Elizabeth
Positive
I looked at the word on the pregnancy test and grabbed the box. This couldn't be right like no really it couldn't be. I took a deep, calming breath and looked at the pregnancy test once again.
Positive
I closed my eyes as they misted over. This could not be happening to me. I set the pregnancy test down along with the box next to the other five that I had purchased. Jane my older sister burst into the bathroom and looked at me. Even in a disheveled state she was still breathtakingly beautiful with her long, flowing blond hair and almond shaped blue eyes. She was almost angelic as the sun from my bathroom window shined down on her.
"What does it say?" She asked nervously. I slumped my shoulders and looked down at the ground.
"Positive," I murmured still in disbelief. Jane gasped and leaned against the door.
"Lizzy….Lizzy. A baby," she said quietly. I nodded and before I knew it I was crying hysterically into my hands. Jane rushed to my side and hugged me tightly. Our mother was more concerned with the simple things in life. She had no room for affection or things of that nature so Jane had become the mother figure to me and my younger sisters. She was only thirty herself but age was just a number because she truly was wise beyond her years.
"It's okay Lizzie…it really is. You have to calm down," she said reassuringly as she rubbed my back. I nodded and tried my best to slow down my rapidly beating heart. I looked up at Jane and whimpered. A baby? What would I do with that? I couldn't even keep a fish alive for two days and I was supposed to care for another life? It really made no sense.
"Elizabeth who's the father?" Jane asked slowly standing up. I buried my face into my hands and shook my head. I hadn't had a boyfriend in four years. I dumped my ex who is now a lead singer of a band because he wanted me to choose him over school and well I needed more than a "baby I love you" to make me stay so I chose college. I graduated not too long ago and even though I am still working at a bar that really isn't making me much money I'm happy with my life. I was horny and feeling depressed one night two months ago when a tall, dark and handsome man strolled into the bar. He was so insanely gorgeous that I gave him two rounds on me. It was this pain in his eyes that drew me in. I knew who he was the minute I saw him, but I didn't act like I star crazed girl. I mean so what he's worth over a billion dollars and is one of the richest, men in the country. I played it cool and for that he sat near me the whole night tossing back his drinks. At the end of my shift, he looked at me and I nodded towards the door. He nodded as well and the rest is history. What's crazy and really just downright sad is that he didn't speak more than two words to me, but he did my body so well. It was as if we had known each other for years. I always marveled at the fact that I slept with a man that was deemed untouchable by People magazine. I thought it was a secret I would take to the grave, but I guess not. Now I would relive that night every time I looked at my child.
"It was Fitzwilliam," I said quietly. His name screamed money. He comes from a family that is known like the Hiltons for their luxury hotels. They've now branched off into other things such as movie theaters with luxury seating and five-star restaurants.
"It's who?" Jane asked stepping back into the bathroom. I looked up at her and frowned.
"I had a one night stand with Fitzwilliam Darcy."
Jane smiled then she started to giggle. She fell back against the door and held onto her chest as she laughed so hard that her eyes begin to water.
"Lizzy-oh Lizzy. If you don't wanna tell me then that's fine," she said in between her laughs. I grabbed my cellphone off of the sink and thumbed through my pictures. I searched through them until I came across the one I snuck of Fitzwilliam and myself before I left. He had worked our bodies into orgasm induced haze and had fallen asleep onto his side facing me. I snuggled up to him and snapped a few pictures of us. Just for me as a reminder of the once in the lifetime night I'd had. I handed Jane my phone and the room grew eerily quiet as she looked at the screen. Her hands started to shake as she sighed.
"Lizzy….Lizzy….you're carrying Fitzwilliam Darcy's child? Is that what you're saying to me?" She asked still looking at the phone. I let out an exasperated sigh.
"Yes, Jane that is what I'm telling you. I had only been with George and well you know that we broke up before college so Fitzwilliam is the second man to see my body and well some sort of way I'm pregnant by him. We used protection and the last time that we didn't he did the pullout method." Jane looked up at me.
"The pullout method? Lizzy this is a freaking billionaire and he used the pullout method? Wow so classy," she said shaking her head. I sat back groaning.
"He was intoxicated and I feel kind of bad because I didn't let that stop me from having sex with him. I was just so horny and completely in awe at the fact that he was even at the bar getting drinks from me. I didn't wanna miss the opportunity. I mean have you seen him?" Jane handed me my phone back.
"Yes, I have. Tall, handsome, broad shoulders, hooded eyes with jet black wavy hair that touches the nape of his neck. Every woman has seen him Lizzy and well I guess now you will be seeing him for the next eighteen years at'least."
"Actually, I won't," I said quickly and stood up. I busied myself with my phone and the pregnancy tests so that I didn't have to look at my sister.
"Um, why not?" She asked.
"Because I just won't." I sighed and turned to Jane. "Look he's rich and from a different world than us. Yes, mom has finally married into money but that still doesn't make us rich Jane. He could take this baby away from me and the media would destroy me so no we won't have to deal with Fitzwilliam because he will never know." Jane opened her mouth to speak and I shook my head while looking at her with pleading eyes. "Please, Jane. Please don't tell anyone," I begged. Jane eyes shifted from right to left and then they focused on me. She walked over to me and pulled me into her arms.
"Your secret is safe with me Lizzy. I promise."