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 jacket. She

brought everything she needs, she headed out for the small store

winter is, after all, approaching. Althea did

winter comes, she would occasionally sit near the window, with thick blanket on her body and cup of steaming hot chocolate with marshmallows floating on it at hand, together with Tyler. They would

memories seems so

headed straight to the counter and paid everything. She then headed towards the nearest Pharmacy.

stop again after seing the familiar figure. She

"Tyler..."

stared at her before

"Althea, hey..."

them. It was understandable, they had not, after all, seen each other for

the foods and 'that' thing that she bought and mustered up the

you

I have group study tonight. You know

gaze and pursed

know that you can pass the

true feelings. Instead, she nooded and tried to ask if she can join. As expected, the man

the way, what are you doing

She wanted to tell him, but she was still unsure.

I, I was running out of them." Althea is a bad liar. Everyone knows

unconvinced. But he also did not

they bid goodbye to each other just like that and Althea unwilling watched Tyler's back that is getting smaller and smaller as

aching, Althea

brought out the pregnancy test kit.  Followed

Hours later.

is already out, the streets are illuminated by the street lights. Almost all of the apartments in a certain building turned their lights on but there was

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

She's pregnant.

text because of the seriousness of the matter. So, she texted

not replied, so Althea bolted out of the bed,