When Fate Decided to Play its Part

Prologue

Pitter, patter.

The raindrops fell one by one, clattering against the glass window. Not long after, the sky cried fully,  obstructing the person inside the room to see the outside through the window.

Yet, the person was not bothered by it at all. The sound of rain did not even reached her ears as she stared intently on the her phone that was lying silently on her pale palms, her thumb anxiously rubbing against its edge.

Moments later, Althea moved her fingers to type on the phone. She hesitated for a second before sending the text.

:Tyler? 

She typed. 

:Can we meet?

Althea sucked in a rather large amount of air and letting it out through her mouth shakily, while waiting a reply from that person. She waited expectantly.

But seconds, minutes passed, and Tyler has yet to reply.

'Again,' Althea thought inwardly. 'He did not replied to me again.'

Her heart tighten and her tears are on verge of falling, but Althea stubbornly hold it in, making her eyes looks glassy.

It's been like this for a couple months now. She did not know the reason, but Tyler suddenly gotten cold and indifferent. They have been together for 3 years, and now, in their 4th year, he suddenly become like this.

Althea can't understand. She asked, but Tyler did not bothered explaining. He just shrugged it off with a few words.

"You're just being paranoid."

--

Morning came.

wore her favorite purple

headed out for the small store

is, after all, approaching. Althea did not hate winter, in fact, she

winter comes, she would occasionally sit near the window, with thick blanket on her body and cup of steaming hot chocolate with marshmallows floating

seems so

small store, heading straight to the section she wants then after choosing, she headed straight to the counter and paid everything. She then headed towards the nearest Pharmacy.

stop again after seing the familiar figure. She

"Tyler..."

and stared at

"Althea, hey..."

understandable, they had not, after all, seen each other for a month now. And Tyler never spend any effort

foods and 'that' thing

you free

missing a beat. "I'm sorry, I have group study tonight. You know that the

lowered her gaze and pursed

study. I know that you can pass the exams with

nooded and tried to ask if she can

are you

and closed her mouth, doesn't know what to say. She wanted to tell him, but she

I just bought, uhm, medicines. I, I was running out of them." Althea is a bad liar. Everyone

But he also did not pressed

Althea unwilling watched Tyler's back that is getting smaller and smaller as

heart aching, Althea went home, alone.

test kit.  Followed

Hours later.

the street lights. Almost all of the apartments in a certain building turned their lights on but there was a certain apartment that didn't despite the

at the result for ten hours now with eyes puffed. But no matter how she looks at it, the result of the five test kits are

She's pregnant.

fast. But she did not want to tell him via text because of the seriousness of the matter. So, she texted him, asking where

Althea bolted out of the