Allie entered, her gaze fixed on me. She looked concerned as she saw the tears streaming down my face. I stared at her and opened my mouth to speak, but I couldn't think of anything to say, so I shut it again. As I stood there in front of her, my best friend, I realized I couldn't explain to her why I was crying, so I showed her instead. I took out the pregnancy test and handed it to her. She didn't take it; instead, she peered down, her eyes widening as she understood what she was looking at.
"Is this for real, Diane?" she inquired. "I mean, false positives aren't unheard of, right?"
"It's the third one I've taken, and all of them have been positive," I admitted weakly.
I grabbed my head in my hands and fell to the floor to conceal my face and hide as best I could. I was sobbing as I l
