Page 1 of Mr. Big Mistake
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Kelly
“Girl, you have got to dish us the juicy details,” Roxy told Karina.
I nodded in agreement. “Seriously. You’ve been withholding shit from us since this all started. How are you and Zane!?”
“We’re good.” Karina smiled, batting her eyelashes.
My sister rolled her eyes. “Stop that…That’s what you always say.”
“We want the goods, girl,” I insisted.
“Well, you’re not getting the goods. Not the kind of goods you want, anyway.” Karina shook her head.
My head fell back as Roxy groaned, but in the pit of my soul, I was happy for Karina. Roxy, Karina and I had been best friends since, well, forever. We had always been in one another’s lives in some form or fashion, and to see Karina finally move on and find a guy that loved her made me so happy.
Part of me was jealous, though.
I nodded toward her growing belly. “How are you feeling nowadays?”
Karina pressed her hand against her tummy. “It’s touch and go. The nausea still comes over me sometimes.”
Roxy’s eyes bulged. “You’re kidding. You told us that was only a first-trimester thing.”
I shook my head. “I’ve been reading up. While most morning sickness symptoms have a certain trimester where they are worse, the nausea doesn’t necessarily have to go completely away, even in the later months.”
“And just exactly how much have you read?” Roxy asked.
“She’s right, though. I haven’t really had intense cravings for anything since I hit my second trimester. But, this nausea? It’s for the birds,” Karina said with a giggle.
Roxy held up her mimosa. “Better you than me.”
“Trust me. You say you don’t want kids, Roxy. But, you’ll end up with the most kids out of all of us.” I barked with laughter.
Roxy grinned at me. “Says the girl who tears through men more than she does thongs.”
I tried to fake a smile, but her words hurt. To the outside eye, that’s probably what it looked like. I mean, Roxy was pretty rough on men. She practically chewed them up and spat them out on a monthly basis. Breaking hearts wherever she went. And, yes, I had a tendency to bounce around as well. A date here, a weekend spent at someone’s place there, but there was a reason why these budding relationships, if that’s what you call them, never went past a few dates.
Multiple reasons, actually.
“So, Kelly,” Karina said.
I focused my attention on her. “Hmmm?”
“When are you going to come over so we can decorate the nursery? Zane’s chomping at the bit to get started, but I told him we weren’t touching it without you.”
I sighed. “I’m so sorry. Work has me slammed, and by the time I get home, I’m crashed out on the couch without even eating dinner.”
Roxy gasped. “That’s why you look so thin. That’ll suit you well in the fashion world.”
“Or, you could embrace the fact that women come in all shapes and sizes,” Karina said, wrinkling her nose.
I giggled. “Girls, girls. Settle down. Yes, I’ve lost some weight. But, I don’t intend to keep it off. You know how I am with food and being lazy. It’ll come back once I can get through this initial launch set-up. Because I’m telling you, starting my own fashion line? Not as easy as I thought it would be.”
Roxy cackled. “Not as easy? Girl, you went to Stanford for business. How the hell did you think this was going to be easy?”
“Not ‘easy’ easy, I mean. There’s just a lot of moving parts that I can’t outsource because I don’t have the money, and--.”
