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An hour after Joe proposed, Joe and Elissa watched reruns of The Jeffersons on
television while they waited for their friend, Cyrinda, to get off work so they could tell her the news. Elyssa sat on the couch next to Joe with a big smile on her face. Joe sighed and got up from the couch to get himself a drink in the kitchen. He poured himself a drink and watched Cyrinda come in the apartment.
"Hey guess what?" Elyssa smiled.
"What?"
"Joe proposed to me and guess what I said? I said yes!"
Joe looked down when Elyssa said that. He was forced to propose to her. He didn't
want to marry her in the first place.
"Oh really? That's... Great!"
"Hey...." Joe said "Anyone want a drink?"
"I don't" Elyssa said.
"I do" Cyrinda said and walked to the kitchen.
Joe poured her a drink and said under his breath "Surprised?"
Cyrinda glared at him and drank her drink.
"What the fuck was that for?" He mouthed to Cyrinda.
She shook her head.
"So... When are you guys going to get married?"
"I have no idea." Elissa shrugged.
Cyrinda walked towards the front door and opened it "I'll be right back" and
stepped outside.
Joe walked out of the kitchen and to the front door and said to Elyssa before
walking outside "I'm gonna go get something for my
car"
He saw Cyrinda leaned up against the wall.
She looked at him and quickly looked away.
"Babe why are you mad at me?" Joe asked and walked towards her.
"You should know why!"
"Is it because of the proposal?"
"Yes! Joe, You said you were going to break things off between you and her!"
Joe sighed "I was going to do that today! I swear!"
"Yeah right" She sneered.
"God damn it I'm not lying. She said Steven and I bought a hooker the other night
and we both shared her. It's not true. Anyway, She
asked me if I was cheating."
"What did you say?"
"I said I wasn't and she told me the only way I had to prove that I wasn't cheating
was to propose to her. Basically, I was forced to
propose to her."
She sighed and said "Why didn't you tell her the truth?"
"I didn't want to hurt her."
"If you do tell her, she's going to get hurt. If she finds out on her own, she's going
to get hurt. Joe, She's going to get hurt either
way!"
"Well what should I do?"
"You should tell her."
Joe sighed and crossed his arms "I don't know..."
She gave him a 'better tell her' look.
"Fuck... Okay I'll tell her. Not now though." He opened the door and walked inside...

Cyrinda's POV
Elyssa forced Joe to propose to her? That's ridiculous. He's disappointed and she's excited, That's funny... Well sorta. Anyway, I've been worried lately. I haven't gotten my period lately and I think I might be pregnant with Joe's baby. We've been screwing around a lot lately. I don't know, I hope I'm not pregnant. It's too early to be having kids. I know David didn't get me pregnant because before I asked for a divorce, nothing had been happening in the bedroom. So, If I am pregnant, I know that Joe is going to be the father of my baby. The only way to be sure is to take a test. There's a store nearby, so I'm going to go walking. First, I need to go inside the apartment to get my purse. I turned the knob and walked inside the apartment. I grabbed my purse, which was on the table, and told Elyssa and Joe I would be
right back. Joe, being over protective and curious, asked me where I was going.
"To the store." I said. He got up from the couch.
"Can I go?" He asked.
I don't want him to come with me. I don't want him to see what I was going to buy.
But whatever, I let him come with me because I
didn't want to come off rude if I had said no.
"You want anything?" I heard him ask Elyssa.
"No thanks babe" She said and looked back at the television. Oh it kills me whenever
someone calls him that. Yes, I am jealous about it.
"Ready?" He said.
I nodded my head and opened the door. I watched him walk out and shut the door.
"Which store?" He asked.
"The one nearby."
"Oh so we're going walking? Okay that's fine, I could use a walk." He put his hands in
his pockets and began walking down the stairs
beside me. We stayed quiet on the walk to the store until we got close. He asked
me what I was going to get.
"Some drinks and stuff..." I said.
"Oh."
As soon as we got to the store, I had to be quick about getting my drinks and the
test. I walked quickly to the aisle where they sold
the drinks, and got a 7-up. Then I quickly walked back to the register and asked
for a test. I payed them the money and waited for
Joe to finish.
After he was finished, We walked back to the apartment. As soon as we stepped
foot inside the apartment, I walked to the restroom
to take the test....