Story Snippets

AN: This is a random story idea I came up with while listening to Strongest by Ina Wroldsen that is not a fanfic and, in all likelihood, will never be continued. If people end up actually liking it, I might continue it tho.

Andrea was standing in the bathroom with her eyes closed. When she opened them, she knew that her life would either change irrevocably or continue as always. She took a deep breath, opened her eyes, and looked at the pregnancy test.

It... It was positive?! She was pregnant again! She couldn't wait to tell her husband, Marcus, and her beautiful son Alex!Overjoyed and excited, Andrea decided to go to visit Marcus at his work and tell him the good news. She pulled on her coat and tied her shoes, then grabbed her purse and almost ran to the car.

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Andrea arrived at Marcus's work twenty minutes later and took a deep breath in. She walked inside and up to the receptionist."Hi, I'm Mrs. White-Austin, I'm here to see my husband, Marcus White-Austin. Could you tell me when he's free?"The receptionist looked at her funny. "Ma'am, Mr. White-Austin is off work today."Andrea felt the blood drain from her face. "But then where is he?"Something seemed to click to the receptionist, because she looked angry. "You must be Andrea.""...Yes?" Andrea replied cautiously, with a sinking feeling in her stomach. "Hun, I'm sorry, but he's been cheating on you with a chick named.... Elizabeth, I think it was? He keeps talking about how she's so much better and he only stays with you because you're so much more successful than him."Andrea felt her heart fill with anger. "Not that I think you're lying, but could I go to his office to corroborate your story with a few people? Mainly so he can't lie his way out."

"Of course, hun. He's on the third floor, you'll turn left, straight, left, and it's the first door on the right." 

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Everyone she spoke to except for two people corroborated the receptionists story, and those two looked and sounded uncomfortable.Andrea stormed out of the elevator to the receptionist. "I can't BELIEVE him! I do so much for him and THIS is how he repays me?""I'm so sorry, honey. My name is Carol, by the way, you can always come talk to me." Carol had short black hair, cut in a layered bob, with green eyes and suntanned skin. She had a Southern accent and looked just a few years older than Andrea herself. Surprising even herself, Andrea took a sticky note and wrote down her phone number then handed it to Carol. "Text me." She said with a smile, then left to go home. 

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Andrea waited in the living room for her wayward husband to return home. She'd put Alex to bed an hour ago and had spent a good chunk of the day packing up all of Marcus's stuff into boxes.Just then, Marcus came in the door. He was very obviously either dressed for work, church, or a date, wearing a suit and his nice shoes. The suit was his favorite, a dark gray that was nearly black and made of a soft fabric. It went well with his short dark brown hair and pale gray eyes. "Marcus." Andrea said in a quiet voice, the kind of quiet that showed she was furious. "Andrea!" He greeted. "How was your... day... Okay, I'll bite, what's with the boxes, babe?"She smiled, sharper than a knife and twice as deadly. "Oh, nothing much, I just thought I might as well help you pack for the big move."Cautiously, he asked, "What move, Andrea?""Oh, just you moving in with your girlfriend. Or should I say, affair partner? Is, oh, what was her name again? Ahh, yes, it was Elizabeth! Is she aware of the fact that you're a married man or that you have a child?""Andrea, baby, I promise you I'm not cheating! This is crazy!""Your co-workers seem to disagree. All the ones I spoke to today except for two seemed to be under the impression that you were cheating on me, and those two seemed quite nervous." She replied, boredly examining her nails. "Oh, drat, my nail polish is chipping. Bother.""W-what? What were you even doing at my office??" He stammered.Lightning fast, she was on her feet and right up in his face. "I wanted to tell you the good news I learned, but since you don't care about family enough to not CHEAT, I doubt you'll care." She hissed with fury. "Andy...""Out.""W-wait! Please! Just let me explain!" He begged her. "No need. You can explain to the judge." She said, tossing a folder at him. "Divorce papers, as well as me filing for sole custody of Alex. We're over. You have until midnight to have your stuff out, after that I'm not letting you in and you'll have to explain to one of your siblings what happened and have them get your stuff."What was happening seemed to finally sink in because his face turned white, then red, then white again. "A-andy, you can't do this to me, you can't do this to ALEX, please, give me one more chance, please."She laughed, and it sounded cold and dead even to her own ears. "I can't do this to Alex? ME? Oh, hunny, /you/ are the one who did this to him. /You/ are the one who decided that cheating was okay. /I/ am simply removing a bad influence from his life, and it doesn't matter if said influence is his father, /he is better off without you/.""You just need to understand my reasons. The promises that we swore, ain't enough." He said, his face cold and hard. "Even if cheating is bad, you /need/ me.""Oh, look, the true you is showing! And, Marcus, I really don't, and neither does Alex. He just needs parental guidance, and I promise you that I'll be the strongest that he ever knows and we'll leave you alone with your girlfriend, m'kay?"

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Andrea sighed and flopped down in bed. He'd finally gotten all his stuff out and she had made sure he didn't have anything valuable that wasn't his or anything of hers. He had used almost all of his time, it was already 11:56."Finally." Andrea sighed. "Now I just need to explain everything that happened to Alex. Now, how do I explain this to a toddler?"