I quickly dried out my hair before changing into a floral print knee length dress. Once again, I caught myself staring at my reflection in the mirror, my hands lying t against my stomach.


    I closed my eyes took a deep breath and finished off getting ready. If it wasn''t his parentsing to dinner, I''d have been in either fresh pjs or a pair of sweats, but I wanted to make a little effort. I frowned when I heard a knock at the front door.


    They were early.


    My bedroom door opened; nna walked in like she owned the ce copsing onto our bed. The bed I had not long made. I loved her like a sister but sometimes I could throttle her. "What?". I sighed when I caught her staring.


    "I''m here for dinner". She grinned.


    Of course, she was.


    "Joking". She winked. "Can I borrow your ck jacket?".


    I had no idea which jacket she was talking about. I had a few ck jackets. Short and long.


    "Help yourself". I pointed to my closet. "Where are you going?".


    "Drinks with the girls. There''s a cocktail bar in town I''ve been dying to try. It only opened a few months ago. ys live music to".


    Right. I didn''t like the feeling that rose in my stomach. The feeling of being left out. Pursing my lips, I grabbed my phone off the floor. "You''ll find one in there and don''t touch my shoes". "Love you". She yelled as I made my way downstairs.


    It shouldn''t but I was annoyed. I was annoyed that they were going out and I wasn''t. I couldn''t drink but I could still go out and have fun. Jake was in the living room a beer in his hand the tv on in the background. He looked up from his phone.


    "Wow babe you look beautiful".


    "Yeah". I opened the fridge and grabbed a bottle of water. "We need to start locking the doors". I huffed.


    I was being petty, but I couldn''t help it. I didn''t even get an invite.


    "What''s wrong?". He asked.


    "Nothing". I closed the fridge door before disappearing into the pantry. I wanted a snack. I opened a new bag ofys and grabbed a bag of Hershey kisses.


    Was this how it was going to be from now on? I wasn''t going to get invited ces because I was pregnant? They were real shitty friends if that was the case.


    "Babe". He stood at the pantry door as I stood in the corner stuffing my face.


    "What?".


    "You''ll ruin your dinner".


    "Don''t care". I shrugged.


    "Has something happened?". He asked just as I heard the front door close.


    "No".


    "Babe".


    "They''re going out without me". Even saying the words, I felt stupid. If I had been asked, I''d have probably said no anyway but it wasn''t the point. I was an emotional mess most days and this wasn''t making me feel any better. "Do you want to go out?".


    "No". I made a face.


    "Then what''s the issue?". He frowned.


    "They didn''t invite me that''s the issue and they didn''t invite me because I''m pregnant. I''m going to be pregnant for a whole nine months. I feel left out and it''s not a nice feeling".


    "I''m sure that''s not true Leah".


    "Yeah, then why wasn''t I invited?".


    "I don''t know baby, but can we get out of the pantry and go into the living room? My parents will be here soon".


    I sat on the couch scrolling through my phone. Some paragraphs are iplete if you are not reading this novel on Jobnb. It wasn''t bad enough that I didn''t get invited I now had to see pictures stered all over my Facebook. Turning my phone onto do not disturb I crossed my arms over my chest and tried to focus on the tv. Jakes parents hadn''t arrived yet but before they did, I had to try and change my mood. If I red any harder, I''m sure my face would stay like this.


    "Leah?".


    "Hm?".


    "Baby, are you really that annoyed that you didn''t get asked to go out?".Content (C) N?v/elDra/ma.Org.


    "Yes, yes I am". I never once took my eyes off the tv. "My friends are out having a good time and I''m". I paused. I had to think about what I was going to say next. "You know what it doesn''t matter I have to pee".