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Jessa tapped on the back of her cigarette, searching for what she could say next. He didn't want to talk to her, that much was clear from his indifferent "Sup?" She frowned, wondering how he would react to her news. Would he freak out, would he yell, or would he do something ludicrous like say it wasn't possible? She rubbed at her eyes with the back of her palm, like she was trying to rub the tears out of them. All she could focus on was the smell of smoke in the air and the brightness of the sun. Maybe she should just let it all out, like she had been doing all day. She was on a roll, why stop now? Oh right, you couldn't just throw that news at someone...

Could you?

"That night, you didn't....Did you..." She bit the inside of her lip, making it bleed as she searched for words. "I - we...I don't know." This was not working out well, she should have planned more, she should have had note cards, she should have been prepared. How did people in movies pull this shit off? They just ran up, said it, and there were happy endings all around! If only it had been so easy in real life. As it turned out, nothing in Jessa's life had been going easy. Not one damn thing. She was a starving artist, a musician, working as a waitress, living with roommates just to make ends meet, and now pregnant with a drug dealer's baby. Things weren't exactly a fairy tale, and just once? Just once she wished she could have her happy moment, where all the pieces clicked together, that day where everything just went right.

"I'm not good under pressure. I never have been. When something happens I just deal with it and move on. But this? I can't do that with this and it's driving me insane." She said, sighing, looking up at him and feeling totally defeated. "I mean, I guess I could but that would be wrong." That statement was meant more for herself than it was for him. She leaned against a park bench and looked down at the concrete floor. "Zack I'm..." She took a deep breath before finally looking back up at him.

"Zack, I'm pregnant." Finally, the words had come out.