I'm in the waiting room of the doctors office with Sidney and Patrick. I'm watching the two guys stare each other down as I'm looking through my phone. I just want this to be done and over with. The door swings ooen and a doctor is standing there. "Stephanie, Sidney, and Patrick," she says as we follow her into a room.
I sit on the counter as Patrick and Sidney give eachother the glare. I've had it now. "Okay, the two of you, this is obnoxious, please stop," I ask them but Patrick keeps staring at him. The doctor luckily comes in as Patrick flicks Sidney off as I throw my shoe at Patrick. "Was that necessary?" I ask him. The doctor looks at the three of us. "Ms. Pratt, are you carrying these gentlemans baby?" He asks.
"Oh God no!" Sidney says.
"Do you really think that I'm gay and even if I were, do you REALLY think I'd be gay with this bitch?"
"Alright, I see we don't know who the father is?" he asks as we nodd. "Stephanie, your gonna pee in the cup first," he says, handing me a cup.
"That's really we're going to solve this, peeing in a cup!?" Patrick says as I walk into the bathroom, leaving dumb and dumber by themselves while praying to God they don't break anything, let alone kill each other.
--Patrick--
"Do you guys have a name picked up?"
Sidney asks me as I'm stairing at the wall, avoiding his eyes. I don't say anything but I do catch him standing there with his arms across his chest. For some God damn reason, I feel like Ella and him would work out perfectly, only because Ella has her tendency's of being a bitch at times. "No, we don't. I really don't feel like making small talk."
"I'm just trying to be nice. Look, I think we both have been acting like total dumb asses."
"Patrick, your turn," the doctor says, handing me a cup.
I walk into the bathroom and close the door. If I knew that they were going to make me do a piss test, I would've drank a crapton of water. I eventually piss and go back into the doctors office. Sidney takes his test and we wait upon the results. I'm looking at Stephanie now and I say to her, "Baby, whatever happens, we're gonna raise this family normally." The doctor comes in and closes the door. We all look at him as I ask him what the results where.
"Patrick...you are the father."
Stephanie begins to cry of happiness as I send out mass text messages. Sidney congratulates me and we head off. We're in the car now as Ally says were having a celebration dinner at Gino's East. I'm at a red light now and I look at Stephanie as she asks the one question I could've sworn was a joke at first. "Do you think we could ask Ella and Johnny to be the god parents of the baby?"
"You're serious?"
"Yes, only because there the mature ones of the group."
"I don't think that's going to go well between the two, but we can try."
"Okay," she says with a smile as I pull into Gino's East, waiting for the fireworks between Jon and Ella to ignite...
--Ella---
I walk into the private party room at Gino's to see the whole team there and the only seat available is across from Jon. He called me after he got out of the hospital to say thank you, but we didn't really talk after that. I take the seat, which is next to Sharpie and Troy, and say hi to everyone. Patrick stands up and clings his glass. We're all looking at him now. "Ella, it's nice of you to finally show up," he jokes.
"Cute Kanner," I joke back.
"Well...so I'm the father..and on behalf of Stephanie and I...Ella and Jonny, we have a serious question for you two..."
I didn't like where the hell this was going. I don't look at Jonny, but I feel his stare. This was not going to go well. "Ella and Jonny, will you two be the godparents of our child?" I'm now looking at Jonny, this was not what I was expecting. Jonny looks at me, we both don't know what to say. Jonny speaks for me though. "We'll do it." he says. Now I'm speechless. I excuse myself and walk outside. I feel someone follow me as the doors swing open.
--Jonny--
"Ella!"
She's turned around, looking at me now. She looks aggravated. I bassically agreed for her to be the god mother of Patrick and Stephanies child. "What Jonny? You think that'll save us, by agreeing to that!?" She yells at me. I shake my head. We are back to where we were last year, except we're both lonely.
"Ella, I just want to be friends okay?"
"Jonny, I told you, there is no more you and I...and...and you go agree to that!"
"Ella, I know there is no you and I anymore, we can be friends and still be the god parents."
"Jonathan, if something happens to them, the child is our responsibility. Look at us, look--"
"Ella, I love you."
"I cannot love you."
"And we're back to round two."
"Round two?"
"You couldn't love me apparently this time last year."
"I had Kris last year."
"Do you have him now? Do you have anyone? No. Ella, I don't know how much longer I can hold on."
"I will be the godmother of this child and stand up with you in the wedding, but that's it Jon."
I watch her walk into the restaurant and I sit on the bench, running my hand through my hair. This wasn't the end for her and I. This baby and the wedding were going to bring us together again, I know it would. I finally walk back in and take my seat, looking at her. "Why'd you save my life?" I ask aloud. The whole table looks at us now. She doesn't say anything. "God damnit Ella, why did you save my life?"
"You saved me three times. You didn't let my ass get raped, you didn't leave me on the ice to die, and you didn't let me die of brain damage. I wasn't going to let you get burnt to death."
"That's it?"
"You have my back, I have yours. That's what friends are for."
Friends...that's what we are. I sigh and take a sip of my drink and just look at her. "Well Ella, were back to round three...just friends."
And that was that.
aw. round four fall in love?? hehhehe. great post! amazing work
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