ZERO

“ I am pregnant, Zero. ” She repeats in a calmer tone.

I hear her jumpy, loud heartbeat and try to search for my own. I think my heart has stopped beating.

“ I found out two days ago and came to tell you. ” She is saying things.

I see her lips moving, her brows jumping up and down, her nose scrunching with each word she is uttering but I can’t make sense of any of it.

I am trying to hear my thoughts or the beat of my heart. The shocking silence is making me feel as if I am traveling through space, through the stars and galaxies and universes and it means nothing and everything to me.

My heart finally beats. Anne is still saying things and I still can’t hear.

I leave her hands. My arms coil around her waist, pulling her flush against me. I don’t know if she has stopped talking or not.

I don’t know anything.

I don’t want to know anything else.

My eyes close as a breath escapes my mouth. My heart beats in my ears as different emotions rush through my head at the same time.