Must Be Fate [COMPLETE]

She will be loved.

I knock on Mason's office door.

"Come in." He calls out.

"Hey, Masey" I peek in." Can you take me to the mall?"

"Of course. How else you gonna get there dork? My brother would kill me if he knew I let you go alone."

"Well I know he has a driver but I don't know him like I know Arlo," I admit.

"Yeah, Arlo's cool, no one's like him." He says closing his laptop. "When will you be ready?" He asks checking his watch.

"Whenever you are. I'm gonna grab my things and lock up my office." I say leaving out.

I walk back into my office to grab my stuff. There's a knock at my door.

"Yea, you can come in."

The door opens and someone steps in quietly.

"I'm almost done, Mase," I say.

He doesn't respond so I look up and see and see it's Raquel. She waves quietly giving a tight-lipped smile.

"Oh, hey, what's up?" I ask her.

"Hey, um, I wanted to apologize for everything the other day. I was way out of line." She says.

"No, it's fine. I meant to come talk to you about that. I'll admit, it did look bad."

"Yeah, no hard feelings?" she says.

"No hard feelings," I confirm.

"Cool, I was wondering if you had any... uh, feminine products with you?"

"Oh, I uh.." I stammer. "I don't." I realize I don't have anything. My head starts spinning. I feel hot.

I grab my phone and check my period app. It tells me I'm a week late. I don't know how I forgot about my cycle.

"I'm late?" I think out loud, standing up from my desk.

"Is everything... okay?" Raquel asks me.

"Uh, yeah. I'm sorry. I have to go." I grab my purse and hurry out of my office locking the door behind us.

I walk into Mason's office without knocking and collapse on his couch.

"Sharice, what's wrong," Mason asks walking over to me.

"I think I might be pregnant," I whisper.

"Pregnant?" Mason says sitting down next to me. "Why would you think that?"

"My period is late."

"It could be stress. You've been doing a lot lately." He tries to calm me.

"Me and Malik don't use protection," I confess. Considering Malik wants a child, this shouldn't be the worse news, but I never actually considered what would happen when it happened.

"Shit." He chuckles, "Do you feel sick or anything?" He quizzes.

"I've been feeling kinda weird, but I assumed it was my nerves from starting a new job."

"Does Malik know?"

"No, I only just realized because the receptionist asked me if I had feminine products."

"Shit" Mason repeats in disbelief. "Malik's plane should have a stop in a few hours."

"I'm scared, Mase."

"Come on Rece, you're a smart girl. Unprotected sex makes babies, and there's nothing to be afraid of. If there's a baby, then you guys will have a baby. Let's get you a test, before we panic." He stands up and holds his hand out for mine. "Malik loves you, and that baby will be loved too."

I hope he's right.