Beautiful Blunder.

Pregnancy Symptoms

ZOEY'S POV

The alarm rang causing me to open my eyes groaning. I sighed forcing my body to get off the bed. I had a lot of tasks to be done in the morning today, I couldn't slack off.

I turned it off looking beside me where Alex was still asleep. I kissed her forehead before throwing a robe on my body and left for the kitchen to make breakfast but I was shocked to find Liv already there.

"You are up early," I said in an unbelievable tone. It was a miracle if you found her awake at this time. She was the definition of a sleep lover. I was too but when you become a mother there are things you sacrifice, like getting comfortable.

Liv glanced at me before she looked at the pancakes she was cooking."I just thought I might help you with something since you have quite a lot to do. I'll prepare breakfast for us. Just go and get Alex ready for school while you get ready for your interview too." she said and I smiled at her sweet gesture.

Within an hour, my daughter and I were ready and we were eating breakfast at the dining table."Are you nervous gummy bear?"I asked.

Alex looked at me then at Liv then they laughed."That's one dollar, Aunt Liv, I won." she said.

I glared at them deliberately asking for an explanation."Alexandria."I yelled her name when she didn't explain.

"I just won a bet. Aunt Liv and I argued about how long it would take for you to ask that question. I said two minutes but she said four and since we sat to eat breakfast, it's been two minutes so I won." she said and I looked at Liv questionably.

"Don't look at me, she suggested it." She pointed at Alex.

I looked at Alex quite putting on a tough expression. "I warned you about betting Alex, that is not a good habit."I scolded her.

She pouted looking away." But you were asking because you are nervous yourself, I just knew you would ask because you are trying to make yourself less nervous." She mumbled but I still heard her perfectly.

Of course, I was nervous and she might be right but she was acting so spoilt right now she needed a scolding but instead I went soft on her like I always do." I'm worried that you are nervous about joining a new school."I said instead because I was. I feared she might not fit in. I know she's excited but being excited and fitting in are two different things.

"I'm okay Mom. When have I ever been nervous?" she asked so confidently and I sighed because I couldn't name a single time she was nervous about anything.

She's always so brave, a personality she didn't acquire from me. I bet her father was the brave one, only that I wasn't sure because I never got to know him.

I blinked those thoughts away losing my appetite in the process."I'm happy to know you are as brave. Now chap chap, finish your breakfast. We are leaving in ten minutes."I informed her then I looked at Liv puppily because I wanted something from her."I need to borrow a car, one of yours that is less flashy please."I asked.

"You can take the Lexus, it's less flashy," she said and I smiled.

"Thanks, Liv," I said getting up from my chair.

I dropped Alex, at school. It was not new to me. I went to school in the same school when I was her age until I got to high school. I just hoped she would adapt faster, but she was a smart kid, she would catch up.

Afterwards, I drove to the R tech corp company building where my interview was taking place. I was so nervous even after countless reassurances from Liv and Alex but I was used to my life going the wrong way for me, you couldn't blame me.

Asking around for directions to which room the interview took place, I walked to what felt like endless hallways and corridors. The building was big you could walk the whole day trying to find your way around.

When I reached there, I found the shock of my life because the line was long. The interviewees were many and that just made my heart beat even faster.

These were all qualified individuals I was supposed to compete with for the same opportunity. I wanted to give up. My head told me I could not do it, that I wasn't good enough, I didn't deserve a chance.

Voices in my head increased and I couldn't do it anymore. I could always apply for another job, from a small company where I fit, where I belonged. That's what the voices said and I believed them because I thought I didn't stand a chance in such a big company. It was the best for god's sake.

Just as I was about to leave, I heard someone call my name."Zoey Cristabel Holland."She said my full name.

I raised my head and looked at the woman who read my name." Yes."I replied.

"You are next," she said and lord, I've never shaken so violently in my life like I was at that moment but I took a deep breath to cool off just like Liv told me to.

I followed the woman into a hall which had three interviewers. They asked me to sit down and I sat down and took another deep breath to calm down. I was aware of the fact that I was going to take so many deep breaths today.

" Introduce yourself ma'am."one of the interviewers ordered.

"My name is Zoey Cristabel Holland and I'm twenty-five years old," I said and the interviewers looked at me like they expected more but I didn't have anything to add so I kept quiet. I didn't want to talk more than necessary and mess up.

One of them cleared her throat and then looked at her papers, which contained my information I guessed. They must have researched me and that made me nervous because I feared what they might have found questionable.

"Five years ago you dropped out of school, could you tell us the reason? We wouldn't want to hire someone we don't know who they are. Dropping out of school is pretty questionable." she said and my heart started racing.

I feared they would find that a topic of interest. This took me to five years ago, memories I didn't like.

FIVE YEARS AGO

After the most heartbreaking end of summer of my life, I still went back to school. I didn't tell Olivia what Nick did, I just told her that it didn't work out. I lied that I felt so guilty about what I did, I couldn't get back together with Nick and she believed me.

From that time, Nick didn't hang out with us. He was with her girl Kira happier than I had ever seen him. The thing is that every time I saw him, I recalled that night he said all those mean things to me.

His words affected me so much that from that day my self-esteem went even lower and it affected me secretly because I didn't want Liv to know. I hid my pain through my smile.

The first month of the first semester went flying and even with my mental struggles, I still made it through until the middle of the second month when I started feeling the symptoms.

The pregnancy symptoms.

The nausea, the morning sickness, the tiredness all of them. At first, I wasn't sure what was wrong with me until I visited the hospital and they tested me for pregnancy and it became positive.

The first thing I felt was my heart stopped for a second, or so I thought and then it started beating so fast and I blacked out. I was in shock.