Written By: ©Tiffany Haga
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“Emily. Wow. Hi.” Justin said looking over Emily’s very petite but very pregnant body.
“Justin, this is Ian, Ian this is Justin.” Emily introduced the two men.
“Hi Ian.” Justin shook Ian’s hand. Ian had to be at least 6’4, he had short dark brown hair, and brown eyes.
“Tiffany not back yet?” Emily asked as she followed Justin into the house.
“Nope, she should be back soon, I didn’t expect you so early.” Justin said as he took Emily’s things from her hands.
“Yeah well we took an early flight.” Emily said as she led Ian through the house.
“Wow this place is huge.” Ian said.
“You guys redecorated.” Emily said quietly.
“Yeah well we needed a change.” Justin said.
“Did you build a nursery?” Emily asked.
“Yeah.” Justin said as he led them into and through the living room.
“Emily!” Emily heard a voice squeal behind her. She turned to see Rai standing by the TV.
“Rai!!” Emily exclaimed. Even though her animosity towards Justin was still pretty strong she still loved Rai.
“You’re pregnant!” Rai exclaimed.
“Yep!” Emily smiled.
“How far along are you?” Rai asked.
“Seven months.” Emily said.
Justin stopped in his tracks. He breathing grew heavier. He did his math in his head and figured out that Emily conceived the baby at the time they were still dating. His heart broke. She either cheated on him or it was his.
“Seven?” Justin questioned to himself but loud enough for Emily to hear.
“Yep, seven. You know what that means right?” Emily asked.
“Er…” Justin made an odd noise.
“You’re going to have two kids.” Emily said.
“It’s mine?” Justin turned to face her.
“Yeah.”
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Tiffany got out of the car and made her way up to the house. She still had the girls with her. They decided since Emily was back they’d go hang out. She opened the door to see Emily, Justin, a tall guy she didn’t recognize, and Rai standing around looking at Emily, who was pregnant. Tiffany nearly dropped the shopping bag at the sight of Emily.
“Emily!” Tiffany said.
“Hey Tiffany.” Emily smiled. She wanted to run and give her a hug. Although she deceived her she still missed Tiffany. She didn’t want to seem too forgiving.
“You’re HUGE!” Tiffany shoved her hand onto Emily’s stomach.
“So are you!” Emily said as she did the same. The two pregnant women felt each others stomachs and Justin kept quiet. Emily noticed the uncomfortable silence oozing from Justin and Ian, “Oh, Tiffany, this is Ian. Ian this is Tiffany, Caitlyn, Nina, Ally, and Julyette.”
“Ian, I’ve heard a lot about you.” Tiffany said.
“Ditto.” Ian said as a sly smile spread across his face.
“Yo Justin, BACK TO EARTH!” Caitlyn snapped her fingers in his blank face.
“Um, let me walk you guys to your room.” Justin said.
“No actually it’s alright, I know where the den is, we’ll be back and I’ll give Tiffany and you a chance to talk to each other.” Emily winked at Julyette and walked out of the room with Ian not far behind.
“Talk about what?” Tiffany asked as she set her things down.
“Um, excuse me everyone.” Justin said as he pulled Tiffany into the kitchen.
“What’s going on Justin?” Tiffany asked.
“Um, Emily is pregnant.” Justin paused. He was lost for words.
“You’re a quick one aren’t you?” Tiffany laughed.
“No Tiff, she’s pregnant with my kid.” Justin said.
“What?” Tiffany almost dropped the milk out of her hand.
“I guess you two got pregnant at the same time.” Justin said.
“Damn Justin, you were working double time weren’t you?” Tiffany laughed.
“I’m glad you find this so amusing.” Justin said.
“Well, yeah, I don’t care Justin, I mean, it just means our kid will have a brother or sister.” Tiffany said.
“Dude, whatever, all I’m saying is I feel conflict coming on.” Justin said. Tiffany moved closer to her soon to be husband and kissed his chin.
“Justin, don’t worry.” Tiffany smiled.
“Okay, whatever you say Tiffany.” Justin said.
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((The Wedding))
Justin looked himself over in the mirror one more time. His wild curls were frizzy like Tiffany loved. His blue eyes were tired from the night prior to the wedding. His black tux fit his physic perfectly. It seemed like the world around him had disappeared and it was just him standing in front of the mirror.
“Justin?” his thoughts were corrupted by a voice in the background. His eyes focused in the mirror to see Emily in a small red dress standing behind him.
“Hey Em.” Justin turned to face her.
“Wow! You look sharp!” Emily smiled.
“Thank you.” Justin smiled.
“Are you nervous?” Emily asked as she sat down on the white love seat.
“Yeah, I’m a little nervous,” Justin admitted, “Look Emily, I want to apologize for everything I’ve don’t to you.”
“Justin, I don’t want your apologizes,” Emily said as she stood up, “I’ve grown up a lot in these past five months and you know what, I’ve taught myself that maybe you and I just weren’t meant to be. You’ll always be a part of my life but I’ve moved on, that’s enough.”
“Okay, what about our child. No offence but I don’t want her or him growing up think Ian is their dad.” Justin said.
“Justin, what do you mean? My kid will ALWAYS know who their father is and I’ll make sure you see them too but she or he WILL NOT grow up getting to know on TV.” Emily said.
“It won’t happen. For you or Tiffany.” Justin promised.
“Good.” Emily said softly.
“Emily, I really am sorry.” Justin apologized once more. He felt horrible standing next to his pregnant ex-girlfriend.
Emily pulled herself up onto her tiptoes and placed a kiss on Justin’s cheek. She could never forgive him for what he did to her let alone for some of the pain he and Tiffany caused her. But she knew they were both sorry and that was enough for her. She smiled and made her way out of the room. Before she finally shut the door she turned and looked back towards Justin, “Treat her good okay?”
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Caitlyn brushed her auburn hair out of her face and pulled it back in the small clips that she had made for the bridal party. She watched as Tiffany spun around in the mirror making sure everything was right. Her long sleeved dress covered her arms all the way to her knuckles and her long lacey skirt fell to the floor. Her stomach poped out of the dress and her long blond curls were wrapped up on her head with white roses invading her curls. She turned to face Caitlyn with tears in her eyes.
"Tiffany why are you crying?" Caitlyn asked.
"I'm so excited." Tiffany smiled.
"I know you are baby." Caitlyn laughed as she pulled the make up out of her make up back to fix Tiffany's eye liner.
"No Caitlyn, you don't understand, I've wanted this for SO long." Tiffany said.
"I know you have baby girl and you look amazing." Caitlyn laughed as she dragged the eye liner off of Tiffany's cheeks.
"Every doubt that I have had these past few months have just disappeared. I had a dream last night Caitlyn, that he and I were 70 years old and we were sitting on a porch and our grand children were playing in the ocean and we were still in SO much love." Tiffany cried.
"Tiffany, one you need to stop crying because you're messing up your make up horribly and two, you two are perfect for each other. You guys make me sick how perfect you are for each other." Caitlyn said.
"I feel terrible Caitlyn, I feel so bad for Emily. She was such a good friend and here I am, in her place." Tiffany said.
"I know you do Tiffany, but you know what she's happy. She's in love. She's here you know?" Caitlyn said.
Tiffany nodded her head and looked back towards the mirror. Her green eyes were now outlined in red. She smiled at herself reassuringly. She then turned towards the door leading out into the church.
She opened the door to see Emily standing there crying.
"Emily, what's wrong?" Tiffany asked.
"I'm sorry." Emily said.
"For what?" Tiffany asked.
"For hating you." Emily said.
"What?" Tiffany was confused. Emily didn't say anything she just wrapped her arms around Tiffany and made her way back into the church. Tiffany turned and looked at Caitlyn for any kind of an answer but Caitlyn just shrugged.
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