Chapter 1 
 
As Jenn stood in the bathroom, she tried desperately to keep her focus on anything except what was before her. She nearly jumped out of her skin when Bam came up from behind her and wrapped his hands around her waist.
 
“Is it time yet?” He asked

 

“Not for another minute.”

“This waiting is driving me crazy.”

 

“Me too. But you can wait for another minute, can’t you?”

“Yeah but I want to know now, Jenn.” 
 
Jenn propped herself up onto the counter top and blew the air out of her cheeks. She tried not to tap her fingernails nervously on the tiles but it was so hard. The timer went off and she slowly slid down from the counter and looked at Bam.
 
“Do you want to look?’ She asked

 

“Not unless you want me to.”

“I’ll look.” She turned to where she placed the test strip and looked at it.

 

“Well?” Jenn answered him with a sad shake of her head.

 

“Oh Jenn… what are we gonna do now?” He said while trying to hide the fact that he was holding back tears.

 

“Bam it’s ok. People hardly ever get pregnant on the first try.”

“You sure? I mean maybe…”

 

“Relax. There’s nothing wrong. We’ll just keep trying ok?”

“Ok.” He wrapped his arms around her.

 

”But I can’t help but have a broken heart over this.”

 

“Don’t Bam. It was our first try. Let’s not get upset yet.”

Weeks later… 
 
Jenn pounced like a cat and landed hard on the sleeping Bam, waking him up.
 
“Ow! Get off of me!”

“Oh I’m sorry Bam. Were you still asleep?”

 

“Yes! Now get off!”

“I would but… nah.” She said as she sat up.

 

“I’d rather do this.”

 

She grabbed his sides and began to tickle them, causing him to squirm as he laughed out loud.

“All right! I’m up! Please stop!” Jenn rolled off of him and he sat up. “Why’d you have to wake me up like that for?”

“Oh I don’t know. You just looked so cute when you were sleeping, so I had to put an end to it.”

 

“Why are you so cheerful all of the sudden? It’s too early to be cheerful.”

“I don’t know.” She shrugged.

 

“I just feel good. Oh Bam since you’re up. Do you mind doing me a little favor? Please?”

 

“What?”

“Could you go to the store and get me a pregnancy test? I feel lucky today.”

 

“So that’s what this is about?” He smiled.

 

“Ok I’ll be right back.” 
 
Bam crawled out of bed and walked over to his closet. After putting on a shirt he pulled from the closet, he grinned at Jenn and walked out the door. About a half hour later, Bam returned from the store all smiles and called out to Jenn.
 
“Hey Jenn? Where are you?”

 

“Here Bam.” 
 
Jenn sluggishly walked into the room with a frown so heavy it looked as though her lower lip was about to rip off from its own weight.
 
“What’s the matter? You were in such a good mood when I left.”

“Don’t bother with the test, Bam.”

 

“What? Why?”

“I got my fucking period!” She exclaimed before bursting into tears.

 

Bam wrapped his arms around her and allowed her to cry against his chest.

 

“Jenn it’s ok. It’s ok. We’ll just try again.” he held the sides of her face and wiped the tears away from her eyes and cheeks.

 

“Just stop crying. Don’t stress yourself over this.”

 

“Ok.” She sniffed.

 

“You’re right. I guess it is silly for me to be acting like this

since we haven’t been trying very long.”

 

“There you go. You feel better?” She nodded while breaking a soft smile.

 

“Good. We’ll just save this test for the next time. Who knows? Maybe third time’s a charm.”

~**~