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[indent]After a few drinks and the latest gossip had been shared, the group of girls had decided it was time to check on their makeups. Laughing along the way, the five young women walked the short distance from the punch table to the ladies’ bathroom. Everything seemed to be alright at first. Some of them took turns to pee, others did indeed checked her makeup, and they even took a round of selfies to immortalize the night. But when the time came to move the party back to the ballroom, things suddenly took a turn.

[color=lightgreen]“Audrey… This is as intervention,”[/color] Leslie informed her dearest friend as she positioned herself in front of the door, while the rest of the girls assembled alongside her blocking the path to the exit.

Far from being intimidated at her friends’ ominous demeanor, Audrey merely gave them a curious look. [color=deeppink]“About…?”[/color] she asked slowly, smiling at them and raising a questioning eyebrow.

[color=khaki]“We think you’re pregnant!”[/color] Katrina blurted out immediately, earning herself groans and exasperated looks from the other girls.

[color=tomato]“Seriously, Kat, couldn’t you just give us the second to explain?”[/color] Lola complained, rolling her eyes at Katrina.

[color=plum]“For real, though! You always have to mess up all the fun!”[/color] Phoebe whined, siding with Lola.

[color=khaki]“I’m sorry, okay?! I couldn’t help it! You guys know I’m bad at keeping secrets!”[/color] she whine, crossing her arms in front of her chest. But before she could go off about any previous experiences she could use as examples of her bad secret-keeping skills, she was quickly interrupted by the girl suddenly placed on the spotlight. 

[color=deeppink]“Me? Pregnant?”[/color] Audrey repeated in disbelief, letting out an amused cackle. [color=deeppink]“You’re all fucking crazy,”[/color] she told them confidently, flipping her hair back with a smile on her face. [color=deeppink]“What the hell was in that punch? Crack? Because you all sound really freaking insane right now.”[/color]

Leslie let out a deep sigh. [color=lightgreen]“Just think about it for a second, Audrey. Like, take this moment to [i]really[/i] think about it. All the symptoms you’ve been having, the timing… You can’t seriously think that a stomach bug’s got you all bloated [i]and[/i] that it made you miss your period [i]twice[/i] now”[/color]

[color=deeppink]“Okay, fine: so maybe it’s all a little weird. But that doesn’t mean I’m fucking [i]pregnant[/i]!”[/color] the young woman responded with a tinkling laugh, talking to the girls as if she was explaining a basic thing to a five year-old.

[color=lightgreen]“Are you seriously that delusional, Audrey Elizabeth?!”[/color] Leslie cried out in an exasperated voice, looking at her best friend as if she wanted to punch her. [color=lightgreen]“I just can’t- Just pee on the damn stick, won’t you?!”[/color] she said brusquely, forcefully pushing the pink box of pregnancy tests into Audrey’s chest. 

[color=deeppink]“Alright! Fine!”[/color] Audrey cried out, taking the box from Leslie’s hands and shooting her best friend a nasty look before walking over to the nearest bathroom stall. Before she closed the door she turned back to look at each of the girls. [color=deeppink]“But when it comes out negative, you’re all going to be very fucking sorry for making me waste my time like this!”[/color] she declared before closing and locking the door behind her.

[color=lightgreen]“If that test comes up negative you can slap us all in the face, but I’m pretty sure that won’t be the case,”[/color] she heard Leslie say from outside the stall.

Rolling her eyes, the Latina did as she was told. She opened the light pink box and pulled out one of two tests, removed it from the wrapper and followed the instructions. Once finished, Audrey exited the stall and placed the test on top of the nearest sink. 

[color=deeppink]“And now, we wait the ten goddamn minutes for it to tell me the obvious: [i]I’m not fucking pregnant[/i].”[/color]

The next ten minutes were, without a doubt, the longest ones she’d ever had to wait for. Any attempts at conversation between the girls were quelled by Audrey, and the tension in the air as they approached closer to the deadline became heavier. When the timer in Leslie’s phone went off, the Latina visibly jumped. She was expecting her brown eyes to fall onto a single pink line across the white box, effectively proving to The A Team that their baby idea was nothing more than a drug-induced conspiracy theory. 

What she was [i]not[/i] expecting was for that second pink line to appear across the first one, forming an unmistakable plus sign that shone brightly in all of its positive glory.

There was silence in the bathroom, only interrupted by the thumping music of the ballroom outside. The five girls were huddled up around the sink where the test rested, staring at it with various expressions of shock and disbelief. Audrey’s mind was racing a mile a minute, thoughts and emotions flowing through her body with such speed she was unable to pinpoint exactly one. As much as she had refused to admit it earlier, every piece of the puzzle was falling into place now, and the story she’d pieced together made perfect sense. Her friends had been right all along.

Unable to stand thile silence in the room any longer, the Latina suddenly blurted out a feeble [color=deeppink]“I have to go,”[/color] before pushing Phoebe and Lola out of the way and rushing through the door. Wasting no time, her dazed self navigated through the sea of grinding bodies. After what seemed like forever, Audrey was finally able to locate Alexandros: standing in the corner with his friends, drink in hand and looking like he was having a great time. 

The young woman sighed, a rising panic working her way to the surface. This was going to [i]suck[/i].

Taking in a deep breath, Audrey walked the few steps to where her boyfriend was. [color=deeppink]“Alex, we have to go. [i]Now[/i],”[/color] she told him as soon as she’d been within earshot, a sense of urgency painted all over her voice and face. This whole thing was already making her feel nauseous and dizzy, and she unconsciously found herself holding onto the young man’s shoulder for support.[/indent]