Page 94 of Despite It All
Wav shakes her head. “I can’t be in here when you look. I’ll go sit on the couch.” Wav side steps Win and bends down to look at the phone. “I’m both happy and sad you’re not here, but I love you anyway.”
I can already feel the tears welling. “I love you too, Wav. It’s going to be okay.”
She musters a fake smile. “I know.”
Winry waits until she hears the bedroom door close before she moves the test in front of us without looking and takes another deep breath.
“Is Owen outside yet?”
“Probably, he knows the situation so I’m sure he dropped everything.” Winry takes another deep breath. “You ready?”
“No. I wish I was there.”
“Me too.” Winry sighs and flips the stick.
For a moment, I’m not sure what emotion crosses Winry’s face, but she says, “Holy shit, Wyla. It’s positive.”
I sit straight up. “It’s positive?”
Winry nods and flips it for me to see the two pink lines. “Holy shit!” Winry moves without thinking, so I yell, “Take me with you!”
“Right, sorry.” She grabs the phone and races out of the bathroom. My heart is absolutely pounding.
“Flip it so I can see her,” I say before we leave the bedroom.
Winry pauses at the door and flips the camera. “I can’t promise I’ll be a good camera girl.”
“Well, do your best.”
Winry opens the door to head into the living room where Wav sits still chewing on her thumb. She looks up,and it’s a blessing she can’t see me because tears are already sliding down my face.
“Wav,” Winry starts and I feel like the second in between the words are minutes. “You’re pregnant!”
She shoots up from the couch. “What?”
Winry hands her the test. “It’s positive, Wav. You’re pregnant!” she screams.
Win holds me up and we get to see the moment it sinks in for our sister. Her face lights up as she screams happily at the test. Winry pulls her in for a hug so my screen goes black but I can hear their screams as they bounce up and down.
It lasts about three seconds before I hear the door busting open, and Owen’s voice asking what happened.
Winry steps back, fixing the phone. “Sorry, I tried.”
“It’s okay,” I whisper back. “Don’t let me miss this part.”
Since Owen was at work, he’s in full uniform—vest and all—but that doesn’t stop Wav from jumping on him. “We’re gonna have a baby!”
Owen’s arms wrap around her tightly as he catches her. “We’re having a baby?”
Wav leans back but Owen doesn’t let go. She holds up the test. “We’re having a baby, honey.”
Even through the phone, I can see the joy in Owen’s eyes. There was never a moment where he made Waverley feel like her and Annabelle weren’t enough for him, but I know, deep down, he wants this just as much as Wav does.
For the next half hour, I stay on the phone as we all cry happy tears. Waverley takes three more positive tests because no matter how much that first one confirms it something in her tells her to take more.
Waverley plops down next to Win and takes the phone from her. “I wish you were here.”
Just when I thought I cried all my tears. “I wish I was there too.”
