The Heartbreak Factor - Part Four

Bottles of wine were spread all around the lounge. An empty pizza box laid on the rug. Three glasses of half-drunken wine were sat on the coffee table. As I looked around the room, I sighed as it reminded me of life before my pregnancy. The smell of cheese just made me want to vomit, let alone the taste. And, much to my annoyance, I wasn’t allowed to drink wine. It was typical. Nobody suggests a girls night whilst I’m allowed to drink alcohol and can eat pizza, but as soon as I announce I’m pregnant, my two best friends and sister suggest a girls night “before the babies come”. To them it seems like a nice idea, but to me it is just a constant reminder of what I’m sacrificing. Not that I mind though as I’ve fallen in love with my unborn babies. But that doesn’t stop me missing wine and pizza. And a girls night sucks so bad without wine or pizza - let alone both. 

“I know you said we can drink wine, Sammy, but are you sure?” Kayla asked, picking her glass up off the coffee table before placing it to her red stained lips. “I mean, you’ve been giving my glass evils for the past hour.” 

“Yeah,” I lied. 

“At least your daughter is giving you the moral support you need right now,” Elle joked. 

I looked at Katy, who was sprawled out beside me, sipping at the Ribena in her plastic cup. I then looked at the wine glass in my hand that was filled to the brim with Ribena. 

“More than I can say for my best friends and my own sister,” I teased. 

“You said..”

I interrupted Kayla before she had chance to blame this on me. “I know,” I groaned. 

“So where are the boys tonight?” Kayla asked, leaning over to the coffee table and picking up a handful of popcorn. 

“Dublin?” Elle suggested, sounding as unsure as I looked. 

“I don’t know,” I paused, trying to rack my memory of where George said they had a gig. “Chloe, do you know?”

“What?” she snapped. 

“We’re just wondering where the boys are tonight,” I replied, feeling a little threatened by her attitude that had seemed to be a regular thing these days. 

“I don’t know,” she sighed, looking down at her phone. “I’ve just got to make a quick call. I won’t be long.”

“Okay..” I nodded, watching her as she stood up from the sofa and rushed out of the house as quickly as she could. 

The minute the front door closed, Kayla and Elle both turned to me with a look of confusion across their faces. “What the hell has got into her?” Elle asked.

Even Kayla looked shocked as they both looked at me, waiting for an answer. Sadly, I didn’t have an answer to give them. I didn’t even know myself. She hadn’t been herself since bonfire night which was nearly a week ago now. I attempted to ask her on a few occasions now but I kept getting the same response - either her shouting “nothing” then storming away or her changing the subject or making out that I was the one who had something wrong as she was “absolutely and completely fine”. I didn’t believe her for one minute though. She was my best friend. I knew something was up.

“I’m not sure,” I paused, trying to think up a valid excuse that would stand for why she was acting in such a weird mood recently. “Probably her time of the month.”

Kayla and Elle both nodded unconvincingly. They knew I didn’t know but they decided to drop the subject in case Chloe came back into the room. 

“So what are your plans for Christmas?” Elle asked.