Friends from Home by Lauryn Chamberlain

Author:Lauryn Chamberlain [Chamberlain, Lauryn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2021-05-18T00:00:00+00:00

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After one more hasty glass of wine, we crossed the street to Duane Reade. I felt woozy, balancing on the tightrope between tipsy and drunk. Dana pulled me by the hand to the family-planning section of the store.

“These ones are only twelve ninety-nine.” She gestured to a generic-brand pregnancy test.

“I don’t know that this is really the time to economize, especially after we just spent forty dollars on wine.” I scanned the shelves from the top down, overwhelmed by both the selection and the painful fluorescent lighting. “I had no idea there were this many kinds.”

Dana wrinkled her brow. “Haven’t you ever taken one before?”

“No. Literally never.” I had watched friends deal with pregnancy scares, usually needlessly. As Dana had pointed out, Ritchie honestly did think she was pregnant every time she had so much as a dance-floor make-out. Still, I never thought about it happening to me. I swore a silent oath that I would finally get an IUD, if I could just not be pregnant this time.

“Here, take this one.” Dana reached for a First Response box and knocked over five others in the process. “Shit.”

“Oh my God, I’m drunk in the pregnancy test aisle,” I moaned. “This is a mess.”

Dana laughed.

“Take this seriously.” I glared at her, and she grabbed my hand as we walked to the register.

“Jules,” she whispered into my ear, suddenly solemn. “This is going to be fine. No matter what, you know?”

It didn’t really make sense, since I could think of about a million ways this could not be fine. But still, as she said it, I somehow knew that it would be.

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