A what?

Pregnancy journal. For real. Write it down. What you’re thinking. Feeling. Scared about. Excited for.

That sounds like a you thing.

You’re going to want it. I promise.

Fine.

Another pause.

I’m coming out in a few weeks.

Dakota

Don’t fight me. I’ll crash on your couch. I want to see you. And your baby bump.

It’s like the size of a clementine.

And yet I demand a full photo shoot.

I snorted, setting my phone aside just as another knock echoed from the door. Right on cue.

When I opened it, Jaymie stood there with a grocery bag in one hand and a sheepish smile on his face.

“Don’t worry,” he said. “No pill organizer today.”

I just shook my head and let him in.