Once Upon Series

Katie blew out another breath as she tried to squeeze into her jeans, but it was pointless. There was no way they were going on. Ripping them off her legs, Katie threw them onto the increasing pile of things that she could no longer wear.

Trying not let it get the best of her, she turned back to her closet.

“Kat get your butt down here! We are going to be late for school!” her older brother Liam bellowed from the kitchen.

“I’m not going!” Katie knew she sounded like a two-year-old. But how many seventeen-year-old girls out there were dealing with a pregnant belly?

Katie could hear Cole, Liam’s best friend’s rumbly voice. That was perfect. She only needed more witnesses to her humiliation.

“Katie-cat,” Cole’s voice was just outside of her door. “What is the problem? Are you feeling sick again?”

Most of Katie’s first trimester had been hellish. Whoever named it morning sickness, is a complete numbskull. It was an all day, every day, puke fest.

Katie had even lost five pounds on her small frame. The doctor had been concerned and even pulled Liam in to speak with him about it.

“I’m fine, Cole,” Katie yelled through the door.

“If you are fine, I’m coming in.”

to turn Katie realized that she was standing there in her underwear. Screeching she grabbed a blanket from the bed to cover herself.

the hell, Cole? I’m

Cole caught sight of the tornado that had hit his friend Liam younger sister’s room. He wasn’t even sure he could see the floor. Raising his eyebrows, he glanced over to where Katie was standing with a blanket wrapped around her.

we invited to a toga

Katie rolled her eyes, “I wasn’t

Cole laughed. “I used to see you run naked across the yard on

to the McCannons and had been best

ago, Liam had been eighteen and was able to keep Katie, a minor, living with him in their

the yard for over ten years,” Katie

Katie couldn’t help a wave of lust shooting through her. Stupid second trimester, it was causing havoc with her hormones. Here she was ready to jump Cole. Obviously, she was out of her

you have your brother’s panties in a twist. So, throw something on, and let’s go.”

those damn hormones! “Nothing fits, and

that she had known for years completely dropped her. It wasn’t a secret

her bedroom doorway. “What the hell happened in here?”

 Cole quipped.

preferably a spiked heel. “Nothing fits, I’m not going to school

discarded pile. “If you didn’t

lips trembled. “I’m fat now. I will just get uglier and

awkwardly patted her head. “Can we skip today and get the

skip. But he knew what an emotional mess Katie could be. And this pregnancy thing threw