Amanda: Hey, I just got to the hospital, sweets. Text me when you get here.
I sent her a text back, and right when I hit Send, I heard her voice.
“Oh, sweets!”
When I glanced up, I saw Amanda walking toward me. I picked up my pace and practically ran into her arms.
“Oh, Manda!”
Somehow, I was able to hold in my tears. I knew Josh was going to be okay, so I needed to get my big girl panties back on and stop with the stupid crying.
Amanda pushed me away from her and looked me up and down. When she smiled, I smiled in return. I’m so blessed to have three of the most amazing women as my best friends.
“Hey, Elizabeth, how are you?” Amanda said.
“Hello honey. ” Elizabeth said.
Then, Amanda reached for me and hooked her arm around mine as we followed Elizabeth into the hospital and over to the elevators.
“I talked to Ari this morning, and then I called Ellie. Ellie’s so upset that she can’t be here with you. They’re going home today with the baby, and she told me to tell you that she’ll be at your side in a few days,” Amanda said, giving me a wink.
“Are you going to go see Alex?” I asked as we stepped onto the elevator.
“Brad and I plan to head out to Mason tomorrow. I bought the cutest outfit for Alex a few weeks ago. I can’t wait to see it on her!”
Elizabeth and I started laughing.
“How did you know it was going to be a girl?” Elizabeth asked.
“I didn’t! I bought two. I picked out my favorite outfits for a little boy or a little girl. I’ll just hold on to the boy’s outfit for the next person in the group to push out a pup,” Amanda said as she bumped her shoulder against mine.
Elizabeth spun around and grabbed me. “Oh. My. God! Are you?” she yelled at me as the elevator doors opened and two nurses got on.
“Am I what?” I asked, confused.
“Oh, baby girl, don’t play stupid. Are you pregnant and not telling me?”
My eyes darted between Amanda and Elizabeth. “What? Elizabeth, I’m not pregnant!”
The two nurses smiled as they looked back and forth from Elizabeth to me.
Jesus H. Christ. Why the hell does she think I’m pregnant?
“Damn it all. You just got my hopes up,” Elizabeth said as the doors opened to the fifth floor.
Amanda laughed. “I don’t think you have to worry about Josh’s mom liking you. Hell, she wants grandkids already!” she whispered in my ear.
I glanced at Amanda as we both started giggling.
A baby with Josh. I smiled at the idea.
“Oh shit!” Elizabeth said, pulling me out of my thoughts.
I looked over to see Greg standing at the nurses’ station. He was talking to a nurse, and he seemed to know her. She appeared to be my age, maybe a few years older, and she was wearing her dark brown hair up in a ponytail.
“Oh, holy hell, not Victoria,” Elizabeth said as she reached down and grabbed my hand.
What the hell? Who is Victoria? I peeked at Amanda, and she just shrugged her shoulders. When I turned back to Elizabeth, she winked at me as she leaned down toward my ear.