wrong one//g.d

s i x t y - t w o

"What are you eating?"

"A brownie," you said. "I'm not too hungry so I came to Starbucks." He hummed. "How's e/w doing?" He chuckled.

"He's been kicking a lot apparently." You smiled, running a hand through your hair. He did the same on his end. "But, yeah." You crumpled up your wrapper and stood with your coffee.

"Alrighty, you have fun with e/w, then," you said with a yawn. "I'll head back now." He hummed.

"Cool, I'll-- no, you call me when you're done on the way home?" You hummed.

"Mhm, I'll call you from the car."

"Okay, bye then?" You hummed once more. "Love you."

"Love you too."

He always waited for you to hang up first and so you did, walking out of the booth with your coffee. You headed straight for your car, feeling a little lonely, and got in. You still had twenty minutes.

You decided to just head down back to not be late and began to drive until-- until something caught your eye. Bate's Convenience.

It looked like a small, family-owned convenience store. You took a quick turn into the parking lot and parked straight away, right in front of the door.

They were open- of course they were, it was a Tuesday, and you headed straight for the cashier, wasting no time for yourself. "Do you happen to carry digital pregnancy tests?" you asked. The man nodded.

"Aisle 13--" but you were already off, thanking him over your shoulder as you headed for 13. And there they were. You sighed a breath of relief and grabbed two boxes before heading right back to the cashier. He chuckled and scanned your items as you rambled for your waller.

"Oh no, I left my wallet in the car," you mumbled. He nodded and thanking yourself for parking right in front, you ran straight for the passenger seat, grabbing your wallet. You hadn't even locked your car earlier, having been in such a hurry.

"Thank you," you mumbled, swiping your card and sticking it back in your wallet. You took the receipt from him and waited as his, presumably wife, put the boxes in a bag. "You don't-- I don't really need a bag," you said. The lady looked up at you, taking the boxes out with a smile.

"Trying?" she asked with a small smile. You nodded, turning a little red. You probably looked so flustered. She handed you the boxes. "Good luck."

"Tha-- thank you?" She nodded and you headed out of the store, a grin on your face.

Fifteen minutes.

You sped back to the hotel and signed back in and headed straight for the pretty bathroom. This time, there was a mom and her daughter, looking as if they were learning how to wash hands. You smiled at them before hurrying into the stall.

And then you waited a whole five minutes with your hands shaking with two tests in them. You'd taken both-- what if you had a false negative, right? For some reason, you didn't want to flip them over alone. You wished Gray'd been there in the stall with you because you knew you'd cry if it was negative. Your hopes were up so high.

And so you flipped the first over. You squinted. One line was there, that was for sure. But the other was-- there but barely. Your eyes watered. Oh, man.

You weren't pregnant. One faint line doesn't mean you're pregnant. You didn't even want to flip the other over at this point. You were never gonna get pregnant at this rate.

But you did flip it anyway and-- same thing. One prominent line and then a faint one. A small faint line. The package said that even that could mean you were pregnant. But you'd been so convinced. You had less than ten minutes now, to get to your meeting.

But you decided to take the two tests in the other package too.

---

"Ooh, this one!" e/w cooed, pointing. Gray looked over.

"Woah," he mumbled. "Can we see that one?" Gray asked, tapping at the glass.

The jeweller nodded and pulled the box out and e/w readjusted her purse over her shoulder. Gray sighed as he picked up the ring. "Pretty," she sighed.

"It looks like the first one I got her," he said with a nod. E/W nodded back. "No."

"No?" the jeweller asked. Gray shook his head.

"Do you have any others with smaller stones?" The jeweller nodded and pushed the tray back under the glass. Gray turned to e/w who rubbed his shoulder.

"You'll find one."

"Should I do one custom-made?" he asked, the idea hitting him. E/W shrugged, looking down at her own rung for a moment. "I don't know."

"It's all up to you." He ran his hand through his hair and grinned.

"I bet this is what E felt like," he whispered, leaning against the glass. She laughed a little. "When he got you your ring and proposed to you and everything-- excited and shit." She gave him a gentle smile.

"You never got like that, huh?" He shrugged.

"I was excited, I guess, but not like-- I don't know." They turned back once the jeweller brought out another satin tray of rings. His phone buzzed in his pocket and he pulled it out. You again.

"Hey," he mumbled, pushing his hair out of his face as e/w leaned in to look at rings.

"Hey, Gray," you whispered. You hiccuped a little on the line ad Gray frowned, standing straight.

"Y/N?" he asked. "What-- are you okay?"

"Ye-yeah, I just wanted to call you," you whispered. He frowned. "I love you so much." He smiled a little as he looked at rings.

"I love you too?" he asked a little confused. He chuckled and didn't like the way your voice sounded. "Are you okay, y/n-- you sound like you're crying, baby--"

"No no, I'm okay," you whispered. "I'm gonna go in now- I'll see you at home." Gray hummed.

"Okay, I love you." You let out a little laugh and Gray smiled as e/w pointed at a ring. He shook his head.

"I love you too, Gray." He waited for you to hang up before turning to e/w, phone back in his pocket.

"Everything okay?" He nodded.

"She sounds weird but she says she's alright." E/W nodded as the jeweller brought out yet another tray of rings. "It better be in here."

"Shh, we have time," e/w laughed as she rubbed his back gently. He looked in and his eyes scanned over the silver bands. A few stood out to him and he pulled them out to look at them. "Do you have one of hers for size?" Gray nodded.

"Yeah," he mumbled, pulling out one of your rings and set it on the table. He stared at a few and sighed, looking over at e/w. "I don't know, man."

"Should we come back another day?" she asked. He shrugged, eyes glancing over the rest o the little shop. He looked around. "We could come back to--"

"Wait," he mumbled, walking across the store. "What about those?"

"Those were over your budget, sir," the jeweller said, grabbing his hook thing to get the top glass shelf open. "Oh, those are from a new shipment, what are they do--" Gray paid no attention as he pointed.

"The one to your right," Gray said. The jeweller brought the tray over and e/w walked over slowly. Something was not right.

"Gray--"

"That--" he whispered, pointing at the ring. The jeweller took it out and Gray took it out. "Holy fu--"

"Grayson--"

"--ck, I think, e/w-- this is perfect, dude-- woah," he mumbled, turning. "Are you--"

"I think-- I think, my water broke, Gray."