My mother walked up to me and hugged me.
Heather looked behind me and ran past me. I turned around to see Heather jumping into my dad’s arms. “He called me princess!” Heather squealed.
“Mom…” I said, still confused.
My mother moved her mouth to my ear. “Her father called her princess, and that’s what you called her, too. You called her that the first time you ever kissed her, Josh,” Mom whispered. “I think she’s slowly bringing you back to us again. ”
I pulled away from my mom, and I watched my dad spinning Heather around in the hallway. I smiled, knowing I made her that happy. I wanted to make her that happy every single day of my life.
Dad put Heather down and winked at me. “Come on, let’s go to dinner. My treat!”
Chapter Seventeen
As soon as we started to drive out of my parents’ driveway, Luke fell fast asleep. I was so nervous. How am I going to tell Jeff I’m pregnant? Then, I remembered that Heather had said Jack would be DJing at Josh’s party tomorrow. I couldn’t help but grin.
“What are you smiling about over there?” Jeff asked, glancing over at me.
“Um…nothing. ” Oh shit, I can’t slip up.
Jeff laughed. “Come on, Ari. I know when you’re thinking hard about something. Spill it, baby. ”
Before I even knew what I was saying, it was out of my mouth. “Heather’s pregnant!”
Jeff slammed on the brakes and then let off of them when he realized what he had done.
“Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, Jeff! Give me damn whiplash, why don’t ya?”
“Well, what the hell did you expect? You just threw that out at me, Ari! Does Josh know?”
I rolled my eyes. “Pesh…no! She just found out this afternoon. ”
“How?”
“Well, you see…when you make love and the man comes, he spreads his seed in the girl, and then all those little sperms move on up in there and look for the egg. ”
“Funny! I meant, when did this happen? No, don’t answer that. I know it was before the accident. Oh fuck. How far along does she think she is? I thought they were on birth control?”
“You remember when she was so sick, right before the accident, around when Alex was born?”
“Yeah. ”
“Well, she was taking antibiotics, and some antibiotics can negate the pill. Her doctor obviously didn’t bother to mention that to her. She knows the exact date it happened! She’s probably a month or so along. ” I smiled, thinking about our own little baby growing in my stomach.
“Holy shit. I can’t even imagine what the poor girl is thinking right now. I mean, with Josh not remembering their relationship and all,” Jeff said.
“I know. She freaked the fuck out. I mean, Ellie and I got a little scared for a few minutes, but Heather just kept saying that she couldn’t do it alone. Then, she started talking about Amanda and how they would both be living in her house, raising kids alone. It was a little weird to see her freak out like that. ” I shook my head as I thought back to it.
“Well, let’s just hope that Josh gets his memory back, and he gets it back quickly,” Jeff said.
“Speaking of Amanda, how is Brad doing? I know Amanda has only seen him twice. She won’t take calls from Ellie or me. Since Heather has been staying with Josh, Heather said Amanda hasn’t been taking her calls either. I’m so worried, Jeff. She’s pregnant and all alone. Brad’s mom called me yesterday, begging me to tell her where Amanda was. ”
“They don’t know she’s staying at Heather’s place?”
“No! She made us swear we would not say a word about where she is,” I said.
“But wait…Brad knows she’s there. He mentioned it to me,” Jeff said, looking confused.
“From what Amanda told us, his parents flipped when they found out he was in rehab. Of course, Amanda had to tell them because Brad’s too chicken shit to stand up to them, and they are part of his problem. Then, when she told them she was pregnant, they were all ready to forgive and forget. Did you know that Brad’s dad is thinking about firing Brad? His own son!”